Moja podróż dookoła świata zaczęła się w Paryżu, mieście, które z miejsca skradło moje serce… i portfel! Ale o tym później. Paryż to miejsce, gdzie romantyzm wisi w powietrzu, a bagietki są tak długie, że można je pomylić z lokalnymi wieżowcami. Od razu wiedziałam, że to będzie przygoda pełna śmiechu i niezapomnianych momentów. Mam na imię Dorota. Od 25 lat z pasją podróżuję po świecie, odkrywając różnorodność kultur, krajobrazów i smaków, które oferuje nasza planeta. Moje przygody zaczęły się jako młoda dziewczyna, pełna marzeń i ciekawości, a teraz, po odwiedzeniu wielu zakątków świata, każda podróż umacnia we mnie przekonanie, że podróżowanie to nie tylko zwiedzanie miejsc, ale również poznawanie ludzi i historii, które je kształtują. Zaczynając od malowniczych wiosek w Europie, przez tętniące życiem miasta Azji, po dzikie przestrzenie Ameryki Południowej i Afryki - każda podróż wniosła coś wyjątkowego do mojego życia. Wspomnienia z każdego kraju, przesiąknięte lokalnymi zapachami, smakami i dźwiękami, tworzą mapę wspomnień, której nie da się porównać z niczym innym. Podróżując, nauczyłam się cenić nie tylko piękno różnorodności, ale także wspólne wartości, które łączą nas wszystkich. Podczas tych 25 lat świat stał się moim domem, a ja obywatelką globu, bogatszą o niezliczone doświadczenia i przyjaźnie, które przetrwają całe życie. Podróżowanie, z całym jego pięknem i wyzwaniami, do dziś pozostaje moją największą pasją i nauczycielem.

Moja szalona podróż dookoła świata Francja przez Paryż do Cannes

This book includes: French For Beginners French Short Stories French For Beginners: This book will help you on your journey in French. Don’t rush through the book. You can start with a lesson a day and then use and practice what you learned immediately. Don’t wait until you get to France actually to start speaking French. Once you get through each lesson, get a friend or just about anybody you can practice French with and start gabbing away. The point of language is that it should be used, not just learned. Here’s some topics covered in this book: ? French pronunciation ? Verbs ? Useful Everyday expressions ? Conversations ? And much more French Short Stories Book: Ready To Learn The French Language quickly and in a practical way with exciting short novels? It is no secret that language proficiency grows through practice. The more you practice a foreign language, the more comfortable you will become with it. For beginner French speakers, it is essential not only to expand your vocabulary, but also to build confidence in your ability to speak, read, and master the language. The 21 captivating French stories in this book (I have included one bonus story at the end) have been carefully crafted for new French speakers to help with learning new words and phrases while also strengthening your confidence by reinforcing what you already know. So, how should you use this book? It is best to start at the beginning, as the stories in this book will get progressively more sophisticated. Each story comes with a series of questions in French to gauge your comprehension of the story, as well as a glossary of some new words or terms that were introduced in that story. Get your copy now!

French Language

Traveling is an excellent opportunity to learn french for beginners and this book will help to do just that giving you tools in french for your trip. It will be easier for you to learn french language while traveling because: - you will be in the cultural context of that new language, what facilitates to learn french the easy way - you will enjoy more your voyage if you learn french by reading and communicating with local people in their own language This learn french ebook for travel will help you learn french the fast and fun way because: - it has all the main sentences and questions you will need in english and french vocabulary - it is organized according to the main moments of your travel - each phrase is in your language and in the language you want to learn, so you can use it as french phrase book and dictionary This french phrase book for travel has 22 chapters with more than 400 words and sentences for all main situations of your travel: CHAPTER 01- Frequently asked questions CHAPTER 02 - How to greet people CHAPTER 03 - Words of courtesy CHAPTER 04 - At the airport CHAPTER 05 - Information and directions CHAPTER 06 - In the hotel CHAPTER 07 - At the restaurant CHAPTER 08 - Meat, fish and vegetables CHAPTER 09 - Fruits CHAPTER 10 - More food CHAPTER 11 - Drinks CHAPTER 12 - Money CHAPTER 13 - Transportation CHAPTER 14 - The train CHAPTER 15 - In the subway CHAPTER 16 - Car renting CHAPTER 17 - Days and months CHAPTER 18 - Time CHAPTER 19 - Seasons CHAPTER 20 - Colors CHAPTER 21 - Love and relations CHAPTER 22 - Help phrases Use it before and while traveling and, step by step, you will understand and memorize more and more words in the new language and learn french from basics with our bilingual texts. Let's start to learn french with our travel guide?

Learn French For Beginners

French - Learn French for Travelers

This audio-based course is designed to introduce learners to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), the standardized and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and formal speech throughout the Arab world. MSA is the lingua franca of the Arab world, bridging communication across different dialects and serving as the language of media, literature, and academia. Understanding MSA not only opens up a rich cultural and historical tapestry but also provides practical advantages in professional and personal settings, facilitating engagement with a diverse and dynamic region. Over six sessions, the course emphasizes comprehension and pronunciation, guiding learners to effectively listen and replicate the sounds of MSA without the complexity of grammar rules. This approach is tailored to create a solid foundation in the language, making it accessible for absolute beginners or those with minimal exposure to Arabic. Each session is constructed to gradually build the listener's ability to understand and speak MSA, focusing on practical vocabulary, common phrases, and essential language structures. The course aims to develop accurate listening skills and clear pronunciation, both essential components for effective communication. The course is structured to ensure a progressive learning experience, starting from the basics and advancing to more complex conversations. Interactive exercises and repetition are key components, reinforcing learning and aiding in the retention of material covered. Upon completion of the course, learners are expected to reach a level between A1 and A2 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Basic Arabic

