How to Travel Full-Time is a collection of practical tips and stories by full-time traveler and author, Colin Wright. Rewritten from the ground up, the second edition of How to Travel Full-Time simplifies some topics while expanding on others, taking into account the feedback received and lessons learned from selling over 100,000 copies of the first edition. Topics covered in this book: The idea of travel, compared to the reality.

For the first time, a scholar reveals the meaning of the marginal images on the Bayeux Tapestry, unlocking a completely new meaning of the work.The story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry is arguably the most widely-known in the panoply of English history, and over the last 200 years there have been hundreds of books on the Tapestry seeking to analyze its meanings. Yet, there is one aspect of the embroidery that has b...

A riveting account of how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the world order and exposed deep vulnerabilities in the international system.Aftershocks offers a comprehensive look at one of the most consequential years on record. Drawing on interviews with officials from around the world and extensive research, Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright tell the story of how nationalism and major power rivalries constrained the response to the worst pandemic in a century. They...

Relationships have the potential to drastically improve our lives, or to sucker punch us in the emotional gut. Impactful as these interpersonal ties can be, it’s worth the effort to become more familiar with them, question a lot of our default notions that surround them, and calibrate them to best suit our needs and those of the people we care about.This is a book for people who want it all when it comes to relationships: something tailor-made for their unique beliefs, goals, desir...

Derided by some creators as a drain on their craft, curation, when approached the right way, can add value for those who created the work it presents, those who consume it, and the curators themselves. In this book, I explain why curation is creation, how to curate responsibly, and present some examples of curation done well. I also identify some of the tools that make curation less of a headache and more of a pleasurable, creative endeavor.

Few of us take the time to consider. We act according to data acquired by viewing the world from a single perspective: our own. As a result, we don’t always think to ask certain questions that, when answered, may benefit us greatly. We don’t do important things because we never think them worth doing. We don’t assess unfamiliar facets of life, even though such scrutiny might change everything about how we live.  A well-curated collection of perspectives is one of the most val...

A collection of short fiction exploring the nuances of relationships both traditional and non-standard.  Stories presented in this collection:  Coffee with the Other Man  Surrogate  Settling  Glitter and Wine  Hearts Growing Fonder  Séance Fiancé  Years Become Seconds  Spent

Becoming Who We Need To Be is a book about the challenges we face as societies and how the decisions we make as individuals matter in those larger struggles.How we seek out, filter, and parse knowledge shapes our understanding of ourselves and of the world. How we analyze, organize, and act upon this information influences how well our individual ideas and ideologies scale up to the societal level.In developing as individuals and evolving as groups, context matters...

Travel is an excuse to challenge your beliefs and increase your perspective.Telling travel stories is an excuse to discuss society, philosophy, the evolution of modern relationships, and the state of contemporary marketing.From the secluded rice terraces of Mayoyao to the expat-friendly beaches of Boracay, Come Back Frayed is a collection of stories and essays written about and from the Philippines by full-time traveler Colin Wright.The pieces in this collection con...

The first edition of this book was titled Networking Awesomely, in part because I thought networking was awesome, in part because I was very excited to be publishing a book. Truth be told, it was all I could do to keep myself from adding an exclamation point to an already enthusiastic moniker.Now, a little older, a little wiser, and with far more books under my belt, I’ve returned to rewrite this title. The aim was to share essentially the same ideas, but present them in a less rep...

A collection of short science fiction, each touching on a different world-ending scenario. The characters are diverse and the stories vary wildly, but each asks the question: What will it mean for the world to end, and at what point are those endings just new beginnings?Stories presented in this collection:DogThe DoorHigginsPongBlood SeaStarshipRoverReboot

A collection of short science fiction, each touching on a different world-ending scenario. The characters are diverse and the stories vary wildly, but each asks the question: What will it mean for the world to end, and at what point are those endings just new beginnings? Stories presented in this collection: The Gregorian Chronicles SquidHound's Solution Nothing Personal His Island Fortress Abigale's Ark Dr. M Reintroduction Orbiting Arbiter