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Destination: Russia Book: Wolves Eat Dogs, an Arkady Renko Novel by Martin Cruz Smith (2004) Here is a fitting horror story for Halloween in the 21st century. Death by radiation poisoning. Life in a dead zone. When we were fortunate enough to meet Martin Cruz Smith last March, and accompany him around Tucson during the [...]
PDF Destination: Australia Book: Natasha Lands Down Under (a young adult novel), by Katherine McCaughan GUEST POST by Jessie Voigts I’ve recently read an extraordinary book, entitled Natasha Lands Down Under. Written by Katherine McCaughan, this book is an intercultural odyssey, set in China and Australia. Natasha Lands Down Under is a compelling read, exploring one [...]
Destination: Russia Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky A GUEST POST BY KATHRYN LANCE Dostoevsky and Me Print PDF
Destination: Yemen Book: The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: An American Journalist in Yemen: Adventures in the Oldest City on Earth (NEW 2010) by Jennifer Steil She was a woman who fell from the sky in robes of dew and became a city. Jennifer Steil uses this poetic description of Sana’a, the capitol [...]
I have been pondering what places my husband and I have visited that were the most romantic. There are so many. Santorini, Budapest, Florence and Salzburg, for instance. This little cherub in the Mirabell Palace in Salzburg seems to have a headache as he points the way out the door. Mirabell was built in 1606 [...]
