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Vignettes & Postcards

Vignettes & Postcards: Writings from The Evening Writing Workshop at Shakespeare & Company Bookstore has won awards from the New York Book Festival, International Book Awards, the Paris Book Festival, Indie Book Awards, and Foreword Review. Now in its third printing, this 114-page book showcases the work 22 writers. Vignettes & Postcards is an exquisite […]

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My Journey In and Out of Africa

My Journey In and Out of Africa is a compelling story of love and loss, and Pauline Tusher’s call to return to East Africa, time after time. At the age of fourteen, Pauline lived at the foot of mount Kilimanjaro, dreaming of one day visiting the islands of the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. Then came […]

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Drone Baloney

The ex-pat recluses hiding out on a Baja beachfront have one desire: They want to be left alone. And they are—until a mysterious government drone plummets into the desert next to their settlement. The high-tech air war that follows lights up the Mexican skies, and the carnage from that battle spills down on Gringa’s hermit-like […]

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Travel Stories from Around the Globe

This juried collection of discoveries, insights, and adventures from the members of Bay Area Travel Writers has a foreword by Don George, Editor-at-Large for National Geographic Traveler. It will inspire readers to seek out and celebrate adventure—whether it’s in a far-off land or just down the road. Available in paperback and ebook formats. What people […]

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Road-Tripping in British Columbia — Part 1

by Margo Pfeiff We’ve all seen them on highways and rural byways, massive roadside attractions that elicit a gasp or a guffaw — buffalo as big as locomotives, a helicopter-sized mosquito or a cowboy boot that would fit King Kong. Everybody loves a road trip and these kitschy, small-town landmarks are part of the fun. While they […]

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Southeast Alaska: See Before You Go

This travel journal showcases the best of southeast Alaska—See grizzlies, humpback whales, mountain goats, bald eagles, and puffins. Explore the original Hammer Museum and the Fortress of the Bear. Discover Tlingit culture, totem poles, and kayaking in the wilderness.

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Sri Lanka: See before you go

Ayubowan—May you have the gift of long life! This is the traditional Sri Lankan greeting, and you’ll need a long life to enjoy all of Sri Lanka’s beauty and heritage. Whether you’re planning a trip or armchair traveling, you’ll enjoy this 150-page full-color travel journal featuring more than 480 photos of seven UNESCO World Heritage […]

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Kayaking in Alaska

Kayaking can be dangerous and thrilling—or calm and magical. On a recent trip to southeast Alaska, Destination Insights publisher Jim Shubin enjoyed kayaking’s quite side: absorbing nature, feeling deep serenity, and viewing wildlife. “Joining Island Spirit, a small 30-passenger vessel, I noticed a number of brightly colored, plastic kayaks on the aft end of the boat. The […]

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The Faces of Bali

Destination Insights photographers love the little, often-overlooked objects around town—any town or village. Wandering around Ubud we saw our first strange stone Balinese carvings (some were concrete castings). Unusual, weird, “off-color,” or just plain sexy, they first amused us at the Sayan Terrace Hotel. Soon we were finding these odd statues, most only one meter tall, […]

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Low Man on the Totem Pole

The 107-acre Sitka National Historic Park Known as “Totem Park” by locals, it preserves and interprets the site of a Tlingit Indian Fort and the battle fought between the Russians and the Tlingits in 1804. A beautiful collection of Haida and Tlingit totem poles stands along a pathway that meanders through the rainforest. The museum contains […]

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