'A beautifully observed and sympathetic tour of modern Britain that runs on the tracks of our years.'David Quantick 'Charming…The accounts will make any fan of railways want to experience these delights for themselves.' – The Independent All aboard for a one-of-a-kind journey by train to some of the most obscure parts of Britain On the 200th birthday of the world’s first passenger-carrying railway, Nige Tassell sets out to ride Britain’s railway network all the way to its lesser-travelled-to corners, its seldom-visited outposts. From Wick to Penzance and many points in between, he stays on until the end of the line. He is the last man sitting. The sixteen final destinations he visits offer sixteen different stories. By delving into their histories, by speaking to their people and by having a good old-fashioned nose around, Tassell reveals much about places that rarely have light cast upon them – from ferry ports to abandoned resorts, from tiny hamlets to towns being reclaimed by the sea. It's a journey that takes in Harry Potter, Muhammad Ali, goths, Alan Bennett, Vera Brittain, Viz comic, Alex Horne, Nigel Farage. Vikings, John Betjeman, Aneurin Bevan, Tyson Fury, Charlotte Rampling's dad and the weepy judge from The Great Pottery Throwdown. All human life is here. So grab yourself a window seat for an odyssey that tells us much about Britain today. All aboard, all aboard.

Final Destination

The perfect Portuguese course for travel in Portugal. It is designed to help you ask for the things you’re most likely to need when visiting Portugal and to give you the skills to cope with situations you might find yourself in. The accompanying free booklet is also available to download at: collinsdictionary.com/resources. It is different from other courses in that you also learn to understand the likely replies to your questions. You will hear key words and phrases used in dialogues between native speakers, so you learn not only how to say them but also how they are used in conversation. Topics covered: Unit 1: Hello! Unit 2: Excuse me Unit 3: Where's the hotel? Unit 4: Over there Unit 5: What would you like? Unit 6: Have you got..? Unit 7: Can you help me? Unit 8: I want to go to… Unit 9: Do you go to..? Unit 10: It hurts Unit 11: For when? Unit 12: What's it like?

Collins Easy Learning Audio Course

Easy Portuguese Course for Beginners

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania’s utter beauty and the stunning desert solitude of Oman’s Empty Quarter—and many places beyond. In World Travel, a life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives readers an introduction to some of his favorite places—in his own words. Featuring essential advice on how to get there, what to eat, where to stay and, in some cases, what to avoid, World Travel provides essential context that will help readers further appreciate the reasons why Bourdain found a place enchanting and memorable. Supplementing Bourdain’s words are a handful of essays by friends, colleagues, and family that tell even deeper stories about a place, including sardonic accounts of traveling with Bourdain by his brother, Christopher; a guide to Chicago’s best cheap eats by legendary music producer Steve Albini. For veteran travelers, armchair enthusiasts, and those in between, World Travel offers a chance to experience the world like Anthony Bourdain. The audiobook is read by Laurie Woolever, Shep Gordon, Christopher Bourdain, Jen Agg, Matt Walsh, Bill Buford, Claude Tayag, Nari Kye, Vidya Balachander, and Steve Albini. Copyright 2021 by Anthony M. Bourdain Trust UW; “A Child’s View of Paris (1966),” “Revisiting New Jersey,” and “Uruguay Dreamin’” copyright 2020 by Christopher Bourdain; published with permission of Christopher Bourdain Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

World Travel

Ready To Learn The French Language quickly and in a practical way with exciting short novels? It is no secret that language proficiency grows through practice. The more you practice a foreign language, the more comfortable you will become with it. For beginner French speakers, it is essential not only to expand your vocabulary but also to build confidence in your ability to speak, read, and master the language. The 21 captivating French stories in this book (I have included one bonus story at the end) have been carefully crafted for new French speakers to help with learning new words and phrases, while also strengthening your confidence by reinforcing what you already know. Did you realize that you are already prepared to read short stories in French? So, how should you use this book? It is best to start at the beginning, as the stories in this book will get progressively more sophisticated. Each story comes with a series of questions in French to gauge your comprehension of the story, as well as a glossary of some new words or terms that were introduced in that story. If you have trouble understanding any of the questions in French, refer back to the glossary for help. Words and phrases in the questions that could be confusing are defined in the glossary as well. Each story is also followed by a short synopsis in English for readers who want to make sure they have understood the story’s meaning. We recommend that you read each story—using the glossary definitions if necessary—and then answer the questions. You should refer to the English summaries of the stories only after you have answered the questions. The summaries are a great way to check your answers and determine how well you have understood the material, but it is important to try challenging yourself to understand French. Get your copy now

French Short Stories

This book is the premium edition of my book "Modern Iran and Ancient Persia"! This book is dedicated to the women's movement in Iran. If you announce that you are going to Iran, someone will certainly advise you not to go. Ignore them – this is one of the most exciting countries on Earth. There is much to discover, and explore in Iran, not only cultural and historical sites but mountains, deserts and wilderness. Above all, this is a place defined by the hospitality and curiosity of Iranians despite a totalitarian regime. According to Lonely Planet's Atlas of Adventure – "it might well be the friendliest country you ever visit". The Persian Empire, which once stretched from Greece to India, has left remnants of an extraordinary rich cultural heritage not only in today's Iran but across the Ancient Empire. From Persepolis, the ancient capital of Persia, to the World Heritage sites in Esfahan and Yazd. With its 26 World Heritage Sites, Iran is one of the top 10 countries in the world that represent a masterpiece of human creativity and an exceptional testimony to human civilisation. It was 13,000 years ago on the Iranian plateau that Homo sapiens first settled with the advent of agriculture and the first permanent human settlement. Zoroastrianism, the world's first monotheistic religion, originated in Persia 4,000 years ago. The biblical Magi, also known as the Three Wise Men, were respected Zoroastrian astronomers who came from Persia to "visit" the baby Jesus on the night of his birth in Bethlehem! The game of chess as we play it today was invented in Iran about 2,000 years ago. The algorithm as we use it today in AI and computer science was invented 1,000 years ago in Iran. The stories of "Thousand and One Nights" are taken from the Persian Pahlavi work Hezār Afsān over a thousand years ago. With this book we will travel to all those wonderful places of 1001 Nights tales. This is our historical and cultural journey of two weeks to discover authentic places of those stories from our childhood! And Iran is a safe destination for tourists, despite a totalitarian regime!

