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A young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. Many years later she tells her story from a hotel in New York, opening a window into an extraordinary half-hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation and summoning up a quarter of a century of Japan's dramatic history.

• Forfatter: Arthur Golden
• Publisert: 1998
  
• Antall sider: 512
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9780099771517

In this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is encyclopaedic and whose curiosity limitless, guides his reader from the source of the Danube in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea. Along the way he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments - from Ovid to Kafka and Canetti - and in so doing sets his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the vital crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West, of Christendom and Islam.

• Forfatter: Claudio Magris
• Publisert: 2016
• Antall sider: 416
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781784871314
  

Vandrekart/sykkelkart til Luxembourg. Sett med to kart.

• Publisert: 2024
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Papir
• Målestokk: 1:50 000

A blend of travel writing, memoir, history and current affairs that tells the story of Sri Lanka. A perfect read for first-time visitors, Sri Lankans abroad or at home, or anyone looking to deepen their understanding of one of the world’s most fascinating and paradoxical countries. Razeen Sally was born to a Sri Lankan Muslim father and a Welsh mother.

Just before his teens, a political conflict tore his family apart and he left Sri Lanka, barely going back for thirty years. When he finally returned ‘home’, he spent much of the next decade crisscrossing the island, trying to understand this paradoxical place. Blessed with nature’s bounty and an easy, pleasure-loving people, it was nevertheless scarred by ethnic conflict and the violence of civil war.

As a native and a tourist, Sally makes an ideal guide to Sri Lanka’s past and present. He won’t tell you which restaurant has the best reviews or the price of a hotel room. Instead, he will accompany you like a learned friend, sharing his journeys, pointing out the unmissable gems beyond the obvious spots, and unpacking the nation’s culture and history.

Insightful, intimate and moving, Return to Sri Lanka is an indispensable book, whether you're already familiar with this spectacular country, or planning your first visit.

• Publisert: Januar 2025
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• Antall sider: 431
• ISBN: 9781398544291

This detailed road map of Emilia-Romagna - Bologna is very suitable for planning and traveling around the country. The road network is well represented, both the main roads, provincial and local roads. Road numbers are also clearly stated.

Distances between places are marked on the map in kilometers, and gas stations are also marked in important places. Shadow shows the relief and sometimes some points with the actual height. Province borders, national parks and reserves are easy to find.

Symbols indicate the location of tourist sites, monuments, historically important places and viewpoints. In certain places you can find hotels and campsites, airports, train connections and ports.

• Publisert: 2024
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Papir
• Målestokk: 1:150 000

Dette store østerriske kartforlaget er kjent for sin klare kartografi og gode papirkvalitet. De kommer i alle målestokker, og flere av landkartene inneholder bykart og turistinformasjon.

• Publisert: 2024
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Papir
• Målestokk: 1:150 000

This compact, pocket-sized Croatia travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips, who want to make sure they experience the destination's highlights and really get a flavour of the place. It includes ready-made walking and driving itineraries, with detailed directions, that allow you to organise your visit to Croatia without losing time planning. It's sustainably printed to ensure environmental responsibility.

• Publisert: Jan. 2025
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 144
  
• Språk: Engelsk
• Innbinding: Heftet
• ISBN: 9781835290644

As a child, award-winning travel writer Stanley Stewart dreamed of crossing Mongolia on horseback. This is the story of how that dream was fulfilled by following in the footsteps of a 13th-century Franciscan friar. Eight centuries ago the Mongols burst forth from Central Asia in a series of spectacular conquests that took them from the Danube to the Yellow Sea.

Their empire was seen as the final triumph of the nomadic «barbarians». But in time the Mongols sank back into the obscurity from which they had emerged, almost without trace. Remote and outlandish, Outer Mongolia became a metaphor for exile, a lost domain of tents and horsemen, little changed since the days of Genghis Khan.

In this remarkable book, Stanley Stewart sets off in the wake of an obscure 13th century Franciscan friar on a pilgimage across the old empire, from Istanbul to the distant homeland of the Mongol Hordes. The heart of his odyssey is a thousand-mile ride on horseback, among nomads for whom travel is a way of life, through a trackless land governed by winds and patterns of migration. On a journey full of bizarre characters and unexpected encounters, he crosses the desert and mountains of Central Asia, battles through the High Altay and the fringes of the Gobi, to the wind-swept grasslands of the steppes and the birthplace of Genghis Khan.

