Adventure Travel - Traveling: Books, Videos

Do you have the urge to travel to places "where tourists don't go"? If so, then you've found the right book. Authors Jeff Randall and Mike Perrin have logged thousands of miles overseas and have years of experience leading travelers deep into the wildest cities and most rugged backcountry of the Third World. In this book, they help you recognize and minimize the many risks that come with venturing way, way off the beaten path so that you can come home with stories the average tourist will never be able to tell. The authors' hard-earned secrets for staying healthy, happy and at home in remote and dangerous places include researching your destination the right way before you depart, arriving in your host country safely and with all your gear intact, acquiring guides for "forbidden" travels without getting rebuffed or shot, bribing and smuggling as last-ditch survival tools, dealing with the many and varied temptations of city and nightlife, being safe and self-sufficient while journeying deep in the bush and much more. So get your affairs in order and have cash in hand, because you are about to enter the exhilarating, addictive world of adventure travel in the Third World.

Jeff Randall has made dozens of trips to nearly every country in Central and South America and has worked and traveled in China, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and many other countries. An acknowledged expert in wilderness survival skills and an accomplished designer of hard-core outdoor equipment, he is the proprietor of Randall's Adventure & Training.

Mike Perrin is a graduate of the Peruvian Air Force Jungle Operations and Survival School and a wilderness survival instructor specializing in tropical environments. He is a chief instructor for Randall's Adventure & Training.
$20.00
Softcover 978-1-58160-381-1 276 pages 5.5" x 8.5" 55 photos

This distillation of successful rules, tips and strategies used by the author and other professional linguists from the U.S. State Department, National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency and other U.S. and foreign government agencies is one of the most complete and logically structured guidebooks for language study ever assembled. In it you will get:

* The 10 rules of learning a foreign language, which will allow you to begin your study with a proper mind-set and a series of realistic goals and expectations
* The author's 12-step process for learning a foreign language, a series of activities designed to help you understand the nature of your target language, establish your own definition of fluency, assemble the right materials, organize your study and structure ongoing study programs to achieve your long-term linguistic goals
* Plus 50 proven tips and strategies that professional linguists, interpreters and translators have used to accelerate and enhance their study and application of foreign languages

No matter what language you wish to learn or the level of fluency you need to attain, this book can help you learn to speak like a native.

Michael D. Janich is a two-time graduate with honors from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) in Monterey, California. After completing its basic one-year course in Chinese-Mandarin, he completed intermediate and advanced Chinese training through the National Security Agency, where he served as a political-military intelligence analyst and translator. During his second period of study at DLIFLC, he learned Vietnamese. He then worked as a POW/MIA Investigation Team Leader and an intelligence officer and served as interpreter for official negotiations between the U.S. and Vietnamese delegations.
$19.00
Softcover 978-1-58160-452-8 132 pages 5.5" x 8.5" photos

There are many reasons why you might need to learn a foreign language quickly. The author, a U.S. Army Green Beret, often travels to foreign countries on short notice and needs to be able to communicate with military and government officials, many of whom do not speak English. He tried all types of schools, classes, books and tapes, but none delivered what he needed when he needed it. So he developed his own method for learning foreign languages. It proved so effective for him and his fellow Green Berets that he decided to share his method with others who need to learn a language quickly. The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast is designed for people who have no interest in learning complicated rules of grammar. The author promises that his method will help anyone become functional in any language in seven days and proficient in 30. He's trimmed the fat, freeing your time for what's truly useful. Includes a day-by-day schedule, a handy workbook format and secret tips to help you master key elements quickly and easily.
$20.00
Softcover 978-1-58160-096-4 176 pages 5.5" x 8.5" photos