Persia 1001 Nights

Niezwykle ciekawe i napisane z dużym humorem wspomnienia Autora z pobytu w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Piotr tuż przed czterdziestką wyjeżdża do Karoliny Północnej do pracy na fermach macior, w dziale rozrodu. Zamieszkuje w czterotysięcznym miasteczku Elizabethtown i każdego dnia odkrywa Amerykę na swoje potrzeby. Pracuje na fermie często jako jedyny biały, będąc małym trybikiem wielkiej maszyny biznesu. Zza oceanu snuje swoje opowieści przedstawiające życie na amerykańskiej prowincji, zdominowanej przez ludność kolorową. W książce znajdziemy zabawne opisy wzajemnych relacji autora z lokalną polonią, Afroamerykanami i Meksykanami, śmieszne historie z udziałem zwierząt, relacje z kilku podróży do innych amerykańskich stanów i miast, takich jak Waszyngton, Nowy Jork, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas. Poznamy retrospekcje z czasów dzieciństwa i młodości, z praktyki produkcyjnej w PGR w Polsce i NRD, sposoby kolczykowania bydła i kontroli gospodarstw rolnych dla ARiMR oraz wspomnienia z podróży autostopem dookoła Europy i wielkiego wypadu do Bangkoku. Piotr Włódarczak – autor powieści podróżniczej pod tytułem „Moja Karolina” po raz pierwszy wydanej w 2012 roku.

Moja Karolina

Komedia romantyczna, której scenariusz napisało życie i która zdarzyła się naprawdę. Między Nowym Jorkiem, Warszawą i rajską wyspą na Karaibach. Ona wyruszyła na swoją kolejną samotną wyprawę. Samodzielna, odważna, myślała, że nie potrzebuje nikogo do szczęścia. Na drugim końcu świata w tym samym czasie on spakował plecak, kupił bilet i wyruszył na swoją samotną wyprawę. Wylądował w tym samym miejscu, co ona. Spotkali się w samochodzie jadącym do dawnego miasta Majów w dżungli Ameryki Środkowej. On z natury rozmowny, przyjacielski, otwarty i chętnie nawiązujący nowe znajomości tamtego dnia był wyjątkowo milczący i z nikim nie miał ochoty rozmawiać. Ona zawsze wolała wędrować samotnie, ale tamtego dnia wyjątkowo chciała porozmawiać właśnie z nim. Nocą z nieba zaczęły spadać gwiazdy, a oni nie chcieli się już rozstać.

Blondynka na Wyspie Zakochanych

Byłam we wszystkich krajach Ameryki Południowej. Z wyjątkiem jednego. A więc Urugwaj! Wyruszyłam na samotną wyprawę do kraju, gdzie posiadanie, sprzedawanie i palenie marihuany jest legalne, każdy uczeń w szkole dostaje darmowego laptopa, a narodowym daniem jest miejscowa odmiana hamburgera. Wędrowałam przez dzikie pastwiska w krainie urugwajskich kowbojów i po ulicach jednej z najdziwniejszych stolic świata - Montevideo, by w końcu dotrzeć na koniec świata w szalonej osadzie zbudowanej na piasku nad brzegiem oceanu. Przygoda!

Blondynka w Urugwaju

To nieprawdopodobna historia, odkrywając jedną z największych tajemnic polskiej historii sztuki.﻿ Kiedy w 1964 roku dwie młode badaczki sztuki, Izabella Galicka i Hanna Sygietyńska, spostrzegły na plebanii w Kosowie Lackim zniszczony pociemniały obraz, sądziły, że ich odkrycie będzie sensacją w świecie sztuki. Tymczasem Ekstaza św. Franciszka pędzla El Greca zniknęła na dziesięciolecia – o starannie ukrytym obrazie przypominali jedynie co pewien czas dziennikarze. Dzieło artysty z Toledo dopiero po czterdziestu latach zostało wystawione dla publiczności. Co się jednak z nim działo przez dekady i jak próbowano rozwiązać spór o jego autentyczność? Katarzyna J Kowalska – dziennikarka i reporterka. Zrealizowała setki materiałów i relacji z wydarzeń kulturalnych jako dziennikarka „Panoramy” w TVP. Jej reportaże o tematyce kulturalnej i historycznej były emitowane na antenach TVP INFO i TVP2.

Polski El Greco - nieprawdopodobna historia

Czy nietknięte piękno tradycji kraju może zniszczyć separatystyczna żądza władzy? Książka o Papui jest pierwszą, w której autorka stara się zwrócić uwagę na tendencje separatystyczne kraju i konflikty zbrojne jakie tam mają miejsce. Pokazuje fascynację autorki innymi kulturami i społecznościami - ich życiem, religią, tradycjami, zwyczajami. Aby je poznać - podróżuje. Podróże nadają sens temu co robi, a dzielenie się wrażeniami - sens podróżom. Dlatego o tym pisze. Lektura idealna dla fanów twórczości Wojciecha Cerjowskiego i Beaty Pawlikowskiej! Must-read dla wszystkich zainteresowanych politologią i turystyką. Dagmara Babiarz - urodziła się w Rzeszowie, część życia spędziła w Warszawie, kilka lat w Nowym Jorku, do chwili obecnej zmienia miejsca zamieszkania średnio co kilka lat. Oprócz ukończonych kierunków studiów jak filologia polska, historia, czy resocjalizacja ma za sobą wiele zaledwie tkniętych: np. ekonomika, dziennikarstwo, geografia... W 2007 roku ukazała się nakładem wydawnictwa Mamiko jej debiutancka książka "Otwórz oczy" - opisy podróży i obyczajów ludzi mieszkających w najodleglejszych zakątkach świata. W styczniu 2008 roku Mamiko wydało jej kolejną książkę „Podróż za kilka zielonych", w której autorka koncentruje się na autochtonach i kulturze najpiękniejszych zakątków USA.

