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Melissa Haynes

Goodreads Author

Website

http://www.melissajhaynes.com

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Genre

Memoir, Travel, Nonfiction

Member Since

March 2013

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https://www.goodreads.com/mjh2012

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Melissa Haynes: Chronic adventure junkie, conservationist and ink slinger.
They say when we step outside of our comfort zone magic happens and Melissa didn't just step out of her comfort zone; she shot herself out of a human cannon to get as far away from it as possible.
But the real magic happens when we give of ourselves because in giving we receive and we receive beyond our greatest dreams. Combine the two and the results are nothing short of a miracle.
Her debut book, Learning to Play with a Lion's Testicles is the story of the miracles she experienced in South Africa with an unlikely cast of characters - both two legged and four.
Live with courage or die with regret is one of the many messages in her African adventure memoir, Learning to ...more

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The Spirit of Community

This article first appeared in this newspaper.
The entire world has held the community of Humboldt, Saskatchewan in its heart for the last nine days since the tragedy that took 16 lives too soon.
Support has come through one of the highest Go Fund Me fundraisers in history (over $11 million to date and still accepting donations).
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Average rating: 3.78 · 111 ratings · 27 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Learning to Play With a Lion's Testicles: Unexpected Gifts From the Animals of Africa 3.78 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Samurai to Soldier: Remaking Military Service in Nineteenth-Century Japan by D. Colin Jaundrill, Melissa Haynes (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Benjamin A. Haynes (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 8 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
	Heinrich Kaan's "Psychopathia Sexualis" (1844): A Classic Text in the History of Sexuality (Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry) by Heinrich Kaan, Benjamin A Kahan (Editor), Melissa Haynes (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.33 avg rating — 3 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

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Quotes by Melissa Haynes (?)

“Live with courage or die with regret.”
― Melissa Haynes

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“There is no such thing as a man-eating shark, only shark-eating men exist.”
― Melissa Haynes, Learning to Play With a Lion's Testicles: Unexpected Gifts From the Animals of Africa

tags: ocean-conservation, shark-conservation, sharkfin-soup

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Melissa’s Quotes

“Live with courage or die with regret.”
― Melissa Haynes

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“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
― Helen Keller

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“If you've ever been hungry, you can never be full.”
― Dwayne Johnson

tags: adventure, ambition-and-attitude, inspirational, life, taking-chances

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“The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: inspirational, life

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“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
― Helen Keller