Bis Borghetto, dem kleinen Etschhafen südlich von Ala, reichte einst das Land Tirol - von dort aus begibt sich Hans Karl Peterlini auf eine politisch-literarische Erkundungsreise durch das Land im Gebirge, das meist Land im Gewirre war: von Borghetto bis Kufstein und zurück, zu Stätten Tiroler Vergangenheit und Gegenwart.
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The Third Tower Up from the Road is a humorous and entertaining collection of travel essays made up of old favorites as well as new commentaries from Kevin Dolgins popular McSweeneys Internet Tendency column, Kevin Dolgin Tells You About Places You Should Go.
China – das Land der Extreme: Nirgendwo sonst wohnen so viele Menschen, kein anderes Land hat in so kurzer Zeit eine so gewaltige Wegstrecke zurückgelegt.
The author's road trips through the American South lead to a personal confrontation with history In A Deeper South: The Beauty, Mystery, and Sorrow of the Southern Road, Pete Candler offers a travel narrative drawn from twenty-five years of road-tripping through the backroads of the American South.
* Reflections and humorous pieces, plus insights into some of mountaineering's more controversial events* Revealing portraits of other Himalayan climbers Peeling back the layers to reveal the gritty truth about the elite climbing world is Greg Child's specialty.
Anja und Jörg Varnholt hatten einen kühnen Plan: Mitten in ihrem vollen Leben mit Häuschen, Jobs, Kindern und Hund wollten sie eine dreimonatige Auszeit einlegen.
Growing up next door to his Granny's country store in McCracken County, Kentucky, a very young Bob Thompson had unlimited access to the cold-drink box and shelves of candy.
This memoir of buying and transforming an abandoned olive farm “describes life in the South of France with lush, voluptuous appreciation” (Publishers Weekly).
This travel book follows the author and his wife on their travels through Dubai, India, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Chile and the US, charting both a physical and spiritual journey.
The Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1953-58 organised and led by Sir Vivian Fuchs and supported by Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the most extraordinary exploits ever undertaken in Antarctica - but it has been underappreciated.
Catching all the fascination and humour of travel in out-of-the-way places, One's Company is Peter Fleming's account of his journey through Russia and Manchuria to China when he was Special Correspondent to The Times in the 1930s.
Parcourant la cité, s’établissant de manière prolongée sur les places publiques, les skaters animent, jouent, mettent en scène ou perturbent l’animation des centres urbains.
After seven years as Washington correspondent of THE TIMES, Martin Fletcher set off to explore the great American 'boondocks' - the raw and untamed land that exists far from the famous cities and national parks.
Couchsurfer, hitchhiker, and rogue wanderer Jamie Maslin embarks on a couchsurfing adventure to the homeland of firebrand, populist, anti-American president Hugo Chavez: the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TRAVEL WRITING 2020 The master of contemporary travel writing, Paul Theroux, immerses himself in the beautiful and troubled heart of modern MexicoNogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America.
In the Soviet Union and the eastern bloc, the idea of "e;vacation"e; was never as uncomplicated as throwing some suitcases in the car and heading for the beach.
"e;Chinese Street Food is brimming with history, food lore, and recipes that take you on a culinary journey outside of the restaurant and into the streets of regional China.
This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City.
From the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters, Carsick is his hilarious (if not always 100% true) account of hitchhiking fearlessly into the heart of middle America.
Provocateurs Will Self and Ralph Steadman join forces in this post-millennial meditation on the vexed relationship between psyche and place in a globalised world, bringing together for the first time the very best of their 'Psychogeography' columns for the Independent.
Verträumte kleine Buchten, grandiose Steilküsten, beschauliche Fischerdörfer, aber auch endlos weites Land, Schafherden und Eukalyptuswälder – wer von der Algarve aus über die Rota Vicentina und den Pilgerpfad am Tejo entlang nach Fatima, einen der bekanntesten Marien-Wallfahrtsorte Europas, wandert, erlebt Portugal von seiner allerschönsten Seite.
After a decade of chasing stories around the globe, intrepid travel writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest followed the magnetic pull homeonly to discover that her native South Texas had been radically transformed in her absence.
