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pen4hire on July 18th, 2011

Destination: Peru Book: Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time (NEW: June 2011) by Mark Adams I’m celebrating the anniversary of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu this week, although for some reason the Peruvian government jumped the gun and celebrated early–on July 8. Sometimes I really love this job. [...]

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pen4hire on June 20th, 2011

Destination: Kenya Movie: The First Grader, A National Geographic Film (2011) PG-13

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pen4hire on February 17th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Vermont Book: South of the N. E. Kingdom by David Mamet (a National Geographic Series called Directions)

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pen4hire on July 17th, 2009

What is this notion that we need some sort of different reading list in the summer?  Once you are out of school, in America, at least, you don’t have long, uninterrupted periods of time to read. I tend to read on the airplane, and put the books away at my destination. Too busy looking at [...]

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pen4hire on April 8th, 2009

Just as we got rolling with reader suggestions coming in for the 10 places I need books for, I found these articles. Recent travel literature reviewed by Don George at National Geographic. Eight Books You Shouldn’t Travel Without by Frank Bures at World Hum. And I almost forgot about Brooklyn Nomad’s piece with good recommendations. [...]

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