Description
"What's the strangest thing you've ever seen or experienced?" Gina and Scott Gaille have traveled to more than 100 countries, including many off-the-beaten-path places in Africa, South America, and Asia. Wherever they go, they ask this question. Everyone has a story, and some are truly extraordinary. Strange Tales of World Travel recounts 50 of these Bizarre, Mysterious, Horrible, Hilarious encounters, including: Daring Diplomat, who ate the flesh of the venomous cobra bird in the Sahara Desert Pearl Trader, who survived a fever through a harrowing "human" honey treatment in Oman Agent Ghost, who was shot and left to die in a garbage dump in Africa Death-Defying Instagrammer, who stepped on the tail of the world's sixth most venomous snake in Australia to take a better photo Human Pet, who became a prince's prisoner in Qatar Imperial CEO, who made a minion fly twelve hours to Paris from Abu Dhabi to buy clean underwear Gorilla Doll, who broke the rules of visiting Rwandan gorillas and got dragged up the side of a volcano Strange Tales of World Travel presents unforgettable stories that celebrate the unique character of countries around the globe-and the distinctive characters that make travel endlessly intriguing and exhilarating.
Multiple events at bookstores and other venues in major cities, including: San Francisco Chicago Houston Dallas Austin Social media campaign targeting book bloggers and travel influencers Goodreads Giveaway and Bonus Content incentive to push preorders Web promo on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TravelersTales.com Radio interviews in major markets
About the Author
Gina and Scott Gaille grew up in small towns in central Michigan and south Texas. Even then, both dreamed about exploring the farthest corners of the planet. Gina's favorite TV show was Hart to Hart, whose globetrotting detectives-played by Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers-journeyed to South America, China, and Australia. Scott spent Sunday evenings glued to Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, whose safari-jacketed host, Marlin Perkins, introduced him to exotic landscapes and their peoples. Gina is most passionate about Africa, where she once served as a missionary in a remote part of Kenya. Scott's career as a lawyer and academic at The University of Chicago and Rice University has taken him to more than 100 nations around the world, including 30 in Africa. It was their shared passion for experiencing the world that brought them together.
Reviews
"This book contains some of the most astonishing tales I've ever encountered. One after another. They make for obsessive reading." -Tim Cahill, author of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh "The entire point of travel is to encounter the unimaginable. Gina and Scott Gaille have collected some of the most remarkable tales to ever see the light of day. A hoot to read." -J. Maarten Troost, author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals "A fabulous new book! Two- or three-page stories, each one brings you to a different part of the world." -Frommer's Travel Show "Strange Tales of World Travel presents a world you will not find in glossy magazine articles, breathless blogs, or self-adulatory Instagrams ... it's a world of adventures gone awry, ... of intimate glimpses of unimaginable wealth and unquestionable power, of close encounters with the wilder edges of human culture .... The result is a collection that is, as the book's subtitle suggests, bizarre, mysterious, horrible, and hilarious-like travel, and life itself." -From the Foreword by Don George, author of Lonely Planet's How to Be a Travel Writer "Damn! I thought my book had the strangest bunch of true travel tales under the sun, but the Gailles' collection leaves me in the dust. Maybe even obliterated in a Sahara sandstorm." -Albert Podell, New York Times best-selling author of Around the World in 50 Years Bronze Winner in Travel Essay category - 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) Honorable Mention in Travel Book category - 2019 North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) Awards Finalist in Travel category - 2019 Foreword Magazine INDIES Book Awards
Book Information
ISBN 9781609521691
Author Gina Gaille
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Travelers' Tales, Incorporated
Publisher Travelers' Tales, Incorporated
Multiple events at bookstores and other venues in major cities, including: San Francisco Chicago Houston Dallas Austin Social media campaign targeting book bloggers and travel influencers Goodreads Giveaway and Bonus Content incentive to push preorders Web promo on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TravelersTales.com Radio interviews in major markets
About the Author
Gina and Scott Gaille grew up in small towns in central Michigan and south Texas. Even then, both dreamed about exploring the farthest corners of the planet. Gina's favorite TV show was Hart to Hart, whose globetrotting detectives-played by Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers-journeyed to South America, China, and Australia. Scott spent Sunday evenings glued to Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, whose safari-jacketed host, Marlin Perkins, introduced him to exotic landscapes and their peoples. Gina is most passionate about Africa, where she once served as a missionary in a remote part of Kenya. Scott's career as a lawyer and academic at The University of Chicago and Rice University has taken him to more than 100 nations around the world, including 30 in Africa. It was their shared passion for experiencing the world that brought them together.
Reviews
"This book contains some of the most astonishing tales I've ever encountered. One after another. They make for obsessive reading." -Tim Cahill, author of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh "The entire point of travel is to encounter the unimaginable. Gina and Scott Gaille have collected some of the most remarkable tales to ever see the light of day. A hoot to read." -J. Maarten Troost, author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals "A fabulous new book! Two- or three-page stories, each one brings you to a different part of the world." -Frommer's Travel Show "Strange Tales of World Travel presents a world you will not find in glossy magazine articles, breathless blogs, or self-adulatory Instagrams ... it's a world of adventures gone awry, ... of intimate glimpses of unimaginable wealth and unquestionable power, of close encounters with the wilder edges of human culture .... The result is a collection that is, as the book's subtitle suggests, bizarre, mysterious, horrible, and hilarious-like travel, and life itself." -From the Foreword by Don George, author of Lonely Planet's How to Be a Travel Writer "Damn! I thought my book had the strangest bunch of true travel tales under the sun, but the Gailles' collection leaves me in the dust. Maybe even obliterated in a Sahara sandstorm." -Albert Podell, New York Times best-selling author of Around the World in 50 Years Bronze Winner in Travel Essay category - 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) Honorable Mention in Travel Book category - 2019 North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) Awards Finalist in Travel category - 2019 Foreword Magazine INDIES Book Awards
Book Information
ISBN 9781609521691
Author Gina Gaille
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Travelers' Tales, Incorporated
Publisher Travelers' Tales, Incorporated
