A Strange Odyssey Through Bulgaria In ‘Shadow Land’:
In 2005, I read a book so suspenseful, so laden with longing that I could not put it down: The Historian , by Elizabeth Kostova. In 2010, her sophomore effort, The Swan Thieves , thrilled me slightly less, but made up for its lack of suspense with a delicate dance through the world of fine art.
Raptors continue tradition of giving away deeply weird T-shirts for NBA playoffs:
There is seemingly nothing the Toronto Raptors organization loves more than giving oddly designed T-shirts to its fans, and that tradition has continued for the Raptors' NBA playoff opener Saturday evening against the Milwaukee Bucks. It took me awhile to figure what, exactly, was going on with those shirts, but after close examination it appears to be a stylized fist holding a basketball net, as one does after winning some sort of basketball championship.
Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?