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Book Review: The Fundamentals of Leisure Off-Road Riding

I'm always on the hunt for ways to level up my skills and help my coaching clients do the same. My recent dive into "The Fundamentals of Leisure Off-…

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"The Moment Collectors" Book Review

| Sam Manicom and Friends | Reviewed by JM Staelens | Books
Reading The Moment Collectors: Twenty Travellers’ Tales from Around the World, an anthology of short stories of motorcycle travel adventures selected…

"The Topography of Fear" Book Review

| Mathew Sturtevant | Reviewed by Sam Manicom | Photos by thetopographyoffear.com | Books
This book provides a shining example of how the darkness of the mind can dominate all—but still be defeated. It’s also about how making one’s dreams…

"The Japanese-Speaking Curtain Maker" Book Review

| Spencer Conway | Reviewed by Sam Manicom | Photos by Spencer Conway and Carl Routhier | Books
Spencer Conway is an adventurer through and through. If you look him up, you’ll see that when this man has a dream, he goes for it. His dreams are us…

"Eldorado to the Klondike" Book Review

| Thomas Porter | Books
Eldorado to the Klondike: Riding Inappropriate Motorcycles to Out-of-the-Way Places What started as just a 'shakedown' ride from his home in Ontario…

"No One Said it Would be Easy" Book Review

| Sam Manicom | Books
No One Said it Would be Easy - Written by Des Molloy, Reviewed by Sam Manicom Do true adventures require life and death situations? No One Said it Wo…

“East to Zero” Book Review

| Sam Manicom | Books
“East to Zero” by Christian Brix, Reviewed by Sam Manicom This is Christian Brix’s second book. His first, Unseen Walls, followed his journey the len…

"When the Road Ends-Lost in the Pacific" Film Review

| Sam Manicom | Books
A film by Dylan Wickrama, and reviewed by Sam Manicom The cover of the book “When the Road Ends” got it right with the words, “The tale of an incredi…

Adventure Motorcycling Handbook (8th Edition) Review

| Paul H. Smith | Books
Adventure Motorcycling Handbook A Route & Planning Guide to Asia, Africa, Latin America (8th Edition) - by Chris Scott For those unfamiliar with…

"One Man on a Bike: Morocco Bound" Book Review

| Sam Manicom | Books
— Book Review by Sam Manicom — I’d been aware of Richard Georgiou in the background of the overlanding world for some time, but until now I’d not rea…