Found, Lost, Paved and Sunk: Paradise by Jay Maclean (12 Reviews)    Price verified 56 minutes ago

Where is paradise on earth? Somewhere far from the maddening crowds, the cold, the politics, work, of course. People have been searching for their paradise for centuries, even before taxation was invented. The stories of those who wrote about their exploits often reveal more about themselves than the nature of the paradises they sought and sometimes found. Did you know that Sir Walter Raleigh was the world's first pusher of paradise real estate? Or that among the explorers of tropical paradises, the infamous Captain Bligh of the Bounty was quite humane and considerate? Or that Captain James Cook was the first westerner to get a tropical, full body massage -- and was pretty coy about describing it? That the original Shangri-La paradise was a mix of ascetic monks on top of a Tibetan mountain and a tropical village of loose women at its foot? That Thor Heyerdahl and his first wife honeymooned for a whole year in a remote tropical paradise, leading to his Polynesian migration theory and ...

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There's Wonder Around the Bend: An Inspiring Guide to Solo Road Tripping by Beth Binger (7 Reviews)    Price verified 26 minutes ago

Are you standing confused at the crossroads of midlife, your once clear path now obscured by uncertainty? You are uniquely designed to step into a life filled with joy and freedom. You were not created to watch the world from the confines of your couch! Yet navigating the changes of midlife is hard. But how do you successfully navigate the unchartered territory of being alone for the first time? How do you face the uncertainties that come with empty nesting, retirement and other midlife loss? Beth Binger has walked this exact trail of indecision and doubt. After 26 years of a comfortable life revolving around home, husband, and children, her world capsized. The kids grown, husband gone, she felt dumped in a new and unrecognizable place - alone. Finding a way forward through midlife meant creating a new life that would bear little resemblance to the one she had known for almost 3 decades. Her solution? The unlikely but life-changing decision to embark on a solo road trip. With each ...

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