Adventure Writing

Sue Williams has delivered us Women of the Outback and Outback Spirit, stories she gathered from the people of the bush. Ever curious, this time Sue puts herself in the firing line, seeking to find the essence of the outback experience - perfect for all us armchair travellers. She travelled the width and length of Australia by bus, train, car, campervan, Troopy, horse, goat, foot, and plane. She helped pregnancy-test cattle at a remote property in the far north of South Australia, swallowed countless flies, and ran through muddy dams carrying a pretend-sheep on her shoulders.

For most visitors interested in the outdoors, Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island is the top destination. It has more than 50 miles of groomed gravel carriage roads, where motorized traffic is banned. Nearly 120 miles of hiking trails traverse seven major barren mountaintops. There is much to see and do here, and plenty of places to explore. The island’s many lakes invite paddlers and swimmers of all skill levels. Pocket cobblestone beaches in hidden coves await discovery by those who wish to avoid the crowds at Sand Beach....

In 2009, Loreen Niewenhuis walked completely around Lake Michigan. This audiobook chronicles that journey, a 1,000-mile walk around the world's fifth-largest lake. The audiobook explores both the geology of the lake and the measure of a person - a woman, married, mother of two sons (who joined her for portions of the walk). But most of the walk was done solo, an adventure in discovery of self and place. Niewenhuis conveys a sense of the magnitude of the lake she loves, a place so elemental to the four Midwestern states that form its shores.

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.

Dieser musikalisch-literarische Ausflug fängt die Atmosphäre Dresdens zur Goethezeit ein - in der Mischung aus Reisebriefen, Gedichten, Tagebuchauszügen und Anekdoten, verwoben mit den gefühlvollen Kompositionen Frank Fröhlichs für Gitarre, Flöte, Cello, Harfe und Klavier, um die Vielfalt und Schönheit des in Gedanken zu bereisenden Ortes sinnlich einzufangen.

Ihr Sprachurlaub in San Francisco: Eine abwechslungsreiche Reise in eine der aufregendsten Metropolen Amerikas: Unterwegs berichtet Laurie vom Zusammenleben der verschiedensten Kulturen seit den wilden Zeiten des Goldrauschs und Dave erklärt, untermalt vom typischen Rattern und Klingeln der Cable Cars, wie die Straßenbahn in San Francisco funktioniert...

Throughout his almost four decades of life on the road, Charles Kuralt has introduced us to people and places that have warmed our hearts. Now in Charles Kuralt's Christmas, he retraces his most memorable Christmas sojourns to remind us of the many marvelous ways that we celebrate this special holiday.

Travel Tales Collections are groups of very interesting similar travel stories on a variety of very specific travel subjects, themes, or countries, such as close calls, great escapes, pickpocketing, scams, safety and security in travel, Paris, Morocco, Mexico, and so on. Eventually several hundred collections on all sorts of specific travel subjects, themes, and countries will be available on all the major eReaders.

Written in plain English, this guide will walk you through Brazil's sex scene and give advice and tips for finding the best spots and clubs in some of Brazil's most beloved cities and tourist destinations. Get a rundown on the best time of year to visit Brazil to meet girls, the most cost-effective way to scout different venues, and which cities to hit up on your tour.

Auf diesem Hörbuch "Flugangst bewältigen - 4 Übungen vor und während des Fluges - Ruhe & Entspannung" befinden sich vier verschiedene...

Curious about the modern love affair with criminal personalities, investigative reporter Conor Woodman spent four years exploring the hidden depths of dynamic cities across the globe. Sharks takes us on a journey through the lawless backstreets of cities as diverse as Mumbai, Bogotá, New Orleans, Barcelona and London. In each he uncovers the people and the scams that keep the global black economy moving.

In September 1870, Truman Everts was separated from one of the first exploratory parties in what is now Yellowstone National Park. With little food, equipment, or cold-weather clothing, Everts spent more than a month wandering the wilderness before two mountaineers found him alive: frostbitten, scalded, and delirious. Nobody else has been lost so long in Yellowstone and survived.

In the long hot summer of '88, the author packed up his motorcycle and pulled out of the garage with no destination or return date in mind. The year 1988 would prove to be the worst drought since the dustbowl of the 1930s. Yellowstone would burn, Ronald Reagan would shake his fist at the Evil Empire, and the author, oblivious to it all, hit the road and never looked back. That trip would consume the entire summer, logging over 12,000 miles from sea to sea and back.

The United States is full of natural wonders, but few remain unspoiled by man as much as Yosemite National Park: a 750,000 square acre park near the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Despite being inhabited by people for nearly 3,000 years, the relatively remote spot helped ensure that even as America expanded west, the Yosemite area avoided being settled or exploited like so many other areas on the frontier.

A new geophon audio guide about the 2010 European Capital of Culture. A travel feature packed with interviews, recordings, music and tips to help you discover Istanbul...

Köln ist nicht nur zum Karneval eine Reise wert. Dieses Hörbuch entführt mit literarischen Bildern zu einem Ausflug ins alte Köln.

Ihr Sprachurlaub auf Mallorca: Von den geschäftigen Straßen Palmas führt die akustische Reise in die Serra Tramuntana und an die Ostküste der Insel. Der Eisenbahndirektor erzählt dabei aus der Geschichte der historischen Bahn und die Museumsleiterin Aina Babiloni spricht über Mirós produktive Schaffensperioden auf Mallorca...

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

In this extraordinary narrative, Alan Tennant recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon, an investigation no one before him had ever taken to such lengths.