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Now with a new introduction by Robert Macfarlane and a new afterword by Jenny Odell, this masterpiece of nature writing by Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into “the high and holy places” of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world of spectacular cliffs, deep silences, and lakes so clear that they cannot be imagined. As she walks through clouds, endures blizzards, and watches the great spirals of eagles in flight, Shepherd comes to know something about the hidden life of this remarkable landscape—and also herself.

In 2011, a young wolf named Slavc set out from Slovenia. Tracked by GPS, he travelled a thousand miles through the Alps, arriving four months later on the Lessinian plateau, north of Verona. There had been no wolves in northern Italy for a century, but here he crossed paths with a female wolf on a walkabout of her own. A decade later and there are more than a hundred wolves back in the area, the result of their remarkable meeting. In Lone Wolf, Weymouth walks Slavc's path, examining the changes facing these wild corners of Europe.

Caught pants down by a dance hostress in a Laotian nightclub; hitching a ride into battle with a chain-smoking pilot in a plane filled with cans of leaking kerosene; fielding cables that arrive in the dead of night from an editor screaming for urgent copy overnight…It's all in a day's work for the foreign correspondent, says author Dennis Bloodworth, who ought to know. He took it all in his stride during the more than 30 years that he spent as foreign correspondent of the London Observer.

This hilarious new book records the tongue-in-cheek journey of an expat in Singapore, told through vignettes, snapshots and Top 10 lists: "10 sure signs you're in a Singapore taxi"; "Things first-time visitors to Singapore say"; "10 signs you've overstayed"; "Politically-incorrect expat profiling by nationality"; and many more.

At the turn of the millennium, American-born Paige Parker and investment guru Jim Rogers spend three years—1,101 days to be exact—driving over six continents in their "sunburst yellow" coupe and trailer, ultimately setting a Guinness World Record. During the epic journey, Paige's world view is turned upside down, eventually leading her and her family to their ideal home in Singapore.

Chi ha tracciato i sentieri e le strade? I morti. Chi ha dato il nome ai paesi? I morti. Chi ha costruito le case e le chiese? I morti. Chi ha disegnato le forme dei campi registrate nel catasto? I morti. Chi ha stabilito leggi, regole di convivenza, usi quotidiani? I morti.Nei piccoli cimiteri di campagna e di paese, e ancora più nei poetici cimiteri abbandonati, lungo tutto l’Appennino, a volte i morti sembrano più presenti dei vivi.

La collana "Piccola filosofia di viaggio" invita Mario Ferraguti, scrittore, esploratore curioso, a raccontarci il mistero delle case abbandonate. Con lui ascoltiamo la loro voce, impariamo a riconoscerne i colori, i segni del tempo, i fantasmi della vita e l’assedio della natura.

La collana "Piccola filosofia di viaggio" invita Franco Michieli, geografo ed esploratore, a raccontare come perdersi e imboccare una strada imprevista sia un buon modo per rinnovarsi. Tutto cambia se si impara a leggere la natura. Non solo si recupera le capacità di orientamento, ma anche la dimensione spirituale che nasce da questa straordinaria esperienza.

In 1773, Boswell enticed his famous English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland. Johnson was then in his mid sixties. The two travellers set out from Edinburgh and skirted the eastern and northeastern coasts of Scotland, passing through St Andrews, Aberdeen and Inverness. They then passed into the highlands and spent several weeks on various islands in the Hebrides, including Skye, Coll, and Mull. After a visit to Boswell's estate at Auchinleck, the travellers returned to Edinburgh.

Tim Hannigan undertakes an epic east–west journey on foot through his own homeland, from the woodlands of the Tamar Valley to the remote western region of Penwith. As he walks, he explores how the Cornwall of the popular imagination has been constructed by writers, artists and others, and how myths, projections and tropes intersect with the real Cornwall – its landscapes, histories, communities and sense of self.

In April of 1895, a Nova Scotian by the name of Joshua Slocum set sail from Boston with the goal of circumnavigating the globe by himself. Three years and 46,000 miles later, he would publish the story of his journey, Sailing Alone Around the World, an instant classic that has since never been out of print. A decade later, in 1909, Slocum set sail for the Amazon and was never seen again. More than a century later another Nova Scotian adventurer, RC Shaw, leaves his home in Cow Bay on a bicycle bound for Slocum’s childhood home of Brier Island.

بدأت ميرنا مشوارها الكتابي بمدونة صغيرة على الإنترنت، ثم عملت بالصحافة لمدة خمس سنوات ولها الكثير من المقالات المنشورة كما حظيت بشهرة في الحوارات الحصرية مع الشخصيات العامة العالمية، الأمر الذي أهلها للترشح لجائزة الصحافة العربية في ٢٠١٦ عن فئة الحوار الصحفي.

El 28 de enero de 2008, con veintidós años, Aniko se tomó un bus de Buenos Aires a Bolivia y dio por iniciada su vida de viajera. Desde ese día, recorrió más de treinta países en cuatro continentes, con mochila y sola, trabajando de escritora y fotógrafa independiente en el camino. Al vivir viajando, su calendario dejó de estar marcado por números y meses y pasó a estar puntuado por historias.

Juin-juillet-août 2023. Traverser pendant trois mois le Grand Désert Victoria et le désert de Gibson dans l’Outback australien : voici le nouveau défi de Sarah Marquis, qui nous emmène dans un monde où il faut savoir décrypter les signes que nous envoie la nature et qui entre en résonance avec notre propre histoire. Qualifiée de " folie " par les locaux, au vu de l’isolement, du manque d’eau et de nourriture des territoires qu’elle va parcourir, cette nouvelle expédition à laquelle l’exploratrice s’était minutieusement préparée prend un tout autre tournant lorsque peu de temps avant son départ sa mère décède subitement.

Greater Than a Tourist: The Netherlands by Author Livvy Skelton-Price offers first-hand and personal insight into the best ways to visit the beautiful flower filled lands of The Netherlands.

Mia, Léo, Colin et Laurent sont encore petits lorsqu'un diagnostic vient tout changer: trois d'entre eux perdront graduellement la vue. Après le choc, un projet germe dans l'esprit de leurs parents, Edith et Sébastien: avant que la noirceur ne s'installe, ils rempliront la mémoire visuelle des enfants.

An seinem 43. Geburtstag stieg Dick Conant, ein Goldjunge, der nie ganz so erwachsen wurde, wie es seine Umgebung erwartete, in ein selbstgebautes Boot, um trotz eines aufziehenden Schneesturms eine Reise anzutreten. Der Beginn einer gewaltigen Odyssee eines unkonventionellen Mannes durch die flüssigen Arterien Amerikas, eine Reise zu den unbekannten Rändern der Gesellschaft. »Riverman« ist das bewegende Porträt eines komplexen und faszinierenden Mannes.

From Kings and Emperors to Macaronis and Rockhoppers, penguins are one of the most immediately recognisable animals Earth. Yet for all that familiarity, what do we really know about them? An Inconvenience of Penguins follows award-winning travel writer Jamie Lafferty as he visits all 18 species in a bid to understand the birds and their extraordinarily varied habitats a little better.

Paul Theroux's first collection of essays and articles devoted entirely to travel writing, Fresh Air Fiend touches down on five continents and floats through most seas in between to deliver a literary adventure of the first order, with the incomparable Paul Theroux as a guide. From the crisp quiet of a solitary week spent in the snowbound Maine woods to the expectant chaos of Hong Kong on the eve of the Hand-over, Theroux demonstrates how the traveling life and the writing life are intimately connected.