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"Four travelers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but what begins as a dream adventure quickly deteriorates into a dangerous nightmare, and after weeks of wandering in the dense undergrowth, the four backpackers split up into two groups. When a terrible rafting accident separates him from his partner, Yossi is forced to survive for weeks alone against one of the wildest backdrops on the planet. Stranded with no equipment,...
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This book is about 1987 and is the third book in a continuing series of the life adventures of the last federal homesteader in America to have filed on the Federal Homestead Act of 1862. This act was closed in October 1986, never to reopen. Read to view parts of 1987's construction stage, struggles, hardships, accomplishments, bears, and up-close encounters with what I come to call the Hairy Ones. The Hairy Ones are peaceful beings and not the scary...
3) Just Passin' Thru: A Vintage Store, the Appalachian Trail, and a Cast of Unforgettable Characters
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Like a well-crafted stage play, Just Passin' Thru delivers one suspenseful scene after another. But in this historic setting - a store on the Appalachian Trail called Mountain Crossings - the characters who show up are no fictional creations. They are the real-life stars of the author's new life as a backpack-purging, canteen-selling, hostel-running, bandage-taping, lost-child finding, argument-settling, romance-fixing, chili-making man of many faces....
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Quinta was plodding through a successful but mundane career when she was relieved of her job. She took her newfound freedom and endless time as an opportunity to reinvent herself and rediscover joy in life. She packed her bags and embarked on a solo trip around the world. For three and a half months, she traveled to twenty-three countries and all seven continents.
With color pictures from each location, From Antarctica to Zimbabwe is the story of...
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"What kind of life? What kind of life! Both punctuations can hope to be used... "
A disillusioned A-student drops out after university, adopting a nomadic lifestyle in search of pure hedonistic freedom. After several years of shit jobs and crazed adventures spanning the four continents of the globe, both the characters and the experiences encountered lead to an ultimate reckoning, yet as his life takes an unexpected turn, what lies in store is both...
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A bumpy ride through the counterculture of 1960s America...
After a childhood living on a dairy farm and atomic weapons bases, young John moves to the San Francisco Bay Area in time for his high school years. While his Naval officer father ferries troops to the new Vietnam War, John gets tear gassed in antiwar demonstrations. The generation gap is a gaping chasm in his family. When his family sails off to Hong Kong to be missionaries, John is left,...
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Maniacal, darkly humorous and shocking, Poolhall - Jail - Library is a turbulent ride.
A captivating true-life story, told through the eyes of mother and son, lifting the lid on what really happens in the suburbs.
Intertwining narratives contrast a murky web of family secrets against a spirited young adventurer determined to emerge from the shadows of childhood
This book will inspire you to pack a suitcase, set a charter for new horizons, and leave...
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Dr. Barbara Coe longed to work overseas to help improve conditions and finally got the chance at age 57. Working and living in Vietnam, Moldova, Armenia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Italy, she never knew what amazing event was next. In this account, laced with wry humor, she takes you along to places less traveled to share the experience.
Poverty and hardship were often mind-boggling: lack of food, crumpled infrastructure, abysmal health...
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Mickey Monaghan never intended to tell anyone that he was adopted. After all, his adoptive aunt and uncle had instilled in him, since age 3 when they had brought him from America to their sheep farm in Ireland, that he'd be "looked down upon" if people knew.
But at age 22, as he nears college graduation with business and political aspirations, his parish priest Father McDermott and his long-time best friend Caitlin O'Connor confront him with their...
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Norman L. Lofland and Betty J. Lofland share the lessons they learned traveling, teaching, and living abroad in their memoir, How Not to Travel.
The couple started their teaching careers at Bethel College, a Mennonite liberal arts college in North Newton, Kansas. In 1963, interesting adventures developed after a travel agent friend inspired them to apply for jobs in Beirut, Lebanon.
The Loflands never imagined that they would end up teaching four...
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Trevor Watson has been haunted and intoxicated by the idea of travel all his life. Reflections of a Reckless Traveller is a collection of essays written for his popular blog between 2017 and 2020, just before COVID changed the world and the way we could experience it. Delighting in every new idea, sight and culture he is introduced to, Trevor is the perfect guide through the kind of places we all put on our bucket lists but never get round to actually...
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Extraordinary adventures I experienced as I traveled the world.Being a female chemical engineer who graduated in 1987 in a men's world, on numerous occasions I was the only woman who created constant challenges…South Arabia traumatic experience: Detained by immigration, feeling of being worth nothing. However, fun sand dunes, fantastic scuba diving in the Red Sea…South Africa at the time of apartheid: Risk of being killed. Amazing safari adventures,...
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A further collection of entertaining short stories to complete the author's trilogy of world-wide adventures. His intriguing tales are spiced with lively encounters and astute observations, full of humour and wit. His fascinating historical facts are particularly enlightening, and will have you saying, 'Really? I didn't know that.' Each story will leave you wanting more: Teachers' ghostly prank with a bizarre twist. Sampling local whiskey at a village...
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New love. Exotic destinations.
A once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
What could go wrong? City girl Torre DeRoche isn't looking for love, but a chance encounter in a San Francisco bar sparks an instant connection with a soulful Argentinean man who unexpectedly sweeps her off her feet. The problem? He's just about to cast the dock lines and voyage around the world on his small sailboat, and Torre is terrified of deep water. However, lovesick...
A once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
What could go wrong? City girl Torre DeRoche isn't looking for love, but a chance encounter in a San Francisco bar sparks an instant connection with a soulful Argentinean man who unexpectedly sweeps her off her feet. The problem? He's just about to cast the dock lines and voyage around the world on his small sailboat, and Torre is terrified of deep water. However, lovesick...
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An award winning painter, published author, and world traveler, Deirdre West has combined her two passions into a series of illustrated travel memoirs. Her second book, Painting a Visible Translation: An Artist's Journey From Italy to Morocco, combines prose with the visual artistry of classical realist oil paintings as she travels to a country where she cannot speak either Arabic or French yet manages to hire locals as models with often amusing cultural...
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In life, we often have a picture of how we think the future will look. What do we do when we become so attached to a vision of how things should be that we lose sight of how things are?
Wander Lust: The Chocolate Made Me Do It is a memoir about travel, self-discovery, and LGBTQ romance. In her book, author Devon Werner chronicles her adventures and reflects upon the happenstance of life. She shares some of her life's most epic moments, from adrenaline-laced...
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David Fairs was born in Wales shortly before the outbreak of WW2 into a family with little spare cash. Scrambling with difficulty through childhood, he was drawn to the Army and commissioned in 1953.
Nothing stopped him from achieving his goals, first as a Paratrooper, then a Army Commando; canoeing 1,000 miles down the Nile, ending up with his own Regiment. He saw active service four times before leaving the Army he loved.
Life became difficult....
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Travels with My Hat is the story of how an Australian nurse switched careers to become an award-winning international travel writer and photographer. It is a colorful record of her experiences defined by travel and frequently against all odds. "We don't know who you are," she was told on arrival in London in 1974. "To get a name here, you need to write a book," which is precisely what she did, choosing as subject, the developing Arab oil states of...
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Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1864-1922), also known as Nellie Bly, was an American industrialist, journalist, charity worker, and inventor most famous for her 72-day trip around the world in the footsteps of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg. She is also remembered for her exposé working undercover in a mental institute, which led to a new style of investigative journalism. This brand new volume contains all of Seaman's best works, including:...
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