Nothing Routine - Softcover

Helminiak, Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0918736870 ISBN 13: 9780918736871

Verlag: JAMES A ROCK & CO PUBL, 2005

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Each adventure is a memorable and sometimes dangerous excursion, told with compelling narrative and light-hearted commentary. Whether it's by canoe, foot, car, kayak, aircraft or rail, every chapter reveals a surprise: a Canadian river that mysteriously rises several feet a day, the mystical Charleena who magically alters Chilean Patagonia's stormy weather, the consequences of driving in a tiny rental car into the rugged Cordillera Mountains of the Philippines, or the masquerade used to enter Vietnam before relations with the United States were normalized.No matter where or how Helminiak visits, a fascinating assortment of individuals gravitate his way. Nothing Routine is a collection of travel essays that span four continents and five different methods of travel. As important, it is a book for anybody who rebels against mainstream tourism and commonplace lifestyles! Jon Helminiak's narrative voice in Nothing Routine has a philosophical lyricism, humor, sagacity, and unselfconsciousness which allows him to reflect on certain experiences as an 'everyman,' but with a distinct and accomplished literary voice. The subtleties in his narrative are extraordinary, and make it apparent that his work is that of a natural. -K.J. Wetherholt, Producer/Writer/Director and Chairman of Manitou Films, LLC, New York and London In Nothing Routine you feel as if you are right there with the author. The storylines are compelling and often harrowing, and the work has a wonderful blend of humor, insight, self-deprecation, and reflection. -Carolyn Kott Washburne, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Jon Helminiak is a traveller and an adventurer. He brings us along on each adventure as we witness and share in his unyielding curiosity for remote and exotic locations. Helminiak brings us travel and adventure as presented by an author with a rarely matched ability to involve the reader in his adventures as we share his travel experiences and as he brings us along for the exciting and turbulent rides.

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• Verlag: JAMES A ROCK & CO PUBL
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0918736870
• ISBN 13: 9780918736871
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
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