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'Eat Pray Love' meets 'An Apple A Day' meets 'Under The Tuscan Sun'. Stuck in a job he hates, madly smitten with a woman two decades his junior, racing helplessly into middle age and living in a world where vodka and orange juice is considered breakfast food, Mark Hill knows it's time to make a big life change. He quits his job, stuffs a few clothes and some personal items into an old navy duffel bag, sends all of his other possessions to the bin or the charity shop and books a one-way ticket to Portugal. In a small town slightly off the tourist trail he leaves the rat race behind, discovers a slower pace of life, comes to terms with unrequited love, develops a taste for fresh fish and eventually learns how to say "boa tarde." Poignant, insightful and sometimes funny, Sophie, Rice and Fish is for anyone who’s ever thought "there has to be more to life than this." ...

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It's a fast-paced, get-away-from-it-all tour through 30 destinations in 16 countries. · Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Arnhem, The Netherlands · Antwerp, Belgium · Bruges, Belgium · Paris, France · Cologne, Germany · Geneva, Switzerland · Munich, Germany · Regensburg, Germany · Pilsen, Czech Republic · Prague, Czech Republic · Krakow, Poland · Vienna, Austria · Bratislava, Slovakia · Budapest, Hungary · Pecs, Hungary · Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina · Dubrovnik, Croatia · Split, Croatia · Rome, Italy · Genoa, Italy · Nice, France · Monaco · Nimes, France · Barcelona, Spain · Valencia, Spain · Seville, Spain · Lagos, Portugal · Cascais, Portugal · Porto, Portugal · Lisbon, Portugal...

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With strong focus in history, this books presents my travels to Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia.

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"Time is of the essence. And on a timeline of this journey, specific dates have been drawn. As great distances have been covered, it has taken a long time for this book to be written. Snapshots started as a diary, but evolved over time into a book. Dynamic in its own right, at the end of each traverse, another begins anew and is recorded in the travelogue. "...

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Introduction Chapter 1 Europe Musings of the Muses: Italy Rome Florence Venice La Ville-Lumiere: France Paris Chateau De Versailles Divonne-les-Bains Chiming clocks: Geneva To be or not to be: England London Brighton Moors’ Last Sigh: Spain Granada Wien on Vespa: Austria Vienna Medieval Magyars: Hungary Budapest Chapter 2 North America Maple Crunch: Canada Bolton, Ontario Niagara, Ontario Montreal Quebec City Calgary Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Chapter 3 Flying kangaroo: Australia Sydney Brisbane Cairns Chapter 4 Asia Rainbow nation: Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Where east meets the west: Singapore The land of entwined rivers: Bangladesh Dhaka city Azimpura Dayera Sharif Bogra Chittagong Patenga sea beach Cox’s Bazaar Rangamati Byzid Bostami Sylhet Khulna Jessore Luminous Lumbini: India Kolkata Conclusion...

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Comic mystery novel in which Calvin Scott, the world's least successful freelance writer, finds himself in South Korea chasing a story, a pretty blonde and a killer all at the same time....

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A journal of various ideas that may be helpful to those who are looking to emigrate. It gives some helpful ideas on what to expect.

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Cuvânt înainte M-am luptat cu viaţa în prima jumătate a drumului insidios pe care mi l-a hărăzit soarta. A trebuit să prestez, în lagăr cât şi-n exil, pentru a supravieţui, munci din cele mai diverse: de la măturător, zugrav, muncitor necalificat în construcţii, traducător, ghid, până la inginer şi profesor universitar. Paginile acestea cuprind însemnări răzleţe, cotidiene, prinse din mers, reflectând diferenţe specifice între culturi, limbi sau popoare - şi transcrise, printre picături, în avion, pe bordul maşinii, la volan, într-o pauză la Honeywell, ori seara, când mă-ntorceam istovit de la lucru. Un fel de sfaturi şi impresii pentru amatori. Nu-s grupate pe teme, ci au forma unui jurnal, venind să completeze volumul de mare succes la public "America, paradisul diavolului", care a cunoscut patru ediţii într-un interval scurt (1992 primăvara, 1992 toamna, 1994, 1999). Cartea poate fi utilă celor care (mai) doresc să emigreze. Pentru a şti la ce s-ar putea aştepta...