Vivid, hilarious, and compelling, this eagerly-awaited book will take its place among travel classics - a thrilling tale of adventure, a comic masterpiece, an evocative portrait of a medieval land marooned in the modern world.

• Publisert: 2021
  
• Antall sider: 265
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9780006530275

Dette store østerriske kartforlaget er kjent for sin klare kartografi og gode papirkvalitet. De kommer i alle målestokker, og flere av landkartene inneholder bykart og turistinformasjon.

• Publisert: 2024
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Papir
• Målestokk: 1:75 000

Løypekart Østmarka er ett av fire spesialkart i målestokk 1:20 000 som dekker Oslomarka. Kartet er utarbeidet i tett samarbeid med Skiforeningen. Kartserien er skreddersydd for vinterbruk og dekker mer enn 3 000 kilometer med preparerte skiløyper.

Hvert kart viser tydelig løypetyper og avstandsinformasjon, samt nyttige tillegg som parkeringsplasser, hytter og serveringssteder. Informasjonen er tilrette-lagt for enkel koordinering med sanntidsinformasjon på Skiforeningens nettside. Kartene er basert på terrengdata fra laserskanning fra fly, noe som sikrer enestående nøyaktighet i detaljene.

• Målestokk: 1:20000
• Utgitt: 2024

Make the most of your trip to Mexico City with this Top 10 guide. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Mexico City has to offer and ensuring that you don’t miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about.

Inside this guide to Mexico City, you’ll find:-Top 10 lists of Mexico City's must-sees and must-dos, including wandering around the Historic Center, visiting the Museo Nacional de Arte and taking a boat ride through the Xochimilco Floating Gardens-Mexico City’s most interesting areas, with the best places for sightseeing, food and drink, and shopping-Themed lists, including the best museums, parks and gardens, festivals, local dishes and much more-Brand-new itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend or a week-A laminated pull-out map of Mexico City, plus five full-colour area maps. DK's Top 10 travel guides have been helping travellers to make the most of their breaks since 2002. Looking for more on Mexico City’s culture, history and attractions? Try our DK Mexico travel guide.

• Publisert: Des 2024
  
• Antall sider: 128
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9780241698105

Dette store østerriske kartforlaget er kjent for sin klare kartografi og gode papirkvalitet. De kommer i alle målestokker, og flere av landkartene inneholder bykart og turistinformasjon.

Publisert år: 2024
Innbinding: falset
Material: papir
Målestokk: 1:45000

This selection of 108 portrait images documents the many journeys made by Diane Barker to join in the everyday lives of the ancient nomadic people of Tibet. Taken over the course of thirty years, th e photographs share the timeless practices and traditions of the n omadic lifestyle as well as the shifts and changes which have beco me visible in more recent times, seeing them at work and leisure.

• Forfatter: Diane Barker
• Publisert: September 2022
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781912213559

Voyages is a celebration of the joys of adventure in places of breathtaking and pristine natural beauty.

From paragliding part of the migration route of the Monarch butterfly, to sailing some of the remotest areas of the South Pacific to ski mountaineering in Tajikistan, Voyages takes you around the world in the company of intrepid souls seeking big vistas far off the beaten track. Whether mountain biking, skiing, surfing, or riding on horse-back, the stories collected here inspire with their scale and ambition, their passion and ingenuity.

Featuring stunning photography and immersive accounts of challenging and life-changing journeys across deserts, snowscapes, mountains, and seas, Voyages invites the reader to seek out the undiscovered and see the world anew.

• Publisert: Juli 2024
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9783967041446

Join National Geographic on a world tour like no other, with over 200 exhilarating photographs that’ll take you soaring above the colourful roofs of European cities, discovering the intricate patchwork of American cornfields, tracing the surprising silhouettes of tropical islands, and witnessing the startling intricacy of underwater anemones - all thanks to photographers who refocused their lenses, looking down.

This extraordinary collection contains: 4 sections exploring how these images from above speak to us through colour, shape, texture, and scale. In-depth interviews with prestigious photographers showing how the artists climbed, flew, dug, or rocketed into space to capture their most impressive shots.

Dedicated sidebars revealing how we have always experimented with top-down perspective, from ancient earthworks to modern drones. Curated by acclaimed nature photographer and National Geographic explorer Jeffrey Kerby, every photo in World From Above offers a new way of looking at life on our planet.

