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pen4hire on January 6th, 2012

The Tiger’s Wife: Joni Seymor of Inventive Travelware. Joni won because of good Karma.  A new reader, she not only commented, but she also announced the Ten Best Travel Books post on the Inventive Travelware Facebook page. Congratulations, Jonie. (And check out the interesting luggage tags on her web page.) Lonely Planet’s Great Journeys: Unfortunately the [...]

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pen4hire on December 16th, 2011

Already know about Passports with Purpose? Skip to the picture of shiny ribbons for FOUR gift shopping discounts !! Well we did it–4 founders up in Seattle, some big donor sponsors, and lots of donors of prizes, including Hotel Monteleone, Interlink Books and MacMillan Audio.  And YOU who bid on prizes.  The bidding closed last [...]

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pen4hire on December 9th, 2011

Family Travel Friday Destination: New York City Book: Lonely Planet’s Not-For-Parents Series:New York City: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know  Review by Jennifer Close Central Park, Broadway shows, and the Museum of Modern Art are just a few reasons that New York City has been on my list of places to visit for as long [...]

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pen4hire on November 16th, 2011

Ten Perfect Gifts for Travelers Who Read. Buy them or put them on your wish list. And don’t miss the DISCOUNTS just for YOU! Look for the $$.

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pen4hire on October 24th, 2011

Destination: Sweden TV Series: Wallander with Kenneth Branagh  ( BBC and PBS) Guest Post by Melanie McMinn   Melanie McMinn, an American ex-pat writer and artist living in New Zealand, actually takes time off from raising bees, creating creatures of felted wool, cooking, remodeling, and making all sorts of other things including a blog called [...]

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pen4hire on August 29th, 2011

NOTE: If you are reading this in e-mail, on Facebook, or otherwise not on the Blog Site, you may want to click through so that you can see the actually layout and better understand what I am explaining. I’ve been sprucing up some of the things you may not notice at A Traveler’s Library.(If you [...]

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pen4hire on November 19th, 2010

See #1, #4,  #7, and #9 for SPECIAL DEALS for A Traveler’s Library Readers ONLY. AND, this is embarrassing, but the most perfect gift for travelers who read somehow got left off the list. So here it is: Book Lust to Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers by Nancy Pearl In case you are not [...]

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pen4hire on May 13th, 2010

I’m a World Travel Blogger. First you read about the world. Then you plan a trip. You have become a world traveler.

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pen4hire on January 27th, 2010

Grand Prize #3 AND The Great American Road Trip Destination: The American Road Book: The USA Book: A Journey Through America (2009) from Lonely Planet. This book weighs a ton.  Well not QUITE a ton, but you know what I mean. It is a nice big coffee table book printed on fine, heavy paper to [...]

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