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Author: Philip Caputo
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-07-16
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0805094466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces the author's 2011 road trip from the southernmost to the northernmost points of the United States to experience firsthand the country's diversity and political tensions in the face of a historic economic recession.
Author: Eric Rutkow
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2019-01-08
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 150110392X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the award-winning author of American Canopy, a dazzling account of the world’s longest road, the Pan-American Highway, and the epic quest to link North and South America, a dramatic story of commerce, technology, politics, and the divergent fates of the Americas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Pan-American Highway, monument to a century’s worth of diplomacy and investment, education and engineering, scandal and sweat, is the longest road in the world, passable everywhere save the mythic Darien Gap that straddles Panama and Colombia. The highway’s history, however, has long remained a mystery, a story scattered among government archives, private papers, and fading memories. In contrast to the Panama Canal and its vast literature, the Pan-American Highway—the United States’ other great twentieth-century hemispheric infrastructure project—has become an orphan of the past, effectively erased from the story of the “American Century.” The Longest Line on the Map uncovers this incredible tale for the first time and weaves it into a tapestry that fascinates, informs, and delights. Rutkow’s narrative forces the reader to take seriously the question: Why couldn’t the Americas have become a single region that “is” and not two near irreconcilable halves that “are”? Whether you’re fascinated by the history of the Americas, or you’ve dreamed of driving around the globe, or you simply love world records and the stories behind them, The Longest Line on the Map is a riveting narrative, a lost epic of hemispheric scale.
Author: Ben Cunningham
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Published: 2013-04-05
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1848897944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn June 2008 Ben Cunningham and five friends set out to cycle from Alaska to Argentina, along the Pan-American Highway, the world's longest land route. It measures 25,000 km and passes through fourteen countries and two continents, from the vast bear country of Alaska and northern Canada to the densely populated cities of Los Angeles and Lima. It moves from hot to cold, from forest to desert, English to Spanish and everything in between. In Ireland, the expedition generated national interest: it was the first time such a cycling challenge had been attempted by Irish people. An inspirational tale of adventure and endurance, of what can happen when you get on your bike.
Author: Geoffrey Peyton
Publisher: BookRix
Published: 2015-11-05
Total Pages: 117
ISBN-13: 3739621311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHaving made a fruitless search for some friends in the upmost western part of Cornwall I was left with financial difficulty in getting back to Birmingham. I had already been walking about the English countryside since April and it was now October. I was in no real rush to get back home immediately and I fancied a bit of a stroll anyway. This stroll took me over a month to complete, and as the chilly autumn became a very cold winter I realised that living the life of a hobo wasn't as easy as one may think. The only only items on my person that kept me going through the seven weeks or so was a hot water bottle, a single calor gas stove and my radio. But there were times when even those life savers ran out of their respective fuels, and soon depression, hunger and eventual thieving, took priority for my needs. This is the story of my 250 mile walk home to Birmingham from St. Ives, Cornwall, in the autumn of 1990.
Author: Tanya Brady Ditto
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9780865180130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew McCarthy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-06-04
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1451667507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author, a travel writer and actor, delivers a memoir about how travel helped him become the man he wanted to be, helping him overcome life-long fears and confront his resistance to commitment. From time immemorial, travel has been a pursuit of passion, from adventurers of old seeking gold or new lands, to today's spiritual and pleasure seekers who follow in the footsteps of Elizabeth Gilbert. Some see travel as a form of light-hearted escapism while others believe it has the power to open your mind, forcing you to confront your demons, and discover your true self. The author belongs to this second category of traveler. His memoir follows his excursions to Patagonia, the Amazon, Costa Rica, Baltimore, Vienna, Kilimanjaro, Dublin, and beyond. He uses his wanderlust to examine his motives and desires, and explore his ambivalence about commitment. He ponders his personal life, his acting career, and his impulse to leave home, all building toward one of the most significant moments of his life: his wedding day. His message about the transformative power of travel is universal, and his exploration of the nature and passion of relationships, both fleeting and enduring, strikes a chord with every man and woman who has ever wondered at the vicissitudes of the human heart.
