Ergebnis für "The Islanders" in Europa

Trolle und Elfen, heiße Quellen und Vulkane, die ganz Europa lahmlegen: Der halb deutsche, halb isländische Schriftsteller Kristof Magnusson zeigt uns das sagenhafte Island wie das alltägliche - das jüngste Land der Erde, das vom Erdbeben bis zur Finanzkrise keinen Unfug auslässt. Er kennt das Sterben der Fischerdörfer und die Landflucht, nimmt uns mit in Nationalparks und zu Sommerfestivals, bei denen die Isländer in Scharen zelten.

After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland, and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another. It was thus clear to him that his people needed him.

Das Klischee von Island als Insel der Mythen und Sagen, als Heimat eigenwilliger Bewohner, als Schauplatz atemberaubender Naturschauspiele und als Bühne einmaliger Landschaften hat jeder im Hinterkopf, der sich auch nur mit der Möglichkeit einer Reise dorthin befasst. Betritt man dann irgendwann endlich isländischen Boden ereilt einen die Erkenntnis: es ist gar kein Klischee! Alle Annahmen, die man lächelnd als abgeklärter und vielgereister Mitteleuropäer in den geistigen Papierkorb gepackt hatte, scheinen zuzutreffen.

Greater Than a Tourist - Funchal Madeira Island Portugal offers the inside scoop on Funchal. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. That's alright, but this book gives you travel tips from someone who has lived at your destination. This book gives you knowledge you may not find in other smaller print travel books. Experience cultural, culinary delights, and attractions with the guidance of a Local. Slow down and get to know the people with this guide. After listening to this book, you will be ready to discover new activities at your next travel destination.

Join Cecilia Blomdahl in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the world's northernmost town. Located in the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole, Svalbard is a unique archipelago that boasts stunning wintry landscapes, endangered arctic animals, and awe-inspiring natural phenomena. Since 2016, Cecilia has called...

Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation’s heart and became the best-selling travel book ever, and was also...

'Heartfelt and beautifully written, this is the author's best book to date' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Caroline James, bestselling author of The Cruise Where books are borrowed, friendships are forged and secrets uncovered… As a beautiful summer unfolds in the Croatian islands, Ana Meštrović embarks on...

Aus Feuer und Eis geboren entstanden fantastische Landschaften von kargen vulkanischen Mondlandschaften bis zu üppig grünen Tälern. Blauglitzernde Gletscher, Europas größter Wasserfall (Dettifoss) und Geysire gehören ebenso zu dieser Insel wie die Herzlichkeit der Bewohner.

Waren Sie schon einmal in einer Stabkirche oder an Deck eines Wikingerschiffs? Möchten Sie erfahren, was jedes Jahr fast 5 Millionen Menschen in das schwedische Provinzdorf Ullared lockt? Würden Sie Walfleisch kosten wollen – oder vielleicht doch lieber Zimtschnecken? Begegnen Sie Menschen, die »Hygge« erfunden haben, die für modernes Design und Architektur stehen und die ihre Freizeit am liebsten in der Sauna verbringen.

Brought to you by Penguin. In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his...

J.M. Synge, one of the greatest English language playwrites of the 20th century, immortalized the Aran Islands and its people with vivid written portraits that are among the greatest in modern literature. Synge’s vibrant language and earthy themes breathtakingly capture the folklore and way of life that has since perished on these remote northern islands.

Acclaimed travel writer Oliver Smith sets out to radically reframe our idea of ‘pilgrimage’ in Britain by retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the 21st century. He embarks on an epic adventure across sacred British landscapes – climbing into remote sea caves, sleeping inside Neolithic tombs, scaling forgotten holy mountains and once marooning himself at sea.

In 1999, after publishing three cult novels, famous author Nathan Fawles announces the end of his writing career and withdraws to Beaumont, a wild and beautiful island off the Mediterranean coast. Autumn 2018. Over the past 20 years, Fawles has not given a single interview. As his novels continue to captivate readers, Mathilde Monney, a young Swiss journalist, arrives on the island, determined to unlock his secrets. That same day, a woman's body is discovered on the beach and the island is cordoned off by the authorities. 

'A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES 'If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky' TOM HOLLAND 'An astonishing tour de force’ SPECTATOR Shortlisted for the HWA Nonfiction Crown Award Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize From Peter Marshall...

'In this excellent book, Ecott's evocative telling makes me want to go to this weird and wonderful place.' - PAUL THEROUX 'I never want to leave the remote island world so atmospherically, precisely educed between the covers of this book. Ecott's prose has the power of tides, his perception is...

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? Greater Than a Tourist- Zakynthos Island, Zante, Greece by Senka Lazarevic Reynolds offers the inside scoop on Zakynthos Island. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

When the world went into lockdown in early 2020 novelist Anthony McDonald found himself separated from his Spanish partner by 2,000 miles of sea. This is the story, told in real time, of how he made his way to Tenerife on the day lockdown began there, and of the months that followed. A highly personal view of the Canary Islands, including accounts of time spent on other islands of this beautiful archipelago.

Mary and Patrick's dream was to live in London, have 2.4 children, the nice house, the successful jobs. But life had other plans, and in one traumatic year that all came crashing down. Bruised and battered, Mary finds herself pulled towards Cornwall and dreams of St George's Island, where she spent halcyon childhood summers. So, when an opportunity arises to become tenants if they renovate the old Island House, they grab it with both hands.

Becky Rose has just landed her dream job house-sitting at a top-end villa on the island of Corfu. Elias Mardas is travelling back to Corfu on business whilst dealing with his own personal demons. Late arriving in Athens, Becky and Elias have to spend a night in the Greek capital. When they have to emergency land in Kefalonia, Becky's got to decide whether to suck up the adventure and this gorgeous companion she seems to have been thrown together with, or panic about when she's going to arrive at Corfu.

'A Swallows and Amazons adventure for the modern day by one of the most interesting travel writers working today' Bijan Omrani, author of Caesar's Footprints 'A headlong plunge into the deep, dark waters of the Lake District and its islands. Packed with curious historical facts, philosophical...