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Life Is a Trip: The Transformative Magic of Travel

10 best books like Life Is a Trip: The Transformative Magic of Travel (Judith Fein): Neon Pilgrim, Quest and Crew, All Over the Map, The Whole Hog: Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigs, Go Your Own Way: Women Travel the World Solo, The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books, Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge‎, The Adventures of Bindi Girl: Diving Deep Into the Heart of India, The Wander Year: One Couple's Journey Around the World, Unsinkable Mister Brown

Neon Pilgrim
AuthorLisa Dempster
ISBN0980335175
Seriously unfit & unmotivated, Lisa Dempster is an unlikely candidate for a gruelling outdoor adventure. When her life needs a shake-up, she decides the only thing for it is to hike the henro michi, a 1200 kilometre Buddhist pilgrimage through the mountains of Japan. Lisa’s journey from overweight...
Quest and Crew
AuthorDavid Beaupre
How many people have dreamed about sailing away and leaving it all behind? Here’s how it happened. ‘Quest and Crew’ is the first book of a four book series. It begins twenty-four hours before a Category 5 hurricane devastates the south shore of Grenada. It’s a story about the many twists and turns...
All Over the Map
AuthorLaura Fraser
ISBN0307450635
What's a wise, witty travel writer to do when she reaches forty and is still single? Wander the globe searching for romance and adventure, of course.

On a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, to celebrate her fortieth birthday, Laura Fraser confronts the unique trajectory of her life. Divorced and childless...
The Whole Hog: Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigs
AuthorLyall Watson
ISBN1588342166
Not all animals are created equal. For a start, pigs have it, sheep don’t; that is, that special quality of intelligence, a sense of play, and a gregariousness that make these tragically misunderstood—yet no less endearing—creatures more like us than any other animal. Best-selling author...
Go Your Own Way: Women Travel the World Solo
AuthorFaith Conlon
ISBN1580051995
There is nothing quite like hitting the road by yourself to awaken your senses, sharpen your mind, and build your confidence. In twenty-three beautifully crafted essays, women recount the thrills of traveling solo.

Despite threat-assessment levels and airport-security hassles, women...
The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books
AuthorJeff Martin
ISBN1593764049
The way we absorb information has changed dramatically. Edison’s phonograph has been reincarnated as the iPod. Celluloid went digital. But books, for the most part, have remained the same—until now. And while music and movies have undergone an almost Darwinian evolution, the literary world...
Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge‎
AuthorKevin Starr
The Golden Gate Bridge links the urbanity of San Francisco with the wild headlands of Marin County, as if to suggest the paradox of California and America itself-the place that Fitzgerald saw as the last spot commensurate with the human capacity for wonder. The bridge, completed in 1937, also announced...
The Adventures of Bindi Girl: Diving Deep Into the Heart of India
AuthorErin Reese
Erin Reese is a one-of-a-kind travel writer—a spiritual seeker and solo backpacker who dropped out of a successful career in corporate America, hit the road, and never looked back.

A SPIRITUAL TRAVELER'S SASSY TALE

Packed with plenty of spicy curry, cows, and comedy, Bindi Girl...
The Wander Year: One Couple's Journey Around the World
AuthorMike McIntyre
A collection of humorous and moving encounters with a sublime world and the extraordinary souls who fill it.

Bestselling author Mike McIntyre (The Kindness of Strangers) and his longtime girlfriend, Andrea, are itching for a break from their routines. So they rent out their California home--dog...
Unsinkable Mister Brown
AuthorBrian David Bruns
I received this book for free through a Goodreads giveaway and I'm very happy to have done so.

