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.
'Whether or not the artistic quality of the bullfight outweighs the moral question of the animals' suffering is something that each person must decide for themselves - as they must decide whether the taste of a steak justifies the death of a cow.
Women have been writing about their travels for generations, putting a uniquely feminine slant on life on the road and the people and places they encounter along the way.
In the '80s, when author/photographer Kurt Hollander lived in New York and published The Portable Lower East, life there was particularly rough, and cops often drove yellow cabs as a method to surprise and roust its residents.
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.
Since 1993, readers have looked to Travelers' Tales for award-winning stories about the world, adventure, spirituality, and the transformative experiences that accompany life on the road.
Wild with Child is a unique collection of true stories by parents who boldly head out into the wilderness with kids in tow (or in the lead, as the case may be).
Great writers inspire readers to head out in search of foreign sunsets, but in this instance, they inspired travel writer Michael Shapiro to head out for the great writers themselves.
Recuerdos de viaje por Francia y Bélgica en 1840-1841, de Ramón de Mesonero Romanos, es un ejercicio de apertura a la realidad europea del momento: "Los españoles, aunque más afectos en general a los antiguos usos, no hemos podido menos de participar de esta metamorfosis que se deja sentir tanto más en la corte por la facilidad de las comunicaciones y el trato con los extranjeros…"
La Relación de un viaje al Río de la Plata es un relato del viaje de Acarette du Biscay, aparecido en Londres en 1698, y entonces se tradujo con el título de Relación de los viajes de Monsieur Ascárate du Biscay al Río de la Plata.
New Lands Within The Arctic Circle is a non-fiction book written by Julius Payer, an Austrian explorer who was a member of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition of 1872-1874.
Ein unvergesslicher Besuch im Land am Golfstrom, wo Bürgersteige beheizt sind, Politiker gern in Tracht erscheinen und es die höchste Lebensqualität der Welt gibt.
Das Buch zu einem der beliebtesten Reiseländer und AuswanderungszieleAtemberaubende Nationalparks, Berge und Meere, Grizzlys und Elche; dazu Sportmöglichkeiten zu jeder Jahreszeit, lukullische Genüsse und sprachliche wie kulturelle Vielfalt: Kanada wird nie langweilig.
Through its extensive use of primary source materials and invaluable contextual notes, this book offers a documented history of one of the most famous adventures in early American history: the Lewis and Clark expedition.