![]() ![]() ROLF: I am in Paris at the moment, where I teach a creative writing workshop each July at the American Academy. TIM: Where in the world are you now? Do you have any exciting projects on the horizon? In the following interview, Rolf shares his thoughts on travel writing for the Internet, the intoxicating “hum of possibility” that travel generates and why “speeding off toward the horizon with a sack full of Benzedrine is not always the best way to approach a journey.” ![]() ![]() Rolf frequently publishes feature articles in major print magazines like Outside and National Geographic Traveler and popular travel sites such as Yahoo News and, where he recently chronicled the death of the mile-high club. Vagabonding is a practical and inspirational guide to long-term travel that has spurred thousands of people to broaden their horizons, make room for travel in their lives, and set off to experience the world. Rolf hit the big-time in 2003 when his book Vagabonding was published by Random House. Rolf travels slowly around the world, jotting down notes, shifting context and writing about the exhilarating joy of new experience. is a treasure trove of entertaining and perceptive travel stories. ![]() It felt like the world was suddenly more open and accessible. ![]()
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![]() Sam-I-Am spends the entire book offering green eggs and ham to the narrator, who adamantly refuses to try the delicacy because he does not like Sam-I-Am. Seuss, which is not only fun to read but also raises important questions about the relationship between beliefs and experiences. Green Eggs and Ham is a much-loved classic by Dr. Read aloud video by Storytime with Miss Jeannie Guidelines for Philosophical Discussion ![]() In the end, the narrator relents and eats the green eggs and ham and ends up loving the food. He spends most of the book offering the unnamed narrator different locations and dining partners to try the delicacy. ![]() Green Eggs and Ham is about Sam-I-Am’s attempt to convince the narrator to try green eggs and ham. Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary This classic story explores questions about the origin of our preferences and about whether experience or reason best informs us. ![]() ![]() ![]() The “green night of extravagant snow” meant marine debris-a constant, gauzy fall of organic iotas, spawn, dust, and soot. Beneath the waves, refracted light and billowy particulate conspired to impair a diver’s apprehension of color, distance, and form. If the underwater environment eluded conventional depiction, it was in part because divers like Tailliez experienced the sea as a powerful sense distorter. “The poet,” Diolé wrote, “is the precursor even of the expert in the exploration of the sea.” 1 Stirred saps, ineffable humours whirled away Īnd phosphorus singers, a blue and gold alarm. Kiss of the ocean, unhurried, climbing the eyes, I dreamed the green night of extravagant snow ![]() ![]() Speaking to his fellow divemaster Philippe Diolé-as Diolé recounts in his memoir The Undersea Adventure (1951)-Tailliez then asked for a volume of verse by Rimbaud, leafed to “The Drunken Boat,” and pointed to this passage: You can’t describe it,” said Philippe Tailliez, a pioneer of oceanic exploration and a leader, with Jacques-Yves Cousteau, of the French navy’s underwater research group in the 1940s. The first generation of divers freed by the Aqua-Lung to rummage in coral reefs and plumb the dimmer depths of the sea found themselves at a loss for words when asked to talk about what they saw. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I seem to remember enjoying them, and I know humour is one of the trademarks of her mysteries, but the humour in Curious Minds just fell flat for me. While the mystery aspect was interesting, it also seemed more set up for a caper type adventure for the leads than an actual puzzle to solve, which makes the characters and the humour much more important to get right.Ĭurious Minds stars the unlikely duo of Emerson Knight, an introverted, eccentric and handsome billionaire, and Riley Moon, a feisty financial analyst assigned essentially to babysit Emerson when he makes the unusual request to withdraw all his gold from the bank. I’m sure I must’ve read Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels before. Curious Minds is a mystery-adventure caper featuring a pair of quirky and seemingly incompatible leads that I think may work better on the screen rather than as a book. Without charismatic actors to bring Knight and Moon to life, they just came off as trying a bit too hard to be funny but instead are being a jerk (Knight) or simply annoying (Moon). ![]() ![]() ![]() Before long, Eragon doesn't know whom he can trust. ![]() But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspring new places and people, his days filled with fresh adventure. