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Originally published in 1899, this work is a collection of writings by the American author Lafcadio Hearn. Hearn was a scholar of Japanese culture and society, and this book is a collection of essays, observations, and short stories on the darker side of the...

A companion journal for hikers. Log up to 21 different adventures in this durable pocket notebook. Each entry log has been thoughtfully designed for you to compile key characteristics of each journey; from specs to reflections. This 48 page notebooks is the perfect gift...

Author: Brian S. EdwardsISBN-10: 1469177463ISBN-13: 9781469177465Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2012Pages: 310Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Author: Guy GauthierISBN-10: 1465361243ISBN-13: 9781465361240Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1900Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d

Run for Your Life is the story of a common man's journey through a life of athletics. See how involvement in sport can contribute to an understanding of other cultures, in raising a family, creating unique social networks, and how it enhances one's life....

The stories told in this book may set many readers thinking. For instance, the Massacuraman, the Water Baby, and the Moon Gaser all have some relevance to creatures here in the United States-namely Big Foot, mermaids, and the Moon Gaser, as related to old...

I had been in the building business for over thirty-five years and have worked variously as Foreman, Superintendent, and Project Manager on a multitude of construction projects. Before this I ran my own general contracting company which specialized in restoration and renovation.For many years...

A true and fantastic story about the come back from serious health problems that Kenny incurred, he fought back to good health to walk all over the world. A must read that will tug at the strings of everyone's hearts and emotion's.Author: Kenny TaylorISBN-10:...

Author: Clive L. a. PetersISBN-10: 1456780646ISBN-13: 9781456780647Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/03/2011Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.59d

Mindi S Johnson-Eluwole was just like everyone else, until one day she sold her house, her car and gave away her worldly belongings to fulfill her life's dream to backpack around the world. Seven years and 117 countries later, she is ready to share...

ViVACE 2 is a selected collection of poetry, prose, travel commentaries, art and photography edited by Christine Neilson. A Special Tribute to George Hitchcock, poet, teacher, activist, painter, actor, playwright, publisher of kayak literary journal is included in this issue.Author: Christine NeilsonISBN-10: 145208758XISBN-13: 9781452087580Publisher:...

I had always wanted to visit Cuba. The mystique surrounding Castro and Che had piqued my curiosity and imagination. What was there about this tiny country which lay just 80 miles from Florida that prompted our government to treat it as a threat to...

www.gioiettakuo.com Idyllic childhood in the Himalayan foothills of Chengdu, Sichuan, with pet panda. Exciting hike across a bamboo suspension bridge to camp by a Buddhist monastery in Kham. Tibet. Harrowing tales of her feudal relatives - her cousin who had her arm chopped off...

Author: Shaun RaffertyISBN-10: 1452065721ISBN-13: 9781452065724Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2010Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d

A young reporter wants so badly to be a foreign correspondent that he leaves his job in the U.S. and heads for Scandinavia to try his luck. He encounters a weird, white world and quickly finds himself covering the Cold War between Finland and...

The book has been written to tell our experiences of 15 years in Finland and to give a little taste of this country to people who do not know it. It is not a view from a short time visitor. It is a love...

The book is about my life and how I ended up settling in the United Kingdom. The book talks about why I came to do my MSc at UEA, Norwich, how I went back to Zambia and then came back to the UK to...

Author: Eric Sorila-RothbergISBN-10: 145006003XISBN-13: 9781450060035Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2010Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d

HOLY HITCHIKING FOREIGN HIGHWAYS relates an odyssey on four Continents. Vernon Elgin began hitchhiking rural dirt roads in Pennsylvania when he was an adolescent. He graduated from dirt and asphalt to concrete, from Armstrong County Route 210, to Pennsylvania Route 422, to U.S. Route...

Welcome to the world of roulette, casinos, and Las Vegas. This world is great fun, great excitement, and of course sometimes you are going to get very lucky. The further that you venture into this Aladdin s cave, the more that you have to...

It's chapter after chapter of tears and laughter, highs and lows, and the amazing journey of the author and his family and their emigration to Spain. They went, as so many do, without any idea as to how they would live, Spanish customs, language...

A description of life, past and present, as enjoyed or tolerated by the Irish community both North and South. Their aspirations, expectations, and their sometime colourful history provided a palette for the author to paint a picture of current Ireland. The many encounters and...

Author: Hugh A. HarterISBN-10: 1449049672ISBN-13: 9781449049676Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2009Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.28d

Why is 9/11 more important to Catalans? Who was Wilfred the Hairy? When is a wolf's fart edible? Why are bumper stickers of donkeys ubiquitous in Catalonia? What explains the ambivalence of many Catalans to their war generation? Why does Football Club Barcelona have...

Tells of a Journey across the United Kingdom, covering 4,500 miles by car and ferry, from Scotland to London, passing through 40 cities/towns sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ and depicts the wonderful scenic views from the mountains & lochs of Scotland, the...

