Literature
For Jane Austin’s birthday, we talk to Mother and daughter Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway about their book Lady Vernon.
France on Friday
Destination: France
Books: As They Were and Long Ago In France by M. F. K. Fisher
I could list many more books by Fisher above, but these two just happen to be on hand at the moment.
One summer a long time ago we were spending some lazy time on the beach in California and I [...]
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The 2nd book to be given away (announcement of winner on August 18):
Destinations: Spain and France
Book: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Happy Birthday Ernie! Ernest Hemingway was born 110 years ago on July 21. It seems appropriate to celebrate by talking about his first break-through novel,The Sun Also Rises which turns out to be a pretty good travel book.
From dissipated ennui in Paris to dissipated [...]
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A Traveler’s Library, is after all about Travel AND Books, so some of the sites listed on my blogroll have to do with books–books about everything–not just travel. For those interested in books and the publishing business, here are three sites.
ABE (American Book Exchange) stocks all those out-of-print, used, and collector’s editions books that [...]
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Yesterday A Traveler’s Library hit one of those landmark days, and I was not even here to celebrate. (I’m in New Orleans ensconced in my favorite hotel, Hotel Monteleone.)
Ta-Da–100 Posts!
Somehow, it seems appropriate, though, that I had a guest post on India here yesterday, because it is symbolic of the ways this blog has introduced [...]
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Destination: Rome
Books: The Masters of Rome Series by Collen McCullough
It seems to me that is essential to have some understanding of ancient Rome if you are going to travel to today’s Rome. All those piles of rock and bits of arches in the forum, with the magnificent hulk of the Coliseum watching over it all [...]
Keep your eyes open and you will see some changes at the Traveler’s Library in the next few weeks, as I complete
the 31-day Blogging Challenge sponsored by the guru of blogging, Darren Rowse. There simply is no better source of information for bloggers on the web than Darren Rowse’s blog.
One change that has nothing to [...]







