Read the captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, originator of the Harlem Globetrotters, which is called "meticulously researched and written in an easy and entertaining style" by Booklist in a starred review. The original Harlem Globetrotters weren’t from Harlem, and they didn’t start out as globetrotters. The talented all-Black team, started by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, was from Chicago’s South Side and toured the Midwest in Saperstein’s model-T. But with Saperstein’s savvy and the players’ skills, the Globetrotters would become a worldwide sensation. Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports is the fascinating biography of Saperstein, a five-foot-three promoter who made an amazing impact in a sport where height is at a premium: basketball. After Saperstein founded the team in the 1920s, they battled everything from blizzards to bigotry, steadily building a reputation for talent and comedy until their footprint covered the entire world. Abe Saperstein’s impact went well beyond the Harlem Globetrotters. He helped keep baseball’s Negro Leagues alive, was a force in getting pitching great Satchel Paige his shot at the majors, and befriended Olympic star Jesse Owens when he fell on hard times. When Saperstein started the American Basketball League, he pioneered the three-point shot, which has dramatically changed the sport. Globetrotter reveals the tireless work and impressive achievements of a man and a basketball team that made millions of people laugh, gasp, and applaud at their astounding performances.

Displaced from his home more than twenty years ago as Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia descended into war, Serbian author David Albahari found safety in Canada, where this novel was written. In Globetrotter, Albahari deals with the bewilderments of exile and lost identity, themes he has investigated in earlier works. But in this unsettling experimental book he also enters new arenas, where sexual identity and the nature of blame and guilt attract his scrutiny. Narrated in a single uninterrupted paragraph, the novel takes place in the late 1990s at the Banff Art Centre in the Canadian Rockies. Three men—a painter from Saskatchewan and the narrator of the tale, a writer from Serbia, and a man whose traveling Croatian grandfather long ago jotted his name in a local museum’s guest book—become acquainted, then attached, then fatally entangled. On a climactic mountain hike that seethes with jealousy, desire, shame, and guilt, each man must engage in a final struggle. Albahari seizes his reader’s attention and never yields it in this remarkable, gripping tale.

"e;In the pre-Covid-19 era, being a digital globetrotter and getting to every country on earth seemed to be all the go, so Ian is certainly on to a trend"e; - Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely PlanetThe Christopher Columbus of the 2000s. - A true and breathtaking story of dedication, perseverance, and innovation in entrepreneurship and alternative living. A testimony of how to push the limits of human curiosity to new boundaries.What could you possibly learn from over twenty years spent circling around the globe, seventeen of them non-stop as a self-made digital entrepreneur? How much could your life change from exploring every single country of the world, a total of 230 countries including every single one of the 195 recognized by the United Nations? This is the account of an incredible journey with twists, turns, and perpetual adventures! Seventeen years living and working from a carry-on backpack, having only the bare essentials to live comfortably, along with a home office to fund travels through the wonder of passive income. The story of how a man destined to a promising engineering career became troubled by the prospect of living the rat race through a nine to five routine, triggering his nomadic instincts to choose a life where he dedicated every single day of his existence to living, breathing and experiencing freedom, adventure and wonder. An inspiring testimony of alternative ways to live life outside the beaten track that we've always known. A reflection on the level of freedom one can enjoy when granting himself the right to do so. A thirst for knowledge guided by a desire to encounter fellow citizens of the world, from tribesmen to royalty, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, by means of land, sea and air. A journey motivated by only one desire; discover the unknown and to live every single day as if it was the last.Giving up the security and comfort of western civilization is not the most intuitive thing to do. This is the story of a lifetime wanderlust dreamer who decides to throw away his freshly earned engineering diploma to risk an extraordinary path through life. The concept of online entrepreneurship was still unknown at the time, when this dreamer decided to pioneer a new lifestyle and go "e;all in"e; with a digital nomad set-up to fund his love of traveling. A journey that would slowly but surely guide him to and through every country of the world. A long voyage that invariably brought a catalog of juicy unexpected anecdotes. His habit to always test the territory and socialize in the most diverse situations brought him to infiltrate tribes in Africa, the Middle East and the Pacific Islands, join the ranks of surf communities on the most remote seas, and even share meals with Mongolian Nomads as well as Afghan ministers. His unorthodox style of traveling brought him to navigate the seven seas from cargo ships to yachts, crossing international borders through Jungles on motorbikes, and even boarding intercontinental trains through tens of thousands of kilometers, many times bringing him face to face with the reality of the world such as the horrors of war in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, while escaping the hands of terrorism on several occasions.This is the story of a restless adventurer with a zest for life.

In Globetrotter Dogma, travel writer Bruce Northam entertains, educates, and motivates readers to hit the road through an idiosyncratic mix of travel lore, humor, shock, story, and practical advice. Employing a rambling résumé that touches two-thirds of the planet, Northam shares wisdom from his far-flung adventures:drifting with Burma's nomadic sea gypsies; walking coast-to-coast across northern England with Dad; shepherding in Morocco; pogo-sticking with Bulgarian gypsies, just to name a few. This timeless, illustrated compendium of roving bliss provides 100 reasons to keep exploring our wild and ever-changing world.

