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Reading Ideas

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If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home   –   Author Lucy Worsley

Yosemite Epics: Tales of Adventure from America’s Greatest Playground   -  Authors Matt Johanson and Christopher Hampson

Shards: A Novel    –    Author Ismet Prcic

Restaurant Man  –  Author Joseph Bastianich

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Music for your Workout

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Felix de Housecat     Trippin On a Trip      –      Dance

Oliver  –   Walk with me   –   Electronic

BeBe     -   Pa una Isla       –     Latin Rock

Clive Tanaka Y Su Orquesta     -     Neu Chicago    -   Dance

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Books for you to Read

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A Natural Woman: A Memoir  -  Author Carole King

Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News  – Author Dan Rather

Smart Marathon Training: Run Your Best Without Running Yourself Ragged  -  Author Jeffrey Horowitz

The Song of Achilles: A Novel  –  Author Madeline Miller

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Relaxing Music to Download

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Amadou & Mariam  -  La Fete au Village  -  World

Omar Sosa   -  Dance of Reflection   -    Jazz

Gardens & Villa   –   Orange Blossom   –   Alternative

Windy & Carl   –   The Sun   –   Electronic

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Reading Recommendations

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Audubon’s Birds Of America (Tiny Folio) – Author Roger Tory Peterson

The Fallback Plan – Author Leigh Stein

A Girl and Her Pig: Recipes and Stories – Author April Bloomfield

The Man Who Planted Trees – Author Jean & Aline Giono and Harry Brockway

 

 

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Music for your Travels

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GroupLove      Cruel and Beautiful World   –     Indie

The Ragbirds  -    Panoramic Camera  –   Singer/Songwriter

Keren Ann   –   Song from a Tour Bus    –   Pop

Metronomy  –   The Bay   -  Electronic

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Books for you to Read

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Arcadia  -  Author Lauren Groff

Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories – Author Megan Mayhew

A Good American  – Author Alex George

Radically Simple: Recipes – Author Rozanne Gold

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Dining Music to Download

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Apollo Nove  -  Traz Um Alivio    –   World

Pedro Giraudo  -  La Viudita  – Jazz

Manu Chao  –   La Vida Tombola   –   Rock Latino

Os Cariocas  -  Agua de Beber   –   World

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Reads

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The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone’s Business  –  Authors Dennis Littky and Samantha Grabelle

Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection -  Author A.J Jacobs

 Iron War: Dave Scott, Mark Allen, & the Greatest Race Ever Run -  Author Matt Fitzgerald

 One With Others  –  Author C.D Wright

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Flamenco Dance – Culture and Creativity

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Exercise Music to Download

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Steve Aoki & Sidney Samson   -  Wake Up Call     –   Dance

The Ragbirds  -    Onyame Kokroko   –   Singer/Songwriter

The Big Pink    -    Jump Music    –     Alternative

Basement Jaxx      –      Raindrops   –   Dance

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Reading Selections for You

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Small, Gritty, and Green: The Promise of America’s Smaller Industrial Cities in a Low-Carbon World (Urban and Industrial Environments)  Author  Catherine Tumber

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity     Author    Katherine Boo

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business    Author  Charles Duhigg

 Gods Without Men     Author Hari Kunzru

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Music to Relax to

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Erik Satie     –     Gymnopedie    -    Classical

Scrote       –     Spellness      -          Rock

Annuals      -        Springtime    -  Alternative

Hooverphonic  –   Waves    -    Pop

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Books

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Freein’ Pancho       Author  Lloyd R. Prentice

The Darlings        Author  Cristina Alger

No One is Here Except All of Us       Author   Ramona Ausubel

Contents May Have Shifted: A Novel       Author   Pam Houston

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Music for your Travels

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Melanie Pain  -  Peut-etre pas  –    French Pop

Dove   –     Jetstream    –    Alternative

Azymuth     -      Amazon Adventure    -  Brazillian

Butterfly Boucher    -    A Walk Outside     –     Rock

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Books for you to Read

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Heft: A Novel      Author Liz Moore

Paris versus New York: A Tally of Two Cities      Author Vahram Muratyan

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity      Author Katherine Boo

Small, Gritty, and Green: The Promise of America’s Smaller Industrial Cities in a Low-Carbon World (Urban and Industrial Environments)      Author Catherine Tumber

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Dining Music Playlist

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Diego Torres   –   Donde Van    -    Pop Latino

AfroCubism   –    A La Luna Yo Me Voy   -    World

Wayne Wallace   –    Philadelphia Mambo  -   Jazz

Blur    -    Music is my Radar    –     Rock

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Insightful Books to Read

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Music for your Workout

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Penguin Prison   -    Golden   Train   –    Dance

Matias Aguayo  –   Koro Koro    –     Electronic

Little Dragon    –     Swimming      –     Pop

French Govrnment   -    Gulf Stream      -        Dance

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Experience the Land of Enchantment

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Santa Fe, New Mexico Creative Tourism

 

“Experience the Land of Enchantment in a truly hands-on manner while getting to know the city’s art, culture, history, heritage and people. Santa Fe Creative Tourism and The Inn and Spa at Loretto have partnered to present our DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package, featuring fabulous workshops, classes and experiences taught by local community members in vibrant artists’ studios and other settings. From painting and glassworks, writing and journaling, to photography and crafts, experiencing Santa Fe through this exclusive DIY Santa Fe opportunity will create a vacation to remember!”

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