{"product_id":"the-vagabonds-way-366-meditations-on-wanderlust-discovery-and-the-art-of-travel-paperback","title":"The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRolf Potts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring\" (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily lives--from the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of \u003ci\u003eVagabonding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers who dream of travel, yearn to get back out on the road, or want to enrich a journey they're currently on, \u003ci\u003eThe Vagabond's Way\u003c\/i\u003e explores and celebrates the life-altering essence of travel all year long. Each day of the year features a meditation on an aspect of the journey, anchored by words of wisdom from a variety of thinkers--from Stoic philosopher Seneca and poet Maya Angelou to Trappist monk Thomas Merton and Grover from \u003ci\u003eSesame Street\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIconoclastic travel writer and scholar Rolf Potts embraces the ragged-edged, harder-to-quantify aspects of travel that inevitably change travelers' lives for the better in unexpected ways. The book's various sections mirror the phases of a trip, including \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cb\u003edreaming and planning the journey: \u003c\/b\u003e \"All life-affecting journeys--and the unexpected wonders they promise--become real the moment you decide they will happen.\"\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eembracing the rhythms of the journey: \u003c\/b\u003e \"The most poignant experiences on the road occur in those quiet moments when we recognize beauty in the ordinary.\"\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003efinding richer travel experiences: \u003c\/b\u003e \"Developing an instinct to venture beyond the obvious on the road allows you to see places as mysteries to be investigated.\"\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eexpanding your comfort zone: \u003c\/b\u003e \"No moment of instant gratification can compare to savoring an experience that has been earned by enduring the adversity that comes with it.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vagabond's Way\u003c\/i\u003e encourages you to sustain the mindset of a journey, even when you aren't able to travel, and affirms that travel is as much a way of being as it is an act of movement.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRolf Potts\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of\u003ci\u003e Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel\u003c\/i\u003e. He has reported from more than sixty countries for \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler, The New Yorker, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand the Travel Channel. Many of his essays have been selected as \"Notable Mentions\" in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. He is based in north-central Kansas, where he keeps a small farmhouse on thirty acres with his wife, Kansas-born actress Kristen Bush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764617347360,"sku":"9780593497470","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/faef5560a892fe53e6cd4ff5816c3e77.webp?v=1780253656","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-vagabonds-way-366-meditations-on-wanderlust-discovery-and-the-art-of-travel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}