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A
Moveable Feast (Paris)
Ernest Hemingway |
| This autobiographical chronicle of
the sights, sounds and tastes of Paris in the 1920s
is written from inside the American expatriate, literary
community that included Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein,
and Ford Maddox Ford. Published posthumously in 1964,
this is vintage Hemingway--his non-fiction account
of the Lost Generation in Paris. |
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| October 4, 2007 |
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Holy
Cow: An Indian Adventure (India)
Sarah Macdonald |
| When the love of MacDonald's life
is posted to India, she quits her dream job to move
to the most polluted city on earth, New Delhi. From
spiritual retreats and crumbling nirvanas to war zones
and New Delhi nightclubs, this is a journey that only
a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life--and
her sanity--can survive. |
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| November 1, 2007 |
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No
Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice (Venice)
Judith Martin (aka Miss Manners) |
| Love of Venice can strike anyone,
not just romantic wusses. Among the toughies with
serious cases were Lord Byron, Richard Wagner, Ezra
Pound, and Ernest Hemingway. There is no cure for
this affliction. This is a guide to managing it. |
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| December 6, 2007 |
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In
the Empire of Genghis Khan: A Journey Among Nomads (Mongolia)
Stanley Stewart |
| Stewart sets off on a pilgrimage across
the old empire, from Istanbul to the distant homeland
of the Mongol hordes. The heart of his odyssey is
a thousand-mile ride, traveling by horse, through
trackless land. On a journey full of bizarre characters
and unexpected encounters, he crosses the desert and
mountains of Central Asia to arrive at the windswept
grasslands of the steppes, the birthplace of Genghis
Khan. |
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