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Featured Post: Notes of a Naive Traveler: Nepal and Thailand Travelogue by Jennifer S. Alderson

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“About Notes of a Naive Traveler: Nepal and Thailand Travelogue:

“I never thought I would have reason to say to someone, ‘Sorry I’m late, it took longer to dismember the goat than originally planned.'”

I was twenty-six years old, worked at a well-paid job, rented a fantastic apartment, and enjoyed a large circle of friends. I had everything, except I didn’t. I couldn’t shake the feeling I was missing out on the experience of living.

Part guidebook on culture and travel, part journey of self-discovery, this travelogue takes you on a backpacking adventure through Nepal and Thailand and provides a firsthand account of one volunteer’s experience teaching in a Nepali school and living with a devout Brahmin family.

Trek with me through the bamboo forests and terraced mountaintops of eastern Nepal, take a wild river-rafting ride in class IV waters, go on an elephant ride and encounter a charging rhinoceros on jungle walks in Chitwan National Park, sea-kayak the surreal waters of Krabi, and snorkel in the Gulf of Thailand. Join me on some of the scariest bus rides you could imagine, explore beautiful and intriguing temples, experience religious rituals unknown to most Westerners, and visit mind-blowing places not mentioned in your typical travel guides.

Notes of a Naive Traveler is a must-read for those interested in learning more about – or wishing to travel to – Nepal and Thailand. I hope it inspires you to see these amazing countries for yourself.

Included in this book are twenty-five photos of Nepal and Thailand I took during my journey.

Targeted Age Group: 13-99
Written by: Jennifer S. Alderson

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Featured Post: Islands on the Fringe A Year of Micronesian Waves and Wanderers by S. Jacques Stratton

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“About Islands on the Fringe A Year of Micronesian Waves and Wanderers:

Voyage to the outcrops of the tropics, where dreamers and degenerates mingle in an exotic setting of mysterious jungle ruins, narcotic drinks, and secret un-surfed waves. In this encomium to his experience teaching English in Micronesia, S. Jacques Stratton offers a wry portrayal of the ex-pat life, conveyed through vignettes and characters that evoke a lost, limnal latitude.
S. Jacques Stratton’s memoir offers a brief slice of his life, beginning in mid-1999, when he spent a year living and teaching at the College of Micronesia on the island of Pohnpei.

At the time, Stratton was recovering from a broken engagement–his fiancée wanted a more cosmopolitan life; he sought adventure and surfing–and Micronesia seemed to be the answer. The Los Angeles native knew he’d have to make adjustments, but didn’t realize how extensive they would be. As a man on his flight to Pohnpei told him, “Life on the Fringe will alter your sensibilities. Once you acclimatize to the general degradation, you’ll eat Spam straight from the can and call it breakfast!”
Spam from a can was the least of his adventures. The book details his interactions with teaching colleagues, students, natives and ex-pats who populate the island. There are tainted brownies, a traditional mud-like drink called sakau, a brush with a shark, and a seemingly lustful missionary’s daughter who ends their very brief relationship by loudly and publicly declaring him a “sleazebag.”
Both memoir and travelogue, augmented with photographs from the author’s collection, Islands on the Fringe will spark the wanderlust of those who crave offbeat adventure beyond the main-traveled routes.

Targeted Age Group: 25-60
Written by: S. Jacques Stratton

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Featured Post: A Maverick USA Way by Mary Jane Walker

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“About A Maverick USA Way:

A Maverick USA Way is the fifth in a series of unconventional travel memoirs by New Zealand author Mary Jane Walker. With 407 images, A Maverick USA Way describes Mary Jane’s adventures on the Amtrak rails, in the cities and in the wilderness.

Mary Jane took Amtrak trains around America and visited Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain and Yosemite National Parks before the snow hit. She loved the Smithsonian museums and after seeing a live dance at the American Indian Museum, she decided to go to Standing Rock. It was a protest over land rights and drinking water, at 30 below zero! She loved Detroit which is going back to being a park, and Galveston and Birmingham, Alabama. She was there during the 2016 elections and was not surprised Trump won. She was tired of being mistaken for being a homeless person because she had a backpack and left San Francisco because of it.

For the week of this promotion, A Maverick USA Way will be on Kindle Countdown, selling at 99 cents on Amazon.com in the USA (normally $5.99) and for 99 p on Amazon.co.uk in the UK (normally GBP 4.49).

Another book by Mary Jane, A Maverick New Zealand Way, was a finalist in Travel in the International Book Awards, 2018! Mary Jane has seven books in print, with more forthcoming.

Targeted Age Group: All – General Trade
Written by: Mary Jane Walker

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Featured Post: A Maverick Traveller Anthology by Mary Jane Walker

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“About A Maverick Traveller Anthology:

A Maverick Traveller Anthology contains the first three of Kiwi adventurer Mary Jane Walker’s travel memoirs: A Maverick Traveller, A Maverick New Zealand Way, and A Maverick Cuban Way. It’s excellent value for money, especially given that it will be on Countdown for US $4.00 or GBP 3.99 for the duration of this promotion.

Mary Jane first became a serious world traveller in an unusual way, when she joined the crew of a Chinese junk being sailed from Canton (now Guangzhou) to Paris via the middle of the Indian Ocean. The junk was crewed by some French hippies and Mary Jane fell in love with the captain. A Maverick Traveller is all about this voyage and Mary Jane’s subsequent world travels.

After publishing A Maverick Traveller, which has over 90 photos and maps, Mary Jane then decided to write some more books, starting with A Maverick New Zealand Way, in which she describes her own country from north to south, with an emphasis on out-of-the-way places and hiking trails that many non-New Zealanders would never find out about otherwise. A Maverick New Zealand Way has more than 600 photos and maps! It was also a finalist in Travel at the International Book Awards in April, 2018.

A Maverick Cuban Way describes a visit to Cuba, which Mary Jane made after the death of Fidel Castro and shortly after the 2016 US elections as well. In A Maverick Cuban Way, with 247 images, Mary Jane talks about the history of Cuba and its cultural connections, while at the same time describing her travels to a wide range of localities, mostly by bus, and the opinions of the local people in a time of transition.

All three books are on sale individually (both Kindle/epub and paperback), and come with favorable reviews.

Targeted Age Group: All – General Trade
Written by: Mary Jane Walker

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Featured Post: A Maverick Pilgrim Way by Mary Jane Walker

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“About A Maverick Pilgrim Way:

Not just for the religious, A Maverick Pilgrim Way is the fourth in a series of lively travel memoirs by New Zealand adventurer and political scholar Mary Jane Walker.

With 581 images, A Maverick Pilgrim Way describes Mary Jane’s adventures on the pilgrim trails of Europe and the Mediterranean and in the surrounding cultural landscapes. Mary Jane also reflects on architecture and history in the regions she visits.

For the week of this promotion, A Maverick Pilgrim Way will be on Kindle Countdown, selling at 99 cents on Amazon.com in the USA (normally $5.99) and for 99 p on Amazon.co.uk in the UK (normally GBP 5.99).

Another book by Mary Jane, A Maverick New Zealand Way, was a finalist in Travel in the International Book Awards, 2018!

Targeted Age Group: All – General Trade
Written by: Mary Jane Walker

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