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Ages 12+.ĭarkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…Įragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider. ![]() Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dite che son gonzo? Sarà, ma per una volta non mi dispiace esserlo. ![]() Sviluppo dell'energia, drammi del controllo, eredità dei nostri genitori, sensibilità del mondo vegetale, rapporto con l'aldilà: questi sono solo alcuni dei temi che mi hanno appassionato leggendo questo bel libro. ![]() Questo testo infatti ha poco di "Guida a.", ha le proprie radici nel libro originario ma non lo ricalca e offre mille spunti di riflessione e di nuove letture. E, al tirar delle somme, devo dire che mai scelta fu più azzeccata. Insomma, è stato il libro a scegliere me, e non il contrario. Per questo libro, infatti, ho inizialmente superato questo mio auto-divieto all'acquisto più per il suo prezzo - 2 euro in una bancarella natalizia dell'usato - che per il brivido del rischio. Quando trovo sugli scaffali un libro dal titolo "Guida a." di solito penso "Ecco la solita speculazione commerciale per spillare qualche soldo ai gonzi!". Sono sempre contento quando mi devo ricredere riguardo i miei numerosi e ottusi pregiudizi. ![]() ![]() It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favours, the boutique whiskey. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. ![]() The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The bride ‧ The plus one ‧ The best man ‧ The wedding planner ‧ The bridesmaid ‧ The body It had been months since I’d read anything other than YA or romantic comedies. ![]() I had stopped reading whodunnits and murder mysteries because I was finding them to be the exact same thing over and over again (everyone was trying to be Gone Girl), but when my local book club suggested this one, I figured I would give it a try. My hiatus ended up being a little more extended than originally planned, but I’m back and ready to tackle some great books that I’ve missed and that are coming out early next year, the first of which being The Guest List by Lucy Foley. ![]() ![]() ![]() This historical romance book inspired me to read more books. After reading this book, I learned about the proper meaning of love and what a lover should do. 5 Books Like Edenbrooke (Historical Romance)Įdenbrooke is an adventurous book where you find true love and loyalty. If you want to read books like Edenbrooke, you are in the right place. Philip comes back and saves Marianne, and they admit their feelings for each other. ![]() At the end of the story, Marianne is kidnapped by the highwayman, the other main character. ![]() She doesn’t even admit to herself until the very end of the book that she is in love with Philip. Marianne puts her loyalty above everything else. In this story, as it progresses, she is sent a letter from her sister, Cecily, who is another main character. Her sister to live with their cousins in the town for a season. She is staying with her grandma after her mother recently passed away, and her father sent her to live with her grandmother in Bath. It begins in Bath, where the main character, Marianne Daventry. Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson takes place in the eighteen hundreds in England. ![]() ![]() During his circular walk along the Rhine, he contemplates the formative moments of his childhood. "- The Sunday Timesįuth, a middle-aged, recently separated man heads to Germany for a restorative walking holiday. ![]() " A] hauntingly complex exploration of the recurring patterns that life inevitably follows, often as a consequence of one's past. The brutal ending continues to shock after several re-readings. ![]() ![]() " The Lighthouse is a spare, slim novel that explores grief and loss, the patterns in the way we are hurt and hurt others, and the childlike helplessness we feel as we suffer rejection and abandonment. "Disquieting, deceptive, crafted with a sly and measured expertise, Alison Moore's story could certainly deliver a masterclass in slow-burn storytelling. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are only two problems - Gabe is still a bastard, and he makes wedding planners look like hardened pessimists. However, a chance encounter opens his eyes to the attraction that has always lain between them, concealed by the layers of antipathy. From stabbing him with a cake fork, to garrotting him with his expensive tie, Dylan has thought of everything. Not surprisingly he has devoted a lot of time to increasingly inventive ways to murder Gabe. ![]() Two long years of insults, and having to redo the coffee pot four times in the mornings to meet his exacting standards. Is it really wrong to want to murder your boss? Dylan has worked for Gabe for two years. ![]() |