• Publisert: Oktober 2024
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Antall sider: 364
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781426223402

The final volume in the Kinfolk travel trilogy (following Kinfolk Islands and Kinfolk Wilderness) invites readers along on eighteen of the most unforgettable trips around the world, full of sustainable and sustaining ways to slow down and see the world anew. Celebrate off-the-beaten path travel with Kinfolk Journeys. Whether via road, rail, sea, or trail, each trip will take you on an adventure where the point is not to get somewhere fast and check a lot of boxes but to take it all in-absorbing history, exploring unusual detours, and surrendering to stunning scenery along the way.

The book features eighteen one-of-a-kind travel stories from six continents, including a sailing voyage through the turbulent waters of Antarctica, a horseback trek through the deep, desolate ravines of Nepal's Upper Mustang, a bicycle tour through Norway's wild western islands, a scenic double-decker bus route through England's Lake District, an all-day train to a kooky end-of the-line town in the Australian outback, a goat-herding adventure in rural Spain, and much more. Featuring vibrant photography, practical guidance, and thoughtful reflections on sustainable transportation, Kinfolk Journeys will inspire your next adventure with conscious, conscientious routes through some of the world's most extraordinary landscapes.

• Publisert: November 2024
• Antall sider: 256
  
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781648291913

New from Bradt is Croatia: Dalmatian Coast, a travel guidebook that focuses exclusively and in detail on this popular part of Croatia. Co-authored by travel writer Piers Letcher, who wrote six editions of Bradt's guide Croatia, and longstanding Dalmatian resident Jane Foster, Croatia: Dalmatian Coast offers intimate local insights into where best to stay and eat, and what to see and do in this gorgeous southeast European enclave. With rugged limestone mountains, crystalline turquoise waters and pine-scented islands, Dalmatia has for centuries delighted explorers - and this is where most of today's visitors to Croatia still head.

With its balmy Mediterranean climate, this is a land of silvery-green olive groves, hillside vineyards, pebble coves, waterside villages, stone cottages, wooden fishing boats and pink-flowering oleander. Meanwhile, the Dalmatian mainland is home to the well-preserved port cities of Split, Zadar and Dubrovnik (with its UNESCO-listed, pedestrians-only old town), where sturdy fortifications protect exquisite Romanesque and Baroque churches, and bustling fish markets display mounds of wide-eyed sea bream and glistening octopus. With this Bradt guide sharing a local's first-hand experience, you'll be sure to eat well: think fresh fish, local seasonal fruit and vegetables, and home-produced olive oil, whether consumed in excellent, family-run agrotourism eateries or newly Michelin-starred restaurants.

You'll drink great wines too, informed by the author's knowledge of Dalmatian wines and wine-tasting. For many visitors, Dalmatia's greatest allure involves exploring its dramatic landscapes and unspoilt nature. Castaway-style islands such as Hvar, with its rustic-chic seafood eateries and candle-lit cocktail bars, are much loved by yachters who sail around the uninhabited islets of Kornati National Park.

Then there's windsurfing off Bol on Brac, scuba diving off Vis, and sea-kayaking or paddling around the Korcula archipelago too. On the mainland, rugged mountains and gaping gorges offer yet more challenges for adventure-sports enthusiasts - try hiking the soaring limestone heights of Mt Biokovo, free-climbing in Paklenica National Park or rafting down the Cetina Gorge, in the hinterland behind Omis. Little wonder that land- and water-based adventure sports are treated to a full chapter in Bradt's Croatia: Dalmatian Coast - the perfect companion to your visit.

• Publisert: Okt 2024
  
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 248
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
  

Denne boka er unik ved at den på en praktisk måte sammenlikner hvordan de statskontrollerte fjernsynskanalene og det som fortsatt er igjen av mer uavhengige russiske medier rapporterter om Krim, Ukraina, Norge, Baltikum, Tsjetsjenia, Georgia, historie, politikk og en rekke andre temaer. Boka er en hyllest til de tøffe og uavhengige journalistene i Russland som med stor integritet fortsetter å jobbe profesjonelt til tross for hyppige drap, overfall, trusler og statlig press.

Boka er med på å forklare hvordan flertallet av russere ofte tenker annerledes en andre europeere, og er en påminnelse om hva som skjer når man ikke lenger makter å tenke kritisk.

• Forfatter: Richard Bærug
• Publisert: 2018
  
• Antall sider: 496
  
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Norsk bokmål
• ISBN: 9788283301847

The United Kingdom may be geographically small, but it is so packed with touristic sites that it needs to be broken down into logical units to be manageable. This is the first of several maps we will be publishing of England at 1:250,000 scale, covering Southeast England from Dover to Southampton north to Luton on Side 1 and from Colchester to Coventry north to Sheffield and Boston; essentially all of SE England from the Channel to Derbyshire and west to the Isle of Wight.

