Laura Lee interviews Bob Schlesinger about his innovative business philosophy shaped his corporate mandates, and why taking care of the spirit first can enhance, not hinder, the bottom
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Audio on Demand - Real Life Adventures

10/15/2005

FROM THE PUBLISHER In The Last American Man, Gilbert explores the true story of Eustace Conway, who left his comfortable suburban home at the age of seventeen to move into the Appalachian Mountains, where for the last twenty years he has lived, making fire with sticks, wearing skins from animals he trapped, and living off the land. A charismatic and
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Books - Real Life Adventures

8/30/2005

Emergency Navigation is far more generally applicable than the title indicates. It is, first and foremost, a detailed account of how to find your position anywhere in the world's oceans after your electronics fail and you lose your sextant, watch, and almanac, but that's really only the beginning. The book is chock-full of good sound navigational techniques
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Books - Real Life Adventures

8/28/2005

In the summer of 1985, a mostly Hawaiian crew set out aboard Hokule'a, a reconstructed ancient double canoe, to demonstrate what skeptics had steadfastly denied: that their ancestors, sailing in such canoes and navigating solely by reading stars, ocean swells, and other natural signs, could intentionally have sailed across the Pacific, exploring the
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Books - Real Life Adventures

8/28/2005

Centuries before European explorers ventured beyond their shorelines, the ancestors of today's Polynesians had sailed to every habitable island in the far corners of the Pacific. This ancient Polynesian sea voyaging tradition comes to life again in "Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey." The one-hour program sweeps viewers into a seafaring
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Videos - Real Life Adventures

8/28/2005

The second edition of David Lewis' classic book on Pacific navigation promises to satisfy yet again scholars and seafarers alike - and all others who have marveled at the ability of island mariners to navigate hundreds of miles of open ocean without instruments. The new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation
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Books - Real Life Adventures

8/27/2005

As a young man piloting a small sailboat across the Pacific, Steve Thomas developed a fascination with ancient methods of navigation. He learned of a seafaring culture which 6,000 years ago, used arcane navigation arts to guide initiates unerringly across the Pacific wih no compasses, no charts. By the time of Christ, these navigators were pushing on
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Books - Real Life Adventures

8/27/2005

Beginning with a life-changing event in the mountains of Iran, and roaming the globe from the backcountry lanes of Yorkshire to the Australian outback, David Yeadon shares serendipitous encounters with amazing people, unexpected challenges, and near-death experiences. His stories illuminate the ways in which years of wandering have taught him to be open to
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Books - Real Life Adventures

8/23/2005

The 28 stories in this compilation take the reader on delightful armchair adventures to points known and unknown, from recreating Muhammad Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" in a makeshift boxing ring in Malawi, to discovering the secret to life and chicken in a humble Parisian restaurant, to encountering the ghost of Odysseus and the mysteries of one's own past
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Books - Real Life Adventures

8/23/2005

Biographer Diana Souhami tells the story of Alexander Selkirk (1680- 1721), marooned on a remote island west of South America in the early 18th century; his experiences inspired Defoe's novel, Robinson Crusoe. Souhami draws from several resources, including accounts by Selkirk, his rescuers, fellow crewmen, and eighteenth century writers, petitions by two
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Books - Real Life Adventures

8/23/2005

SYNOPSIS The ascent triggered something in me. As I churned upward, I reflected on my life, back to all points, my childhood, my early races, my illness and how it changed me... I saw my life as a whole. I saw the pattern and the privilege of it, and the purpose of it, too. It was simply this: I was meant for a long, hard climb.People around
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Books - Real Life Adventures

8/19/2005

FROM THE PUBLISHER For the intrepid traveler, there are more resources than ever before. But what about the traveler who is at a crossroads in life, longing for something else, neither diversion nor distraction, beyond escape and mere entertainment? What about those eager for a journey that is personally meaningful? For millennia this cry
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Books - Real Life Adventures

1/20/2005

FROM THE PUBLISHER Winner of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award, this illustrated guide is a collection of short essays that discuss how travel can raise consciousness, promote spiritual growth, and deepen life experiences. Drawing on his experience as a monk, lecturer, and co-founder of a holistic healing institute, Joseph Dispenza
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Books - Real Life Adventures

1/20/2005

FROM THE PUBLISHER For Jim Currie, a weekend getaway, extended vacation, or business trip can be more than diversion or duty. In The Mindful Traveler, he helps the reader structure journal writing - and the journey - around eight Buddhist archetypes that offer specific skills for problem solving and spiritual progress. Topics include everything from
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Books - Real Life Adventures

1/20/2005

FROM THE PUBLISHER In Pilgrim Heart: The Inner Journey Home, we see that pilgrimage is not just a literal journey or simply a spiritual metaphor, but rather an inspiring path toward greater self-understanding. Whether sharing the experience of her own pilgrimages to Nepal, Thailand, and the Celtic island of Iona, Scotland, or recounting the stories of
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Books - Real Life Adventures

1/20/2005

This comprehensive travel guide examines North America's most sacred sites for spiritually attuned explorers. Important archaeological, geological, and historical destinations from coast to coast are exhaustively examined, from the weathered pueblos of the American Southwest and the medicine wheels of western Canada to Graceland and the birthplace of Martin
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Books - Real Life Adventures

1/18/2005

Born Free is a bona fide family classic. The tale of how Kenya game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy (on whose book the film is based, with Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers in the principal roles) adopted and raised three orphaned lion cubs, taking a particular shine to the one they call Elsa before helping her return to the wild, is familiar by now;
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DVD - Real Life Adventures

12/1/2004

Hale Cope, a retired safari guide and wildlife conservationist, shares highlights from 40 years spent in Africa, that includes raising an orphaned elephant. His stories are both funny and heartwarming. "Born Free" now on DVD Hal Cope speaks with Laura Lee in Scottsdale Arizona as part of our "On the Road" interview
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Audio on Demand - Real Life Adventures

10/25/2004

Solo female tour manager and world traveler shares her philosophy of life, how and why traveling the world is a major part of it, and what security is and too often
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Audio on Demand - Real Life Adventures

7/22/2002

Full-time traveler -a tour manager half the year; lone traveler the rest- on how she preps and plans itineraries, why she prefers investing in her 'bank of memories' and observations from last trip to China, how this 'sleeping dragon' is awakening to western thinking and
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Audio on Demand - Real Life Adventures

5/6/2002