O Bestseller ingles Globetrotter chega ao Brasil. E por um bom motivo! O homem mais viajado do mundo, Ian Boudreault, sempre disse que o Brasil foi seu pais favorito no mundo! Uma historia real e de tirar o folego sobre dedicacao, perseveranca e inovacao no empreendedorismo online e alternativa de vida. Um testemunho sobre como levar os limites da curiosidade humana a novas fronteiras."e;Antes da era Covid-19, ser um globetrotter digital e passar por todos os paises do mundo parecia estar na moda, por isso Ian estava definitivamente criando uma tendencia"e; - Tony Wheeler, Co-fundador da Lonely PlanetO que voce poderia aprender apos mais de vinte anos passados percorrendo o planeta, sendo dezessete deles sem pausas, como um empreendedor digital? O quanto a sua vida poderia mudar apos explorar todos os paises do mundo, 230 paises incluindo cada um dos 195 reconhecidos pelas Nacoes Unidas? Esse e o relato de uma incrivel jornada com reviravoltas e aventuras sem fim. Sao dezessete anos vivendo e trabalhando com uma mochila nas costas, carregando consigo apenas o absolutamente essencial para viver confortavelmente, financiado pelo home office, atraves das maravilhas da renda passiva. A historia sobre como um homem destinado a uma carreira promissora de Engenharia se tornou assombrado pela ideia de ter que viver uma rotina de trabalho das nove da manha as cinco da tarde, engatilhando seus instintos nomadicos para escolher uma vida em que ele pudesse dedicar cada dia de sua existencia para viver, respirando e experimentando a liberdade, muitas aventuras e surpresas. A historia de como um homem que, embora curioso sobre o que o mundo reservou para ele, se apaixonou pelo Brasil e seu povo, lutando para decidir entre ficar ou continuar seu caminho para novos horizontes.Um testemunho inspirador sobre formas alternativas de viver a vida fora dos caminhos tradicionais que nos sempre conhecemos. Uma reflexao sobre o nivel de liberdade que uma pessoa consegue alcancar quando se da essa oportunidade. Uma sede por conhecimento guiada por um desejo de encontrar outros colegas cidadaos do mundo, desde aqueles pertencentes a tribos ate a realeza, do Afeganistao ao Zimbabue, pela terra, mar ou pelo ceu. Uma jornada motivada apenas por um desejo: descobrir o desconhecido e viver cada dia como se fosse o ultimo.Abandonar a seguranca e o conforto da civilizacao ocidental nao e a coisa mais intuitiva a se fazer. A historia de um sonhador que, por toda a sua vida, teve o desejo de viajar e que, com o diploma de Engenharia em maos, decidiu jogar tudo fora e arriscar uma saida da vida tradicional. O conceito de empreendedorismo online era desconhecido ate entao, quando o sonhador decidiu ser o pioneiro de um novo estilo de vida e apostar "e;tudo ou nada"e; em uma configuracao de nomade digital para custear seu amor por viajar. Uma jornada que, de forma vagarosa, certamente o guiaria por todos os paises do mundo.Uma longa viagem que, invariavelmente, trouxe um catalogo de inesperadas anedotas fresquinhas. Seu habito de sempre testar o territorio e socializar nas mais diversificadas situacoes o levou a se infiltrar em tribos na Africa, Oriente Medio e nas Ilhas do Pacifico, a se juntar as comunidades de surfistas nos mares mais remotos ou ate dividir refeicoes com os nomades mongois, assim como com ministros afegaos. Seu estilo incomum de viajar o levou a navegar o Oceano Pacifico, de navios cargueiros a iates, cruzando fronteiras internacionais pela selva em uma motocicleta e, ate mesmo, embarcar em trens intercontinentais por milhares de quilometros. Isso muitas vezes o levava a encarar os horrores da guerra em locais como Siria, Iemen, Iraque e Libia, enquanto escapava das maos do terrorismo por muitas ocasioes.Essa e uma historia de um aventureiro inquieto com gosto pela vida.

Globetrotter's Pocket Doc is the book allowing accurate communication of important medical facts when illness strikes the international traveler. Approximately 50 medical illnesses and over 400 medications are listed with their generic names and translations. The current version is Spanish. Also availbale in French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Russian will be available in 2005

This comprehensive, essential medical translation tool for all international travelers is available in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. Written by a Board Certified physician trained at Yale University.

Globetrotter's Pocket Doc Series is the only text designed to guide an ill traveler through the necessary communications to obtain healthcare while abroad. The text provides accurate medical histories with their translations for over 69 medical problems that may afflict an international traveler. Over 400 prescription and non prescription medications, with generic names and translations, are included. Globetrotter's Pocket Doc is the only text of its kind available in the USA. Published in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and Russian.

Globetrotter's Pocket Doc Series is the only text designed to guide an ill traveler through the necessary communications to obtain healthcare while abroad. The text provides accurate medical histories with their translations for over 69 medical problems that may afflict an international traveler. Over 400 prescription and non prescription medications, with generic names and translations, are included. Globetrotter's Pocket Doc is the only text of its kind available in the USA. Published in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and Russian.

A book of two sequences, melded beautifully and seamlessly, both of which are the shape of the poet's consciousness and body in relation to space and place. Globetrotter is an immigrant's paean to the city of Toronto, while Hitler's Children is a poet's struggle with race, otherness and Germany in the spirit of witness, passion, humour, melancholy and understanding.