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  Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road

  by Neil Peart

  In less than a year, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. This memoir tells of the sense of loss and directionlessness that led him on a 55,000-mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again. He had... (more)
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  Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World

  by Charley Boorman, Ewan McGregor

  It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan McGregor -- acclaimed actor and self-confessed bike nut -- noticed that it was possible to ride all the way round the world, with just one short hop across the Bering Strait from Russia to Alaska. It was a revelation he couldn't get out of his head. So he picked up the phone and called his fellow actor-slash-biker... (more)
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  Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

  by David L. Hough

  Riding a motorcycle can be a dangerous activity, but reading Proficient Motorcycling can significantly reduce those risks by teaching people how to ride safer and smarter. Whether they are beginning motorcycle riders or grizzled veterans of the road, readers of Proficient Motorcycling are guaranteed to find insights, training exercises, and riding tips not found in any other publication in the world. Proficient... (more)
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  Street Strategies: A Survival Guide for Motorcyclists

  by David L. Hough

  A collection of street riding savvy gleaned from years of real-life motorcycling.
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  The Perfect Vehicle: What It is about Motorcycles

  by Melissa Holbrook Pierson

  This work aims to convey the exhilaration and devotion bikers feel for their machines, as well as seeking to debunk the macho image of the motorcycle.
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  One Man Caravan ("Incredible Journeys" Books)

  by Robert Edison Fulton

  Inventor, sculptor, architect, writer, filmmaker, poet, humanist, and world-traveling motorcyclist: they don't make men like Robert Fulton, Jr. anymore. Fulton's legendary journey began in 1932 when he set out on his Douglas twin motorcycle for an eighteen-month odyssey that included Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, India, Sumatra, Malaysia, Siam, Indonesia, China and Japan--challenging destinations that, even... (more)
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  The Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Guide to Motorcycling Excellence: Skills, Knowledge, and Strategies for Riding Right (2nd Edition)

  by Motorcycle Safety Foundation

  This all-new and expanded second edition of The Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Guide to Motorcycling Excellence is the most authoritative book ever published on safe riding techniques and strategies for current and prospective motorcyclists who want to do it right. In a clear, engaging style with detailed diagrams and extensive full-color photographs and illustrations, the book covers rider attitude,... (more)
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  Leanings: Best of Peter Egan from Cycle World

  by Peter Egan

  Since his work first graced Cycle World magazine in 1977, Peter Egan has graciously taken his readers along on his adventures. The range of motorcycle riding reports cover runs along the Mississippi River to New Orleans for a tin of chicory coffee or flying to Japan to test-ride new Yamahas. In Leanings, Egans favorite feature articles and columns have been reprinted for the first time, including his trip... (more)