Taiwan: Land of dreams and tears (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

When I decided to apply for an overseas job, all I had in mind were my beautiful dreams. The moment I stepped down from the plane and set foot in the land of Taiwan, my heart was filled with hope and determination to achieve those dreams.

O’Rourke’s latest collection of essays is a paean to muscle-car driving, dangerous living and America’s open road (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

I’m in the unenviable position of telling my dad that he was wrong. As a child of Detroit, born in Henry Ford General Hospital, I’ve heard all my life that I should have dropped the writing career to become an engineer. "The Big Three are always hiring," my 69-year-old father would occasionally tell me. He still buys a new fully loaded Mustang with a "sport package" every other year.

Tour de granite: Millstone Trails opening new touring center (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)

BARRE TOWN – Pierre Couture plans to turn a 120-year-old building that was once the hub of a thriving industrial community into the home base for what he hopes will one day be a premiere central Vermont tourist attraction. ... - By DAVID DELCORE TIMES ARGUS STAFF

Land Divers (New York Review of Books)

By Claire Messud The burglar stood at the bedroom window and watched them drive the Mini into the garage. They'd had the car windows open and Noddy and Cissy had been singing, very loudly, the calypso carol the lower school choir would perform at the Christmas concert: 'See him a-lying on a bed of straw, drafty stable with an open door...'

Angels grateful to have Scioscia on their side (CBS Sports)

Trials, tribulations and tragedy: Mike Scioscia has dealt with them all this season. But it is his unwavering leadership -- especially after the death of Nick Adenhart -- that makes him the Angels' backbone, Scott Miller says.

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