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Donald Reid, Rob Humphreys, et al’s The Rough Guide to Scotland

Rebecca Swain wrote this review. Yes, The Rough Guide to Scotland is great; buy it if you’re planning to go to Scotland. It has maps, information about each part of the country, phone numbers, history, everything you could possibly want … Continue reading

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Chicago, Lincoln Park: North Pond Nature Sanctuary

Chicago, perhaps surprisingly to most people, has a number of nature sanctuaries in Lincoln Park, which stretches along the lakefront from North Avenue in the south up to Hollywood Beach in the north. I say “perhaps surprisingly” because Chicago’s lakefront … Continue reading

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John W. Stamper’s North Michigan Avenue; Jay Pridmore’s Soldier Field

One of the things about living in Chicago — or anywhere, for that matter, I guess — is that unless you take the time to play tourist in your own city, there are things you miss. Particularly in Chicago, which … Continue reading

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Michael Haag’s Alexandria Illustrated, Cairo Illustrated, and Vintage Alexandria

If you read these pages with any regularity, you may have noticed by now that I am hopelessly enamored of books about modern Egypt. Fiction, history, travel, you name it, I’ll gladly give it a try. So I was beside … Continue reading

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