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Month: August 2017

David Baldacci to appear at National Book Festival, Library of Virginia

8 authors coming to the National Book Festival tell us the best thing they read this year

LB School Podcast: Trenton Lee Stewart

Where to Stay in Aspen

Aspen’s accommodations are spread throughout the downtown. Many of the priciest digs are clustered at the base of the mountain, but there are more choices scattered throughout downtown. Prices tend…

Pizza Dough Recipe

“It’s a Party!” Pizza Dough Recipe (VIDEO)

What Is Single-Origin Chocolate?

What Is Single-Origin Chocolate?

An op-ed by WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A DOG author Gregory Berns on ScientificAmerican.com

“Earlier this year Alaska became the first state to pass a law requiring the consideration of pets’ well being in custody disputes. Seeing that pets, especially dogs, are commonly treated…

Ian Bogost’s PLAY ANYTHING reviewed in the New York Times

“[Bogost’s] thoughtful book Play Anything makes the point that life’s limitations — as with the limitations of a game such as soccer or Tetris — are not impediments to our…

TALKING PICTURES author Ann Hornaday interviewed on PBS NewsHour

'A movie teaches us how to watch it in the first few minutes, says Ann Hornaday, film critic for The Washington Post. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Hornaday, author of…

Top 5 Places to Read While On the Road

Resurrection Bay Boat Tours

Resurrection Bay boat tours are ideal for seeing marine wildlife. On a good day, you could see humpbacks and orcas, plus porpoises, seals, sea otters, sea lions, hundreds of puffins,…

Admiralty Island Bear Viewing

Admiralty Island lives up to its original name—Kootznoowoo, or “Fortress of the Bears” in Tlingit—with the highest concentration of brown bears in the world. The island holds an estimated 1,500…