You Can Run: Gay, Glam, and Gritty Travels in South America
ISBN: 9781560237099 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How fo you rough it in extreme South American travels and still dare to be different? This text follows the intrepid and fantastic, and totally true, adventures of flamboyant gay men through the gritty rough and tough of South America.
How fo you rough it in extreme South American travels and still dare to be different? This text follows the intrepid and fantastic, and totally true, ...
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Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization
ISBN: 9781596911031 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Long the obscure "Tibet of South America," Bolivia emerged as a world flashpoint during the four years William Powers lived there as an aid worker. CNN and the New York Times have shown images of Aymara women in bowler hats standing down tanks; citizen protests have ousted multinationals and two pro-globalization presidents. In Whispering in the Giant's Ear, Powers brings alive the recent struggles of the Bolivian people. When he arrives in the rainforest, he meets an extraordinary Chiquitano Indian named Salvador who is fighting the extinction of his people. At the same time, the...
Long the obscure "Tibet of South America," Bolivia emerged as a world flashpoint during the four years William Powers lived there as an aid worker. CN...
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87,69 zł |
Three Borders
ISBN: 9781844018437 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For a total of one year, Henning Gloystein lived and worked in Colombia as a journalist. While there, he explored the country, taking in the people, the culture and the landscape. Three Borders focuses on three unique parts of Colombia: places that find themselves in between nations, cultural traditions and, in one case, violent opposing factions. Gloystein uncovers three of Colombia's border towns, celebrating their diversity and welcoming spirit, and examining the drugs trade that threatens to destroy so much of their indigenous culture. Three Borders offers a fascinating insight into...
For a total of one year, Henning Gloystein lived and worked in Colombia as a journalist. While there, he explored the country, taking in the people, t...
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68,11 zł |
The Rivers Ran East
ISBN: 9781885211668 / Angielski / Miękka / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Long out of print, this is a riveting firsthand account of Leonard Clark s search for the legendary lost Seven Cities of Cibola reputedly home to enormous reserves of gold in the rain forest east of the Peruvian Andes. A former U.S. Army intelligence officer, Clark is joined on his expedition by Inez Pokorny, a gutsy, multilingual female explorer. Their treacherous journey includes encounters with head-hunting Jivaro Indians, man-eating jaguars, 40-foot-long anacondas, poisonous plants, and shamanistic healers. Against the odds, Clark and Pokorny reach their destination, but nearly starve to...
Long out of print, this is a riveting firsthand account of Leonard Clark s search for the legendary lost Seven Cities of Cibola reputedly home to enor...
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73,68 zł |
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
ISBN: 9781931839563 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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206,66 zł |
Large-scale Mining in Papua New Guinea - a survey of the changes in the Ok Tedi Mining Area
ISBN: 9783836411493 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1970s and 1980s, Papua New Guinea used to be a good spot for investing in the mineral sector. This situation, however, changed. Especially since the Bougainville crisis - rooted in conflicts produced by a large-scale mining operation - became one of the most difficult and protracted problems in the states short history. It is quite clear that resource extraction brings profound changes, when it is carried out in a former intact environment. But what are the changes that happen when a large-scale mining operation starts? And are these changes able to produce different kinds of...
In the 1970s and 1980s, Papua New Guinea used to be a good spot for investing in the mineral sector. This situation, however, changed. Especially ...
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257,65 zł |
Inca Trails: Journey Through the Bolivian and Peruvian Andes
ISBN: 9781434317100 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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74,96 zł |
Devotedly Dixie: Travel Journals of Two Helens
ISBN: 9780595491148 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,29 zł |
Colombia: Spanish Travel Phrases for English Speaking Travelers: The most useful 1.000 phrases to get around when traveling in C
ISBN: 9781517172503 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you want to travel with ease and elegance getting what you need when you need it? This is the solution for your communication problems when you travel to Colombia. You can access the phrase you need by using a clickable table of contents that will lead you to the topic you are looking for: Bank, Bar, Boutique, Bus travel, Business meetings, Cafe, Car accidents, Car rental, Car travel, Children, Cinema, Communication, Consulate, Customs, Directions, Discomfort, Embassy, Gas station, Hairdresser, Health, Hotel, Luggage, Metro travel, Money, Passport, Personal accidents, Personal information,...
Do you want to travel with ease and elegance getting what you need when you need it? This is the solution for your communication problems when you tra...
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41,03 zł |
Viva Chile: Travels, Tips and Tales
ISBN: 9781434392329 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Henrik Frier Hansen was born in 1965 in Denmark. In the year 2000 he decided to quit his good job, sell his house and the old Toyota - in order to move to Chile with his Chilean wife and try a different lifestyle as settler and pioneer in a small rural part of southern Chile. Many things have happened since, which are all part of a completely different story, but many trips have been made not only to and from Chile - but also extensive travels within the country. Encounters with an extraordinary country, its wonderful people and not least a spectacular nature has been the foundation and...
