Titoli in Occidentale

‘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 TELEGRAPH A few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a small-holding or croft on...

‘A Provencal sun drenched read that conjures up the scent of summer in France.’ Julie Caplin A newly single woman. A tall, dark and handsome stranger. A chateau that keeps bringing them together. What could go wrong? When Lizzie Summers is jilted at the altar, she’s left completely...

Kiel, im höchsten Norden Deutschlands, direkt an der Ostsee gelegen. Eine Stadt, in der die Mütze auch im Sommer ein trendiges Accessoire ist. Die Landeshauptstadt Schleswig-Holsteins, dem Bundesland, in dem die Menschen am glücklichsten sind. Ob das wohl an dem freundlichen "Moin" liegt, mit dem Kieler zu jeder Tageszeit grüßen? Finden Sie es heraus! Reisen Sie nach Kiel und bestaunen Sie den Hafen, schlendern Sie entlang der Kiellinie, begeben Sie sich auf die Spuren von Kiels Vergangenheit oder bummeln Sie durch die gemütlichen Gassen mit tollen Geschäften und familiären Cafés.

Bloomsbury presents 1923 written and read by Ned Boulting. WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: SPORT NOMINATED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing' The Telegraph...

Bloomsbury presents The Gathering Place written and read by Mary Colwell. SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'Deeply poetic.' CAROLINE LUCAS MP 'A masterpiece of storytelling.' NICK MAYHEW-SMITH 'Mary Colwell is a candle of open-minded curiosity.' PATRICK LAURIE 'An...

Vanessa and Kate live a glamorous life in the South of France helping the rich stay richer by hiding their money. While they know it's wrong, that their clients are corrupt, they are professionals and good at their jobs. Plus, there is the money . . . When their boss draws them deeper into his...

In his smash-hit debut The World According to Kaleb, we learnt how Kaleb feels about everything from existentialism to comb-overs, and why he doesn't want to visit the Mediterranean. In this follow-up, Kaleb casts his focus closer to home to examine what people like to get up to in the great outdoors. You'll go gravy wrestling in Lancashire, nettle eating in Somerset, and venture to Hereford for the significant occasion that is Best Dressed Stick.

After first meeting over sixty years ago while filming a costume drama for the BBC, Prunella Scales and Timothy West have enjoyed a partnership like no other. In this book, Tim traces their united steps through life professionally and personally, and covers the highs and lows of caring for Pru since her dementia diagnosis, twenty years ago. As with all things in life, she and Tim have tackled it together, often with a glass of wine in hand and almost always with a smile.

Scandinavian history has been one of dramatic discontinuities of collapse and restarts, from the Viking Age to the Age of Perpetual War to the modern age today. For a thousand years, the Scandinavian countries were kingdoms of repression where monarchs played at the game of being European powers, at the expense of their own populations. The brand we now know as "Scandinavia" is a recent invention. During most of its history, Denmark and Sweden, and to some degree Norway, were bloody enemies. These sentiments of enmity have not been fully settled.

A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England–Wales border: Britain’s deepest faultline. There is a line on the map: to one side Wales, small, rugged and stubborn; on the other England...

Sie träumen von "la Dolce Vita", einer bezaubernden Altstadt mit Geschichte und Großstadtfeeling, in Kombination mit Tradition und Gemütlichkeit? Dann sollten Sie Ihren nächsten Städtetrip unbedingt nach München machen! Häufig wird die bayerische Landeshauptstadt auch die "nördlichste Stadt Italiens" genannt - mit ihrem südländischen Charme und satten 1756 Sonnenstunden pro Jahr zieht die Stadt einfach jeden in ihren Bann. Doch das ist längst nicht alles, was München zu bieten hat.

"Hamburg": In Hamburg sagt man ''Moin'', das hat nichts mit der Tageszeit zu tun, Moin ist viel mehr als ein ''Hallo'' oder ''Guten Tag'', Moin verspricht hanseatische Wärme und die gibt es in Hamburg zuhauf. Die Hamburger sind bekannt für Herzlichkeit, Offenheit und ein bisschen Ironie. Was aber ist es im Einzelnen, das Hamburg so attraktiv macht? "München": Sie träumen von "la Dolce Vita", einer bezaubernden Altstadt mit Geschichte und Großstadtfeeling, in Kombination mit Tradition und Gemütlichkeit? Dann sollten Sie Ihren nächsten Städtetrip unbedingt nach München machen.

Von London bis Newcastle, ohne einen Innenraum oder ein geschlossenes Fahrzeug zu betreten – so trotzt Bestsellerautor Stephan Orth in England der Pandemie. Er wandert, radelt und paddelt, zeltet in Vorgärten, Wäldern und Stadtparks. In Manchester jubelt er bei einem Fußballmatch, in Oxford erlebt er die Eigenarten britischer Trinkkultur, am Rochdale-Kanal entdeckt er das schönste Klo der Welt. Er schildert, wie er sich mit Brexit-Fans und streitlustigen Katzen auseinandersetzt, mit Obdachlosen, Lebenskünstlern und Umwelt-Aktivisten ins Gespräch kommt.

Escape to Italy with the brand-new romcom from the author of You Had Me at Halloumi When Ramona's dream to launch a size-inclusive fashion line comes crashing down she decides it is time for a bold change. Realising there is little inclusivity in the exclusive world of haute couture, Ramona bids...

'A beguiling book about a lifestyle that many of us dream about' Daily Mail Paul Richardson fled the city to live on the land in a rough-and-tumble village on the edge of Europe. Immersing himself in the culture of his remote Spanish community, he learned the traditional arts of animal husbandry...

Though Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on the idea of home, from the earliest imprint of four walls to the startling discoveries of feeling the strange ease of homes abroad, friends’ homes and even momentary homes that spark desires for other lives. Her musings are all the more poignant after so many have spent their long pandemic months at home.

Mit Autor und Moderator Nilz Bokelberg auf Entdeckungstour in seiner Heimatstadt Köln. Warum lieben die Kölner ihren Dom so sehr? Wie feiert man Karneval richtig? Welches Kölsch sollte man trinken und wo schmeckt es am besten? Wo und mit wem flirtet es sich besonders gut? Und woher kommt eigentlich die gute Laune der Kölner? Diese und weitere wichtige Fragen beantwortet Nilz Bokelberg auf humorvolle Art, nimmt Hörerinnen und Hörer mit auf Streifzüge durch die rheinische Metropole und führt zu seinen persönlichen Lieblingsorten: eine sehr unterhaltsame Mischung aus Anekdoten und Beobachtungen, Fun Facts und Tipps.

When sisters Cassie and Lisa receive a wedding invitation, the last person they expect to be getting married is Jane, their seventy-year-old aunt! Convinced that she's making a big mistake, the two put their differences aside to travel to the vibrant Tuscan city of Lucca. But there's something magical about Italy...and this trip may just change their relationship - and their lives - forever.

Foreign correspondent Christine Toomey spent years renovating her glorious, long-abandoned hill-top home in Le Marche, Italy, as a haven of rest from covering crises around the world. But in 2016, the peace and beauty of this beloved landscape were thrown into chaos when a series of powerful earthquakes struck the heart of the Apennines. Wracked with grief for a place still reverberating with seismic aftershocks, Christine set out on a journey of discovery through the history of a landscape that gave birth to so much of Western culture and civilisation.

The Sunday Times bestseller, read by the author. In his darkest depression, one idea brought Christian Lewis out of the depths – and into a new life. Finding Hildasay is a brutal and beautiful true story of mental health, survival, walking, and the meaning of home. ‘Now I was finally out of...