In Travelers' Tales Alaska, contemporary adventurers, seekers, and lifelong Alaskans take you into the "e;Last Frontier"e; for wild and poignant adventures.
Since publishing A Womans World in 1995, Travelers Tales has been the recognized leader in womens travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best womens travel writing of the year.
The Best Travel Writing 2011 is the eighth volume in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers.
Since publishing the original edition of A Womans World in 1995, Travelers Tales has been the recognized leader in womens travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best womens travel writing of the year.
The Travelers' Charleston is an innovative collection of firsthand narratives that document the history of the South Carolina lowcountry region, specifically that of Charleston, from 1666 until the start of the Civil War.
Un muy joven Ernesto Guevara viaja por América Latina, junto a su amigo Alberto Granado, parten de Argentina y se enfrentan a aventuras y realidades que los transformarán para siempre.
"e;If you look at a map, you will see that the island chain known as the Caribbean, or, to confuse you, the West Indies, lies between Florida and South America and resembles a string of gems or possibly drool.
Leave the Lipstick, Take the Iguana is the 9th book in the bestselling Travelers' Tales humor series which began with There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled followed by the now classic "e;underwear"e; women's humor series which began with top seller and still-selling Sand in My Bra.
When author Stewart Andersen moved to the Balearic island of Ibiza, he found an island that was home to a colourful group of hippies, artists, celebrities and above all, the good humoured and eccentric Ibicencos.
After one too many late night discussions, football journalist Paul Watson and his mate Matthew Conrad decide to find the world's worst national team, become naturalised citizens of that country and play for them - achieving their joint boyhood dream of playing international football and winning a 'cap'.
Set against a landscape of rail yards and skate parks, Kai Carlson-Wee's debut collection captures a spiritual journey of wanderlust, depression, brotherhood, and survival.
Ein mitreißender Reisebericht aus einem der letzten Matriarchate der WeltErmüdet und genervt vom Alltag im Patriarchat bricht Friederike Oertel zu einer Reise nach Mexiko auf – in eines der letzten Matriarchate der Welt.
An unprecedented compilation of critical and creative essays and visual texts from leading international scholars, Unfolding Irish landscapes presents cross-disciplinary studies of the prose, cartography, visual art and cultural legacy of the award-winning work of cartographer and writer Tim Robinson.
Bajo el título La aventura del Amazonas se publicó una antología que comprende este texto de Gaspar de Carvajal juntos a otros documentos escritos por otros conquistadores.
Part travelogue, part natural history, and part documentary, A Walk across Texas is the record of three friends journey from the Panhandle to Granburya 450-mile walk across West Texas.
Virginia Thorndike, Maine's own version of Studs Terkel, traveled to all the Maine coast islands that still maintain a year-round population and persuaded the islanders to talk openly about their lives.
When journalist and ghost sceptic Will Storr heads to Philadelphia to meet Lou Gentile, a demonologist, he expects a little fun with an amusing eccentric.
A Polish writer’s experience of wartime France, a cosmopolitan outsider’s perspective on politics, culture, and life under duress When the aspiring young writer Andrzej Bobkowski, a self-styled cosmopolitan Pole, found himself caught in occupied France in 1940, he recorded his reflections on culture, politics, history, and everyday life.
In The Small Heart of Things, Julian Hoffman intimately examines the myriad ways in which connections to the natural world can be deepened through an equality of perception, whether it's a caterpillar carrying its house of leaves, transhumant shepherds ranging high mountain pastures, a quail taking cover on an empty steppe, or a Turkmen family emigrating from Afghanistan to Istanbul.
Quand Starbucks, Zara ou McDonald sont présents partout dans le monde, et quand les grands groupes hôteliers sont mondialisés offrant des prestations standardisées aux touristes, que reste-t-il aux destinations pour se singulariser ?
Shanghai-Paris , carnet de bord d'un ancien étudiant en échange de retour en France, est le récit de ces découvertes quotidiennes au cours d'un mois et demi de voyage, décrites à travers un regard intéressé et souvent amusé, mais toujours charmé par ce qu'il a vu.
L'ouvrage retrace l'itinéraire d'un égyptologue passionné, curieux de son environnement géographique et humain, amoureux inconditionnel de son pays d'adoption.
"J'aimais cette ville pour elle-même, et c'est la seule au monde que je puisse aimer ainsi, car une ville m'a toujours fait l'effet d'une prison que je supporte à cause de mes compagnons de captivité.
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.
Poussés par la prémonition et par Lautréamont, le « mal-aimé » caché entre les lignes, un crabe et un archange entament un long périple pour atteindre la forêt des Trois Épis, un lieu climatique réputé où se dresse un sanctuaire, mondialement connu, dirigé par les Missionaires Rédemptoristes.
