October 23, 2012

Reads For The Road: The Lost City of Z by David Grann

by Lindsay Shapka in Travel, Book List, History, Discovey

Everyone loves a swashbuckling, edge-of-your-seat adventure tale, but a true one? Even better!

One of the greatest exploration mysteries of our time, finding The Lost City of Z has claimed the lives and minds of scientists and adventurers from all over the world. The ancient city — with complex networks of roads, bridges, temples, and treasures — is believed to be hidden deep within the dark, unmapped depths of the Amazon.

February 13, 2012

Reads For The Road: "Loot — The Battle Over The Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World" by Sharon Waxman

by Lindsay Shapka in Book List, culture, History, Travel, Discovey

In most of the bookstores I walk into, the art history section is pretty lean. There are a lot of large-scale glossy photo books with the standard famous works of art in them, but not much that is critical, new, or honest.