A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk... by Michael Shapiro

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Great writers inspire readers to head out in search of foreign sunsets, but in this instance, they inspired travel writer Michael Shapiro to head out for the great writers themselves. A Sense of Place is one writer's journey to visit all the heroes who have motivated him — to pack a pen and... read more

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NIGHT IS ENVELOPING THE COLOMBIAN JUNGLE CAMP; YOUR traveling companion is insulting one of Colombia's most ruthless guerrilla leaders, and said guerrilla is dropping less-than-subtle hints that you may soon be kidnapped.

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