Winner of Three Solas Awards for Travel Writing! #1 Amazon Bestseller: Kindle Morocco * Books Morocco * Kindle Africa * Books Africa "Matthew's prose is a dance between the richness and delicacy of poetry and the bawdy, acerbic wit of a standup comic." - The Best Travel Writing, Volume II contributor Keith Skinner Also check out Matthew's NEW book, Porcelain Travels! A Foreword INDIES Book of the Year finalist, and #1 Amazon Travel Humor and Literary Travel bestseller. "Sometimes hilarious, sometimes horrifying, always entertaining." - T. Holland Select stories now featured in the Short Stories of Misadventures in Morocco podcast on iTunes! When Matthew had to renew his European visa, his point of exit was obvious: he was going to Morocco. Memories of his previous trip filled him with anxiety. What was he thinking? After everything that had happened, did he really want to go back? Scams. Altercations. Mishaps. But also humor and beauty. His curiosity overcoming his fears, his second trip would prove as unforgettable as the first. "I'm a great fan of Bill Bryson's books... Matthew, however, added a bit of suspense that kept me awake reading into the night." - Amazon reviewer Excerpts: "My reflexes belatedly kicking in, I couldn't help but flinch. The children cheered, relishing having reduced me to their plaything." [o] "Our little spectacle having brought the night market to a standstill, we were now surrounded by about fifty men. I was living the chaotic mob scene from so many movies, and it was every bit as nightmarish as it had always looked on-screen." [o] "As I was about to let out a desperate cry that would require no translation, the giant finished...leaving me flinching on the floor like a bug that's been smashed but isn't quite dead." [o] "Amidst astonishingly beautiful, unsullied waves of sand, a lone figure squatted, holding a roll of toilet paper. It was a peculiar, paradoxical sight." An Amazon.com best-selling collection of travel writing as entertaining for the armchair traveler as indispensable for anyone interested in adventure in North Africa. Excerpts, video, and more at: matthewfelix.com/open-arms

With Open Arms: Short Stories of Misadventures in Morocco

Travel

Félix, Matthew

Africa

Solificatio

Winner Gold for Humor 2019 Readers' Favorite Awards! "Felix returns with an offbeat...funny collection." - Publishers Weekly "My new favorite...a very funny book." - Peter Greenberg, CBS News Travel Editor #1 Bestseller in Travel Humor * Literary Travel * Solo Travel * Budget Travel Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist Winner of Four Solas Awards!including Gold and Silver for Humor Amazon best-selling author of With Open Arms: Short Stories of Misadventures in Morocco Matthew Félix is not a luxury traveler. His unorthodox bathing practices in Paris. The Dead Sea shower incident that led to an arrest. The nightmare while he was trapped on a bus without a bathroom in Anatolia, his retelling of which won Gold for Humor in the 2018 Solas Awards. Maybe it's Matthew's no-frills approach to experiencing the world that gets him into situations that are sometimes hilarious, sometimes cringeworthy. Perhaps it's his questionable willingness to put up with more than most, as seen in his Amazon best-selling With Open Arms. Whatever the reason, whether he's describing a kitchen with a toilet, reliving that time a pudding pop froze to his lips, or recalling when his friend set herself on fire in his apartment, Matthew finds humor in the everyday as much as in the bizarre. His literary style and spirited wit have garnered him comparisons to Sedaris and Bryson, while Best Travel Writing II contributor Keith Skinner called Matthew's prose "a dance between the richness and delicacy of poetry and the bawdy, acerbic wit of a standup comic." Porcelain Travels is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, occasionally shocking, and always entertaining. Videos and more: matthewfelix.com/porcelain

Porcelain Travels: Humor, Horror and Revelation in, on and around Toilets, Tubs and Showers

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Featuring Gold, Silver, and Bronze Solas Award-winning stories "Tania Romanov travels with an open heart, a perceptive eye, and profound compassion." - Larry Habegger, Executive Editor, Travelers' Tales Unforgettable stories of travel, connection, and self-discovery Tania Romanov hangs from the final limb of a family tree of generations of unintentional travelers--exiles, refugees, displaced people. She grew up with stories of exile--stories of adventure. Perhaps that's why, as an adult, she started living her own adventures--and hasn't stopped since. In India, she learned that to Indians the way she mourned her husband was far less personal than their custom of dropping cremated bodies into a river; in Japan, that her ancestors could find her in the oddest of circumstances. In Bhutan, she found family, and in Namibia she learned to ease her fears of being trapped in her own past. In Never a Stranger, Tania shares those experiences and more, unforgettable stories of travel, connection, and self-discovery.

Never a Stranger: From her past in Croatia and Russia, to finding a son in Bhutan, to befriending women in Africa, one woman's stories of travel, connection, and self-discovery.

