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John Muir (1838 -1914) was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness areas in the United States. In the late 1800s, Muir made several trips to the relatively unexplored territory of Alaska. Travels in Alaska, originally published in 1915, describes the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness and its inhabitants as observed during his travels between 1879 and 1890. In poetic prose, he describes the area’s magnificent glaciers and its animals like bears, bald eagles, wolves and whales.

Noo Saro-Wiwa goes in search of China's 'Black Ghosts', African economic migrants in the People's Republic, who live in separate communities and are vigorously involved in the trade between the continents. Her fascinating encounters include a Ghanaian cardiac surgeon, a drug dealer, a visa overstayer, a Nigerian popstar who sings in Chinese and men married to Chinese women who speak English with Nigerian accents.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Abigail Thaw, best known for her role as Dorothea Frazil in Endeavour. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Kate Lilley, also read by Abigail Thaw. Flamboyant, theatrical and ambitious, Margaret Cavendish was one of...

強盗に遭ったらどうするか、世界各地の夜遊び事情、各国を代表する「マズい」物、当たりのタクシーとはずれのいタクシーの見極め方… 普通の旅行ガイドなどには絶対に載っていない「ここでしか聞けない」裏事情が満載。これは、ただのエピソードでは終わらない、身の安全を守るための「裏」旅行ガイドなのである。旅行をする際、絶対に安全な国など存在しない。どこの国にも必ず危険や裏の世界がある。そんな海外へ旅行に行く前、現地へ向かう航空機の中で、または現地での移動の最中に、絶対に聴いておきたい、まったく新しい形のガイドブックである。※本商品は「海外ブラックロード 最狂バックパッカー版」 (彩図社刊 嵐よういち著 ISBN:978-4-88392-444-0 1,200円(税込))をオーディオ化したものです。

20.000 chilometri in Vespa, sei mesi e mezzo all'interno di un viaggio attraverso Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Sudafrica, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambico, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Etiopia e Gibuti, per completare il periplo, iniziato in Marocco, di un continente dove l'ingiustizia, la vulnerabilità e la tragedia sono elevate all'ennesima potenza, una Babele dove ragazzini dodicenni addestrati dai guerriglieri hanno già ucciso e bevuto il sangue dei nemici; dove la corruzione e la disonestà sono virtù per sopravvivere.