Just a few years ago, Khaled Hosseini was a physician living a quiet life with his family in California. That changed almost overnight in 2003 with the publication of “The Kite Runner,” the story of two boys living in Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion.

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Adrenaline junkies hitch themselves to a steel cable and go whirring across panoramic views of mountain scenery.

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The map at the Southern Cheesemakers' Guild Web site tells the story: The location of every cheesemaker in the guild is marked with a little cube.

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