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Acest volum se vrea a fi (este) un volum de texte încrucisate, ca meandrele soselelor mexicane, fara gropile noastre, un mic-joc de doi, picant si cu zv'c sarcastic, ca un gulas din Ardeal (nu am zis GULAG!) ...uor la lecturi (f)estivale, ca sa zic aa... de navetisti... O naveta inter-spatiala, adica între spatiile noastre carpato-v'lcene-dunarene si cele neo-mexicane, unde se pare ca avem afinitati cu exotismul cactusilor si colorismul sop'rlelor, de dorit fiind si cu ai nostri, care nu vor fi niciodata ai lor... Ceva care sa fie usor la cap si ne-greu la stomah... Ceva de noptiera, seara, ca somnifer cu efect neagresiv, o carte de recitit, pentru confort si neuitare... si a supararilor care fac bine.Pagini care dovedesc ca ardelenii se înteleg bine cu oltenii, mai ales în America de Nord.O carte ca o... bicicleta cu doi pedalisti: unul în contra-timp cu celalalt! Ne înelegem atunci c'nd ne certam! Dupa o vreme de harta, unul zice paradoxist: ¿ Pai eu ce ziceam, omule ?¿Sa fie o carte uoara, agreabila, nu prea groasa, doua registre pe acelai spirit, cum suntem....

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NEZICERI Proz scurt prostmodernist Gheorghe taie lemne Gheorghe nu taie lemne Gheorghe taie Gheorghe Gheorghe taie fumul cu cu itul Gheorghe nu taie lemne Gheorghe taie frunze la câini Gheorghe ucide balaurul Dar cine e ti tu b , Gheorghe? H r uire sex-tual Ce a f cut Mardap: Mardap s-a n scut Mardap a avut 3500 g. la na tere. Mardap a Mardap n-a Mardarap a plâns Mardap Mardap... i ce dac ! Ce ne intereseaz pe noi?!...

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Everything that your parents told you not do: disregarding society in a quest for sustainable adventure. This is a publication for dreamers. If you have ever thought about quitting your job and jumping into the world but never done it, this might just give you the push and confidence that you need. Using rational thinking, The Avant-Garde Life breaks down every possible barrier and encourages you to overcome them. This is about more than a single journey. This is a way of taking a journey through life indefinitely. A happy, fulfilled life....

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A journal on Florentin Smarandache's road trip to the western states in America.

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În statul… colorat Pe autostrada I 511 spre localitatea Ignacio. Intrăm în Colorado, statul „plin de culori” (conform adjectivului spaniol colorado/colorada = colorat/colorată). Galben de toamnă, grena, verde şters – pomii. Pompe automate de extras ţiţei. În Ignacio, vizităm galeria de artă „Dancing Spirit”. Drumul de la Durango la Silverton urcă în creierul munţilor. Vârfuri roşii de piatră. Nişte stânci au marginile drepte, de zici că-s tăiate cu cuţitul. Sculpturi naturale. Curcubeie de culori sunt frunzele... parcă un pictor dumnezeiesc a aruncat acuarele. The colorful state ... On Interstate 511 to Ignacio town. Going to Colorado, the "colorful" (according to the Spanish adjective colorado / Colorada = color / color). Yellow autumn, burgundy, green deleted - trees. Automatic pumps extract oil. In Ignacio, visit the art gallery "Dancing Spirit". The road from Durango to Silverton climb the mountains. Red Peaks Stone. Some rocks have straight edges to say that I was cut with a knife. Natural sculptures. Rainbow colors are the leaves ... Like a watercolor painter threw divine. ...

