I have been unable to find a Bill Bryson book that I don’t love. From page one to the end of each of his books I find myself absolutely rivited, and thoroughly entertained. It’s as though I have an old friend telling me about his travels abroad. And so, when I picked up Neither Here […]
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A Travel Guide to the Plains Indian Wars
Generally speaking, I’ve given up on guide books. I just don’t use them any longer, and I don’t see the need to thanks to our good friend the Internet. So much information is available for free here that it doesn’t make sense to spend money on a book to give you the same information. But […]
Blue Highways
I was picking through the books on the shelf at the store looking for something good to read and I came across William Least Heat-Moon’s Blue Highways: A Journey into America. I seemed to recall having seen the name somewhere before, but couldn’t quite place it at the time. As it turns out, though, it […]
Letters to Zerky
I’ve done a lot of travel reading lately, but haven’t found anything exactly inspirational and personal at the same time. A lot of what I’ve read has been quite good, but just not exactly what I was looking for. And then I saw Letters to Zerky: A Father’s Legacy to a Lost Son and a […]
Cold Beer and Crocodiles
I knew that after reading Bill Bryson’s In a Sunburned Country, anything that followed most likely would be a let down. Nonetheless, I picked up Cold Beer and Crocodiles: A Bicycle Journey into Australia by Roff Smith. I was keen to to continue reading about traveling, particularly in advance of my trip to Australia, and […]
American Shaolin
Shortly after walking into the store I spotted a book called American Shaolin. What attracted my attention was a monk on the cover walking away with a Burger King bag held behind his back. Many of my friends will joke that the bag caught my attention, but my interest was piqued, and I knew I […]
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