In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans–a banker originally from the Netherlands–finds himself marooned among the strange occupants of the Chelsea Hotel after his English wife and son return to London.
Alone and untethered, feeling lost in the country he had come to regard as home, Hans stumbles upon the [...]
19
May
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30
Mar
Good luck trying to classify Mary Doria Russell’s books, and if you can, please let your local bookseller know Free Novel.
Perhaps no current author has produced such a diverse body of work in such a short period of time. This distinction has led Russell to reflexively refer to herself as, ahem, a “literary genre slut.†[...]
2
Mar
Outside, the snow falls and it’s too cold to walk in the woods, so my mind wanders to places I’ve been and places I hope to someday visit.
I pull out the most recent addition to my library: “Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die” by Chris Santella (Stewart, Tambori, and Chang).
Santella interviewed 50 well-traveled [...]
22
Feb
We stayed overnight at Taybet Zaman on the King’s Highway. The hotel resort styled as a traditional Arabian village with adobe dwellings, cobbled alleyways, souqs and hammam (baths) has won environmental awards for its vernacular architecture.
Perched on the mountainside, the views of the Wadi Arabia are stupendous. We fall asleep and awake to the [...]
17
Dec
Outsiders no longer, brainy, bashful, obsessive geeks are now
the dominant force in popular culture. John Bailey and Melissa Kent
report on the evolution of the nerd.
Not so long ago, experts considered The Geek an endangered
species. Their lack of natural defensive abilities made them easy
prey for jocks, toughs and alpha males, and their lack of social
skills reduced [...]
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