Zanim świat się udusi

Rapa Nui. Subiektywny przewodnik po sekretach Wyspy Wielkanocnej. Witajcie na wyspie tajemnic! Rapa Nui, w Polsce bardziej znana pod nazwą Wyspy Wielkanocnej, jest poetycko opisywana jako najbardziej samotna wyspa świata. Sporo w tym prawdy – rzeczywiście leży ona w odległości ponad dwóch tysięcy kilometrów od najbliższej zamieszkanej wyspy! To również miejsce pełne tajemnic i magii, które fascynuje swoją pierwotną siłą. Czy wśród mieszkańców Wyspy Wielkanocnej są kanibale? Jak z bananowca zrobić sanki? Czym jest aku-aku i gdzie je znaleźć? Odpowiedzi na te i mnóstwo innych pytań poznała autorka, która od dzieciństwa marzyła o wyprawie na Rapa Nui, a po wielu latach w końcu udało jej się to pragnienie spełnić. Teraz dzieli się z czytelnikami swoimi wrażeniami i opowiada o najważniejszych miejscach na wyspie. Małgorzata Telecka - autorka powieści podróżniczej pt. "Rapa Nui".

Rapa Nui

Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlin’s holiday camps. ‘When I got to the camp I felt as if I’d suddenly walked into Utopia – it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering in the breeze… There seemed to be laughter coming from every building.’ With grey post-WWII skies hanging low over Britain, factories lining the streets and smoke stacks dotting the horizon, there was one way that ordinary families could escape: the ever-cheerful holiday camps of Butlin’s. When Billy Butlin founded his holiday camps in 1936, they were bastions of community spirit and havens of luxury. Here, for one week, wives and mothers were freed from the toil and drudgery of housework, children ran free through the grounds, fathers and husbands hung up their work clothes. Ever-helpful redcoats were on hand all hours of the day, dinner halls ready with plentiful food for old and young alike, bars stocked to quench any level of thirst, ballrooms waiting to be flooded with shiny shoes, rustling dresses and peals of laughter. And, as the sun went down on another exhausting, happy day, a chorus line was ready to sing holidaymakers back to their beds. Rich in period detail and highly evocative, Wish You Were Here! follows the lives of seven of the camps’ key figures through the highs and lows of the holiday season: from redcoats searching for stardom to young families who returned year after year, to pensioners who rediscovered an inner youth. The laughter and tears, the loves and losses, and the fun and friendships that have lasted a lifetime – it's all here. Funny, moving and heartwarming, they are tales of swimming pools and sing-a-longs, Glamorous Grannies and bicycle rides, and of a community spirit that burned brightly in a much-loved British institution.

Wish You Were Here!

Orlando, the original Sloane-dog and intrepid gapper, will finally release his diaries to inspire other travellers to follow in his chunder-filled footsteps. From sleepless nights in Buenos Aires to charitable endeavours in Tanzanah, Orlando will give the low-down on the ultimate gap experience… Just back from his travels, our intrepid Sloane-dog wants to pass on the knowledge he has literally gleaned about the world's best cash-lash ratio hotspots, cultural landmarks (bars), and the ways of societies other than our own (shooting a cow in Cambodia). Rootling around Tarquin's rucksack, Orlando finds a battered guidebook – sadly all but completely defaced with chunder from one of their many heroic Pisco Sour, Margarita or Mai Tai sessions. So to compile the ultimate dossier of advice for the generations that will follow in his Ugg-booted footsteps, Orlando has snipped out the salvageable bits and interspersed them with pages from his own diary and a few other bits and bobs he's found on the net or in the lining of his bag. From budgeting for your time away (mummy and daddy's credit card) and what not to bring (landmines – they've already got plenty over here, if anything, too many), to how to say 'vomcano' in Spanish, this is the absolutely essential spiritual, political and cultural guide to making the most of your gap yah.

The Gap Yah Plannah

“Beyond Broadway Joe gives great insights into that famous Jets team and those individuals. A great read for any football fan and an absolute must for Jet fans.” —Rex Ryan, former New York Jets coach On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the New York Jets' historic achievement, a nostalgic, inside look from the men who composed the team behind Joe Namath’s Super Bowl III win, filled with exclusive insights and stories from the surviving players, coaches, and management of that championship team whose victory changed the landscape of American football. On January 12, 1969, the New York Jets astonished the nation when they beat the favored Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III. The key to the Jets’ success was quarterback Joe Namath, whose superstar talent, revolutionary personality, cockiness, and charm made him an instant celebrity. But Namath didn’t do it alone. In Beyond Broadway Joe, the members of that legendary team share for the first time their often funny, sometimes poignant, and always perceptive personal stories and memorable anecdotes about the Super Bowl team, its players and coaches, and that legendary win. They reminisce about how they became Jets, their success on the gridiron—ten of them were AFC All Stars that magical year of 1968—and reveal for the first time the tactic Namath used to frustrate the Baltimore Colts’ defense. They speak about their reactions to Namath’s ""guarantee"" of a Jets' Super Bowl victory, and how the ""39 Forgotten"" Jets behind him enabled Joe to fulfill that boast. Furthermore, Lederer has interviewed members of the Baltimore team, to provide a 360-degree account of the game that changed it all. The Jets players reflect on their evolution from a team considered part of a ""Mickey Mouse"" league, through the sudden transformation caused by the signing and introduction of Joe Namath on America’s sporting scene. The book explains from different angles—including Jets’ game plans—why Jets’ coaches and players were supremely confident going into Super Bowl III. Written by a lifelong Jets’ fan, Beyond Broadway Joe captures memories—and through never-before-seen material—sheds light on what happened from the 1963 launch of the Jets to the Super Bowl season and in Super Bowl III itself. This first complete celebration of the Jets’ Super Bowl team is a must for every Jets diehard, for fans of the old American Football League, those who follow the history of professional football, and for all who love the game.

