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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a more meaningful connection with Sam before he fled the nest, as well as recreate his own life-altering journey decades before, McCarthy decided the two of them should set out on a trek like few others: 500 miles across Spain's Camino de Santiago. Over the course of the journey, the pair traversed...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Edaf, S.L.U
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Los Caminos de Santiago, olvidados durante algún tiempo, están experimentando un renacimiento, desde hace varias décadas. Una historia de más de mil años es la fuente de muchas narraciones pintorescas y Hanna Stefaniak, autora de este libro, crea un ameno e instructivo relato de todos los Caminos que conducen a Santiago, transmitiendo la atmósfera del Camino y la fascinación de la ruta, única en su tipo. Sabías que: Cervantes introdujo en...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Part adventure story, part cultural history, Paris to the Pyrenees explores the phenomenon of pilgrimage along the age-old way of Saint James
Driven by curiosity, wanderlust, and health crises, David Downie and his wife set out from Paris to walk across France to the Pyrenees. Starting on the Rue Saint-Jacques, then trekking 750 miles south to Roncesvalles, Spain, their eccentric route takes 72 days on Roman roads and pilgrimage
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Irreverent, moving, and thought-provoking, Lewis-Kraus riffs on the perpetualwar between discipline and desire, and its attendant casualties. Across three pilgrimages and many hundreds of miles, he completes an idiosyncratic odysseyto the heart of a family mystery.
Author
Publisher
Merit Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"After her soldier brother is horribly wounded in Afghanistan, Gabriela must honor the vow she made: If anything ever happened to him, she would walk the Camino de Santiago through Spain, making a pilgrimage in his name. The worst part is that the promise stipulates that she must travel with her brother's best friend--a boy she has despised all her life"--
Author
Publisher
Interlude Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"After getting in trouble with the law, a group of wayward teens are given an ultimatum: serve time in juvenile detention for their crimes or walk the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across Spain over the summer holidays with a pair of court-appointed counselors. Although they come from diverse backgrounds, the unlikely friends try to make the best of their situation. The pilgrims grow closer on their journey, but they may not make it to their destination--the...
Author
Series
Two steps volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The Chemin will change you. It changes everyone... The Chemin, also known as the Camino de Santiago, is a centuries-old pilgrim route that ends in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Every year, thousands of walkers--some devout, many not--follow the route that wends through quaint small villages and along busy highways alike, a journey unlike any other. Zoe, an artist from California who's still reeling from her husband's sudden death, has...
10) Rebirth: a fable
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the bestsellers Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It and Live Your Truth comes Rebirth, an inspiring novel about the magic that happens when you learn to follow your heart. After the death of his estranged father, Amit takes his parent's ashes to the Ganges to fulfill a deathbed promise. Instead of returning home, he wanders, his pain and grief leaving him confused about his future. Almost broke, unsure about his direction...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
El camino hacia el liderazgo auténtico puede empezar en lugares inesperados. Para el ejecutivo y viajero experimentado Victor Prince, ese viaje comenzó en el Camino de Santiago, un antiguo sendero de quinientas millas que se extiende por todo el norte de España. Dejando atrás el mundo lleno de presiones, y equipado con una mochila, zapatos fuertes y un pasaporte de peregrino para coleccionar estampillas en las paradas a lo largo de la ruta, Prince...
15) On the Camino
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
May 2017.
Language
English
Description
Internationally acclaimed cartoonist Jason's first full-length graphic memoir is about his experiences walking a 500-mile pilgrimage for his 50th birthday. Northwestern Spain, observed with the eye of an artist, chronicling both the good (people, conversations) and the bad (blisters, bedbugs) he encountered on his journey. Full of quiet incidents, odd encounters, small triumphs, and the occasional setback, On the Camino is the first implicitly autobiographical...
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