Presented in color photographs, captions, and a detailed narrative travelogue, this book depicts the staggering beauty and diversity of Tibet, from Mount Everest to the world's deepest gorge, from tropical jungles to arctic-like tundra, from trees 20 feet in diameter to vast herds and solitary specimens of some of the least-known animals on the planet.Norton, 2007; 120 pp.; EN; index; ills. col; hc, oblongVan/List Price € 49,95 Voor/Our Price € 19,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Afghans don't shake your hand.... Instead they clasp your hand with both theirs ... then they let go and put their own hand right on their heart, so that you know the gesture comes from their heart and wants to reach yours.This lyrical, thoughtful portrait includes several large color photos.Haus Publishing, 2007; 220 pp.; EN; ills. col; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
Jan Blokker loopt naar Rome. Een droom achterna van jaren geleden. Wat hem te wachten staat weet hij niet. Hij loopt gewoon en dat is genoeg. Contact, 2009; 222 pp.; NL; pbVan/List Price € 17,95 Voor/Our Price € 6,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
In this remarkable book, travel writer Michael Jacobs journeys across 7 countries , from the balmy Caribbean to the inhospitable islands of the Tierra del Fuego, through the relics of ancient civilizations and the remnants of colonial rule, retracing the footsteps of previous travellers.Granta, 2010; 580 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 32,50 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
In the summer of 1803 Samuel Taylor Coleridge set out on a tour of Scotland with his friends the Wordsworths. This exquisite book draws on Coleridge's letters and notebooks to examine his travels with the Wordsworths and after they parted ways.Yale, 2002; 204 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 45,00 Voor/Our Price € 14,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
China's two main rivers, the Yangtze and the Yellow River, have exerted an enormous influence on the Chinese people. Lloyd's poetic and captivating photographs tell a story that is truly varied and show many fascinating sights.Skira, 2006; 150 pp.; EN; ills. col; hbVan/List Price € 33,95 Voor/Our Price € 17,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 47 %
The globetrotting photographer who has followed Michael Palin to snap images for such books as Pole to Pole, Full Circle, and Inside Sahara a.o., Basil Pao has also extensively toured his native China.Abbeville, 2007; 384 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 60,00 Voor/Our Price € 21,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
Iain McCalman tells the stories of Charles Darwin and his most vocal supporters and colleagues Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley, and Alfred Wallace. The 4 amateur naturalists voyaged separately from Britain to the southern hemisphere in search of adventure and scientific fame. Darwin's Armada recounts the lives and scientific discoveries of these explorers.Norton, 2009; 423 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 29,95 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
On the long sailing trip between Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Brittany, and the Spanish coast of Galicia, novelist Bjorn Larsson talked to many fishermen, seafarers, and adventurers. Their yarns formed the backdrop to Larsson's thriller The Celtic Ring.Here Larsson describes a different way of life, a life with the sea, which unites the people of the Celtic fringe of Europe.Armchair Traveller, 2005; 341 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 21,95 Voor/Our Price € 6,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 68 %
A journey along the Great Wall of China in the present and through the past, this landscape-format album presents an extraordinary portrait of the world's most famous man-made structure. William Lindesay spent 3 years travelling more than 20,000 miles across North China, carrying his cameras, a tripod, and a file of vintage photographs. The side-by-side comparisons reveal many changes in the supposedly timeless structure.Frances Lincoln, 2007; 291 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 34,95 Voor/Our Price € 16,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 58 %
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