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pen4hire on December 8th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Wyoming Book: (NEW) Come Again No More (September 2010) by Jack Todd They were three miles west of town when the sun broke through. The wind tore the clouds to rags, the sun lit the rags on fire and in fiery trails they streamed across the sky that opened [...]

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pen4hire on June 16th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Atlanta, Georgia Book: A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe (1998) Tom Wolfe is not only a writer, but he plays one on T.V. Dressed in a white linen suit and white homburg hat, he chats amiably–those perfect southern manners on display, of course.

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pen4hire on June 2nd, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: North Carolina (The Sand Hills) Book: The Last Child by John Hart (2009) Winner of this year’s Edgar Awards for best Mystery Novel

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pen4hire on November 18th, 2009

Cape Cod B & B owner, Alexandra Grabbe introduces us to a literary novel set in her home town of Wellfleet.

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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 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 16th, 2009

Destination: Japan Book: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden I have never been to Japan. The country has always mystified me. The elaborate rituals, the complex rules for gardens and for tea ceremonies. And mostly the tradition of Geishas.

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pen4hire on October 14th, 2009

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 [...]

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pen4hire on September 4th, 2009

Destination: American Road Trip Book: American Fugue by Alexis Stamatis I like books that are dense with ideas and expressed poetically. American Fugue by Greek author Alexis Stamatis fills the bill.  Here’s my review from Amazon: American Fugue’s author Alexis Stamatis confounds  genres as he writes an innovative literary novel that combines with a thriller [...]

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