Adventure Writing

Hermine Stampa-Rabe und ihre Tochter Gudrun fliegen von Berlin nach Portland in Oregon in den USA, um dort eine Fahrradtour zu starten. Ihre Fahrräder und der Seesack mit den ganzen gepackten Packtaschen kommen mit dem Flugzeug nicht mit. Weil in dem Seesack Hermines Fahrradpedalen sind, kann sie nun um Mitternacht nicht richtig vom Flugplatz in Portland/Oregon radeln. Sie erhält von ihrer Tochter eine Pedale, sodass beide mit je einer Pedale die fünf Kilometer bis zu ihrem gebuchten Hotel mehr schlecht als recht rollen können.

With a bottomless taste for the absurd, nothing is too outrageous for Doug Lansky. In the plucky, hilarious, and irreverent spirit of Lansky's popular syndicated travel column, "Vagabond," comes Last Trout in Venice, a book of adventurous and wacky travel essays that will have you laughing out loud.

Der Rhein ist mehr als ein Fluss. Er ist ein Mythos! Bereisen Sie mit uns den großen europäischen Strom: Bummeln Sie durch das malerische Basel...

Am 23. November 2011 sticht die damals 34-jährige Janice Jakait in Portugal in See. Als erste Deutsche wird sie allein den Atlantik überqueren - allein und nur mit Muskelkraft. "Row for silence" nennt sie ihre Aktion, mit der sie auf den Unterwasserlärm aufmerksam machen will, der für Meeressäuger und Fische tödliche Folgen hat. Aber sie will auch ihre innere Unruhe besiegen, sich selbst in der Stille begegnen. 90 Tage, 6500 Kilometer und eine Million Ruderschläge lang behauptet sie sich gegen die Gewalten, gegen Hunger und Müdigkeit - und ist schließlich nicht nur in Barbados, sondern auch bei sich selbst angekommen.

A collection of Peter Fleming’s essays written for The Spectator.

Außergewöhnliche Radtouren durch Deutschland, Polen, Weißrussland, Italien, Frankreich, Griechenland und die Türkei. Spannende Erlebnisse, lustige Geschichten und Tipps von jemandem, der sein ganzes Leben auf den unterschiedlichsten Fahrrädern unterwegs war. Ganz spezielle Urlaubsreisen mit dem Tandem, dem Liegerad von der Grafschaft Bentheim bis nach Jerusalem. Aber auch das kleine Radrennen mit dem Klapprad auf dem Weg zur Arbeit werden humorvoll beschrieben und sollen sogar zum Nachmachen anregen. Durch das Radfahren in Etappen kann jedermann auch weite Ziele erreichen!

Sin pasajes de avión, tren, barco o autobús, Enrique Córdoba nos lleva a recorrer gran parte del planeta, comenzando por los dos extremos de la tierra, el polo norte, donde se inició la fiebre del oro; y en el otro fin del mundo, el polo sur, la tierra del fuego. De una manera maravillosa lleva al oyente a recorrer Oceanía, Asia, Europa y América; internándolo en la cultura de diferentes países, su gastronomía; modo de vida y hasta secretos para tomar en cuenta al momento de idear una guía de viaje.

Kingdoms in the Air brings together the very best of Shacochis's culture and travel essays in one livewire collection that spans his global adventures and his life passions; from surfing, to his obsession with the South American dorado, to the time he went bushwhacking in Mozambique. Replete with Shacochis's signature swagger, humor, and crystalline wisdom, Kingdoms in the Air is a majestic and essential collection from one of our most important writers.

A girl, a laptop, and a waddle of penguins. In this witty and genre-defying memoir, a young writer can travel anywhere she wants to finally finish her novel—and ends up on a frozen island at the bottom of the world. Twenty-seven-year-old Nell Stevens was determined to write a novel, but...