Biographies & Memoirs

Romanov, Tania

Community & Culture

Sent away on an orphan train at fourteen, smart and lovely Blanche Spencer lands in St. Louis, Missouri as a nursemaid, wearing rags and sleeping in a pantry. To rise above her servitude, she begins a self-education program. A trade booth at the 1904 World's Fair and a Cobden, Illinois apprenticeship launch her into a hat-making career, which she documents in a tiny diary, The Bonnet Book.An early example of self-determination and girl power, Blanche -now Bonnie-travels alone to the Wild West, where she's presented with the chance of a lifetime and the possibility of love-both rife with challenges that test her drive, purpose in life, and sense of self.The Bonnet Book diary and other historical items in the novel are real-life touchstones in this gripping, inspiring story based on the life of the author's grandmother.

The Bonnet Book: Diary of an Orphan Train Hatmaker

Teen & Young Adult

Menees Hardesty, Nancy

Historical Fiction

"...(a) highly crafted gem... keeps pages turning with its enchanting prose and cast of characters."- 2019 Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize Devastating tragedy forces a young Spaniard in a remote village to question everything he thought he knew - catapulting him into a life-changing awakening that proves as beguiling as it is unexpected.#1 Amazon Bestseller: Spirituality Books * Inspirational Books * Metaphysical &amp; Visionary Books"I was reminded of Coelho's Alchemist." - Shaun Green (Amazon) Synopsis: In his mountaintop village in southern Spain, Pablo's entire life seems planned out for him--his place, his vocation, his future. When family tragedy catapults him into an unconventional journey of self-discovery, everything he holds true is called into question. His hopes and dreams. His doubts and fears. His faith in something greater, and his belief in himself. With the help of an unlikely ally, Pablo soon finds that the profound transformation of his inner world leads to dramatic changes on the outside as well. "In the tradition of Coelho, García Márquez and Allende...beautifully written." - Rosemary Noble (Goodreads) Select conversations and episodes now featured on the Pablo's Intuition podcast on most major podcast platforms! Excerpts "Though ostensibly singing the lyrics to the song, it was his own story to which Pablo gave voice. The deep well from which he drew the profound feelings expressed through the music was his own experience. Fire. Death. Silence. Relationships ended and new ones begun, including with himself. So much in so little time. It still didn't seem real, and it still wasn't over, evolving so fast he could hardly keep up." "I mean that instead of allowing yourself to slowly become more attuned to your inner voice, you've turned it into some sort of intellectual challenge, something to get a hold on by working hard enough at it, a puzzle to figure out. But that's not how it works. It's experiencing the mystery, opening yourself to how it feels. It's immersing yourself in the subtleties and nuances as it rattles your bones or whispers in your ear. It's not thinking, but feeling." More: Additional excerpts, videos, and more at: matthewfelix.com/voice-beyond

A Voice Beyond Reason

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Remember that watery, tasteless tomato you got from the grocery store? How about those strawberries that grew fuzz faster than you could eat them?If you grow some of those groceries at home, you will be amazed at how much better they taste!Imagine opening your backdoor onto a garden filled with attractive herbs and berry bushes, where fruit and nut trees share space with bell peppers, pole beans, artichokes, and the sweetest, most flavorful tomatoes you've ever eaten, still warm from the sun. Where a quick snip of parsley and basil, some dusty garlic cloves, and an onion bulb are free for the taking. You can't buy that in a grocery store. But you can grow it at home.And this book is going to help you do just that!You don't need to know anything about gardening. You don't need to rip out your landscape. You can do it over time, a little here, a little there. Stop Wasting Your Yard! shows you how simple it is to transform your ornamental landscape into an edible sanctuary.

Stop Wasting Your Yard!: 100 Edible Plants You Can Probably Grow at Home (The Daily Garden)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Russell, Kate

Gardening & Landscape Design

This book about abandonment, loss, change, forgiveness and spiritual awakening, is a potent and poignant reminder of the strength of the human psyche and the power of choice. In an intimate, redemptive tale and affecting account of transcending developmental physical neglect in her infancy, followed by subsequent psychological and emotional trauma during her early childhood, author Dawn Nelson leads us through her heartbreaking early years before revealing to readers how gratitude, forgiveness, and a genuine spirituality can help guide us to a whole and healthy life. Little Girl Found offers hope, support and compassion to the multitudes of human beings who have suffered troubled or traumatic childhoods, and shows us all that it is never too late to blossom into our true selves.

Little Girl Found: How I Reclaimed My Self After Early Childhood Trauma

Self-Help

Nelson, Dawn

Motivational

American Sign Language at Home: A Family Curriculum

Parenting & Relationships

Zarchy, Razi M.

Geer, Leah C.

Disabilities & Hyperactivity

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