{"product_id":"better-safe-than-sorry-paperback","title":"Better Safe Than Sorry? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDean Klinkenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if \"playing it safe\" is the riskiest choice of all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dean Klinkenberg backed out of a semester abroad at twenty-one, fear won. Years later, he began to wonder what else fear had quietly stolen from his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo he started saying yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes to overcrowded boats on the Mekong River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes to armed checkpoints in Central America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes to New York City three weeks after 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes to chicken buses, awkward conversations, missed connections, and the vulnerability of trusting strangers in unfamiliar places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Better Safe Than Sorry?, Klinkenberg blends vivid travel stories with sharp reflections on media-fueled anxiety, personal insecurity, and the hidden cost of staying inside our comfort zones. With humor, candor, and hard-earned wisdom from forty-five countries and every U.S. state, he challenges the belief that safety should always come first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a reckless call to adventure. It's a thoughtful invitation to live more expansively - to recognize that while travel carries risk, so does shrinking your world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the real danger may not be what happens when you go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt may be what never happens if you don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48900085645561,"sku":"9798950097027","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/H9z-KMY4SY9798950097027.webp?v=1787738081","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/better-safe-than-sorry-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}