Western Europe

Für alle Dänemarkurlauber, -liebhaber und Auswanderer. Locker und leicht beschreibt Tim Uhlemann seine ­fulminante Auswanderung ins kleine Königreich ­Dänemark und verbindet dabei gnadenlose Beobachtungsgabe mit Selbstironie und einem großen Herzen: eine nahezu ­unschlagbare Mischung. Ein Streifzug durch die bunte dänische Welt, Trübsinn und Langeweile haben hier keine Chance.

Bert Trautmann is famed as the goalkeeper who broke his neck in an FA Cup final and played on. But his early life is no less extraordinary: he grew up in Nazi Germany and fought for the Germans in World War Two. In 1945 he was captured and sent to a British POW camp where, for the first time, he saw a better way of life. He embraced England as his new home and before long became an England football hero. This is his extraordinary story.

Accompany us on our audio journey through Sicily. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean and at the same time the most diverse region in Italy, the land of gods and legends. You will discover Palermo, the Madonie also called “Sicilian Alps”, take the cable car up Mount Etna and travel along the “Via Del Sale” (Salt Road).

In an era of seemingly instant change, it's easy to think that today's revolutions - in communications, business, and many areas of daily life - are unprecedented. Today's changes may be new and may be happening faster than ever before. But our ancestors at times were just as bewildered by rapid upheavals in what we now call “networks” - the physical links that bind any society together.

In this guide, a resident of Spain delves into every part of the Basque Country of Spain. He tells of the history and culture, and provides innumerable useful traveling tips. Everything is explored - the cities, the parks, the islands, the mountains, the foods. There is an extensive introduction to the whole of Spain, the history and culture, the foods and wines, the arts and architecture. Then all the practical details are covered. Next, we zero in on Bilbao, San Sebastian and other parts of this fascinating Basque region.

Com estimem, els catalans? En l'imaginari col·lectiu han quedat enregistrades un munt de llegendes que en parlen. Històries fantàstiques que narren amors entre gegants i donzelles, dones d'aigua i hereus de masies, pastors i sirenes. Fruit de la passió d'aquests darrers amants nasqué l'Empordà. Sirenes que sovint eren dones desterrades del món aspre dels homes i que trobaren l'amor lliure al mar. No són poques, tampoc, les llegendes d'amor entre dones i pirates, entre sarraïns i cristianes, la qual cosa demostra que l'afecte pot fer superar qualsevol barrera.

When they fell in love in 1928, Rika and Waldemar could have not been more different. She was a thirty-seven-year-old Dutch-born mother, estranged from her husband. He was her immigrant boarder, not yet twenty, and a wealthy Surinamese descendant of slaves. The child they have together, brown skinned and blue eyed, brings the couple great joy yet raises some eyebrows. Until the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands explodes their promising life. What unfolds is more than the astonishing story of a love that prevailed over convention. It’s also the quest of a young boy.

Most come on a holiday for a few days, a week perhaps, maybe a little longer, but I longed for more (desiderio di più): more of the language, more of the culture, more of the people. Italians have a way of making something more exotic out of life, more adventurous, lovelier, and more relaxing. In Italy, to me, even hanging laundry is beautiful, as it stretches from end to end between buildings. As I take photos in this grand city, I try to capture the endless majesty of her churches, monuments, and people. It is becoming therapeutic.

Mit Autor und Moderator Nilz Bokelberg auf Entdeckungstour in seiner Heimatstadt Köln. Warum lieben die Kölner ihren Dom so sehr? Wie feiert man Karneval richtig? Welches Kölsch sollte man trinken und wo schmeckt es am besten? Wo und mit wem flirtet es sich besonders gut? Und woher kommt eigentlich die gute Laune der Kölner? Diese und weitere wichtige Fragen beantwortet Nilz Bokelberg auf humorvolle Art, nimmt Hörerinnen und Hörer mit auf Streifzüge durch die rheinische Metropole und führt zu seinen persönlichen Lieblingsorten: eine sehr unterhaltsame Mischung aus Anekdoten und Beobachtungen, Fun Facts und Tipps.

