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Shadow of the Silk Road

Posted by Jason Hussong on Friday, May 27, 2011,

Normally I am pretty good about remembering where and why I purchased a particular book. But, that is not the case with Colin Thubron's Shadow of the Silk Road. For all

I can truthfully recall, it just materialized on my bookshelf. And for that, I am quite glad, because it might just be the perfect story of travel, adventure and history.

Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron is about his cross-country trip from Xian, China to Antioch, Turkey, retracing the path of the old Silk Road. A...

Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things

Posted by Jason Hussong on Monday, January 10, 2011,

Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things: An Impossible Journey from Kabul to Chiapas by Gary Geddes was the last of three books I read over the Christmas break. I went on a read

ing binge over the break in an attempt to clear off my "to do" bookshelf a bit. And this one had been sitting on the shelf for a while; I've had it for so long that I don't even remember where I picked it up, possibly having received it from the publisher.

Geddes writes about his own journey retracing the footsteps of Bu...

Three Cups of Tea

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin was my latest read.

If you haven't heard of it you need to climb out from under the rock you've been living under since it's been on bestseller lists everywhere, as well as prominently displayed on bookshelves in almost every store I've walked into as of late that carries books.

Three Cups of Tea is the story about how one man, Greg Mortenson, after losing his father...