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In this collection of original stories, highly acclaimed novelist and outdoor writer William Tapply shares his finest stories of bird hunting in the Northeast country. Every season for over 30 years, Tapply has hunted the fields and backcountry of New England. Tapply’s warmth and knack for evoking the subtle, telling details of the places and hunts that he loves will stir a new appreciation and excitement in every listener. With his dog Burt, Tapply takes the listener out to his best spots.

Every summer for two decades, Ted Leeson and a maverick group of close companions have returned to an old ranch house on the bench-land overlooking the Madison River. Trout and fly fishing may be at the heart of their ritual return, but their experience goes far beyond the fishing. Leeson contemplates both the human and natural landscape brilliantly....

A collection of Peter Fleming’s essays written for The Spectator.

Reunited in love after 35 years and suffering from a serious case of pre-retirement wanderlust, Lynne and Tim Martin made a life-altering decision: They sold their house and possessions and hit the road to live internationally full-time. Now tethered to nothing but their suitcases, each other, and their next exotic location, they've never looked back. From sky-high pyramids in Mexico to monkeys in Marrakech, this delightful, inspiring memoir is a romantic tale of derring-do for grown-ups and a road map for anyone who dreams of turning the idea of life abroad into a reality.

Like a well-crafted stage play, Just Passin' Thru delivers one suspenseful scene after another. But in this historic setting a store on the Appalachian Trail called Mountain Crossings the characters who show up are no fictional creations. Like any good drama, there are the good guys (and gals) and the weirdos, too. Some show up once (and that’s enough), and some appear again and again. But all are united by two things: the author’s story-capturing talent, and whatever it is that lures them to attempt (or conquer) a 2,200-mile path that climbs and plummets from Georgia to Maine.

It is a city of seemingly irreconcilable opposites, simultaneously glorious and ghastly. And it is Ben Taylor’s remarkable ability to meld these contradictions into a whole that makes this the exciting and original book it is. He takes his stroll around the bay with the acute sensitivity of a lover, the good humor of a friend, and the wisdom of a seeker who has immersed himself in all aspects of this contrapuntal culture. His curiosity leads him to many byways, both real and metaphoric, and his passion for this ancient city and its people becomes, in his graceful prose and amusing anecdotes, irresistibly contagious.

On the 200-day journey around the world, Wigge makes forty-two trades and meets strange, kind, funny, friendly, eccentric, and good-natured people who help him in his quest. It’s a journey you won’t want to miss!

20.000 chilometri in Vespa, sei mesi e mezzo all'interno di un viaggio attraverso Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Sudafrica, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambico, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Etiopia e Gibuti, per completare il periplo, iniziato in Marocco, di un continente dove l'ingiustizia, la vulnerabilità e la tragedia sono elevate all'ennesima potenza, una Babele dove ragazzini dodicenni addestrati dai guerriglieri hanno già ucciso e bevuto il sangue dei nemici; dove la corruzione e la disonestà sono virtù per sopravvivere.

「旅」を愛する、すべての人へ。日本旅行作家協会（会長・下重暁子氏）「旅の良書」認定作。古市憲寿氏、田村淳氏、中瀬ゆかり氏、ダ・ヴィンチ・恐山氏など、各界から絶賛の声、続々。

Acompañada de Aristóteles, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Darwin, Jane Austen y tantos otros escritores, pintores o aventureros, la autora nos invita a realizar una travesía por la costa vasca.

A partir del siglo XVIII Italia y Grecia se convirtieron en lugares de culto y peregrinación obligada de los aristócratas jóvenes, cuya educación se consideraba incompleta hasta visitar la cuna de la cultura occidental para contemplar in situ algunos de sus mayores logros.

Fiel al dicho de Kazantzakis según el cual «el buen viajero crea el país por el que viaja», María Belmonte concibe y recrea Macedonia, en el norte de Grecia, que de su mano se nos va revelando como una tierra melancólica y misteriosa, tan exuberante, sin embargo, como la Grecia solar, y llena de rincones capaces de deparar momentos de auténtica exultación.

In questo audiolibro Brilli racconta la storia e la fenomenologia del viaggio in Italia dalle origini al sorgere del turismo organizzato, attingendo a una messe pressoché infinita di episodi e osservazioni: come nel concreto si svolgeva il viaggio in Italia, quali i luoghi visitati, quali le aspettative e le reazioni dei "turisti". Ne viene una narrazione di grande piacevolezza, intessuta di notizie curiose e anche divertenti, dove l'erudizione si scioglie in uno stile elegante e privo di pedanterie.

Called a “chronicler of a world on the move” by The New York Review of Books, Anna Badkhen seeks what separates and binds us at a time when one in seven people has left their birthplace, while a pandemic dictates the direst season of rupture in humankind’s remembering. Her new essay collection, Bright Unbearable Reality, comprises 11 essays set on four continents—roving everywhere from Oklahoma to Azerbaijan—and united by a common thread of communion and longing.

En plena fiebre por los ochomiles y las cimas del mundo, el viajero guipuzcoano Josu Iztueta enroló a un grupo de expedicionarios para recorrer durante nueve meses las depresiones geográficas más profundas de la Tierra. "Nunca he tomado una decisión tan rápida, tan clara, tan feliz", recuerda el autor de este libro, Ander Izagirre, veinte años después de participar en la expedición Pangea.

Un personale alfabeto affettivo in cui Serena Dandini ci accompagna dalla A di Arrondissement alla Z di Zinc attraversando la G di Gare, la I di Impressionisti e la V di Verne, alla scoperta della città più romantica del mondo. Una passeggiata vivace e imprevedibile per la sua città preferita, dove le passioni dell’autrice ci svelano a ogni angolo suggestioni, storie, personaggi indimenticabili e posti segreti da visitare di persona alla prima occasione o semplicemente sognare adagiati sul divano di casa.

Chaque année, des hommes, femmes et enfants disparaissent dans les forêts et espaces naturels américains dans des circonstances inexpliquées, parfois en l'espace d'un instant. Certains sont, heureusement, retrouvés mais ce n'est parfois que le début du mystère, car ils livrent des récits étranges. Mais il y a pire : des personnes portées disparues sont découvertes décédées dans des conditions obscures. Le plus terrifiant concerne la proportion de citoyens américains partis en randonnée ou à la chasse et qu'on ne revoit plus jamais.

Par l'auteur d'"Into the wild" et de "Tragédie à l'Everest". Fou d'alpinisme, Jon Krakauer nous offre ici le récit de douze aventures en montagne. Il nous entraîne ainsi dans l'ascension du sommet de l'Eiger, de cascades de glace mais aussi sur les parois d'un canyon du Colorado, nous livrant au passage sa vision personnelle -et quelque peu critique- de Chamonix, cette "capitale mondiale de l'alpinisme".

Quando M., il suo compagno, muore, Esther Kinsky decide di partire comunque per il viaggio che avevano organizzato in Italia. Un'Italia lontana dagli stereotipi e dalle cartoline, dalle piazze affollate di turisti, dalle vie dello shopping. È un'Italia, quella che Esther Kinsky visita, immergendosi in profondità nello spirito di ogni luogo per coglierne il mistero nascosto, fatta di villaggi e vigneti, di cimiteri, di vecchi ponti di pietra.

"Jamais un bouquin ne m'a fait autant rire", affirme Robert Redford, qui en a fait son livre de chevet et vient de l'adapter à l'écran. Retour aux Etats-Unis, retour à la nature : Bill Bryson s'attaque à l'Appalachian Trail, un sentier qui serpente, sur 3500 kilomètres, du Maine à la Géorgie.