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Peter Jenkins is the author of A Walk Across America (1980), Looking for Alaska (2014), There's Something About Emily. . . (2012), Along the Edge of America (1997), A Letter to Isaac Tomkins, etc. (Fourth edition, with a postscript.)..

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Looking for Alaska

release date: Mar 18, 2014
Looking for Alaska
The national bestseller: "Destined for greatness . . . By the end, the reader is flying through the book like a bush plane through the Alaskan interior." — The Columbus Dispatch The author of A Walk Across America, Peter Jenkins, is now a bit older than he was in that memoir, married with a family, and his journeys are different than they were. Perhaps he is looking for adventure, perhaps inspiration, perhaps new communities, perhaps unspoiled land. Certainly, he found all of this and more in Alaska, America''s last wilderness. Looking for Alaska is Peter''s account of eighteen months spent traveling over twenty thousand miles in tiny bush planes, on snow machines and snowshoes, in fishing boats and kayaks, on the Alaska Marine Highway and the Haul Road, searching for what defines Alaska. Hearing the amazing stories of many real Alaskans—from Barrow to Craig, Seward to Deering, and everywhere in between—Peter gets to know this place in the way that only he can. His resulting portrait is a rare and unforgettable depiction of a dangerous and beautiful land and all the people who call it home. He also took his wife and eight-year-old daughter with him, settling into a "home base" in Seward on the Kenai Peninsula, coming and going from there, and hosting the rest of their family for extended visits. The way his family lived, how they made Alaska their home and even participated in Peter''s explorations, is as much a part of this story as Peter''s own travels. All in all, Jenkins delivers a warm, funny, awe-inspiring, and memorable diary of discovery—both of this place that captures all of our imaginations, and of himself, all over again.

There's Something About Emily. . .

release date: May 31, 2012
There's Something About Emily. . .
Set early in 2010, an alien intelligence revisits planet earth. While updating his knowledge, he witnesses the birth of a child, Emily. He gifts the child with the ability to communicate telepathically. Emilys family and friends become embroiled in a fraud being perpetrated by a member of a terrorist cell, that was responsible for bombing London during the early 1970s. The reader is taken on a thrilling, helter-skelter run through the whole gambit of human emotions. Serious assault, kidnap, murder and political corruption, all boil to the surface, as the terrorists seek to avoid detection and maintain their anonymity.

Along the Edge of America

release date: Jan 01, 1997
Along the Edge of America
From America''s favorite traveler, the sights, sounds, and people of America''s Gulf Coast.

A Letter to Isaac Tomkins, etc. (Fourth edition, with a postscript.).

Across China

release date: Jan 01, 1988
Across China
In the mid-1970s Peter Jenkins set out across the country''s heartland to rediscover America. His stirring account of that extraordinary quest unfolded in the two bestselling books, A Walk Across America and The Walk West, which brought joy and inspiration to millions of readers. Now The Magnificent Journey Of Discovery Continues On The Far Side Of The World... Across China A phone call from a friend marked the beginning of a rare opportunity for Peter Jenkins to trek deep into Tibet, over Mount Everest, and across China to gaze on an ancient mysterious land that few Westerners have ever seen. You will share in his wonder and excitement as he joins some of the world''s most daring adventures to conquer the Himalayas...as he defies the Chinese authorities to explore an off-limits fishing village...as he wanders across the steppes of the proud Mongol herdsmen to wrestle with the descendents of Genghis Khan''s legendary Golden Horde. Across China is the journal of a don''t-fence-me-in American. It is the story of an astonishing voyage that opened his eyes to new worlds and his heart to new friends, a voyage that strengthened his pride in America.

The Doctrine and Practice of Auricular Confession

Mrs. Thatcher's Revolution

release date: Jan 01, 1988
Mrs. Thatcher's Revolution
"Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS, née Roberts (born 13 October 1925) is a British politician, the longest-serving (1979?1990) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century, and the only woman ever to have held the post. A Soviet journalist called her the "Iron Lady", a nickname which became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented Conservative policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism."--Wikipedia.

A Letter to Isaac Tomkins, Author of the Thoughts Upon the Aristocracy

A letter to Isaac Tomkins, Gent. [i.e. Lord Brougham], author of the Thoughts on the Aristocracy. With a postscript, and a letter to J. Richards, Esq., M.P., from Mr. Peter Jenkins

The road unseen

The road unseen
The authors, who previously walked across America, recount their further travels, and explain how the presence of God has enabled them to face their personal trials

Close Friends

release date: Jan 01, 1990
Close Friends
This is a collection of personal anecdotes on the pets the author owned or worked with in his life.

Surveillance Tradecraft

release date: Jan 01, 2010
Surveillance Tradecraft
This new surveillance training book has been compiled as the ultimate guide and reference book for the surveillance operative.
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