Travel
- Auteur:Harris, ColinSommaire:
- Auteur:Pocock, JoannaSommaire:
An evocative blend of narrative nonfiction, personal memoir, nature writing, and reportage in the style of Barry Lopez and Annie Dillard, Surrender explores the changing landscape of the American West and the outsider eco-cultures that...
- Auteur:Ulysse, CollectifSommaire:
Ce chapitre propose 12 itinéraires différents, pour partir sur les traces de l'histoire en Asie. Au menu, des parcours en Chine, au Cambodge ou encore en Inde du Nord, avec chacun leurs propres points forts. Préparés par des rédacteurs...
- Auteur:Theroux, PaulSommaire:
Quintessential travel articles and thoughtful essays by the observant, witty and skeptical travel writer and novelist. Part One: 1964-1978 includes: Winter in Africa; Leper Colony; V.S. Naipaul; Memories of Old Afghanistan; The Night...
- Auteur:McLean, Maria ColettaSommaire:
Escape to Italy with this heartwarming memoir. Every summer Maria and her husband, Bob, went to their little house in the Italian village of Supino, and every year it was a new adventure. Only in Supino would you find a pizzeria in a...
- Auteur:Hansen, EricSommaire:
Outfitted with a pair of ratty sand shoes and a knapsack full of trade goods, Eric Hansen set off to cross the rainforest of Borneo, one of the last places on earth largely untouched by Western civilization. For seven months Hansen...
- Auteur:Abley, MarkSommaire:
A poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation. In the spring of 1978, at age twenty-two, Mark Abley put aside his studies at Oxford and...
- Auteur:Ulysse, CollectifSommaire:
Ce chapitre propose 9 itinéraires différents, pour partir sur les traces de la spiritualité en Asie. Au menu, des parcours au Tibet, au Bhoutan ou encore au Népal, avec chacun leurs propres points forts. Préparés par des rédacteurs...
- Auteur:Russell, CharlesSommaire:
Written with vivid detail and passion, Spirit Bear is the story of acclaimed naturalist Charles Russell’s journey to study and learn from the extraordinary spirit bears on the remote Princess Royal Island. From early experiences...
- Auteur:Brina, Elizabeth MikiSommaire:
A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents - her father a Vietnam veteran, her mother an Okinawan war bride - and her own, fraught cultural heritage. Elizabeth's...
- Auteur:Hackinen, Meaghan MarieSommaire:
South Away is an adventure story of the author's bicycle trip with her sister from Terrace, BC along the West coast to (almost) the tip of the Baja Peninsula. Meaghan Marie Hackinen experiences apprehension and determination as she...
- Auteur:WILSON, Lady SarahSommaire:
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she was recruited to cover the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail during the Boer War. She moved...
- Auteur:Gaetz, DayleSommaire:
Katie and Rusty are heading East. Fresh from their thrilling adventures in Alberta, facing down devious developers, the cousins have made their way to Aunt Margaret's farm in Saskatchewan. After rescuing her aunt when she is trapped...
- Auteur:McCartney, JenniferSommaire:
Laugh as you learn about America's friendly northern neighbor with this step-by-step guide to Canadian customs, pop culture, and slang -- perfect for anyone who's considered moving to (or just visiting) maple leaf country.
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- Auteur:Simons, PaullinaSommaire:
The never-before-told story of the journey behind THE BRONZE HORSEMAN, now in print for the first time. From the author of the celebrated, internationally bestselling BRONZE HORSEMAN saga comes a glimpse into the private life of its...
- Auteur:West, CharlesSommaire:
Joel McAllister, a former lieutenant in the Confederate Army, takes his steadfast sergeant, Riley, and heads west for Idaho Territory, seeking peace and gold. But the trail to Silver City is littered with peril--including a band of...
- Auteur:Cameron, JuneSommaire:
Buying Saffron, a 24-foot racing sailboat, was an act of desperation meant to help single parent June Cameron and her youngest son validate themselves. It did that and more. A friend persuaded June to race the boat, and over the next...
- Auteur:Grescoe, TarasSommaire:
Emily 'Mickey' Hahn was a legendary New Yorker journalist whose vivid writing played a crucial role in opening Western eyes to the realities of life in China. At the height of the Depression, Hahn arrived in Shanghai after a...
- Auteur:Baxter, JoanSommaire:
Seven Grains of Paradise tells the fascinating and much neglected story about many kinds of food in Africa, a continent with a rich farming tradition, intricate cuisines and a multitude of food cultures.Centuries of disparaging...
- Auteur:Johnson, MarciaSommaire:
Serving Elizabeth begins in Kenya in 1952, during the fateful royal visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. Mercy, a restaurant owner, is approached to cook for the royal couple. Though she could use the money, she is a...