http://blog.ptpi.org The PTPI Blog aims to provide a place to share our members' stories. They inspire us and they will inspire others. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/11/discussion-question-8-for-in-a-sunburned-country/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/11/discussion-question-8-for-in-a-sunburned-country/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 13:00:35 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=805 Answered by Liz Wegman, Director of Public Relations and Development at PTPI. 8. In talking about visiting Uluru for the first time, the author writes: “In some odd way that you don’t understand and can’t begin to articulate you feel an acquaintance with it – a familiarity on an unfamiliar level.  Somewhere in the deep [...]

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]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/22/discussion-question-3-for-in-a-sunburned-country/feed/ 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/20/discussion-question-2-for-in-a-sunburned-country/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/20/discussion-question-2-for-in-a-sunburned-country/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:00:20 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=782 Question answered by Liz Wegman, Director of Public Relations and Development at PTPI. 2. Bryson writes of the Aborigines “inventing and mastering ocean-going seacraft at least 30,000 years in advance of anyone else…”  What is your reaction to that fact?  Does it make you wonder about your studies and what other great human achievements are [...]

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]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/16/discussion-question-1-for-in-a-sunburned-country/feed/ 3 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/13/introduction-of-staff-readers-book-3/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/13/introduction-of-staff-readers-book-3/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:00:28 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=770 We would like to introduce the group of staff readers for our Global Book Club’s third book, In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. Get to know them here, through their self-written bios, and stay tuned for the first book discussion later this week. Katherine Hubbard, Manager, Student Conferences I am a native of Kansas [...]

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]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/06/discussion-questions-for-in-a-sunburned-country/feed/ 0 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/01/announcing-book-3/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/01/announcing-book-3/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:00:55 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=758 Today we announce our third selection for PTPI’s Global Book Club, In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. What do you know about Australia? Bill Bryson’s In A Sunburned Country takes you on a journey down under to the country that doubles as a continent, has the most unique and deadly wildlife in the world, and contains the [...]

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