{"product_id":"the-clock-and-the-compass-pete-no-r-9798287085377","title":"The Clock and the Compass: Raw, Funny, and Sometimes Uncomfortable Tales from a Life Lived on the Edge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if you could hear the truth-the real, unfiltered, laugh-out-loud and occasionally gut-punching truth-from a guy who ditched the grind, chased chaos, and actually lived to tell about it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Pete No R: retired firefighter, ex-paramedic, full-time traveler, dive instructor, boat captain, and reformed people-pleaser with a passport full of stamps and a mind full of stories. \u003ci\u003eThe Clock and the Compass\u003c\/i\u003e isn't your average travel memoir. It's a brutally honest, darkly funny, and sometimes uncomfortably real look at what happens when you stop chasing the American Dream-and start chasing something else entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom getting a full-body shave in a cat-lady's kitchen, to almost shitting himself in mid-air thanks to 90s diet science, to walking the chaotic streets of Bangkok with a drink in one hand and a moral contradiction in the other-this book is part travelogue, part therapy session, part \"what-the-hell-am-I-doing-with-my-life?\" manifesto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut beneath the laughs, there's clarity: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pete No R\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798287085377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pete No R","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135636259071,"sku":"9798287085377","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11f76244-4515-43ca-a9c5-f8ba9a3ee661.jpg?v=1755010710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-clock-and-the-compass-pete-no-r-9798287085377","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}