Beyond Broadway Joe

Ronald Wright's journey through Peru is simultaneously an account of the country's proud Inca heritage and of the modern mestizo nation – its two worlds. Beginning in Cajamarca, where Spain first defeated the Inca army, Wright traces the indigenous history back to its mythic origins at Lake Titicaca. Yet Wright is equally interested in the chance encounters of the road – the music of everyday – and above all in the realities of life for the native Runa Indians. Moving between desert and mountain, Spanish and Indian, he explores the place of their ancient traditions in today's Peru with admiration and anger.

Cut Stones and Crossroads

‘“A History of Jerusalem” should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.’ Stephen Tummin, Daily Telegraph Jerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city in the world. Held by believers to contain the site where Abraham offered up Isaac, the place of the crucifixion of Christ and the rock from which the prophet Muhammed ascended to heaven, Jerusalem has been celebrated and revered for centuries by Jews, Christians and Muslims. Such is the symbolic power of this ancient city that its future status poses a major obstacle to a comprehensive regional peace in the Middle East. In this comprehensive and elegantly written work, Karen Armstrong traces the turbulent history of the city from the prehistoric era to the present day.

A History of Jerusalem

Culture Smart! Nepal provides essential information, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! Nepal offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience.

Nepal - Culture Smart!

Ethiopia is one of only a handful of countries that shock the traveller with their unique perspective. These places awaken a deep sense of wonder and offer a rare opportunity to observe the world from a different angle, to see things anew. Ethiopia: through writers' eyes is the perfect companion to any exploration of this idiosyncratic country, be it from the precarious saddle of an Abyssinian mule, or the comfortable folds of an armchair. A compendium of all things Ethiopian, with excerpts translated from writings in a number of languages including Amharic, the book peoples the land with a caste of priest-kings descended from Solomon and Sheba, and with many of the eccentric adventurers who have been drawn there: Jesuit explorers and missionaries, foolish would-be conquerors and writers of all stripes.

Ethiopia

Tourist = Turista Luggage = Bagagem Camping tent = Tenda de campismo Do you understand these first Portuguese words? Yes, you do! - Why? Because it was presented to you using a technique that is making learning languages easier than ever – the Bilingual Reading. This Portuguese - English beginners audio book uses this technique, along with Portuguese Native Pronunciation exercices so that you can hear and learn Portuguese vocabulary in a fast and fun way and whenever you want. - How does this work? It is simple: you will hear the words in the language you want to learn (in this case we will help you to learn portuguese vocabulary) and also in your native language here we will use English. Using this method, you will quickly start to learn Portuguese for foreigners from basics and learn Portuguese language easy by acumulating vocabulary. Using our learning Portuguese language books (in Portuguese English dual language format) is a process that will soon allow you to understand and read texts that are more complex without having to spend hours and hours looking for every word meaning on a dictionary! Using this method, you will quickly begin to discover the meaning of words in Portuguese and accumulate vocabulary quickly. Listen the words in Portuguese English, repeat it and practice to learn Portuguese in a easy way. Spoken language practice is the best way Step by step, with this learn Portuguese book for kids or adults you will see that everyone is memorizing more vocabulary in an easy, fast and fun way. It's a great tool to learn Portuguese language. Let's start our Portuguese learning adventure?

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Travel - Portuguese Vocabulary by Topic - Vol 6

The perfect Italian course for travel in Italy. It is designed to help you ask for the things you’re most likely to need when visiting Italy and to give you the skills to cope with situations you might find yourself in. The accompanying free booklet is also available to download at: collinsdictionary.com/resources. It is different from other courses in that you also learn to understand the likely replies to your questions. You will hear key words and phrases used in dialogues between native speakers, so you learn not only how to say them but also how they are used in conversation. Topics covered: STAGE 1 Unit 1 Hello · Buongiorno Unit 2 Excuse me · Scusi Unit 3 Where’s the bar? · Dov’è il bar? Unit 4 Over there · Là in fondo Unit 5 I would like … · Vorrei … Unit 6 Have you got …? · Avete …? Unit 7 Can you help me? · Mi può aiutare? Unit 8 I’d like to go to … · Vorrei andare a … Unit 9 I’d like a room · Vorrei una camera Unit 10 It hurts · Ho mal di … Unit 11 I’d like an appointment Vorrei un appuntamento Unit 12 What’s it like? · Com’è? STAGE 2 Unit 1 At the reception desk·En la recepción Unit 2 Hiring a car·Alquilar un coche Unit 3 Where are you from?·¿De dónde es usted? Unit 4 What do you do?·¿A qué se dedica usted? Unit 5 How are you?·¿Cómo está usted? Unit 6 Do you want to go out this evening?·¿Quieres salir esta noche? Unit 7 What could we do?·¿Qué podríamos hacer? Unit 8 What do you do at the weekend?·¿Qué haces los fines de semana? Unit 9 A holiday in Spain·Vacaciones en España Unit 10 What are we doing tomorrow?·¿Qué hacemos mañana? Unit 11 What is the weather going to be like?·Qué tiempo va a hacer?

