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February 23, 2026
BELONGING TO THE WORLD: A Journey from Grief to Connection in Every Country on Earth
By Barry HoffnerRating:
4.8 / 5.0
Poignant, moving, and filled with striking details about the globe's out-of-the-way places, Barry Hoffner's BELONGING TO THE WORLD is an uplifting celebration of life and...
Rating:
3.4 / 5.0
Half intriguing travelogue, half political broadside, BEFRIENDING CHINA: People-to-People Peacemaking offers a contentious take on current events. At times, Dee Knight appears to lose sight...
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August 4, 2025
MIDDLE MILES: Cycling from Canada to Mexico Along the Pacific Coast Highway
By Cory MortensenRating:
4.6 / 5.0
A thoughtful, often funny travel memoir, Cory Mortensen’s MIDDLE MILES: Cycling from Canada to Mexico Along the Pacific Coast Highway trades cycling stats for philosophical...
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Rating:
4.4 / 5.0
Michael Pronko's A GUIDE TO JAZZ IN JAPAN is a fascinating exploration of how one country embraced a particular genre. Along with carefully considered cultural...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Michael C. Higgins's EXPLORING WINE REGIONS: MEXICO is a well-organized, beautifully illustrated guide that promises to be of substantial use for travelers wishing to experience...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
Glen Loveland’s first book, BEIJING BOUND: A Foreigner Discovers China, is an endlessly fascinating snapshot of life in Beijing at the very beginning of the...
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Rating:
4.7 / 5.0
TOKYO TEMPOS is an enlightening and entertaining collection of essays, thanks to Micheal Pronko’s careful prose beautifully conjuring a sense of place and the occasional...
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Rating:
4.3 / 5.0
Greg Scott's THE CYCLE OF LIFE is a poignant, often humorous memoir of an epic father-son cycling odyssey across Canada and an engaging tale of...
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August 9, 2024
83 ODYSSEY: An Adventure Down the Spine of America on U.S. Highway 83
By Charles RoamerRating:
4.1 / 5.0
83 ODYSSEY: An Adventure Down the Spine of America on U.S. Highway 83 shines with author Charles Roamer's affection for the Great Plains’ landscape and...
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0
Michael C. Higgins’s EXPLORING WINE REGIONS: The Central Coast of California is a good, solid guide to the region's vineyards, but certain peculiarities of content...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
A valuable resource even in these days of GPS and cell phones, NATIONAL PARK MAPS, compiled by Michael Joseph Oswald, provides a wealth of helpful...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
Michael Joseph Oswald's THE DAYHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL PARKS is chock-full of useful guidance for the dayhiker, offering descriptions of trails, available amenities, the...