Títulos em Europa

For five years, Ben Coates lived alongside a major channel of the river in Rotterdam, crossing it daily, swimming and sailing in its tributaries. In The Rhine, he sets out by bicycle from the Netherlands where it enters the North Sea, following it through Germany, France and Liechtenstein, to its source in the icy Alps. He explores the impact that the Rhine has had on European culture and history and finds out how influences have flowed along and across the river, shaping the people who live alongside it.

À la fin du XVIIIe siècle ils étaient trois à rêver, avec leur œuvre, d’atteindre les sommets, d'atteindre le firmament : Mozart et sa « Petite musique de nuit », les frères Montgolfier et leur ballon. Hélas la petite sonate ne fut jouée qu’après la mort de l’auteur, et c’est Pilâtre de Rozier qui s’envola à la place des deux frères!

Stranded at Schiphol airport, Ben Coates called up a friendly Dutch girl he'd met some months earlier. He stayed for dinner. Actually, he stayed for good. In the first audiobook to consider the hidden heart and history of the Netherlands from a modern perspective, the author explores the length and breadth of his adopted homeland and discovers why one of the world's smallest countries is also so significant and so fascinating.

Als im Jahre 1336 Francesco Petrarca den südfranzösischen Mont Ventoux bestieg, war dies eine Zeitenwende: Zum ersten Mal wurde ein Berg bestiegen um des Bergsteigens willen. Oben angekommen, wurde Petrarca klar, dass das Leben in dieser Welt nicht nur trostlose Durchgangsstation ist auf dem Weg ins Jenseits - nein, er sah, dass die Welt und das Leben SCHÖN sind! Ein kleines, kurzes Hörbuch - und doch voller Wahrheit.

Europa - Was ist das eigentlich? Um dieser Frage nachzugehen, packt der Autor und Stand-up-Comedian Markus Barth seinen Mann und seinen Hund in ein Wohnmobil, fährt durch den Kontinent und lässt sich dabei nur von den 20.000 Followern seiner Facebook-Seite leiten.

In 1951, the Festival of Britain commissioned a series of short guides they dubbed ‘handbooks for the explorer’. Their aim was to encourage readers to venture out beyond the capital and on to ‘the roads and the by-roads’ to see Britain as a ‘living country’. Yet these 13 guides did more than celebrate the rural splendour of this ‘island nation’: they also made much of Britain’s industrial power and mid-century ambition. Armed with these About Britain guides, historian Tim Cole takes to the roads to find out what has changed and what has remained the same.

This book will not only teach you the rules of German grammar and vocabulary, but it will give you a sense of the soul and music of the German language. You will have a solid beginner’s foundation of German, with phrases you can use to navigate social situations and help you to make friends and connections. Learn German: A Comprehensive Guide to Learning German for Beginners, Including Grammar, Short Stories and 2500 Popular Phrases is inspiring and vibrant to go through. It shall encourage you to speak and embrace the German language, no matter how new you are to it.

A Local’s Guide to Ireland: 50 Shades of Green is the perfect companion for your visit to the Emerald Isle. Whether on a brief cruise ship stopover or a lengthy tour of the four provinces, this short guide has everything you need to make sense of the country. Ireland really is a small island, with each of the major cities just two to three hours from Dublin by car.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat like a Local book is for you. Eat like a Local - Bulgaria by author Iliyana Stoyanova offers the inside scoop on the best of the Bulgarian cuisine.

Pip and Shannon dreamed of living the good life. They wanted to slow down, grow their own food and spend more time with the people they love. But jobs and responsibilities got in the way - their chooks died, their fruit rotted and Pip ended up depressed and in therapy. So they did the only reasonable thing - they quit their jobs, pulled the children out of school and went searching for la dolce vita in Italy.

