Author: Fergus Fleming
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857899287
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
A masterly anthology of extracts from the journals and writings of travelers, explorers, and adventurers throughout history, taking the reader on one unforgettable journey for each day of the year Inviting readers to cross ocean, desert, mountain, and ice-cap in the company of the world's greatest explorers, wanderers, and writers, this day-by-day anthology of travel writing ranges widely across time as well as place: from Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of the West Indies in 1492 to Anton Chekhov's journey through Siberia in the 19th century and on to Wilfred Thesiger's wanderings in Arabia's "empty quarter" in the 1940s. Each quoted extract is accompanied by a brief commentary that introduces the writer and establishes the context of the excerpt, while integrated paintings and black and white etchings chime with the period of the chosen extracts. The itinerary offers the astonishment of the 17th-century diarist John Evelyn on beholding the size of women's shoes in Venice; the stoic courage of Captain Scott facing death at 40 degrees below zero; the exasperation of Dylan Thomas at finding himself in a "stifflipped, liverish, British Guest House in puking Abadan;" and the philosophical introspection of Fridtjof Nansen as he drifts in an "interminable and rigid world" of Arctic ice. Readers will find Napoleon's travel tips to his niece, a flight over Germany with Hitler, and an ex-pat dinner in Morocco where human blood is served from the fridge by the pint. Covering the whole calendar, including leap years, these 366 journeys are by turn lyrical, witty, tragic, and bizarre—but always entertaining.
The Traveller's Daybook
Author: Fergus Fleming
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857899287
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
A masterly anthology of extracts from the journals and writings of travelers, explorers, and adventurers throughout history, taking the reader on one unforgettable journey for each day of the year Inviting readers to cross ocean, desert, mountain, and ice-cap in the company of the world's greatest explorers, wanderers, and writers, this day-by-day anthology of travel writing ranges widely across time as well as place: from Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of the West Indies in 1492 to Anton Chekhov's journey through Siberia in the 19th century and on to Wilfred Thesiger's wanderings in Arabia's "empty quarter" in the 1940s. Each quoted extract is accompanied by a brief commentary that introduces the writer and establishes the context of the excerpt, while integrated paintings and black and white etchings chime with the period of the chosen extracts. The itinerary offers the astonishment of the 17th-century diarist John Evelyn on beholding the size of women's shoes in Venice; the stoic courage of Captain Scott facing death at 40 degrees below zero; the exasperation of Dylan Thomas at finding himself in a "stifflipped, liverish, British Guest House in puking Abadan;" and the philosophical introspection of Fridtjof Nansen as he drifts in an "interminable and rigid world" of Arctic ice. Readers will find Napoleon's travel tips to his niece, a flight over Germany with Hitler, and an ex-pat dinner in Morocco where human blood is served from the fridge by the pint. Covering the whole calendar, including leap years, these 366 journeys are by turn lyrical, witty, tragic, and bizarre—but always entertaining.
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857899287
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
A masterly anthology of extracts from the journals and writings of travelers, explorers, and adventurers throughout history, taking the reader on one unforgettable journey for each day of the year Inviting readers to cross ocean, desert, mountain, and ice-cap in the company of the world's greatest explorers, wanderers, and writers, this day-by-day anthology of travel writing ranges widely across time as well as place: from Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of the West Indies in 1492 to Anton Chekhov's journey through Siberia in the 19th century and on to Wilfred Thesiger's wanderings in Arabia's "empty quarter" in the 1940s. Each quoted extract is accompanied by a brief commentary that introduces the writer and establishes the context of the excerpt, while integrated paintings and black and white etchings chime with the period of the chosen extracts. The itinerary offers the astonishment of the 17th-century diarist John Evelyn on beholding the size of women's shoes in Venice; the stoic courage of Captain Scott facing death at 40 degrees below zero; the exasperation of Dylan Thomas at finding himself in a "stifflipped, liverish, British Guest House in puking Abadan;" and the philosophical introspection of Fridtjof Nansen as he drifts in an "interminable and rigid world" of Arctic ice. Readers will find Napoleon's travel tips to his niece, a flight over Germany with Hitler, and an ex-pat dinner in Morocco where human blood is served from the fridge by the pint. Covering the whole calendar, including leap years, these 366 journeys are by turn lyrical, witty, tragic, and bizarre—but always entertaining.
The Every-day Book
Author: William Hone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
The Every-day Book and Table Book
Author: William Hone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
The every-day book and table-book; or, Everlasting calendar of popular amusements
Author: William Hone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Why Travel Matters
Author: Craig Storti
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
ISBN: 1473670306
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
When you travel, you have a choice: You can be a tourist and have a nice time, or you can be a traveler and change your life. Why Travel Matters is for those who want to change their lives. Why Travel Matters explores the profound life lessons that await anyone who wishes to learn what travel has to teach. With engaging prose, delightful wit and a distinctive style, Craig Storti infuses his own experiences traveling the world for 30-plus years with quotations, insights, reflections and commentary from famous travelers, great travel writers, historians and literary masters. Storti's vast knowledge of the literature makes him an expert curator of astute gems from the likes of St. Augustine, Mark Twain, Somerset Maugham, D. H. Lawrence, Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley and more.
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
ISBN: 1473670306
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
When you travel, you have a choice: You can be a tourist and have a nice time, or you can be a traveler and change your life. Why Travel Matters is for those who want to change their lives. Why Travel Matters explores the profound life lessons that await anyone who wishes to learn what travel has to teach. With engaging prose, delightful wit and a distinctive style, Craig Storti infuses his own experiences traveling the world for 30-plus years with quotations, insights, reflections and commentary from famous travelers, great travel writers, historians and literary masters. Storti's vast knowledge of the literature makes him an expert curator of astute gems from the likes of St. Augustine, Mark Twain, Somerset Maugham, D. H. Lawrence, Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley and more.
Handbook for Travellers in Norway
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Every-Day Book of Modern Literature
Author: George H. Townsend
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338523462X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338523462X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
The every-day book, or, The guide to the year
Author: William Hone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Bennett's Handbook for Travellers in Norway
Author: Thomas Bennett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norway
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norway
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Pages from the Day-book of Bethia Hardacre
Author: Ella Fuller Maitland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description