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Great reads #13

Lonely Planet in shocking author admission of plagiarism and corruption. Roman catacombs, Civil War destinations, and more airline bankruptcies. It's ...
Great reads #12

Wardrobe tips for India, declining U.S. tourism and faltering airlines, and how to get free stuff in the UK are all in this week's crop of articles.
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ecoescape UK handbook for eco-friendly travel

A new series of eco-travel guides has launched for the United Kingdom. These ecoescape guides to "responsible escapism" feature 'slow travel...
Great reads #8

More reading for a Monday morning. Here are my best finds for articles during the last week.
Fantastic travel articles
The Traveler's Notebook cove...
What to pack: Moleskine City Notebooks

My
new favorite guidebooks are Moleskine's City Notebooks. Instead of telling you what they think is
best, they give you a map and empty pages...
New York City

New York City, the city that never sleeps. A metropolitan world city for hundreds of years and one of the world's most impressive destinations. Here...
London's classic cafes

If you're visiting London, a stop at a classic greasy spoon cafe is a must for a genuine experience.
What's a classic cafe?
The classic Ital...
Coyoacan, Mexico City

Coyoacan is a gorgeous leafy suburb of Mexico City. It is famous for its markets and, on a Saturday and Sunday, for great second hand bookshops and al...
River Out of Eden by Richard Dawkins

By an amazing twist in literary evolution there is a lucid, well-versed
scientific writer on evolutionary genetics where there was none before. Fa...
Milton is no longer orbiting this hairball

If you're looking for new things to read, check out some of my recent finds.
I've just finished Orbiting the Giant Hairball (US price) (UK pric...
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman introduced Compe Anansi, the African spider-god and trickster, as a minor character in his previous bestseller 'American Gods'. Anansi Boy...
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

This is the Great American Book that wouldn't have been for the mutton-headedly stubborn mother of the author. John Kennedy Toole committed suicide in...
Blackout by Johanne Hildebrandt

An intensely personal history of the Balkan Wars is laid bare in Johanne's book about her life as a journalist covering the meltdown of the Yugoslav...
War Junkie by Jon Steele

A rough ride through some of the worst things to happen in modern times is what Jon Steele serves up in this book. And he should know, he was there af...
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