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The Great American Road Trip
Destination: New Hampshire
Book: The Good, Good Pig:The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood, by Sy Montgomery.
Where would we be without librarians? While New England teems with good writing, going back to colonial days, I wanted something contemporary for our visit to New Hampshire. Susan Reiner, a reader who lives in that [...]
The First Grand Prize in the Great Big Travel Literature Giveaway is:
Where to Go When: The Americas (American Edition 2008) edited by Joseph Rosendo, published by DK/Eyewitness Travel
When I first saw this beautiful travel book full of photographs, I assumed that it was about festivals and events. Yes, it has those, but it is actually [...]
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The Great Big Travel Literature Giveaway continues. See bottom of post for today’s prize. Time to announce the Third Grand Prize–next Wednesday’s contribution to the Great American Road Trip, a coffee table book about the USA.
The Great American Road Trip
You know that shivery feeling you get, when it is time to go, and you are [...]
Continue reading about Let’s Hit the Road via the Blue Highways
The 2nd edition of the Indie Travel Podcast Magazine arrived December 1. This issue is even better than the first issue, and that is quite an accomplishment. Craig and Linda Martin, the ever-traveling, ever-creative New Zealanders, have outdone themselves.
Destination: Anywhere the train goes
Book: Waiting on a Train: The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service by James McCommons (released Nov.5)
My brother-in-law, Wayne Price is a foamer. My sister doesn’t deny it, although he might. I know that he has filled an entire room with an exquisite miniature railroad, all scenery [...]
Destination: Marshall Islands, Pacific
Book: Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island by Peter Rudiak-Gould (Released November 3)
The first book to be given away (announcement of winner on August 17):
Destination: India
Book: Wanderlust and Lipstick: For Women Traveling to India by Beth Whitman
Let me start right off by saying that I think Beth Whitman is a gift to women who want adventurous travel in all those places that good little girls are not supposed to go–particularly by themselves, or with only the protection of (gasp!) [...]
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