Globetrotter Dogma: 100 Canons for Escaping the Rat Race and Exploring the World

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Summary: Every Body Wins with this book
Review: This book is a fresh look at the world that inspires change in all of us. I am ordering 10 copies to give to friends. Its a nice fit in the back pocket or on top of the head, but wherever you read it, its a new read every time.

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Summary: Out of the Box, even On the Can
Review: This book is a fresh look at the world that inspires change in all of us. I am ordering 10 copies to give to friends. Its a nice fit in the back pocket or on top of the head, but wherever you read it, its a new read every time.

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Summary: Leave it on the road
Review: This book wreaks of the scent of an author who is best left out on the road.
You know when you are at a dinner or cocktail party, and you look over and see a group of people listening uncomfortably to one person who won't stop speaking? Inevitably you realize the guy talking is the same guy who won't shut up about his travels here and there and how amazing this was and that was and how "oh my gawd" you have to go here but be careful to never do this when there...and all you can think is "Where is that earthquake when you need it?" so you can eek out of the conversation.
I think that Bruce Northam IS that guy. But zooted. And religious.
This book is preachy, arrogant, uninformative, vague and predictable -- all the things we hope an adventure in the great beyond won't be.
This book should have been left out on the road, where Northam should have stayed.

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Summary: A great read for on the road or on your couch
Review: This is a great book of upbeat travel tales that will inspire you to start planning your next adventure. The vignette style format of the book allows you to pick it up and put it down as you please without losing the rythem of the book. This is a fun read, with a positive feel.

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Summary: If you need help , you will not find it here
Review: When I decide to buy a book, I almost always rely on reviews of other readers to help me decide if I want to purchase it or not. This was the same for this book. The surprise was when I found my self so out of tune with everyone else. Everyone else Liked it, while I did not find it at all useful. Going around the world is a relatively serious undertaking, and I was looking for some pointers. This book had none. It was more of road impressions written in a non-imaginative style. I would borrow it from a library or buy it used rather than pay USD10 plus shipping for it. The author himself said his earlier books contained the nuts and bolts of how to travel while this one adopts a different style. If you are like me.... preparing ... this is not the book for you.

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Summary: Absolute Splendor
Review: With a conversational writing style and years of experience, Bruce Northam captured my attention with his "boyhood" wonder at the world. He gives a realistic description of globe trotting, with nothing more than his backpack and a few essentials (not always money!), in "off the beaten path" places that bring out the joy of exploration of people, places and cultures. I only hope to do a little traveling like this myself someday, Meanwhile, I will read delicious tidbits such as these to tide me over for that long journey.