Der bekannte Reise-Podcaster erzählt erstmals von seinen eigenen AbenteuernMit inspirierenden LebenslektionenEine spektakuläre Trekkingtour durch Schwedens Wildnis.
Job gekündigt, Auto verkauft, Wohnung leergeräumt und alles, was man für viereinhalb Jahre braucht, in ein paar Packtaschen verstaut – im Frühjahr 2013 lässt der Erlanger Abenteurer Peter Smolka das bequeme Leben hinter sich, um zum zweiten Mal den Globus zu umradeln.
En la Norteamérica de su tiempo el carisma de Margaret Fuller levantaba pasiones por su "exuberante sentido del poder" como definió su gran amigo Ralph W.
Mitten im Herzen Asiens, wo Großbritannien, Russland und China ihre Finger nach einem möglichen Zusammentreffen ausstreckten, liegt der geheimnisvolle Landstrich, der in den meisten Geographiebüchern nur auf einer halben Seite erwähnt wird .
Por primera vez en castellano el relato de un viaje asombroso realizado en solitario por una mujer que hizo época al retratar los misterios del inexplorado Japón del siglo XIX.
Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile.
Bradshaw's guide to London was published in a single volume as a handbook for visitors to the capital, and it includes beautiful engravings of London attractions, a historical overview of the city, and lots of other information relating to London theatres, Hackney carriages, omnibuses, London churches and even banks.
A fascinating insight into the complexity, history and unpredictability of Iraq from Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.
George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society 'You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them.
'A peculiar genius with no modern equivalent, except possibly Kafka' - Jonathan MillerRegarded as a central part of Kapuscinski's work, these vivid portraits of life in the depths of Poland embody the young writer's mastery of literary reportageWhen the great Ryszard Kapuscinski was a young journalist in the early 1960s, he was sent to the farthest reaches of his native Poland between foreign assignments.
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is the moving follow-up to Laurie Lee's acclaimed Cider with RosieAbandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London.
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldova, Tanzania, Austria and beyond, edited by long-term Lonely Planet collaborator Don George.
'It was with aweThat I beheldFresh leaves, green leaves,Bright in the sun'When the Japanese haiku master Basho composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment.
The second volume of exuberant, lively letters from legendary travel writer Patrick Leigh FermorThe first collection of letters from Patrick Leigh Fermor, Dashing for the Post, delighted critics and public alike.
'All those interested in South Asia and its complex politics and culture should read this book' - Pankaj MishraThe demise of Pakistan a country with a reputation for volatility, brutality and radical Islam is regularly predicted.
'Spring was already in the air, in the town; there was no rain but there was still less sun - one wondered what had become of it, on this side of the world - and the grey mildness, shading away into black at any pretext, appeared in itself a promise.
Eingeklemmt zwischen Ost und West und in ideologischer Zerrissenheit zwischen sowjetischer Vergangenheit und kapitalistischer Gegenwart, zeichnet sich Moldova seit der Unabhängigkeit aus durch eine hohe Dynamik politischer Richtungskonflikte und sozialer Herausforderungen.
Los anos finales de su corta, ambigua, e intensa vida en el desierto argelino son la medula de estas paginas escritas entre 1900 y 1904, el ano de su tragica muerte.
