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IN THE LONG RUN - A Hopeful World Odyssey
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IN THE LONG RUN
A Hopeful World Odyssey

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BENEFITS to you
How ITLR is better than most Travel Books
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CONTACT

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About Tom
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References
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Tom's Personal Pages
POPE JOHN PAUL II
Tom's personal memoir and tribute
Tom's Gift Shop
Items wanted
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THE BOOK - FREE chapters, photo-illustrated summaries, Map, Melawend, Slide Show samples, How to Order the Book
GENERAL PAGES - FAQs, benefits from reading the book, journey highlights, ITLR in the News, Credits, Links, etc.
TOM'S BLOGS - "The Scooter Crusader" and "The Odyssey Newsletter - news of developments regarding this site and/or discovered RESOURCES
TOM'S GIFT SHOP - Movie Memorabilia!  Books!  Music!  Signed Photographic Prints!
WEBMASTERS! - Please link to my site - and let me know!
SPONSOR / ADVERTISERS! - Interested in benefiting by advertising in the book or on site?
ABOUT TOM - Some background information on your host, including a current resume.

PRESS ROOM - articles written by or about Tom and his journey.  Interviews and broadcasts.

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THE BOOK - IN THE LONG RUN - A Hopeful World Odyssey
This website contains 2 FREE CHAPTERS (Chapters 1 and 7) and photo-illustrated chapter summaries. (Over 150 photos!)

Table of Contents
The Slide Show on Diskette
Melawend

MAP of the Odyssey
Chapter 1 - Crossroads
Part 1  -  Canada  (Chapters 2 to 7, with Ch 7  presented in full.)
Part II  -  UK
Part III  -  Scandinavia
Part IV  -  Europe   
Part V  -  Africa
Part VI  -  India
Part VII  -  Nepal  
Part VIII  -  Singapore
Part IX  -  Tokyo
Part X  -  Hawaii
Part XI  -  USA
Part XII  -  Epilogue
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GENERAL PAGES

HOME Be sure to BOOKMARK this site and come back often!
NEWS
ARTICLES by or about Tom, also broadcasts, other articles, and interviews with Tom
Journey Highlights
FAQ
BENEFITS TO YOU Lessons from the road that might be useful for your life.
REVIEWS What buyers of the book and visitors to this website have said...
ITLR in the News
News Montage
Of news articles during the Odyssey
THE ODYSSEY NEWSLETTER FREE - subscribe today!
Press Release for ITLR
Credits - people and companies who helped make the Odyssey possible
Dedication
Charities
Jack Lemmon - a Tribute

Links

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Tom's Blogs

"The Scooter Crusader" Blog gives you information and reviews on WORLD TRAVEL – BOOKS & AUTHORS – WRITING – PHOTOGRAPHY – SELF-PUBLISHING and other similar topics.

"The Odyssey Newsletter" Blog is a FREE periodic newsletter dedicated to improving your odyssey through life. It will mirror the efforts of the Odyssey website - that is, it will provide you with useful RESOURCES and ideas that will help enable you and those you love to get more out of life.  

SUBSCRIBE - you get first notice of the latest newsletter's features summarized in a fast-loading, text-only e-mail with a link to the newsletter blog.  To SUBSCRIBE: send an e-mail with "Subscribe" in the Subject line.  You can always Unsubscribe by sending a blank e-mail with "Remove" in the Subject line.

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PRESS ROOM

PRESS ROOM - For JOURNALISTS, EDITORS, and WEBMASTERS
    articles, press releases, about Tom, contact info, reviews, testimonials, photos.

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Tom's Gift Shop
Items from Tom's personal collections

WEB SALE!!!
TOM's ODYSSEY PHOTO GALLERY

BOOKS!
MOVIE MEMORABILIA!
MUSIC!

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OTHER LINKS

WEBMASTERS!
If you feel the content of this site would benefit yours and you would like to link to my site, it would be much appreaciated!
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Are you interested in benfiting from sponsorship of this website, the Odyssey book and/or more?
INFO HERE!

Contact Tom:
sponsor@melawend.com
Phone: 250-383-2017
Fax:     250-383-3061

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About Tom
About the guy who undertook the world journey...

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Thank you for coming!   If you found good things for yourself here, please tell your firends! 
...and come again soon!

Take good care of YOU and those you love!

Tom

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