Free Book Friday: What Boundaries?



Lisa Chavez and Cheryl MacDonald are two women searching for something.  Mid-career, successful but wanting more, they ditch the day jobs (Lisa worked in pharmacy and Cheryl as a Director in a Fortune 500 company), sell everything, buy a backpack and head to Europe.
Sound familiar?
When I’m looking for a good travel book, there are essentially [...]

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Free Book Friday: The Tipping Point



Today’s free book isn’t a new release (it was first published in 2000) and it isn’t directly related to travel.  I chose to review this book based on it’s premise:
“The Tipping Point is that magical moment when an idea , trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.”
To me, it was [...]

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Free Book Friday: The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo



Wanderlust and Lipstick’s Beth Whitman wants you to travel. In this second edition of the aptly named, The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo, she takes the reader through the basics like: Why Travel Solo, Getting Beyond the Excuse, Let’s Get Booking, Pack it Up, and Responsible Travel.  The advice is solid, the writing [...]

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Free Book Friday: Imagine - A Vagabond Story



When Grant Lingel finds out in his fifth year of college that he wouldn’t be graduating that winter because of some non-transferable credits, he decides to avoid the prospect of finishing school alone by heading to Mexico instead.  It’s with this impetus that the travelogue Imagine - A Vagabond Story begins, which unbeknownst to our [...]

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Free Book Friday: Crush It!



I can just picture Gary Vaynerchuk, author of Crush It! and member of the online elite, sitting around trying to think of a synonym for working really hard. Knock it out of the park! No, not quite. Kick ass! No, too vulgar. Show me what your mama gave ya! Wait, [...]

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