Travel Books

pen4hire on August 3rd, 2010

I  have one VERY exciting piece of information to share with you, about a tour company for Independent Travelers–just our speed.

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pen4hire on June 29th, 2010

1. Matador. Falling on the floor funny reasons to travel. 2.  .:Passion and Light:. Beautifully serious reason to travel. 3. Trip Base Spectacular travel movie locations. 4. Interlink Publishing Their Award-winning inspiring travel  books: (I have been having trouble connecting to their site, so let them know if you have a problem.) Syria The Dark [...]

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pen4hire on June 1st, 2010

Indie Travel Podcast has just published my own review of National Geographic Traveler’s new travel guides to Vietnam and Argentina. (Immodest announcement.) Great Site: Private Library, will help you build a library of your own, and tell you all the sources for books and how to get them at rock bottom prices. Here’s a 3-part [...]

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pen4hire on May 21st, 2010

A GREAT TRAVEL BOOK GIVEAWAY II CONTINUES Keep commenting and Tweeting. If you have not yet subscribed, remember that an e-mail subscription gets you an update every time I post, but ALSO two chances in the drawings. There will be one more drawing tonight, and winners of prizes 6 through 10 will be notified in [...]

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pen4hire on May 18th, 2010

Destinations: France, Bruges, Amsterdam Traveler’s Library: Growing Daily with guidebooks, maps, notes…. It occurred to me that you might be interested in the trip planning process that goes on in our book-filled house. So here goes.

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pen4hire on May 7th, 2010

A radio show with some big name travel writers discussing travel writing. 100 Travel Novels

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pen4hire on May 3rd, 2010

THIS CONTEST IS OVER–KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR NEXT CONTEST AT A TRAVELER’S LIBRARY BY SUBSCRIBING SO YOU DO NOT MISS AN ANNOUNCEMENT. GRAND PRIZE WINNERS: 5/25: WINNER OF DU PONTS HOUSES AND GARDENS IN THE BRANDYWINE: CONNIE ONG 5/28:Grand Prize Number Two: Inge Morath’s Iran: Kerry Dexter Grand Prize Number Three: Coast to Coast: [...]

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pen4hire on April 27th, 2010

On April 29,  Edgar awards for best mysteries published in 2009 will be announced.   I am delighted that the publicist sent me four books of the six nominated in the mystery novel category to look over.

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pen4hire on April 5th, 2010

Ending March with a Look at Arizona Wildflowers Ken and I took a little road trip from Tucson to Sells, Arizona on the Tohono O’odham reservation to see the spectacular spring desert wildflower show. And Now the Stats from March MOST POPULAR POSTS

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