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At the age of 26, Maarten Troost, after racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobs, decided to move to Tarawa, a remote South Pacific island in the Republic of Kiribati. He was restless and lacked direction, and the idea of dropping everything and moving to the ends of the Earth was irresistibly romantic. This book tells the hilarious story of what happens when Troost discovers that Tarawa is not the island paradise...
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Publisher
Gotham
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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" The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals recounts his latest hilarious misadventures in the South Pacific, following in the footsteps of his unlikely idol, Robert Louis Stevenson. Readers and critics alike adore J. Maarten Troost for his signature wry and witty take on the adventure memoir. Hailed by Entertainment Weekly as a "funny, candid, and down-to-earth travel companion," Troost's bestselling debut, The Sex Lives of Cannibals,...
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Plume Book, published by the Penguin Group, Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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After his record-breaking hike through the Amazon River region, Ed Stafford seeks another, more daring adventure, this time on a small deserted island of Olorua in the South Pacific. Armed with nothing but cameras to document his journey, he shares his story herein.
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