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                    [Title] => Books for the Erudite and Unconventional
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Gift giving is very tricky. I really believe it is more about knowing your loved ones and their preferences rather than giving them the most expensive or hottest gift of the season.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134010 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1342640 [AuthorName] => Grace Velasco [SectionName] => On the Radar [SectionUrl] => on-the-radar [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 466581 [Title] => Ode to travel [Summary] =>

In Alain de Botton’s The Art of Travel, the philosophical writer explains to us why we venture into destinations outside of the familiar and reminds us how traveling, despite its taxing nature, is still one of the most significant expressions of human freedom.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135527 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1123191 [AuthorName] => Ana G. Kalaw [SectionName] => For Men [SectionUrl] => for-men [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205824 [Title] => Southern Proust [Summary] => It was a Proustian summer break, if ever there was one, our latest getaway to Negros Island down south, with side trips to Bohol and Apo Island as unexpected bonuses.

And it was a book on Proust that we read on the boat back to Manila, entitled How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton, handed to us by Dumaguete faithful Cesar Ruiz on the eve of departure.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431668 [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) ) )
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