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After her plane crashes, a 17-year-old girl spends 11 days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better equipped group of adult survivors of the same crash sits down and dies. What makes the difference?

When travelling, do you want to journey off the English-speaking path, meet people and communicate easily? If so then you need to Get Talking. Through 10 common scenarios plus culture and travel advice, you'll learn the skills for understanding and the confidence to speak Thai in just 10 days. Practise the most frequent words and expressions for: Making introductions. Greeting people. Taking a taxi. Going shopping. Ordering food. Going for a meal. Getting to the post office. Speaking about Thai. Asking where are you from. Asking if you have ever been outside Bangkok?

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.

In his retelling of a Chinese history stretching back 5,000 years, author and China-expert Jonathan Clements focuses on the human stories which led to the powerful transformations in Chinese society - from the unification of China under its first emperor, Qinshi Huangdi, to the Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan and the consolidation of Communist rule under Mao Zedong. Clements even brings listeners through to the present day, outlining China's economic renaissance under Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping.

Full Tilt is the inspiring true story of Dervla Murphy's 1963 journey from Ireland to India on an Armstrong Cadet bicycle, and the trials, landscapes, and cultures she encountered along the way. The route takes her through the valleys and snowy mountain passes of Europe and India to the scorching deserts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the metal of her bicycle, Rozinante (named after Don Quixote's steed), becomes too hot to touch.

Venice stands, as she loves to tell you, on the frontiers of the east and west, half-way between the setting and the rising sun. Goethe calls her "the market-place of the Morning and the Evening lands". Certainly no city on earth gives a more immediate impression of symmetry and unity, or seems more patently born to greatness.

Born in Darwin in 1929, Jacqueline's childhood was spent in a succession of bush towns before she was sent to school in Darwin. Returning to her beloved territory, Jacqueline met and married stockman Ken Hammar, and they moved to a vast property in one of the most inaccessible areas of Australia. With only a kerosene stove, scant possessions and a bed, Jacqueline’s determination and courage helped her survive many hardships as they created a prosperous 1,000,000 acre cattle station.

Hardest Geezer, Russ Cook, is the first person to ever run the entire length of Africa. From his starting point in Cape Agulhas, South Africa, through sandstorms in the Sahara Desert, rainforests, mountain ranges and long empty roads stretched out for miles in front of him, Russ ran the equivalent of 386 marathons before finally crossing the finish line in Tunisia 50 weeks later.

Travel thirty miles north, south, or east of San Francisco city hall and you'll be engulfed in a landscape of thick traffic, fast enterprise, and six-dollar cappuccinos. Venture thirty miles due west, however, and you will find yourself on what is virtually another planet: a spooky cluster of...

Welcome to your Irish Gaelic language course. Over the next month across 28 sessions of approximately 20 minutes each you will build a strong understanding of the Irish Gaelic language from being a complete beginner to having an ability to speak and understanding this culturally and historically important language. The course begins with frequently used words and phrases such as answers to questions and greetings and then progressively builds to more complex vocabulary and sentence structures.

On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp - the dogs were gone. Mawson plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface. On February 8, when he staggered back to base, his features unrecognizable, the first teammate to reach him blurted out, "Which one are you?"

Charles Dickens: The Travel Collection contains all of Charles Dickens' major published travelogues. Journeying through Italy, America, France, and London, we get a glimpse into nineteenth century European and American culture, as well as a deeper insight into Dickens and his life. Also included here are 12 stories from Sketches by Boz which detail London life during Dickens' life, showcasing his uncanny ability to capture the best and worst of life, and giving us an unparalleled insight into mid-century London.

A life worth living is lived at the edges where it is wild. At the beginning of his memoir Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map, Rick Ridgeway tells us that if you add up all his many expeditions, he’s spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents: “And most of that in...

The Climb is a true, gripping, and thought-provoking account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest: On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by experienced leaders attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world, but things went terribly wrong...

Almost every couple faces a "now what?" moment as their last kid moves out of the house. There's a big empty nest looming over this new and uncertain stage in their lives. David and Veronica James chose to look at this next phase of life as a beginning instead of an ending. Rather than staying put and facing the constant reminders of empty bedrooms and backseats, a plan began to develop to sell the nest and hit the highway.

OPus c'est " la radio de nos villages ".Notre studio est basée sur la commune de Charny Orée de Puisaye (89120 - France).Écoutez en live sur www.opusradio.fr / Appli : Deezer, Radio Garden, Radioline...La pluspart de nos émissions et chroniques sont disponibles dans des Play-List dédiéesPODCASTS sur les plateformes : chercher "OPUS - Les podcasts" :🟠 Soundcloud🟢 Spotify⚫️ Deezer⚪️ Apple podcast🟡 Podcast Addict

In OPR – Ein Brandenburg Podcast aus Ostprignitz-Ruppin – so heißt die neue Podcast-Reihe von Großstadtradio. Reporter Joachim Ackermann ist unterwegs im Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin und fragt nach, wie sich OPR entwickeln und verändern muss, damit Menschen auch 2035 noch gern hier leben und arbeiten. Der Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin hat dafür das „Kreisentwicklungskonzept 2035+“ beschlossen: 35 Projekte für Lebensqualität, bessere Mobilität, starke Wirtschaft, gute medizinische Versorgung und einen verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit Klima und Umwelt. Es geht um Digitalisierung, ...

TranslatorFESTA : la beauté de la communauté est un podcast qui explore les territoires, les voix et les traditions pour raconter ce qui unit les personnes. De l’Italie à la France, entre villages, côtes et îles, chaque épisode propose une immersion au cœur des fêtes populaires, envisagées comme des espaces vivants d’identité, de travail et de mémoire partagée.Pêcheurs, agriculteurs, artisans et bénévoles y racontent des communautés capables de résister, d’innover et de trouver dans la fête une manière authentique de se rassembler.FESTA est un récit collectif dans ...

Translator“FESTA: la bellezza della comunità” è un podcast che attraversa territori, voci e tradizioni per raccontare ciò che tiene unite le persone. Dall’Italia alla Francia, tra borghi, coste e isole, ogni episodio è un viaggio nelle feste popolari come luoghi vivi di identità, lavoro e memoria condivisa.Pescatori, contadini, artigiani e volontari raccontano comunità che resistono, innovano e trovano nella festa un modo autentico di stare insieme.Guidato dalla voce di Emilio Casalini, FESTA è un racconto corale dove la tradizione non è nostalgia, ma una forza capace di generare...

Unterwegs auf anderen Wegen – Geschichten vom Reisen, Fernwandern, Outdoor-Unternehmungen und anderen großen und kleinen Abenteuern. Hier spreche mit anderen Reiselustigen, teile mit euch meine Erfahrungen und Herausforderungen auf Tour, und sammle Geschichten vom Losziehen und Entdecken – von Weitwanderern, Wagemutigen und Menschen die ihren eigenen Weg gehen. Für alle, die das Unterwegssein lieben, egal ob mit dem Rad, Zug, Flugzeug oder zu Fuß. 👉 Folge „Unterwegs auf anderen Wegen“ und begib dich mit mir auf Reisen, lausche Gesprächen mit anderen Abenteurern und wecke dein ...