Did you know that T Rex lived ONLY in the western part of North America? That there were pygmy dinosaurs living on islands in what is now Europe? And that most dinosaurs had feathers?!
Read MoreReads For The Road: "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu" by Joshua Hammer
I'll admit it.
I definitely judged this book by its cover.
And man, oh man, did the cover make me want to read it!
Read MoreReads For The Road: "The Spy" by Paulo Coelho
Since the first time I read a book by Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist), I've been hooked — and The Spy does not disappoint.
The book is based on the life and death of the fascinating Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod, also known as Mata Hari.
Read MoreReads For The Road: "Mossad" by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal
You can't turn on the TV without coming across fictional shows about the FBI, CIA, NCIS, MI6 or some other covert organization operating somewhere in the world. I have to admit that I am definitely a sucker for these shows (who doesn't love Homeland?), and while I have managed to figure out generally what these organizations do in the real world, the one that I have always been a bit confused about is the Mossad.
Read MoreReads For The Road: "Loot — The Battle Over The Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World" by Sharon Waxman
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.
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