Sir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates and political appointments. He envisioned her becoming empress of a universal empire. She gave him the opportunity to lead the way. In Walter Ralegh, Alan Gallay shows that, while Ralegh may be best known for founding the failed Roanoke colony, his historical importance vastly exceeds that enterprise. Inspired by the mystical religious philosophy of hermeticism, Ralegh led English attempts to colonize in North America, South America, and Ireland.

Вечный город! "Вечным" его называли еще в I веке до нашей эры, когда ему было около семисот лет. Столица Италии неумолимо приближается к празднованию своего 2800-летия, которое состоится в апреле 2047 года. В наше стремительное время существуют обзорные экскурсии "Весь Рим за один день". Но провести в Риме всего день и что-то понять невозможно — все равно, что выучить за день весь курс высшей математики. Не обольщайтесь и не будете разочарованы. Рим открывается не сразу и открывается только сведущим. Открывается и затягивает.

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 book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other smaller print travel books.

An in-depth, authoritative account of the fall of 1914 on the Western Front and the First Battle of Ypres, a true turning point in World War I and in modern warfare—by the founding editor of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History

For more than a decade, a harsh Congressional immigration policy kept most Jewish refugees out of America, even as Hitler and the Nazis closed in. In 1944, the US finally acted. That year, Franklin D. Roosevelt created the War Refugee Board and put a young Treasury lawyer named John Pehle in charge. Over the next 20 months, Pehle and his team tricked the Nazis, forged identity papers, maneuvered food and medicine into concentration camps, recruited spies, leaked news stories, laundered money, negotiated ransoms, and funneled millions of dollars into Europe.

In the wake of the American and French Revolutions, thousands of men and women took to the roads and waterways on both sides of the Atlantic—refugees in search of their inalienable rights. Although larger nations fortified their borders and circumscribed citizenship, two port cities, German Hamburg and Danish Altona, opened their doors, as did the federated Swiss cantons and the newly independent Belgian monarchy. The refugees thrived and the societies that harbored them prospered.

Tutto ha inizio da una coppia e dalle loro caselle di posta che, in un continuo botta e risposta di messaggi e condivisioni, si riempiono velocemente di foto di luoghi idilliaci che non solo sembrano irraggiungibili, ma lo sono davvero, data la condizione di immobilità a cui Sara, Gian Marco e il resto del mondo sono stati costretti negli ultimi due anni. È in questa bolla di «poi vorrei» che nasce l’idea di Yes Weekend: un format che, dopo aver mosso i primi timidi passi sui social, è diventato una trasmissione di successo su Sky TG24.

Seit über zehn Jahren ermittelt Kommissar Georges Dupin bereits in der Bretagne. Mit jedem neuen Fall verschlägt es ihn an einen anderen faszinierenden Ort dieser so vielfältigen Region. Mit dem Reiseführer Dupins Bretagne stellt Bestsellerautor Jean-Luc Bannalec die Schauplätze und Gegenden seiner Krimireihe vor und führt durch seine Bretagne.

Карина Катрыш - блогер, отправилась в Германию учиться и планировала вернуться в Россию, но встретила свою любовь, вышла замуж и вот уже 10 лет счастливо живет в другой стране. Где искать поводы для радости в чужой стране, если мечты и реальность оказались совсем не похожи? Чем немецкое счастье отличается от русского? Почему немцы решают, какие жалюзи будут у соседей? Из-за чего в Германии тянут с заключением брака и неохотно разводятся? Чем может удивить немецкая свинья?

Arktida je část světa, kde se nebe dotýká země. Ne všichni dokážou snést oslepující světlo, neproniknutelnou tmu a ohromnou samotu. V ledových Špicberkách, mnoho set mil od nejbližší osady a bez technické pomoci, žila malířka Christiane Ritterová se svým manželem - lovcem kožešin. Rok života za nejtěžších životních podmínek, v primitivní chatrči, fascinována krajinou Arktidy. Z každé věty zní velké okouzlení, které taková krajina může v člověku vyvolat. Rozloha, světlo, tma. Blízkost k nepřekonatelné přírodě, která je vržena zpět do sebe.

With her typically American intrepidness, her thirst for a good story and her power of observation, Hermance closes-in on the Portuguese she encounters along the way, bringing to us a psychological picture of the Portuguese individual and society that you won´t find on expat guides....