The Slow Road to Deadhorse
An Englishman's Discoveries and Reflections on the Backroads of North America
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An offbeat, poignant and life-affirming American road-trip from 'the English Bill Bryson.' Award-winning author James Anthony's 'modern times travel masterpiece' invokes Kerouac and Steinbeck as he uncovers the people, places and history of North America with his wry British perspective.
Burnt out after running his own business, James Anthony arrives in the pastel skies of Florida's Key West to start a journey of catharsis. His destination? Deadhorse, Alaska, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, via the backroads of the continent.
Dodging burly wildlife keen to take a bite out of him, Anthony meets the quirky, good-hearted folk of North America’s backwaters, learning how Britain influenced the continent’s history, much of it painfully unsavoury.
Along the way, he gets serenaded in an African-American Church in Miami; goes peanut farming in Georgia; hitches a ferry ride across the Mississippi with moonshine-drinking locals; gets drunk with a North Dakotan farmer who has three months to live; survives a haunting in Saskatchewan; nearly gets squashed by an irate buffalo in the Northern Rockies; and arrives at the Arctic Ocean just before freeze-up.
Passionate, touching, hilarious, and insightful, The Slow Road to Deadhorse chronicles an Englishman’s road-trip through the North America most people never get to see. Come along for the ride.
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Philip Caputo, who had just turned 70, his wife, and their two English setters took off in a truck hauling an Airstream camper from Key West, Florida, en route via back roads and state routes to Deadhorse, Alaska. The journey took four months and covered 17,000 miles, during which Caputo interviewed more than 80 Americans from all walks of life to get a picture of what their lives and the life of the nation are really about in the 21st century.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very Disappointing
- De Amazon Customer en 03-25-18
De: Philip Caputo
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Full Circle
- A Pacific Journey with Michael Palin
- De: Michael Palin
- Narrado por: Michael Palin
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Following the hugely popular and successful Around the World in 80 Days and Pole to Pole, Michael Palin set off to meet another challenge: an anti-clockwise circumnavigation of the world's largest ocean, the Pacific.
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out of 5 stars
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Excellent, per usual
- De Enroute8 en 06-03-07
De: Michael Palin
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Zen and Now
- On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- De: Mark Richardson
- Narrado por: Buck Schirner
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 83
In 1968, Robert Pirsig and his son, Chris, made the cross-country motorcycle trip that was the basis for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a book that has inspired generations with its searching personal and philosophical narrative. After rereading the book at the onset of middle age, reporter Mark Richardson tuned up his old Suzuki dirt bike and became a "Pirsig Pilgrim".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De James en 04-17-09
De: Mark Richardson
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A Newfoundlander in Canada
- Always Going Somewhere, Always Coming Home
- De: Alan Doyle
- Narrado por: Alan Doyle
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 105
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Often in a van, sometimes in a bus, occasionally in a car with broken wipers "using Bob's belt and a rope found by Paddy's Pond" to pull them back and forth, Alan and his bandmates charted new territory, and he constantly measured what he saw of the vast country against what his forefathers once called the Daemon Canada. In a period punctuated by triumphant leaps forward for the band, deflating steps backward, and everything in between.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Newfoundlander
- De Deedra en 12-28-17
De: Alan Doyle
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Dreaming of Jupiter
- De: Ted Simon
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 16 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 115
When Ted Simon rode 64,000 miles round the world on his 500c Triumph Tiger, he inspired thousands of motorcyclists to begin their own adventures, including Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, who chronicled their travels in Long Way Round. Nearly 30 years later, Ted Simon took to the road again to retrace the epic journey he made in his 40s. He meets up with old friends and acquaintances, revisits old landmarks and locations, and rediscovers himself, as well as the world, along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book, Amazing Man
- De Roxanna en 08-16-18
De: Ted Simon
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Travels in Siberia
- De: Ian Frazier
- Narrado por: Ian Frazier
- Duración: 20 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 424
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 310
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 309
Ian Frazier trains his eye for unforgettable detail on Siberia, that vast expanse of Asiatic Russia. He explores many aspects of this storied, often grim region. He writes about the geography, the resources, the native peoples, the history, the 40-below midwinter afternoons, the bugs. The book brims with Mongols, half-crazed Orthodox archpriests, fur seekers, ambassadors of the czar bound for Peking, tea caravans, German scientists, American prospectors, intrepid English nurses, and prisoners and exiles of every kind....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Loved This Book
- De Sara en 01-05-14
De: Ian Frazier
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Sahara
- De: Michael Palin
- Narrado por: Michael Palin
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Michael Palin is off again, this time to the seemingly desolate Sahara Desert. There's no easy way across, as he and his team discover on their most challenging expedition yet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wonderful journey.
- De David en 05-22-05
De: Michael Palin
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The Masked Rider
- Cycling in West Africa
- De: Neil Peart
- Narrado por: Brian Sutherland
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 506
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 445
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 445
The prolific drummer for the rock band Rush travels through African villages, both large and small, and relates his story through journal entries and tales of adventure, while simultaneously addressing issues such as differences in culture, psychology, and labels. Literary and artistic sidekicks such as Aristotle, Dante, and Van Gogh join Peart and his cycling companions, reminding the listener that this is not just another travel book - it is a story of both external and introspective discovery and adventure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Trip Across Cameroon
- De Diann Sedam en 11-26-19
De: Neil Peart
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Travels with Charley in Search of America
- De: John Steinbeck
- Narrado por: Gary Sinise
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,581
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,896
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,895
In September 1960, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America, from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Travels with Charley is animated by Steinbeck’s attention to the specific details of the natural world and his sense of how the lives of people are intimately connected to the rhythms of nature—to weather, geography, the cycles of the seasons. His keen ear for the transactions among people is evident, too, as he records the interests and obsessions that preoccupy the Americans he encounters along the way.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gary Sinise is fantastic!
