---------------------------------
|
Home --------------------------------- |
|
|
|
|
Other travel sites- Dubai - Portugal - Toronto - Thailand - Bali - Hawaii - Nashville - Atlanta - Minnesota
»
Inspiration comes from many sources, and authors tend to leave as much of themselves as they take from their surroundings. This month's tour hosts have uncovered some of the most interesting sights related to the great, and sometimes not so great, writers who have illuminated our lives. Following in the footsteps of literary history is a great way to relive the past.
Rachael Kaplan, author of a ...
As author of the Little Known Museums series, Rachael Kaplan knows a bit about sites of significance in various localities. Many little- known museums are the former homes of notable writers, artists and other historical personalities. This month's article, Literary Paris, gives an insight into her wealth of knowledge of such places. It is for its research and in-depth knowledge of both Paris and ...
San Francisco to host world's largest rare book fair
When it comes to culture, not too many people know just how much of a “second city” – behind New York – that the San Francisco Bay Area is. The second greatest concentration of dance companies in the U.S. makes it's home in the region, as well as the nation’s second largest number of publishers.
Those publishers h...
.jpg)
Hermits at a sea-girt monastery helped rescue Europe from darkness
What if the West had never arisen? A recent novel of alternative history, The Years of Rice and Salt, creates a world where virtually the entire population of Europe is killed by the Black Death, instead of the 33% that actually died. Christendom ceases to exist, and power in the suddenly emptied continent becomes a struggle betwee...
Find a reliable tour operator.gif)
“Elevator spiel” refers to the concise, 15-second-long summary of your job, company or great idea that you can give a curious stranger while both of you are riding from the lobby to the fifth floor.
Alfred Hitchcock’s affection for locations began as a young boy growing up in the lower middle-class community of Leytonstone, England where, for lack of funds, he was forced to walk to get anywhere. This gave him a keen eye when it came to seeing the potential in natural and manmade sites for movie backdrops. 
A woman dressed in a hoop skirt, and wearing a shawl and high-button shoes burst into the dining room at the Concord (MA) Inn while a group of us were enjoying a pleasant lunch. She seemed agitated, like a restless ghost, perhaps from the 19th century when the inn was a stagecoach stop. Embarrassed at interrupting us, she...