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The Honourable Terry Lister is a retired accountant, realtor, politican. Having served in these capacities for many years, in November 2014 he took his final vocation full time-travelling the world. Since that time he has travelled to every country in Central and South America except for one nation. From October 2017 until Covid arrived, he travelled in 22 African countries.
Terry has continually stated that travel provides the best education possible. In his books he shares his experiences in Africa with the view of encouraging others to feel free to go, see, taste and enjoy this part of the world.

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	Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau (Travels With Terry Book 1) 4.26 avg rating — 121 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Day Dawns (Travels With Terry, #2) 4.64 avg rating — 83 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peace, Joy and Love: Christmas Across Africa 4.87 avg rating — 45 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gambia: The Smiling Coast 4.35 avg rating — 48 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let's Go to Gabon, Cameroon, and Namibia (Travels With Terry Book 3) 4.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travels in Senegal: The Land of Peace and Purpose 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Terry Lister made a comment on Aelth Faye’s review of The Gambia: The Smiling Coast " This book was written to introduce the reader to th Gambia , a country that most readers may know little about.. I had taken on the task of exposing t ...more "
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Terry Lister made a comment on Pallavi Sareen’s review of A New Day Dawns (Travels With Terry, #2) " This review has given me much pleasure as the review highlights the good in the story and the good initiatives presentation but beyond that the review ...more "
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Terry Lister made a comment on Linda King’s review of Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau (Travels With Terry Book 1) " Thank you, Linda, l appreciatethe care with which you read and reviewed my first book. I was anxious to present these five countries in a positive lig ...more "
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Terry Lister made a comment on Vinícius Santos’s review of The Gambia: The Smiling Coast " Thank you, Vinicius, for reading my short read book about The Gambia. This book was written to open up The Gambia to people who had never heard of it ...more "
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Terry Lister made a comment on William Whitlatch’s review of The Gambia: The Smiling Coast " Thank you William, for your very thoughtful review of my book. While the book is designed as a short read intended to give curious readers a quick int ...more "
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I love all of Thomas Leverett's work no matter which genre he writes in. I find his offerings so interesting and this book of short stories is no different. I worked my way through at a slowish pace as I felt no need to race. The variety of the stori ...more
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“The very basic core of man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endless changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

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