Memories by the Mile
ISBN: 9781439256817 / Angielski / Miękka / 808 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Working for the Associated Press for thirty-five years, George Wilbur had a chance to see the world-and took it. His debut travelogue and memoir, Memories by the Mile, spans fifty years and recalls tight spots, tender moments, and a bird's eye view of Europe, the Far East, South America, and Australia. Wilbur and his wife traveled to over seventy-five countries-and do they have a story From being charged by a rhinoceros and, in Czechoslovakia, risking arrest by Communist police to huffing and puffing up the Great Wall of China, riding an aircraft into the eye of a typhoon, and almost...
Working for the Associated Press for thirty-five years, George Wilbur had a chance to see the world-and took it. His debut travelogue and memoir, Memo...
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138,36 zł |
Embarking on the Mariposa Trail
ISBN: 9781419620270 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One couple's passionate travel memoir of following a dream to buy property and build a B &B on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. The book, full of shared secrets, chronicles this journey along the Mariposa Trail in a country where doing business, speaking the language, and discovering the tropics involved a new way of living.
One couple's passionate travel memoir of following a dream to buy property and build a B &B on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. The book, full of shared...
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83,11 zł |
Feel it, believe it, pass it on!: The Power of Friendships
ISBN: 9781432734404 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life is a present God gives to us daily. Why not give a present to others of friendship? Each one of us can make a difference in the world we live just by being a friend. Give love and you will get love. Give friendhsip and friendships will find you. Create the world you want to live in just by giving your time, energy, and love to a relationship.
Family life starts the cycle. Look back to the days of your youth and recaputre the zest you have for life even as an adult. It's yours for the taking. Refresh your mind and you will, "Feel it, believe it, and pass it on." Life is a present God gives to us daily. Why not give a present to others of friendship? Each one of us can make a difference in the world we live jus...
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260,90 zł |
Hiking Through History: Hannibal, Highlanders, and Joan of Arc
ISBN: 9781453766743 / Angielski / Miękka / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While hiking through the Scottish Highlands on vacation, Robinson becomes captivated by the history he finds along every step, leading him toward a deeper connection with natural and human history. He later returns to Europe, and sets out to follow in the footsteps of both Hannibal and Joan of Arc. Hiking through Spain, France, and Italy, he moves from one comic misadventure to another; but along the way he discovers beauty and friendship, and a profound connection with the past. Robinson tells the histories of Hannibal and Joan of Arc in fascinating detail, weaving the stories of their lives...
While hiking through the Scottish Highlands on vacation, Robinson becomes captivated by the history he finds along every step, leading him toward a de...
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87,73 zł |
Notes on a Special Place: Cloudcroft and the Southern Mountains
ISBN: 9781456832827 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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92,35 zł |
Notes on a Special Place: Cloudcroft and the Southern Mountains
ISBN: 9781456832834 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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166,25 zł |
Trapped in Paradise: Views of My Cuba
ISBN: 9781897475577 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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73,91 zł |
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
ISBN: 9781108031158 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Hanning Speke (1827 64) was an officer in the British Indian Army, best known for his explorations of Africa. In the 1850s he embarked on two major expeditions there, the first, to Somalia, inspiring the second, to East Africa, during which he endeavoured to locate the source of the White Nile. This book of 1864 brings together his memoirs of both ventures, in which he draws connections between the two, and provides dramatic recollections of his endurance of captivity, attack, and tropical disease. Despite the obstacles he faced, on his second mission he identified Lake Victoria as the...
John Hanning Speke (1827 64) was an officer in the British Indian Army, best known for his explorations of Africa. In the 1850s he embarked on two maj...
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274,95 zł |
The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration
ISBN: 9781108031288 / Angielski / Miękka / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 1890) was an explorer who began his career in the Bombay army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and over the remaining forty years of his life published dozens of works and more than 100 articles. In this two-volume work, published in 1860, Burton discusses geographical and ethnological matters, while also giving space to the 'picturesque points of view which the subject offers' in recounting his journey to Zanzibar and around the lakes...
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 1890) was an explorer who began his career in the Bombay army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic tal...
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327,62 zł |
The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration
ISBN: 9781108031295 / Angielski / Miękka / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 1890) was an explorer who began his career in the Bombay army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and over the remaining forty years of his life published dozens of works and more than 100 articles. In this two-volume work, published in 1860, Burton discusses geographical and ethnological matters, while also giving space to the 'picturesque points of view which the subject offers' in recounting his journey to Zanzibar and around the lakes...
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 1890) was an explorer who began his career in the Bombay army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic tal...
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362,72 zł |
Cycling Through Depression
ISBN: 9780989107402 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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69,06 zł |
And There I Was
ISBN: 9781450295680 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,97 zł |
And There I Was
ISBN: 9781450295697 / Angielski / Twarda / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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100,97 zł |
Years on and Other Travel Essays
ISBN: 9781462008049 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Where you headed?" asked the man in a pick-up. Lihosit should have answered, "High adventure." The author of "South of the Frontera; A Peace Corps Memoir" describes how he hitchhiked along bleak Arizona highways, hacked a path through Honduran mountains in search of water, avoided caiman while riding bulls across flooded Bolivian savannah and grizzlies as he hunted caribou in bush Alaska, ran for his life after getting embroiled in Mexico City politics and more. These are uncommon tales and fascinating reading. "Where you headed?" asked the man in a pick-up. Lihosit should have answered, "High adventure." The author of "South of the Frontera; A Peace Corps... |
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83,37 zł |
Adventures in Europe and Central America
ISBN: 9780981701530 / Angielski / Miękka / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cleasby and his wife travel through 15 countries exploring ancient ruins and modern metropolises. Their memoir reflects the processes of travel, serendipitous, sought-after adventures, and making the best of the unexpected dangers. 50 b&w photographs. 458 pp.
Cleasby and his wife travel through 15 countries exploring ancient ruins and modern metropolises. Their memoir reflects the processes of travel, seren...
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105,27 zł |
Drive Nacho Drive: A Journey from the American Dream to the End of the World
ISBN: 9780989766500 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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73,68 zł |
Memoirs of a Dromomaniac: A Randy Romo from One Side of the Earth to the Other
ISBN: 9781462856817 / Wielojęzykowe / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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92,35 zł |
Memoirs of a Dromomaniac: A Randy Romo From One Side Of The Earth To The Other
ISBN: 9781462856824 / Wielojęzykowe / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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166,25 zł |
From Sea to Shining Sea
ISBN: 9780986936708 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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83,30 zł |
The Story Of Paul Boyton
ISBN: 9781849023900 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book was originally marketed with this words: "A rare tale of travel and Adventure. Thrilling experiences in distant lands, among strange people. A book for boys, old and young." The description of the book is no exaggeration. Paul Boyton (1848-1924) was clearly a remarkable and fearless man and indeed had adventures that can only be described as thrilling. He discovered and started working with a rubber suit, similar to modern drysuits . It allowed the wearer to float on his or her back, using a double-sided paddle to propel themself, feet-forward. Eventually, he was to found the first...
This book was originally marketed with this words: "A rare tale of travel and Adventure. Thrilling experiences in distant lands, among strange people....
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128,67 zł |