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Title: Blue Shoes & Happiness
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Suggested by: Sandy Braun
What is it about? Ok, so maybe we're obsessed with the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series - is there a reason not to be? Add this, his seventh book (beat that, J.K. Rowling) to your beloved library.

Title: Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey
Author: Goran Kropp with David Lagercranz
Suggested by:Skier Yellowstone Ski Trip
What is it about? One of the "ultimate" solo travelers regales us with his "ultimate" bicycle journey from Sweden to Nepal, including an oxygen-free summit of Mt. Everest and the rugged ride home.

Title: The Master Butchers Singing Club
Author: Louise Erdrich
Suggested by: Katherine Steets, Mt. Assiniboine X-C Ski tour.
What is it about?Post-WWI European immigrants lead compelling lives in Argus, North Dakota, the small fictional town of Edrich's previous novels. A wonderful tale full of rich, expansive imagery, that verges on magic realism.

Travel Recipes

Meals served by new friends in distant countries result in recipe swaps. Here is a favorite.

Summer Tomato Salad

Recipe by: Adventure Associates guide, Hamid - Lamu Island, Kenya, E. Africa.

Fresh summer beefy tomatoes

Sweet onions, thinly sliced

Lime juice

Cayenne, sprinkle lightly