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It's All Greek to Me!
By John Mole. 2006
An Englishman and a Greek village bond over bottles of ouzo, whiskey, and wine in a charming saga of sun,…
sea, sand, and cement. John Mole tells of the back-breaking but joyous labors of fixing up his own Arcadia and introduces a warm, generous, and garrulous cast of characters who helped--and occasionally hindered--his progress.Misadventure in the Middle East
By Henry Hemming. 2007
Experience the beautifully written tale of a hapless young artist, a beat-up pick-up called Yasmine, and an extraordinary journey across…
the world. Misadventure in the Middle East: Travels as Tramp, Artist and Spy by Henry Hemming creates a portrait of the post-9/11 Middle East that transports the reader into the human heart of the region. When Henry Hemming sets out in his pick-up truck to make a portrait of the Middle East, he has no idea what he will find or how he will live. Using art as his passport, he spends a year traveling throughout the area; his extraordinary journey finds him accused of being both an Islamic extremist and a British spy, dancing in a dervish hideaway and attending a Fourth of July party with GIs in Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace. As the young people he meets along the way share their dreams and doubts, Hemming discovers an unpredictable Middle East that is in no way accurately represented by the nightly news. And as the invasion of Iraq intensifies, he realizes that in order to finish his portrait, he must go to Baghdad to find a fabled artistic renaissance-a trip that could cost him his life.Swiss Watching
By Diccon Bewes. 2012
One country, four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.5 million people (but only 80% of them are Swiss): there's nowhere else…
in Europe like it. In a fascinating journey around Europe's most individual and misunderstood country, Bewes proves that there is more to Switzerland than banks and skis, francs and cheese.Around India in 80 Trains
By Monisha Rajesh. 2012
Taking a page from Jules Verne's classic tale, Monisha Rajesh embarked on an adventure around India in eighty trains. Indian…
trains carry over twenty million passengers daily, plowing through cities, crawling past villages, climbing up mountains, and skimming along coasts. Monisha hopes that her journeys across India will lift the veil on a country that had become a stranger to her.The Risk In Being Alive: One Man's Adventures Across the Planet
By Brian Hancock. 2003
Diving off a Jamaican waterfall, evading a charging black rhino in the veldt, running naked through the streets of South…
Africa, nearly drowning off the coast of Brazil--such adventures and many more are recounted in this personal collection of travel essays about one man's journey following the cardinal winds. Infused with a dry sense of humor and an observant sense of place, these stories cascade in a torrent of thrilling events and breathtaking wonder.The Travels of Marco Polo
By Jason Goodwin, Marco Polo, William Marsden, Manuel Komroff. 1926
Marco Polo's account of his journey throughout the East in the thirteenth century was one of the earliest European travel…
narratives, and it remains the most important. The merchant-traveler from Venice, the first to cross the entire continent of Asia, provided us with accurate descriptions of life in China, Tibet, India, and a hundred other lands, and recorded customs, natural history, strange sights, historical legends, and much more. From the dazzling courts of Kublai Khan to the perilous deserts of Persia, no book contains a richer magazine of marvels than the Travels.This edition, selected and edited by the great scholar Manuel Komroff, also features the classic and stylistically brilliant Marsden translation, revised and corrected, as well as Komroff's Introduction to the 1926 edition.A Walk Through Carnival: A Walk Through Carnival In Jacmel, Haiti (updated) (A Vintage Short)
By Edwidge Danticat. 2002
A Vintage Shorts Travel Selection Growing up in Haiti, Edwidge Danticat kept well clear of carnival--terrified by the stories of…
danger and debauchery that her uncle told her. Decades later, a grown woman and accomplished author, she returns home to find out what she's been missing. In this selection from After the Dance, Danticat fuses her present-day observations with her own childhood memories and weaves a deeply personal reflection on the home she left behind. Through conversations with other attendees and her own deft reporting, she takes readers into the very heart of the festival. A Walk Through Carnival is as much memoir as it is travelogue; and, in these pages, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Brother, I'm Dying brings the electric spirit of carnival vividly to life. An eBook short.The Conde Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Volume II
By Klara Glowczewska. 2012
Another spellbinding trip around the globe with some of today's most celebrated writers and journalists Condé Nast Traveler is the…
preeminent travel magazine in the United States, boasting a readership of 3.5 million. This second collection of the award-winning magazine's best travel writings, includes essays by luminaries such as, Robert Hughes, Russell Banks, E. L. Doctorow, André Aciman, Pico Iyer, and Edna O'Brien.As the world becomes smaller and ever more accessible, interest in travel writing is only growing greater. So whether readers are preparing for their own journeys or just indulging in an armchair adventure, this new volume of The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys will open their eyes to the world.Sailing Alone Around The World
