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"With this book, you feel you can stop time and savor the rituals of life." --Maira Kalman An immersive journey through the culture and cuisine of one Japanese town, its forest, and its watershed--where ducks are hunted by net, saké is brewed from the purest mountain water, and charcoal is...

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Welcome to The Escape Artist, a podcast for the culturally curious traveller. Each week travel journalist and photographer Edwina Hart interviews a special guest who has mastered the art of escape. The series explores how travel has influenced their lives and creative endeavours. Edwina is joined by an exciting line-up of artists, tastemakers and travel insiders whose love affair with travel will transport you to enchanting, far-flung corners of the globe. This podcast is pure escapism for those always dreaming of their next destination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...

In this intoxicating concoction of history, travelogue, and memoir, one of the perfume industry’s leading scouts of natural ingredients tells the story of the precious ingredients needed to make our favorite fragrances. Do you know how many flowers it takes to produce a kilo of rose oil? One...

Mili hatte einen Plan: Nach dem Elternbesuch in Bulgarien steigt sie in den Zug und fährt einfach nach Hause, nach Berlin. 13 Jahre in der deutschen Hauptstadt sollten reichen, um sie ein Zuhause zu nennen, oder? Die Fahrt durch Rumänien, Ungarn und Tschechien ist bezaubernd schön, doch jeder Halt und jede Begegnung werfen bei Mili neue Identitätsfragen auf. Hat sie den Titel “Berlinerin” verdient und hat sie dabei ihre bulgarische Identität verloren? Was macht einen Wohnort überhaupt zu einem Zuhause? Und kann es eigentlich mehr als eine Heimat geben? In fünf kurzweiligen Folgen ...

Persimmon Wind - part memoir, part martial arts history, and part travelogue - relates Dave Lowry's experiences as he travels to Japan to reunite with his sensei, visit the graves of others of his martial lineage, and explore a country and culture that profoundly influenced his life. Lowry's account reveals a Japan unlikely to be witnessed by the average Westerner. Drawing on his deep knowledge of the martial arts, Lowry acts as an interpreter of sorts, deftly describing for the listener the myriad ways in which Japan's subtle, yet rich customs and rituals inform and enrich the seemingly mundane practices of life.

Joining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world’s most magnificent structures and ignited the Renaissance The dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore, the great cathedral of Florence, is...

HGTV meets Downton Abbey! A ready-for-TV story—with charm and humor in abundance—about a Los Angeles producer who moves to England to save his ancestral castle from ruin. Hollywood producer Hopwood DePree had been told as a boy that an ancestor—who he was named for—had left his...

New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of Subpar Parks Amber Share takes us around the globe to celebrate the world’s greatest wonders alongside hysterical reviews from their harshest critics. In this follow-up to Subpar Parks, which featured one-star reviews of US National Parks...

Did Peary reach the North Pole? Was Admiral Byrd the first to fly over it? Did Frederick Cook actually make the first ascent of Mt. McKinley? Spanning 450 years of history, Great Exploration Hoaxes tells the spellbinding stories of ten men who pursued glory at any cost even the truth.

Are you a woman in your late 30s, 40s, 50s who feels like your life needs a major reinvention, but you’re feeling stuck and unsure where to start? (And maybe worried that the life you really want is a little too “unconventional” and it’s a little too late to pursue it?)Welcome to the She Reinvented podcast!---In my own quest to reinvent and redesign all aspects of my life (after a major burnout in my 40s), I’m talking to women who transformed their own lives - well over the age of 35. ---From quitting their job and moving to another country, divorcing and starting over, rekindling ...

The Amsterdam History Museum houses some of the most famous Dutch Masters' paintings. One of the best ways to see Amsterdam is with a guided canal boat ride on its famous street-lined canals.