Easy Italian Course for Beginners

Welcome to our introductory Vietnamese audio course designed to immerse learners in the rich linguistic heritage of Vietnam. This course emphasizes speaking and comprehension, enabling students to confidently engage in everyday conversations. Vietnamese is the national language of Vietnam, spoken by approximately 90 million people as their first language. It belongs to the Austroasiatic language family and has been influenced by a range of languages, including Chinese, French, and English, due to historical interactions. Its unique tonal nature sets it apart from many other languages; Vietnamese has six tones, each altering the meaning of words in ways that can be subtle yet profound. Understanding these tones is crucial for accurate pronunciation and effective communication. Our audio course spans five sessions, each carefully crafted to build on the previous one, ensuring a progressive and comprehensive learning experience. From the very first session, learners are introduced to the fundamentals of Vietnamese pronunciation. In subsequent sessions, learners delve into common words and phrases essential for daily interactions. By focusing on practical vocabulary, students can immediately apply what they learn to real-life situations, enhancing their ability to understand and respond to spoken Vietnamese. Listening exercises and repetition drills are integral components of each session, reinforcing the correct pronunciation and helping to internalize the sounds and rhythms of the language.

Simple Vietnamese

This guide to experiences is for you who are eager to venture beyond the familiar confines of Europe and further towards a country that few know about. Use the book as a catalyst for experiences in the diverse nature and immersion in remote, hidden villages or to take glimpses of life in the capital, Tbilisi. In addition to practical travel tips and visual references with destinations, the book provides information about the cultural and historical tapestry that Georgia is woven with – in easily digestible short and informative texts that encompass both past and present. Hospitality is abundant, and you quickly establish good rapport with the locals. The Georgian proverb ”Guests are a gift from God” lives up to all expectations. About the author Inge Lynggaard Hansen og Thomas Qvist Nielsen Inge Lynggaard Hansen is a photographer, author, graphic designer, and tour guide in the Middle East. She has written and published The Persian Kitchen and the bilingual (DK/GB) Mors Kogebog/Mom’s Cookbook. She has also written and photographed travel books about Iran and Italy, as well as contributed to numerous books as a graphic designer or photographer. Thomas Qvist is a sound engineer at Royal Academy of Music Aarhus (RAMA) and has extensive experience with musical exchanges across countries. He has been sent by RAMA to Ghana and Mali, where he has conducted workshops, clinics, and sound engineering classes. The ebook is made in fixed format

Georgia

Take a mesmerizing journey through the enchanting city of Budapest with this comprehensive guidebook! Explore an extensive list of 15 must-see destinations, ranging from the iconic Buda Castle to the captivating Budapest Zoo. Unearth essential information to make your adventure seamless, discover exhilarating itineraries for the daring traveler, and find out the optimal times to plan your visit. Immerse yourself in the vibrant culture of the city as you partake in wine festivals, witness stunning fall foliage, and explore delightful Christmas markets. Indulge in luxurious accommodations and effortlessly navigate Budapest with our expert advice on visas and transportation hubs. Experience seasonal highlights, from breathtaking cherry blossoms to unforgettable New Year's Eve celebrations. Budapest eagerly awaits your arrival, promising an extraordinary blend of history, excitement, and delectable culinary experiences! PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Budapest Travel Guide

A gripping, witty memoir about indigeneity, travel, and colonialism. "Ursula Pike's memoir is unlike any other I've read, with her perceptive, always-seeking, and lovely narrative voice." —Susan Straight, author of Mecca "This book is alive with a spirit that welcomed mine to meet it." —Elissa Washuta, author of White Magic When she was twenty-five, Ursula Pike boarded a plane to Bolivia and began her term of service in the Peace Corps. A member of the Karuk Tribe, Pike sought to make meaningful connections with Indigenous people halfway around the world. But she arrived in La Paz with trepidation as well as excitement, 'knowing I followed in the footsteps of Western colonizers and missionaries who had also claimed they were there to help.' In the following two years, as a series of dramatic episodes brought that tension to boiling point, she began to ask: what does it mean to have experienced the effects of colonialism firsthand, and yet to risk becoming a colonizing force in turn? An Indian Among los Indígenas, Pike’s memoir of this experience, upends a canon of travel memoirs that has historically been dominated by white writers. It is a sharp, honest, and unnerving examination of the shadows that colonial history casts over even the most well-intentioned attempts at cross-cultural aid. It is also the debut of an exceptionally astute writer with a mastery of deadpan wit. It signals a shift in travel writing that is long overdue.

An Indian Among Los Indígenas

Nestled in the heart of Southeast Asia, Thailand is a country that effortlessly weaves together a tapestry of tradition, modernity, and natural beauty. Having explored its vibrant streets, tasted its delectable cuisine, and absorbed the warmth of its people, I invite you to embark on a journey through the enchanting Kingdom of Thailand.In 'Thailand: Unlocking the Secrets of The Land of Smiles”, I'll guide you through the hidden gems and well-trodden paths, offering insights that only an intimate knowledge of this land can provide. Every page is an invitation to experience the country as if you were strolling its vibrant streets.As a seasoned traveller with roots in Thailand, I'll share the stories, traditions, and quirks that make this nation truly unique. We'll delve into the rich tapestry of Thai culture, uncovering the customs that shape everyday life. Through these pages, you'll come to understand the profound influence of Buddhism, witness the exuberance of festivals, and savour the flavours of Thai cuisine - a tantalizing fusion of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy.So, whether you're planning your first visit or seeking a deeper understanding of a country that holds a special place in your heart, ”Thailand - Unlocking the Secrets of The Land of Smiles” promises to be your trusted companion. Let's embark on this journey together, as we uncover the magic that defines the Land of Smiles. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Thailand

