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Ludicrous, heart-warming and improbably inspirational, Spanish Steps is the story of what happens when a rather silly man tries to walk all the way across a very large country, with a very large animal who doesn't really want to. Being larger than a cat, the donkey is the kind of animal Tim Moore is slightly scared of. Yet intrigued by epic accounts of a pilgrimage undertaken by one in three medieval Europeans, and committed to historical authenticity, he finds himself leading a Pyrenean ass named Shinto into Spain, headed for Santiago de Compostela.

A literary ode to peace, presence, and fulfillment inspired by a walk taken with a most surprising creature. "The demon of speed is often associated with forgetting, with avoidance . . . and slowness with memory and confronting," observes Milan Kundera in his novel Slowness. With that purpose in...

時代を越えて世界を旅する「地球の歩き方　歴史時代シリーズ」が新たに登場！　『ハプスブルク帝国』では、ヨーロッパ史において重要な役割を果たしたハプスブルク家の栄光と反乱の歴史を、黎明期から終末期まで詳しく解説します。

From Venetian canals to Vatican conclaves, New York Times correspondent Jason Horowitz takes you on a tour of the real Italy. Italy’s deep history, stunning landscapes and glorious food have uniquely captured our imagination. In The Italian Job, Jason Horowitz, a longtime Rome bureau chief for...

The ultimate guide to the very best scenic and fun routes for camper vans and motorhomes around the mountains, coastlines and winding roads of beautiful Spain and Portugal. Forget hurrying. Forget putting your foot down and racing through sweeping bends. Forget the understeer (whatever that is). Forget the blur of a life lived too fast. This is a look at taking life slowly. It's about taking the time to enjoy journeys and places for their own sake. It's about stopping and putting the kettle on. Stopping to take a picture. Stopping to enjoy stopping. How are you going to do it?

Bloomsbury presents Galway's Edge by Ken Bruen, read by John Keating. When an Irish vigilante group is targeted by a killer, Jack Taylor must unravel the deadly mystery. Edge is an organisation set up to rid Galway of criminals and abusers who have evaded the law. Its members include the most...

What happens when the City of Light turns dark? At twenty-two, Deborah Svec-Carstens leaves small-town Iowa for Paris, hoping a year abroad will bring adventure, independence, and a fresh start. But just as she begins to feel at home, a morning run ends in sexual assault. Every instinct tells...

Step through the gates of the world's most famous university - no interview required. Oxford may be centuries old, shrouded in tradition, and surrounded by myth, but what is it actually like on the inside? Drawing on hidden histories and stories passed down through generations of students...

In 1971, two years after the launch of Monty Python’s Flying Circus made his comedy troupe global superstars - and made all their lives a little more complicated - Eric Idle decided to buy a ramshackle property in the south of France. In search of a simpler, quieter life, what followed was a...

Bloomsbury presents The Stay Behinds: Sweden's Cold War Guardians written and read by Johan Wennström Packed with first-hand accounts and previously classified government documents, this book reveals the secrets of Sweden's resistance network, created to deter a potential Soviet occupation...

Von Ale bis Pils, Weizen, Stout und alkoholfrei Bier ist nicht nur ein Getränk. Bier ist ein Kulturgut, das uns seit Jahrhunderten verbindet. Der Bestsellerautor Jaroslav Rudiš, der aus dem Bierparadies Böhmen stammt und in dessen Geburtsstadt sogar ein Bier nach ihm benannt ist, setzt dem...

Bloomsbury presents The Pathless Land: Finding a Way Across Ireland by Tim Hannigan, read by Stephen Perring An epic journey on foot from Dingle to Burr Point in search of Ireland’s lost footpaths, and a quest to unravel the complexities of countryside access in Ireland and Britain. Ireland is...

Our naughtiest national treasure and Number 1 bestselling author takes on Britain and the British 'It starts with the title - the joy of a Full English is in the way a whole collection of wildly different things pile together onto a breakfast plate to make a delicious whole. And well, that's the...

Découvrir Bordeaux tout en philosophant, le pari fou et plein d'humour d'Yves Cusset. « J'aimerais redéployer ce plaisir philosophique et méditatif rare de la promenade, et m'amuser à faire pour cela de Bordeaux un ensemble de méandres où perdre sa pensée… pour mieux y retrouver des bribes de questionnement sur nous-mêmes et le monde qui nous entoure. » Imaginé comme un guide, « Promenades philosophiques dans Bordeaux » est un prétexte à la philosophie en marchant.

Det är hösten 1995. En fredagseftermiddag får kriminalinspektör Stig Alm besök av Örjan Högbom, vice ordförande i Centerdemokraterna och en av kandidaterna till posten som ny partiledare. Högbom är övertygad om att han kommer att bli mördad på söndag. Han berättar om ett...

En skuldsatt man hittas död på rälsen vid Neglinge station. Det ser ut som ett solklart självmord ända tills rättsläkaren konstaterar att mannen redan var död när tåget körde över honom. Kommissarie Arvidsson är övertygad om att en ökänd penningutlåneare ligger bakom mordet...

Professor Hans Rekke and Micaela Vargas have earned a reputation for solving the unsolvable. But they've never been confronted by a serial killer. That changes when Rekke receives a visit from Spanish chief inspector Rafael Corales, who is unable to forget the unsolved murder of a young woman in...

One romantic getaway. Two friends. Seven days just pretending… When Nina Copeland’s mates try to match her with the guy next door, she needs a plan. Because Matthew’s just a friend, and Nina has a secret she doesn’t want him to discover – not until she’s tidied her messy life. After his divorce, physics teacher Matthew Gilchrist has kept his heart locked safely away. So why do people keep pushing him to date his chirpy neighbour? He and Nina are fine just as friends. Aren’t they?

Dive into sweeping European history where Mediterranean splendor collides with the gritty resilience of human survival. Perfect for your daily commute, this magnetic armchair travel experience transports you to the shadow of an active volcano. Discover a coastal metropolis forever negotiating a...

Discover how fierce Alpine warriors and fractured valleys defied empires to forge Europe's ultimate neutral nation. Whether navigating a daily commute or seeking an immersive historical deep dive, this epic narrative transports you to the treacherous mountain passes of the Middle Ages...