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BURNING MAN FESTIVAL A week-long summer solstice festival held in the Black Rock Desert outside Reno, Nevada, Burning Man draws a crowd estimated at more than 70,000 “burners.” The over-the-top gathering is designed to celebrate “Ten Principles,” or cultural values, and extend them throughout the world. In USE OF FORCE, the festival serves as the backdrop for the dramatic opening...
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DESTINATION: “To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything.” –Goethe SICILY: Around the Island in 8 Stops The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily is a study in contrasts – from fiery volcanoes and the cool blue sea to ancient ruins and a bustling...
Col de la Traversette In the opening pages of BLOWBACK, we find an archaeologist who has made a triumphant discovery near the Col de la Traversette. This treacherous Alpine mountain passage marks the border between France and Italy. Historians have proposed that the Col de la Traversette is where Hannibal crossed the Alps. USAMRIID The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute...
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