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Newer stories | Older stories Travel Q&ASunday, Aug. 17, 2008Q: My wife and I often stay at Residence Inn, Homewood Suites or Embassy Suites when traveling with our 11-year-old son. Next spring we'll be visiting our daughter in Paris for a week. Are there comparable suite hotels in Paris? Read story. Zoo vets collect some amazing, true storiesSunday, Aug. 17, 2008THE RHINO WITH GLUE-ON SHOES: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients. Edited by Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mashima. Delacorte Press. 310 pages. $22. Read story. Ice-cream trailSunday, Aug. 17, 2008MYSTIC, Conn. — You've heard of winery, biking and birding trails. But how about an ice-cream trail? Eastern Connecticut has an official trail of the best spots for locally produced and often homemade ice cream. Read story. Snooping methods outlinedSunday, Aug. 17, 2008SNOOP: What Your Stuff Says About You. By Sam Gosling, Ph.D. Basic Books. 263 pages. $25. Finding your new acquaintances a little reticent and hard to get to know? Read story. Duck-billed gerunds and othersSunday, Aug. 17, 2008In certain forms of literary composition, nothing is more important than the opening sentence. It's the baited hook, the magic aroma, the half-opened door. Read story. Creations span continents, historySunday, Aug. 17, 2008Players of Richard Berg's Terrible Swift Sword, a historical board game on the Battle of Gettysburg, can, and often do, turn the tide in favor of the Confederacy, rewriting history at whim. "I would say the South wins the battle with about 60 percent of the people who play it," says Berg, a North Charleston-based designer of historical simulations. Read story. Day in life drags on like bookSunday, Aug. 17, 2008DINOSAURS ON THE ROOF. By David Rabe. Simon & Schuster. 484 pages. $26. "Too long" may sound like an unsophisticated critique to level at a novel. But David Rabe's "Dinosaurs on the Roof" should have undergone some ruthless editing. Read story. Swapping homesSunday, Aug. 17, 2008VisitBritain has tips for Americans interested in swapping homes as a way to save money on vacation. Read story. Bringing Europe closer to homeSunday, Aug. 17, 2008Europe is nearer than you think and less expensive than you'd expect, if you travel to the Azores, an archipelago of nine islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Eight hundred miles west of Portugal and just a four-hour flight from Boston, the islands are the closest point of Europe to the United States, other than the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland. Read story. 'Master' takes on evil in Old SouthSunday, Aug. 17, 2008MASTER OF THE DELTA. By Thomas H. Cook. Harcourt. 367 pages. $24. There was a time, long ago, when Thomas H. Cook wrote crime novels. They were better than average, thoughtful tales with twists and turns and uneasy scenes — but at heart, crime novels. Read story. Tours offer taste of Tuscan flavorSunday, Aug. 17, 2008The traditional vacation season may be ending, but you can still get away this fall and experience Italy behind the scenes: the fascinating culture, gorgeous countryside and superb cuisine. In other words, the full flavor of Tuscan life. Read story. Book looks at post-Cold War stageSunday, Aug. 17, 2008AMERICA BETWEEN THE WARS, 11/9 to 9/11: The Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Start of the War on Terror. By Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier. PublicAffairs. 432 pages. Read story. Sunday calendarSunday, Aug. 17, 2008Today FIRST DAY FESTIVAL: 1-4 p.m. Liberty Square, 360 Concord St., Charleston. Read story. Alt band Sonic Youth survives against oddsSunday, Aug. 17, 2008GOODBYE 20TH CENTURY: A Biography of Sonic Youth. By David Browne. Da Capo. 422 pages. $26. With their alternative-rock noise and deconstructed tunes, the members of Sonic Youth ("Daydream Nation," "Sonic Nurse") have earned newfound respect over the past decade. Read story. Memorabilia lets collectors develop close relationship with movies they loveSunday, Aug. 17, 2008Bogie in the media room, Garbo in the boudoir. "Ben-Hur's" chariots rumbling through the workshop. Marilyn oozing glamour in the study. And Brando scowling in the bath. For a classic film buff, nothing tops movie posters for lending color, vibrancy and a certain panache to a home or office. Read story. Newer stories | Older stories More Arts and Travel |
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