Travel Year

Who knew a New Year’s trip to Budapest could be so deadly? The tour must go on – even with a killer in their midst… Recent divorcee Lana Hansen needs a break. Her luck has run sour for going on a decade, ever since she got fired from her favorite job as an investigative reporter. When her fresh start in Seattle doesn’t work out as planned, Lana ends up unemployed and penniless on Christmas Eve. Dotty Thompson, her landlord and the owner of Wanderlust Tours, is also in a tight spot after one of her tour guides ends up in the hospital, leaving her a guide short on Christmas Day. When ...

“These stories have just about every element that I love - time travel, Highlanders, fierce women, magic and love filled passion. It's an amazing journey.” Four strong, independent modern-day women face life-altering disabilities. Four fierce medieval Highlanders stand by their side. All will do anything to protect wee Robert the Bruce, future King of the Scots. Experience it all. Perseverance, courage, life, death, love, and heartache. Join the Later Years of Clan MacLomain in a Highland Time Travel Romance saga unlike any other. Over a thousand pages of battle, adventure, magic, and ...

Laura was in her early twenties and directionless when she quit her job to backpack in Bolivia. Fate landed her at a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the Amazon jungle where she was assigned to a beautiful and complex puma named Wayra. Wide-eyed, inexperienced, and comically terrified, Laura made the scrappy, make-do camp her home. And in Wayra, she made a friend for life.

Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future. Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she'd had. The Year I Met My Brain is the ultimate travel companion for navigating and enjoying life as an ADHD adult

One year. Ten adventures. A lifetime of memories. Lucy Landish never imagined that leaving her career as a medical examiner would lead her here: guiding The Holiday Adventure Club across the globe, chasing joy, friendship, and the chance to start over. From gondolas in Venice to cherry blossoms in Tokyo, her travelers have found love, laughter, and second chances in the unlikeliest places. Now, it all comes full circle in New York City on New Year’s Eve. Against the glittering backdrop of Times Square, Lucy brushes past the unforgettable characters who have shared her journeys—each one ...

In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more than half a century that the city had an American resident.

Four complete novels. Four reverse harem HEAs. When you fall in love with more than one guy... why choose? In Lords of Summer, Layla works the summer as a maid to her college bullies. In Autumn Tricksters, Hazel is torn between performers at the circus. Gigi is snowed in a Welsh castle with two best friends and her favorite tutor in Knights of Winter. And Frankie slips away from her bodyguard to stow away on a riverboat in Spring Kings. These standalone contemporary reverse harem romances are steamy and full of soul. Which season will you love the most?

Perfect Unfolding is a thought-provoking travel memoir about a woman who trades her dream home and fourteen-year firefighting career for the freedom and possibility of the open road.

More than 40,000 listeners have enjoyed this story on cassette. Now anyone who's ever dreamed of getting away from it all can enjoy the charms and challenges of A Year in Provence on CD! Peter Mayle and his wife had been to Provence as tourists. They had dreamed of one day trading the long, gray...

This guide is written specifically for retirees who want to live abroad comfortably on a modest income. It focuses on slow travel, healthcare access, budget-friendly living, and real-world planning — including special considerations for vegan diets, high blood pressure, diabetes, and ongoing medical needs. No hype. No unrealistic promises. Just clear guidance for creating a healthy, affordable, and fulfilling retirement lifestyle abroad. Inside you'll discover: A realistic $1,500 monthly budget broken down line by line (housing $600–$800, food $300–$400, healthcare/insurance $100–$...

Looking for a lightly steamed, slow-burn, feel-good, comfort romance? Well, grab your coffee (or tea) and taste "Connect". Happy Chinese New Year! Tianna is an artist not a psychic. So when she meets a handsome man online and they seem to have a lot in common, she risks it all. Flying from the US to China to meet the man of her dreams turns into a nightmare when she discovers that she has been catfished. What the... Deep in a foreign country and feeling betrayed, Tianna is ready to turn right back around. Can Li regain her trust? Could this new connection be the real thing, or is it just an...

Richard Henry Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 aboard the brig Pilgrim on a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. Drawing from his journals, Two Years Before the Mast gives a vivid and detailed account, shrewdly observed and beautifully described, of a common sailor's wretched treatment at sea, and of a way of life virtually unknown at that time.

Whether your goal is to retire on a remote island or simply spend more time with your family, this book can you get you there. Discover 14 passive income strategies that everyday people are using to take back control of their time and make the most of their lives. Yes, you can now live the lifestyle you’ve always dreamed about and enjoy multiple streams of income. If you are sick and tired of making your boss rich, working hard for little pay, living paycheck to paycheck, or just want to dramatically upgrade your current lifestyle, this is the book that can change everything

Join the adventure as 33-year-old Rene Cormier politely removes himself from the working world that surrounds him and cashes in what few possessions he has to finance a three-year-long motorcycle journey around the world. Never one to let excessive planning get in the way of a good ride, Rene runs out of money half way through the tour and ultimately takes five years to cover the 41-country, 154,000 kilometer (95,000 mile) route.

Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834 and published in 1840. While at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles that affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana, rather than going on a Grand Tour as most of his fellow classmates traditionally did (and unable to afford it anyway), and being something of a nonconformist, left Harvard to enlist as a common sailor.

A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer’s escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World War. Heinrich Harrer, already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time, was climbing in the Himalayas when war broke out in Europe. He was imprisoned by the British in India but succeeded in escaping and fled to Tibet.

Have you ever parachuted in the moonlight and juggled work with play? In 1995, Steve set himself the goal to sail across the North Atlantic. Saint Lucia and the Caribbean island chain were the prize. He had to master sailing in spring Scottish waters, keep up with his military training and undergraduate life. It was hard keeping a romance alive with so many distractions, like landing a gig as a swordsman in a Hollywood movie. There were other commitments—a jaunt to Pamplona in Spain, and a camp in the United States before he could join his crew. How will he get to the tropics and have ...

The brilliant Belgian detective rings in the New Year with a chilling murder investigation on a Greek island in this all-new holiday mystery from Sophie Hannah, author of Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night. New Year’s Eve, 1932. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the tiny...

When Travels with Lizbeth was first published in 1993, it was proclaimed an instant classic. Lars Eighner's account of his descent into homelessness and his adventures on the streets has moved, charmed, and amused generations of readers and listeners. As Lars wrote, "When I began writing this account I was living under a shower curtain in a stand of bamboo in a public park. I did not undertake to write about homelessness, but wrote what I knew, as an artist paints a still life, not because he is especially fond of fruit, but because the subject is readily at hand."  

In a bid to inject excitement into her fairly humdrum existence, Del Hughes takes readers on a series of wild, whimsical, and wonderfully entertaining adventures, set within the vibrant and enchanting landscapes of Wales. Filled with laughter, mishaps, and a myriad of colourful characters, Del’s DIY Dangerous Living Regime sees her explore the esoteric, meddle with the mysterious, and attempt to overcome some of her more formidable phobias, with remarkable (and often ridiculous), results. From witchcraft to whittling, folklore to firewalking, and earthenware to exorcists, prepare to be ...