Even at this scale, there is only room to show major attractions without creating clutter. Both road and rail routes are clearly shown, with rapid-rail routes shown in red. This latter feature is not included on most other maps, an one notes with a bit of surprise that this part of England has more such routes than is generally believed to exist. We travelled on one of these trains during our recent visit to the UK (albeit from Newcastle to Edinburgh) and they are quite an improvement! Whether by train or by road, all options are shown. Whether one wishes to visit Hever Castle in Kent or Winchester cathedral, or the university cities of Cambridge or Oxford, this is an ideal map for exploring one of the most touristic corners of Europe.

• Publisert: 2024
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Papir
• Målestokk: 1:250 000

After eight years living in Copenhagen, an English journalist, driven by a passion for languages and mountains, finally rebels. With little more than an assortment of Earl Grey teabags, Danish candles and a map, Georgina Howard abandons her all-too-cosy, cinnamon-scented lifestyle and drives south. The journey leads to wild and craggy landscapes in the Basque Pyrenees on the French/Spanish border, where place names are written in a bizarre, foreign tongue full of 'x's and 'z's.

Losing her heart to this beautiful land and her pride to the inscrutability of the language, Howard moves into an isolated barn in a mountain hamlet. While pagan festivals reverberate through the valleys, her Basque neighbours - farmers, shepherds, a gravedigger and a champion female lumberjack - observe her, bemused. Only when her daughter, Marion, is born - after an unsuccessful relationship with an eccentric Basque miller - do Howard's neighbours drop their reserve and welcome her into their homes.

Taking Marion's upbringing upon themselves, they fatten her up on spicy Basque sausages and black bean stews, teach her Basque nursery rhymes and train her to milk sheep. Meanwhile, Howard converts a barn into the headquarters of an international business providing walking, culture and language tours. Resigned to the ineptitude of their new neighbour, with patience and amusement, the locals tow her car out of ditches and teach her how to stack wood, catch mice, unblock septic tanks and drink wine from a leather gourd.

In the Footsteps of Smugglers follows the adventures of an outsider: a single mother, linguist, cosmopolitan nomad and cultural chameleon who paradoxically makes her home among an indigenous people deeply rooted in their land, with a language and culture dating back to Stone-Age times. Unwittingly, she repays their hospitality by luring anti-terrorist squads, blackmailers and spies into their midst as the dramatic past of the Basque Country proves to have unexpected and far-reaching consequences. An inspiring, humorous travel memoir, Bradt's In the Footsteps of Smugglers weaves behind-the-scenes vignettes of daily rural life and historical research to produce authentic insights on all things Basque, threaded with a rhapsody on the theme of identity.

• Forfatter: Georgina Howard
• Publisert: Jul. 2024
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781804692110

Let Secret Louisiana guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Louisiana travel guide book and let our local experts show you over 200 well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.

The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. The smallest church in the world, a tree where old shoes promise to unburden your soul, a family home built from found objects such as window shutter, trampolines, and eight waterpark slides, the grave of married dogs, the only example of congo style architecture built by African Americans, one of the finest examples of folk art in the world built by one man on the side of a bayou, ancient Native American objects whose purpose is unknown, the one-time capital of Texas, one of the most humorous 'battles " of World War II, millions of years old fossils on the side of a highway, the site of the finest wedding ever to take place in the South, the world’s largest bald cypress tree…

• Forfatter: Chris Champagne 
• Publisert: 2024
• Antall sider: 256
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
  
• ISBN: 9782361956752

The best retreats carefully selected from around the world. Discover our selection of the 25 best wellness destinations in the world, to suit all styles and budgets.

• Forfatter: Émilie Veyretout
• Publisert: 2024
• Antall sider: 200
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
  
• ISBN: 9782361957681

It comes in the detailed scale of 1:20,000, showing everything very clearly. It is printed on Polyart plastic “paper”, making it totally waterproof and rip-proof. You can fold it and unfold it a hundred times, fold it in irregular ways, dunk it in the sea or leave it out in the rain. This map is indestructible! The island’s entire coastline is mapped for the first time with TERRAIN’s specially equipped cartographic vessel. This means that you can locate all beaches of the island, down to the tiniest cove! . The best mountain-bike routes are shown on a map for the first time, inviting you to discover an unknown face of Skiathos. Hotel sites are indicated, so you can easily locate them. Moreover, the reverse side features an illustrated mini travel guide, with information on the island’s myths and history, geography and natural environment, sights and major attractions.

