Die majestätischen Gipfel der Alpen, die kulturelle Eleganz Wiens mit seinen traditionellen Caféhäusern, malerische Seen oder der Duft von frisch gebackenem Apfelstrudel: All diese Orte und Erlebnisse tragen die Seele Österreichs in sich – ein Land, das ein reiches kulturelles Erbe mit moderner Vielfalt vereint.
Es ist ein filmreifer Beginn: In einem Pub in der spitzbergischen Stadt Longyearbyen trifft die Britin Marie Tièche auf den deutschen Professor Hauke Trinks, der sie spontan zu seiner nächsten Expedition einlädt.
Vom Mut, der Hoffnung und einem Leben im AusnahmezustandBestsellerautor Stephan Orth hat den Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine von Anbeginn intensiv miterlebt.
'A toda máquina' es la inspiradora historia real del viaje de Dervla Murphy en 1963 de Irlanda a la India en una bicicleta Armstrong Cadet, y de las pruebas, paisajes y culturas que encontró por el camino.
Europas grüne InselBanshees, Bier und Bingohallen: Die Grüne Insel ist womöglich das Land, das die meisten Klischees pro Quadratmeter auf sich vereint.
Lebhafte Bazare, uralte Königspaläste, prachtvolle Gärten - seit der Öffnung des Iran fasziniert das Land immer mehr Reisende mit seiner sagenhaften Kultur, der schillernden Geschichte und der grenzenlosen Gastfreundschaft.
William Somerset Maugham's 'On a Chinese Screen & The Land of the Blessed Virgin' is a compelling collection of travel sketches and articles that offer a vivid portrayal of two vastly different cultures - China and Spain.
Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The Incredible Travel Sketches, Essays, Memoirs & Island Works' is a collection of diverse writings that showcase Stevenson's masterful storytelling abilities and vivid imagination.
Wer die Landschaft liest, sieht in die Seele des LandesChristof Mauch hat 15 Jahre in den USA gelebt und ist immer und immer wieder durchs Land gereist.
Außergewöhnliche Etappensieger der Tour de FranceEine Etappe beim wichtigsten Radrennen der Welt zu gewinnen, ist der heilige Gral des Radsports und bedeutet ewigen Ruhm.
'Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks' -William Dalrymple'One can only envy Monisha Rajesh as she embarks on this epic journey' -Tim ParksWhen she was a child, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted to Madras in the hope of making India their home, but soon returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths.
Away from the five-star hotels and beyond luxury hideaways, Tom Chesshyre travels to see the real, unexplored Maldives, skirting around the archipelago's periphery, staying at simple guesthouses, and using cargo ships and ferries.
In 1933, the eighteen year old Patrick Leigh Fermor set out in a pair of hobnailed boots to chance and charm his way across Europe, like a tramp, a pilgrim or a wandering scholar.
ATTEMPTING 300KPH on an untested experimental motorcycle could be considered a perfect way to kill yourself, but Paul Carter is still, well, PAUL CARTER and danger at high speed is his second name.
The Water Road is the story of a four month circumnavigation by narrowboat of 'The Grand Cross', the name given to the inland waterway linking the Thames to the Humber, Severn and Mersey.
Recounting his many hair-raising experiences as a truck driver on the Middle East run, some of them humorous, some alarming, Paul Rowlands recalls the camaraderie of the trucking fraternity.
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.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this funny and honest feel-good memoir, social media star Kacie Rose offers a refreshingly honest take on navigating a new life abroad.
UPDATED EDITION WITH A NEW CHAPTERIntoxicated with dreams of a Greek paradise, John Mole inflicts upon his family a tumbledown ruin on a hillside with no water, no electricity, no roof, no floor, no doors, no windows and twenty years of goat dung.
This fascinating collection of entertaining stories from the seven seas reveals unusual and bizarre sailing trips, vessels and characters, and recounts perilous journeys in freak weather and other legendary tales.
Production company Moon Studio has launched a new children's series called WILDLIFE JACK AND HIS ANIMAL ADVENTURES on the Disney channel this summer, narrated by Chris Packham.