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AUTHOR REVEALS A CENTURY OF SOUTHERN COMFORT FOR THE MIND, BODY & SOUL A survey of diverse soul food, blues and jazz establishments throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States. A book like no other, "American Blues, Jazz and Soul Food," by Ron Rudison,...

Kazakhstan - a country of extremes, of both culture and weather. This is an account of one person's experience, coping with living and working in a strange environment where normal, day to day activities can turn out to be monumental in their execution and...

No doubt there will be saints and sages in our time; Masters of Wisdom and great Elders. There seems to be an endless stream of quotes from the sages of the past but where shall we find our great ones? Indeed, in this world...

This is a highly entertaining memoir of a somewhat colourful character dispatching husbands, lovers, murderers, and maniacs in various ways and shooting a rapist in the groin, surviving to the age of ninety-one to write the story of her familys arrival in Rhodesia and...

Having completed their overland journey of twenty thousand kilometers (twelve thousand miles) from Cardiff to Singapore, Shaun and his daughter, Hayley, have now flown over to India, to meet up with her two brothers, and also Hayley's boyfriend, for a ten-day exploratory tour of...

After living apart for over 18 years, Shaun Donovan and his teenage daughter, Hayley, decide to make-up for lost time, by embarking on a 60,000km voyage of discovery: a journey that would inevitably take them half-way around the world. 'Asia -Me & My Girl'...

This is the story of a Turkish traveler's solo journey across Africa, from Cape Town in the south to Cairo in the north. In his second book, a follow-up to Nine Gates of Asia, Faruk Budak tells of his eight-month adventure. Sometimes he rides...

this is the story, in her own words, of an adventurous young woman. Coming from divorced grandparents and parents, she struck out from Akron, Ohio, after high school, modeling shoes in St. Louis and performing in a show on a boat on the Ohio...

This is the story of a nineteenth century American girl who moved with her husband to the jungles of Central America in 1898. There she helped to manage mahogany and banana plantations, hunted, fished, kept a small jungle zoo, and cared for the sick...

This is a true story of travel with my indelicate progeny-two daughters of vastly different temperaments. And I, a shallow person, bitter and envious of all I see, lacking in courage but with delusions of grandeur, reluctantly agree to go along. Follow the drama...

This book is a short collection of vignettes about my year s leave of absence which extended to twenty-five years. Life on St John was like an endearing living theater to me. These are just a few of the wonderful memories that I remember....

Have you ever found yourself steaming on public transit because of someone's total disregard for others? Wondering why their parents/guardians never taught them the day-to-day social etiquette that once was? Finally, the unwritten social rules regarding public transit have been written! Project e: Etiquette...

I do not remember when I first sailed out of Arklow, but I do remember when I almost drowned in the dock at the age of three. I was brought up in a fishing community, and in our street of fourteen houses, every one...

Imbued with patriotic feeling, it is my utmost perseverance to awake Nepali and to discover the unparallel natural beauty of Nepal. This is meant for those who have stared Mt. Fishtail but not seen yet; lived in Nepal but not seen the real Nepal....

Dr. Kuhn has written a book about her life and travels as a foreign language teacher. In essence, it is a book of memories, autobiographical in nature. She describes many of the 45 trips in detail, but she also groups many of the trips...

Author Phyllis Karsnia was not bitten by the travel bug until after she turned forty. But ever since she was coaxed away from her job, husband, three children, and Minnesota home by a coworker who invited her along on a vacation with her to...

Reflections is broken into three basic parts. First, reflections on things I have experienced in life. Mostly life in the 50'as and 60's. Many baby boomer writers have done the same thing, but this is my reflections. Then a look at my grandfather, Oscar...

My Love is the embodiment of the love the author received from his wife Amie on earth or in the heavens. The author tarried in 46 countries and composed poems to find a hope that people could embrace with love the differences of the...

Travels Here and There possesses stories from the heart about places far and near. Included in this volume readers are entertained by Larry Welchs recollections of travel to Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Malawi, Michigan, Nepal, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Zambia....

On Our Way details the many trips throughout Europe made over the years by Hugh Oram and his wife, Bernadette. During their travels, they have visited practically every country in Western Europe, as well as countries in Central and Eastern Europe such as Poland....

Exhilarating read! Creative and refreshing with a touch of humor throughout! This is a story about two sisters travelling around the world in 1970 without a cellphone, without credit cards and on a strictly enforced rigid budget. They manage, mostly on stand-by flights" starting...

Follow the adventures of Ed, Betty Ann, Dave, Anja, Eddie, Lisa, Jim, and Debbie as they eat and laugh their way through a fourteen-day tour of Venice, Florence, and Rome.Author: James V. ColubialeISBN-10: 1489716041ISBN-13: 9781489716040Publisher: LiferichLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/13/2018Pages: 46Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w...

A comprehensive tourism manual, with contributions from top industry experts from The Bahamas and the Caribbean. Designed primarily for high school and college students in the Caribbean region as well as those interested in furthering their tourism career. "I congratulate and thank Angela Cleare...