• Publisert: 2022
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Vannfast papir
• Målestokk: 1:20 000

Oppdag de postkort-verdige Belgiske byene Brugge og Ghent med denne underholdende og oversiktlige reiseguiden, fra populære Rough Guides. 

• Publisert: Okt. 2024
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 160
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781839057663

Brand new from Bradt is Okinawa and Japan's Southwest Islands, the sole travel guidebook dedicated to the archipelago stretching from the southern tip of mainland Japan to Taiwan, whose landscapes include award-winning beaches, coral reefs, tropical jungles and ancient forests. This guide contains all the detailed information that travellers need to get the most out of their visit, from accommodation and restaurants to transport and sights. Japan expert Jo Davey complements this with rich context and entertaining insights to help readers understand this fascinating region, covering culture, recipes, architectural highlights, historical episodes and traditional folktales.

Japan's Southwest Islands are a remote but rewarding and geographically diverse area that comprises the Satsunan Islands (formed of the Osumi and Amami islands) and the Ryukyu Islands (consisting of the Okinawa, Kerama, Miyako and Yaeyama islands). The capital city of Naha on Okinawa-honto is a bright and busy hub of history, art, karate and food. Thanks to its many US military bases and post-war occupation by the US, Naha is a fusion of Japanese and American culture.

In contrast, the more remote islands preserve traditional Ryukyuan life with festivals, architecture, traditional accommodation and religious sites. Depending where you travel, you can dive with manta rays off Iriomote or kayak along its jungle rivers, hike through Yakushima's ancient forest, search for star sand on Taketomi, pay tribute to the fallen of World War II at museums and monuments on Okinawa-honto, cycle between Miyako's award-winning beaches, take home a chunk of rope from the world's largest tug-of-war (in Naha) or go whale watching off the Kerama Islands. Wherever you go, the islands' amazing food - known for being the world's healthiest cuisine - can be found throughout the archipelago.

• Publisert: August 2024
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 384
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781784776824

Hiking map Soca Valley, Isonzo, Alpi Giulie / Julian Alps, Triglav, Nova Gorica: The map for hiking, cycling and many other activities in nature. Compass hiking maps are easy to read and still contain all the information you need for a perfect hiking tour, a bike ride or an excursion. They depict nature at the right scale. Countless additional information is continually checked and expanded by the cartography team. The precise cartography includes all official hiking trails with names and trail numbers (such as long-distance trails), cycle paths (with trails), via ferratas, inns and huts, parking lots, buses and trains, ski tours and cross-country ski trails, springs, swimming areas and much more. This makes the map ideal for discovering new destinations, planning tours and finding your way around on the go. An intuitive map image of the landscape is created by the depicted vegetation, contour lines, rock drawings and the shading (shadows) of the mountains. Features of the hiking map Soca Valley, Isonzo, Alpi Giulie / Julian Alps, Triglav, Nova Gorica: - Scale 1:50,000: 1cm on the main map corresponds to 500m in nature.

• Publisert : 2024
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Vannfast papir
• Målestokk: 1:50 000

Lonely Planet's Basilicata is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Laze away a day on the beaches of the Ionian coast, hike the trails of Parco Nazionale del Pollino or take in the unique cityscape of Matera; all with your trusted travel companion.  Inside Lonely Planet's Basilicata Travel Guide:  What's NEW in this edition? NEW top experiences feature - a visually inspiring collection of Basilicata's best experiences and where to have them. What's NEW feature taps into cultural trends and helps you find fresh ideas and cool new areas. NEW Accommodation feature gathers all the information you need to plan your accommodation. Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests. Eating and drinking in Basilicata - we reveal the dishes and drinks you have to try. Colour maps and images throughout. Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots. Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss. Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, politics. Over 30 maps. Covers Matera, Valle del Basento, Ionian Coast, The Badlands (Laterra dei Calanchi), Potenza, The Potentino, The Vulture, Val d'Agri, Parco Nazionale del Pollino, Maratea and the Tyrrhenian Coast, and The Hinterland.

• Publisert: August 2024
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 208
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781837585854

Michelin er en av verdens beste, og best kjente, kartserier. Kartene har glimrende kartografi.

• Publisert: 2024
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Papir
• Målestokk: 1:80 000