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50 Shades Of The USA: One woman's 11,000 mile cycling adventure through every state of America

'Just then, a train of thought rumbled into motion and a soft voice asked me a question. It was almost a whisper. ‘What are you doing here?’ it said. ‘You are building a career, Anna,’ came the reply from another more sinister voice. ‘But are you building a life?’ said the soft voice again. And for that I had no answer.' Disillusioned with corporate London life and with no previous experience as a long-distance cyclist, Anna decides to clamber atop a beautiful pink bicycle (named Boudica) and set out on an 11,000-mile journey on her own, through each and every state of the USA. Dodging floods, blizzards and electrical storms, she pedals side by side with mustangs of the Wild West, through towering redwood forests, past the snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains and on to the volcanos of Hawaii. Along the way, she meets record-breaking grandmas, sings with Al Green at a gospel service and does her best to avoid becoming a grizzly bear's dinner. 50 Shades of the USA is a down-to-earth, heartfelt and hilarious account of an adventure through a country well-known, but far less well-understood. It is a stunning tale of self-discovery told through the eyes of a woman who couldn’t help but wonder if there was more to life, and more to America too.

Anna Mcnuff (Author), Anna Mcnuff (Narrator)

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A Bicycle Built for Two Billion: 20th Anniversary Edition

Jamie Bianchini needed a lift. A big one. After a series of spectacular business flops drove him into bankruptcy and the love of his life kissed him goodbye, Jamie knew he needed a world of help. But instead of seeking assistance from a counselor or support group, Jamie sought comfort where he'd always found it?on his bicycle. As his world hit rock bottom, Jamie hatched a crazy plan that just might make everything right. His life lacked purpose, passion, and connection with his fellow man. So Jamie decided to go for a bicycle ride, around the world, on a tandem, solo, inviting everyone he met to join him for a spin. A Bicycle Built for Two Billion is the moving story of an audacious optimist who tried to change the world - while hoping the world would change him - one rider at a time. A heartfelt, hilarious, adrenaline-fueled journey through 81 countries, A Bicycle Built for Two Billion will allow you to see the planet in a way never experienced before. Come join Jamie and his unforgettable cast of co-pedalers - from inspiring villagers to conniving thieves, romantic paramours to unlikely gurus, excited school kids to seniors who have never set foot on a pedal. Come join them all for the ride of your life. Includes nearly 200 spectacular photos and videos captured around the world, bringing this rich story to life. The 20th Anniversary Edition features new stories, characters, and the long-awaited bonus chapter Re-Entry: Living a Real Life after an Unreal 8-Year Odyssey.

Jamie Bianchini (Author), Jamie Bianchini (Narrator)

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A Chip Shop in Pozna?: My Unlikely Year in Poland

'One of the funniest books of the year' - Paul Ross, talkRADIO WARNING: CONTAINS AN UNLIKELY IMMIGRANT, AN UNSUNG COUNTRY, A BUMPY ROMANCE, SEVERAL SHATTERED PRECONCEPTIONS, TRACES OF INSIGHT, A DOZEN NUNS AND A REFERENDUM. Not many Brits move to Poland to work in a fish and chip shop. Fewer still come back wanting to be a Member of the European Parliament. In 2016 Ben Aitken moved to Poland while he still could. It wasn’t love that took him but curiosity: he wanted to know what the Poles in the UK had left behind. He flew to a place he’d never heard of and then accepted a job in a chip shop on the minimum wage. When he wasn’t peeling potatoes he was on the road scratching the country’s surface: he milked cows with a Eurosceptic farmer; missed the bus to Auschwitz; spent Christmas with complete strangers and went to Gdańsk to learn how communism got the chop. By the year’s end he had a better sense of what the Poles had turned their backs on - southern mountains, northern beaches, dumplings! - and an uncanny ability to bone cod. This is a candid, funny and offbeat tale of a year as an unlikely immigrant.

Ben Aitken (Author), Will M. Watt (Narrator)

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A Drop in the Ocean

Tales of great heroism and daring at sea are all well and good. But this isn’t one of them. Totally free of hyperbole and exaggeration, A Drop in the Ocean is an honest and genuine account of what it is really like to cross a very big ocean, on a very small sailboat, for the very first time...When you raise the sails and head into the unknown, you take on the most fascinating challenge of your life. But you also embark upon a voyage of an entirely different nature. As the initial fear of the unknown slowly gives way to the daily rhythm of life at sea, something entirely unexpected happens. This book is one woman’s attempt to describe the nature and effect of this subtle transformation.

Jasna Tuta (Author), Barbara Tanze (Narrator)

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A Fork on the Road, Vol. 1

Emmy Award-winning comedian and Travel Channel host Mark DeCarlo and his wife Yeni Alvarez, the Traveling Diva, talk to celebrities, chefs, performers, and anyone who eats and travels for a living. Each week they seek out the best new trips, recipes, and characters, meeting and interviewing the most interesting and entertaining people in America. Contents:Summer Festivals: Mark and Yeni talk to Joe Mantegna, Competitive Eating Guru George Shea, "Wing King" Drew Cerza, and foodie filmmaker Mark KleebeckEurope: Mark and Yeni discuss traveling in Europe with Alain Bulow in Venice, Claudio Meli in Florence, Samantha Brown in ... her very own house, and dish about Robert DeNiro, Tommy Lee Jones, and Michelle Pfeiffer with Jimmy PalumboRoad Trip USA: Mark tries to explain to Yeni why road trips are fun with the help of Cow Chip Throwing organizer Tammy Klein, Route 66 expert Carolyn Graham, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally poobah Christina Steele, and Janelle Wood from Got-RV.comSports, Shows & Food: Yeni and Mark explain how best to visit bucket list locales at the perfect time of year, with Spring Training experts Graham Knight and Nick Gandy, Grammy-winning musician Derek Trucks, and founder of Border Grill and Food Channel host Susan FenigerAdventure Travel: Mark and Yeni get off their poolside chaises and seek the best adventure travel aroundOut of This World Travel: Yeni and Mark blast off to infinity and beyond with guests Steven Attenborough of Virgin Galactic, Dame Helen Mirren, "Mile High" Captain Dave, and NASA's planet hunter Dr. Sara SeagarJazzfest: Yeni and Mark give you everything you need to know about 'Festing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival like a pro.Comic-Con: Mark and Yeni discuss insider hacks to make your trip to San Diego's massive Comic-Con cost-effective and exciting, with guests Emmy-winning animation icon Rob Paulsen and Ms. Senior America, Carolyn Corlew

