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Home Away From Home, by Nghiep Dao
This is a first hand account of a family who evacuated
Vietnam just before Saigon fell in 1975. This book initially
chronicles their escape via a military cargo plane and
describes a 2 month stay in California's Camp Pendleton.
Eventually a sponsor is found and Coffeyville, a small town
in the middle of Kansas becomes their new home. This is an
intriguing, at times sad and sometimes humorous story of how
a Vietnamese family initially struggled to adjust to
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to hellholes and back, by Chuck Thompson
This is one of the most humorous travel
reads that has come across our desk in a long time. Chuck
Thompson decides to visit what he perceives to be four scary
"hellholes": Congo, India, Mexico City and as he says,
"perhaps most terrifying of all", Disney World in Florida.
The book is chock full of memorable witty quotes that will
leave you hunched over laughing especially the chapters on
India and even more so if you have ever traveled to India.
His stories are scattered with expletives, crazy stories,
unusual situations and interesting characters. ....More |
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Moon, Rio de Janeiro, by Michael Sommers
Rio de Janeiro is hot...and will only get hotter from an
International perspective as the world view narrows down on
this "Cidade Maravillhosa" (Marvelous City) as the 2016
Olympics draw closer. This is Moon Handbook's first edition
(released November 2009). Now is really the time to head
down to Rio before prices go up the closer to the Olympics -
from caipirinha's to churrascaria's to Carnival this book
has you covered. While giant to the southwest, Sao Paulo is
so spread out and doesn't seem to have a lot of natural
surrounding beauty, Rio is a different story. It boasts...More
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Moon Take a Hike, Los Angeles, by Ann Marie Brown &
Julie Sheer
For someone who spends a lot of time in the Los Angeles
area (as we do), or is planning a trip here and loves the outdoors,
this book represents a must have. Not only does it cover
wonderful hiking in Los Angeles County but it offers
expanded horizons and provides information about hiking
north of Santa Monica in the Santa Monica Mountains, the San
Gabriel & Verdugo Mountains, and further south in Orange
County. Before you start your hike take a gander at the
Introduction section which includes hiking tips and what to
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Lonely Planet, Extreme Cuisine, by Eddie Kin
Ever wonder about all these "weird"
looking delicacies you see at random locations on your
foreign travelers? Ever wonder about trying them? If so,
check out "Extreme Cuisine", the new book from Lonely Planet
that features "exotic tastes from around the world". Some
cuisines which are taboo in one culture are accepted in
another. These are the types of food that author Eddie Lin
seeks out and has highlighted in this book. Each item
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Travel Temptations - Sip California, by Lena Katz
Having personally visited and tasted with someone from
nearly 600 commercial producers within Napa County to date,
whenever a wine tasting book comes across our desk our ears
perk up - especially when such book provides information
about the Napa Valley. What is refreshing about this book is
that it lists a number of totally off the beaten path
wineries that only a "local" would know about. Napa has been
written about more times than a dead horse and it is always
nice to read about our favorite wine region from a unique
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