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      Audio Book Review: Renegade: The Making of a President, by Richard Wolffe 

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      Ruth Mormon
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      Published on 12-14-2009 07:42 AM
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      Renegade
      Known to the Secret Service by his codename, Renegade, Barak Obama waged a tireless campaign to become the first man of African American descent to occupy The White House. Early in his candidacy he formed an alliance with ...
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      Audio Book Review: Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell 

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      Published on 12-10-2009 11:27 AM
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      Beat the Reaper
      Warning! This book would not make a good gift for someone who is in the hospital or who is about to undergo surgery. However, it’s an outrageously wonderful choice for anyone else! ...
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      Across the Appalachians and on to New Jersey 

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      Published on 06-11-2009 01:20 AM
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      A whistle-stop trip across West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey takes our British road tripper, Peter Thody, over some historic American ground. Three battlefields recall bitter conflicts from three different wars, while an encounter with some Amish people gets Thody thinking about how we look at things.

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      James Dean’s Grave and Other Good Reasons to Visit Indiana 

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      Published on 04-10-2009 11:05 AM
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      James Dean's grave
      A 200-mile drive to visit James Dean’s grave takes Peter Thody through the USA’s most depressingly named town, the country’s sixth most interesting city from an architectural point of a view, and one of only two state capitals to include the name of the state in its own name. Join him and wife Carole as they discover these and other good reasons to visit Indiana.

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      Sample Interview Topics and Questions 


      These are a few examples of general roadtrippin' questions we've been asked. We can also address specific locations and topics. We've got seasoned experts on just about every aspect of road tripping -- from traveling with puppies and looking for wildflowers to driving Route 66 and following rock bands.
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      RTA's Travel Advisors and Contributors 


      RoadTrip America is the joint effort of editors, book reviewers, contributing writers, forum moderators, information technologists, Web designers, photographers, and hundreds of knowledgeable road trippers who generously share ...
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      RoadTrip America's Mission Statement 


      RoadTripAmerica’s Mission is to provide advice, inspiration and resources for planning road trips in North America
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      Defensive Driving Rule #1: Pay Attention 

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      "I never saw him!" is the most common excuse heard after a collision. Was the other vehicle invisible? Virtually all collisions involve inattention on the part of one or both drivers. Inattention ...
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      Defensive Driving Rule #2: Don't Trust NOBODY! 

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      We have met the enemy and he is us. You can never rely on what the other driver will do. Think back to all the mistakes you've made while driving over the years. Think ahead to the ones you know you will make in the future. All the other drivers are just like ...
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      Defensive Driving Rule #3: Yield Anyway! 

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      "Nobody ever yielded their way into a collision." Think about it. If you are in doubt about who has the right of way, give it away. The other guy may be wrong, but you can end up hurt or dead. We often say no one HAS the right-of-way until it is ...
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