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Spying on America

With his new book Spying on America, B.C. writer and retired writing professor Bill Gaston chronicles an almost two-week, early-summer car journey “through a bunch of red states, during Covid, between two Trumps.” Despite the ... Read More »

April 8, 2026 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews, Travel

Instead: Navigating the Adventures of a Childfree Life

By Maria Coffey

While in her twenties, Maria Coffey endures not one but two life-changing events: a near-drowning in Morocco, and the tragic disappearance of her then-boyfriend, British mountaineer Joe Tasker, on the Northeast Ridge of Everest. Hoping ... Read More »

October 4, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews, Travel

In the Name of Wild: One Family, Five Years, Ten Countries, and a New Vision of Wildness

By Phillip and April Vannini with Autumn Vannini

“Wild” and “wildness” have been used, and overused, to describe everything from adventure parks to cosmetics companies, and because of this it has become a challenge to define the words. Wilderness depicted in overhead ... Read More »

November 9, 2022 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment, Travel

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