Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel – serie
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Appian Way
Ghost Road, Queen of Roads
Häftad, 2014
167 kr
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To walk on remnants of the storied Appian Way today, from Rome to the heel of Italy, is to walk in the footsteps of ghosts. Our guide to those ghosts-and the layers of history they represent-is Robert A. Kaster. In The Appian Way, he brings a lifetime of studying Roman literature and history to his …
Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave
Inbunden, 2011
230 kr
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The Victorian era was the high point of literary tourism. Writers such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Sir Walter Scott became celebrities, and readers trekked far and wide for a glimpse of the places where their heroes wrote and thought, walked and talked. Even Shakespeare was roped in, as …
Spiral Jetta
A Road Trip through the Land Art of the American West
Av Erin Hogan
Häftad, 2009
167 kr
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Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, four hundred stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the …
Appian Way
Ghost Road, Queen of Roads
Inbunden, 2012
220 kr
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The Roman poet Statius called the Via Appia "the Queen of Roads," and for nearly a thousand years that description held true, as countless travelers trod its path from the center of Rome to the heel of Italy. Today, the road is all but gone, destroyed by time, neglect, and the incursions of …
Pilgrimage to Dollywood
A Country Music Road Trip through Tennessee
Inbunden, 2014
220 kr
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A star par excellence, Dolly Parton is also one of country music's most likable personalities. Even a hard-rocking punk or orchestral aesthete can't help singing along with songs like "Jolene" or "9 to 5." More than a mere singer or actress, Parton is a true cultural phenomenon, immediately …
Pilgrimage to the End of the World
The Road to Santiago de Compostela
Häftad, 2004
402 kr
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From Tibetan Buddhists at Jokang to Muslims at Mecca for the hajj, pilgrims across faiths and cultures travel thousands of miles - often by foot - to reach holy sites. Such journeys are considered proof of ultimate devotion, the most important act of an individual's life. The intense mystical and …
Pilgrimage to Dollywood
A Country Music Road Trip through Tennessee
Häftad, 2021
228 kr
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A star par excellence, Dolly Parton is one of country music’s most likable personalities. Even a hard-rocking punk or orchestral aesthete can’t help cracking a smile or singing along with songs like “Jolene” and “9 to 5.” More than a mere singer or actress, Parton is a true cultural phenomenon, …
Spiral Jetta
A Road Trip through the Land Art of the American West
Av Erin Hogan
Inbunden, 2008
220 kr
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Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, four hundred stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the …
