New Release
By Duncan McNamara
With a rucksack of largely useless items, Duncan sets off from his home for a 500 mile journey across the dangerous Pyrenees Mountains.
“Absurd”
“Inspirational”
“Filled with unlikely detours”
By Paula Engborg
What’s more astonishing, seeing a Sasquatch or a booted, nude woman atop a 14,000 foot mountain?
“Inspirational”
“A new rush”
“A tale of hard knocks”
LETTING GO THE LEASH
By Stephen Ellis Hamilton
The true story of a banker who quits his job of thirty-four years to save a rescue dog. And himself.
“Heartbreaking”
“Funny”
“Life-affirming”
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Latest Books
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Walk This Way
500 Miles. 1 Rucksack. No Clue.
£9.99 – £12.99 Read moreThe Way is a pilgrim trail that runs 500 miles west from the French foothills of the Pyrenees. Duncan takes with him a rucksack of largely useless items.
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A Way Up
1 Woman Across the Pacific NW
£9.99 – £12.99 Select optionsWhat’s more astonishing: seeing a Sasquatch or a nude woman atop a 14,000 foot mountain? A story of hard knocks, told with warmth and unflinching detail.
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Letting Go the Leash
£9.99 – £11.99 Select optionsThe true story of a banker who quits his job of thirty-four years to save a rescue dog. And himself.
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A Brooklyn Memoir
My Life as a Boy
£9.99 – £11.99 Select optionsA darkly comic and deeply moving story of a New York City lost to time.
By Robert Rosen
A darkly comic and deeply moving story of a New York City lost to time.
“SEXY”
“FUNNY”
“HEARTBREAKING”
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Author of the Month
Melissa Meszaros
Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, Melissa Meszaros has set the precedent for breaking tropes and forging the way for the modern nomadic. An entertainment industry publicist, Melissa is also the founder of Grrrl Front PDX Music Festival and the comic book publicity firm, Don’t Hide PR. She is a self-proclaimed grunge aficionado and proudly shares a birthday with Melvins leader, Buzz Osborne.
Author of Heavy Metal Headbang
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Tread softly on dreams: A 500-mile hike
From personal and physical trauma to the remains of Saint James the Great, the inspiration behind Duncan McNamara’s pilgrimage, Walk This Way.
Muscles and mountains. Finding Paula Engborg And A Way Up
Physical training in the world of dangerous sports. Taking a leaf from Paula Engborg’s book, A Way Up.
