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Lives, aspirations and broken dreams cross paths in Greater Minneapolis where an adoption disruption brings the relationship between John and Laura Berg to a critical point. The accidental connection with a startup Travel agency run by two inexperienced and na?e entrepreneurs, will take John...

There are places in this world where nature takes a different turn, and the result seems not of this world. That would describe Yellowstone National Park. Geysers spewing hot steam into the air, colorful hot springs hosting extreme bacteria that thrive where life should...

Tortola Island, British virgin islands . Touristic Sight Discovery. Tortola (Spanish for Turtle Dove), largest and most populated of the four main Islands, is a lush mountainous Island which was formed by volcanic activity. Crowning Tortola is the tallest peak, Sage Mountain National Park,...

Marie Boozer (1846 - 1908) was a beautiful, brilliant, and notorious strawberry blonde who established a remarkable life. Above all, she was human-complete with foibles and attributes beyond the stereotypical perception held by the public. Bad Scarlett: The Extraordinary Life of the Notorious Southern...

Author: Jared SparksISBN-10: 160206637XISBN-13: 9781602066373Publisher: Cosimo ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2007Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d

Through an exploration of her country home in Wales, acclaimed travel writer Jan Morris discovers the heart of her fascinating country and what it means to be Welsh. Trefan Morys, Morris's home between the sea and mountains of the remote northwest corner of Wales,...

Continuing interest in the ill-fated vessel has been heightened in recent years by the dramatic events including the discovery of the wreck, new speculation on the Californian's failure to rescue the Titanic, and the recovery of artifacts from the disaster site. All are chronicled...

Experience long-distance hiking first-hand. This is a story about freedom and the challenges of living out of a backpack, liberated from unnecessary baggage. Walking comes natural to us. It is something we do daily without much thought. Yet what happens when it becomes our...

Some Items May have Shifted in Flight is the perfect scratch for your travel itch.Eighteen laugh-out-loud stories, both on and off the beaten track, take you on unusual journeys in twelve countries. They run the gamut of a lifetime of adventures and misadventures, from...

Richard Kahn takes you on a tour of the world in It's About Time . . . & Travel. Explore destinations and people as Richard shares his unique experiences in some of the hundred nations that he visited for business and pleasure as a...

France Tourist Region, Burgundy. A Guide. Burgundy has something for everyone, whether you are looking for a great conference venue or a family holiday, a lively city break or a relaxing stopover. Our way of life may reflect Burgundy rich history and heritage, but...

Do more with your GIS and understand the foundation of spatial analysis: geographic patterns and relationships. A geographic information system (GIS) enables so much more than mapping. A GIS inherently enables spatial analysis that can give you a better understanding of your geographic data....

In every religion I can think of, there exists some variation on the theme of abandoning the settled life and walking one's way to godliness. The Hindu Sadhu, leaving behind family and wealth to live as a beggar; the pilgrims of Compostela walking away...

A fun and fact-filled guide to downtown historic Fairhope, Alabama, and places nearby. This is not your run-of-the-mill travel guide. While you will find great information on where to go, places to stay, shopping, galleries, entertainment, and food, the book is a fun read...

What if you could travel forever while radically advancing your career?College. Graduation. Work a 9 to 5 job, save up and retire on a pension. This isn't the correct path for everyone. Nor should it be. Global Career: How to Work Anywhere and Travel...

Happiness on the Blue Dot is a global adventure, travel journal, and, most importantly, an insightful collection of conversations about life. From Asia, Europe, South America, Africa, and the Middle East, psychotherapist Lisa Marranzino takes us along on her four-year journey to discover what...

An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, this guide distills years of knowledge into an affordable and portable book. You'll discover the mechanics of bikepacking, covering but not limited to bikepacking basics, choosing the proper bike, gear carrying options,...

Twice in this century, Germany initiated wars of unimagined terror and destruction. In both cases, defense of the "Prussian" realm, the German homeland, was the perceived and vilified perpetrator. Few today understand with any precision what "Prussia" means, either geographically or nationalistically, but neither...

This revised, updated, and extended Second Edition of An Introduction to Scientific Research Methods in Geography and Environmental Studies provides a broad and integrative introduction to the conduct and interpretation of scientific research in geography. It explains both, the conceptual and the technical aspects...

Just before her 40th birthday, Gail Francis quit her perfectly good job and set out to hike one of the great trails of the world. Carrying everything she needed on her back, Francis spent five months walking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific...

In the 1970s, Calvin Trillin informed America that its most glorious food was not to be found at the pretentious restaurants he referred to generically as La Maison de la Casa House, Continental Cuisine. With three hilarious books over the next two decades--American Fried;...

In 1975, I was in Sri Lanka on a photo assignment for The Tourist Board of Sri Lanka. Their 1976 calendar was on the agenda. I heard so many great things about Sri Lanka. I wasn't disappointed. They are a predominately Buddhist country. Buddhism...

The trails of adventure chart the course of a life. In the case of Marianne Kelsey, she charts a course during a period of history when the world was recovering from the second World War and a Cold War had blanketed the globe. Traveling...

Words of Wisdom from Women Around the World is a journal filled with inspirational quotes that will motivate, guide, and empower women to live their dreams. Through journaling and encouraging the reader to reflect, Mable wants all women to live life to its fullest...

With a one-way ticket and a seemingly bottomless backpack, Stacey sets off for an unforgettable adventure that takes her around the world! Read how she floats down an underground river on a rubber ring in Laos, learns how to scuba dive off the coast...

