The Alhambra : a series of tales and sketches of the Moors and Spaniards was published in May 1832, Consisting of a series of essays and short fiction pieces, it was referred to as his "Spanish Sketch Book.
Zane Grey visits what he considers to be "e;probably the most beautiful and wonderful natural phenomenon in the world,"e; and "e;also Monument Valley, and the mysterious and labyrinthine Canyon Segi with its great prehistoric cliff-dwellings.
Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards'A powerfully delicate book of love, loss and discovery, along paths of emotional understanding and physical wonder.
The Man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African Adventures is a book written by John Henry Patterson in 1907 about a pair of lions that he killed in Kenya, known as the Tsavo man-eaters.
When three friends decide to throw caution to the wind, quit their full time jobs and travel through Europe for six months, they visualised an adventure they would never forget.
'Like rotting stakes in a forest clearing' The great journalist of conflict in the Third World finds an even stranger and more exotic society in his own home of post-War PolandPenguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour.
Rowland Evans has led a truly remarkable life, but his seventieth year saw his driven, purposeful walk brought to an abrupt halt amidst the concerns and attitudes of the world to those "of a certain age".
Der reiche Gentleman Phileas Fogg wettet, dass er in 80 Tagen einmal die gesamte Welt umrunden kann und setzt dafür die Hälfte seines Vermögens aufs Spiel.
Melvilles »Moby Dick« gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Seefahrer-Romane der Weltliteratur und ist auch nach über 160 Jahren immer noch spannend zu lesen.
Professor Lidenbrock, ein besessener Geologe und etwas sonderbarer Kauz, findet in einem Antiquariat ein uraltes isländisches Buch, aus dem ein altes Pergament mit einer verschlüsselten Botschaft aus geheimnisvollen Runen herausflattert.
Vividly written and fully illustrated sketches of the travels of the famous explorer, including descriptions of countries and peoples, tales of exploration in all ages and historical stories connected with places described.
Benjamins Städtebilder sind nicht nur präzise Beschreibungen verschiedener Städte sondern auch tiefgründige Philkosophien, die lange Zeit im Gehirn brennen.