By Joshua Slocum. 1844
As the first person to ever complete a single-handed circumnavigation of the globe, Joshua Slocum recounts his pioneering feat in…
Sailing Alone Around the World (1899), an engaging memoir of his adventures aboard the sloop Spray. An immediate success, the book has inspired countless later travelers. Slocum, a master of understating his achievements, rebuilt the derelict sloop Spray between 1893 and 1894 and set off on his voyage in April 24, 1895. His voyage generated much publicity at the time and he was awaited by eager supporters at many of his ports of call.Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul: Stories of Adventure, Inspiration and Insight to Celebrate the Spirit of Travel
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Steve Zikman. 2012
Whether your idea of travel at its finest is trekking through Europe with a backpack, a map and a foreign-language…
dictionary; road-tripping across America in a fully loaded RV; or cruising the Caribbean aboard a luxury liner, Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul celebrates the people you'll meet, the lands you'll discover and the lessons you'll learn. Like traveling itself, the stories in this book will take you on a journey of adventure, insight, and discovery. Through the real-life experiences of others, you'll see that regardless of the destination, it is the journey that provides the fondest memories. You'll be inspired by these treasured tales of fellow travelers who formed lasting friendships, fell in love, challenged themselves, and cherished the hospitality of others. These stories show that when traveling--as in life--sometimes it's the unplanned adventures that provide us with the most opportunities for growth; that a twist in the road or a change in our itinerary teaches us not to fear the unknown, but to welcome and savor its surprises. With chapters including Living Your Dream, Getting There, Our Common Bond, Making a Difference, On Healing, On Love, A Matter of Perspective, The Kindness of Strangers, and Wisdom Along the Way, this book will guide you to where you want to go and celebrate the places you've already been. Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul will rekindle the spirit of every traveler, offer a deeper connection to people across the globe and provide you with a richer appreciation of the journey.Arabian Sands
By Rory Stewart, Wilfred Thesiger. 1991
Las rosas del sur
By Julio Llamazares. 2018
Diez años después de la publicación de su aclamada Las rosas de piedra, Julio Llamazares concluye su recorrido por España…
y su historia a través de las catedrales Cuando se cumplen diez años de la publicación de su memorable Las rosas de piedra, Julio Llamazares concluye con este libro el que sin duda es el proyecto literario en español más importante de las últimas décadas: su recorrido por las setenta y cuatro catedrales de España. Como hicieran los viajeros de otra época, después de recorrer todas las del norte, el autor va de Madrid a las islas Canarias, pasando por Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Levante, Andalucía y las Baleares, describiendo de manera minuciosa y con una mirada humanista -no exenta en ocasiones de ironía y crítica-, cada una de las catedrales erigidas en esta zona de la geografía española. Algunas de ellas son visitadas por él por primera vez; otras, redescubiertas. Pero en todas ellas Llamazares sabe hallar ese hilo que las une con las gentes que las visitan por turismo o devoción, por curiosidad o costumbre. Más allá de su esplendorosa arquitectura, estas fascinantes «rosas de piedra» se muestran, en el relato del viajero, como espejos en los que observar las relaciones que existen entre las personas y el paisaje a través del tiempo. La crítica ha dicho sobre el autor:«Llamazares es sobre todo un poeta; de hecho, el ritmo de su escritura en prosa es deudor de esa ambición de asociar las palabras (y la memoria, que es su fuente) con el ritmo; la música es consustancial con su narrativa, y eso le viene de la poesía.»Juan Cruz, El País «Julio Llamazares es, sin duda, uno de esos escritores que nos reconcilian con el ejercicio de la literatura.»Aurelio Loureiro, Leer «Julio Llamazares sigue siendo un escritor especial, alguien capaz de mirar el mundo de otra manera.»El Correo Gallego «Unescritor de su categoría podría redactar los anuncios por palabras de un periódico y seguiría siendo interesantes.»Qué Leer Sobre Las rosas de piedra:«Julio Llamazares es un verdadero viajero: persigue un objetivo y regresa enriquecido de él. Su peregrinación a través de las diferentes regiones de España supone una visión personalísima y una apasionante historia de arte. Un libro de viaje indispensable.»Cees Noteboom «Un proyecto casi existencial, algo melancólico, de rescate de mundos que se apagan.»Alejandro Gándara, El Mundo «Llamazares siempre escribe igual cuando viaja, habría que añadir también que siempre escribe bien, sin arrogancia, desprejuiciadamente, con sentido del humor y con cariñosa indulgencia cuando retrata. Y tal vez sea ésa la clave [...]