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The Christian Travelers Guides deal directly with what even the best general travel guides only touch on: Christianity's enormous influence on Europe--and, through its history and culture, Europe's influence on Christianity. This unique series guides you on a pilgrimage to the heart of our Christian heritage. Saints and secularists, martyrs and kings, castles and cathedrals, public squares and rolling hillsides, great works of art, literature, and...
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Are you ready to travel solo?
There has never been a better time to travel solo and whether you are planning your very first trip, are a seasoned solo or a solo pro, A Female Guide to Solo Travel is the travel companion you shouldn't leave home without.
Empowering and inspiring, this book will dispel any travel myths you have about going solo and help you to overcome any roadblocks that are blocking your path to your dream trip.
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One of the great adventure classics. Victorian scholar-adventurer's firsthand epic account of daring 1854 expedition to forbidden East African capital city. A treasury of detailed information on Muslim beliefs, manners and morals; plus pleasures and perils of the desert. A wealth of geographic, ethnographic and linguistic data.
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado was given supreme command of the largest expedition of conquest in the brief but magnificently profitable history of the New World. His company was made up of 230 horsemen recruited from the nobility of New Spain, 62 heavily armed foot soldiers, and five friars.
#2 The expedition began to realize that Cibola might not be as...
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Norman L. Lofland and Betty J. Lofland share the lessons they learned traveling, teaching, and living abroad in their memoir, How Not to Travel.
The couple started their teaching careers at Bethel College, a Mennonite liberal arts college in North Newton, Kansas. In 1963, interesting adventures developed after a travel agent friend inspired them to apply for jobs in Beirut, Lebanon.
The Loflands never imagined that they would end up teaching four...
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Want to help? First you must be willing to learn. This year, over ten million people will go abroad, eager to find the perfect blend of adventure and altruism. Volunteer travel can help you find your place in the world-and find out what you're made of. So why do so many international volunteer programs fail to make an impact? Why do some do more harm than good? Learning Service offers a powerful new approach that invites volunteers to learn from...
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"As a professional athlete, making the move from a sports career, to the next phase of your life, can be a daunting challenge. When EWAN PORTER no longer wants the daily rigidity, and routine, of professional golf, a lot of people don't understand why he is possibly giving up "the dream," particularly when he is so very talented. However, talent can take a person only so far, and once the enthusiasm is gone, it can potentially have devastating consequences....
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Eight friends take on the greatest challenge of their lives, to cycle 20 peaks of the Tour de France in seven days. Their adventure will take them beyond what any of them expected, through epic highs, dramatic lows, unforgettable scenery and the toughest days of cycling any of them have ever encountered. But will they make it to the finish line?
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Where To Go When, the ultimate trip planner for every month of the year, is a beautifully illustrated book that is both practical and inspiring. For every month of the year it presents 30 recommendations of destinations that are at their best during each month, whether due to their climate, or value or because there's a lot going on. The suggestions feature every flavour of travel experience...
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Sometimes Life throws a curve ball and we need to catch it. It becomes a choice and turns into a commitment as it did for us. Spirit rescued me after I lost my only Child Lance to liver cancer, I rescued him two days away from euthanasia, and together we rode and camped full time throughout this beautiful country looking for answers. Some I found, others not. Mother Nature became our mistress taking us on her path while we chased that illusive ball....
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This itinerary begins in Brazil and runs clockwise around the continent to Colombia. A recurrent theme running through the ports is their shared common beginning as lands of discovery and the conquest, or attempted conquest, of native peoples, once Christopher Columbus made his initial landings.
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National Geographic Adventure magazine hailed this volume as. Published in 1922 by an expedition survivor, it recounts the riveting tale of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated race to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, the youngest member of the party, offers sensitive characterizations of each of his companions. Their journal entries complement his narrative, providing vivid perspectives on the expedition's dangers and hardships as well as its inspiring...
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When was the last time you had a good conversation with a stranger?
Get ready to meet remarkable characters such as The Homesick Glassblower in Asheville, North Carolina and The Accidental Skinnydipper in Pray, Montana. Defined as "the art of making others feel comfortable" or "getting to know someone without having an ulterior motive", chatting is an amazing way to really, enjoy another person's company. Chatting with America will teach you tips...
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Guided by the fastidious journals of an eminent Victorian adventurer by the name of Lord Dufferin, Time Moore sets off to prove his mettle in the most stunningly inhospitable place on Earth-the Arctic. Armed only with his searing wit, wicked humor, and seasickness pills, our pale suburbanite-wracked by second thoughts of tactical retreat-confronts mind-numbing cold, blood-thirsty polar bears, a convoy of born-again Vikings, and, perhaps most chilling...
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Blending literature and travel, this book offers a look at 15 U.S. destinations featured in the works of famous writers. Designed as a guide to help avid bibliophiles experience, in person, the places they've only read about, award-winning journalist Terri Peterson Smith takes readers on lively tours that include a Mark Twain inspired steamboat cruise on the Mississippi, a Devil in the White City view of Chicago in the Gilded Age, a voyage through...
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The compelling real-life adventure from New York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts. Bestselling author Stephen Coonts's stirring ode to aviation: a revealing account of his three months spent exploring small-town America from the skies. Stephen Coonts spent the summer of 1991 cruising above rivers, farms, mountains, and swamps in the Cannibal Queen, his restored 1942 Boeing-Stearman open cockpit biplane. With his fourteen-year-old son, David,...
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Once Around chronicles the fulfillment of the authors' life-long dream to sail around the world - the dangers, adventures, challenges, lessons learned, the many fascinating people they met, and the places they traveled during five years on board their 39-foot cutter, Cormorant. This book provides inspiration for anyone who loves sailing, travel, and adventure, especially for those considering a long-distance sailing journey.
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Terrorists have seized the airport "Eighty year old grandmother strip searched by airport security" "Flight 4820 has been cancelled" (sorry, your travel plans have been cancelled, too) "Frontier Airlines has declared bankruptcy ... Delta and Northwest are merging" "Venezuela's President Chavez nationalizes the oil industry" "Murder in the streets of Nairobi" "U.S. Dollar takes another dip in the world market" Terrorism, seemingly senseless and lengthy...
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Trevor Carolan's eagerness for encountering faraway peoples and places equals Paul Theroux's excitement when he hits the road again in To the Ends of the Earth.
Veteran globe-trotter Trevor Carolan conjures 19 evocative road tales for armchair and seasoned travellers alike. A harvest of encounters with intriguing people, remarkable landscapes and cultures, his reportage sings with a love of food, art, literature, music and wine. Ranging from Bali...
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