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Monday, November 8 – Snake Lake by Jeff Greenwald

Jeff Greenwald reads from his latest book, “SNAKE LAKE,” National Geographic Traveler Book of the Month for November 2010. SNAKE LAKE unfolds during 1990’s dramatic “people power” uprising against Nepal’s long-entrenched monarchy. Inspired by real events that evolved during one calamitous spring, SNAKE LAKE weaves a vivid tapestry of three profoundly different paths to liberation: revolution, enlightenment, and suicide.
“Greenwald has a gift for electrifying descriptions of the profound intricacy of the world and the mind. His portrait of his erudite, inscrutable, and doomed brother and keenly illuminating memoir of place, spirit, love, and brotherhood are unforgettable.” – Donna Seaman, Booklist

Monday, November 15 – Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan & Western Turkey

Dave Garfinkle will show slides of his recent trip to Central Asia and Western Turkey, focusing on the incredible sites of the ancient Silk Road cities, and interaction with many master craftspeople in the area.

Monday, November 22 – “The Darwinian Tourist”

Christopher Wills, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, San Diego, will preview his new book, The Darwinian Tourist. Each part of the lecture will begin with an adventure in some remote part of the world. Each of these stories, illustrated with photographs that Dr. Wills has taken during his travels, will show how even more vivid and exciting the worlds wild places can be when they are seen through evolutionary eyes.

Monday, November 29 – “Walnut Wine and Truffle Groves” by Kimberley Lovato

Author Kimberley Lovato will give a program about her culinary travel book, “Walnut Wine & Truffle Groves.” Navigate the back roads–as well as the menus and markets–of southwestern France with newfound excitement…and a knife and fork!

Palmento: A Sicilian Wine Odyssey
Inspired by a deep passion for wine, an Italian heritage, and a desire. […]

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Great American Craft Beer: A Guide to the Nation's Finest Beers and Breweries
Great American Craft Beertakes readers on a passionate and informati. […]

THE DISTANT LANDS SHOW: LIMA
Intrepid traveler (and sometime Distant Lands employee) Christopher Moore takes on South America. First stop: Lima, Peru!

European Railpasses and tickets are available on the spot at Distant Lands!

On the Spartacus Road: A Spectacular Journey through Ancient Italy
In this fascinating and original work, Stothard retraces the journey taken by Spartacus and his army of rebels, taking us back to an ancient world which confronted similar issues to those we face todaythe perils of religious belief; the comfort of organized religion; the virtues of public life. As he travels along the Spartacus road, Stothard breathes new life into the story of Spartacus and the greatest slave war in antiquity.