. El autor está enamorado de lo que describe y de lo que descubre.»Andrés Barba, El Cultural «A Julio Llamazares, uno de nuestros escritores más honestos y versátiles, le gusta echarse al camino y contarnos lo que ve, escucha y siente. [...] Sus relatos viajeros filtran una prosa muy singular, lírica y exacta a la vez, y son, a mi juicio, de lo mejor que se ha escrito en España desde los presupuestos del género.»José Luis Argüelles, La Nueva España «No es una guía de catedrales ni una guía de viajes, es literatura de viajes, un género dominado por Julio Llamazares.»Francisco Moya, Literatura de viajes Sobre Trás-os-Montes: «Julio Llamazares recupera la imagen del viajero como figura literaria.»Amelia Castilla, El País Sobre El viaje de Don Quijote: «Llamazares, con habilidad, mezcla lo actual con lo pretérito, lo literario con lo sociológico. [...] Siempre es bueno que nos miren desde fuera; nos señalen nuestras virtudes y defectos, y más si lo hacen con solvencia literaria, como es el caso.»Alfonso González-Calero,Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Steve Zikman. 2012
Whether your idea of travel at its finest is trekking through Europe with a backpack, a map and a foreign-language…
dictionary; road-tripping across America in a fully loaded RV; or cruising the Caribbean aboard a luxury liner, Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul celebrates the people you'll meet, the lands you'll discover and the lessons you'll learn. Like traveling itself, the stories in this book will take you on a journey of adventure, insight, and discovery. Through the real-life experiences of others, you'll see that regardless of the destination, it is the journey that provides the fondest memories. You'll be inspired by these treasured tales of fellow travelers who formed lasting friendships, fell in love, challenged themselves, and cherished the hospitality of others. These stories show that when traveling--as in life--sometimes it's the unplanned adventures that provide us with the most opportunities for growth; that a twist in the road or a change in our itinerary teaches us not to fear the unknown, but to welcome and savor its surprises. With chapters including Living Your Dream, Getting There, Our Common Bond, Making a Difference, On Healing, On Love, A Matter of Perspective, The Kindness of Strangers, and Wisdom Along the Way, this book will guide you to where you want to go and celebrate the places you've already been. Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul will rekindle the spirit of every traveler, offer a deeper connection to people across the globe and provide you with a richer appreciation of the journey.A French Affair
By Mary Blume. 1999
America and France have always had a special relationship. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that…
the two have enjoyed a love affair of sorts, with all the love/hate dynamics that suggests. From Benjamin Franklin charming Louis XVI to Jackie Kennedy enchanting Charles de Gaulle, the two peoples have fascinated and repelled each other. Mary Blume has cultivated her own love affair with this often inscrutable land -- France. It is an affair that spans more than thirty years, from the time Mary Blume first came to Paris, beginning her renowned columns in the International Herald Tribune with a fine eye for the charms, and no aversion to skewering the pretensions, of her adopted home. As with the best chronicles of a time and a place, the narrator begins to emerge through the text. Only Mary Blume could have written these essays. Hers is a unique voice that has won her a devoted audience who have turned religiously, over decades, to her weekend features. Quintessentially American, she has managed that fine trick of not assimilating, and yet coming to know, in the fullest sense, the place and the people in all their often sublime and sometimes ridiculous complexity. In the pieces themselves, whether she turns her penetrating lens on Frenchemen or their money or their socks, whether a bearded lady or Simone de Beauvoir, street performers or members of the Académie Française, whether the newest chic potato or the eternally chic St. Germain de Prés, whether the events of May '68 or the last presidential elections, she sees what would pass unseen -- were she not there to notice it. In the simplest things, Mary Blume reveals the telling detail. In a piece ostensibly about cooking lessons given by two well-meaning aristocrats, she lays bare the acute French sense of class; in a deadpan explanation of the byzantine process of changing street names, she captures the Kafkaesque French bureaucracy; in looking at one beloved Left Bank bistro, she gives us the essence of every such restaurant; by describing the French art of window shopping, she gives us a reflection of how the French see themselves. Whether plumbing the nuances of their language, their rites, rules, or rituals; whether looking at the Mona Lisa or the political arena, film-makers or winemakers, the places and personalities come alive with an uncanny ring of truth. Illustrated by Ronald Searle with the unique wit and delicacy for which he is world famous, A French Affair gives us not only a unique perspective on a time, a place, and a people, but a France that we can digest, distill, and revisit without ever leaving the comfort of home.Off The Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain
By Jack Hitt. 2005
When Jack Hitt set out to walk the 500 miles from France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, he submitted to…
the rigorous traditions of Europe's oldest form of packaged tour, a pilgrimage that has been walked by millions in the history of Christendom. Off the Roadis an unforgettable exploration of the sites that people believe God once touched: the strange fortress said to contain the real secret Adam learned when he bit into the apple; the sites associated with the murderous monks known as the Knights Templar; and the places housing relics ranging from a vial of the Virgin Mary's milk to a sheet of Saint Bartholomew's skin. Along the way, Jack Hitt finds himself persevering by day and bunking down by night with an unlikely and colorful cast of fellow pilgrims -- a Flemish film crew, a drunken gypsy, a draconian Belgian air force officer, a man who speaks no languages, a one-legged pilgrim, and a Welsh family with a mule. In the day-to-day grind of walking under a hot Spanish sun, Jack Hitt and his cohorts not only find occasional good meals and dry shelter but they also stumble upon some fresh ideas about old-time zealotry and modern belief. Off the Roadis an engaging and witty travel memoir of an offbeat journey through history that turns into a provocative rethinking of the past.Maiden Voyages
By Mary Morris. 1993
A collection of travelogues by distinguished women authors includes the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, Vita Sackville-West, Annie Dillard, Isak Dinesen,…
Rebecca West, Willa Cather, Margaret Mead, and Mary McCarthy, among others. 20,000 first printing.Against Venice
By John Howe, Regis Debray. 2002
Numerous writers have made declarations of love to cities, but Against Venice speaks not of love, but of dislike. It…
is a counterblast to intellectuals who regard Venice as the city where existentialism should be experienced, at parties in the palazzi of friends. Debray criticises this world in a refreshingly irreverent way, luring the traveller back to this seductive city.Start and Run A Bed & Breakfast
By David Weston, Louise Weston. 2011
Whether you are thinking about running a B&B or have already made the decision and are ready to start planning…
your business, this book will tell you all you need to know. If you are already established with a B & B, it will help you provide quality accommodation and maximize your earnings and occupancy rates. Their book will help you in: - * Planning and preparing your business, including defining your market, budgeting, pricing, regulation and compliance, accounting and taxation. * Deciding what to offer - in guest bedrooms and for meals and drinks. * Dealing with practicalities, such as managing reservations and keeping records, taking payments, maintaining safety and security. * Marketing your B&B - setting your strategy, networking and making local contacts, advertising and PR, creating your own website. * Expanding your business and ultimately selling it. *Also included is direction to a dedicated website to support you as you build your successful B&B business. * This second edition has been completely and thoroughly revised and updated to include, amongst other new material, important changes in the area of regulation.The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present (Vintage Departures)
By Toby Wilkinson. 2014
A hypnotic journey in the company of one of the world's most acclaimed Egyptologists over the fabled river telling how…
the Nile continually brought life to an ancient civilization now dead and how it sustained its successors, now in tumult.Renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson leads us through space as much as time: from the river's mystical sources (the Blue Nile which rises in Ethiopia, and the White Nile coursing from majestic Lake Victoria); to Thebes, with its Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, and Luxor Temple; the fertile Delta; Giza, home of the Great Pyramid, the sole surviving Wonder of the Ancient World; and finally, to the pulsating capital city of Cairo, where the Arab Spring erupted on the bridges over the Nile. Along the way, he introduces us to mysterious and fabled characters-the gods, godlike pharaohs, emperors and empresses, who joined their fate to the Nile and gained immortality; the adventurers, archaeologists, and historians who have all fallen under its spell. With matchless erudition and storytelling skill, through a lens equal to both panoramas and close-ups, Wilkinson brings millennia of history into view.Tropical Classical
By Pico Iyer. 1997
In Tropical Classical the author of Video Nights in Katmandu and The Lady and the Monk visits a holy city…
in Ethiopia, where hooded worshippers practice a Christianity that has remained unchanged since the Middle Ages. He follows the bewilderingly complex route of Bombay's dabbawallahs, who each day ferry 100,000 different lunches to 100,000 different workers.Iyer chats with the Dalai Lama and assesses the books of Salman Rushdie and Cormac McCarthy. And he brings his perceptive eye and unflappable wit to bear on the postmodern vogues for literary puffery, sexual gamesmanship, and frequent-flier miles. Glittering with aphorisms, overflowing with insight, and often hilarious, Tropical Classical represents some of Iyer's finest work.From the Trade Paperback edition.