The IRISH JOURNEYS are a summary of impressions from a time before tourism. They include a brief review of Irish history and culture through its NATIONAL MONUMENTS (Volume I) and a special tribute to the beauty and unique qualities of the Irish Landscape and...

This is the true story of an epic family expedition across Africa. To cross the Sahara in the early seventies presented many problems in connection with the supply of fuel and water, apart from some security issues; to do so alone without joining a...

Ben always knew he wanted to go travelling since hearing the stories and exploits that his uncle experienced from his time travelling. However, he never thought about teaching English to get there. So with money for a plane ticket he moved to China to...

When I wrote my first book, Journeys of a Lifetime, in 2004, it reflected how dreams of mine, of visiting unknown places in the United Kingdom, countries across the North Sea in Europe, and seemingly far off continents of America, Africa, Asia, and Australia...

In search of warm climate, swaying palm trees, sandy beaches and pristine clear water, David and Laurel were searching for a country that suited their ideal. Eleuthera an Island in The Bahamas which is located sixty miles from Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas...

Rusty Hix first developed a love of travel and adventure when he accompanied his family across the United States as a young boy. As he matured into a young man, Rusty began traveling internationally to feed his curiosity for understanding the world's greatest mysteries....

Author: Gesmay PaynterISBN-10: 147978835XISBN-13: 9781479788354Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/12/2013Pages: 148Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

The Bahama Islands: Some Facts You Should Know The author provides her readers with just enough facts about the major Bahama Islands that for the visitor offers them a sneak peek into the Island experience and for local residents a great keepsake that highlights...

"I began to realize I loved travel and sales. Then it came to me that I had found my calling. Being a manufacturers representative was a preview of seeing what it was like to live like the rich and famous." This was the first...

Do you enjoy travelling, yet, are not fond of tours? Do not fear travelling in India alone. Hiring a car and driver (one who knows the areas) is quite economical and the big plus is that you can stop when you wish. Flying is...

For five years the River Medway was a second home, cruising right up to the top reaches of the river in an 18ft motor boat, but soon bigger things beckoned. Robin fell in love with a very sad looking "Sheena Mackay", originally built in...

When I split with my wife ten years ago, my antidote for the resulting feeling of loss and the negative emotions that a marriage breakup engenders was to be dramatically life altering. At the age of fifty-five I planned to teach English in Asia...

Having spent 25 years as climbing bum, paid for by bouts of time spent as a university technician, Vic found himself fighting a different world: his very own pulmonary embolism in both lungs. The doctors are baffled and can't understand why your man is...

What happens when you join your husband to live in a strict Islamic country to work in a military hospital as a single nurse? You develop a sense of humor! Read about sharing this new life with her family and a fellow nurse on...

We Call Her Kili New Year's Day of 2012, was the departure day for a group of cancer survivors and caregivers to travel to Tanzania, Africa. While there, the 19 cancer survivors and 21 caregivers would attempt to climb Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro....

Confirmed travel addict Dan Slater is moving from London to South Africa, and somehow he persuades his long-suffering girlfriend to join him on an overland trek across the dark continent from Cairo to Cape Town. What he doesn't tell her is that their budget...

This book contains a collection of transcripts of podcasts I've recorded during the Covid lockdown period. It's a collection of stories I've written, recounts of my travels and other life's experiences, science topics that I find interesting, and the occasional opinion about the state...

In 2008, Rachel Escott and her husband set off on an adventure of self-discovery that would last most of the year and lead them through south England, around France and into Spain, to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostella. David and Rachel had jobs...

What do you really know about what happens in NATO's and UN's military missions? What do nationwide broadcasting and newspapers not tell you? This book provides a look behind the screen seen through the lens of an outsider. It contains fascinating stories with unexpected...

Author: Dan MayurISBN-10: 1469191717ISBN-13: 9781469191713Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/20/2012Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d

Author: Dan MayurISBN-10: 1469191725ISBN-13: 9781469191720Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/20/2012Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

The letters and poems in this volume were written by an Iowan who was thrust into several different locales and cultural milieus during and immediately after the second world war. The author was a civilian employee of the United States Army Corps of Engineers...

This book is about me and my children's journey. We started off leaving Menorca, our friends, and our home. My husband had abandoned us, which was a blessing in disguise. We arrived in the United Kingdom with nothing, having to sleep outside Gatwick Airport...

Author: Jeanne FuchsISBN-10: 146703116XISBN-13: 9781467031165Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2011Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 11/05/2011

While flicking through some photographs of a holiday in the Caribbean in 2009 Craig Jordan was appalled by what he saw, an overweight out of shape middle aged man on a very slippery slope. Craig decided there and then on a campaign to get...

If I could have or do any three things in the world what would they be? This is the simple question that Patrick Hamilton Walsh asked himself at the age of 16. The answer to this question would lead him to living the life...

Author: Ronny MintjensISBN-10: 1466931566ISBN-13: 9781466931565Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/04/2012Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.46d