Bibliograph

Shooting Stars and Flying Fish, Swapping the boardroom for the seven seas

Type

Label

Shooting Stars and Flying Fish, Swapping the boardroom for the seven seas

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shooting Stars and Flying Fish

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

719321871

Sub title

Swapping the boardroom for the seven seas

Summary

A light-hearted but inspirational memoir about a remarkable couple who left behind the corporate rat-race to follow their dream of sailing around the world - a story that demonstrates the rewards of taking risks to follow one's star

Table Of Contents

Title Page; Contents; Map; Prologue; 1. The Dream Begins; 2. Sailing in Circles and Sinking by the Bow; 3. Shooting Stars and Flying Fish; 4. The Lessons We Learn; 5. The Magic of Kochi; 6. Through Pirate Alley with the Spanish Navy; 7. Wild, Wild Desert and Flying Sand; 8. Angel Gabriel and a Sting in the Tail; 9. Away in a Manger; 10. Turkish Seduction; 11. The Lesser-known Med; 12. Land of Volcanoes; 13. Skippers are from Hell; 14. How Strangers Meet; 15. The Green Silk Nightie; 16. Kings, Carnivals and AK-47s; 17. The Vanishing Island; 18. Wilting Military Cities and Howling Monkeys19. The Home Ocean20. The Demise of Fantasy 1; 21. Heaven, Hell and Too Many Bananas; 22. Floating Coconuts; 23. The Story of Taia; 24. The Old Man of the Sea; 25. South Pacific Dreaming; 26. Arriving Home; 27. Discovering My Australia; 28. Through the Looking Glass; Acknowledgements

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