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Just before her 40th birthday, Gail Francis quit her perfectly good job and set out to hike one of the great trails of the world. Carrying everything she needed on her back, Francis spent five months walking from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail. Along the way, she lost her pack scrambling over scree in the desert, struggled to navigate high mountain passes, and wore the soles off her boots trekking across lava fields - all within some of the most pristine wilderness in the nation. Though she set out alone, her story includes an eclectic cast of characters. 

Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did, and after 10 years in England he decided to go home, to a foreign country. In an ageing Chevrolet Chevette, he drove nearly 14,000 miles through 38 states to compile this hilarious and perceptive state-of-the-nation report on small-town America.

Bloomsbury presents The Crossroads by C.J. Box, read by David Chandler. When Joe Pickett is shot in the line of duty, his daughters must work together to find his attacker. The brilliant new thriller from New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box 'Raining here, but I’ve got a cup of hot tea...

In dem Land der alten Maya verschmelzen jahrtausendealte Traditionen mit spanischer Kolonialgeschichte und karibischer Lebenskultur...

Die Stille in den Wäldern, die Wasserfälle im Banff Nationalpark, das Rauschen der Flüsse und das Knistern des Lagerfeuers...

Brought to you by Penguin. In 1960, John Steinbeck set out in his pick-up truck with his dog Charley to rediscover and chronicle his native USA, from Maine to California. He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of the American people. Moving through the...

Über drei Stunden Hörerlebnis durch die aufregenden Städte Hawaii, New York und San Francisco...

Bloomsbury presents Open Season by C.J. Box, read by David Chandler. The award-winning debut novel by New York Times bestseller C.J. Box, Open Season is the first in the hugely successful Joe Pickett series, now adapted into the hit Paramount TV show Joe Pickett, streaming on Paramount UK...

A Barack Obama Summer Reading List Selection Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past. Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic...

In this book, I present my own ideas on a wide variety of topics from writing, relationships, children, exercise, travel, Newfoundland and Labrador, the death of a parent, and my undying love of geeky hobbies and entertainment. Aside from finding things to love and be hopeful for in the world...

Die akustische Reise führt über Gebirgsketten und Vulkane, Regenwälder, Kakteensteppen und Kupferschluchten...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned into much more—a calling, a community of millions, and hard-earned lessons about chasing impractical dreams. “Inspiring and meditative—the story of man vs...

A personal essay about what makes Canada awesome from Neil Pasricha, the international-bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, and the Audible Original, How to Get Back Up.

"Ich muss im Bus unbedingt in der ersten Reihe sitzen, denn ich hab’s mit der Bandscheibe!" Diesen Satz hat Ollie schon tausendmal gehört. So oft, dass er bei dem Wort "Bandscheibe" augenblicklich auf Durchzug schaltet. Als Reiseleiter muss man Nerven wie Drahtseile haben, sonst landet man schnell in der Klapsmühle oder wird gar zum Serienmörder. "Let’s go West!" sagte sich Ollie und wagte vor 20 Jahren den Sprung über den großen Teich. Das Ziel: Die Küstenmetropole Los Angeles.

“I love everything about this hilarious book except the font size.” —Jon Stewart Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invented facts, in 2016 that routine didn’t seem as funny to John Hodgman anymore. Everyone is...

A strikingly original exploration of what it might mean to be authentically human in the age of artificial intelligence, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Interior States. "At times personal, at times philosophical, with a bracing mixture of openness and skepticism, it speaks...

"Hike Your Own Hike" is a narrative nonfiction about a newly divorced, forty-something, mother of two. Struggling to move forward under the weight of a past she has yet to come to terms with, she sets out alone in a bold attempt to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail, experiencing far more than she bargains for along the way--healing, adventure, love, self discovery, personal growth.

Dieser Roadtrip ist aus einer Schnapsidee heraus entstanden. Unterwegs auf den endlosen Highways der Vereinigten Staaten will Florian das echte Land und echte Menschen kennenlernen. Doch wie stellt er das am besten an? Der Tresen ist ein Ort voller Möglichkeiten. Deshalb fährt er zwischen New York und San Francisco von Bar zu Bar und trifft dort auf allerlei skurrile Leute, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Er bereist Orte, die er zuvor nur aus Film und Fernsehen kannte und von denen er nie gedacht hätte, dass er sie einmal mit eigenen Augen sehen würde.

Riding the rails, Ted Conover tasted the life of a tramp with companions like Pistol Pete, BB, and Sheba Sheila Sheils. From them he learned survival skills - how to "read" a freight train, scavenge for food and clothing, avoid the railroad "bulls." He was initiated into the customs of their unique, shadowy society - men and women bound together by a mutual bond of failure, camaraderie, and distrust.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From one of Canada's most beloved and celebrated Newfoundlanders comes a rollicking insider's guide to the province, told as only Alan Doyle can tell it. Few Canadian musicians are as synonymous with their home province as Alan Doyle is to his—and even fewer once worked as...