Titoli in Europa

Knud Rasmussen er en af danmarkshistoriens største opdagelsesrejsende, og hans skildringer af ekspeditionerne til Grønland er blandt de bedste og mest spændende rejseskildringer. I denne samling af tre af hans største værker fortæller Knud Rasmussen blandt andet om sin deltagelse i "Den danske literære Grønlands-Ekspedition" i 1903-1904 samt ekspeditionen tværs over indlandsisen med Peter Freuchen i 1912-1913. Knud Rasmussen (1878-1933) var en dansk-grønlandsk polarforsker.

Since giving up their city jobs in London and moving to rural France over ten years ago, Janine and husband Mark have renovated their dream home and built a new life for themselves, adjusting to the delights and the peculiarities of life in a small French village. Including much-loved village characters such as Mr. and Mrs. Pepperpot, Jean-Claude, Claudette, and the infamous Bread Man, Toujours La France also introduces listeners to some new faces and funny stories, as Janine and Mark continue their lives in this special part of northern France. There is never a quiet moment.

When Jack Hitt set out to walk the 500 miles from France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, he submitted to the rigorous traditions of Europe's oldest form of packaged tour, a pilgrimage that has been walked by millions in the history of Christendom. Off the Road is an unforgettable exploration of the sites that people believe God once touched.

When our hero, Victor, needs a pseudonym to avoid embarrassing his wife after deciding to pen a book about up-sticking to Greece, he dusts off his original name of V.D. Bucket, the name he was stuck with after being abandoned in a bucket as a baby. As Victor adapts to his adopted homeland, he battles an obsession with the exacting hygiene standards he demanded during his illustrious career as a public health inspector against the rather less exacting standards of rural Greece. His attempts to master the complexities of the language lead to a number of embarrassing misunderstandings.

In 1954 the Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston left grey, post- war London for Greece. Moving first to the tiny island of Kalymnos they then settled on Hydra and stayed for almost a decade.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING AND THE BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE In Time on Rock Anna Fleming charts two parallel journeys: learning the craft of traditional rock climbing, and the new developing appreciation of the natural world it brings her...

Mermaid Singing details the culture shock and sheer delight of their first year on the tiny sponge-fishing island of Kalymnos. Clift paints an evocative picture of the characters and sun-drenched rhythms of traditional life, long before mass tourism descended.

It's time for Ellie to return home and rediscover the past she left behind... After a tough break-up, Ellie returns to the only place she's ever really felt at home – the coastal town of Sanderson Bay. A year later, she's living her dream, brewing delicious artisan teas and selling them at her...

From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as "the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date" (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic.

I Arne Falk-Rønnes romankomedie "Se Neapel - og spis sovs til" følger vi en gruppe rejselystne, danske charterturister, der er taget på busrejse til Napoli i Italien. Rejsen udvikler sig snart til den rene (grise)fest med stærke drinks, munter og højrøstet rundsang og hede, erotiske eskapader. Et unikt og underholdende portræt af charterturismens indtog. Arne Falk-Rønne (1920-1992) dansk forfatter, journalist, rejseleder og eventyrer.

Italienerne kendes både for deres nære familiesammenhold og gode mad, men også for deres problemer med mafia og politisk korruption. Italien har med andre ord noget af det hele, og det er denne sammensathed, som journalist og tidligere korrespondent i Italien, Morten Beiter, indfanger, når han kører fra landets nordlige del mod Napoli i syd gennem 11 regioner. Undervejs fører han bilen ad ukendte veje og møder italienere fra forskellige områder og lag af samfundet.

Intet bjerg i verden har været genstand for større fascination end Matterhorn. Lige siden den fantastiske førstebestigning i 1865 har dramaet og myterne skabt en enestående interesse for det bjerg, der formentlig har kostet flere bjergbestigere livet end noget andet bjerg. Hvert år forsøger flere tusinde at bestige Matterhorn, men det er kun hver femte, der når toppen. Mellem 10 og 20 bjergbestigere dør under forsøget. Derfor kaldes Matterhorn verdens farligste bjerg.

Every year upon arriving in Plobien, the small Breton town where he spends his summers, American writer Mark Greenside picks back up where he left off with his faux-pas-filled Francophile life. Mellowed and humbled, but not daunted (OK, slightly daunted), he faces imminent concerns: What does he cook for a French person? Who has the right-of-way when entering or exiting a roundabout? Where does he pay for a parking ticket? And most dauntingly of all, when can he touch the tomatoes?

For hundreds of years, the City of Light has set the stage for larger-than-life characters-from medieval lovers Heloïse and Abelard to the defiant King Henri IV to the brilliant scientist Madame Curie, beloved chanteuse Edith Piaf, and the writer Colette. In this book, Susan Cahill recounts the lives of 22 famous Parisians and then takes you through the seductive streets of Paris to the quartiers where they lived and worked: the scenes of their greatest triumphs and tragedies, their favorite cafes, bars, and restaurants, and the places where they found inspiration and love.

Die alte Reichsstadt Frankfurt am Main, die Karl der Große im Jahre 794 n. Chr. erstmals in einer Urkunde erwähnte, ist reich an wundervollen Sagen und Legenden und blickt auf eine große deutsche Geschichte zurück. Kein geringerer als Carolus Magnus, Karl der Große, einer der...

On a trip to Dublin, Australian Chris Harrison falls head over heels in love with Daniela, an Italian girl with eyes the colour of Guinness- and he follows her home. He abandons his previous life for LA DOLCE VITA, with its luscious foods and sun-drenched vistas. Among olive groves and...

Der Apfelschuss von Wilhelm Tell und der Rütlischwur sind zwei der bekanntesten Geschichten aus der Schweiz. Uve Teschner erzählt in dieser Lesung weitere 18 ausgewählte Sagen und Legenden der Schweiz. Vermutlich gab es bereits 5.300 v. Chr. bei Gächlingen (Schaffhausen) erste...

Konstanz am Bodensee ist eine reizvolle, weltoffene, historische Stadt. Die Landschaft und der Blick über den See bis zu den Voralpen begeistern jährlich tausende Besucher...

Salzburg, durch das die Salzach fließt, ist Landeshauptstadt des gleich­namigen Bundeslandes und liegt inmitten des Salzburger Beckens...

Welche sagenhaften Geheimnisse birgt die Stadt Mainz am Rhein? Die Geschichte der größten Stadt geht bis in die Zeit der Römer und Kelten zurück...