By Shannon Yarbrough on June 15, 2011
Larry Jacobson has sailed around the world! And I don’t just mean that in a literal sense. He actually did it. From 2001 to 2007, Larry and a small crew set out on a journey around the world on a beautiful sail boat he named Julia, after his Mom. His book, The Boy Behind the Gate, tells his story.
Posted in Shannon Yarbrough, Travel | Tagged larry jacobson, sail around the world, the boy behind the gate |
By Peter Hassebroek on February 20, 2011
When travelling, kids don’t want to see things, they want to do things. Scavenger Guides Chicago addresses that need by offering a guidebook designed and written for kids. This guidebook is meant to be used more than consulted and, ideally, become a lasting memento of a trip to the windy city. Challenges and questions about popular top tourist sites and activities encourage involvement. A travel guide, game, journal, photography course, and souvenir all in one.
Posted in Non-Fiction, Peter Hassebroek, Reviews, Travel | Tagged book review, chicago, daniel ireland, guidebook, kids, parents, scavenger, Travel |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 16, 2011
David Jedeikin saved a life. His partner of three years was in need of a liver transplant, so David agreed to be his living donor. Shortly afterward, they broke up. In need of a “life experience” himself, David decides to take seven months off to travel the world. Traveling as a flashpacker, David sets out on a trip across six continents.
Posted in Shannon Yarbrough, Travel | Tagged david jedeikin, holistic ideas press, travel journal, wander the rainbow |
By Guest Reviewers on August 1, 2009
Having spent 20 years in the United States Coast Guard and having traveled all over the world while serving on an ice breaker out of the Pacific North West in the service of Uncle Sam, I love ocean sailing. When for our first anniversary my wife, author LK Gardner-Griffie, suggested we take a cruise I wasn’t sure I would like it or not.
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Denny Griffie, Travel | Tagged carnival, crew, cruise, cruise director, cruise ship, travelogue |
By Shannon Yarbrough on July 6, 2009
I love an adventure story. I’m not talking about the jarring action packed adventure with lots of guns and running, destined for an R rating if it makes the big screen, but instead a personal kind of adventure for one person that ends up being a life changing personal journey for them. And that’s exactly what happened to Janis Letts.
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Shannon Yarbrough, Travel | Tagged australia, china, chinese, chinese culture, chinese teacher, english teacher, janis letts, Travel |
By Shannon Yarbrough on November 21, 2008
There are two types of dreams: those so bizarre and imaginative, and so out of reach that we think of them as nothing more but dreams. These sleep stories can be a buffet for a writer. Then, there are those dreams that are within our grasp, but often we are too busy to consider reaching for them. Maybe we choose to write about them as well instead of actually attempting to achieve them. Not Mark Callaghan.
Posted in Shannon Yarbrough, Travel | Tagged 30, 30 countries, a sense of adventure, adventure, hostel living, Lulu, lulu book review, lulu.com, no sense of direction, touring the world, Travel, turning 30 |
By Shannon Yarbrough on July 30, 2008
Well, here it is folks. Few people answered our call, so we were forced to search Lulu for America on our own. In celebration of our independence as a nation, as a people, as authors, the Lulu Book Review was in search of that one Lulu book that embodies America and its freedoms.
Posted in Home/Family/Food, Real Life Drama/Action, Shannon Yarbrough, Travel | Tagged america, american, art, barbecue, diary, fireworks, food, fourth of july, journal, july 4th recipes, mississippi, old south, photography, pie, south, Travel, travel log |
