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Radio Shangri-La

Jaclyn Giovis Feb 7, 2011

Title: Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth

Author: Lisa Napoli

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group

Type: Non Fiction

Released: February 8, 2011

Length: 277 pages

Lisa Napoli was in the grip of a mid-life crisis when a chance encounter led her to the adventure of a lifetime. Leaving behind her job in public radio and her life in Los Angeles, she moved to the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan to volunteer at the country’s first youth radio station. Along the way, she found the world is a beautiful and complicated place, and learns to appreciate life in a way she never imagined.

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