Walking to the End of the World

Walking to the End of the World
Author: Beth Jusino
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2018-09-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1680512048

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In April 2015, Beth and Eric Jusino, laden with backpacks and nerves, walked out of a cathedral in the historic village of Le Puy, France, down a cobblestone street, and turned west. Seventy-nine days, a thousand miles, two countries, two mountain ranges, and three pairs of shoes later, they reached the Atlantic Ocean. More than two million pilgrims have walked the Way of Saint James, a long-distance hiking trail familiar to most Americans by its Spanish name, the Camino de Santiago. Each pilgrim has their own reason for undertaking the journey. For the Jusinos, it was about taking a break from the relentless pace of modern life and getting away from all their electronic devices. And how hard could it be, Beth reasoned, to walk twelve to fifteen miles a day, especially with the promise of real beds and local wine every night? Simple. It turned out to be harder than she thought. Beth is not an athlete, not into extreme adventures, and, she insists, not a risk-taker. She didn't speak a word of French when she set out, and her Spanish was atrocious. But she can tell a story. In Walking to the End of the World, she shares, with wry humor and infectious enthusiasm, the joys and travails of undertaking such a journey. She evocatively describes the terrain and the route’s history, her fellow pilgrims, and the villages passed, and the unexpected challenges and charms of the experience. Beth’s story is also about the assurance that an outdoor-based, boundary-stretching adventure is accessible to even the most unlikely of us. In her story, readers will feel that they, too, can get off their comfortable couches and do something unexpected and even spectacular. Walking to the End of the World is a warm-hearted and engaging story about an average couple going on an adventure together, tracing ancient paths first created in the tenth and eleventh centuries, paths that continue to inspire and reveal surprises to us today in the twenty-first.

Walk to the End of the World

Walk to the End of the World
Author: Suzy McKee Charnas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1974
Genre:
ISBN:

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Walking Up & Down in the World

Walking Up & Down in the World
Author: Smoke Blanchard
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1985
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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Walking Gently on the Earth

Walking Gently on the Earth
Author: Lisa Graham McMinn
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2010-08-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830832998

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Sociologist and author Lisa McMinn and Megan Anna Neff invite you to rediscover, through new eyes, the beauty and goodness of our earth, and to make faithful choices that will help it prosper. Each chapter uniquely begins with a prelude by Megan Anna that highlights an African perspective or practice, and Lisa's fluid, passionate writing then offers both the truth about the state of the earth and inspiration to get back to shalom--a peace that allows all things to thrive.

Walking on Water

Walking on Water
Author: Richard Paul Evans
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451628323

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When the long walk from Seattle to Key West finally nears an end, Alan Christoffersen must return to the west and face yet another crisis just as he has begun to heal from so much loss.

Walking on the Edge of the World

Walking on the Edge of the World
Author: George Leonard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1988
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780395483114

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George Leonard recounts his experiences as a reporter for Look magazine during the tumult, idealism, and passion of the 1960s. His memoir tells of his fascinating journey of self-discovery--from a traditional Southern upbringing to his journalistic accomplishments. Two 8-page photo inserts.

The Barn at the End of the World

The Barn at the End of the World
Author: Mary Rose O'Reilley
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2014-02-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1571319263

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“About the subtlest, most sane-making book on contemporary spirituality that I’ve read in years. It’s also the funniest.”—Joanna Macy, author of Active Hope Deciding that her life was insufficiently grounded in real-world experience, Mary Rose O’Reilley, a Quaker reared as a Catholic, embarked on a year of tending sheep. In this decidedly down-to-earth, often-hilarious book, O’Reilley describes her work in an agricultural barn and her extended visit to a Buddhist monastery in France, where she studied with Thich Nhat Hanh. She seeks, in both barn and monastery, a spirituality based not in “climbing out of the body” but rather in existing fully in the world. “O'Reilley has obviously mastered the craft of writing. Her rich, allusive prose draws on Catholicism, Quakerism, Buddhism, monastic tradition, Shakespeare and the Bible. Her short vignettes are luminous with faith matters, yet full of the earthy details of animal husbandry, resulting in a style that's a cross between Kathleen Norris and James Herriot.”—Publishers Weekly “This enjoyable book offers lingering pleasure.”—Library Journal

The Long Walk

The Long Walk
Author: Stephen King
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2022-09-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781399702485

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Wanderlust

Wanderlust
Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2001-06-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1101199555

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A passionate, thought-provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of Orwell's Roses Drawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores--Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that the history of walking includes walking for pleasure as well as for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit focuses on the walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have shaped our culture, from philosophers to poets to mountaineers. She profiles some of the most significant walkers in history and fiction--from Wordsworth to Gary Snyder, from Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet to Andre Breton's Nadja--finding a profound relationship between walking and thinking and walking and culture. Solnit argues for the necessity of preserving the time and space in which to walk in our ever more car-dependent and accelerated world.

Do Walk

Do Walk
Author: Libby DeLana
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2021-06-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781907974960

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One morning in 2011, Libby DeLana stepped outside her New England home for a walk. She did the same thing the next day, and the next. It became a daily habit that has culminated in her walking over 25,000 miles - the equivalent of the earth's circumference. In Do Walk, Libby shares the transformative nature of this simple yet powerful practice. She reveals how walking each day provides the time and space to reconnect with the world around us; process thoughts; improve our physical wellbeing; and unlock creativity. It is the ultimate navigational tool that helps us to see who we are - beyond titles and labels, and where we want to go. With stunning photography, this inspiring and reflective guide is an invitation to step outside, and see where the path takes us.