LeBron is gone—along with our visions of NBA championships. Chalk it up to Cleveland luck. Or beat those blues with a copy of Chasing Oliver Hazard Perry (Clerisy Press, 2010), by Cleveland’s own Craig Heimbuch.
In this hilarious and moving travel memoir, Heimbuch explores his local roots—and how he learned to expect the worst and assume [...]

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Winton Porter strikes again! We found this article smack dab on the front page of the Atlanta Journal’s Sunday Travel section.  Here is the opening piece, but click on through and read every word of what reporter Bo Emerson had to say about Just Passin’ Thru’: A Vintage Store, the Appalachian Trail and a [...]

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We just received word that Craig Heimbuch’s new book Chasing Oliver Hazard Perry has been chosen as a Great Lakes,Great Reads Spring 2010 pick! Each publishing season the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association names their picks for the Great Lakes, Great reads program–the most promising new books of regional interest. It’s a fascinating program for [...]

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Just Passin’ Thru
By Winton Porter
A book review by Scott Ourth

Scott Ourth
There are a couple of qualifiers I am compelled to share with you right up front:

I have “thru-hiked” the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine
I have been a guest at Mountain Crossings
I am thoroughly acquainted [...]

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Face it: it’s cold outside! That has us taking shorter hikes and trips, staying close to the hearth and warmth. One good thing about the cold weather is that I find time to read more. Which is one reason I’m never sad to see the winter days arrive.
One Minnesota Twins fan has the same idea. [...]

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World traveling adventure authors Colin and Julie Angus are the subject of a fantastic video interview produced by Ontario-based TVCOGECO.
The video shows many clips taken during their successful trip of circling the globe, using only human powered machines. It also profiles their latest adventure of traveling from Scotland to Syria, again using just rowboats and [...]

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We got the news last week, when the 2009 National Book Awards were announced and we saw that William Nealy’s (destined-to-be-a-classic) Kayak: The New Frontier took home the top prize in the “Classic Category”. It’s a great honor to have this one-of-a-kind book get the recognition we think it deserves. The folks here at Menasha [...]

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Just Passin’ Thru author Winton Porter was just passin’ thru himself when he breezed into Greenville, South Carolina, recently to debut his first book (Menasha Ridge Press, Fall 2009). But unlike a debutante, Winton sported Chaco’s Z/2 Vibram Unaweep sandals, forest-green brushed-denim jeans, and a checkered shirt from Nordstroms. And unlike the other three writers [...]

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60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Houston author Laurie Roddy is all set to present tonight at the Westheimer REI store. The event kicks off at about 7:00pm, today October 6th. So get there early to check out the book and find out about all of the great hikes and outdoor adventures around the Houston area.
If [...]

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The Phoenix Public Library has selected author Charles Liu’s 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Phoenix (Including Tempe, Scottsdale and Glendale) as one of only six books selected for their Fall Reading List. Congratulations to Charles and the folks in Phoenix, with a little bit of the extreme heat leaving with the changing seasons, it’ll be [...]

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