MULTIPLE WORLDS TO VISIT ! A World in Conflict was presented to us as Teens in 1941. Tom Brokaw wrote a very popular Book on the 'Greatest Generation'. Simply stated that 'World no longer exist'. We were not a perfect generation, but we possessed...

'Kerr is the Bill Bryson of the Playstation generation' Billy had only gone out for a bacon roll but in his hungover state had vowed to find Buddha a more fitting home. The only problem was that the Buddhas new home happened to be...

Uganda in the 1990's. Gathering for the Coronation of the King, heir to the throne of one of Africa's most prosperous countries, a Major and his entourage hesitantly discover the pace and people of this jewel of a country.Author: Michael FitzalanISBN-10: 144779964XISBN-13: 9781447799641Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage:...

This guide lists the most important Italian natural resources and it provides concrete and detailed help to lead nature lovers, birdwatchers, nature photographers, to the right place at the right time.Author: Giulio IelardiISBN-10: 1447782682ISBN-13: 9781447782681Publisher: Lulu PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/18/2011Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.27h x...

You never know what's around the next corner and if I hadn't been inquisitive enough to find out, I wouldn't have experienced many of the sights and sounds beyond my horizon that I've seen while creating this book. Such as the realization of hearing...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: AnonISBN-10: 1446543269ISBN-13: 9781446543269Publisher: Earle PressLanguage:...

The only student focused, applied primer for Geocomputation in the social sciences. With example code and data sets provided as add-ons, it enables readers to work through all the examples themselves. An accessible text, specifically designed for readers who are new to Geocomputation as...

Fifty years of countless adventures and experiences were distilled into one year of joyful writing to produce this account of travels and wanderings in off-the-beaten-track cities and towns and villages of little known Spain. In a series of articles -often irreverent and opinionated, sometimes...

In terms of United States history, the Borderlands are the territories, from "Alta California" to "La Florida," that formed the northern frontier of Spain's New World empire. Conquering the Borderlands relates their histories, landscapes, and cultures as they unfolded during the author's Southern Tier...

Hoping to gain some insight on the true significance of what we perceive as important, HEY YOU-How about a Road Trip? recounts the daily events of a crazy cross-country road trip undertaken by three college students. Armed with nothing more than a car, a...

I Can Say, I Slept in Saudi Arabia!", is a true story based on diaries the author kept when she lived in Saudi Arabia with her husband in the mid 1980s. It tells how she was able to go there when her husband was...

In his quest to look for adventure in exotic lands, the author found himself. The book includes his daily journals kept while traveling in Tanzania, Java, and the former Soviet Union. It includes, also, brief glimpses of life in Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and England....

Gérard Pidoux is Niçois, by adoption, it is true, but that doesn't make him any more Niçois than the other Niçois; that would be ungracious. When he aarrived in La Bella during the fifties with his parents, the town and its inhabitants offered everything...

Interesting stories and insights about such places as China, Tibet, India, Bhutan, Vietnam, Italy, Turkey, Peru, Spain, and Cambodia. Learn about the War Museum in Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, and the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Feel the wind and the rain...

This book is about faith, determination to succeed in an overland trip Journey from Rochdale through over 19 countries of the world. Prime purpose was to perform Hajj - Muslim Pilgrimage in Saudia Arabia. The overland journey lasted several months literally on the move...

Adventure with the author as he sails from Koror, Palau among the Micronesian islands to Darwin, Australia on the north coast of the continent. Along the way visit one of the most remote and pristine islands in the Pacific Ocean, meet its two inhabitants...

Author: Lynne BarkerISBN-10: 143891444XISBN-13: 9781438914442Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2008Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d

Author: Cp SkodaISBN-10: 1438912617ISBN-13: 9781438912615Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2008Pages: 336Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

""How It Was: Four Years Among The Rebels"" is a memoir written by Julia Morgan in 1892. The book details Morgan's experiences during the American Civil War, specifically her time spent living among Confederate soldiers in the South. Morgan provides a unique perspective on...

Rides and Studies in the Canary Islands is a book written by Charles Edwardes and published in 1888. The book is a detailed account of the author's travels and experiences in the Canary Islands, a group of volcanic islands located off the coast of...

Ivory, Apes, and Peacocks: An African Contemplation is a book written by Horace Waller and published in 1891. The book is a memoir of Waller's experiences in Africa, particularly in the Congo region, during the late 19th century. Waller was a British missionary and...

""A Residence Among The Chinese: Inland, On The Coast, And At Sea"" is a travelogue written by Robert Fortune in 1857. The book details the author's experiences during his travels in China, where he spent several years exploring the country's inland regions, coastal areas,...

Author: Gordon J. Van De WaterISBN-10: 1436397715ISBN-13: 9781436397711Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2009Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Arlene PullenISBN-10: 1436305160ISBN-13: 9781436305167Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/12/2009Pages: 236Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

One wandering sea turtle, two young American scientists, eight months on a tropical island paradise... Join the adventure! In 1998, marine biologists Anna and Kirsten moved to Jumby Bay, Antigua to study and protect the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle. One unique turtle caught...