Lonely Planet 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, gawk 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 Program • 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