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Rick Steves, Guidebook author of books by Rick Steves and travel TV host, is America’s most regarded specialist on European travel. In Rick Steves written works, Rick took his first trek to Europe in 1969, visiting piano manufacturing plants with his dad, a piano merchant. As an 18-year-old, in best Rick Steves book series, Rick started going without anyone else, subsidizing his outings by showing piano exercises. In 1976, in Rick Steves books written, he began his business, Rick Steves’ Europe, which has developed from an exclusive task to an organization with a staff of 100 full-time, all around voyaged...

When you are a child there are few things alluring as magic. It is a thing that you cannot see, but you are very confident exists. Because how could so much of what enters your field of view when you are very young function without the help of supernatural forces? When you don’t have the language to describe what happens when your teeth fall out of your mouth there has to be another explanation. Strega Nona, perhaps the most recognizable book in the oeuvre of the recently deceased author-cum-illustrator, Tomie dePaola, explores these early childhood parables of magic and wisdom...