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In Bucharest, Romania's capital, Kaplan discovered that few Westerners were reporting on the country - one of the darkest corners of Europe during the Cold War. In an intense and cinematic travelogue, Kaplan explores the history and culture of the only country in the West where the leading intellectuals have been right-wing rather than left-wing; a country that gave rise to the dictator Ion Antonescu, Hitler's chief foreign accomplice during WWII; a country where the Latin West mixes with the Greek East, producing a fascinating fusion of cultures.

In his brilliant and excitingly ambitious new book, Neil Oliver takes us on a whistlestop tour around the world and through a million years to give us a unique and invaluable grasp of how human history pieces together. From the east to the west, north to south, these 100 moments act like stepping stones allowing us to make sense of how these pivotal events have shaped the world we know today. Including many moments listeners will expect, there are also surprises, and with them, some remarkable, unforgettable stories that give a whole new insight on our past.

Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger’s stunning account of five years spent crossing the Arabian Peninsula by foot and on camels, with nomadic Bedouin tribesmen as guides. Travelling between 1945 and 1950, the British explorer treks through Yemen, the Empty Quarter, Oman, and parts of the then Trucial States, crossing and re-crossing around 250,000 miles of this most inhospitable terrain. He was the first European ever to set eyes on the dunes and wadis of these deserts.

Journeying alongside scholars, spies and saints, from western Europe to the Far East and the Antipodes, this is no ordinary travel guide. From profane pilgrim badges and Venetian laxatives to encounters with bandits and trysts with mysterious medieval witches, this book mixes fact and folklore to offer an entertaining encyclopaedia of wondrous stories and peoples. Offering a vivid and unforgettable insight into how medieval people understood their world, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages blurs the distinction between real and imagined places.

Pigafetta's book on Magellan’s travels is an engaging travel narrative honoring the legendary explorer. But it is much more: an accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the circumnavigation of the globe. Pifagetta describes the peoples, countries, goods, and even the languages that were spoken in every area.

In The Geography of Genius, acclaimed travel writer Weiner sets out to examine the connection between our surroundings and our most innovative ideas. He explores the history of places, like Vienna of 1900, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, Song Dynasty Hangzhou, and Silicon Valley, to show how certain urban settings are conducive to ingenuity.

In 1831, the HMS Beagle took sail. Onboard was a young Charles Darwin. He would set out on an adventure that would lead him to question everything about man's place in the world. The Voyage of the Beagle is the journal Darwin kept of his observations of the extraordinary and natural wonders he encountered, from volcanoes to the coral reefs of Australia. It would be these natural wonders that would lead to him questioning how the different species of the world came to be and eventually to his radical theories.

Switzerland is a remarkable country, half of whose territory lies in the Alps. This is the history of one Swiss alpine village. Raising cattle and making cheese brought modest wealth to its struggling peasants until a destructive Napoleonic invasion brought revolution and poverty. Well-being was slowly restored by a democratic unification of Switzerland. The Alps took on a romantic tourist glow in the Edwardian age and after the disruptions of two world wars the highland farmers and guest house keeps began to prosper.

After a series of conflicts among feudal lords, the new city of Edo became and remained Japan's beating heart, and in the 17th century Edo gave birth to a vibrant, new urban culture marked by woodblock prints, the kabuki theater, and haiku poetry. By the 18th century, with its ranks swelled thanks to a flood of provincial daimyo, along with their households, clients, and retainers, Edo had become the most populous urban area in the world, a title Tokyo still can lay claim to today.

Anything and Everything even associated with New Mexico. Interesting Stories about People, Places and Things of "The Land Of Enchantment", New Mexico USA ! From Her Prairies, to the Rocky Mountains, Canyons, Peaks, Rivers and Creeks. She's a Proud Symbol of Blended Cultures With a Rich history of Pioneers and Proud Indigenous people. She is Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends She Is truly Enchanting...…She is her own Universe You are now In "The New Mexico World"

J'ai toujours rêvé de partir en tournée avec un rappeur, et pour la première fois je me le suis enfin autorisé.World Tour c'est une aventure musicale sur les routes, à écouter mais aussi à voir. Chaque épisode est à la fois un podcast et une vidéo Youtube, dans deux formats très différents, à consommer dans le sens que vous voulez.Et dans la partie podcast, on prend le temps de discuter et d'aller au fond des choses. Je vous emmène avec nous pour découvrir le fonctionnement de la tournée, les anecdotes qu'on vit sur les routes et les moments qu'on s'apprête à vivre. Vous ...

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Podcast zum Reiseblog Generation WorldWir sind Hannah & Henrik - zwei verrückte (Buch-)Autoren, Blogger und Fotografen, die am liebsten mit dem Backpack abseits ausgetretener Pfade in fernen Ländern unterwegs sind.Wir sprechen in unserem Podcast ungeskriptet über tiefgründige Themen rund ums Reisen und die Welt. Ohne ein Blatt vor den Mund zu nehmen, kommt hier alles zur Sprache, was beim Reisen oftmals außer Acht gelassen wird und in Blogbeiträgen oder auf Instagram keinen Platz findet: Abenteuerliche Geschichten voller (kultureller) Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse, intensiver Beobachtungen ...

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