{"product_id":"9781499017236","title":"The Brown Shoelace Chronicles: A collection of short stories from far off lands","description":"Early one February I was fortunate enough to be selected to make a short business trip to visit my company’s office in the Philippines.  I was looking forward to see the faces and shaking the hands of several of the names I had been working with over the phone and through e-mail over the years. However since the trip was for only 4 days I thought the 24-hour plane flight was going to be the only adventure I had in store. Well the four-day trip turned out to be a 14-day trip, which ended up being a several month trip and eventually ended up almost a year in duration that spanned several countries.  So I had plenty of time to get into trouble, experience a new culture and be a little adventurous.    This is a collection of the short stories that I sent home during my assignments in Manila, Trinidad and Indonesia, I hope you enjoy them.","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145051422960,"sku":"9781499017236","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781499017236_p0.jpg?v=1763703927","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781499017236","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}