Mark DeCarlo, Yeni Álvarez (Author), Mark DeCarlo, Yeni Álvarez (Narrator)

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A Fork on the Road, Vol. 2

Mark Decarlo, Yeni Alvarez, Yeni Álvarez, Yeni álvarez (Author), Mark Decarlo, Yeni Alvarez (Narrator)

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A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America

In this passionate, playful, and indispensable guide, oyster aficionado Rowan Jacobsen takes listeners on a delectable tour of the oysters of North America. Region by region, he describes each oyster's appearance, flavor, origin, and availability, as well as explaining how oysters grow, how to shuck them without losing a finger, how to pair them with wine (not to mention beer), and why they're one of the few farmed seafoods that are good for the earth as well as good for you. Packed with fabulous recipes, plus lists of top oyster restaurants, producers, and festivals, A Geography of Oysters is the guide that oyster lovers of all kinds have been waiting for.

Rowan Jacobsen (Author), Paul Boehmer (Narrator)

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A Grand Tour of Italy

Joseph Luzzi (Author), Joseph Luzzi (Narrator)

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A Journey Through the Cycling Year

Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Journey Through the Cycling Year by The Cycling Podcast, read by Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe, plus contributions from special guests. Embark on a journey through the cycling year with The Cycling Podcast, which has been entertaining and informing fans since 2013. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe share their diaries from three incident-filled Grand Tours, the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España. These take listeners behind the scenes and explore the culture and landscape as well as the racing, while the 'Lionel of Flanders', complete with beer recommendations, does the same for the Classics in Belgium. There are appearances, too, by leading journalists and podcast favourites François Thomazeau, who takes responsiblity for the French Tour de France jinx, Ciro Scognamiglio, with a heartfelt love letter to cult favourite Filippo Pozzato, Fran Reyes, who pens a farewell to El Pistolero, Alberto Contador, and Orla Chennaoui, who hits the road to cover La Course in a one-woman karaoke-booth-on-wheels. Further contributions from professional riders Ashleigh Moolman Pasio and Joe Dombrowski and the voice of the Tour de France, Sebastien Piquet, make this the perfect celebration of a year in cycling.

The Cycling Podcast (Author), Alexander Capon, Ciro Scognamiglio, Daniel Friebe, Fracnois Thomazeau, Lionel Birnie, Michelene Heine, Orla Chennaoui, Richard Moore, Sebastien Piquet, Vidal Sancho (Narrator)

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A Journey to Consciousness

Hitchhiking from London to the extreme desert of Southern India, Alan Lithman followed his calling, merging his 1960s activism with his spiritual hunger, to join the international community of Auroville. Letting his old spiritual beliefs of 'transcendence' go, Lithman embraced 'transformation', which is described by Sri Aurobindo as an evolution of consciousness that continually reveals itself in matter and the body.

Alan Lithman (Author), Michael Toms (Narrator)

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A Midlife Cyclist: My two-wheel journey to heal a broken mind and find joy

'Masses of heart... frank and funny' Melanie Sykes 'Gritty and glorious' Ruth Field, author of Run Fat B!tch Run 'A truly inspiring tale' William Pullen, author of Run for Your Life 'Thrillingly honest and hopeful' Jools Walker, author of Back in the Frame ***************************************** Includes an exclusive interview with the author. Rachel is a cyclist. But she was never meant to be. After gaining mental strength and healing through running, she thought she was free. Her depression alleviated, she came off antidepressants, winning races and collecting medals at marathons. But when an injury stopped the only thing helping to quiet the voices in her brain, Rachel found out what she is truly made of. As body dysmorphia began to grip her in earnest, she knew she had to find a different way to kick her mental health demons for the sake of her sanity. So, she went down to her cellar, heaved out her old bike, and started pedalling. Like her life depended on it. A Midlife Cyclist is a tale of two wheels, across the Yorkshire Dales, Vietnam, Costa Rica and beyond, and a rider in search of peace.

Rachel Ann Cullen (Author), Kat Rose-Martin, Rachel Ann Cullen (Narrator)

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A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons

"I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla," writes Robert Sapolsky in this witty and riveting chronicle of a scientist's coming-of-age in remote Africa. An exhilarating account of Sapolsky's twenty-one-year study of a troop of rambunctious baboons in Kenya, A Primate's Memoir interweaves serious scientific observations with wry commentary about the challenges and pleasures of living in the wilds of the Serengeti—for man and beast alike. Over two decades, Sapolsky survives culinary atrocities, gunpoint encounters, and a surreal kidnapping, while witnessing the encroachment of the tourist mentality on the farthest vestiges of unspoiled Africa. As he conducts unprecedented physiological research on wild primates, he becomes evermore enamored of his subjects—unique and compelling characters in their own right—and he returns to them summer after summer, until tragedy finally prevents him. By turns hilarious and poignant, A Primate's Memoir is a magnum opus from one of our foremost science writers.

Robert M. Sapolsky (Author), Mike Chamberlain (Narrator)

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