{"product_id":"9781935953326","title":"Pushups in the Prayer Room: Reflections from a Year Backpacking Around the World","description":"In the spring of 1999, Norm Schriever leaves his old life behind and backpacks around the world for a year, not returning to the US until the spring of 2000. Throughout his journeys he touches down in more than 20 countries in 6 continents, spanning 70,000 miles total, or the equivalent of almost three times around the equator. \u003cp\u003eThere is never a dull moment on this wild and irreverent adventure, whether Norm is evading armed carjackers in a high-speed chase in the barrios of Venezuela, exploring ancient wonders of the world like the pyramids, the Great Wall, and Machu Picchu, almost landing in a Bolivian jail for mistakenly being accused of cocaine trafficking, or witnessing the holiest sites on earth in Jerusalem. Along the way, Norm encounters a broad spectrum of human existence and experiences a blossoming of consciousness and spiritual growth that he never anticipated. What started out as a wild, raucous party trip evolves into a man's quest for his life's purpose in the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePushups in the Prayer Room: A Year Backpacking around the World is an honest, no-holds-barred account of that year-long odyssey around the globe. Norm's writing, which is enlightening, gritty, filled with self-deprecating humor, yet always authentic, picks you up and carries you along on that crazy journey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authority Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062123086064,"sku":"9781935953326","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935953326_p0.jpg?v=1763658221","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935953326","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}