Photo Credit: Traveler’s Tales In this compilation of true travel stories edited by Nesreen Khashan and Jim Bowman, you will receive a well rounded and accurate peek into Middle Eastern culture from the Western perspective. Whether you are exposed to the possibly unconsidered perks of arranged marriages in The Promise Coffee, a young archeology student’s […]
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Antarctica: Life on the Ice
Photo Credit: Amazon.Com Vicariously explore the bottom of the world with this collection of very personal essays, edited by Susan Fox Rogers. Contributed by various authors, all of whom have lived and worked in Antarctica for varying amounts of time, this title provides an inside look at life on the ice as it actually is. […]
Book Review: A Pig in Provence
Photo Credit: Chronicle Books The publisher of Under the Tuscan Sun brings you this title celebrating life in Provence. Written by award winning cookbook author and part time Provence resident Georgeanne Brennan. It’s the story of her long time love affair with the region, starting when she was a young mother learning to make artisan […]