Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got patriarchy-smashing literary characters, a Ted Lasso book, India's modernist churches, the two types of novelists, and more.
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got patriarchy-smashing literary characters, a Ted Lasso book, India's modernist churches, the two types of novelists, and more. {more}
We wrap up season 5 with a stroll down the midway.
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Argentina! |
We run a caper in Buenos Aires. 26 June 2023 |
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Kenya! |
We slow down to enjoy this beautiful country. 12 June 2023 |
Every March 21 is World Poetry Day, an occasion to celebrate the poets who capture our human experience with joy, sorrow, humor, and the perfect words, one after the other. Read a poem to your favorite person today! {more}
— Helen Exley
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got breakfasts from around the world, a look at The Remains of the Day, an interview with Tana French, a bookish painting, and more. {more}
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got a literary guide to the Oscars, vintage signs from Madrid, 12 animal-shaped buildings, a musical Wuthering Heights, and more. {more}
And now, a brief list of reasons to visit Sri Lanka: elephants, idyllic beaches, crispy fried fritters and spicy curries, mountaintop monasteries, iconic train rides through the jungle, whale watching, and Ceylon tea. {more}
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got the first detectives, a historic hotel on the French Riviera, trying to learn Czech, cozy fiction, Palestinian food, and more. {more}
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got books at the edge of the world, artistic hummus, a deep dive into a Manet painting, the return of edgy EC Comics, and more.
Take a virtual trip to New Orleans with a voodoo zombie fantasy, an over-the-top cookbook, an exploration of Katrina's impact on nine lives, a historical murder mystery, and a gorgeous family saga woven with sci-fi.
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got Rosa Parks' peanut butter pancakes, glass igloos in Greenland, temples carved out of rock, bejeweled book covers, and more.
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