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Author
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In the first half, you'll discover how to choose and customise your perfect van, and get it fitted for sleeping, cooking and storage. In part two, we'll tell you how to stay safe, save money and park legally, then share the best road trips around the world, complete with awesome itineraries"--
2) Less is lost
Author
Series
Less volume Book 2
Language
English
Description
Arthur Less, after the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis, sets out on a literary adventure across the United States, during which he must finally face his personal demons.
4) Nomadland
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Along the way, she meets other nomads who become mentors in the vast landscape of the American West.
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Going Places and Doing Things: The Modern Woman’s Guide to Living Wild and Free combines author Kristine Hudson’s extensive knowledge on the topic of dropping everything for a life of wandering. After a decade of doing all of the expected things- getting a college degree, finding a cushy corporate job, and buying a house- Ms. Hudson impulsively left it all behind for a life as a freelance writer living in a 1985 Vanagon. Filled with friendly...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Penny Rush has problems. Her marriage is over; she's quit her job. Her mother and stepfather went missing in the Australian outback five years ago; her mentally unbalanced father provokes her; her grandmother, Dr. Pincer, keeps experiments in the refrigerator and something worse in the woodshed. But Penny is a virtuoso at what's possible when all else fails. Elizabeth McKenzie, beloved novelist of California and its idiosyncrasies, follows Penny...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs"--
In her debut memoir, Nowhere for Very Long, Brianna Madia reflected on her life as a nomad, free to roam some of the most beautiful land in America. Now, in Never Leave the Dogs...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After a decade as an assistant to LA executives, Emily Pennington left behind her structured life. With a tight budget, meticulous routing, and a temperamental minivan she named Gizmo, Emily embarked on a yearlong road trip to sixty-two national parks. She was instantly thrust into more chaos than she'd bargained for and found herself on an unpredictable journey rocked by a gutting romantic breakup, a burgeoning pandemic, wildfires, and other seismic...
Author
Publisher
New Harvest, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"... Ken Ilgunas lays bare the existential terror of graduating from the University of Buffalo with $32,000 of student debt. Ilgunas set himself an ambitious mission: get out of debt as quickly as possible. Inspired by the frugality and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau, Ilgunas undertook a 3-year transcontinental journey, working in Alaska as a tour guide, garbage picker, and night cook to pay off his student loans before hitchhiking home to New...