http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/07/more-great-books-and-where-best-to-read-them/ Just another blogs.smithsonianmag.com site Sun, 12 May 2013 14:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/07/more-great-books-and-where-best-to-read-them/#comment-727 Tom Miller Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:53:46 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=3691#comment-727 BURIED IN THE SKY. It's the best mountaineering book I have ever read, and I have read a lot. And that's what everyone else is saying, too. But it is poorly marketed. BURIED IN THE SKY. It’s the best mountaineering book I have ever read, and I have read a lot. And that’s what everyone else is saying, too. But it is poorly marketed.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/07/more-great-books-and-where-best-to-read-them/#comment-680 Listens to Fish Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:41:05 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=3691#comment-680 For travel in Central Africa, what about The Hot Zone? For travel in Central Africa, what about The Hot Zone?

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/07/more-great-books-and-where-best-to-read-them/#comment-671 Robert Hurley Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:13:24 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=3691#comment-671 It is rumored that it was Robert Louis Stevenson who names the town of Calistoga. As the story goes, there were <i>two</i> towns in California named Saratoga. But one night Stevenson got drunk and raised a glass to toast the burg, slurring "Here's to Calistoga, Sarafornia!" And the name stuck. It is rumored that it was Robert Louis Stevenson who names the town of Calistoga. As the story goes, there were two towns in California named Saratoga. But one night Stevenson got drunk and raised a glass to toast the burg, slurring “Here’s to Calistoga, Sarafornia!” And the name stuck.

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