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Nato dal fuoco, scolpito dal ghiaccio, rifinito dal vento, dall’acqua e dalla neve: il massiccio dei monti Cairngorm, nella Scozia nordorientale, chiamato anche «l’Artico della Gran Bretagna», è il protagonista di questo vero e proprio capolavoro della letteratura di alpinismo...

You are invited on a poetic journey of discovery to visit ancient castles; observe life during a day spent sat on a bench looking out to sea in Dover; enjoy the historical city of Chester sauntering around its Roman Wall; take in the scenery alongside picturesque canals; share two legendary...

In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husband. She thinks it will be a relaxing trip, a chance to "read thick books in the remote quiet and, not least, sleep to my heart's content," but when Christiane arrives she is shocked to realize that they are to live in a tiny ramshackle hut on the shores of a lonely fjord, hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement, battling the elements every day, just to survive.

Exploring the unusual, strange and unexplained on New York's largest Finger Lake.Anomalous encounters, forgotten history, strange phenomena and unique places, events, and people around Seneca Lake, NY, including the Seneca Lake Monster, UFOs, hauntings, sacred sites, legends, cryptids, myths and much more.jim@senecalakemysteries.com607-307-1167linktr.ee/senecalakemysteriesSupport the show - Venmo @senecalake

"Steppe by Steppe," takes you on a journey through the landscapes, histories, and cultures of Central Asia. Hosted by an American expat living in Kazakhstan, this show offers a unique blend of insider knowledge and outsider perspective on this fascinating region. Each episode brings you authentic experiences and insights as your host navigates daily life in Kazakhstan while exploring the broader "Stans" – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and all the neighbors.

Read by the author, Bobby Bolton. Join Bobby Bolton and his trusted dog, Red, as they drive from Wigan across the world – and fall in love with life again . . . When Bobby’s eleven-year relationship broke down, he thought he’d hit rock bottom. Then a bad economic turn and a run of unlucky...

Paris—city of love, food, culture—is steeped in a rich history known the world over. From the creative minds of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who both frequented the world-famous Moulin Rouge at the turn of the twentieth century, to the many historic changes that saw Paris expand into the city of twenty arrondissements that residents and tourists flock to every year. In A Brief History of Paris, historian Cecil Black entertainingly details the stories behind the culture, locations, architecture, people, food and more that keeps visitors enchanted.

The New York Times bestselling author of Krakatoa and The Professor and the Madman takes readers on a quirky and charming tour of the last outpost of the British empire Outposts is Simon Winchester’s journey to find the vanishing empire, “on which the sun never sets.” In the course of a...

Un viaje estremecedor entre el pasado y el presente que narra la locura colonial de convertir elefantes en herramientas de conquista. Un estremecedor viaje entre ayer y hoy por la demencia colonial que hizo del elefante una herramienta de conquista. Un viaje feroz entre pasado y presente a...

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A “traveler’s masterpiece.” —Booklist, starred review Eisner award–winning author Ben Hatke recounts his epic circumnavigation of the globe in Home/World, a profound memoir perfect for fans of Bill Bryson. This program is read by the author. One spring morning, Ben Hatke walked out his...

当白天的焦虑与高压让你辗转反侧时，这段沉浸式的ASMR助眠音频将用极致温柔的耳语，为你构建一个绝对安全的潜意识避风港。放下所有不得不完成的任务与紧绷的神经，跟随缓慢低语的感官引导，让疲惫的身心在毫无防备...

Una delle piccole meraviglie del mio viaggio in Europa fu scoprire che il mondo poteva essere tanto vario da originare modi diversi di fare in pratica le stesse identiche cose, tipo mangiare e bere e acquistare biglietti per il cinema. Mi affascinava come gli europei potessero essere tanto...

Routes that lead you back to the roots. 🌾 Escapes • Culture • Stories

From famed Beat writer Jack Kerouac comes a collection of essays and stories compiled from journal entries he made during his travels. In his first autobiographical work, Jack Kerouac reveals exhilarating stories of the years he spent traveling, while writing his acclaimed novels. His journeys...

A series of personal and reflective journeys through the streets of Victorian England, The Uncommercial Traveller explores the hidden corners of cities, the forgotten lives of ordinary people, and the quirks of everyday life. Written as a collection of loosely connected essays and travel pieces, it captures the essence of Dickens’ keen observational skills, as he paints portraits of people and places often overlooked by society.

Like Jack Kerouac’s intrepid little sister, Ariel Gore spins the spirited story of a vulnerable drifter who takes refuge in fate and the shadowy recesses of a string of glittering, broken relationships. With just a few pennies and her I Ching, a change of clothes and a one-way ticket to Hong Kong, a perceptive, searching 16-year-old Gore makes her way from the sterile suffocation of the Silicon Valley through the labyrinthine customs of Cold-War China, wanders through bustling, electric Kathmandu, and hunkers down in an icy London squat with a prostitute and a boyfriend on the dole.

The great unknown of the Southwest is conquered by a one-armed man and his crew of adventurers, placing the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon on the map of the American continent. It is a journey no human being had ever made before. Dangerous rapids, narrow canyon walls offering no escape, terrifying river waterfalls, capsized boats, near drowning, lost equipment and disillusioned men are dramatically described by John Wesley Powell, leader of this adventurous party.

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