Howie: 142 books

Hi there, I'm Pearl Howie (aka Pearl Escapes) and this is my slightly sleepy guide to Las Vegas. I used to get extremely burned out in my old job and couldn't even handle finding and booking a hotel and flight or finding what to do when I did take time off. So, I thought "wouldn't it be awesome...

Hi there, I'm Pearl Howie (aka Pearl Escapes) and this is my guide to travelling around Tuscany with teenagers. People often think of teenagers as difficult or complaining, well I have to say that we had more travel snarl ups on this trip than I've had on the rest put together and the girls were uncomplaining,...

Hillwalking is a way of life for Robin Howie, whose name is very well-known in Scottish hillwalking circles and whose knowledge of the Scottish high tops is second to none. For over ten years his popular weekly hillwalking column has appeared in The Scotsman where his pleasure of walking in the hills...

Hi there, I'm Pearl Howie (aka Pearl Escapes) and this is my guide to Beijing (but not The Great Wall of China). I used to get extremely burned out in my old job and couldn't even handle finding and booking a hotel and flight or finding what to do when I did take time off. So, I thought "wouldn't it...

Hi there, I'm Pearl Howie (aka Pearl Escapes) and this is my guide to Huangshan or Yellow Mountain, one of the most incredible sights in China. The cloud seas that drift in across the peaks of the mountain have inspired and been featured in many films, but there is nothing like seeing these in real life,...

Leonie Howie and Adele Robertson live and work on remote Great Barrier Island-so called because it faces the full brunt of the wild Pacific weather and acts as a barrier for the mainland about 100 kilometres away. With a population of about 1000, no reticulated electricity, no ATM machine, no street...

Hi there, I'm Pearl Howie (aka Pearl Escapes) and this is my guide to Hong Kong, an incredibly diverse place and one that really taught me that trudging round working down the list of the top ten things to do in many cities is a recipe for disappointment and disaster. I hope this book can help you to...

The British bus industry was ill-prepared for the Second World War. Among the immediate consequences were the loss of significant numbers of staff to the armed forces, a drastic reduction in the amount of fuel available and the introduction of the blackout. As the war progressed, it became increasingly...

Misfit Summer Camp: 20 Years on the Road with the Vans Warped Tour contains 200 explosive pages chronicling the first 2 decades of the traveling circus that is the Vans Warped Tour. Designed by tour founder Kevin Lyman and longtime friend of Warped, Howie Abrams - this book is loaded with exclusive interviews...

Canada was born on the back of the fur-bearing animal. Since the time of first contact, trapping and the fur trade was a part of the Canadian identity. But by the 1930s, a small band of individuals believed that trapping was not humane – that alternatives must be available. That was the start of...

Imagine a witch doctor marching up a district assembly aisle with his tools burning above his head in surrender to the Lord. Imagine bullets spattering around your boat as guerillas fire away. Imagine a village chasing you for revenge because too many people have turned to Jesus.You don’t have to imagine....

Learn to unblock your energy pathways and balance your chakras. This is your chance to awaken your true potential, you’ll just need some guidance from expert Vicki Howie and The Key to the Chakras. The chakras are the seven centers through which energy flows in the human body. Even if you're...

This book confronts the issues young people face growing up in the confusion and anxiety of today’s highly global society. Young people face their futures consumed with feelings of doubt, uncertainty and ambivalence. The Global Financial Crisis and the rise of the Islamic State means young people...

The most prolific killer of innocents in all of human history is not disease or natural disaster. It is a diseased way of thinking that the author calls Ismitis. Communism, conservatism, Catholicism, pacifism, Nazism, patriotism, socialism, creationism, laissez faire capitalism – all have one thing...