{"product_id":"the-distance-between-mike-mcintyre-9781494421168","title":"The Distance Between: A Travel Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Kindness of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, a vivid, humorous, and utterly candid exploration of incurable wanderlust.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike McIntyre can't stand still. Luckily, something remarkable happens wherever he roams. With his keen eye and original voice, he portrays evocative travel moments both big and small. In Sarajevo, he skis with soldiers at the height of the Bosnian War. Outside a Mexican bullring, two boys mistake him for their idol, a professional wrestler. And returning to a tropical paradise, he's assigned the same hotel room where an older woman broke his heart five years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, he challenges a rival to a goat race in Saudi Arabia, searches for his missing shoes with barefooted villagers in Honduras, plunges through the Himalayas in aviation's most terrifying final approach, and joins the U.S. Navy--for one week, anyway. To top it off, he reveals his favorite travel tip gleaned from forty years of globetrotting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns hilarious, wistful, and dramatic, \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between\u003c\/i\u003e draws a captivating self-portrait of a lifelong vagabond and a writer critics call \"a reader's dream\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike McIntyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149442116X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781494421168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.55d","brand":"Mike McIntyre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45980834365695,"sku":"9781494421168","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68914e15-4510-489e-b0a1-0d2c465b6067.jpg?v=1722416877","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-distance-between-mike-mcintyre-9781494421168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}