- De C. Wilson en 01-11-17
De: John Steinbeck
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The Winemaker's Daughter
- De: Timothy Egan
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 42
When Brunella Cartolano visits her father on the family vineyard in the basin of the Cascade Mountains, she's shocked by the devastation caused by a four-year drought. Passionate about the Pacific Northwest ecology, Brunella, a cultural impact analyst, is embroiled in a battle to save the Seattle waterfront from redevelopment and to preserve a fisherman's livelihood. But when a tragedy among fire-jumpers results from a failure of the water supply - her brother Niccolo is among those lost - Brunella finds herself with another mission.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Obviously Not Read By A Washington Resident
- De John C Schuyler en 04-24-19
De: Timothy Egan
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We Stood upon Stars
- Finding God in Lost Places
- De: Roger W. Thompson
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
You are made for freedom and adventure, friendship and romance. Yet too much of your life is spent unfulfilled at work, restless at home, and bored at church. All the while, you know there is something more. You'll find some of life's best moments waiting for you over a campfire, on a river - even in that coffee shop or brewery you didn't know you'd discover along the way. It's time to begin the search.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a good book
- De The Great Bambino en 06-16-21
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One Year Off
- Leaving It All Behind for a Round-the-World Journey with Our Children
- De: David Cohen
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
In One Year Off, you can join the family on a trek up a Costa Rican volcano, cruise the canals of Burgundy by houseboat, and ride ferries through the Greek Islands. Later, as the Cohens wander further off the tourist trail, you can drive through the villages of Rajasthan, traverse the vast Australian Nullarbor, and discover the charms of Cambodia's Angkor Wat and the hidden shangri-las of northern Laos.
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4 out of 5 stars
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fun filled travellog
- De tarun en 07-22-19
De: David Cohen
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Visit Sunny Chernobyl
- And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places
- De: Andrew Blackwell
- Narrado por: Ax Norman
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth - Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. It’s rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada’s oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But in Visit Sunny Chernobyl, Andrew Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Better than I predicted
- De Paul Luthi en 08-23-13
De: Andrew Blackwell
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To Shake the Sleeping Self
- A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret
- De: Jedidiah Jenkins
- Narrado por: Jedidiah Jenkins
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,173
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,919
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,909
On the eve of turning 30, terrified of being funneled into a life he didn’t choose, Jedidiah Jenkins quit his dream job and spent 16 months cycling from Oregon to Patagonia. He chronicled the trip on Instagram, where his photos and reflections drew hundreds of thousands of followers, all gathered around the question: What makes a life worth living? In this unflinchingly honest memoir, Jed narrates his adventure - the people and places he encountered on his way to the bottom of the world - as well as the internal journey that started it all.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Different that I expected
- De Sabrina en 02-21-20
De: Jedidiah Jenkins
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Lost Among the Birds
- Accidentally Finding Myself in One Very Big Year
- De: Neil Hayward
- Narrado por: Sam Devereaux
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 245
Early in 2013 Neil Hayward was at a crossroads. He didn't want to open a bakery or whatever else executives do when they quit a lucrative but unfulfilling job. He didn't want to think about his failed relationship with 'the one' or his potential for ruining a new relationship with 'the next one'. And he almost certainly didn't want to think about turning 40. And so instead he went birding. Birding was a lifelong passion. It was only among the birds that Neil found a calm that had eluded him in the confusing world of humans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Know a Birder? This will help you Understand.
- De Carole T. en 08-27-17
De: Neil Hayward
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At Home in the World
- Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe
- De: Tsh Oxenreider
- Narrado por: Tsh Oxenreider
- Duración: 7 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 439
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 390
As Tsh Oxenreider, author of Notes from a Blue Bike, chronicles her family's adventure around the world. Seeing, smelling, and tasting the widely varying cultures along the way, she discovers what it truly means to be at home.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Having traveled the world as a kid myself.....
- De kmk en 07-31-17
De: Tsh Oxenreider
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Whirligig
- De: Paul Fleischman
- Narrado por: Robert Field, Lily Christian, Alex Hauk, y otros
- Duración: 3 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 265
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 225
Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman writes a profoundly moving story of connectedness and the journey of a young soul to self-discovery. Told through the voices of five characters and narrated by age-appropriate actors, Whirligig compels the listener with its lesson on how our actions can impact the lives of others - even years later. A stunningly authentic listening experience.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous
- De Tim en 03-21-17
De: Paul Fleischman
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- 07-20-23
An amazing un-retouched view of modern USA
It took a bit before I became used to Mr. Anthony's slightly stilted way of reading his own work and his attempts at mimicking a Southern accent simply failed. However his recounting of his trip and his insights into the people, diversity of life styles, and immeasurable beauty of this vast and cherished nation, was well worth quelling my tendency to over-critique reading styles. Thank you, Mr. Anthony for recording it all for the rest of us!😎
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