Sayers, Dorothy. Murder Must Advertise, or any other Lord Peter Whimsey mystery. Cultured, wry and cleverly plotted.
Stinnett, Caskie. Grand and Private Pleasures. A collection from one of America's greatest travel essayists, who also was an editor at the classic Holiday magazine and founding editor of Travel and Leisure. Any of his books and articles glows with knowledge, wit and class.
Theroux, Paul. The Great Railway Bazaar. He claims it is not his favorite, it's still ours. A classic in travel literature.
Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison. Italian Days. A voluptuous appreciation of that simpatico country.
Morris, Mary. Wall to Wall. From Beijing to Berlin, by train. Another great rail tale, this one from a writer who is a meticulous journal-keeper with a special eye for the smallest human gesture.
Strunk and White. Elements of Style. We're purists, OK?
Zinsser, William. On Writing Well. If only it were this easy!
Wooldridge, Susan. poemcrazy. If you're intoxicated by words, you'll plunge into this with pleasure.
Paul, Jim. What's Called Love. Catapult. Who would have thought that anxious romance and seige weapons could be so endearing? This San Francisco poet makes some of us swoon.
Golding, Michael. Simple Prayers. Haunting, magical and just a little bit weird. Events in the 14th century Venetian lagoon reported in enviable prose.
Courtenay, Bryce. The Power of One. The epic of young Peekay is also a primer in great storytelling.
Hughes, Robert. The Fatal Shore. The story of Australia, and a great piece of popular historical writing. As compelling as any of his art criticism, and that says a brushload.
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