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Almost half a century ago, a young reporter from Germany arrived in still-glamorous Saigon to cover the Vietnam War over a period of five years. In this memoir he now tells the story of how he fell in love with the Vietnamese people. He praises the beauty, elegance and feistiness of their women. He describes blood-curdling Communist atrocities and fierce combat scenes he had witnessed. He introduces a striking array of characters: heroes, villains,...
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National Geographic
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[2018]
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415 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
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A collection of the 500 most alluring travel experiences on the planet! The perfect resource for travelers who crave adventurous trips, or those searching for specific experiences, this title has been fully revised and updated just in time for its 10th anniversary. The characters are organized by means of transportation. They are designed to help you plan your trip, telling you the best time to visit, sights you can't miss, and how to get there, as...
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A different spin on pub crawls and Christmas markets
All too often we miss what is right in front of us. This book hopes to open the reader's eyes, not only to drinking establishments, Christmas markets (home and abroad), but to provide you with some interesting facts, traditions, history and trivia to boot.
Christmas and alcohol seem to have been in step for centuries, and this set of 'crawls' aims to make your trips to the Christmas markets a...
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Attention, guys of America: It's time to get off the couch, turn off the PlayStation, and set down your beer (just kidding-never set down your beer). Your days of freedom are numbered. Every guy owes it to himself to do something audacious, ostentatious, hilarious, or just plain fun before it's too late. The time is now for the kinds of things that will be decidedly against the rules after you "settle down." Die Happy is here to help you create the...
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Morcilla. Una historia rellena de sangre y amor narra algunas historias, anécdotas y leyendas provenientes de rigurosas fuentes de información, y muchas otras avaladas por la tradición oral expresada a través de la sabiduría de Juan Pueblo; comenta con lujo de detalles sobre la existencia de morcillas en países antípodas e igualmente menciona recetas y entreverados que jamás imaginamos: morcillas especiadas, morcillas dulces, morcillas oreadas....
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Cuaderno de bitácora de más de un mes de navegación en un catamarán que salió del sur de Francia pasando por las Islas Baleares, Gibraltar, Casablanca, las Islas Canarias y luego el Océano Atlántico hasta llegar a Martinica en el Caribe francés.Una recopilación de información, sensaciones, consejos de viaje, consejos y reflexiones. Una guía de los lugares visitados, curiosidades y anécdotas para aspirantes a "Christoforos", navegantes...
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The preface of this book tells that even though voyages are called mere "trips," distant lands didn't get more familiar. As the world became more open and voyages more often, the differences between foreign lands and continents became more evident as ever. This truth remains topical even today, 120 years after these words were put down on paper. Now "With the World's Great Travelers" lets you make a personal voyage through distance and time and see...
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M. J. Eberhart, aka the Nimblewill Nomad, was a 60-year-old retired doctor in January 1998 when he set off on a foot journey that carried him 4, 400 miles (twice the length of the Appalachian Trail) from the Florida Keys to the far north of Quebec. Written in a vivid journal style, the author unabashedly recounts the good (friendships with other hikers he met), the bad (sore legs, cutting winds and rain), and the godawful (those dispiriting doubts)...
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Get the Summary of Joshua Hammer's The Falcon Thief in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Falcon Thief" by Joshua Hammer is a gripping narrative that follows the story of Jeffrey Lendrum, a notorious wildlife smuggler specializing in the theft of rare bird eggs, particularly those of falcons. The book details Lendrum's meticulous schemes to steal and smuggle eggs from various parts of the world to satisfy the...
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Two years before this story begins, the Liawep were living deep in the jungle of Papua, New Guinea, long forgotten by the outside world. Numbering seventy-nine men, women, and children, the tribe worshipped a mountain, dressed in leaves, and hid when planes flew overhead, believing them to be evil sanguma birds. Their discovery by a missionary hit the headlines in 1993. Galvanized by the reports of people living in Stone Age conditions, Edward Marriott...
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Get the Summary of Andrea Lankford's Ranger Confidential in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Ranger Confidential" by Andrea Lankford offers an intimate look into the lives of park rangers, including the author's own experiences. It begins with Lankford handling a medical emergency in the Grand Canyon, highlighting the complex challenges rangers face. Lankford's journey as a ranger started after college, with her...
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Tripfulness son las crónicas y reflexiones de Xavier F. Vidal tras haber viajado en solitario a más de 30 países entre 2016 y 2021. A Vidal, mucho más que los monumentos en sí, le interesa saber qué hay detrás de ellos. Porque «lo que vemos» no deja de ser una forma de entender el mundo llevada a la práctica por parte de las diferentes culturas. Busca no solo visitar, sino también conocer cómo es el pensamiento de un pueblo, por qué y...
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In the best adventures, the intrepid explorer returns home to banner headlines and a hero's welcome. . . but what of the men and women who don't return home? This collection proves their stories are just as compelling. From the disappearance in Utah of cowboy roamer Everett Ruess to the loss of billionaire explorer Michael Rockefeller in the wilds of New Guinea, the tales ring with mystery, intrigue, and excitement. Whether murdered, drowned, or eaten...
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Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821—1890) was a British explorer, geographer, translator and diplomat. Burton's best-known achievements include a well-documented journey to Mecca, in disguise, an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights, the publication of the Kama Sutra in English and an expedition with J. H. Spake to discover the source of Nile. Musaicum Books present his greatest works as an author, translator and explorer. His works...
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Guided by the fastidious journals of an eminent Victorian adventurer by the name of Lord Dufferin, Time Moore sets off to prove his mettle in the most stunningly inhospitable place on Earth-the Arctic. Armed only with his searing wit, wicked humor, and seasickness pills, our pale suburbanite-wracked by second thoughts of tactical retreat-confronts mind-numbing cold, blood-thirsty polar bears, a convoy of born-again Vikings, and, perhaps most chilling...
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In the tradition of Into the Wild, a story of daring and determination in one of nature's harshest, loneliest, and most beautiful places.
The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is among the most challenging and dangerous of all the organized sporting events in the world. Every February, a handful of hardy souls sups over two-weeks racing sleds pulled by fourteen dogs over 1,023 miles of frozen rivers, icy mountain passes, and spruce forests...
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Get the Summary of Mikael Lindnord's Arthur in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Arthur" by Mikael Lindnord is a heartwarming tale of an unexpected bond formed between a man and a stray dog amidst the grueling backdrop of an adventure race. Mikael Lindnord, a seasoned adventure racer from Sweden, is preparing for the Adventure Racing World Championship in Ecuador when he encounters Arthur, a stray dog with a severe...
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The compelling real-life adventure from New York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts. Bestselling author Stephen Coonts's stirring ode to aviation: a revealing account of his three months spent exploring small-town America from the skies. Stephen Coonts spent the summer of 1991 cruising above rivers, farms, mountains, and swamps in the Cannibal Queen, his restored 1942 Boeing-Stearman open cockpit biplane. With his fourteen-year-old son, David,...
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Get the Summary of Paul Rosolie's Mother of God in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Mother of God" by Paul Rosolie is a vivid narrative of the author's deep connection with the Amazon rainforest, its biodiversity, and the challenges of conservation. Santiago Durand, an elderly man knowledgeable about the Amazon, shares with Rosolie a secret of an untouched area within the jungle, prompting Rosolie's quest to find...
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