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“erik torkells”

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  • Nutmegger

    by Erik Torkells ...
    When Jed Hopkins gets laid off from his job at Newsweek, he retreats to the weekend house in Litchfield, Connecticut, that he and his high-powered wife, Molly, have rented for the summer. His goal is to write a novel, but he becomes increasingly lonely and dejected—until, one night, he catches two middle-aged neighbors, Joan and Gail, stealing the vegetables from his garden. Over a round of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Stingray Bit My Nipple!

    True Stories from Real Travelers

    by Erik Torkells, Readers of Budget Travel Magazine ...
    One of the things I love most about our 'True Stories' section (and by extension, this book) is that readers are so willing to laugh at themselves-they send in what are sometimes very embarrassing stories, because we all know that that's life, especially when you travel." --Erik Torkells, editor, Budget TravelFrom the French-kissing giraffe to the Coke-drinking camel, Budget Travel's "True Stories ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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    by Sue Williams ...
    When UK-born Australian author Sue Williams first got the travel bug, it took her across Africa, South and Central America, China and India. Travelling by every means imaginable - from converted garbage truck to banana boat, 'punted' railway wagon to the passenger seat of a racing driver's sports car - she survives adventures that range from the hilarious to the horrific.At various times ... Read more

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  • The Reluctant Mariner

    by Joanna Hackett ...
    The Reluctant Mariner tells of an Australian couple's five-year circumnavigation of the world in a 12.2-metre long, steel-hulled ketch called Onawa. The author, Joanna Hackett, was once a self-proclaimed landlubber who had never even considered sailing off over the horizon in search of adventure but, having married a man keen to do just that, was willing to "give it a go". Her candid account, ... Read more

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  • Paradise...My Ass!

    by Tony Fitzsimmons ...
    One minute you're relaxing by the pool in a luxury Thai resort and the next you're a gringo with a donkey on an isolated island off Brazil!When Tony and his wife Sue were caught in the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that devastated hundreds of thousands of lives, they wanted more than to return to the rat race of suburban life, they wanted to 'live the dream'. After careful consideration, or possibly in ... Read more

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  • Happier Than A Billionaire: The Sequel

    by Nadine Hays Pisani ...
    Series series Happier Than A Billionaire
    Happier Than A Billionaire: The Sequel continues the journey of one couple’s adventures in Costa Rica.Follow the author and her husband as they move to the beach to build their dream home. Although the seafood is fresh and the sunsets are golden, it doesn’t take long for Nadine to find that this process won’t come easy, even when living in one of the prettiest places on earth.In the midst of it ... Read more

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  • Tropical Delusion

    Misadventures in Paradise

    by Jeff Ashmead ...
    What if you quit your job . . .Sold everything . . .and bought a small hotel on the beach . . .South of Cancun, Mexico and down a long narrow road ending in turquoise blue water, you will find Soliman Bay. Here is where most peoples dreams are found, a small bay, white sand and palm trees, and a reef just offshore full of colorful fish. If you are visiting, the dream looks real, but if you intend ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • So You Returned to Sark

    by Christine Davies Curtis ...
    In her previous books Chris tells of her move to the tiny Feudal Island of Sark, in the British Channel Isles with her husband Ken, to run their guest house and smallholding. They then journey out to New Zealand to explore and finally settle there. Over the years the marriage starts to falter and in the opening chapter of 'So You Returned to Sark' it comes to a dramatic head. Chris returns to Sark ... Read more

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  • How Katie Pulled Boris - Travels with an American Motorhome (RV) in Europe

    by Keith Mashiter ...
    Keith’s wife Gail is looking forward to travelling the world and staying in comfortable hotels when Keith takes early retirement from his high-pressure job. But he has a shock in store for her. He unexpectedly decides to buy a huge American Winnebago-type motorhome (RV), tow a car behind ‘so they can bugger off for months on end around Europe’. Their only experience a brief episode 30 years ... Read more

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  • Right Now Is Perfect: A Romance, An Adventure, The Unexpected Thereafter

    by Carol Anita Ryan ...
    The story of an imperfect romance on a crowded sailboat unfolds as the four-person crew sails among the beautiful, isolated islands of the South Pacific.French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand are some of the landfalls you'll discover along the way.The story moves to the west coast of America and Mexico as the two sailors re-adjust to life on land. Will their love affair ... Read more

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  • Queens Nurse to Godzone

    by Christine Davies Curtis ...
    Chris tells of her years as a district nurse, first in London in the early sixties and then New Zealand in the late seventies. She tells of the rough living conditions in London, where we meet people like the solo mother dying of cancer and longing to give her children a good Christmas and the 90 year old blind lady who refuses a proposal of marriage. In New Zealand she has a large area, is on ... Read more

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  • Narrow Focus

    The Narrow Boat Books

    by Marie Browne ...
    Series series The Narrow Boat Books
    Peace and tranquillity. For once nothing terrible is happening. After years of dodgy moorings, ankle-deep mud, exploding toilets and all the other normalities of live-aboard life, the Brownes now seem to have found the perfect spot in which to park Minerva, their aging narrowboat. Marie and family finally find the time to work on the outside of the boat and even take a holiday or two. It looks as ... Read more

    $3.99 USD