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.
A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest.
From the award-winning author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia comes a new journey, following four 19th century elephants marched from the East African coast towards Congo to tell a heartbreaking story of folly and colonial greed.
Esta es la historia de la preparacion y posterior culminacion de una exitosa expedicion a la Antartida, emprendida desde Barcelona a bordo del HEBE, un velero de aluminio Garcia Exploration 52.
»Swiss Machine«, »Der schnellste Mann am Berg«, »Gipfelstürmer«… Wenn es um die Leistungen des Schweizer Bergsteigers Ueli Steck geht, überschlagen sich die Beobachter in Superlativen.
Sir Ernest Shackleton has been called 'the greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, bar none' for saving the lives of the twenty-seven men stranded with him on an Antarctic ice floe for almost two years.
Sir Ernest Shackleton has been called 'the greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, bar none' for saving the lives of the twenty-seven men stranded with him on an Antarctic ice floe for almost two years.
Warum der Erhalt der Artenvielfalt uns alle angehtSie ist in den Dschungeln der Welt zu Hause: Hannah Emde, leidenschaftliche Tierärztin und Artenschützerin, engagiert sich rund um den Globus, um Tiere vor dem Aussterben zu bewahren.
Alltag, Karriere, Familie, Freundschaften, Versicherungen und das vorab bezahlte Sockenabo – all das lässt der Schweizer Claudio Sieber zurück, als er sein Leben als Vagabund beginnt.
Foreword by Levison Wood, bestselling author of Walking the NileA comprehensive, fascinating and inspiring gallery of the great adventures that changed our world.
Recorridos mínimos es la recopilación de trayectos realizados por un joven a lo largo de veinte años: la vuelta a casa en autobús desde el instituto, el trayecto en metro previo a una primera cita durante la época universitaria, un paseo por el barrio en pleno confinamiento… «Un baile frenético en un bar de madrugada.
Nahtoderfahrungen beim Surfen, Wanderungen mit Durchfall sowie Roller-Unfälle beschreiben nur einen Bruchteil der zahlreichen, negativen Erfahrungen, die Rafael während seiner Reise gemacht hat.
Near-death experiences while surfing, hiking with diarrhea, and scooter accidents are just a few of the negative experiences Rafael had during his trip.
Remarkable Treks is a compendium of exhilarating long-distance walks from around the planet - some lasting weeks, some lasting just a few days, but all of them set against spectacular backdrops.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023'Grippingly vivid and pacey' THE TIMES'A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing' SIMON WINCHESTER'An astonishing almost day-by-day account of [a] hazardous journey and its legacy' TELEGRAPH'This is a story of an epic childhood journey, so exciting and so shocking it is hard to know whether you're reading about a dream or a nightmare.
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.
Premi RenaudotSylvain Tesson accepta la invitació del fotògraf Vincent Munier d'anar al Tibet a fotografiar la pantera de les neus, un animal llunyà i esquiu, del qual avui només viuen uns milers d'exemplars.
Una expedición literaria a la Antártida galardonada con el Premio de Literatura de la Unión EuropeaMientras narra su propia expedición a la Antártida, Daniele Del Giudice recrea las asombrosas expediciones del siglo XIX y principios del XX que se adentraron por primera vez en el continente blanco para desentrañar sus secretos.
Tarzan the Invincible Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan the Invincible is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourteenth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan.