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  Anywhere Travel Guide - 75...

  Magda Lipka Falck

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  Seventy-five ways to embrace a spirit of adventure—around the world or around the corner. 
   
  Ask the next person you meet where his/her favorite street is. Go there. 
   
  Write down what you like about this city on a small piece of paper. Leave it where someone else will find it later. 
   
  If you can see a shop from where you are, step inside it. 
   
  A creative travel guide for anywhere, this handy book includes seventy-five inspirations for exploration. With a unique mix of concrete actions and whimsical prompts, the Anywhere Travel Guide takes you on a journey that encourages you to see things differently, to discover both new and familiar places—and to bring a new spirit of adventure to your life.

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  Hello Shadowlands - Inside the...

  Patrick Winn

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  'Reads like a thriller you can't put down' - Megha Rajagopalan, China Bureau Chief, Buzzfeed News
  'ensures you'll never think about Southeast Asia in the same way ever again.' - Geographical Magazine
  
  Essential to understanding Southeast Asia in the 21st century, Hello, Shadowlands reveals a booming underworld of organised crime across a region in flux— a $100 billion trade that deals in narcotics, animals and people —and the staggering human toll that is being steadily ignored by the West.
  
   
  
  From Myanmar's anarchic hills to the swamplands of Vietnam, jihadis are being pitted against brothel workers, pet thieves against vigilantes and meth barons against Christian vice squads. 
  Hello, Shadowlands takes a deep plunge into crime rings both large and small. It also examines how China's rise and America's decline is creating new opportunities for transnational syndicates to thrive.
  
   
  
  Focusing on human stories on both sides of this crime wave, the acclaimed Bangkok-based broadcaster and journalist Patrick Winn intimately profiles the men and women of the region who are forced to make agonizing choices in the absence of law.

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  Magnetic North - Sea Voyage to...

  Jenna Butler

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  “Windburned, eyes closed, this: beneath the keening of bergs, a deeper thresh of glaciers calving, creaking with sun. Sound of earth, her bones, wide russet bowl of hips splaying open. From these sere flanks, her desiccating body, what a sea change is born.” 
  		 
  From the endangered Canadian boreal forest to the environmentally threatened Svalbard archipelago off the coast of Norway, Jenna Butler takes us on a sea voyage that connects continents and traces the impacts of climate change on northern lands. With a conservationist, female gaze, she questions explorer narratives and the mythic draw of the polar North. As a woman who cannot have children, she writes out the internal friction of travelling in Svalbard during the fertile height of the Arctic summer. Blending travelogue and poetic meditation on place, Jenna Butler draws readers to the beauty and power of threatened landscapes, asking why some stories in recorded history are privileged while others speak only from beneath the surface.

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  The Amazing Story of the Man Who...

  Per J. Andersson

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  The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait — it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably.PK was not born in the city. He grew up in a small remote village on the edge of the jungle in East India, and his childhood as an untouchable was one of crushing hardship. He was forced to sit outside the classroom during school, would watch classmates wash themselves if they came into contact with him, and had stones thrown at him when he approached the village temple. According to the priests, PK dirtied everything that was pure and holy. But had PK not been an untouchable, his life would have turned out very differently.This is the remarkable true story of how love and courage led PK to overcome extreme poverty, caste prejudice and adversity — as well as a 7,000-mile adventure-filled journey across continents and cultures — to be with the woman he loved.

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  The Flying Sabuki - A Father-Son...

  E.S. Curry

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  Do you know what a “Flying Sabuki” is?  
  During a week’s vacation together in the Adirondack Mountains, writer E.S. Curry discovers, through nature and his son Åsmund’s imagination, what this phenomenon is and so much more. This uplifting testament to the joys of fatherhood is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn about the connection and bonding rituals that cement the father-son relationship—electronics and distraction-free.  
  E.S. Curry and his son Åsmund teach us about working together for mutual success, the Danish concept of Hygge, driving character and values through storytelling, and how being amongst nature creates an environment for connectedness. While there are scores of books for expecting fathers, The Flying Sabuki opens an intimate window into the formative Kindergarten years of a father and son relationship with a positive foundation.  
  The Flying Sabuki is a heartwarming tale that’s the perfect holiday or Father’s Day gift and a great book for parents looking for real-world insights on bonding with their child. 
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  If you're a parent seeking ways to connect more closely with your child, or just someone who wants to create a closer bond with another person in your life, treat yourself to this beautiful story. It's about taking time, creating space, and living in the moments that happen when you're fully present with someone you love. The Flying Sabuki is the story of a father being fully present with his young son, and the profound lessons and heartening moments they experience during their vacation at a rustic camp in the Adirondacks. It's a wonderful, heartwarming story. 
  - Wendy Lindstrom, NY Times Bestselling Author

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  Two Years

  Max Tower

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  LET GO. TRUST. RECEIVE.That is precisely what Max had to do. He felt stuck in his life and was yearning for something more meaningful. After years of working in investment banking in Frankfurt, London, and New York, he finally pulled the trigger to quit his job–or rather, ego-identity? What followed was two years of world travel, significant personal transformation, and rediscovery of our true essence.His travel memoir spiked with insights on spirituality and life wisdom, takes you, the reader, along the journey with him. In Max's Quest for Money, Quest for Purpose, and Quest for Love, you will see what he sees, feel what he feels, and grow with him.While he gained and lost a lot along the way, he eventually realized what is really important in Supporting people in need–spiritually as well as financially. With this book, Max hopes to achieve exactly that. Each one of you will be interactively involved in the decision process.Welcome to a new era of print utility and governance!

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