Das Reisetagebuch des Autors widerspiegelt seine Erlebnisse und Eindrücke während mehrerer Seereisen durch die Inselwelt der Südsee, von Tahiti und den Gesellschaftsinseln nach Rarotonga und andere Cook-Inseln, Samoa, die Tuamotus und die sagenumwobenen Marquesas-Inseln. Neben einer Beschreibung der angelaufenen Inseln gibt er auch einen Einblick in das Leben und Arbeiten auf einem alten Windjamme…
Максим Петрович, молодой человек из Петербурга начала 20 века, находится в депрессии после смерти матери. В июне 1909 года он получает письмо от родной сестры из села Ванавары, что расположено на реке Подкаменной Тунгуске. Сестрица зовёт навестить её, развеяться от тоски столичной и рассказывает о необычайном явлении, о сибирском чуде - падении звезды с неба. Максим Петрович решается на поездку, и…
Reissue of J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing, with an exclusive new afterword by Robert Macfarlane.J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing was first published in 1967. Greeted with acclaim, it went on to win the Duff Cooper Prize, the pre-eminent literary prize of the time. Luminaries such as Ted Hughes, Barry Lopez and Andrew Motion have cited it …
Madeira definitely deserves its cognomen “Flower Island”. You will find plants from all regions of the earth growing in a very confined space. Wherever you go you will be surrounded by numerous familiar and unfamiliar plants. The botanical guide “Madeira – A Botanical Melting Pot!” contains plant descriptions that are organized in six typical groups: plants in gardens and parks, vegetation in coas…
В день распределения отпусков Лизе одной из сотрудниц юридической компании выпадает самый морозный месяц года февраль. Она решает погреться и провести отпуск в Иордании у родной сестры Маши. Лиза с детства отличается от своей сестры своенравным характером и непокорностью и не разделяет восторженных взглядов Маши на жизнь в чужой стране. В отличие от сестры она не может так кардинально поменять жиз…
Prices of homes in the US are still historically low. Interest on money in Europe is also historically low. Real estate is interesting for investing especially with the economic downshift in Europe. A generation of best agers is growing with all intentions of making something out of this part of life. Why not realizing the dream of owning a nice holiday home in Florida for a number of years to esc…
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In 306, immediately after Constantine the Great had secured the title of Augustus, he brought his banished mother Helena to his court, to Trier. Numerous traces of them both can be found here, also of Constantine's father and his own sons. This booklet reveals the background of this epoch-making, scandal-ridden family, pampered by success, and takes us through Trier on the traces of these eve…
Небольшие эссе и несколько стихотворений рассказывают о жизни русского писателя в болгарском горном селе, о жизни современной Болгарии и об истории ее юго-западного уголка. О священниках, ставших наставниками революционеров, о доме и домашнем вине, о развалинах древних городов и корнях славянских языков, о Ванге и геотермальных источниках. О Фракии, Македонии, Греции, Римской империи...
When the Titanic sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we know to explore an era of seismic change.With new research and previously unseen first-hand accounts, Gareth Russell peers through the most famous portholes in the world to follow six travellers. Amongst them, a Jewish-American immigrant, an American m…
What leads us to believe in monsters? What happens when we meet the brutal creatures of our nightmares?Tales of the yeti, the ‘Abominable Snowman’ of the Himalayas, have been recorded for centuries. This huge, ape-like, hairy creature has tantalised explorers, mountaineers and locals with curious footprints and elusive appearances. But until recently, no one has been able to identify what this myt…
From the early days of his music with Stockton’s Wing to his time training at Ballymaloe Cookery School, food and music have been parallel lines that have kept Mike Hanrahan on track his entire life. Mike Hanrahan, cook and teacher, songwriter and musician, takes us back stage and into the kitchens of a bohemian, international and surprisingly foodie group of Irish household names, including Ronni…
‘My favourite book about the wilderness’ Cheryl Strayed, author of WildIn this shimmering masterpiece of American nature writing, Edward Abbey ventures alone into the canyonlands of Moab, Utah, to work as a seasonal ranger for the United States National Park Service.Living out of a trailer, Abbey captures in rapt, poetic prose the landscape of the desert; a world of terracotta earth, empty skies, …
Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in the fascinating book that orginally accompanied his journey for the BBC1 series.'Stephen Fry is a treasure of the British …
Sure to be hailed alongside H is for Hawk and The Hare with Amber Eyes, an exceptional work that is at once an astonishing journey across countries and continents, an immersive examination of a great artist’s work, and a moving and intimate memoir.At the age of 42, his father not long dead and his young sons growing fast, Toby Ferris set off on a seemingly quixotic mission to track down each of th…