Cycling Adventure

Recently recovered from his epic bicycle journey that took him from the Delaware shore to the Oregon coast, distinguished climate scientist David Goodrich sets out on his bike again to traverse the Western Interior Seaway - an ancient ocean that once spread across half of North America. When the waters cleared a geologic age ago, what was left behind was vast flat prairie, otherworldly rock formations, and oil shale deposits.

Druss est une légende. Ses exploits sont connus de tous. Mais il a choisi de vivre retiré loin des hommes, au sommet d'une montagne. Là, il attend son ennemi de toujours : la mort. Dros Delnoch est une forteresse. C'est le seul endroit par lequel une armée peut traverser les montagnes. Protégée par six remparts, elle était la place forte de l'empire drenaï. C'est maintenant le dernier bastion, car tous les autres sont tombés devant l'envahisseur nadir. Et le vieux guerrier est son seul espoir.

Learn best practices on a motorcycle for maneuvering S curves to hairpins, rain, hail, and lightening. What to do when encountering animals ranging from skunks to cows. How to survive crazy drivers on cell phones. The author takes you around 92 curves typical of what can be found anywhere in the country and addresses dozens of threats to the motorcycle rider. Included are motorcycle myths.

Cassidy Nolan is a drug addicted journalist, disgraced after releasing one of the most iconic images of the new millennium. Fourteen years later, the world teeters on the verge of ecological collapse. A chance encounter with a sociopathic street kid will send her on a journey into chaos that may lead her to uncovering the biggest story of her career. Pursued by a burnt out ex-military contractor determined to earn his reward, there are no guarantees that she will live long enough to reveal what she has found.

One continent, 6000 kilometres, ten countries, nine weeks, four pannier bags, one man, no detailed plan... and a bike called Reggie. Secondary school teacher Andrew Sykes moves out of the classroom, climbs onto his bicycle and sets off along the route of the EuroVelo 8, from the southern tip of Greece to the Atlantic coast of Portugal. However, this is more than just a cycling tale of border crossings and big hills, as our would-be adventurer perspires his way through a hot and sticky mix of Mediterranean landscapes, life and culture. Join Andrew as he travels Along The Med on a Bike Called...

"A wonderful, witty account of a cycle tour across Europe." (CTC) "I cannot recommend a better book to read for inspiration." (Chris Peck, Cycle magazine) "Best cycling book I've read to date." "One can positively taste, smell, hear and touch his journey." "Ranked along with Murphy, Dew, Beaumont & Enfield on my bookshelf." "This is a great book... one of those that makes you tired because you end up reading late into the night." "A truly inspirational read... a highly recommended journey." "I thought this book was brilliant; it almost made me wish I had learnt to ride." "If this book ...

Le Trône de Crâne, symbole de pouvoir tenant les chtoniens à distance, est vacant. Son occupant, Ahmann Jardir, a disparu lorsque l'Homme-rune s'est dressé sur son chemin. Depuis, une guerre de succession menace de terrasser les Villes Libres de Thesa. Pendant ce temps, la force des chtoniens grandit et, en l'absence d'Arlen et d'Ahmann, il se pourrait que personne ne soit de taille à les arrêter. Seule Renna Bales sait peut-être ce qu'il est advenu des deux frères ennemis, mais elle semble elle aussi s'être volatilisée...

Depuis des temps immémoriaux, des démons assoiffés de sang rôdent dans les ténèbres. L'espèce humaine, décimée, dépend pour se protéger d'une magie en bonne partie oubliée. En cherchant à unir la population pour mener la guerre ultime contre les chtoniens, Arlen et Jardir ont incité ceux-ci à se multiplier aux quatre coins de Thesa. L'humanité ne peut espérer survivre, à moins qu'Arlen, Jardir et Renna obligent le fourbe prince démon qu'ils ont fait prisonnier à les guider vers le Cœur.

After three years of searching, Twist finally has the power to track his sister. But when her trail leads him to dark secrets, he learns some things are better left alone. Twist must risk everything for the sister he loves, confronting both Overlords and the Underworld. Will his gamble be enough? Or, will he lose everything?