Polish your Spanish, improve your reading and listening skills, and make learning new Spanish vocabulary so much easier with 100 entertaining and culturally interesting Spanish short stories including audio. This is a perfect book is to improve your Spanish language skills and is recommended for beginners and intermediate level Spanish learners. It's a book for Spanish literature lovers and language learners alike. You also get access to one audiobook mp3 file that contains 10 of the more extensive stories and is recorded in Castilian Spanish. Learning Guide Learning Spanish through reading short stories Advance as you read Using this book effectively 1. Conocimientos de español 2. Diálogo – Nuestra gata ha desaparecido 3. La chica vegana 4. En la panadería 5. Sin accidentes 6. El conductor de taxi 7. La solicitud 8. Ganar la lotería 9. El paseo 10. En la oficina 11. Control de billetes 12. El accidente de coche 13. En el circo 14. Nuestra nueva casa 15. Vamos a aprender español juntos 16. Mis vacaciones son lo más importante 17. Mis aficiones 18. Un niño ayuda 19. El dinero está en la calle 20. La báscula 21. Aprender las normas de circulación 22. Prestar dinero es arriesgado 23. Redes sociales 24. La preparación 25. Mis mejores amigos 26. Bajo la farola 27. El obrero 28. Corte de luz 29. En el cine 30. Una ensalada sencilla 31. Mi libro favorito 32. Bajarse 33. El divorcio 34. Desempleados 35. Zapatos nuevos 36. Me caso con la oficina 37. Una receta nueva 38. Diálogo – Un receta con conejo 39. Una pareja feliz 40. La visita al médico 41. El tour en bicicleta 42. Diálogo – En el restaurante 43. Me gustaría ser profesora 44. Planes de futuro 45. La limpieza 46. Comprar barato 47. Buscando un aparcamiento 48. Nos mudamos 49. Un taxi para el aeropuerto 50. Asociaciones en Alemania + 50 Spanish Short Stories for Intermediate Level Students AUDIOBOOK

100 Spanish Short Stories for Beginners and Intermediate Learners

The perfect Spanish course for travel in Spain. It is designed to help you ask for the things you’re most likely to need when visiting Spain and to give you the skills to cope with situations you might find yourself in. The accompanying free booklet is also available to download at: collinsdictionary.com/resources. It is different from other courses in that you also learn to understand the likely replies to your questions. You will hear key words and phrases used in dialogues between native speakers, so you learn not only how to say them but also how they are used in conversation. Topics covered: STAGE 1 Unit 1 Hello! · ¡Hola! Unit 2 Excuse me · Perdone Unit 3 Where’s the bar? · ¿Dónde está el bar? Unit 4 Over there · Allí Unit 5 What would you like? · ¿Qué deseaba? Unit 6 Have you got … ? · ¿Tiene … ? Unit 7 Can you help me? · ¿Podría ayudarme? Unit 8 I want to go to … · Quería ir a … Unit 9 Have you got a room? ¿Tiene una habitación? Unit 10 It hurts · Tengo dolor Unit 11 When for? · ¿Para cuándo? Unit 12 What’s it like? · ¿Cómo está? STAGE 2 Unit 1 At the reception desk En la recepción Unit 2 Hiring a car·Alquilar un coche Unit 3 Where are you from?·¿De dónde es usted? Unit 4 What do you do? A qué se dedica usted? Unit 5 How are you? ¿Cómo está usted? Unit 6 Do you want to go out this evening? ¿Quieres salir esta noche? Unit 7 What could we do?·¿Qué podríamos hacer? Unit 8 What do you do at the weekend?·¿Qué haces los fines de semana? Unit 9 A holiday in Spain·Vacaciones en España Unit 10 What are we doing tomorrow?·¿Qué hacemos mañana? Unit 11 What is the weather going to be like?·¿Qué tiempo va a hacer? Unit 12 On the phone·Por teléfono

Easy Spanish Course for Beginners

'All the staples of the prison memoir are here: sadistic guards and attempted break-out, the terrors of solitary confinement, the joys of freedom . . . The result is a truly gripping piece of testimony' Sunday Telegraph A darkly comic, sometimes shocking account of life in San Pedro, the world's most bizarre prison, through the eyes of one bemused Englishman. When Thomas McFadden was arrested trying to smuggle five kilos of cocaine out of Bolivia, he was flung into San Pedro prison - the strangest penitentiary system in the world. Thomas was astonished to discover that corrupt politicians and major-league drug smugglers lived in luxury apartments in one wing, while the poorer sections of the prison were too dangerous to enter after dark. Prisoners had to pay for everything: their cells, their food and their clothing, not to mention the many bribes required by the police. To survive in San Pedro you needed an income - and so prisoners turned to the trade they knew best: manufacturing cocaine. Even the prison cat was addicted to crack. Initially mistaken for a hated American, Thomas survived numerous attempts on his life as he tried to adjust. In Marching Powder he describes his journey from despised gringo to San Pedro's most famous inmate. After trying drug dealing, shopkeeping and becoming a Mormon pastor, he hit upon the idea of giving guided tours of the prison. Thomas became legendary on the South American backpacking circuit - which is how he met young lawyer Rusty Young. Rusty was so impressed by him that he moved into the prison for three months to write his story - discovering that behind the show Thomas put on was a much darker reality, where brutality and death were common currency, and sometimes even the strongest didn't survive.

The Pan Real Lives Series

Marching Powder

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023 ‘Grippingly vivid and pacey’ THE TIMES ‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing’ SIMON WINCHESTER 'An astonishing almost day-by-day account of [a] hazardous journey and its legacy’ TELEGRAPH ‘This is a story of an epic childhood journey, so exciting and so shocking it is hard to know whether you’re reading about a dream or a nightmare… Wavewalker is thrilling, horrifying, beautifully written – I couldn’t put it down’ ED BALLS Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time and no state showed any interest in what was happening to the children. Suzanne fought her parents, longing to return to England and to education and stability. This memoir covers her astonishing upbringing, a survival story of a child deprived of safety, friendships, schooling and occasionally drinking water… At seventeen Suzanne earned an interview at Oxford University and returned to the UK. From the bestselling author of What Does Jeremy Think?, Wavewalker is the incredible true story of how the adventure of a lifetime became one child’s worst nightmare – and how her determination to educate herself enabled her to escape ‘A classic memoir of childhood. This is a book that every parent should read to consider the consequences of their midlife crises, and every child should read to learn how to deal with impossible mums and dads, as well as boils and barnacles’ Mail on Sunday 5* ‘An electrifying story about an extraordinary childhood, and Heywood tells it with remarkable clarity and assurance . . . an engrossing book that pitches the reader into the highs and lows of a young life spent in the “Wavewalker School of the Sea”’TLS

