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From the bestselling author comes a touching, insightful, and humorous memoir of an unlikely racewalker and world traveler. Before Lawrence Block was the author of bestselling novels, he was a walker. As a child, he walked home from school. As a college student, he walked until he was able to buy his first car. As an adult, he ran marathons until he discovered what would become a lifelong obsession--never mind if some people didn't think it was a...
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"A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City--an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground. Neil King Jr's desire to walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City began as a whim and soon became an obsession. Determined to rediscover what matters in life and to see our national story with new eyes, Neil turned north with a small satchel on his back and one...
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In the summer of 2015, Jonathan Arlan was nearing thirty. Restless, bored, and daydreaming of adventure, he comes across an image on the Internet one day: a map of the southeast corner of France with a single red line snaking south from Lake Geneva, through the jagged brown and white peaks of the Alps to the Mediterranean seaa route more than four hundred miles long. He decides then and there to walk the whole trail solo.
4) I Walk Alone
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I walk alone. That is not down on the city streets where help or a sympathetic ear is never very far away, but solo up in the rough country where I have climbed over a thousand mountains. I have no claim to fame, expertise or celebrity status. I'm just an ordinary guy who endeavors to climb out of the ruts we call existence to tailor a life around trying to make it just that little more extraordinary. With hindsight, it has turned out that I was pretty,...
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Blaise sets off to celebrate her 50th birthday to give gratitude for her life, a walk of 50-days for fifty-years, following the Way of St James in the north of Spain.
What Blaise learns on the Camino de Santiago is gradual, just like the step-by-step journey of over 800 kilometers by foot. With each passing day, the pilgrimage brings more knowledge and understanding into her heart. Beliefs she's always carried blossom into truths that remain with...
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This memoir of life as a committed pedestrian in a beautiful Southern city explores the many joys and benefits of walking as a way of life.
Raised on the notion that driving is the essence of freedom, many of us still cling to the belief that the American Dream is defined by a house in the suburbs and a car in the garage. But, in Why I Walk, Kevin Klinkenberg shares a very different dream life-and a very different kind of freedom.
A few years ago,...
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Seasoned adventurer Alastair Humphreys pushes himself to his very limits - busking his way across Spain with a violin he can barely play.
In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain. He had never been overseas; had hardly even left the quiet village he grew up in. His idea was to walk through the country, earning money for food by playing his violin in bars and plazas.
Nearly a century later, the book Laurie Lee wrote - As I Walked...
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See through the eyes of the Brontës as you immerse yourself in their lives and landscapes, wandering the very same paths they each would have walked in search of the inspiration behind their novels and poetry. An 'imaginative and elegant trek through the landscape of the Brontës' Grazia In his journey to get closer to the Brontës, award-winning author Michael Stewart began walking the historic paths they trod while writing their most famous works....
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"Are you ready, Max? If anyone's going to help me do this, it's you."
The heart-warming tale of a life saving friendship.
In 2006, Kerry Irving's life changed forever when a traumatic car accident left him with serious neck and back injuries. He went from cycling over 600 miles a month - taking in the beautiful local scenery of the Lake Districts along the way - to being housebound and facing an uncertain future. Kerry's injuries left him needing...
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"'A top-notch walking tour of Paris. The author's encyclopedic knowledge of the city and its artists grants him a mystical gift of access: doors left ajar and carriage gates left open foster his search for the city's magical story. Anyone who loves Paris will adore this joyful book. Readers visiting the city are advised to take it with them to discover countless new experiences'--Kirkus Reviews (starred); A unique combination of memoir, history, and...
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