I found this book to be enjoyable. Not the kind of enjoyable that means "eh, it was ok" but the kind of enjoyable that made me want to keep reading and wish for more at the end. It wasn't high tech, it wasn't...
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2014
AuthorBob Sehlinger
ISBN1628090006
Compiled and written by a team of experienced researchers whose work has been cited by such diverse sources as USA Today and Operations Research Forum, The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World digs deeper and offers more than any other guide. The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World explains how Disney...
Great Food Fast: Bob Warden's Ultimate Pressure Cooker Recipes
AuthorWarden Bob
ISBN1934193798
Come on over for Great Food Fast! Few could boast having more expertise in pressure cookery than Bob Warden! He has introduced over 800,000 QVC customers to the convenience and deliciousness of cooking under pressure. In the 20 years he has been appearing as a guest cooking expert, Bob has helped develop...
Bumfuzzle - Just out looking for Pirates
AuthorPatrick Schulte
We've all had that conversation—with ourselves or our significant other—the one about what to do with our life. For some it remains just that—a conversation. But for Pat and Ali the simple question— posed over too many pitchers of beer at their favorite downtown Chicago pizza place—had...
White Eskimo: Knud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey into the Heart of the Arctic
AuthorStephen R. Bown
ISBN0306822822
Among the explorers made famous for revealing hitherto impenetrable cultures-T. E. Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger in the Middle East, Richard Burton in Africa-Knud Rasmussen stands out not only for his physical bravery but also for the beauty of his writing. Part Danish, part Inuit, Rasmussen made...
Yellow Green Beret Vol. I: Stories of an Asian-American Stumbling Around U.S. Army Special Forces
AuthorChester Wong
Forget slapstick comedy, when it comes to U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Chester Wong writing his memoir, Yellow Green Beret: Stories of an Asian-American Stumbling Around U.S. Army Special Forces, it's more about chopstick humor-and random acts of hilarity. From his days at West Point through...
Exhaust(ed): The 99% true story of a bus trip gone wrong.
AuthorShoshanah Lee Marohn
It's like the Love Boat, only sleazier. Our eighteen-year-old heroine travels across the United States by Greyhound bus, with only her Grace Kelly coat and her "Elements of Style" book to protect her. Original art work adds to this eccentric tale of travel on the cheap in 1993. Both terrifying and hilarious,...
Working on Yourself Doesn't Work: The 3 Simple Ideas That Will Instantaneously Transform Your Life
AuthorAriel Kane
ISBN0071601082
The acclaimed, life-changing book that shows you how to stop "working" on yourself--and start living in the moment

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to go through your life without stress or self-doubt? To have a real sense of inner peace and fulfillment? Now you can--through the...
Employee Engagement 2.0: How to Motivate Your Team for High Performance (a Real-World Guide for Busy Managers)
AuthorKevin E. Kruse
ISBN1469996138
Imagine if you could: - Create massive emotional commitment among all your direct reports - Turn your apathetic group into a high performance team exhibiting huge discretionary effort - Be a leader who people fight to work with - Win a "Best Place to Work" award within 12 months Indeed, you can do all that...
Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin
AuthorBruce Chatwin
ISBN0224089897
The definitive collection of the letters of the enigmatic writer, providing new perspectives on his extraordinary life. Selected and edited by Elizabeth Chatwin and Nicholas Shakespeare, with an introduction by Elizabeth Chatwin.

"I am most certainly in the mood for writing letters."

Bruce...
The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality
AuthorW. Edwards Deming
ISBN0071790225
An indispensable management guide for applying the theories of one of the world's most influential figures in quality control--W. Edwards Deming, the "High Prophet of Quality" ("The New York Times")

"The Essential W. Edwards Deming" is a collection of articles, excerpts, case studies,...
Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere
AuthorAndré Aciman
Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, André Aciman has written a luminous series of linked essays about time, place, identity, and art that show him at his very finest. From beautiful and moving pieces about the memory evoked by the scent of lavender; to meditations on...
The Cat Manual
AuthorMichael Ray Taylor
A book of humorous advice written for cats, by cats. The author "discovered" the feline world's best-kept secret in a file hidden on his mother's computer by her cat, Cleo, and now shares it with humanity for the first time. Topics covered range from avoiding visits to the vet, to the artful display of...
Alan Turing: The Enigma Man
AuthorNigel Cawthorne
According to Winston Churchill, Alan Turing made the single biggest contribution to the Allied victory over Nazi Germany with his code-breaking machine. The world is also indebted to Turing's genius for the modern computer. It was clear that Turing had a remarkable mind from an early age. He taught...
A Trip to the Hardware Store & Other Calamities
AuthorBarbara Venkataraman
ISBN1505388570
alternate cover edition of ASIN: B00DH5XFHU

At 8,000 words, this collection of humorous essays explores such quirky topics as: disastrous home repairs, ("A Trip to the Hardware Store"), an unfortunate dinner party (“Dinner is Served"), the truth about lazy people ("Lazy Bones"), the...
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