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Look Up, Seattle! A Walking Tour of Pike Place Market    by Doug Gelbert
Price: $0.99 USD. 7280 words. Published on September 29, 2012. .

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. This walking tour of Seattle's Pike Place Market area is ready to explore when you are. Each walking tour describes historical, architectural landmarks, cultural sites and ecclesiastic touchstones and provides step-by-step directions.
I've Just Had A Brilliant Idea!    by Rob Godfrey
Price: $2.99 USD. 67540 words. Published on October 23, 2012. .

In July 1999 the good ship Marie Anne sailed from Rotterdam, bound for the USA. On board this creaking cargo ship were Rob Godfrey and two Citroen 2CVs. This voyage was the first leg of an epic journey to Prudhoe Bay, on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, a journey that took Rob Godfrey and Jose Oostveen 8000 road miles across North America.
Grit, Grief And Gold: A True Narrative Of An Alaska Pathfinder    by ANDY BARNETT
Price: $0.99 USD. 56370 words. Published on December 22, 2012. .

Grit, Grief and Gold is an eyewitness account of M.J. Heney's railroad building in Alaska. Whiting was chief surgeon during construction of the White Pass & Yukon Route and Copper River & Northwestern Railway, as well as a good friend of "The Irish Prince of Alaska." This epub includes the original text and photos, an appendix that expands Whiting's account and additional photographs.
Tracks Across Alaska - A Dog Sled Journey    by Alastair Scott
Price: $1.99 USD. 132260 words. Published on April 16, 2013. .

A Scotsman dreams of driving a dog sled across Alaska. Arriving there with no experience, he learns the hard way. This is much more than the story of that feat of self-reliance and endurance; it defines the deep bond between man and dog; it is a portrait of the land - beautiful, rich, empty, sometimes murderous - its history and the people who live there. And it has become a classic.
Scot Free - A Journey from the Arctic to New Mexico    by Alastair Scott
Price: $0.99 USD. 129130 words. Published on April 20, 2013. .

The first in the trilogy describing Alastair Scott's epic five-year journey around the world, much of it wearing a kilt. On and (sometimes very far) off the beaten track, he brings the unusual and the eccentric vividly before our eyes, giving many an unforgettable portrait of people with whom he shared, for brief moments or extended periods, his own delight in humanity in all its forms.
Wanderlust - an Anthology of Best Extracts from the Round-the-World Trilogy: Scot Free, A Scot Goes South & A Scot Returns    by Alastair Scott
Price: $2.99 USD. 162050 words. Published on April 23, 2013. .

Alastair Scott's epic five-year sojourn roughing it round the world was originally (and still is) published in three volumes. Wanderlust brings together a 'best' collection of his writings from this journey. He writes with deep insight and caustic humour; diverse, bizarre, beautiful and poignant impressions of our world and humanity in all its forms. This is a delight from start to finish.