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Destination: The Mediterranean and Middle East Book: The Way of Herodotus: Travels with the Man Who Invented History (2008) by Justin Marozzi (Also available for Kindle) (In England the title is The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus.) This book has become even more appropriate since the wave of unrest broke out in Arab countries. [...]
Destination: Northern Greece Book: Eleni by Nicholas Gage A GUEST POST by Michelle Duffy Eleni is a story of passions. Print PDF
My favorite place is Greece and now I’m revealing three places that are my travel secrets. (You can now get a set of FREE e-books with my travel secrets and hundreds more from leading travel writers. Use A Traveler’s Library link for the Travel Secrets books.) Print PDF
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Place: Crete, Greece Book: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (1946) Movie: Zorba the Greek with Alan Bates and Anthony Quinn(1964) and subsequent musical, Zorba Several years ago, during our travels in Greece, Ken and I had a marvelous 10 days of driving back and forth across the mountains of Crete and exploring its rough-edged [...]
Destination: An Anonymous Greek Island Book: Pascali’s Island by Barry Unsworth From yesterday’s book of treachery and deceit in the pre-Iraq we move today to an earlier book by Barry Unsworth about treachery and deceit in pre-modern Greece. [amazonify]0393317218::text::::Pacscali’s Island[/amazonify] deals with many of the same themes as Land of Marvels, but in this literary [...]
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Destination: Greece Book: A Crowded Heart by Nicholas Papandreou Anyone who is tuned in to Greek politics in the past fifty years, has heard the name Papandreou. Son Nicholas, who started as an economist, left the “family business” to become a writer and share his short stories and poetry with the world. His novel, [amazonify]0312186851::text::::A [...]
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Destination: Finland Book: A Winter Book by Tove Jansson Finnish Winter Retreat Guest Author Michele Simeone If you’re tired of hearing about summer, how does a good dose of Finnish winter sound? It was during my second year in Finland that my friend surprised me with a copy of [amazonify]0954899520::text:::: A Winter Book [/amazonify]. Print [...]
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