Moscow takes us on deep dives (sometimes literally) with fisherfolk, farmers, scientists, community activists, historians, hunters, and more, bringing back stories of the communities, workers, and environments involved—some thriving, some in jeopardy, all interconnected with food.

Almost everyone, at some point in their life, feels like simply screaming, giving it all up, walking away, and starting all over again. Maybe even do something slightly crazy. Life can be like that, and every now and again somebody actually does something about it. Hurrah! In Daisy’s Diaries, the author, Graham Ham, describes his own such experience. He did give up a successful career, he did walk away from his business and all the perks that went with it, he did do something slightly crazy. Along the way, he rediscovered family, reconnected with the kids, embarked upon a haphazard ...

Built from the skulls of fallen generals and demon princes, it is a seat of honor and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir was meant to conquer the known world, forging its isolated peoples into a unified army to rise up and end the demon war once and for all. But Arlen Bales, the Warded Man, stood against this course, challenging Jardir to a duel he could not in honor refuse.

A perfect world, at any price. Miller Frank’s Utopian ideal is not such a good thing for Jimmy Renfro. Charged with fraud, he now works the tube, an atmosphere breaking conduit for the wealthy to travel to the Ouroboros space station, Imago. Within the mysterious station, their personalities are uploaded to robotic shells known as Zeroes. When Jimmy comes into possession of a briefcase full of data tabs containing the profiles of several influential personalities, it begins a deadly game that may result in his end.

If you want to know more about bike tours, but you are not ready to go on your own bike touring experience yet, then this book will answer a couple of questions you may have, and, hopefully, it will also show you the way to have a successful bike tour. This guide focuses on everything you need to know about bike touring, but it also gives you information about the things you must do before, during, and after a bike tour.

When you've lost everything, there's only one way to go...unless you find a new direction. Stranded in the scablands, Twist is lost in the dust again. To find his way out, he’ll have to make new allies, learn new skills, and overcome crippling self doubt. Will Twist find himself in time to save Canyon City?

It's 2084. Four years have passed since Bobbi January learned about the existence of the Yathi race and its plans for humanity. Since then she's become more than a career data thief or an anticorporate provacateur - she's the leader of a force of humans and reformed Yathi hosts dedicated to fighting the aliens wherever they can be found. Hers is a war fought in the dark, and like all wars, it has been costly. Friends have died, others have soured, and the rebellion that started out so strongly has broken into two embittered camps.

Pepper Minesse is a success: a wealthy, stylish businesswoman who commands respect. But she owes that success to a thirst for revenge. Twelve years have given her the ammunition to ruin the four men responsible for the event that destroyed her as a woman - their careers for her lost innocence. At a formal meeting, Pepper offers them an impossible choice between resignation and blackmail.

The comet, Cain, came from beyond our solar system, its debris containing elements unknown. It brought a powerful new metal to the once-declining Midwest, alien fungus to the forests of the Pacific Northwest, and now, in the isolated region of Fairbanks, Alaska, the skies shift and stretch as an interstellar dust cloud seeds itself in the atmosphere. The National Weather Service dismisses the anomaly. Then, an hour outside of Fairbanks, a plane shudders its way through pulpy, swirling, bruise-shaped clouds, lit with sudden cracks of lightning. The sky opens. And the plane vanishes.

Many listeners have indicated that they wanted more motorcycle stories similar to those contained in the previous book, 50 Wild Motorcycle Tales. This new book gives 50 More Wild Motorcycle Tales for your listening enjoyment. Most of the stories were submitted to Motorcycle Views by visitors to the site. Walter lived and wrote 19 of these tales; eight of the 19 are fictional depictions of far-out motorcycle events that could happen. Jane Ann Kern wrote four stories before her untimely death. Some tales are short, and some are long. Each tale was edited to provide a good experience.

Three long years have passed since Anna, First of Tomas, survived the purge in Malijad after being forced to use her scribe sigils to create an army of immortals. Safely ensconced in the shelter of the Nest, a sanctuary woven by one of her young allies, Anna spends her days tutoring the gifted yet traumatized scribe, Ramyi, and coming to terms with her growing attachment to an expatriate soldier in her company. Away from her refuge, war drums continue to beat. Thwarted in her efforts to locate the elusive tracker and bring him to justice, Anna turns to the state of Nahora for help.