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The editors of The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup collects original writings on all fifty states by leading novelists, journalists, and essayists, in a volume that includes such examples as Anthony Bourdain on New Jersey, Dave Eggers on Illinois, and Louise Erdrich on North Dakota.
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"Hidden Tuscany vividly displays the coastal areas of Tuscany, a territory often overlooked by visitors to Italy eager to see Chianti, Florence or Siena. Veteran journalist and Italophile John Keahey points out the keen distinctions that the western cities maintain: in food, lifestyle, and the way its artists are paving new directions in art that differ mightily from the Renaissance-rich interior. Keahey interviews sculptors and their artigiani,...
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In 1790, about 90% of Vermonters lived on and earned at least part of their livelihood from farming. In 2009, about 1% of the state's population lived on Vermont's 1,050 dairy farms. As historians have noted, America was born in the country and has moved to the city. By our breakfast, dairy farmers have put in half a day's work. By noon, many have logged an eight-hour day. By nightfall, they have often added another eight-hour day. Given the long...
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"In The Last Empty Places, bestselling author Peter Stark takes the reader to four of the most remote, wild, and unpopulated areas of the United States outside of Alaska and mainly not part of protected wilderness: the rivers and forests of Northern Maine; the rugged, unpopulated region of Western Pennsylvania that lies only a short distance from the East's big cities; the haunting canyons of Central New Mexico; and the vast, arid basins of Southeast...
60) State capitals
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The book briefly describes the capital city of each state, its history, and its capitol building.
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