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Book Review: Endangered Edens by Marty Essen
Endangered Edens is a book about several quite different environments which have unique flora and fauna and which are under pressure from various sources. Marty Essen and his wife Deb traveled...
Book Review: The Disneyland Book of Lists, by Chris Strodder
As a self-proclaimed Disney Parks addict, I was excited to receive and read The Disneyland Book of Lists. I did, however, expect to spend most of the book telling myself, “Knew that, The pos...
Book Review – Around the World in 80 Documentaries by Christopher Winnan
The title of the book Around the World in 80 Documentaries had instant appeal for me. I consider that the first seeds of desire to travel were planted by watching some of The post Book Review ...
Book Review – All Aboard: The Complete North American Train Travel Guide by Jim Loomis
After reading All Aboard, All Aboard: The Complete North American Train Travel Guide, I realized I may be classified as a junior “foamer” in the most loving sense of the word. I The post B...
Book Review – America and WWI: A Traveler’s Guide by Mark D. Van Ells
I wanted to read and volunteered to review America and WWI: A Traveler’s Guide by Mark D. Van Ells when I read about it on the Amateur Traveler’s Facebook page. I have The post Book Review...
Book Review – “Chance Encounters”
“The most important sacred spaces are not in the guidebooks. They are the sacred spaces created when human beings reach out to other human beings and pull them into their lives, even The pos...
Book Review – Journey’s Home by Andrew McCarthy
A Review of Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, Plus Tips & Strategies to Find Your Family History. Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, Plus Tips & Strategies to Find Your Family History, starts with...
Book Review – The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World
Among the outrageously numerous travel guide-books out there the “Unofficial Guide” series is definitely among the very best! In the case of the Walt Disney The post Book Review – The U...
Book Review – The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2015
I have been traveling to Las Vegas from my home in Colorado for over 40 years and have loved almost every minute of every trip. I have given myself the benefit of The post Book Review – The ...
Book Review – Dining Out in Paris by Tom Reeves
Review of Dining Out in Paris: What You Need to Know before You Get to the City of Light, by Tom Reeves. Available as an e-book from Amazon. Tom can be reached The post Book Review – Dining ...
Book Review – The Unofficial Guide to Washington, D.C.
I have been to Washington D.C. many times since my first visit in 1977. I was most recently there just this summer. We have done episodes on Washington D.C. on Amateur Traveler The post Book R...
Book Review: “The Cruise Traveler’s Handbook” by Gary Bembridge
Being an avid cruiser myself, in fact, being a travel agent for over 25 years specializing in cruises, I was skeptical that I would see anything new in “The Cruise Traveler’s Handbook“. ...
Book Review: “We’ll Always Have Paris” by Jennifer Coburn
We’ll Always Have Paris, A Mother/Daughter Memoir, by Jennifer Coburn was a breeze to read with a scattering of amusing passages similar to Bill Bryson’s travel antics. Coburn invites us to...
Review: “Interactive Prague Guide” by Martin Schulz
I love history and I love travel. There are a lot of cities that would be intriguing to me based on that but throw in a love of classical music and Prague The post Review: “Interactive Pragu...
Book Review: “Misspelled Paradise” by Bryanna Plog
I volunteered to review “Misspelled Paradise” hoping it would help me prepare for a trip to Central America. It did provide me some insights to the culture in that part of our The post B...
Book Review: “Under Magnolia” by Frances Mayes
Going home or returning to the place where one grows up evokes particular memories. In Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir, Frances Mayes takes her readers on a journey through her childhood in ...
Book Review: “Faces of Tradition” by Alverez, Franquemont and Coca
“Faces of Tradition, Weaving Elders of the Andes” is a book that could be considered the equivalent of a church directory or an annual of the pillars of the community. The cover The post...
“Anvil of God, Book One of the Carolingian Chronicles ” by J. Boyce Gleason
I love history but the time of Charles Martel is one of my weaker subjects so when “Anvil of God, Book One of the Carolingian Chronicles ” came across my radar I grabbed The post “Anvil...
Book Review: “My Lost Cuba” by Celso Gonzalez-Falla
“My Lost Cuba” focuses on an affluent farming family during the 1950?s. Mike, the eldest son is summoned back to Cuba from his college studies in the United States to help out The post Boo...
Book Review: “The Blind Masseuse” by Alden Jones
The Blind Masseuse, A Traveler’s Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia” written by Alden Jones, was a delectable read. This memoir was written with such oomph that I wanted to savor every The...