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Primavera en el campo consta de varias historias breves basadas en la vida del autor durante su infancia y juventud en la Rusia de los años 60, 70 y 80, con relatos sobre sus años en el servicio militar y sus viajes de trabajo por todo el país, entre otros. Leo Egerev comparte con el lector una miríada de vivencias divertidas, extravagantes y muy humanas, donde nos da a conocer las personas que enriquecieron su vida y el recuerdo de aquellos que...
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AVENTURAS Y DESVENTURAS DE UN APASIONADO DE LOS VIAJES
¿Eres un amante de los viajes? ¿Estás empezando a viajar y te surgen dudas?
En cualquiera de los dos casos, estarás deseando planear tu próximo viaje e informarte sobre algunos trucos para mejorarlo.
Aquí encontrarás recomendaciones y sugerencias para sacar mejor partido a tu aventura. Y también te reirás con anécdotas reales de todo tipo.
Crónicas de un viajero empedernido nos...
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Finn follow his thumb from central Mexico out to the Yucatan. On a ferry out to an island off the coast, he runs into Claudette from Quebec who teaches him more French than he learned in 4 years of high school classes. But this is a story about paradise: a tale of love found and lost on the Caribbean.
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One year. Four continents. And a love-crazed travel writer going off the beaten track.
In 1989, Frank Kusy found himself the unwilling love pawn of a booted and bodiced Boadicea on a Harley low rider. Then he fell in love with someone else, and it got a lot worse. Trapped in a small bedsit in London, with strange foreign curses coming through the door, he jumped at the chance to write a travel book on South East Asia. There followed the craziest year...
5) Tales From The Day: Life shaping events that truth be told all happened under the heading of "oops."
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Yeah, this is a memoir of sorts, if shark fishing in one's underwear, roping a bear, getting drunk with your Grandfather, or losing ten grand at the Hollywood Sign is a memoir. The Day Johnny Cash Hit On My Wife is on the roster as well, for the only name drop in all the stories. There's also a thing about getting shot in Arkansas and a road trip with a monkey. I can't deny these were life shaping events, but truth be told they all happened under...
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Saturday nights have a special kind of spirit about them. They're a time when we take off our work hats, leave our responsibilities behind, and go out into the world to experience culture, food and meet new people. In Saturday Nights you'll be entertained with one woman's collection of Saturday night adventures.
From coastal cities of the US to adventures in Paris, Frankfurt, and some tiny places off the beaten track, inside this collection you'll...
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This is the true story of a young, native Irish woman who embarked on a path of "most resistance" and danced/survived her way around seven different countries. Her very descriptive, dramatic, and often, humorous Celtic Road Home takes you on a journey of constant life adventures. Despite her many up and down struggles along the way, she never gives up hope on the very next, outcome becoming more, successful than the one before. Inspirational and captivating...
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"…a hilarious memoir about enlightenment and old age…"
"…a superb lead-in to Frank's travel memoirs proper…"
"…honest, whimsical, and keenly observing…"
"...Frank is a wonderful storyteller, I really warmed to him..."
As Frank Kusy turns 27 he is unexpectedly put in charge of an old people's home in Clapham, South London. Driven to distraction by a crazy cast of characters he seeks solace in Buddhism, only to find himself up to his ears...
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This is an autobiographical work. I am not a famous character, and so, to be meaningful and interesting to the reader, an autobiography of a historically unknown person should represent more than just some cathartic endeavor, this book accomplishes this objective. It presents references and descriptions of some relatively famous people in my family history who have touched my life, and it also provides information that a reader can utilize in pursuit...
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From the Yukon to Montana, the Bus takes you down the Alaska Highway on a trip fraught with problems, a trip to meet the richest man in the world, a man who laughs at problems because "problems are only solutions in the formative stage." There's a mysterious visit to a mountain graveyard too, where a conflict arises between the best way to live and the only way to stay alive. There's more, as when the Bus takes you to a place where a father loathes...
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Marching to the beat of her own drums, Roseanney Liu shares her first half-life memoir, ‘You did WHAT now?’ that details many experiences that shaped, who she is today, a straight shooter giving and tolerating no BS, able to see the humor in most things, and a boundless curiosity and energy that enable her, to explore the possibility in everything that piques her interest. ‘You did WHAT now?’ gives, detailed account Liu's close encounters...
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There are things that terrify people that they know about about but the worst things in life are the things they dont know about.Irena is a commercial scuba diver who lives on a small island in the Florida Keys in the early 1980s. All of the residents on the island are commercial lobstermen.The things the lobstermen see and do above the water are far different from what Irena see's and does underwater. All who live on the island are captive by what...
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Me Caribou Is On Fire is a great read! One can almost taste the camp grub he describes, whether prepared for or by him, smell the scents of the hunting camps and cabins and feel the bitter cold of the 1992 fall hunt or the Delta sheep hunt snowstorm. The descriptions of his many hunting experiences make the reader feel like they were there with him in the wild or on a flight to the next adventure. I can't wait for the sequel! Mike Fleagle, Former...
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Come with Duncan and Chris as they take two journeys along the great Pennine footpath, forty years apart.
Has the Way changed over four decades? Have they changed? Over the many days and miles they describe and photograph all that's great about the Pennine Way, and some things that aren't:
on their plan to take on the challenge... it's not regarded as normal behaviour to want to walk the Pennine Way once, let alone twice... on supplies... we learnt...
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Tom "Harp" Harpole was a horse logger working from remote mountain camps and living in wall tents until an accident suggested a change of lifestyle. He took to his other avocation, writing, and studied abroad in Ireland. He began publishing stories in periodicals such as Smithsonian Air & Space, Sports Illustrated, Crocodil, Montana Quarterly, Whitefish Review, and more.
Certain magazines that assigned Harp feature articles knew early on that he...
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Irish Author and Poet, Greg McVicker, brings us on three, true-life adventures from his childhood while growing up in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
These hilarious, heartwarming stories will have readers laughing continuously, all the while reflecting on their own memories of yesterday. This book is suitable for all ages!
Every character within The Adventures of Silly Billy are Greg's family, friends, and people that he knew within his community...
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A light hearted, whimsical account of seven years spent living on a boat and sailing, from Australia to the Mediterranean and beyond: a journey sprinkled with exhilarating experiences that include, sandstorms at sea and tropical water spouts, heart pounding moments with pirates, swimming with whale sharks and dolphins in some of the most exotic waters, amazingly generous characters and of course lasting friendships and laughter along the way.
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"Life on the Mississippi is a powerful narrative concerning the past, present, and future of the Mississippi River, including its towns, peoples, and ways of life. Before addressing the river and his personal relationship to it, Twain provides a brief history of the Mississippi River. He comments in the first few chapters on the river's historic standing as a wonder that surpasses many rivers around the world. Twain also provides a history of explorers...
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