Reading and Roaming
STAYING LOCAL It’s October and this is usually the month when the Chief Penguin and I spend some weeks abroad: in Italy, France, Chile, New Zealand, or even Madagascar in 2009. This year, as newcomers to the area, we are instead exploring our new neighborhood and venturing into Raleigh, the Oak City, and North Carolina’s capital. Our …
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RECENT READING—D DAY June 6th this week marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day when Allied troops landed on the Normandy Beaches and changed the outcome of the war. Two recent novels I’ve just completed are concerned with the Holocaust. One is set in France and has been a bestseller in France and Europe, and the other is set in …
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