Accidental Optimist's Guide to Life
Accidental Optimist's Guide to Life

Author: Emily Joy

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2005-09-01

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1908646780

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Exploring an inimitable philosophy of hope and humor through a variety of ups and downs, this quirky recollection illustrates the author’s search for the meaning of life. Depicting her experiences as the only doctor on call for an entire hospital in Sierra Leone in the midst of civil war, this portrait tells a story of optimism triumphing over what might elsewhere be the makings of disappointment and despair. From births and illnesses to family deaths and problem pets, this frank and unpredictable memoir demonstrates the remarkable insights that can be discovered from living through the seemingly unremarkable.

Travellers' Tales from Heaven and Hell
Travellers' Tales from Heaven and Hell

Author: Dan Hiscocks

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780953057511

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'Travellers Tales from Heaven and Hell' is a compilation of the best entries in a world-wide competition. These are stories that typically get told down the pub, and we were overwhelmed by the response and hope that the stories reflect a balance of amusing, evocative and informative tales. It is interesting to note that the youngest contributor was 10 years old and the oldest ninety, demonstrating that just about everyone has travelled in some capacity and the subject appeals to an incredible number of people. People travel for many reasons- some looking to escape and some looking for adventure. This book captures the essence of travelling- to experience the unknown, be it heavenly or hellish, and return to tell the tale.

Triumph Around the World
Triumph Around the World

Author: Robbie Marshall

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2011-04-13

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1908646217

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STRONGA humorous, soul-searching account of an aging hippie who gives up his hard-won career, family, and home life to bike around the world in search of new experiences At age 45 Robbie Marshall had it all, or so it seemed. He had been married, had two children, and built up a successful advertising agency. So what on earth made him trade his suit for leathers, his office for the saddle of a great motorcycle, and his bulging appointment book for an out-of-date world atlas? The prospect of a new challenge held such overwhelming appeal that he was prepared to risk it all—his hard won career, the trappings of wealth, and the love of a good woman—for life on the road and a lifestyle completely removed from anything he had known before. And so he shook hands with his business partner, kissed his girlfriend goodbye, and rode off into the unknown. Over the course of this double or nothing adventure he came face to face with his own ignorance, enormous danger, and wracking loneliness as well as some of the best that human nature has to offer.

Green Oranges on Lion Mountain
Green Oranges on Lion Mountain

Author: Emily Joy

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1908646098

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When your Dad can crash his airplane into two water buffalo, life is unlikely to go according to plan. Even so, Emily Joy puts on her rose-tinted glasses, leaves behind her comfortable life as a doctor in Britain, and heads off for two years to a remote hospital in Sierra Leone. There she finds the oranges are green, the bananas are black, and her patients are very ill. There's no water, no electricity, no oxygen, no amputation saw—and Dr. Em is no surgeon. And there's no chocolate to treat her nasty case of unrequited love. Dr. Em's problems are tiny compared to those faced by the people of Sierra Leone on a daily basis. If they can remain so optimistic, what's Em's excuse? Our green doctor is a bit of a yellow-belly, often red-faced, trying to fight the blues. But green oranges give sweet orange juice. Never judge a fruit by its color.

Jasmine and Arnica
Jasmine and Arnica

Author: Nicola Naylor

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1908646128

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Many would balk at the idea of a white woman traveling India alone—and in particular, a blind woman. Throughout her childhood Nicola Naylor had been fascinated by images of the subcontinent and was determined both to realize her dream of visiting and to push back the stifling constraints imposed by perceptions of her disability. While depending on her third eye—or sixth sense—she explores India from the inside. Her account is both sensuous and enormously visual as she gradually rebuilds her shattered self-confidence, regains her desire to live life, and rediscovers her almost forgotten love of writing.

Riding with Ghosts
Riding with Ghosts

Author: Gwen Maka

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1908646152

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Frank and often outrageous, this is an account of a 40-something Englishwoman's epic 4,000 mile cycle ride from Seattle to Mexico, via the snow-covered Rockies, mostly alone and camping in the wild. She runs appalling risks and copes in a gutsy, hilarious way with exhaustion, climatic extremes, dangerous animals, eccentrics, lechers, and a permanently saddle-sore backside. We share her deep involvement with the West's pioneering past, and with the tragic traces that history has left lingering on the land. When she rides the faded trails of the vanished American Indian nations she displays a strong sensitivity to the atmosphere of the spectacular landscape, as if the moments of its vibrant past are hanging in the air, only waiting for her to conjure them up vividly—sometimes with humor, and frequently with passion. As she travels, the ghosts of Lewis and Clark, Chief Joseph and Geronimo, Custer and Crazy Horse—all the legendary figures of the Old West—ride with her.

Thunder & Sunshine
Thunder & Sunshine

Author: Alastair Humphreys

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1908646306

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Alistair Humphreys cycled around the world—a journey of 46,000 miles. This inspiring story traces the second leg of his travels—the length of South and North America, the breadth of Asia and back across Europe, crossing the mountains and salt-flats of South America, canoeing the Five-Finger Rapids of the Yukon River, and braving a Siberian Winter with only the flimsiest tent to protect him from the elements.

Frigid Women
Frigid Women

Author: Sue Riches

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1908646063

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"Men like to conquer, fight, or subdue the Arctic, while we had a different attitude. We felt that we had to go along with what we were faced with. . . . We tried to have the Arctic on our side instead of confronting it." In 1997 a group of 20 women set out to become the world's first all-female expedition to the North Pole, hoping to raise awareness and support for sufferers of cancer and other illnesses. Sue Riches, recently recovering from a mastectomy, and her daughter Victoria were among them, and this is their inspirational story of personal accomplishment.

Cry from the Highest Mountain
Cry from the Highest Mountain

Author: Tess Burrows

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2007-08-01

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 190864639X

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Their goal was to raise money and awareness for the Tibetan cause. They chose to climb to the point furthest from the center of the Earth, some 2,150 meters higher than the summit of Everest to read out peace messages they had collected from children around the World in the lead up to the Millennium. Their mission was to promote Earth Peace by highlighting Tibet and the Dalai Lama's ideals as an arrow of light for the new millennium. Their team comprised of Tess, a 56 year old mother of three; Migmar, a young Tibetan prepared to do anything for his country but who had never been on a mountain before; GT, a 64 year old accomplished mountaineer; and Pete, who is Tess' partner and a highly skilled climber. For Tess, it became a struggle of body and mind, as she was symbolically compelled towards the highest point within herself.

Discovery Road
Discovery Road

Author: Andy Brown

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1908646489

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The inspiring story of the first people to ride mountain bikes across the vast deserts of Australia, the dangerous bushlands of Africa, and the mountains of South America Fed up and disillusioned with corporate life, Andy persuaded Tim to leave his job and cycle around the world—convinced there could be more to life. Their goal was to become the first people to ride mountain bikes unsupported across the three southern continents and, in doing so, to raise money for the charity Intermediate Technology. This is a fast-moving tale of self-discovery, full of adventure, conflict, humor, danger, and a multitude of colorful characters. Much more than a travelogue, it proves ordinary people can chase great dreams.