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Learn about the history of the National Gallery in London with iMinds Travel's insightful audio knowledge series. The National Gallery of England, situated in the capital city of London, houses an impressive 2,300 works of art. With such an expansive collection, many connoisseurs of fine art rank it as second only to the Louvre in terms of the world’s great galleries.

Learn about the beauty of Yellowstone National Park with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.

Steaming rivers, stone forests, and bubbling lava are a daily occurrence at Yellowstone National Park. It's the oldest national park in the world and is renowned for its pristine nature and extreme climates. Nowhere else in America can you take a vacation where you drive by a herd of buffalo, watch boiling water shoot into the sky, and feel the slight tremour of earthquakes below your feet.

Encore enfant, Pierre Loti avait rêvé devant les images évocatrices de la cité d'Angkor. Ce n'est que bien longtemps après qu'il réalise son rêve lorsqu'il fait le voyage d'Angkor en 1901 lors d'une escale.

Audio Journeys explores the Mayan world of Mesoamerica. We travel through Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

American-born Paul Theroux had lived in England for 11 years when he realized he'd explored dozens of exotic locations without discovering anything about his adopted home. So, with a knapsack on his back, he set out to explore by walking and by short train trips. The result is a witty, observant and often acerbic look at an ever eccentric assortments of Brits in all shapes and sizes.

After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens - as he later put it, "It was clear my people needed me." They were greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, twenty-four-hour dental-floss hotlines, and the staunch conviction that ice is not a luxury item.

In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more than half a century that the city had an American resident.

The Huck Finn of foreign correspondents provides a colorful account of old Honolulu, the island nobility, the City of Refuge on the Kona coast, and the active volcano of Kilauea. These selections of Mark Twain's newspaper dispatches are both charming and informative. The light touch of the great humorist is seldom missing as he reveals the "loveliest fleet of islands that lie anchored in any ocean".

Stretching across 500 miles of northern Spain, the Camino de Santiago has been a pilgrimage route for centuries. Setting off as a competitive, shrewd negotiator with little patience for small talk, Victor Prince emerged as a very different person - more balanced, more caring, more present in the moment, but looking to the future. Prince translates this growth experience into seven leadership skills, each linked to values that have guided Camino travelers for centuries.

Thirty five concerts. Seventeen thousand motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime. In May 2015 the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. For the band and their fans, R40 was a celebration and, perhaps, a farewell. But for Neil Peart, each tour is more than just a string of concerts; it's an opportunity to explore backroads near and far on his BMW motorcycle. So if this was to be the last tour and the last great adventure, he decided it would have to be the best one, onstage and off.

This compilation of Mark Tully's acclaimed reports from India includes his specially recorded observations. Sir Mark Tully was the BBC's Foreign Correspondent in India from 1972 to 1994. He has become familiar to listeners around the world for his incisive and thought-provoking reports. On this special recording, he looks back at his career, which coincided with a remarkable period in Indian history.

Shinrin-Yoku, or forest bathing, is the practice of spending time in the forest for better health, happiness and a sense of calm. A pillar of Japanese culture for decades, Shinrin-Yoku is a way to reconnect with nature, from walking mindfully in the woods, to a break in your local park, to walking barefoot on your lawn. Forest Medicine expert Dr Qing Li's research has proven that spending time around trees (even filling your home with house plants and vaporising essential tree oils) can reduce blood pressure, lower stress, boost energy, boost immune system and even help you to lose weight.

In 2016, Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner, unexpectedly stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 155 mile race across the Gobi Desert. The lovable pup, who earned the name 'Gobi', proved that what she lacked in size, she more than made up for in heart, as she went step for step with Dion over the treacherous Tian Shan Mountains, managing to keep pace with him for nearly 80 miles.

Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the best seller Into the Wild. Jon Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people - including himself - to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement.

