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Aside from love, few actvities seem to promise us as much happiness as going traveling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs, and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel, few people seem to talk about why we should go and how we can become more fulfilled by doing so.

'A rare and wonderful book... I could not be more enthusiastic.' Simon Winchester 'A treasure trove of human history and obsession...the breadth of research and insight is dazzling.' Glasgow Herald 'A highly companionable guide, adventurous and romantic' Independent on Sunday On a journey that...

Phil Cousineau's lifetime of pilgrimage has taken him from the depths of lost jungles to the heights of the human soul, always with passion, curiosity, warmth, wisdom and humor. And in this little golden guide, he brings us along with him. This is an experience not to be missed, for any reason.

Herodotus, the fifth-century chronicler, scarcely figured in the curriculum when famed Polish writer and traveler Ryszard Kapuscinski attended university in the 1950s. Ryszard became a foreign correspondent who hoped to go abroad, perhaps to Czechoslovakia. Instead, he was sent to India—the first stop on a decades-long tour of the world. His only companion on his travels was a volume of Herodotus. In his journey across continents, Kapuscinski discovers his life's work: to understand and describe the non-Western world, in all its variety, through his still-virginal Western eyes.

Described by author Liza Daly as a "strange masterpiece of outsider art," Arqtiq is a bizarre, borderline hallucinatory work of feminist utopian fiction. Equal parts sci-fi adventure, philosophical tract, and pro-Symmesian pamphlet, Anna Adolph’s strange, self-published novella centers its narrative around an aviator (also named Anna) who, along with a ragtag group of family and friends, charts an expedition to the North Pole in a retro-futuristic airship of her own invention. There, Anna and her crew travel into the hollow earth, encounter a race of telepathic giants, and uncover secrets ...

George Bellew, an American millionaire is in London, where he is jilted by his ladylove. He sets off to travel on an aimless adventure through the countryside. By chance, he meets a small boy who is named Georgy Porgy and who is off to seek his fortune so he can help his Auntie Anthea with whom he lives on her farm. She is plagued by money troubles. Bellew decides to help, first by taking Porgy home and then by telling Porgy a tale of a prince slaying dragons for the fair princess and a legend of the Money Moon. On the night of the Money Moon the moon will be the colour of a gold sovereign ...

We gather for all sorts of reasons, not just to share a meal. We gather to create, connect, and celebrate. To dance, sing, shout, and let it all out. And sometimes, to sit back, relax, explore, and enjoy. We gather as a means of community. So, when we invite you to JXN’s Table, we're inviting you to experience something special, something only Jackson has: our people and our sense of place. Jackson’s culinary scene is shared across one table, and every restaurant here contributes to a larger, connected experience that defines the City With Soul. So come, join us at the table, and stay ...

THE BLODGETT SHOW is a real talk, storytelling podcast hosted by Chris Blodgett. Each episode is an honest ride through life, work, and the moments that shape us — the wins, the struggles, the lessons, and everything in between. With candid conversations and personal stories, Chris shares perspectives on real-life experiences you won’t hear filtered or sugarcoated. If you enjoy authentic stories, meaningful conversations, and the kind of talks that feel like riding down the road with a friend, this show is for you.

The Chateau D'Or, or The Castle of Gold, looked gloomy and gray from the train rattling through the French countryside from Paris to Marseilles. How did it get its grand name? Stories and legends abound, but this is just one as related by two interested travelers. Also included are two shorter stories, Norah and Kitty Craig - Summary by LynneT

Talkin' Schnitzel with Ann Peavey is a podcast focused on the Bavarian Village of Leavenworth Washington. Featured during FIFA World Cup by Fox Sports and dubbed the "Most Christmassy Town in America", by Good Morning America in 2024, Leavenworth has a lot to talk about.Topics range from major annual events, seasonal travel, outdoor recreation, and regional history. Joining Ann is perpetual guest, Troy Campbell with the Chamber of Commerce, as well as other locals and experts tapped to share their stories and expertise.PROST!

Travel with Little Lucy around the globe and learn a little geography and small bits about other cultures.(Summary by Laura Caldwell)

瘋狂設計師的跨界⽣活美學-分享室內裝修烏龍趣事、旅遊紀事、醫美趣事及專業知識、自我對話 Powered by Firstory Hosting

Welcome to the maddeningly strange and inventive mind of prolific pulp genre author Rog Phillips (real name Roger Phillip Graham)! Having written over 200 stories, this is hopefully the first of several collections of Phillips challenging, off-trail fiction that tackles complex ideas like time travel, alternate universes, artificial intelligence and the completely inexplicable with a grounding in deft character work and clever, brisk prose. Included in this collection is the harrowing, Hugo-nominated novelette Rat in the Skull. (Summary by Ben Tucker)

Four Stories of Horsesense Hank combined here to tell the tales of adventure with time travel and perhaps, what might have been....? - Summary by Cindy Morton

In winter of 1912, Henri Matisse was struggling. Once the vanguard leader, the Parisian avant-garde now considered him passé. His important early collectors had stopped buying his work and were fully championing Picasso, and he had exhibited little in the last few years. In the face of Cubism...

Melville wrote of some of his earliest experiences at sea in the story of Wellingborough Redburn, a wet-behind-the-ears youngster whose head was filled with dreams of foreign travel and adventure. In Redburn, the protagonist enlists for a stint as a seaman aboard Highlander, a merchant ship running between New York and London. As with many of Melville's works, this one is as much about class and race as it is about the sea. (Summary by James K. White)

Twenty short nonfiction works selected by the readers. “Shall we ever be able to visit the moon?” queries journalist Charles Nevers Holmes in 1920. Holmes was hopeful. Technology had come a long way since 1862, when balloonist James Glaisher made a daring ascent to 37,000 feet above the earth and passed out for lack of oxygen [Travels in the Air]. Glaisher had to best-guess the altitude to which his balloon had climbed while he was unconscious. Technology requires a rational system of accurate measurement [A Metric America]. Societies, however, are not rational. Some past eras were filled ...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of The Vagabond by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 22, 2012.The Vagabond appeared in Stevenson's Songs of Travel and Other Verses, which was published after his death. It expresses the love of travel and adventure he always nurtured. Near the end of his life Stevenson emigrated to Samoa and became very involved in local politics, severely criticising the European officials he encountered. He was buried close to his new home, in the land he had come to love. (Summary by Lucy Perry)

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found, but several versions date the collection’s genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the ...

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