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The lost heart of Asia
By Colin Thubron. 2004
This book charts Colin Thubron's journey through the newly emergent countries of Central Asia. It is the story of his…
encounters with people, landscapes and the past, looking for lost cities, mosques and tombs, as he searches into the regions fragmented identity and discovers the plight of the once-dominant Russians who remain. 2004.The lost girls: three friends, four continents, one unconventional detour around the world
By Jennifer Baggett, Amanda Pressner, Holly C Corbett. 2010
Three friends at a crossroads in their twenties quit their high pressure New York media jobs, leave their friends and…
everything familiar behind, and embark on a year-long backpacking adventure around the world. Includes sex and strong language. c2010.Astrophysics for young people in a hurry
By Gregory Mone, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. 2019
Pourquoi E=mc2?: et comment ça marche? ((Quai des sciences).)
By Brian Cox, J. R Forshaw, Guy Chouraqui. 2012
" Savez-vous que vous voyagez à la vitesse de la lumière ? Et non seulement vous, mais votre chaise, votre…
table, votre maison, la Terre elle-même ? Bien sûr, nous ne parlons pas ici d'un voyage dans l'espace en trois dimensions, mais dans la structure profonde de l'univers : l'espace-temps. Vous trouvez cela difficile à croire ? Pourtant, c'est bien ce que nous dit la fameuse équation d'Einstein : E = mc2 ! En talentueux passeurs de savoirs, Brian Cox et Jeff Forshaw nous révèlent dans ce livre les mystères de la théorie de la relativité. Grâce à eux, même sans bagage mathématique, vous pourrez percer les secrets de l'équation la plus célèbre du monde ! " -- 4e de couv. 2012. Titre uniforme: Why does E = MC²?Help! ma croisiere en Amazonie
By Redmond O'Hanlon. 1990
L'auteur a déicide de rendre visite aux Yanomami, une tribu amazonienne aux moeurs particulièrement violentes. Echappera-t-il a la dysenterie, aux…
amibes, au cholera, a la rage, a la maladie de Chaga? 1990. Titre uniforme: In trouble again.Chaveta: l'arche d'or des Incas
By Jéromine Pasteur. 1988
Elle s'appelle Jéromine, mais les Indiens la nomment Chaveta, papillon symbole de la connaissance. Il y a dix ans, elle…
construit son propre voilier et met le cap sur le Brésil, en solitaire. Elle trouve la prix en jungle tropicale où elle vit avec la tribu de Ashanincas. Dans ce livre, elle nous relate son histoire vécue. 1988.An area of darkness
By V. S. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. 1964
The family have become more and more West Indian in their way of life, but remained Indian at heart. Naipaul…
was only dimly aware of his origins, India having become "an area of darkness", and it was to acquaint himself with his background that he undertook a year's travelling in India. 1964.Madrid
By Nina Epton. 1964
Madrid
By Nina Epton. 1964
A nation of trees: Australian rites
By Rosemary Millington. 1964
In Shackleton's wake
By Bob Roberts, Arved Fuchs. 2001
In order to reenact the voyages of Ernest Shackleton, a small group of people undertook a simulated version of what…
happened. They started with a boat, losing their drinking water and eventually the boat itself, and continued on foot, replacing the Antarctic with South Georgia. 2001.At home and abroad
By V. S Pritchett. 1989
These essays of the novelist and critic cover his travels to South and North America, most of Western Europe and…
Great Britain over a forty year period. His observations of landscape and human nature illuminate the social and political insights he offers en route. It includes 8 short pieces written in the 1920's on the poor whites of Appalachia. 1990, c1989.Letter from the Khyber Pass: and other travel writing
By George Woodcock. 1993
When George Woodcock travelled, he set out on his journeys well-prepared and full of curiosity. This collection of his travel…
writing brings together material written over nearly forty years. His destinations include Zapotec villages in Mexico, the West Coast of Canada, and the Khyber Pass in West Pakistan. 1993.Cameroon with Egbert
By Dervla Murphy. 1989
Dervla Murphy and her teenage daughter, Rachel, travelled through the west African nation of Cameroon with a pack horse named…
Egbert. They wandered through jungles, up mountains and across plains. The author includes a tart commentary on the local customs, history and problems of contemporary Africa. 1989.A yak for Christmas
By Louise Hillary. 1969
A book of travel about central Asia, particularly the Mount Everest region of Nepal. Mrs. Hillary writes an interesting and…
charming narrative of her family's adventures and misadventures while roughing it. 1969.Ma course autour du monde
By Mario Bonenfant. 1983
Le mètre du monde
By Denis Guedj. 2000
Safari en Afrique
By Jean-Jacques Ouellet. 1988
The Europe I saw
By Elizabeth Wiskemann. 1968
Two middle-aged ladies in Andalusia (The century travellers)
By Penelope Chetwode. 1985
The author makes her tour of the most inaccessible region of Spain riding on the back of the second middle-aged…
lady in the title: her mare, La Marquesa. Together they encounter the people, the architecture and the sanitation. 1985.