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360 Degrees Longitude

Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, April 29, 2010,
I like to take books on vacations that I think with both last me the whole trip and also be possible to finish in the time that I'm gone. It's a delicate balance to strike as it's difficult to tell exactly how long it'll take you to read a book before you even pick it up as it could be rubish or it could be so good that you don't want to put it down, breezing through it in only a couple of days. Well, when I packed 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family's Journey Around the World for a recent road...

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Ranulph Fiennes: Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,
Ranulph Fiennes: Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know was a book gifted to me by my friend Stephen Mills on his last visit to Colorado back in March. After much indecision about what to read after Three Cups of Tea, I finally decided to pick it up and give it a go.

I'm quite surprised really that I had never heard of Fiennes until Stephen gave me the book, especially with all of the other books he's written that have sold so well. But, I guess that it's just my lack of desire to look at bestseller lis...
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