Manchmal steigt man morgens aus dem Bett und denkt, dass man es nicht schaffen wird, aber innerlich lacht man darüber und erinnert sich an die vielen Male, die man das schon gedacht hat.
Ein inspirierendes Buch über eine Familie, die das Abenteuer suchte und einen neuen Lebensentwurf fandIm Sommer 2018 macht sich Michaela von Bargen mit ihrem Mann und ihren vier Kindern auf die Reise, der Plan: In anderthalb Jahren mit dem selbst ausgebauten Truck auf der Panamericana von Alaska nach Argentinien.
Ob auf dem Oktoberfest in Brasilien, beim Liederkranz in New York oder in der Brauerei in China – Deutsche und ihre Kultur findet man überall und in allen Klimazonen.
Das perfekte Geschenk von und für Bulli-Freunde Schon lange bevor es den #vanlife gab, machten sich Dieter Kreutzkamp und seine Frau Juliana mit ihrem ersten Bulli auf in die Ferne.
Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL WRITING PRIZE'Witty, polished, honest and insightful, The Epic City is likely to become for Calcutta what Suketu Mehta's classic Maximum City is for Mumbai' William Dalrymple, ObserverWhen Kushanava Choudhury arrived in New Jersey at the age of twelve, he had already migrated halfway around the world four times.
'The book that redefined travel writing' Guardian Bruce Chatwin sets off on a journey through South America in this wistful classic travel book With its unique, roving structure and beautiful descriptions, In Patagonia offers an original take on the age-old adventure tale.
Ever since Paul Theroux embarked in London on the first train of his Great Railway Bazaar, railways have been a rich source for the best travel writing.
From its beginnings as a trickle of icy water in Virginia's northwest corner to its miles-wide mouth at Hampton Roads, the James River has witnessed more recorded history than any other feature of the American landscape -- as home to the continent's first successful English settlement, highway for Native Americans and early colonists, battleground in the Revolution and the Civil War, and birthplace of America's twentieth-century navy.
From the author of INTO THE SILENCE, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionIn 1941, Richard Evans Schultes took a leave of absence from Harvard University and disappeared into the Northern Amazon of Colombia.
In 1634, the Dutch West India Company was anxious to know why the fur trade from New Netherland had been declining, so the company sent three employees far into Iroquois country to investigate.
'Delves into the very essence of being a fan, while seamlessly exploring Italian history, politics, culture and society,' GuardianIs Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states?
Willkommen auf der Insel der SchönheitLeuchtend blaues Meer, feine Sandstrände, dichte Wälder und eine beeindruckende Bergwelt, die zu ausgedehnten Wanderungen, Ski- und Klettertouren einlädt.
A professional booze writer whose life spins out of control tries to piece it back together by embarking upon an epic wine-fueled adventure that takes him to every corner of the U.
Bis ans Ende der Welt zu gehen - das bedeutet für Reinhold Messner die Grenzen der Kraft, seiner Angst, seiner Leidensfähigkeit zu erfahren: extreme Unternehmungen als Selbstzweck, als Zugang zu sich selbst.
First published between 1887 and 1890, Women in Journalism - The Best of Nellie Bly is an insightful volume containing all of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman's best journalistic works, including the famous expose, Ten Days in a Mad-House.
This gripping nineteenth-century adventure stars Jorgen Jorgenson, who ran away to sea at fourteen and began a brilliant career by sailing to establish the first colony in Tasmania.
From the theme resorts of Dubai to the jungles of Papua New Guinea, a disturbing but hilarious tour of the exotic east-and of the tour itselfSick of producing the bromides of the professional travel writer, Lawrence Osborne decided to explore the psychological underpinnings of tourism itself.
This collection of writings from Lafcaido Hern paints a rare and fascinating picture of pre-modern Japan Over a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcaido Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home.
Even before the advent of mass tourism, Verona was a popular destination for travellers, including those undertaking the popular 'Grand Tour' across Europe.
Join Carole Bumpus as she continues the culinary journey of Book One in Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, with her incomparable guide, Josiane, as they head north from Paris to Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Normandy, and Brittany, then drop into the Loire Valley before ending in the Auvergne.
This majestically illustrated and deeply insightful guide explores 100 of the most spiritually significant places throughout the world, seeking to understand what it is that defines these sites.
Magische Plätze, verwunschene Orte, sagenumwobene Inseln: Wolfgang Salomon, intimer Kenner der Lagunenstadt, nimmt die Leser mit auf eine Entdeckungstour ins mystische Venedig: etwa zur geheimnisvollen Insel Poveglia, zum ehemaligen Henkershaus in Cannaregio, in den "Gothic Jungle" von San Giorgio in Alga oder in das verfallene Ospedale mit seinen bizarren Kunstwerken auf dem Lido.
This is Kim Petersens memoir recounting how she and her family navigated through death of a child, facing fear of the water, personally building a sixty-five-foot power catamaran and a four thousand mile crossing of the Atlantic Ocean with her husband and two teenaged kids.
In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home.
A vivid, funny and moving memoir about growing up in an astonishing family; a love-letter to a mother and to an extraordinary house'A superbly entertaining memoir full of delicious anecdote, witty portraiture, and unexpected pathos' Zoe Heller'The cast of characters in Gully Wells's memoir is certainly entertaining .