Although mostly unseen by us, moths are everywhere. And their capacity to delight astounds. Inspired by a revelatory encounter with a Poplar Hawk-moth - a huge, velvety-winged wonder wrapped in silver - James Lowen embarks on a year-long quest to celebrate the joy of Britain’s rarest and most remarkable moths. By hiking up mountains, wading through marshes and roaming by night amid ancient woodlands, James follows the trails of both Victorian collectors and present-day conservationists.

Improve your daily English conversation skills with more than 1500 lines of dialog related to topics that appear and reappear effortlessly; as they do in real life. This lets you understand and learn how to phrase things differently, depending on the context of each conversation. Play the role of Adam as you talk to friends and family, travel around Nottingham, order delicious food, go shopping, visit interesting places, and learn about the English culture; all while learning English effortlessly and enjoyably.

Vi è mai capitato di passeggiare tra le strade e i quartieri medievali di Bologna e avvertire la strana sensazione di trovarvi sospesi nel tempo, al punto di immaginare di poter incontrare le personalità del passato che si sono riunite all'ombra dei suoi portici? O, ancora, imbattervi in una lapide dall'enigmatica iscrizione e avere la curiosità di scoprirne il vero significato? Alcune dimore sono state testimoni di efferati omicidi. Altre, di storie d'amore intramontabili. Bologna è una città dalle molteplici anime, dalla personalità complessa.

Du möchtest gerne Texel erkunden und einen perfekten Urlaub verbringen? Dann ist dieses Hörbuch genau das Richtige für Dich! Kilometerlanger weißer Sandstrand, unberührte Natur und die meisten Sonnenstunden in den gesamten Niederlanden. All das und noch vieles mehr bietet Ihnen Texel. Erkunden Sie die sieben Inseldörfer, eines malerischer und schöner als das andere, oder streifen Sie durch die idyllische Natur. Texel ist die größte und abwechslungsreichste niederländische Watteninsel und wird oft aufgrund seiner Landschaftsvielfalt als Miniaturausgabe von ganz Holland bezeichnet.

The Venice I Know is not your typical travel guide. With an emphasis on actual issues facing the Venetian people today, Margie Miklas delivers an illuminating and honest look at Venice, a real place where everyday people live and work. In her characteristic conversational, storytelling approach, she shares essential insider details about accommodations, food, transportation, shopping, artisan experiences, and iconic sights in the city of romance.

In summer 2006, 20-year-old Gerald Yeung and his childhood friends from Hong Kong travel to South America and Africa on their parents' dime. Confronted by challenges foreign to their privileged upbringing, the "Wannabe Backpackers" persevere in their Christian Dior clothes. They make plans to do it again when they turn 30. The decade that follows doesn’t go exactly to plan.

In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the North Atlantic. Rocked by 50-foot swells and 40-knot gales, the ship lost power and began to drift straight toward the notoriously dangerous Hustadvika coast in Norway. This is the suspenseful, harrowing, funny, touching story by one passenger who contemplated death aboard that ship.

This collection of 42 first-person accounts about backpacking in Europe will awaken a taste for adventure in those who have yet to travel, and bring back memories for those who have. Romance, surprise, discovery, and wisdom all bubble through these authors’ riveting pieces.

Best-selling author of Italian Ways Tim Parks follows the hair-raising journey of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi, 250 miles on foot from Rome to Ravenna, to look at Italy past and present.

Alles vermessen, entdeckt, bekannt - gibt es in Deutschland überhaupt noch Plätze zum Staunen und Wundern? Die Geographin und Journalistin Pia Volk hat sich zwischen Wattenmeer und Allgäu, zwischen dem Frankfurter Mainufer und dem Sorbenland umgesehen und ist dabei auf lauter seltsame und seltsamste Orte gestoßen: eine Eiche mit eigener Adresse, ein fortgespültes Atlantis in der Nordsee, ein Kronleuchter in der Kölner Kanalisation, die letzte noch erhaltene Grenzschleuse für sowjetzonale Agenten.