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  Mad Travelers - A Tale of...

  Dave Seminara

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  A brilliant, young con artist offered to help the world’s most traveled people reach the planet’s last untouched frontiers; instead, they were taken for a wild ride that turned into a costly lesson on the perils of wanderlust.At twenty-three, William Simon Baekeland was well on his way to becoming the world’s best traveled person. The “billionaire” heir to a great plastics fortune had already visited 163 countries, but his real passion was finding ways to visit the world’s most challenging destinations—war torn cities, disputed territories, and remote or officially off-limits islands at the margins of the map. He earned rock-star status in the world of extreme travel by finding ingenious ways to bring the world’s most widely traveled people to difficult-to-reach and forbidden places. But when his story began to unravel, an eccentric group of hyper-well-traveled country collectors were left wondering how they had allowed their obsession to blind them to the warning signs that William Baekeland wasn’t who they thought he was. Mad Travelers: A Tale of Wanderlust, Greed and the Quest to Reach the Ends of the Earth delves deep inside the subculture of country collecting, taking readers to danger zones like Mogadishu and geographical oddities like Norway’s nearly impossible-to-reach Bouvet Island. Along the way, this raucous tale of adventure and international intrigue illuminates the perils and pleasures of wanderlust while examining a fundamental question: why are some people compelled to travel, while others are content to stay home? Mad Travelers is a perceptive and at times hilarious account of how the pursuit of everywhere put the world’s greatest travelers at the mercy of a brilliant young con man.

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  Buen Camino

  Gordon J. Bernhardt

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  Lots of people take a walk to clear their heads, but have you ever walked over six hundred miles to do it?On a misty, gray morning in the summer of 2018, Gordon Bernhardt set out from a small town in the French Pyrenees to walk the ancient pilgrim route of Camino de Santiago, seeking clarity for his business, his relationships, and his priorities in life. The lessons he learned as a peregrino—a pilgrim—ranged from insights on financial advising and investing to the importance of noticing the tiniest details of each day: like the ant trails winding across the path at his feet or the “smiling sunflower” that lightened his steps in the middle of a hot summer day.An investing book like no other, Buen Camino: What a Hike through Spain Taught Me about Investing and Life will remind you that although we’re all walking a different path, we’re all headed for a common destination.

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  Generally Speaking - All 33...

  Lawrence Block

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  For almost three years, novelist and short-story writer Lawrence Block's monthly column, "Generally Speaking," was one of the most popular features in Linn's Stamp News. A general collector of pre-1940 issues, Block had the entire world of stamps as his subject, and he turned in thirty-three columns before he decided it was time to stop. 
  But Keller, the author's fictional character, never lost his enthusiasm for philately. A wistful and introspective killer for hire, Keller rekindled a boyhood passion for stamps at the end of Hit Man, the first of a series of books about him. Like Block, Keller collects the whole world through philately's first century. (How's that for coincidence?) And the nature of his profession gives Keller more discretionary income than Block—and a lot more money to spend on stamps.

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  101 Bible Facts and Trivia For...

  H. M. Schwab

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  A man named Samson did WHAT with his bare hands? God used WHAT to feed Elijah? The Israelites did WHAT to knock down the walls of Jericho? If you want to learn the answers to these and other interesting Bible facts, let our 101 questions on the Old Testament take you back to those ancient times!  
  Feel like you are there! Fun music and sound effects for each question will help your Fantastic Forager dive into the world of the Old Testament. All questions are followed by a 10-second pause to allow time to think of the answer, and all Bible facts have references to find out more about each question and answer. Questions vary from easy to challenging, allowing children ages 8-16 to test their knowledge (or add to it!) in a fun and interactive way. These timeless truths are perfect for homeschoolers, Sunday schools, road trips, devotion times, or just rainy days to help your kids get to know the Word of God more personally.

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  Steak with Friends - At Home...

  Mary Goodbody, Rick Tramonto

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  “Rick Tramonto's seventh cookbook . . . takes you inside the north suburban Chicago home of the executive chef/partner of Tru and Tramonto's Steak & Seafood.”(Publishers Weekly)   With Steak with Friends, James Beard award winning chef and noted cookbook author Rick Tramonto personally invites readers into his home to share a dazzling array of 150 steak and seafood recipes with all the trimmings.  Placing special emphasis on choosing and preparing steaks, Rick provides beef and temperature charts, drink recipes, and even suggestions for what music to play while you cook. These sophisticated yet simple-to-prepare recipes show home cooks how to reproduce the flavors and great steakhouse food from Rick's steak and seafood restaurants in the Chicago area.   With recipes geared toward home chefs in an easy-to-read format and accented with warm photography of Rick and his family, Steak with Friends is for anyone who loves grilling or cooking at home with friends and family.    “Tramonto's seventh book showcases steak and the “friends” (sauces, glazes, and side dishes) that complement it. Readers can feast their eyes on full page close-ups of finished dishes like grilled T-bone steaks alongside a bright green streak of pesto as well as smaller photos highlighting the cooking process. Pictures of Tramonto shopping, cooking, eating, and relaxing with friends and family make it easy to imagine what it might be like to spend an afternoon with the famous Chicago restaurateur.” —Library Journal   “A couple of porterhouse steaks grilled to medium-rare and topped with a Gorgonzola crust rendered us speechless with delight” —Chicago Sun-Times

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  Holiday SOS - A Memoir

  Ben MacFarlane

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  Doctor Ben MacFarlane flies around the world picking up the pieces when Britons get into trouble abroad. A must-listen for anyone who enjoys real-life stories.  
  Who do you call if it all goes wrong on holiday?  
  Meet Doctor Ben MacFarlane—a very modern flying doctor. His job is get on a plane and bring patients home after holiday disasters, gap year crises, embarrassing incidents on business trips and all the other things that can go wrong when we head overseas. Holiday SOS is his extraordinary story. It’s a unique medical memoir of the people he helps—and a year in the life of one of the world’s most frequent flyers!

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