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April 2025: What Am I Reading?
I’ve got some great books to share with you this month.
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Kyle Chayka on how the internet flattened culture
Digital platforms promised us personalization but their algorithms homogenized culture to a bland lowest common denominator instead.
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The Anti-Influencer Guide to Travel
You’ve spent years saving for that once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe.
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16 Keys to Creating Your Travel Life
I spent over two decades trying to create my travel lifestyle, and looking for ways to maximize my personal freedom in the process.
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March 2025: What Am I Reading?
Here’s a roundup of what I read this month.
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Sophy Roberts's Reading List
by Sophy Roberts
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April 2025

Sophy Roberts on A Training School for Elephants
In 1879 a forgotten Irish adventurer called Frederick Carter marched four tamed Asian elephants from the coast of East Africa to the edge of the Congo.
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February 2025: What Am I Reading?
Here’s my monthly roundup of reading.
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Joseph Koudelka with biographer Melissa Harris
Josef Koudelka was born in Czechoslovakia the year Germany annexed the Sudetenland.
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Personal Landscapes Courses & Reports
Ate you an aspiring travel writer, or a traveler who wants to travel like a pro?
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Melissa Harris's Josef Koudelka Reading List
Hi Ryan,
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Clair Wills on Ireland’s missing persons
Clair Wills was in her twenties when she learned she had a cousin she’d never met.
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