Ever heard of a 'travel psychologist?' Michael Brein is the world's first and perhaps only travel psychologist who has created a unique travel book series on the psychology of travel as revealed through the fantastic travel stories of more than 1,600 world travelers and adventurers he has interviewed over the last three decades. Travel Tales of Michael Brein: My Best 100 contains more than 100 of Michael's own, best personal travel stories, resulting from his lifetime of travel.

The Languedoc is a hidden jewel of Europe; the most discriminating tourists are delighted to discover it. The area has many of the same traits that endear people to neighboring Provence: a warm coastline, outdoor markets, picturesque hillside villages, gourmet dining, and vineyards dotting the landscape. Yet Provence is the one with the reputation that causes tourists to flock there.The Languedoc has a certain immeasurable quality to it. Fond memories cling to you well after you return home.

Segeln ist eine einzigartige Art zu reisen. Vor allem, wenn es an das Ende der Ostsee geht: Ganz im Norden liegt die kleine Stadt Haparanda zwischen Schweden und Finnland. Das Buch ist ein spannender Reisebericht für Segler, aber auch für Fans von abenteuerlichen Reisen und Skandinavien.

When Joe Patterson was surprised with the gift of a white German Shepherd puppy named Griffin, he had no idea of the adventure that awaited them. Searching for answers in the painful memories of his family's past will lead them deep into the rugged winter landscape of South Dakota's Black Elk Wilderness, where together they will face danger, forge a timeless bond, and experience an epic story that will leave them forever changed.

For "Darwin Year," a fresh-eyed and enchanting journey through South America in his footsteps. One snowy day in Ushuaia, Argentina, the self-proclaimed "southernmost city in the world," writer Eric Simons picked up a copy of Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle. Simons had just hiked the mountains overlooking Beagle Channel, and he found himself engrossed in Darwin's account.

Una imprescindible guía para escritores tanto noveles como experimentados. De la mano de una de las maestras del género policiaco en español en la actualidad, Ana Bolox, nos planteamos 10 preguntas que podemos aplicar a nuestra idea de novela para convertirla en la mejor historia posible. Planteamiento, desarrollo, clímax, personajes y todos los secretos de la escritura de novelas adictivas quedan al alcance de esta guía esencial para los amantes de la buena literatura.

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A naïve plan to run away and cruel misfortune puts twelve-year-old Robert and his best friend Michael on a British naval vessel. When the boys are found huddling at the bottom of a lifeboat, they are forced into service and their hopes for an easy passage are crushed. Now they must figure out how to survive in this harsh maritime world and find a way out, without getting shot as deserters. Horrible squalls, a mysterious initiation at the Equator, and and untimely death during a perilous rounding of Cape Horn fill the months with adventure.

Tobias Thornfield has been assigned by the Bellwater Mages to work undercover as a high school English teacher. At the end of a long day of teaching, his best friend Hunter attacks his school and his students on orders from the Arcane Rebellion, an organization that believes only they should have access to magic! Tobias must break his cover to save them, overpowering Hunter and taking his students to safety at Bellwater Academy, where they will learn magic and be recruited to join the Bellwater Mages.

In 1976, after graduating from Harvard College, Mike Jacker embarked on a year-long voyage aboard Rhiannon with two friends named Louis and Clark. The three Midwestern boys had never experienced ocean sailing. Mike's captivating narrative takes you along on his remarkable adventures at sea and on land.

In summer 2006, 20-year-old Gerald Yeung and his childhood friends from Hong Kong travel to South America and Africa on their parents' dime. Confronted by challenges foreign to their privileged upbringing, the "Wannabe Backpackers" persevere in their Christian Dior clothes. They make plans to do it again when they turn 30. The decade that follows doesn’t go exactly to plan.

Thoreau gives an account of three canoe and hiking journeys - by himself and with others - through the mostly uninhabited forests of Maine in the 1850s. Identifying birds, trees and plants by their botanical as well as their common names, he also records the Indian names of lakes, rivers and plants. He investigates the connections between waterways and trails, and provides detail on camping, fishing and hunting in the woods, using whatever is at hand. Extolling the beauty of the wilds that he encounters, Thorough’s narrative is also imbued with elements of his philosophy.