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Cuvânt înainte ............................................................ 7 O nouă recunoaştere internaţională .......................... 7 Fotojurnal În Vestul NeSălbatic ............................ 13 Lacul Navajo şi oraşul argintului ........................... 13 La Caltech, cu nemateria printre fizicieni .............. 23 Muzeul istoric Rex ................................................. 48 Valea Monumentelor din Statul Utah ..................... 52 Monumentul național El Morro .............................. 73 Casa cu păpuşi ........................................................ 80 New Mexico, sud .................................................... 83 Să vezi lupii .......................................................... 103 Deșert și canioane ................................................. 107 În loc de Postfaţă ................................................... 125 Perseverenţă ......................................................... 125 ...

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One man's story of his reason for emigrating from his home country of Romania to come to America.

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Cuprins ................................ 3 ¡Ajutați-mă să emigrez! (Prefață)................................18 Declaration for Emigration as Political Refugee in USA Individual Data........................................21 Reasons to leave my country......................................24 Religious Reasons..........................................24 Political Reasons.........................................25 Addition........................................................31 Changes in Individual Data..........................................33 Poze din lagăr..................................................35 SCRISORI OLOGRAFE DIN LAGǍRUL DE REFUGIAȚI POLITICI.................43 ANUL 1988 1. Cher Monsieur Camp (Istanbul, le 15.10.1988)…………44 2. Dear Professor Beno Arbel (Istanbul, 15.10.1988)…………46 3. Cher Monsieur le Directeur de la Maison d'Edition “Albin Michel” (Istanbul, le 16.10.1988)…………47 4. Ma Chère Traductrice [Chantal Signoret, Aix – en – Provence] (Istanbul, 17.10.1988).............................49 5. Stimate D-le Corduneanu (Istanbul, 19 – 20.10.1988)…………50 6. Dear Professor WEGNER (Istanbul, 20...

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"This collection of stories is like a blanket woven from 100% wanderlust under which you can hide as Frances M. Thompson tucks you in with her words and keeps you warm with her descriptions of characters you'll love and places you can tell she knows by heart." Gesa Neitzel, www.bedouinwriter.com Shy Feet: Short Stories Inspired by Travel is a collection of twelve quirky, charismatic and touching tales of travel. The inquisitive Ruth tells the story of The Lost Children of Gatwick Airport and in Max's Holiday we learn what a seven-year-old boy considers a "proper holiday" to be. In The Flowers Sleep Tonight, we meet Thomas and Carly, two solo travellers whose paths keep crossing... because that's exactly what Thomas wants. A spontaneous plan to elope is revealed in The Runaways and Homes from Homes is about the lessons Patricia learns from the hotel bellboy she has a fling with. Oh, Henry is the story of how a dream holiday can mean two different things to two lovers and Katie's Maps is an offbeat love letter to a vast collection of maps. Extracts from a travel journal tell one woman's life story in All the Beaches are Made of ...

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SHY FEET Part One Thirty-seven years ago, I was born into debt. I arrived two weeks early, surprising both my mother and the woman whose hair she was cutting. Before I’d even entered the world, I owed my mother the price of her customer’s leather loafers. Thirty years ago, a teacher told my mother to keep an eye on me. I was “frighteningly astute" and “abnormally self-aware” for my age. In other words, I was going places. Twenty-eight years ago, I paid my mother back for those leather loafers with money I made from selling jars of jam to our neighbours. Every Sunday evening I would stand on a stool in front of our gas stove and stir a viscose pink liquid around a giant saucepan. Behind me, my mother would hold her breath as I poured the hot mixture into jars, never spilling a drop. Twenty-six years ago, I began secondary school. Within weeks I learnt that with very little effort I could get top marks in most subjects. I rarely studied more than I had to and I blitzed through my homework on the school bus home. While Mum finished work in the front room, I cooked dinner for us both, listening to her scissors snip through ...

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Shy Feet - Part One The Flowers Sleep Tonight The Lost Children Homes from Homes The Runaways Oh, Henry Katie's Maps Scorpion The Road is Long Max's Holiday See the Amalfi Coast All the Beaches are made of Pebbles Shy Feet - Part Two...