An inspiring true story based on journal entries about a brave young woman in her twenties who pushes herself out of her comfort zone when she agrees to join a sailing expedition from Gibraltar to Thailand, with no experience. A health crisis, serious mechanical...

From the world's most adventurous travel publisher, a colouring book like no other. Over 60 illustrations of people, buildings, wildlife and landscapes from amazing places around the world, produced on elegant 140gsm paper - so no show-through Each illustration is accompanied by an informative...

Everyday Delicious Abruzzo Recipes is not just a cookbook, but a cultural and gastronomic guide to savor a wonderful territory, perhaps starting in your own home. It is inspired by a good friend of Delicious Italy called Mr. Antonino. One day he knocked on...

This is the story of Arnie Duffield, who arrived at Thursday Island, in Torres Strait, the Northern tip of Australia, aged ten, in 1936 - beginning a life-time of adventure. His father worked on the famous sailing luggers, diving boats that harvested pearl shells...

Making Aliya? Let it be an uplifting experience for you. And your family. Making aliya is inspiring, but it is also tough on families left behind. It is the only book for olim and their families that navigates their new long distance relationship, offering...

A business school is everything but a hitchhikers' training place. Its main objective is to train tomorrow's business leaders and decision-makers and prepare them for the work environment. But Ludovic Hubler from Alsace in France, a graduate of Strasbourg Business School, chose to break...

Sketches of Etruscan Places and other Italian Essays, or Etruscan Places, is a collection of travel writings by D. H. Lawrence, first published posthumously in 1932. In this book Lawrence contrasted the life affirming world of the Etruscans with the shabbiness of Benito Mussolini's...

This book contains the stories of a self-coined 'woman nomad' who has always felt an affinity with the nomadic and the unsettled. Irishwoman Gerdette Rooney has travelled the world solo with her rucksack, camera and hiking boots. With a natural curiosity for other cultures,...

Current Mykonos Guide for 2021, status December 2020 Free of advertising and sponsorship. The guide contains all IMPORTANT information for the Mykonos tourist. 26 colour photos in brilliant print. With the new flight schedule for 2021.Author: Apostolos NikolaidisISBN-10: 3752643935ISBN-13: 9783752643930Publisher: Books on DemandLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This wonderfully detailed account of a solo journey taken along the back roads, shoreline trails and mountain paths of coastal California is a comprehensive celebration of nature and travel with a classic-rock soundtrack that puts the reader enjoyably in the passenger seat. From forested...

For many people, the COVID-19 shutdown allowed ample time to work on personal projects, spend time on social media, or simply reflect on one's life. Author Walter G. Meyer did all three, and the result was his new book, If You Weren't Here, This...

Galveston Island, Texas. Travel and Tourism. Part genteel Southern belle, part sunburned beach bunny: Galveston Island is Houston's favorite playmate. The old gal took a pretty severe beating by hurricane Ike in 2008, but she's battled back to normal since. Sitting on a barrier...

French City, Bordeaux. France Vacation. Environment, Holiday guide, Business, Locaitons and Places. An intoxicating cocktail of 18th-century savoir-faire, millennial hi-tech and urban street life, France's sixth largest city is among Europe's most exciting and gutsy players. This is the world's largest urban World Heritage...

Anna Maria Island. Florida Holiday Garden. Anna Maria Island is an island get-away in the waiting! It is a seven mile stretch of land with soft white sands that bring travellers back year after year. Explore the many award-winning cafes and restaurants all biking...

Aberdeen Travel and Tourism, Scotland. Travel and Tourism, History, People and Culture, Attraction Discovery. Aberdeen is northeast Scotland's powerhouse, fueled by the North Sea petroleum industry. Oil money made the city as expensive as London, with prices charged to match the depth of oil-wealthy...

Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. Born...

Capture all of those special memories, moments and experiences from your adventures in one handy location. The Camping and Caravan Holiday Journal has been designed specifically for you to capture all of those important details when enjoying the beautiful outdoors. The two-page format was...

Travel guide down through Portugal's eastern border with Spain and the beautiful N2 a former Roman Road. We travel from Chaves in the North to Faro in the south. We go through breathtaking and dramatic landscapes, mountains and open plains.You can see the grapes...

Captain Slocum's South American sailing adventureAmerican mariner Joshua Slocum is best remembered for his 1895 solo circumnavigation of the world and the bestselling book, now a classic of sailing literature, that ensued, 'Sailing Alone Around the World'. That epic voyage in the sloop, 'Spray'...

William Dampier (baptised 5 September 1651; died March 1715) was an English explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. He has also...

Let me introduce you to the proper steps we used in our process of moving to the UK in 2021. Here you can find useful tips regarding visa requirements, jobs, apartment search, essential websites, banking, national insurance, residency, driving license, and many more. The...

Have you felt yourself yearning to CREATE YOUR OWN TRAVEL JOURNEYS? Do you wonder how people are able to SEE INCREDIBLE PLACES on a budget? Is traveling something you long for, but you aren't sure how to GET STARTED? This informative and light-hearted book...

The author Pilar Ortí was born and bred in Spain. She grew up in a society trying to figure out how to adapt to its new found freedom and how best to join the rest of Europe. Having lived in London now for over...

When Sir Francis Drake returned to England in 1580, many questions concerning his momentous voyage were left unanswered--his journals were impounded and his men were forbidden, on pain of death, to divulge where they had been. Drawing on newly uncovered evidence, geographer and maritime...

We love Richmond restaurants. We love the food, family, and the unique places Richmond's restaurateurs have set up shop.That is why we hope to put together this coffee table book filled with beautiful watercolors of the restaurants you love, plus a few recipes from...