Career Break Book

Stop daydreaming at your desk, ditch the nine to five, say ciao to the rat race -- take life by the scruff of the neck and give it a shake! Whether you want to pen a novel, gawp at migrating wildebeest, row the Atlantic or relax on a Goan beach, The Career Break Book is the guide for you.

Questions you'll ask -- answered

* What should I do with my house, mortgage, finances, pension, pets, car etc?
* How can I ask my employer for time off?
* What happens if I take my children out of school?
* How will future employers view my career break?
* What if I decide not to come back?

Exciting ideas -- and how to realize them

Watch polar bears from a tundra buggy
* Learn Thai massage at a monastery
* Take a felucca up the Nile
* Build a house or rent an island
* Join the UN Volunteer Programme
* Monitor animal populations for the US National Park Service
* Write a best-seller
* Sail around the Caribbean
* Visit an ashram in Kerala
* Take the Trans-Mongolian Express from Moscow to Beijing

All this and much more!

Also...
* Advice from career-breakers and industry experts
* World map showing round-the-world trips
* Essential trip-planning advice