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Last Places: A Journey in the North
ISBN: 9780618082483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland. Traveling through landscapes of transcendent desolation, Millman wandered by way of the Shetland Islands, the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. His way was marked by surprising human encounters--with a convicted murderer in Reykjavik, an Inuit hermit in Greenland, an Icelandic guide who leads him to a place called Hell, and a Newfoundlander who warns him about the local variant of the...
A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking se...
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65,47 |
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The Best American Travel Writing
ISBN: 9780618118786 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Maintaining that "travel is a state of mind", the author of "Hotel Honolulu" selects pieces about "the spell in the wilderness, the letter home from foreign parts, the dangerous adventure, the sentimental journey, the expos, the shocking revelation, the eyewitness report, the ordeal, the quest".
Maintaining that "travel is a state of mind", the author of "Hotel Honolulu" selects pieces about "the spell in the wilderness, the letter home from f...
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96,30 |
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Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings
ISBN: 9780618126934 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Whether it is trekking through the icy Maine woods, or journeying to a remote island in the South Pacific where the first atomic bombs were detonated, Theroux serves as both camera and the eye. This collection of essays and articles is the ultimate good read for anyone fascinated by travel.
Whether it is trekking through the icy Maine woods, or journeying to a remote island in the South Pacific where the first atomic bombs were detonated,...
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100,15 |
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Adrift
ISBN: 9780618257324 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When Callahan's small sloop sank west of the Canary Islands, he found himself adrift in the Atlantic in a five-foot raft, with only enough food and water for 18 days. For 76 days he drifted 1800 miles, the only man in history to survive more than a month alone at sea in an inflatable raft.
When Callahan's small sloop sank west of the Canary Islands, he found himself adrift in the Atlantic in a five-foot raft, with only enough food and wa...
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73,17 |
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The Best American Travel Writing
ISBN: 9780618341269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A celebration of adventure and curiosity, this compilation transports readersfrom Patagonia to the Ivory Coast to small-town Vermont.
A celebration of adventure and curiosity, this compilation transports readersfrom Patagonia to the Ivory Coast to small-town Vermont.
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84,74 |
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The Best American Travel Writing 2005
ISBN: 9780618369522 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A celebration of adventure and curiosity, this compilation transports readersfrom Patagonia to the Ivory Coast to small-town Vermont.
A celebration of adventure and curiosity, this compilation transports readersfrom Patagonia to the Ivory Coast to small-town Vermont.
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96,30 |
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Braving Home: Dispatches from the Underwater Town, the Lava-Side Inn, and Other Extreme Locales
ISBN: 9780618446629 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Part travelogue . . . part meditation on the meaning of home" ("Wall Street Journal"), "Braving Home" introduces readers to some of modern America's most unusual, unforgettable pioneers.
"Part travelogue . . . part meditation on the meaning of home" ("Wall Street Journal"), "Braving Home" introduces readers to some of modern America's ...
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73,17 |
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
ISBN: 9780618446872 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 485 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In his first new travel book in eight years, the endearingly irascible Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry and train.
In his first new travel book in eight years, the endearingly irascible Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cat...
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84,74 |
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Glory in a Camel's Eye: A Perilous Trek Through the Greatest African Desert
ISBN: 9780618492220 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Marvelously entertaining and frequently harrowing, Glory in a Camel's Eye recounts the American travel writer Jeffrey Tayler's dangerous three-month journey across the Moroccan Sahara in the company of Arab nomads.
Glory in a Camel's Eye gives us an intimate, often surprising portrait of Saharan Africa: the cultural conflicts between native Berbers and Arabs, the clashes between devout desert-dwelling nomads and their city-dwelling counterparts. Fluent in Arabic, Tayler assembles an image of modern life very much at odds with our Western assumptions. He observes and reports "with... Marvelously entertaining and frequently harrowing, Glory in a Camel's Eye recounts the American travel writer Jeffrey Tayler's dangerous three-month j...
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65,47 |
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The Best American Travel Writing 2006
ISBN: 9780618582150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A celebration of adventure and curiosity, this compilation transports readersfrom Patagonia to the Ivory Coast to small-town Vermont.
A celebration of adventure and curiosity, this compilation transports readersfrom Patagonia to the Ivory Coast to small-town Vermont.
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84,74 |
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The Best American Travel Writing
ISBN: 9780618582181 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Bestselling author and "New Yorker" staff writer Susan Orlean edits this years volume of the finest travel writing from the past year. Contributors include Ian Frazier, Ann Patchett, David Halberstam, Peter Hessler, and others.
Bestselling author and "New Yorker" staff writer Susan Orlean edits this years volume of the finest travel writing from the past year. Contributors in...
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cena:
77,03 |
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How to Travel Practically Anywhere
ISBN: 9780618607532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An essential guide for today's traveler: timesaving tips to navigate, book, and troubleshoot your travel planning, on and off the Web.
