It was the year that Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific ocean; Italy invaded Ethiopia; Babe Ruth hit the 714th and final home run of his career. And Cole Porter set out upon a world cruise. Although he never set out to give a name to a tramp steamship from Saigon. It was just one of those things to Begin the Beguine.read more
Clark Gable would understand - full storyread more
Phạm Văn Khôi
For half the year 1910, one of his younger colleagues was a 20 year old man named Nguyễn Văn Thành, one of the many aliases of the future Hồ Chí Minh. - an excerptread more
sample chapter: small money
A dollar and a dime makes all the difference.read more
Lady R was a tall, statuesque redhead, a few years senior to her husband. While Sir M was rather reserved and taciturn, she was vivacious, loved to dance, eat, drink and wear all kinds of fancy clothes.read more
jambo!
A story excerpted from The Adventure of Food (Travelers Tales)read more