5 Great Summer Beach Reads You’ll Remember After Your Vacation
For the perfect beach read, you need to strike a balance between good writing and entertainment. Here are some of my favorites.
East-Asia
Traveling Internationally with Teenagers: “We Came, We Saw, We Left” by Charles Wheelan
Have you ever thought of taking a year off and traveling? With teenagers?
Forsyth’s “A Short History of Drunkenness”: The Importance of Handling the Buzz
Americans in Paris celebrate the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Unknown /w New York Times, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, 1933. Who would think to write a history of drunkenness, and what is there to say? That’s what I thought when I ran across this bizarre little book, but as it turns out, people have …
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“The Secret Life of Groceries”: Is it possible to eat well and trade fairly?
Does “Shopping Carefully” do any good? Many people are aware of abuses in the American food chain and do what they can to spend their money for “good”. Some opt out of eating certain foods altogether, and some pay a premium for foods they believe are ethically produced. The problem is that government agencies are …
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On Ken Follett and Whether Epic Novels Are Worth the Time
A look at Ken Follett, Jean M. Auel, and James Michener