A witty, satirical description of life in 1960s New Zealand, and Kiwi culture, by Austin Vernon Mitchell MP, who was an extremely popular TV figure in New Zealand.
Neben der Schilderung der historischen Entwicklung dieser Kultur und ihrer Götterbilder und Mythen befasst sich dieses Buch auch mit der Schilderung des alltäglichen Lebens der Wikinger, um hier vor allem Anderen den Kampf der Wikinger und die dabei verwendeten Waffen eingehend zu beleuchten.
Tarzan the Invincible Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan the Invincible is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourteenth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan.
Notas de un turista invita a los lectores a embarcarse en un viaje junto al autor, quien, a través de reflexiones y anécdotas, relata sus visitas a ciudades como París, Buenos Aires, y Santiago de Chile.
In this book, Issa Iskandar Al-Maalouf presents an enchanting journey that takes us to the heart of the city of Zahle, which is known as the "Bride of the Bekaa," and is considered the "neighbor of the valley," sung by great poets and artists.
In Outlandish, acclaimed travel writer Nick Hunt takes us across landscapes that should not be there, wildernesses found in Europe yet seemingly belonging to far-off continents: a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland; the continent's largest surviving remnant of primeval forest in Poland and Belarus; Europe's only true desert in Spain; and the fathomless grassland steppes of Hungary.
From the author of the critically-acclaimed Austerlitz and Across the Land and Water comes A Place in the Country, the much anticipated translation of one of W.
THE REMARKABLE ADVENTURE BEHIND THE TV SERIES ARABIA WITH LEVISON WOOD Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Award'[A] rollicking Boys' Own adventure' - Spectator'This heart-stopping personal account of historic Arabia today.
The Marquis de Custine's unique perspective on a vast, fascinating country in the grip of oppressive tyrannyIn 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Russia.
A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal Green, to melancholy islands and surprisingly lively ossuaries .
INTRODUCED BY PAUL KINGSNORTH, Booker-shortlisted author of The Wake'I thought that there were two rules in life - never count the cost, and never do anything unless you can do it wholeheartedly.