Sean O'Reilly

Swing of Things

21st Century Pirate

James O'Reilly

Larry Habegger

Twenty-eight travelers share stories involving danger from war, urban violence, disease, wild animals, and outlaws

True Stories of Trouble and Survival

Danger!

Tim O'Reilly

The Road Within is a very different kind of travel book, a venture into the hidden territories of the human spirit and heart. It is a book of transformation, of lessons learned, maps drawn and burned, and spiritual blessings bestowed by that great and hard teacher: travel. It will show you what the great mystics and saints have always known - that you are closer to yourself, the world, and God, than you can possibly imagine, and that wondrous things await you on your journeys.

True Stories of Transformation

The Road Within

While the other monsters are ready for some summer fun, Talbot is stuck in summer school. Instead of doing the 20-page book report, Talbot finds a treasure map in the library and decides it is more important than school. He grabs the map, grabs his friend, and is ready for a big adventure. However, the adventure may be more than he can handle. Leaving summer school may be the worst mistake of his life!

The Wolfboy's Wish

Two young monsters named Mary and Frankie blame each other when their toys disappear, but who is the real toy snatcher?

The Toy Snatcher

The monsters are enjoying a day at the annual scare fair when Milton runs into trouble. Cursed with bad luck, he breaks all the mirrors in the infamous hall of mirrors. The scare fair is already having money trouble, and Milton must find a way to replace the mirrors and make the fair popular again.

The Scare Fair

Fifth in a series of award-winning humor books from Travelers' Tales, "Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why" gathers wide-ranging tales from hardy, hilarious, outrageous--and even reluctant--voyagers.

The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure

Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why

Sean O'Reilly's debut novel is a journey into the dark pysche of Niall, a young man on the run from the past and denying himself a future. Arriving in Derry, years after he left for a wandering life - from city to city in Europe, from woman to woman - Niall finds that little has changed. The streets are still blighted by sectarian violence and the pubs in the city still cater for the lost and lonely in this grey and unforgiving world. Just as his memories, fears or desires threaten to consume him, Niall enters into a dangerous relationship with Lorna, a committed socialist with a dark side of her own. Haunted by a past that only gradually gives up its secrets and insensate through a cocktail of booze and drugs, Niall lives his life to extremes, testing the limits of those around him and pushing himself ever closer to destruction. Love and Sleep confirms O'Reilly's reputation as a writer of rare lyrical power and urgency.

A Romance

Love and Sleep

Few can resist the lure of pristine beaches, endless coral reefs, and blazing tropical suns. The South Pacific is still largely unspoiled for travelers willing to stray a little off the beaten path. This reference gives readers a bird's-eye view of the many island groups that make up the area.

True Stories of Escape to Paradise

30 Days in the South Pacific

Richard Sterling

'The Ultimate Journey' provides an inspiring look across all religious and geographic boundaries into life's final adventure, revealing how much dying has to teach us about living.

Inspiring Stories of Living and Dying

The Ultimate Journey

This is the collection of the best travel writing of the year, much of it never published before, from big names in travel literature and emerging new writers. ''The Best Travel Writing 2009'' is the sixth volume in the annual ''travelers' Tales'' series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing - from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, hilarity and misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisine. Reading these stories is like sitting in a cafe filled with fellow travelers swapping tales about past adventures and ideas where to head next. This edition takes readers on a harrowing raft ride off the coast of Panama, on a whirlwind tour from Florence to Santorini, into the wilds of Patagonia, and to a colourful village in Ghana.

True Stories from Around the World

The Best Travel Writing 2009

A collection of writings on Paris shares observations of such sites as Notre Dame, the Metro, and the Left Bank, by such contributors as Jan Morris, John Gregory Dunne, Edmund White, and Ina Caro. Original.

True Stories

Travelers' Tales Paris

"We've collected useful and memorable stories to produce the kind of sampler we've always wanted to read before setting out. These stories will show you a spectrum of experiences to be had or avoided in Hong Kong"--Back cover

Including Macau and Southern China

Hong Kong

Brian Alexander

A literary tour of Greece shares true accounts of such topics as the Oracle at Delphi's modern secrets and the ancient charms of a contemporary Athens neighborhood, in a collection that includes contributions by such writers as Paul Theroux, Patricia Storace, and Henry Miller. Original.

Travelers' Tales Greece

A compelling literary portrait of the great West Coast city includes contributions from Barnaby Conrad, Herbert Gold, Meredith Maran, Richard Rodriguez, and Chiang Yee, among others. Original.

Travelers' Tales San Francisco

Including contributions from Peter Mayle, Jon Krakauer, Mort Rosenblum, and Alice Kaplan, a delightful collection of stories capture the culture, history, and spirit of the land, the food, and the irrepressible people of France, providing personal perspectives on one of the most beloved countries in the world. Original.

Travelers' Tales France

Ten years of the best travel stories of the year from the Solas Awards bring readers along for journeys that are inspiring, uplifting, and, very often, transformative, all powerful and moving testaments to the richness of our world, its cultures, people, and places.

10 Years of Solas Award-Winning Travel Stories

The Soul of a Great Traveler

Witchitaw is leaving for the Salem School of Witchcraft, a special school that will have her away for the entire summer. The Mighty, Mighty Monsters are sad to see her go, but Witchitaw is excited to learn all new sorts of witchery. A few days after she leaves, they receive a letter from Wichitaw saying that she's monstrously miserable! The gangimmediately hits the road to save their sorrowful friend from summer school.

Homesick Witch

This book showcases a diverse array of spirit-renewing journeys from pilgrims of many kinds from places as far away as Tibet's Mount Kailish and as near as sacred New Mexico soil. A soulful blend of more than 20 stories, "Pilgrimage" is ideal for all with an affinity for travel, a practice of mindful living, and a thirst for the unknown.

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