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Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the...

Let us speak of the physics of time and space and the metaphysics of travel and meaning and the writing of it all. Distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same. But our mind has changed, and that changes everything. Real journeys continue long after movement in time and space has ceased.

Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city’s remote and forgotten...

In the 17 wide-ranging essays collected for the first time in Love and Other Ways of Dying, he brings his full literary powers to bear, pondering happiness and grief, memory and the redemptive power of human connection. In the remote Ukranian countryside, Paterniti picks apples (and faces mortality) with a real-life giant; in Nanjing, China, he confronts a distraught jumper on a suicide bridge.

Adam Rozenbachs decided he would take his father on the trip of a lifetime to Europe - a chance to repay his dad for everything he’d given him in life. After three weeks of travel, Adam decided not killing his dad was more than enough repayment. Frustration reached a whole new level as Adam discovered his dad didn’t like museums, galleries, landmarks, travelling or Paris. But amid the irritation of travelling with an adult toddler (an adoddler), Adam learned - through gritted teeth - more about his dad, his family and himself.

More than 200 years later, the “voyage of discovery” — with its outsized characters, geographic marvels, and wondrous moments of adventure and mystery — continues to draw us along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Revisit the Lewis and Clark Trail and its famous people, landmarks, and events, exploring questions the expedition continues to raise, such as, What really motivated Thomas Jefferson to send out his agents of discovery? What “mutinous expressions” were uttered? What happened to the dog? Why did Meriwether Lewis end his own life?

ES: Sobre el Japón que no sale en TikTok: rural, montañoso, envejecido... pero lleno de vida. Soy Luan, ecólogo colombiano viviendo en el norte de Japón, y aquí comparto historias reales sobre la vida lejos de Tokio: naturaleza, cultura, migración, oportunidades. EN: Stories about life far from Tokyo through the eyes of a Colombian ecologist. Nature, migration, cultural contrasts, and what it means to rebuild yourself from somewhere unexpected in Northern Japan. JP 東京から遠く離れた日本の田舎で、自然と共に暮らす日々。 コロンビア出身で予想...

What's it like to be both blind and gay? How does romance work for those who, despite this double disorientation from the mainstream, are certain of their sexual identity? To find out, Michael Lowenthal signs up for the Rainbow Bear Valentine's Cruise and joins a group of blind gay men, along with their human and canine companions, for a weeklong Mexican sail on the Royal Caribbean Vision of the Seas.

All the information you need on destinations around the globe. I'll be chatting to travel industry insiders, locals and anyone with the low down on all the places you want to know about.

In this poignant, delicious memoir, American tax preparer and food writer Steve Hoffman tells the story of how he and his family move to the French countryside, where the locals upend everything he knows about food, wine, and learning how to belong. Steve Hoffman is a perfectly comfortable...

With a folksy style, an eye for the absurd, and a passion for the history and environment of his home state, Pittman describes some of Florida's oddest wildlife as well as its quirkiest people. The State You're In includes a love story involving the most tattooed woman in the world, a deep dive into the state's professional mermaid industry, and an investigation of a battle between residents of a nudist resort and the US Postal Service.

Elisabeth Luard, one of the food world's most entertaining and evocative writers, has travelled extensively throughout her life, meeting fascinating people, observing different cultures and uncovering extraordinary ingredients in unusual places. In this enchanting food memoir, she shares tales and dishes gathered from her global ramblings.

日本人旅行者はなめられている。歓楽街に行けば外国人料金の中でも最も高い金額を要求され、ピックアップバス乗り場では、「おとなしい日本人」という理由で後回しにされる。強盗は日本人は金持ちだと真っ先に狙うし、白人バックパッカーは主体性がなくて英語べたなイエローモンキーとはき捨てる。 俺には、それがたえられん。己の欲望のまま旅を楽しむ肉体派ライターの過激で笑える本能の旅行記。今こそ立ち上がれ、日本人バックパッカー!※本商品は『アジア「罰当たり」旅行』(彩図社刊 丸山ゴンザレス著ISBN:978-4-88392-483-7 1,260円(税込))をオーディオ化したものです。(C)2005. Gonzaresu Maruyama

驚き・冷や汗・大笑い、ある時は妻を忘れて走り出し…。人生も旅も、何事が起きるかわからない。著者が明かす、ロマンとスリルにあふれた旅行実録。

Este libro reúne los mejores y más celebrados escritos de Simón Elías: piezas breves y bravas, escritas, en muchos casos, a veinte grados bajo cero, y que dan cuenta de sus pareceres sobre la vida en general y de sus andanzas por los caminos en particular. A medio camino entre la crónica de viaje, la reflexión sobre la escalada, el golferío nocturno, la filosofía básica y la épica del deporte de nulo rendimiento estos textos harán las delicias no solo de aficionados a la montaña, sino de cualquier aficionado a pasar un buen rato con un libro.

Récits d'aventures et de mésaventures en pleine nature. Avez-vous déjà poursuivi un loup dans les étendues sauvage d'Alaska, greloté au beau milieu des icebergs ou dormi le long d’une paroi d’escalade à plusieurs centaines de mètres de hauteur ? Tous les 15 jours, découvrez des récits et témoignages d'aventures et de mésaventures en pleine nature. Un podcast du magazine Les Others (https://www.lesothers.com). Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

A podcast created for intermediate and upper-intermediate English students who want to improve their listening comprehension.You can find episodes about real-life and other stories.Podcast pro všechny, kdo se učí anglicky (a jsou alespoň mírně pokročilí) a chtěji se zlepšit v porozumění a poslechu.Najdete tady krátké epizody z mého života (o erasmu, cestování, fuck-upy) a i jiné příběhy :) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Berlino, la Città del nuovo Millennio, è una città dalle mille sfaccettature che, nel corso della storia, è stata sottoposta ad attenta osservazione da parte...

Londra, il Centro dell'Europa, è una delle città più affascinanti del mondo. La monarchia, il porridge per colazione, il tradizionale tè delle cinque...

Parigi, la Città dell'Amore e del Romanticismo, seduce i suoi visitatori con il suo spirito unico e un incredibile carisma...