Adventure & Literary Travel 96

Les Alpes suisses, d’Eugène Rambert (1830-1886), s’inscrit dans le droit-fil de ce mouvement d’appropriation culturelle et scientifique du massif alpin qui fleurit particulièrement aux……続きを見る

The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of dictator Generalísimo Francisco Franco? Th……続きを見る

In Contact! Jan turns her brilliantly observant eye to the human contacts she made, across the globe and though the decades. As a series of vignettes, some only a few lines long, she records hundred……続きを見る

Laurent et Marie-Hélène de Cherisey, accompagnés de leurs cinq enfants, sont partis un an pour un voyage reportage-vidéo autour du monde à la rencontre de "bâtisseurs d'espoir", des hommes et femmes……続きを見る

Les grands récits consacrés à la mer – sa passion ! – par le plus attachant des écrivains aventuriers. Jack London avait de la mer plein les yeux. C'est comme chercheur d'or, vagabond, grand reporte……続きを見る

Le récit fascinant d'un voyage à vélo à travers l'Asie, jusqu'en Mongolie, où les auteurs ont partagé, pendant un an, la vie d'une famille d'éleveurs nomades et chasseurs à l'aigle. Une aventure et ……続きを見る

Survivre à un naufrage au bout du monde, apprivoiser un univers hostile, vaincre ses propres démons... Des récits de mer, mais aussi des documents hallucinants sur l'infinie capacité de l'homme à re……続きを見る

Ne vous fiez pas aux apparences, Sarah Marquis est une vraie guerrière capable d'échapper aux attaques des cavaliers mongols et aux trafiquants de drogue dans la jungle laotienne. A l'approche du da……続きを見る

Le 10 mai 1996, le Toit du monde fut le théâtre d'une véritable hécatombe. En route vers le sommet, quatre expéditions furent prises dans une violente tempête. En vingt-quatre heures, huit alpiniste……続きを見る

Livre-culte dans le monde entier, Into the Wild a été magistralement porté à l'écran par Sean Penn. En 1992, le cadavre d'un jeune homme est découvert dans un bus abandonné en Alaska, au pied du mon……続きを見る

L'Art de vivre selon Jim Fergus Après Espaces Sauvages, Jim Fergus nous raconte ici six années de "pérégrinations par monts et par vaux' à travers les États-Unis. De la beauté grandiose et désolée d……続きを見る

Tout plaquer pour aller faire le tour du monde en camping-car ? Ce rêve que l' on a tous eu, François Althabégoïty l'a réalisé. Partir seul à vingt ans faire le tour du monde à pied, à cheval ou en ……続きを見る

In this, the sequel to *Slow Boats to China (*also reissued in Faber Finds), Gavin Young tells, with equal panache, of his return voyage from the China Seas to England, via the South Seas, Cape Horn……続きを見る

Isabella Bird was a woman of remarkable gifts. In 1872, at the age of forty, this rather earnest daughter of a country parson abandoned the rectory nest and began her pioneering journeys to some of ……続きを見る

‘Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap’ Geographical Adventure – something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an o……続きを見る

For thousands of years travellers wandered to, and spread out through, Egypt and the Near East, seeking trade, adventure and knowledge. For centuries travellers to - and from - the Near East carried……続きを見る

A self-drive touring guide from/to Edinburgh Written by Andrea Middleton, an official blue badge guide for Scotland with over 10 years experience, and herself a native of Scotland. Take yourself on ……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Eine Reise nach Hawaii (Historische Reiseberichte von den Sandwich-Inseln)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgeles……続きを見る

A Pink Suitcase brings together a talented group of daring women as they journey across the globe on adventures that are as unforgettable as they are moving. These intrepid explorers take on the wor……続きを見る

“Not much is known about Miscellaneous Jones He walked a lot of roads but always wiped the dust from his boots” From a beer carton full of 15-years worth of rain-blurred and spine-broken journals c……続きを見る

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Vail, the ski resort town set in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA. Vail is divided into four zones - West Vail, Vail Village, Lionshead, and East Va……続きを見る

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Are you visiting Joshua Tree and would like to find out about sightseeing opportunities and hiking trails in the area? What To Do In Joshua Tree is an up-to-date guide with plenty of attraction lis……続きを見る

No one ever believes their dream vacation can instantly turn into a tragic nightmare...until it's too late. Some tourists vanish without a trace. Over 170 people have disappeared from cruise ships ……続きを見る

In the summer of 1980, a maverick young doctor gave it all up, to hitchhike around the world. The first arc he carved with his thumb stopped a little red pickup that took him over the horizon. Like……続きを見る

In mid-career, Michael Frayn took up his old trade of journalism, and wrote a series of occasional articles for the Observer about some of the places in the world that interested him. He wanted to d……続きを見る

Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. Showing exceptional courage and extraordinary resilience, Richa……続きを見る

The story of our love affair with vanilla - the world's most versatile flavouring. The locations read like the contents of an exotic holiday brochure: Tahiti, Madagascar, Reunion, Seychelles and the……続きを見る

France, Paris. L'amour, l'amour, toujours l'amour Yesterday it was hip and trendy Brits and glamorous financial towers along the Thames; today it's the City of Love and the art of living along the S……続きを見る

What Europe is and what it should be is often the subject of passionate debate. A unique concept whereby several nations are brought together under a humane, democratic system? The strongest economy……続きを見る