pen4hire on October 30th, 2009

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 [...]

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pen4hire on October 29th, 2009

Destination: New Orleans Venue: The Haunted Mortuary, aka Mansion Mystére I promised I would tell you the spookiest place I had ever visited and here it is. When I was in New Orleans earlier this year, I visited the 1872 Mystére Mansion, “at the very dead end of Canal Street“, that has been certified haunted [...]

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pen4hire on October 28th, 2009

From Bert’s Skyline Photos Destination: Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, USA Book: Wish You Well by David Baldacci A GUEST POST BY BERT LATAMORE

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pen4hire on October 27th, 2009

Destination: Barbados Book: The Diplomatic Dog of Barbados by Winfred Peppinck A MONTHLY GUEST POST by JESSIE VOIGTS of  WANDERING EDUCATORS

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pen4hire on October 26th, 2009

The Heart of the Buddha contains information about Bhutan and Tantric Buddhism.In part travel literature, but as a novel it falls short.

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pen4hire on October 23rd, 2009

The restored edition of Moveable Feast points out that memoir can be fiction, too.

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pen4hire on October 22nd, 2009

Book your Halloween travel with these spooky guides.

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pen4hire on October 21st, 2009

Do you have a ten-year-old boy on your Christmas list? You might consider the book, Weird World, as a holiday gift.

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pen4hire on October 20th, 2009

Destination: The World Book: Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities by Frank Jacobs (Pub. date 10/29/09) My name is Vera Marie and I am addicted to maps. What is more, I do not want to be cured.

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