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Chaucer’s Italy(2022) OWEN, RICHARDMuch writing on Chaucer depicts a misleadingly parochial figure, but, as Owen's enlightening short study of Chaucer's Italian years makes clear, the poet's life was internationally eventful. The consequences have made the English canon what it is today.Vezava: Trda18,21 € -
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Riddoch on the Outer Hebrides(2022) RIDDOCH, LESLEY"Riddoch on the Outer Hebrides" is a thought-provoking commentary based on broadcaster Lesley Riddoch's cycle journey through a beautiful island chain facing seismic cultural and economic change.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
533(2022) NOOTEBOOM, CEES533 days in the life of a great writer, reflecting on his immediate surroundings on the island of Menorca, on literature, global affairs and his place in the universe.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Strangers Like Angels(2014) FORMAN, ALEC,FORMAN, JANStrangers Like Angels chronicles the journeys of Alec and Jan Forman to far and distant lands as they embrace their pioneering spirit. Following adventures in Canada, Antarctica and the Sultanate of Oman they set off on the original gap year in the seventVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Chasing Plants(2022) THOROGOOD, CHRISChris Thorogood dreamed of becoming a botanist and would stop at nothing to feed his growing addiction to plants. In his wild adventures across the globe, he treads a death-defying path over cliffs, up erupting volcanoes, through typhoons, and into the veVezava: Trda35,05 € -
Grey Skies, Green Waves(2010) ANDERSON, TOMTom Anderson has always loved surfing – anywhere except the UK. But a chance encounter leads him to a series of adventures on home surf… As he visits the popular haunts and secret gems of British surfing he rekindles his love affair with the freezing funVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Gears for Queers(2020) COOPER, LILITH,MELTON, ABIGAILKeen to see some of Europe, queer couple Lilith and Abigail get on their old bikes and start pedalling. Along flat fens and up Swiss Alps, they will meet new friends and exorcise old demons as they push their bodies – and their relationship – to the limitVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Along the Amber Route(2020) SCHULER, C.J.Following the Amber Route from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, C.J. Schüler charts the origins of amber, the myths and legends that have grown around it, and the dazzling artefacts crafted from it and traded along the way.Vezava: Trda23,82 € -
Only in Munich(2014) J.D SMITH, DUNCANA comprehensive illustrated guide to more than 80 fascinating and unusual historical sites in one of Europe's great cities including; Atmospheric crypts, fascinating breweries, wartime air raid shelters, eccentric museums and little-known cemeteries.Vezava: Mehka25,58 € -
Around the World in 80 Novels(2019) RUSSELL, HENRYWhether you're a regular globe-trotter or an armchair traveller, these 80 works conjure up the spirit of place for locations on every continent.Vezava: Trda14,01 € -
Voyage of the Beagle (Stanfords Travel Classics)(2023) DARWIN, CHARLESThe Voyage of the Beagle is a vivid travel diary of Charles Darwin's sea voyage from the Cape de Verde Islands to Mauritius, and includes a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology and anthropology.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Trouble I've Seen(2012) GELLHORN, MARTHAMartha was the youngest of sixteen, handpicked reporters who filed accurate, confidential reports on the human stories behind the statistics of the Depression directly to Roosevelt's White House.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Voices of the Old Sea(2013) LEWIS, NORMANDescribes the Costa Brava, a place where men regulated their lives by the sardine shoals of spring and autumn and the tuna fishing of summer, and where women kept goats and gardens, arranged marriages and made ends meet.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Pattern of Islands(2011) GRIMBLE, ARTHURLiving for thirty years in the Gilbert and Ellis Islands, Grimble was ultimately initiated but not before he was severely tested, as when he was used as human bait for a giant octopus.Vezava: Mehka21,02 €