In 1959, Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, was commissioned by the Sunday Times to explore 14 of the world’s most exotic cities. Fleming saw it all with a thriller writer’s eye. From Hong Kong to Honolulu, New York to Naples, he left the bright main streets for the back alleys. The result is a series of vivid snapshots of a mysterious, vanished world.

Learn with rhythm, learn with tunes, Spanish, English words you'll use! Bilingual vocabulary builder for Spanish or English. Five hundred words and expressions, plus conversation. Original music score energizes the listener. Engages both left and right brain for optimal learning.

A celebration of 25 years of Provençal living - of lessons learned and changes observed - with his final book, Peter Mayle has crafted a lasting love letter to his adopted home, marked by his signature warmth, wit, and humor.

Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, E. B. White's stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America's foremost literary figures. The New York Times named Here Is New York one of the 10 best books ever written about the metropolis, and The New Yorker called it "the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city".

高松市の南部、仏生山地区の滕神社（ちきりじんじゃ）。「ちきり」とは機織りに使う道具の名である。ここには「いわざらこざら」という悲しい人柱伝説が伝わっている。近くにある平池という、平安時代に造られたため池がある。それが災害により大きく破損し、平清盛の命で、在地の豪族が改修にあたった。しかし、改修は困難で、何度やっても堤が壊れた。そこで神仏に祈願したところ、明日「ちきり」を持った女が通るので、人柱にせよとの託宣を受ける。果たして翌朝一人の娘が通りかかり、役人が何を持っているか尋ねると、「ちきり」だと答えるので、捕えて生き埋めにし人柱とした。娘は埋められる時「言わざら来ざら（言わなければ良かった、来なければ良かった）」と言い続けたという。こうして無事ため池の改修は終わったのだが、堤の東の方では、どこからともなく水が漏れ出し、僧侶がそれを聞くと、「言わざら来ざら」と聞こえた。彼女の霊を慰めるため、神として祀ったのが、滕神社という。この神社は、そうした特異な由緒がある為、「身代わりお守り」を授与し、「人形祓い」を積極的に行っている。日本各地に古くから伝えられる人柱という悲劇的な一種の呪術。それはなぜ行われたのか？水、機織、女性、魔性という他伝承との共通項にも注目しつつ（其之参拾壱「福島・奥会津武家の世開くドラゴン退治」参照）、近代以前の社会における共同体と個人の関係について考察する。

岩手県南部の都市、北上市。東北一の大河・北上川に沿う、 肥沃な盆地にあたるこの土地には、古くから蝦夷(えみし)が暮らしていた。 この豊かな土地を巡って、争いも繰り広げられる。 平安初期、蝦夷の指導者アテルイを、征夷大将軍・坂上田村麻呂が、激戦の末に破る。 このとき坂上田村麻呂は、信濃の諏訪大明神を勧請し、当地に諏訪神社を建てたという。 平安中期には、岩手の豪族・安倍氏が、黒沢尻の柵を築いた。 黒沢尻は北上の地名として残り、北上駅近くに、柵跡も残っている。 前九年の役では、安倍氏の一族・正任(まさとう)が黒沢尻の柵を守るが、 命運尽きて安倍氏は源氏に滅ぼされる。 その後、諏訪大明神の神託によって、正任鎮魂のための舞が、神事として始められる。 それが今も北上周辺に広く伝わる民俗芸能・鬼剣舞(おにけんばい)であるという。 諏訪神社は、鬼剣舞を中心に様々な郷土芸能が演じられる、 「北上みちのく芸能まつり」の会場の一つでもあり、多くの見物客が詰めかける。 鬼剣舞は先祖供養の念仏踊りの一種であるが、鬼の面を付け、金色の長い髪を振り、 「反閇(へんばい)」という呪術的な歩行を行う、勇壮な踊りで、独自性に富む。 日本各地で様々な郷土芸能が危機に瀕している中、北上周辺では、鬼剣舞が、 年長者から若年者へ、各地域で熱心に継承されており、共同体の紐帯となっている。 ...