If you've ever tried to find a sale fare you saw advertised for a flight, only to turn up much higher prices, or discovered that the hotel you booked wasn't exactly "steps away from the ocean, " you know that the do-it-yourself era of travel can mean something else entirely: you're on your own. Now Susan Stellin, a regular contributor to the New York Times, offers the ultimate... An essential guide for today's traveler: timesaving tips to navigate, book, and troubleshoot your travel planning, on and off the Web.
If you... |
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84,74 |
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The Great Railway Bazaar
ISBN: 9780618658947 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this unique and hugely entertaining railway odyssey, Theroux vividly recounts his travels--and the people, places, and landscapes he encountered--on the Orient Express, the Khyber Mail, and the Trans-Siberian Express, through such countries as Turkey, Iran, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and the Soviet Union.
In this unique and hugely entertaining railway odyssey, Theroux vividly recounts his travels--and the people, places, and landscapes he encountered--o...
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84,74 |
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The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain
ISBN: 9780618658954 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince William--and the ideal time, Theroux found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves. The result is a candid, funny, perceptive, and opinionated travelogue of his journey and his findings.
It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince William--and the ideal time, Theroux found, to surprise t...
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61,47 |
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Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China
ISBN: 9780618658978 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Paul Theroux, the author of the train travel classics The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express, takes to the rails once again in this account of his epic journey through China. He hops aboard as part of a tour group in London and sets out for China's border. He then spends a year traversing the country, where he pieces together a fascinating snapshot of a unique moment in history. From the barren deserts of Xinjiang to the ice forests of Manchuria, from the dense metropolises of Shanghai, Beijing, and Canton to the dry hills of Tibet, Theroux offers an unforgettable portrait of...
Paul Theroux, the author of the train travel classics The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express, takes to the rails once again in this a...
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77,03 |
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The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
ISBN: 9780618658985 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In one of his most exotic and breathtaking journeys, the intrepid traveler Paul Theroux ventures to the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak. Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately coming to shore thousands of miles away in Hawaii, Theroux paddles alone over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors and shark-filled waters, and along treacherous coastlines. This exhilarating tropical epic is full of disarming observations and high adventure.
In one of his most exotic and breathtaking journeys, the intrepid traveler Paul Theroux ventures to the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by ...
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100,15 |
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Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
ISBN: 9780618709403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. One of America's leading birders recounts his trek across the country at the age of sixteen in search of birds, his efforts to set a record for the most North American species seen in a year, and how he gained a deeper understanding of the natural world, in a new edition of the classic nature study. Reprint.
One of America's leading birders recounts his trek across the country at the age of sixteen in search of birds, his efforts to set a record for the mo...
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84,74 |
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Death and the Sun: A Matador's Season in the Heart of Spain
ISBN: 9780618872305 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A brilliant observer in the tradition of Adam Gopnik and Paul Theroux, Edward Lewine reveals a Spain few outsiders have seen. There's nothing more Spanish than bullfighting, and nothing less like its stereotype. For matadors and aficionados, it is not a blood sport but an art, an ancient subculture steeped in ritual, machismo, and the feverish attentions of fans and the press.
Lewine explains Spain and the art of the bulls by spending a bullfighting season traveling Spanish highways with the celebrated matador Francisco Rivera Ordonez, following Fran, as he's known, through every... A brilliant observer in the tradition of Adam Gopnik and Paul Theroux, Edward Lewine reveals a Spain few outsiders have seen. There's nothing more Spa...
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69,32 |
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River of No Reprieve: Descending Siberia's Waterway of Exile, Death, and Destiny
ISBN: 9780618919840 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In a custom-built boat, Jeffrey Tayler traveled some 2,400 miles down the Lena River, from near Lake Baikal to high above the Arctic Circle, re-creating a journey first made by Cossack forces more than three hundred years ago. He was searching for primeval beauty and a respite from the corruption, violence, and self-destructive urges that typify modern Russian culture.
His only companion on this hellish journey detests all humanity, including Tayler. Vadim, Tayler's guide, is a burly Soviet army veteran whose superb skills Tayler needs to survive. As the two navigate roiling white water... In a custom-built boat, Jeffrey Tayler traveled some 2,400 miles down the Lena River, from near Lake Baikal to high above the Arctic Circle, re-creati...
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65,47 |
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Pilgrim's Progress: A Spiritual Guide for the Holy Land Traveler
ISBN: 9780664501273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 89 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book features one-page devotionals on all the major biblical sites in Israel, including Jerusalem, Capernaum, Bethlehem, and the Mount of Olives. Each devotional contains scripture references, a lyrical meditation on the locale, and a prayer that can be used at that site. An appendix provides several of the more popular psalms for devotional reading. This book features one-page devotionals on all the major biblical sites in Israel, including Jerusalem, Capernaum, Bethlehem, and the Mount of Oliv... |
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