Reseskildringar

"Sommarens underbaraste läsning" Jenny Lindh, DN "Vilken sällsynt pärla till läsupplevelse! Och jag tänker lite vemodigt att hädanefter kommer alla andra böcker att kännas som meningslösa tidsfördriv." Kerstin Westin, Alingsås Tidning Vad kan en f...

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Hur lärde sig människan att hitta på havet? Var Magellan verkligen den förste världsomseglaren? Hur bidrog kaskelotvalen till upplysningen? På vilket sätt förändrade den skotske bagaren Robert Dick vår syn på livets historia? Hur vet vi egentligen...

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"Älven i mig" följer den resa författaren gör längs Lule älv, i ett försök att hitta hem. Undervägs ger sig älvens historia och samtida spänningar till känna. Det handlar om den svenska vattenkraften. Om utveckling och exploatering, minne, makt oc...

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En intensiv, känslig och underhållande memoar om att finna sig själv och allt som kan hända när man tar ansvar för sitt eget välmående. Mix mellan memoar och reseskildring som läses som en roman. Klockan är 3 på natten och Elizabeth Gilbert ligger...

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Brought to you by Penguin.The heartwarming, first-hand account of one of the most celebrated partnerships in the history of British entertainment, the 60-year marriage of TImothy West and Prunella Scales.This moving and memorable audiobook is read...

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Med avstamp i de sju dödssynderna beger sig Henrik Brandão Jönsson ut på en jordenruntresa för att skildra den osannolika historien om hur ett av Europas fattigaste länder en gång i tiden var världens mäktigaste nation. Genom upptäcktsresorna spre...

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"Men varför ska du springa i Iran?" undrar Evis. "Jag vill se om det är så farligt som människor tror", säger jag. När Kristina är 31 år lockar en kompis med henne på ett lopp. Tidigare har hon knappt sprungit en meter, men hon upptäcker att hon g...

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Swift's scornful satire, written "e;to vex the world rather than divert it"e;, takes a caustic look at those most contemporary concerns irrational prejudice, social inequality, ivory tower elitism and the correct way to open a boiled egg.'...

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'It happen'd one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceedingly surpriz'd with the Print of a Man's naked Foot on the Shore.'Shipwrecked in a storm at sea, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a remote and desolate island. As he struggles to p...

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?Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west!?Jim is a well-bred young romantic who takes to the seas with hopes of adventure and the aspiration to prove his mettle. When the boat he s...

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Sanjeev Bhaskar, comedian and writer behind ''The Kumars at No. 42'' embarks on an epic and highly personal journey through modern India. Sanjeev?s characteristic humour and unique perspective form the heart of this audiobook that accompanies his ...

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Britain''s best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen''s account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insi...

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It begins with a glimpse or a passing thought. It ends in obsession.One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more success and new love, he remains mystified - and ...

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The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his life and career. "e;You might say I'm set in my airways. I'm one of those lucky people whose professional ...

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Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, is back with a very full, intelligent and witty exploration into a glorious and passionate British subject - footpaths and the history of land ownership.Mike discovers how these paths have become part...

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Orlando, the original Sloane-dog and intrepid gapper, will finally release his diaries to inspire other travellers to follow in his chunder-filled footsteps. From sleepless nights in Buenos Aires to charitable endeavours in Tanzanah, Orlando will ...

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A history of walking and our relationship with the British countryside.On the afternoon of Sunday April 24, 1932, a group of approximately five hundred men and women set out for the summit of Kinder Scout, the highest point in Derbyshire's Peak Di...

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Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking ad...

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?I watched the mirror for a last view, for now, of the frozen mountains of Glen Coe. As the road bent and the outline of Buachaille Etive Mor slid into sight, I did what I always did, and always would. I felt for that flutter of awe and that indef...

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In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu?s great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters, were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze River. But before they left a hole was dug as deep as a ...

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Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels.Think you know Agatha Christie? Think again!T...

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'Brilliant, clear, and humane' Elizabeth Gilbert'Miraculous and hopeful' Emma StraubRiverman: An American Odyssey uncovers the story of an extraordinary man and his puzzling disappearance, and paints a picture of the singular spirit of America's r...

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'Will undoubtedly become a classic narrative of this scenically magnificent, legend-rich and geologically unique part of Scotland' Cameron McNeish, The HeraldRising a kilometre out of the storm-scoured waters around Scotland's Isle of Skye is a da...

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This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.In 1967, veteran travel writer Eric Newby and his heroic wife Wanda fulfiled their dream of a return to life in the Italian hills where they f...

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A classic of travel writing, ?A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush? is Eric Newby?s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the chao...

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From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks-writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer.Joan Didion has always kept noteboo...

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'Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas' ROBERT MACFARLANE'An instant classic of British nature-writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHA few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia...

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Don?t miss the brand-new book from the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis!I can?t forgive myself. Not after what I did.¿ Could you? ¿This is Claudia Winters?s last chance for a fresh start. Changing her name and leaving her old life beh...

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A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous - and not so f...

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'Joyful, life-affirming, greedy. I loved it' - DIANA HENRY'Whether you are an avid cyclist, a Francophile, a greedy gut, or simply an appreciator of impeccable writing - this book will get you hooked' - YOTAM OTTOLENGHIThe nation's 'taster in chie...

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