{"id":1185,"date":"2025-12-16T07:07:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/?page_id=1185"},"modified":"2025-12-16T07:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:12:12","slug":"about-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/about-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image border\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2123\" style=\"width:409px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cover.jpg 450w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cover-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>A Steppe Away<\/em><\/strong> is a new photo book documenting the extraordinary life and worldview of Henry Biernacki, known to many as Hank, whose travels across 178 countries shaped a philosophy rooted in presence, curiosity and kindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Blending striking photography with thoughtful, poetic captions, <strong><em>A Steppe Away<\/em><\/strong> goes beyond traditional travel storytelling. Each image captures moments often missed \u2014 quiet streets, fleeting expressions and everyday encounters \u2014 inviting readers to slow down and see beauty in the overlooked. The book reflects Biernacki\u2019s belief that travel is not about destinations, but about people and shared humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-63375db1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/excerpt-2\/\" style=\"border-radius:3px;background-color:#415aa8;font-size:15px\"><strong>READ AN EXCERPT<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/869100-a-steppe-away\" style=\"border-radius:3px;background-color:#415aa8;font-size:15px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ORDER A COPY NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Steppe Away is a new photo book documenting the extraordinary life and worldview of Henry Biernacki, known to many as Hank, whose travels across 178 countries shaped a philosophy rooted in presence, curiosity and kindness. Blending striking photography with thoughtful, poetic captions, A Steppe Away goes beyond traditional travel storytelling. Each image captures moments &hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/about-the-book\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About the Book&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2125,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1185","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","no-comments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2147,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1185\/revisions\/2147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/869100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}