Breakaway Books: 40 books
An Adirondack Passage
The Cruise of the Canoe Sairy Gamp
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
A paddling classic back in print with new maps, photos, details, and afterword.
Christine Jerome walked into the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, NY, and promptly fell in love with a 9-foot, 10½-pound canoe named the Sairy Gamp. More than a century before, in 1883, the Sairy Gamp...
by Jenny Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
~ Horses, mystery, and adventure ~
Casey loves her horse, Limelight, but he’s proving to be a real challenge. Her parents and instructor are pressuring her to sell him. When her best friend, Hannah, invites her on a summer vacation—with their horses—Casey can’t refuse. Hannah’s eccentric...
by Jenny Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
~ Mystery, suspense, and fantasy on horseback ~
Emma is thrilled to get the riding lead on her amazing pony, Rocco, in the opening theatrical event at Fantasy Land, a new theme park. But then someone starts threatening to hurt horses and people, and her boyfriend is suddenly acting weird....
by Jenny Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
~ Horses and mystery at summer camp ~ Mystery at Black Horse Farm features Yasmine and her gorgeous black pony, Flint. When Yasmine gets the opportunity to travel to summer horse camp with Flint and Oliver, a boy she has a huge crush on, it seems her dreams have come true. She and Oliver are becoming...
Metal Cowboy
Ten Years Further Down the Road Less Pedaled
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
~ One of the greatest books on bicycle touring ever written. ~
Insightful, humane, sublimely amusing—Metal Cowboy finds nobility in the common man, explains true bicycle-love, celebrates the beauty of the country, and charmingly relates encounters with malcontents and misfits. Most of all,...
MoonWind at Large
Sailing Hither and Yon
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
~~~ More delightful nautical yarns from Constant Waterman ~~~
Matthew “Constant Waterman” Goldman and his sailboat "MoonWind" constantly roam the waters of southeast New England, where these stories are centered. Each tale is short and sweet and imbued with a wry smile, a gentle bemusement,...
Back to the Zone
Sport and Inner Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
For athletes in any sport: a guide to entering “the Zone” at will
“The Zone” is that quasi-mystical state achieved only rarely by athletes, when everything flows effortlessly and you can do no wrong. Unfortunately, we enter the Zone seemingly at random, when it is least expected....
Honey, Do You Need a Ride?
Confessions of a Fat Runner
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
This laugh-out-loud comedic memoir of life as an overweight runner moves along at a five-minute-per-mile pace. Jennifer Graham doesn’t run to lose weight – she runs for the joy of endorphins. But life’s not always easy when the blubber hits the road. She must endure not only her self-made exhaustion...
Relentless Forward Progress
A Guide to Running Ultramarathons
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Marathons have become too easy for some runners. What was once the pinnacle of achievement in a runner's life is now a stepping stone for extraordinary adventure in ultramarathoning. The number of ultrarunners--those running distances of 50k (31 miles), 50 miles, 100k (62 miles), or 100 miles--is...
A Guide to Falling Down in Public
Finding Balance On and Off the Bicycle
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
“A modern day Mark Twain on two wheels.” —USA Today
“Joe Kurmaskie rolls with a keen sense of humor and a big heart.” —Christopher Moore, author of Lamb, Fool, and The Serpent of Venice
The fifth book in the Metal Cowboy series of bicycle-touring tales...
How Running Changed My Life
True Stories of the Power of Running
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
THE POWER OF RUNNING!
Every runner knows this, and marvels at it, and finds it hard to wholly describe: Running will change your life. In big ways and small, for a moment, for the rest of your days.
These forty-three true stories capture the power of running to change and shape our...
Newlyweds Afloat
Married Bliss and Mechanical Breakdowns While Living Aboard a Trawler
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
A funny memoir of falling in love, getting married, and moving aboard a boat.
A young woman meets an amazing guy, falls in love, and they move in together. Straightforward enough, right? Except he lives on a boat—a 38-foot trawler, docked in Chicago. Their relationship is intensified...
Momentum Is Your Friend
The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
“A reader’s trifecta: a humorous travelogue, a stirring adventure tale, and a touching family story.” —Bart King, author of The Big Book of Boy Stuff
Most people bring their inner child on an epic adventure. Joe “Metal Cowboy” Kurmaskie actually took his two kids along. For...
Running Through the Wall
Personal Encounters With the Ultramarathon
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO RUN FOR 30, 50, OR 100 MILES?
This book is a great inspiration not only to current ultrarunners, and to marathoners looking for the next challenge—but also to runners of all abilities, who will see that there is nothing you can’t do if you have the desire.
What...