The Innocents Abroad

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A couple retires to a tropical paradise in Panama. What appears to be a serendipitous circumstance leads them to an association with a powerful Chinese lady, whose foundation plans to create a center for better understanding between nations, religions and the sexes. Through a series of different situations, ranging from frivolity to extreme luxury and then abject terror, their lives take on a new purpose as they commit to saving Mother Earth from the ravages of man's greed for ...
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A couple retires to a tropical paradise in Panama. What appears to be a serendipitous circumstance leads them to an association with a powerful Chinese lady, whose foundation plans to create a center for better understanding between nations, religions and the sexes. Through a series of different situations, ranging from frivolity to extreme luxury and then abject terror, their lives take on a new purpose as they commit to saving Mother Earth from the ravages of man's greed for power and material wealth.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781616673406
  • Publisher: Raider Publishing International
  • Publication date: 9/16/2011
  • Pages: 214
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.45 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 27, 2011

    Disclaimer: Do not read unless you like to be fooled or bored.

    A pathetic attempt by this author to portray that he actually cares about making this world a better place. A fairytale of fables that sheds no light into his world, or ideas that are his, or the way that he lives. A slow read and sometimes hard to follow dialogue. A book which suggests partnership and values and lacks the life or the experience to present it. A uncredible author to present such ideas.

    2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 14, 2011

    Worried about our future? Then read this entertaining and thought-provoking vision of a way forward.

    Action, suspense, menace and thrills abound in this work of fiction which takes an informed and citical look at modern governance and suggests a new course for world leaders to steer. Through the mechanism of email exchanges and journal entries by the main characters, the author maintains intrigue and excitement, and a good dose of wry humor, while examining what is wrong with current world leadership (governing through dominance) and proposing a return to partnership as a way forward. As his characters develop and transform themselves (and each other), Mr. Henderson gradually reveals his thesis, giving embodiment to his humanist observations. A great read.

    1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 29, 2011

    Highly Recommended

    The author, a combination of Paul Theroux and Alexis de Tocqueville, provides part travelogue/adventure and part social critique.

    Henderson masterfully uses the intrepid adventures of Silence Dogwood and John Burger to persuade the reader to use critical thinking to challenge the current world order. The thesis of changing from a greedy hegemonic geopolitical structure to a more collaborative and egalitarian world are discreetly weaved into an intriguing glimpse of expatriate life in the archipelago of Bocas del Toro, Panama.

    The ¿Occupy Wall Street¿ movement would benefit by having Henderson as their spokesman.

    John Kenneth Galbraith once stated ¿The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking¿ Henderson is challenging us to think.

    Not only an enjoyable read but thought provoking.

    Chris White Los Angeles, California

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