Henrik Frier Hansen was born in 1965 in Denmark. In the year 2000 he decided to quit his good job, sell his house and the old Toyota - in order to mov...
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80,13 zł |
Brazil and Brazilians
ISBN: 9780710311467 / Angielski / Twarda / 690 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written in the mid-nineteenth century, this description of Brazilian culture introduces the South American country to Western eyes, explaining each detail of the culture and society with avid curiosity. It takes a missionary's perspective and refer constantly to Christianity and its reaction in Brazil.
Written in the mid-nineteenth century, this description of Brazilian culture introduces the South American country to Western eyes, explaining each de...
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Let's Go Up! Climbing Machu Picchu, Huayna Picchu and Putucusi or a Peru Travel Trip Hiking One of the Seven Wonders of the World: An Inca City Discov
ISBN: 9780981473703 / Wielojęzykowe / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Let s Go Up takes the reader on a photographic journey, climbing up Huayna Picchu and Putucusi, two mountains overlooking the mystical Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. Towering ladders, a steep tunnel, unique wildlife, and the magical surrounding scenery will surely excite children and inspire exploration, travel, and a love of nature. This bilingual book can be enjoyed across cultures. It could also supplement instruction to enrich the learning experience of English and Spanish students. Machu Picchu became one of the New Seven Wonders of the World on July 7, 2007 and attracts travelers from...
Let s Go Up takes the reader on a photographic journey, climbing up Huayna Picchu and Putucusi, two mountains overlooking the mystical Inca ruins of ...
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72,99 zł |
Amazon
ISBN: 9780141037127 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explorer Bruce Parry embarks on an epic journey down the Amazon. Written in diary form, the book offers a rare insight into the ways of life that have existed since the dawn of time and are about to disappear forever. Illness, accidents and all manner of unforeseen mishaps test Parry's strength every step of the way.
Explorer Bruce Parry embarks on an epic journey down the Amazon. Written in diary form, the book offers a rare insight into the ways of life that have...
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71,34 zł |
Mexico
ISBN: 9781436388283 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,25 zł |
Two Thousand Miles' Ride Through The Argentine Provinces V2: Being An Account Of The Natural Products Of The Country, And Habits Of The People (1853)
ISBN: 9781437359022 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...
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165,29 zł |
Two Thousand Miles' Ride Through The Argentine Provinces V2: Being An Account Of The Natural Products Of The Country, And Habits Of The People (1853)
ISBN: 9781437439595 / Angielski / Inna / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...
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238,32 zł |
Modernity and the Nation in Mexican Representations of Masculinity: From Sensuality to Bloodshed
ISBN: 9780230600447 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks at representations of the male body, sexuality and power in the arts in Mexico. It analyses literature, visual art and cinema produced from the 1870s to the present, focusing on the Porfirian regime, the Post-revolutionary era, the decadence of the revolutionary state and the emergence of the neo-liberal order in the 1980s.
This book looks at representations of the male body, sexuality and power in the arts in Mexico. It analyses literature, visual art and cinema produced...
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195,42 zł |
Südspitze: - mit dem Overland-Truck durch Südamerika
ISBN: 9783837049206 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,27 zł |
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
ISBN: 9788562022425 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes Roosevelt's expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913. The book describes scenic tropical views and an exotic fauna and flora. "When I started from the United States, it was to make an expedition, primarily concerned with mammalogy and ornithology, for the American Museum of Natural History of New York. This was undertaken under the auspices of Messrs. Osborn and Chapman, acting on behalf of the Museum. In the body of this work I describe how the scope of the expedition was enlarged, and how it was given a geographic as well as a zoological...
Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes Roosevelt's expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913. The book describes scenic tropical views and an e...
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45,60 zł |
Auf dem Weg zum Chimborazo: Bergsteigen in Ecuador und andere Abenteuer
ISBN: 9783833436468 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dann endlich, wie ein Schlag ins Gesicht, der erste Anblick des Chimborazo. Nicht Mensch und Tier mehr, auch nicht ihre Gerausche. Nur er, der gletscherhauptige Riese. 6.310 Meter hoch. Majestatisch, unerschutterlich, unbezwingbar. Ein von der Natur aufgeturmtes Tabu. Die Herausforderung ..." Diese Satze schrieb Alexander von Humboldt wahrend einer wissenschaftlichen Weltreise 1802 in sein Tagebuch, als er den hochsten ecuadorianischen Berg zu Angesicht bekam. Das Buch enthalt 38 s/w-Abbildungen.
Dann endlich, wie ein Schlag ins Gesicht, der erste Anblick des Chimborazo. Nicht Mensch und Tier mehr, auch nicht ihre Gerausche. Nur er, der gletsch...
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131,91 zł |