{"product_id":"riding-with-ghosts","title":"Riding with Ghosts","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"book-author\"\u003eGwen Maka\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Fascinating’ \u003cem\u003eWanderlust\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-description w-richtext\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘One day, as I returned from the shops on my bike, laden down with six precariously wobbling carrier bags of food for my three teenage sons, an idea began sneaking into my mind. It was like a virus which had lain dormant for years, and suddenly it burst forth into a fully fledged outbreak... I would go cycling!’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGwen Maka, a forty-something Englishwoman, was told by everyone that her dream of cycling from Seattle to Costa Rica, across the deserts, over the Rocky Mountains, and into the sub-tropics of Central America, was impossible.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRiding With Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis her frank but never too serious account of her epic 7,500-mile trip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe handles exhaustion, climatic extremes, lechers and a permanently saddle-sore bum in a gutsy, hilarious way. Her journey, intertwined with the legends of past events, is a testament to the power of determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘A beautifully written book which achieves the delicate balance between poetic description, gritty humour and well-paced storytelling’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eManchester Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Fluid and beautifully descriptive’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Cyclist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘A fantastic read’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCycling World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 288pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublisher: Eye (August 2010)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781903070772\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20491586247,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/5739f2cc568c368470e9e480_9781903070772.jpg?v=1757931493","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/riding-with-ghosts","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}