Author: DeSaree’ Scobey
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Published: 2023-08-18
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis autobiography depicted in a collection of poetry and non-fiction, is about love and pain beyond one’s own comprehension. It is about waiting for God, and the quiet moments after prayer. It is prayer. This book searches the soul of the author as she longs and questions the mysteries of loving another person, of loss, and a reality that lacks understanding. This is her pain speaking to her in images that sometimes seem as if it is resting in another dimension, because these words wouldn’t be what they are if the pain and longing were easily comprehensible. Discover all that the author has discovered in these words written over the course of seven years.
Author: Jeanne Williams
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2016-07-05
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1504036328
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“An evocative and darkly beautiful story” of a young woman’s trek across America in the Dust Bowl years by a New York Times–bestselling “master novelist” (The Denver Post). After a violent dust storm leaves their mother dead and the family farm in ruins, twelve-year-old Laurie Field and her younger brother, Buddy, believe their world has ended when their grieving, debt-ridden father brings them to live with their reprobate grandfather in the Oklahoma Panhandle, promising to send for them when he finds one of those fabled jobs luring thousands to California. Abandoned and afraid, the children find hope in the songs taught them by Johnny Morrigan, an itinerant oil field worker who hitched a ride with the family on his way to Texas. Desperate to escape their brutal grandfather, Laurie and Buddy hop a train clanging west and become fall in with a hobo named Way after he saves them from a sinister tramp. In California, the children find only heartbreak, so they and Way set out for Texas in the hopes of reuniting with Johnny Morrigan. Like the fellow travelers they encounter on the roads and rails crisscrossing America, Laurie, Buddy, and Way take joy in simple pleasures such as a campfire meal, a starry night, and a song. They learn firsthand the kindness ordinary folk can show to those even poorer. At last, in lusty Texas oil field towns, they find work, Morrigan, and a deadly menace as Laurie grows from innocent girl to vibrant woman. A riveting story of hardship, adventure, and romance, The Longest Road pays glorious tribute to the men and women who kept the American dream alive during the Great Depression.
Author: Rad Crews
Publisher: Rad Crews
Published: 2021-07-20
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's 1985, no computers, no cellphones, only the largest concert ever conceived, Live Aid. Follow the MTV Generation, at its best, as Bob Geldof utilizes the finest talent of the times with the goal of relieving the starving people of Ethiopia. Young Mark, on his way to a once in a lifetime chance to see Led Zeppelin, falls in with two stranded ladies, also on their way to Philadelphia. Follow the threesome on their journey as they enter into the world of Eighties music and self discovery. The world is changing rapidly, shrinking as satellite technology creates a smaller planet. Our trio experiences growth and tragedy in a world forever changed. As romance ensues, love blossoms as it only can for the young. A story of discovery, first love,loss and redemption, wrapped in those times, long gone and never to return.
Author: Adina Senft
Publisher: Moonshell Books, Inc.
Published: 2020-09-23
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 193908749X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Forgiveness is the longest road, yet it is the shortest distance between two hearts.” —Whinburg Township Amish proverb Thirteen years ago, two little Amish girls disappeared from an orchard in Whinburg Township, Pennsylvania. It was just a blip on the TV news … until it became very, very personal for Megan and Ashley Pearson. Ashley doesn’t believe the story has anything to do with her. A straight-A student, she’s leaving for college with her boyfriend, and nothing is going to interfere with her plans for her life. But Megan isn’t so sure. She’s had dreams and nightmares that could be explained by long-buried memories. A road trip to Whinburg Township might give her some answers—and give her empty life a purpose besides playing video games in her parents’ basement. Samuel Riehl left the Amish church when his shame over his part in his sisters' disappearance grew too heavy to carry, and is trying to live Englisch, never quite able to look into a passing buggy in case he sees his mother’s face. And Rebecca Riehl, the Amish woman who lost not two, but three children all those years ago, has never stopped loving them, never stopped praying for them, and never stopped hoping that God will grant her a miracle. Two sisters want the truth. Two mothers want their daughters back. But will betrayal and loss prove stronger than love on the longest road home? "In this first book of a new series, Senft has crafted an appealing tale of searching for one’s true identity. There is also an interesting study of two mothers and how they have coped—one with her loss, the other with her guilt, and the role of faith." --Booklife The Longest Road is the seventh novel in the Whinburg Township Amish series. Books 7-9 can be read as standalones, with a thread of family and friendship running through them all. No strong language, just a loving kiss and a guaranteed happily ever after. If you like books by Jennifer Spredemann, Jennifer Beckstrand, or Serena B. Miller, you’re in the right place. Enjoy!
