Weird Travels

They shouldn't have tear gassed best-selling (bald) author Adam Fletcher. It ruined his supposedly normal holiday in Istanbul, made him curious, and began a quest to visit places everyone else is trying to escape from, and tourists don't normally go to. In this hilarious travel memoir, he'll enter a blizzard in China armed with only biscuits; pose as a scientist to sneak into Chernobyl; be chased by Croatian police boats en route to Liberland (the world's newest country); become a reluctant diving board star in a North Korean water park, and much more.

Adam Fletcher's life hates him.... That's how it feels since he lost his girlfriend of nine years, his confidence, hair, and home. But then he receives an email from a mysterious stranger offering him a free holiday of a lifetime. It's too good to be true. But then what does he have to lose? So he says yes. And then things gets strange....

If you’ve been RVing for any length of time, I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of weird and funny things for yourself. You may have even seen some of the things I’ve included in this book, but I bet you haven’t seen anything as funny as #4 or #7. When I first started living the full-time RVing life, a lot of things seemed weird. Now after four years of living full time on the road, I don’t run across nearly as many things that I call weird. I haven’t seen Big Foot yet, but I keep my camera handy just in case. Who knows, maybe I will run across Big Foot or a Martian one of these days....

June 1936: As the citizens of Paris watched, the airship Shadow dissolved in a ball of fire—and the world mourned the deaths of Capt. Gideon Argo and his loyal crew, The Flying Zombies. In the hours following the disaster, friends of the heroic adventurers gathered to investigate: Dorian Drood, special agent for Black 23; British Lord Terry Blackpoole, who first met Argo in the jungles of darkest Africa; and Montgomery Carson, whose dark power was brought under control among the "Shadows of Shambhala." August 1984: Zombie medic "Doc" Riley, lost in time, wanders the ruined landscape of ...

Drew Shipley and his friends have defied death before—but this time, their luck may run out. With their best friend captured and the sinister Lord Malgore increasing in strength, the stakes have never been higher. To save Sheela and stop Malgore’s reign, Drew and his companions must embark on a dangerous journey beyond their world, navigating through mind-bending dimensions filled with monstrous gremlins, possessed adults, and traitors lurking in the shadows. Their mission: to deliver the legendary Polar Starship to the young and scattered Dimension Warriors—the last hope against ...

Read by the author, this is Louis Theroux's hilarious and thought-provoking journey through weird America. For 10 years, Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society. Now he revisits America and the people who have most fascinated him to try to...

Noah has a great mind for solving puzzles, but when it comes to people, he’s a train wreck. When Noah Farmer, wizard-turned-private-investigator, takes on his first case, an earthquake opens a vortex that transports him back in time. A fog stifles his magical powers, leaving him with only his wits to find his client’s sister, Gloria. He tracks her down in a frontier town where women can’t vote, and electricity doesn’t exist. Gloria convinces Noah that the Fates brought him to Vulture City, not to find her, but to mend a wrinkle in time. The problem is, if he fails, he’ll be ...

Driving terrified me; I hadn't done it in a decade. But if I could drive in India, I could drive anywhere. If I drive a tuk-tuk, I could drive anything. And if I said yes, I'd get to spend 10 days with her. Would that be enough time to find out who she was, what she wanted, and then convince her to abandon that and want me instead? There was only one way to find out.

This program is read by the author, Ken Layne, host of the Desert Oracle radio show. It includes an exclusive first listen to a story from Desert Oracle: Volume 2. The cult-y field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora...

Turn “Are we there yet?” into “Tell me another one!” Crazy Random Facts for Car Rides is your laugh-out-loud, read-aloud trivia companion for road trips, school drop-offs, family vacations, and every in-between drive where the minutes feel extra long. Open to any page and you’ll get a wildly weird, surprisingly true fact that’s perfect for instant conversation, quick games, and backseat bonding—no Wi‑Fi required. Inside you’ll discover bite-sized, totally shareable facts about: Animals that make you say, “That can’t be real!” Space surprises and cosmic oddities The ...

