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      • Travel & Transport
        February 2017

        Greetings from

        by Campbell Jefferys

        This collection of travel stories has been gathered over twenty years of travel and writing. They cover many places and themes, but all circle around the idea of being a stranger in a strange land. As a sample, the stories involve playing street basketball in New York, going underground in Berlin, pushing a boat in Indonesia, chasing ghosts in Vienna, and going back in time on Lanzarote.

      • Biography & True Stories
        October 2013

        Going Solo on Lake Como

        by Ciara O'Toole

        Sometimes flying by the seat of your pants is the best thing you can do … When Ciara O’Toole and her husband move to Lake Como, Italy, they make plans – to run their own businesses, to learn the language and to immerse themselves in the Italian way of life. But just a few months into the adventure Ciara’s marriage ends and she finds herself alone in a country where she doesn’t speak the language. She is faced with a choice: return to Ireland or stay in Italy and make her new life work. Determined to make a go of it, she throws herself into everything – forging new friendships – whirlwind romances, attempting to eat her own weight in four-cheese pizzas … and learning to fly a seaplane! Her new passion grips her as she works tirelessly towards an all-important milestone: her first solo flight. Told with warmth, humour and disarming honesty, Going Solo on Lake Como is the inspirational story of how one woman finds her wings and takes to the skies. ‘It made me laugh, it made me cry. It is epic in scope but incredibly intimate.’ Jane Maas

      • Biography & True Stories
        May 2013

        The Valbonne Monologues

        by Chris France

        Living the life of the idle rich on the Cote d'Azur, here are some of the things being said about the author and his writing: - "The funniest book I have ever read." - "As funny as Wilt by Tom Sharp." - "50 shades of shite." - "As intellectually challenging as reading Heat magazine with a hangover." - "As appealing as sucking warm diarrhoea through a tramps sock." - "This book makes those who suggest you should never stop trying look really stupid." - "Somhow death seems a less daunting prospect after reading this book." - "If you want a gripping tale delivered with fine turns of phrase and an evocative prose, read another book."

      • Travel & Transport

        Questions of Travel

        William Morris in Iceland

        by Lavinia Greenlaw

        The great Victorian William Morris was fascinated by Iceland, which inspired him to write one of the masterpieces of travel literature. Poet Lavinia Greenlaw follows in his footsteps, combining excerpts from his Icelandic writings with her own response to the country and exploring our conflicted reasons for not staying at home.

      • Travel & Transport
        October 2020

        Zwei Reisen im Biedermeier

        Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Alexander Glück

        by Johann Ernst Klopsch ; Alexander Glück

        Originaltitel: >Versuch einer humoristischen Reisebeschreibung meiner Reise nach der Insel Rügen und nach Wien in den jahren 1824 und 1833 von J. E. Klopsch, Lehrer am Magdalenäum und Mitglied der Schlischen patriotischen Gesellschaft. Breslau, 1834 bei Eduard Pelz. Wahlweise im Neusatz oder als Reprint der Originalausgabe verfügbar!

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