Tag Archives: Travel

Literary Tour of London, Edinburgh & Dublin

February 17, 2010 – 7:46 pm

Thought I would pass this along for any of you who have dreamed of following in the steps of Robert Burns, William Shakespeare, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Dylan Thomas, Jane Austen, TS Eliot and Bram Stroker.  I just recieved a flyer in the mail from GoAhead Tours promoting their 11 day (including airfare) Literary Tour of London, [...]

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Reads For The Armchair Traveler

July 22, 2009 – 3:57 pm

This is the final post on what Nancy Pearl (Book Lust, More Book Lust, Book Crush) recommended last month at  a library sponsored event on summer reading.  I previously posted her suggestions for Airplane Reads, Mystery/Spy/Thrillers, and Book Club Reads.  The following books  fall into the Armchair Traveler genre.  Pearl announced that she is working [...]

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“Dear American Airlines”

June 18, 2008 – 12:14 pm

At first glance, Jonathan Miles’ “Dear American Airlines”, a novel written in the form of a complaint letter, did not appeal to me. It may be the fact that I was a flight attendant for over 13 years and as my favorite French tour guide once warned “Things Happens”. [...]

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