Travel, Special Interest
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Passport to Inspiration
Unlocking Creativity Through Place by Michael D. McWatters
I believe that writing and traveling are among the most rewarding and inspirational pursuits a person can undertake, offering unparalleled opportunities for personal growth and exploration. In an age where technology distances us from each other...
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Zigs and Zags
A Memoir of Ventures, Adventures and Misadventures on Land and Sea by John Dowd
THE ARC IS WIDE, the zigzags are many in John Dowd’s candid and compelling memoir of eight decades of ventures, adventures, and misadventures—from his youth in postwar New Zealand to grandfatherhood on a Canadian homestead. In between, Dowd...
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Edge of the Ledge
A Memoir of Adventures Lived and Lessons Learned by Linda Brierly
One day, age four, I opened the door of our house, closed it quietly, and started walking. All by myself. I walked and walked. I looked at each house, at the trees, the grass, the swings, at the occasional person going by. I walked right past the...
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Taking the High Road Across Scotland
A Post-retirement Stroll from Glasgow to Inverness by Peter Teasdale
Highland cattle are very photogenic, but you have to look out for those long, curvy horns. After a longer than anticipated break due to COVID-19, in September 2022, almost four years after they began their Coast to Coast Walk across England—and...
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South America by Motorcycle
From Ottawa to Ushuaia by Terrence Porter
After a health scare, Terrence and his wife Isabelle retired from teaching to travel the Americas on their two motorcycles; South America came first. They planned to ride from Ottawa, Canada to a port on the Antarctic Ocean called Ushuaia, the...
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The Family that Conquered Everest
by Alan Mallory
An awe-inspiring true story that takes the reader on a remarkable family journey from the flatlands of suburbia to the top of the world. Climbing Mount Everest is one of humanity's greatest feats of physical, emotional and psychological...
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Freedom Walk
Following Hadrian's Wall Path Across England by Bianca Message and Bill Message
Can you ever break free from the patterns of life? Are you really stuck with no choices? What would happen if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness? Would you find a way to change your life, even if you didn’t know how much time you had...
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Rafting the Snake
A Journey Through the Yukon’s Snake River Wilderness by W. J. Becker
“I am not a rugged adventurer, and this is not the story of a journey that you could never do. I brought only a reasonable degree of fitness to the Snake, a camera at the ready, and an open mind.” Experience the beauty and wonder of Canada’s...
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Permitted To Stay
How YOU can Work and Travel Anywhere in 2024/25 by Andrew Sloane
Imagine being able to live, work and travel wherever you want to in the world and knowing how to finance yourself along the way! Yes, it’s possible and the options are more plentiful than you might think. Permitted to Stay: How YOU Can Work and...
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Across England with a Project Manager
A Journey into Retirement by Peter Teasdale
Planning the long walk (across England) and delivering on the plan would require accountability and discipline . . . Moreover, it would be an ideal transition between working and not working, by providing an entirely different life experience,...
