For two thousand years a web of roads and sea-lanes ran from the heart of China to the shores of the Mediterranean, and along it moved almost everything that would make the modern world: silk and horses, glass and paper, gunpowder and porcelain, Buddhism and Islam, and — in the end — the plague that killed half of Europe.
Francisco Fernández del Riego propón nesta obra unha ampla e vizosa viaxe organizada en doce itinerarios ou peregrinacións co fío argumental que lle brindan uns amigos bretóns que veñen visitar o noso país e reciben a hospitalidade e a clarividencia do seu anfitrión.
Cuando Gabriel García Márquez recibió en 1982 el Premio Nobel de Literatura abrió su discurso con un homenaje dedicado a Antonio Pigafetta y a su «libro breve y fascinante, en el cual ya se vislumbran los gérmenes de nuestras novelas de hoy».
'An Antarctic odyssey; Shackleton and Scott star in this rip-roaring account'The Telegraph'Delivered with pace, style and infectious enthusiasm, The Grip of the Ice sometimes chills you to the bone.
An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative, 'Lost in Shangri-La' is an untold true story of war, anthropology, survival, discovery, heroism, and a near-impossible rescue mission.
The dramatic story of Lady Hester Stanhope - a wilful beauty turned bohemian adventurer - who left England as a young woman, unashamedly enjoyed a string of lovers and established her own exotic fiefdom in the Lebanese mountains where she died in 1839.
Shot, a long-barrel, single-shot rifle, shares stories of intrigue, repose, and characterall as they occurred on Rudy's farm on the North Dakota prairie.
Shot, a long-barrel, single-shot rifle, shares stories of intrigue, repose, and characterall as they occurred on Rudy's farm on the North Dakota prairie.
From the first Polynesian voyagers who crossed vast oceans in fragile waka, to the arrival of European settlers and the shaping of a modern nation, A History of New Zealand traces the remarkable story of Aotearoa through discovery, conflict, adaptation, and identity.
A fascinating journey through more than 5,000 years of seafaring history in this essential guide to the most impressive seafaring tales, explorers, and maritime environments.
Philip Marsden returns to the remote, fiercely beautiful landscape that has exercised a powerful mythic appeal over him since his first encounter with it over twenty years ago.
A startling new book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, co-curator of 'Moby Dick: Big Read and winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for 'Leviathan'.
Winner of the 'Travel Narrative Book of the Year' in 2005 by the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW), The Coast Road presents an idiosyncratic and illuminating snapshot of England and what it is to be English today.
How to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today.
'Brilliant, clear, and humane' Elizabeth Gilbert'Miraculous and hopeful' Emma StraubRiverman: An American Odyssey uncovers the story of an extraordinary man and his puzzling disappearance, and paints a picture of the singular spirit of America's riverbank towns.
'An exemplary work of investigative journalism that is also a wonderfully colourful book of history and travel' Observer, Books of the Year'A piece of postmodern historiography of quite extraordinary sophistication and ingenuity.
Over a period of five years, the BBC took groups to the world's most inhospitable places for Serious Jungle, Serious Amazon, Serious Desert, Serious Andes and Serious Arctic.
