The temperature outside 30 degrees with a windchill of 7. It is the perfect weather for curling up with a good book. I want to plan an escape from all the cold. Here is the book that can help me to do just that.

This unusual little book on the philosophy of travel was a 2002 impulse buy from my days as a Harvard Coop trade book supervisor.  I almost never read hardcovers (excluding picture books, of course), but this one’s jacketless nature and understated faux gold embossment appealed to me.  I read somewhere recently that this type of [...]

While I don’t usually read books about romantic relationships, nor do I typically get involved with series, I had to make an exception for this one.  I find it difficult to resist purchasing from the travel section of bookstores, and as a former French major who studied abroad, I have a particular weakness for anything [...]

While preparing for a recent cruise to Bermuda, I came to the inevitably difficult decision of which book would make the trip with me.  Since I don’t typically read fiction, I selected a fun, fast-paced adventure tale to while away the time on board ship.  The Ridiculous Race was without a doubt the perfect choice.  [...]