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		<title>Top 3 Literary Alternatives to Disney World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows the Internet is the best place to find reliably accurate statistics and hard facts. No? Well, do me a favor and suspend your disbelief in that last sentence, at least until my 500 words are up. According to the, ahem, Internet, over 70% of the American populace has visited Disney World and its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://literarytraveler.net/2012/05/02/top-3-literary-alternatives-to-disney-world/</link>
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		<title>World Book Night 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Monday, April 23,&#160;marks the first annual World Book Night in the United States.&#160; Started in the UK last year, World Book Night is an extension of World Book Day, which is in its fifteenth year and is celebrated in over one hundred countries.&#160; World Book Day was originally started by UNESCO and according to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://literarytraveler.net/2012/04/22/world-book-night-2012/</link>
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		<title>Bram Stoker&#8217;s Legacy Lives On After Death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Birthdays are not an occasion given much significance in vampire lore; it is death that denotes the beginning of a vampire’s immortality.  Therefore, it&#8217;s only fitting to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Irish author Bram Stoker, whose characterization of Dracula was the vampire who spawned all others.  Although he died one hundred [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://literarytraveler.net/2012/04/17/bram-stokers-legacy-lives-on-after-death/</link>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; When Wanders Cease to Roam: A Traveler&#8217;s Journal of Staying Put</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As travelers, there&#8217;s nothing more exciting than the moment of departure. Nothing compares to that moment when the wheels of our plane leave the earth, when we feel the gust of wind that fills the sails of our ship, or when our train rounds the first bend toward our destination. And yet, as much as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://literarytraveler.net/2012/04/14/book-review-when-wanders-cease-to-roam-a-travelers-journal-of-staying-put/</link>
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		<title>Southern Hospitality: A Spring Road Trip through the Literary South</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With winter winding to a close, there is no better time to hop in the car, roll down the windows, and enjoy the warm breezes of spring as you venture off to places unknown.&#160; From John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley to Jack Kerouac’s iconic On the Road, literature is ripe with tales of road trips, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://literarytraveler.net/2012/04/05/southern-hospitality-a-spring-road-trip-through-the-literary-south/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, by John Baxter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader could be forgiven if, just a few chapters into The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, he or she were to lower the book and ask, “Wait: where are the walks?” As it turns out, John Baxter’s loving homage to the charming, winding streets of Paris is not so much a book recommending [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://literarytraveler.net/2012/03/30/book-review-the-most-beautiful-walk-in-the-world-by-john-baxter/</link>
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		<title>Spending a Night at The Library:  NYC’s Boutique Hotel with a Literary Twist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a weekend getaway to the Big Apple, or perhaps planning a surprise trip for the book lover in your life?  The Library Hotel in New York City will make certain that your efforts are duly rewarded with bibliophilic charm. Conveniently located on Madison Avenue, the boutique hotel houses sixty guest rooms, and true [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://literarytraveler.net/2012/03/19/spending-a-night-at-the-library-nyc%e2%80%99s-boutique-hotel-with-a-literary-twist/</link>
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		<title>Judging a Book by its Cover: Compiling an Old Fashioned Library in a Digital Age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have always loved books, and I don’t mean this broadly, as in “I love to read,” which, of course, is also true.  I have always loved books: the shape, the smell, the weight of the hardback cover in my hands.  I know I am not alone in this.  I have had this conversation with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://literarytraveler.net/2012/03/06/judging-a-book-by-its-cover-compiling-an-old-fashioned-library-in-a-digital-age/</link>
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		<title>Top Five English Language Bookshops in Europe, Curated by Tyler Moran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When traveling Europe by train, one is subjected to many hours of butt-numbingly cramped quarters with only miles upon miles of countryside sameness to stimulate the mind. There&#8217;s not much to do besides watch the wooded hills and rolling farmlands melt by through dingy glass. Thusly, the literary traveler must be properly equipped. Armed with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://literarytraveler.net/2012/02/20/top-five-english-language-bookshops-in-europe-curated-by-tyler-moran/</link>
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		<title>The Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While many are drawn to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, there&#8217;s another late Winter festival worth its weight in gold. After all the beads have been tossed and the confetti has been swept away, it&#8217;s time for literary travelers from around the world to take over the&#160;resplendent&#160;city.&#160; March 21st marks the start of the five [...]]]></description>
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