Nicole found it hard enough to raise a teenage boy by herself and eke out an uncertain living as a charter pilot in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte islands. Dealing with Matthew Kealy, her arrogant, unkempt new neighbor, was a bit too much. Though she soon learned that Matthew was a successful artist ... more »

The Thai symbols and Thai letters can be instantly learned using this unique memorisation system. The memory technique relies on simple images that help you easily visualise the thai letters, and will enable you to almost immediately learn Thai alphabet essentials. This is one of the most crucial steps ... more »

Who are they trying to con? How much for ONE gallon of gas??? $3.60? Who else longs for the day when you could fill your tank for ten bucks? How to make that tank last until next payday! We've written it all down for you, and put it into an ebook called: 62 Ways To Save Money At The Gas Pump. more »

A mesmerizing sixteenth century epic of a man's incredible expedition. It is a pleasant and adventurous experience of De Vaca to interior America with new world of challenges. It is an Odyssey of De Vaca with fresh look at the Native America. A must-read for lovers of history and adventure. more »

Der Paris-Reiseführer speziell für Doors-Fans: Im 1. Teil besuchen Sie die französische Hauptstadt auf den Spuren von Jim Morrison. Sie können hier auch gezielt nach einzelnen Sehenswürdigkeiten suchen. Teil 2 schildert das Leben des legendären Sängers der Band in Paris vor seinem Tode 1971. Alle ... more »

The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals returns with a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in China--a complex, fascinating country with enough dangers and delicacies to keep him, and readers, endlessly entertained. Maarten Troost has charmed legions of readers with his ... more »

I take a stroke and lean back, gazing up into the jet skies, bejeweled by the moon and the galaxies of stars. The hull glides in silence and with such perfect balance as to report no motion. I sit up for another stroke, now looking down as the blades ignite swirling pairs of white constellations of ... more »

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At villa Donnafugata, long ago is never very far away, writes bestselling author Marlena de Blasi of the magnificent if somewhat ruined castle in the mountains of Sicily that she finds, accidentally, one summer while traveling with her husband, Fernando. There de Blasi is befriended by Tosca, the patroness ... more »

from the PREFACE: IN this book I have set down the record of a journey in Tibet undertaken by me during the spring, summer and autumn of 1897. In the orthography of geographical names I have adopted the course advised by the Royal Geographical Society--viz., to give the names their true sound as they ... more »

In the shadows of the city waits an invisible frontiera wilderness thriving in the deep places, woven through dead storm drains and live subway tunnels, coursing over third rails. This frontier waits in the walls of abandoned tenements, hides on the rooftops, infiltrates the bridges' steel. It's a no ... more »

Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of 'un-unhappiness.' The book uses a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science ... more »