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Welsh travel writer Morris has described nearly every interesting place on the planet. Unique among them is Hav, the Levantine city-state she put on the map two decades ago with her first novel Last Letters from Hav - and which exists only in her mind. The author's word-portraits of Hav's picturesque streets and quaint customs made the place indelible in the annals of travel. Sadly, it was largely destroyed by foreign invaders in 1985 and rebuilt as an efficient, soulless resort destination. Morris' latest, perhaps most insightful book yet, titled simply Hav, helpfully reprints the entire...
...once seemed, and for many space scientists, that's a good enough reason to go. Lack of funding or political will may yet scuttle the entire audacious moon-Mars enterprise. But for now at least, it appears that a human species that has kept itself confined to the home planet for the past 34 years may once again begin moving stepwise through the solar system...
...come. American, Continental, Northwest and United are vying for U.S. government approval to launch new daily service to China next spring. A round-trip full-fare ticket from New York City to Beijing runs about $11,000, making it one of the most profitable routes on the planet. Additional competition may lower the price a bit--just not too much, the airlines hope...
FRAGILE EARTH Massive change is the theme of this book, which documents the climate transformations the planet has been undergoing in recent years, many of them undesirable, most a result of human actions. As you might expect from a book assembled to convince you that something very unpleasant is afoot, the images are sobering. All the same, there's a considerable wow factor in the aerial and space photography the editors frequently use to illustrate their points about melting ice caps, advancing deserts and rising sea levels. They have a particular thing for discouraging compare-and- contrast shots of sights...
...place to be. On any Jan. 1, the sun sits above the horizon the whole day across most of Antarctica. For a slightly more comfortable holiday vacation, head to the Chatham Islands. Kahuitara Point on Pitt Island in this Pacific Ocean chain is the first populated place on the planet to see the sun rise. You could do worse. The Chathams are known for their excellent fishing, wild scenery and easygoing lifestyle. They are also home to about 40 plant, 18 bird and 150 insect species found nowhere else on earth...