Family Travel

In Kathmandu, a retired English schoolteacher visits an orphanage where he meets a young man desperate to train as a doctor. After a year's agonizing indecision, the Englishman takes up the challenge and promises to sponsor him. What follows is a life-changing experience in which he himself comes to be adopted into a Nepalese family as brother, uncle, friend and godfather. This book offers a unique and warm-hearted look into the dilemmas of low-caste family life living on the brink in Nepal.

Salud to Spain and my ancestors, both left behind in Spain and in America who make me feel blessed. Stepping back in time was an exciting journey for me where I followed my ancestor’s pilgrimage route through Spain. I gathered Spanish threads of my genealogy and shared the bliss. A labor of discovery and passion, TOUCHING SPANISH SOIL reveals where my DNA awakened, where Spaniards embraced tradition and culture became real. And where the Tortilla Española is perfect. I found two sides of my family tree and it’s an ongoing process. But the romance, charm, amazement and sparkle of ...

The Baltimore Clipper ship Frolic was bound from Canton, China, to San Francisco with household goods for gold miners. The shipwreck of the Frolic lead to the founding of the town of Mendocino, California, and the discovery of redwood trees. We speak with archeologists who are studying this important early California event. The Frolic Shipwreck is now a California Underwater State Park.

The terrifying legend of Count Dracula silently skulking through the Transylvania night may have terrified generations of filmgoers, but the tall, elegant vampire captivated and electrified a young Jane Congdon, igniting a dream to one day see his mysterious land of ancient castles and misty hollows. Four decades later she finally takes her long-awaited trip - never dreaming that it will unearth decades-buried memories of life with an alcoholic mother.

Dara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. The two are on different courses-Austin is British, temporarily in New York. Dara's from North Carolina, set on law school. They fall in love at first sight, and are determined to make their lives together. Days after their engagement dinner, Austin hears unsettling news from London that wrecks their plans. Dara abruptly cancels the wedding. She refuses to reveal why, not even to her best friends or her parents or grandmother, disrupting their family tradition of openness.

Wangersky’s great-great-grandfather crossed the continent in search of gold in 1849. William Castle Dodge was his name, and he was 22 years old. He wrote a diary of that eventful journey that comes into the author’s hands 160 years later. And typically, quixotically, Wangersky decides to follow Dodge’s westward trail across the great bulging middle of America, not in search of gold but something even less likely: that elusive thing called family.

Someone is killing country and pop music's brightest stars. That “someone” is six months in the future and is succeeding in their agenda. Only one man can change the melody of “Someone’s” agenda. Portland attorney Michael Mays has an extraordinary secret: a book that allows him to travel through time. But someone shatters his assumption that it's a secret! When it appears that two of his clients, both music superstars, have become targets of the "someone" who is terrorizing Nashville's elite, Michael must use the book to protect them. But the shadowy World Artists United ...

A teen derailed by a shocking revelation. An act of rebellion leaves a permanent mark. Will her dad’s insistence on taking her on an African safari destroy their fragile relationship? Sixteen-year-old Claire has become accustomed to her parents’ constant fights. But when her father’s outburst reveals a horrible truth, Claire rebels with an impulsive act that could make things much worse. Will her dad’s offer of an African safari heal their fractured family, as he hopes, or will it destroy their already fragile father-daughter bond forever?

George and Gracie begin their adventure in Dover, Delaware 1776. The kids are surprised to discover that one of them changes into an animal every time they travel, and this time Gracie is a horse. All the twins want to do is return a pair of antique school desks and search for their parents. But instead they find themselves in the middle of the American Revolution and end up helping Caesar Rodney make his famous ride into Philadelphia to vote “yes” for the Declaration of Independence. Crowe lands in Delaware, too, and he plans to take the time machine - with George and Gracie inside!

Audio Journeys are exploring the National Civil Rights Museum Memphis Tennesse. Forty-one years ago on April 4 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated as he was leaving the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee to join the city's sanitation workers' striking for better working conditions and pay.

A Brother's Betrayal is a poem about a brother failing to show compassion to his sister while she faces a cruel and unjust trial.

Joan Cohen's people have thrived beneath Mars' turbulent surface by turning sandblasted caverns into cozy living areas, parkways and farms. The Nehemiah LLC group is both a strongly-knit, deeply faith-driven community and a team of life support experts. Anthony Lewis is a quirky engineer, an outsider with a million questions about schedules, deadlines, and why Joan does what she does. Can they overcome their differences long enough to save their Space Empire from a crippling shortage of resources? The gas-collecting balloon ship Sojourner lies dead in space, its life support inexplicably ...

In this third book in the series, Michael Mays, is falsely accused, which throws Kassidy Mays into a world of lies, deception, and murder. Not something she associated with her “for better or for worse” vow to Michael, who is now in jail; charged with murder. Time bends. Justice falters. Truth is hard to find. In this third book in the Mysteries Across Time series, an attorney faces death row after being wrongly accused while a mysterious time traveler holds the key to his freedom. Michael Mays discovers that a ruthless corporation stole his grandfather's revolutionary medical invention...

Author Deb Hunt sets out to discover what makes our Australian farming families tick. Travelling to properties across the country - from a vast, dusty cattle run in outback Queensland to the wheat belt of Western Australia and dairy farms in Tasmania - and introducing us to eight different families who survive and thrive on the land, these stories provide a window into a way of life that defines the Australian spirit at its best.

Persecution of believers in Christ is already happening. Many of the details of "City on a Hill" are not Science Fiction but current events. One day soon the only refuge for the faithful may be space. Follow the founding of the once-godly Space Empire through its degeneration in "Sojourner," where a desperate couple fights loneliness and equipment malfunction to pioneer piloting a gas-collecting balloon ship to the outer planets. Their "rebellion" against the corrupt government opens the outer reaches of the Solar System to exploration.

When you've worked for years and saved for retirement, few things are as rewarding as being able to retire by water. The tranquility of the crystal clear water provides the perfect ambience to sit back and enjoy your retirement. Listen to learn about 10 of the best destinations to retire near waterfronts. We'll review why each spot is a great place to retire, the local community, and general demographics of each region.

Summer 1975: Helena is bored out of her mind - there's absolutely nothing to do and her supposed 'best friends' Gwen and Elaine are holidaying in the South of France without her. Summer 2021: New to the north, Hermione's mum has moved her away from London and all her friends to start a new life with new boyfriend Paul, who resembles a slab of meat from the butchers. By some miracle, the girls meet.

They were married with a small family. They were happy. They knew their present and worked hard for their future. The God of this reality or the makers of this simulation pulled them 24 years in the past. Now they must relive their adult lives and attempt to get back the children they have lost.

Ten year-old Benny travels west with a knife-throwing, card-playing bank robber, a savage black stallion, and the promise that God will never leave him. Can he trust that promise? Explore this Historical adventure in greater detail and understand the time period better. Study Guide to Benny and the Bank Robber. Student edition includes the full story text with comprehension questions, thought questions, and essay and research suggestions plus vocabulary by chapter.

Yes, it is possible to plan a family vacation for $2,000 or less, and the PRO's who host the nationally syndicated travel and lifestyle show, The Jet Set, are here to help! Co-host Bobby Laurie, a former flight attendant; Nikki Noya, a health and wellness expert; along with The Jet Set en Espanol host Juan Albarran are here to guide you to a budget friendly, money saving trip!