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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
"Destination Saigon" is one of my all-time favorite travel books. Some travel books will tell you what to expect in such-and-such country, but in this book, I actually feel as though I am on the journey beside author Walter Mason, whose descriptions read like scenes from a novel and whose own effusive personality makes for the ideal traveling companion. I particularly love Mason's sense of humor. For example, once when Mason's trying to observe a Buddhist holiday, a local celebrity walks into a vegetarian restaurant and all thoughts of spiritual awakening fly out the window as everyone turns to gawk and gossip. As Mason writes: "Don't look now," hissed Kien, my fashionable young companion,… Read more
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
"Tahoe Beneath the Surface" turned out to be the perfect travel book for me. While I had unexpected layovers in two airports, I was able to endure and even enjoy the time because I'd brought "Tahoe Beneath the Surface" with me. The author Scott Lankford has a very appealing writing style so that complex history becomes easy to understand and very exciting. From the prehistoric trees discovered "growing" beneath the surface of Lake Tahoe to weird "coincidences" linking Jack Ruby, JFK and Marilyn Monroe to Tahoe, the book is full of surprises that Lankford weaves together into a fascinating "secret" history of California and in many ways the rest of the U.S. I appreciate his decision to… Read more
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32 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
Lac Su's heartfelt memoir, I Love Yous Are for White People, could not be more timely. This book is about the difficulties a first-generation Vietnamese-Chinese child who comes to America as a refugee faces. Lac Su is forthright about the obstacles: poverty, difficulty learning a new culture and language, violence, bullying at home and at school, the allure of gangs in order to fit in, the allure of crime for seemingly "easy" money. Yet this story is a triumph--despite the truly horrific experiences that Lac Su describes, he has grown into a well-adjusted, successful, loving father, husband, entrepreneur and writer. I wish this book were available in all American high schools. It could… Read more
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