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Best Places to See Land-Based Wildlife in the United States by author Laura Gray offers an inside approach to locate fantastic wildlife throughout the United States. Animals can tell you a story of the destination, the surrounding landscape, and the climate.

Die Faszination des Jakobswegs. Herzlich willkommen, lieber Pilger oder vielleicht zukünftiger Pilger, zu einer Reise, die mehr ist als nur ein langer Spaziergang durch Spanien – der Jakobsweg!

Tales from the road, told by full-time traveler Colin Wright.

At the end of summer 1839, the light changing and autumn in the air, Henry David Thoreau and his brother John clambered into their 15-foot-long homemade boat on an adventure north. They traveled the rivers from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire. Henry was two years out of Harvard, and his brother John was a few years older. They wound their way up the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by day and camped along the shores at night.

Venice, 2020. As a pandemic rages across the globe, Zito Madu finds himself in a nearly deserted city, its walls and basilicas humming with strange magic. As he wanders a haunted landscape, we see him twist further into his own past: his family's difficult immigration from Nigeria to Detroit, his troubled relationship with his father, the sporadic joys of daily life and solitude, his experiences with migration, poverty, foreignness, racism, and his own rage and regret.

A toda máquina Murphy en 1963 de Irlanda a la India en una bicicleta Armstrong Cadet, y de las pruebas, paisajes y culturas que es la inspiradora historia real del viaje de Dervla encontró por el camino. En 1963, Murphy emprendió su primer viaje de larga distancia en bicicleta, un periplo autónomo de Irlanda a la India

We invite you to join us as we explore Sardinia's captivating landscapes, navigate its scenic coastal roads, and immerse ourselves in the island's rich cultural heritage. Through our stories, insights, and the joy of discovery, we hope to inspire you to embrace the endless possibilities of RV travel and the beauty of exploring both familiar and new terrains.

From the author of Last Horizons, Peter Hathaway Capstick now presents Death in a Lonely Land, a second volume of his hunting, fishing, and shooting adventures on five continents—stories collected from such magazines as Outdoor Life, NRA’s American Hunter, Guns & Ammo, and Petersen’s Hunting. The stockbroker-turned-outdoorsman recalls his days as an African pro hunter in “The Killer Baboons of Vlackfontein.” “Four Fangs in a Treetop” records a foray into British Honduras for the jaguar, “a gold-dappled teardrop of motion.”

A FINANCIAL TIMES AND SPECTATOR BEST DRINK BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2024 'The book follows the seasons, and does a smart job of being elegiac and a little magical without trying to deny modernity' Financial Times, Drinks Books of the Year 'A poetic meditation on the public house ... an appreciation of...

Orths Reise macht das Leben vor Ort greifbarer. Bestsellerautor Stephan Orth hat den Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine von Anbeginn intensiv miterlebt. Durch seine ukrainische Freundin Julija verbindet ihn ein besonderes Band mit dem Land. Wie geht es den Menschen, die geblieben sind? Wie sieht ihr Alltag aus, was gibt ihnen Hoffnung? Und was hat das alles mit uns zu tun? Mit diesen Fragen reist er nach Kyjiw und Odesa, nach Charkiw und in die Karpaten. Er wohnt bei Einheimischen, hört ihre Geschichten, ist beeindruckt von ihrem Mut und Lebenswillen – und packt selbst beim Wiederaufbau mit an.

Ce personnage d'un autre temps se nomme Henry Worsley. The White Darkness raconte son extraordinaire histoire. Celle d'un militaire britannique fasciné par l'exemple d'Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) et par ses expéditions polaires ; un homme excentrique, généreux, d'une volonté exceptionnelle, qui réussira ce que Shackleton avait raté un siècle plus tôt : relier à pied une extrémité du continent à l'autre.

Sur les rives de l'Amazone, la jungle s'étend indéfiniment et partout le danger guette. À l'aube du XXe siècle le colonel Fawcett s'enfonce dans cet enfer vert, en quête d'un mystérieux royaume, d'une civilisation riche et oubliée. Prêt à tout risquer pour entrer dans l'Histoire, l'aventurier affronte animaux sauvages et tribus indigènes. Mais, bientôt, Fawcett ne donne plus aucun signe de vie.

In a captivating portrait of the epiphany that changed her life, Lani Gonzales takes us on a transformative journey with Metanoia. Hollow and heartbroken with an unfulfilling career, a bold step into the unknown soon finds Lani abandoning the “perfect” life plan she'd embraced as she embarks on a global journey of transformation and self-discovery. Her adventures beam across continents and cultures.

In Spain Without the Plane much-loved broadcaster Ian James takes you on a wonderful 3000-mile round trip from London to Ibiza by train and boat. It's the ultimate no-fly holiday! Welcome to a journey of discovery. This is more than just a travel book - it's an uplifting and inspiring travel guide with helpful advice and amusing diversions along the way.

More than twenty years after teaching English to China's first boom generation at a small college in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to teach the next generation. At the same time, Hessler's twin daughters became the only Westerners in a student body of about two thousand in their local primary school. Through reconnecting with his previous students now in their forties—members of China's "Reform generation"—and teaching his current undergraduates, Hessler is able to tell an intimately unique story about China's incredible transformation over the past quarter-century.

In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husband. She thinks it will be a relaxing trip, a chance to "read thick books in the remote quiet and, not least, sleep to my heart's content," but when Christiane arrives she is shocked to realize that they are to live in a tiny ramshackle hut on the shores of a lonely fjord, hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement, battling the elements every day, just to survive.

More tales from the road, told by full-time traveler Colin Wright. An unexpected relationship turns into an unconventional adventure that spans Reykjavík, Kolkata, and the vast highway system of the United States.

The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums BC. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them.

At the age of eighteen, Kari Gislason arrives on the island of Corfu after a life-altering encounter with his father in Iceland. Looking for adventure, he decides to stay after meeting the Pirate, a mysterious Greek stranger who offers him work - only to find himself eventually fleeing the island, leaving behind a debt he promises to repay. Three decades later, as a father of two teenage sons, he returns to Corfu with his family. As he revisits his memories of the island, he begins to understand that this place has shaped the adult he has become.

Uno de los grandes clásicos de la narrativa de no ficción. El mejor libro sobre una de las historias más épicas del siglo XX En diciembre de 1914, sir Ernest Shackleton y una tripulación de veintisiete hombres embarcaron en el Endurance rumbo al Polo Sur, con el objetivo de cruzar por...