{"product_id":"better-safe-than-sorry-dean-klinkenberg-9798950097027","title":"Better Safe Than Sorry?","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if \"playing it safe\" is the riskiest choice of all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dean Klinkenberg backed out of a semester abroad at twenty-one, fear won. Years later, he began to wonder what else fear had quietly stolen from his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo he started saying yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes to overcrowded boats on the Mekong River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes to armed checkpoints in Central America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes to New York City three weeks after 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes to chicken buses, awkward conversations, missed connections, and the vulnerability of trusting strangers in unfamiliar places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Better Safe Than Sorry?, Klinkenberg blends vivid travel stories with sharp reflections on media-fueled anxiety, personal insecurity, and the hidden cost of staying inside our comfort zones. With humor, candor, and hard-earned wisdom from forty-five countries and every U.S. state, he challenges the belief that safety should always come first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a reckless call to adventure. It's a thoughtful invitation to live more expansively - to recognize that while travel carries risk, so does shrinking your world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the real danger may not be what happens when you go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt may be what never happens if you don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Klinkenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798950097027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Travel Passages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Dean Klinkenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097327706367,"sku":"9798950097027","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/better-safe-than-sorry-dean-klinkenberg-9798950097027","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}