Oh, Florida! To some people it's a paradise. To others it's a punch line. As Oh, Florida! shows, it's both of these, and, more important, it's a Petri dish, producing trends that end up influencing the rest of the country. Without Florida there would be no NASCAR, no Bettie Page pinups, no Glenn Beck radio rants, no USA Today, no "Stand Your Ground" - you get the idea.

Your kids will love hearing the weird and wonderful facts about Australia in this fun audiobook! Check out this hilarious Australian kids audiobook, chock full of amazing facts, trivia and stories. Learn about Australia in this amusing and entertaining children’s audiobook, which will appeal to the adults too.

Hanover Elementary is not your average school. The milk cartons whisper advice. The pencil sharpener leaks secrets. And the cafeteria meatballs occasionally move on their own. Tommy Tiddleton was just trying to survive another weird Wednesday when he stumbled upon the first clue: a glowing sandwich bag marked “DO NOT OPEN.” Naturally, he opened it. Now, with the help of his best friends—Dev the skeptic, Blister the chaos enthusiast, and Miss Sheila the world’s most suspicious lunch lady—Tommy must navigate a bizarre underground archive, a sentient gravy spill, memory-erasing tacos...

From the author of Audible #1 bestsellers In The Darkness, That’s Where I’ll Know You, The Physics of the Dead, and The Stone Man - shortlisted for the Audible Audiobook of the Year award 2015 - comes this special omnibus edition collecting three of Luke Smitherd's books: Hold On Until Your Fingers Break, The Man On Table Ten, and My Name Is Mister Grief, plus exclusive bonus story "The Crash", unavailable anywhere else!

Atlas Obscura says this lushly illustrated New York Times bestselling guide to dozens of dangerous, eerie, and infamous locations is the perfect gift for "those who believe the world is still full of mysteries to investigate." Pick up the acclaimed Atlas of Cursed Places and visit the world's...

A New York Times bestseller, turn to the hidden curiosities of food, which becomes a gateway to fascinating stories about human history, science, art, and tradition—all organized by country, lavishly illustrated, and full of surprises. Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura...

Deadly Reunion is a collection of short stories. The first story, Deadly Reunion, tells of five women who reunite at a school reunion. A few months later they are invited to one of the women's lakeside cabins for a girl's weekend. Unfortunately for them they have been lured into a trap, this reunion does not go well. Who's you Daddy is the story of two young children whose mother dies leaving them orphaned. Having never known who their father was or if he was even still alive, they run off in the hopes of finding some relatives to live with rather than being split up and placed in separate ...

This is the story of a man named Hiro who unexpectedly goes on an adventure through time! Follow Hiro as he travels through time while wearing a fundoshi and befriends a cast of characters including a gladiator, an alien and even a dinosaur! Three questions will be answered: Why is Hiro in his underwear? Why is he traveling through time? What is happening?

Discover the hidden, the mysterious, and the downright unusual corners of New England in Strange Journeys: Discovering New England’s Most Unusual Road Trip Destinations. While most guides highlight lighthouses, covered bridges, and autumn foliage, this book takes you far off the beaten path. From the eerie secrets of Yale’s Skull and Bones Tomb to the whispering acoustics of Boston’s Mapparium, from Vermont’s chilling Bennington Triangle to the whimsical Giant Chair in Gardner, Massachusetts, you’ll explore a side of New England that blends history, folklore, and roadside ...

It’s strange what you can miss if you don’t care to look. You really should, you know; you ought to keep your wits about you, lest someone step forth from the shadows and give you a fright. I speak from experience, believe me. One bitterly cold December morning, snobbish theatre critic Lionel Smallwood and his wife Frances find themselves enjoying the wares of the Victorian Christmas market in the Dorset town of Grimstone Peverell. Chilled to the marrow, they retire to the town’s minster where they are accosted by a pious and enthusiastic guide. Eager to acquaint them with every ...