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GLOBETROTTER DOGMA:
100 Canons for Escaping the Rat Race
and Exploring the World

After circling the globe five times in the last 20 years, Bruce Northam has gathered hard-won nuggets of travel wisdom into 100 enlightening recommendations for making the most of seeing the world. In a book shaped and styled like a passport to fit easily into a backpack, the author advises, for example, to take a media sabbatical (if you haven't traveled widely, maybe there's an umbilical cord attached to your TV convincing you that the world is an unfriendly place. It's not!), to go where the locals go (cops and bartenders know their terrain better than the local chamber of commerce) and to undertake exhausting itineraries with family (no one will have energy left to recycle family debates). Employing a mix of travel lore, humor, and anecdotes, Northam entertains, advises, and inspires readers to hit the road. 20 black-and-white illustrations are included.


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Available April 2002
   
 
 

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IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE:
A Wild Travel Anthology

In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology is an epic collection of 100 travelers' tales. This compendium celebrates the wild side of contemporary travel -- revealing, humorous, sometimes naughty stories by acclaimed authors. Indeed, a book to heat up the gypsy blood in all of us.

This lively compilation applauds the roving prose of Simon Winchester, Tim Cahill, Marybeth Bond, Jeff Greenwald, Robert Young Pelton, Richard Bangs, Phil Trupp, Paul McHugh, Don George and Linda Watanabe McFerrin -- complemented by an eclectic gathering of characters including an Indian guru, a rock-n-roll Hall of Famer, a Manhattan horse-drawn carriage driver, a comedian, a shrink, a career surfer, a few actors and an anonymous, best-selling bad boy.
...an engrossing read. And, for anyone who has ever dreamed of escape or imagined a wilder existence, this refreshing and sometimes over-the-top compilation will not disappoint...
Newsweek

This collection of travel tales doesn't just push the envelope; it shreds it.
San Francisco Examiner
   
 
 

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THE FRUGAL GLOBETROTTER:
Your Guide to World Adventure Bargains

Organizing an adventure vacation off the beaten path or even getting the best airfare deal can be a hassle if you want quick, reliable travel information. Would-be adventurers have no fear: The Frugal Globetrotter is here, packed with secrets on how to get a lot of travel excitement with low-cost travel options. In The Frugal Globetrotter, Bruce Northam explores global travel in seven parts and provides blueprints for actual travel adventures, while illuminating the merits and pitfalls of various travel options. According to Northam, a frugal globetrotter can pay just one-third of what a typical consumer pays for travel.
For more cheap travel ideas, read
The Frugal Globetrotter.
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