Wavewalker

Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s and shows how it led directly to the Great Depression. The 1920s in Florida was a time of incredible excess, immense wealth, and precipitous collapse. The decade there produced the largest human migration in American history, far exceeding the settlement of the West, as millions flocked to the grand hotels and the new cities that rose rapidly from the teeming wetlands. The boom spawned a new subdivision civilization—and the most egregious large-scale assault on the environment in the name of “progress.” Nowhere was the glitz and froth of the Roaring Twenties more excessive than in Florida. Here was Vegas before there was a Vegas: gambling was condoned and so was drinking, since prohibition was not enforced. Tycoons, crooks, and celebrities arrived en masse to promote or exploit this new and dazzling American frontier in the sunshine. Yet, the import and deep impact of these historical events have never been explored thoroughly until now. In Bubble in the Sun Christopher Knowlton examines the grand artistic and entrepreneurial visions behind Coral Gables, Boca Raton, Miami Beach, and other storied sites, as well as the darker side of the frenzy. For while giant fortunes were being made and lost and the nightlife raged more raucously than anywhere else, the pure beauty of the Everglades suffered wanton ruination and the workers, mostly black, who built and maintained the boom, endured grievous abuses. Knowlton breathes dynamic life into the forces that made and wrecked Florida during the decade: the real estate moguls Carl Fisher, George Merrick, and Addison Mizner, and the once-in-a-century hurricane whose aftermath triggered the stock market crash. This essential account is a revelatory—and riveting—history of an era that still affects our country today.

Bubble in the Sun

Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in this beautifully illustrated book that accompanies his journey for the BBC1 series. 'Stephen Fry is a treasure of the British Empire.' – The Guardian Stephen Fry has always loved America; in fact he came very close to being born there. Here, his fascination for the country and its people sees him embark on an epic journey across America, visiting each of its 51 states to discover how such a huge diversity of people, cultures, languages, beliefs and landscapes combine to create such a remarkable nation. Starting on the eastern seaboard, Stephen zig-zags across the country in his London taxicab, talking to its hospitable citizens, listening to its music, visiting its landmarks, viewing small-town life and America's breath-taking landscapes – following wherever his curiosity leads him. Stephen encounters unknown mayors, sheriffs, newspaper editors, park rangers, teachers and hobos, bringing to life the oddities and splendours of each locale. He discovers Oklahoma's World Cow Pat Throwing Contest, attends Independence Day Parades, cherry-pie bake-offs, and visits the heartland of the Sioux Nation in South Dakota. A celebration of the magnificent and the eccentric, the beautiful and the strange, Stephen Fry's In America is our author's homage to this extraordinary country.

Stephen Fry In America

 Wszyscy wiedzą, że istniała, ale reszta informacji jest dość zawiła i tajemnicza. Chodzi o legendarną Dzielnicę Północą, miasto w mieście, które było zamieszkiwane przez warszawiaków żydowskiego pochodzenia. W tej książce spróbujemy odsłonić tę tajemnicę, jak wyglądało w tym miejscu życie codziennie, jakie były sklepy, szkoły, urzędy. Gdzie chodziło się skraść dziewczynie pocałunek, gdzie się upijano, lano w mordę, czy modlono.

Echa dawnej Warszawy

Echa dawnej Warszawy. Żydowska Warszawa

A może trafię na kogoś tej rangi i klasy co Borchardt? – roiłem sobie przez pierwsze lata. I pamiętam, z jakim żalem przyjąłem opinię ówczesnego JM Rektora Akademii Morskiej w Gdyni prof. dr inż. Jozefa Lisowskiego, który wraz z ówczesnym prorektorem prof. dr kpt. żw. Henrykiem Śniegockim zapewniali mnie, że „dziś już Borchardtów na morzu nie ma!" A jednak... spotkałem! Zanim powstała niniejsza książka, któregoś dnia jeden z kapitanów przysłał mi maila, w którym „z pewną nieśmiałością" zaanonsował, że przez długie lata na morzu zebrało mu się trochę wspomnień, anegdot, historyjek wesołych i smutnych, czasem wręcz tragicznych, a czasem takich, że boki zrywać. Więc czy bym nie chciał przynajmniej kilka z nich wydrukować w gazetce? Czy bym nie chciał? Kilka? Od razu wyczułem, że to jest to, na co czekałem od lat. I tak się zaczęło. Autor sam sobie wymyślił ksywkę LEŚNY ZWIERZ, a ja nadałem rubryce z Jego tekstami banalny i nie najświeższy tytuł „Opowieści z mesy". Drukowałem je, drukuję i będę drukował w gazetce – bo warto! Nie przegapcie okazji. Historyjki, anegdoty i wspominki tworzą wspaniałą, pasjonującą całość. W każdym calu prawdziwy, a jednak... kolorowy. Jest w tej książce coś, co mnie zadziwia, zdumiewa i budzi ogromny podziw. Co Wam zresztą będę więcej zachwalał. Kto tę książkę przeczyta, prawdziwe życie na morzu pozna. Nie służąc w marynarce! - Marek Szymański, „Gargamel", Warszawa, kwiecień 2013. Waldemar Szwoch - autor powieści „Leśnego Zwierza morskie opowieści" po raz pierwszy wydanej w 2014 roku.

Leśnego Zwierza morskie opowieści

Odkryj niezwykłe zakątki świata z audiobookiem “Na siedem kontynentów” autorstwa Wojciecha Dąbrowskiego. Ta fascynująca książka to zbiór reportaży z podróży autora do najbardziej egzotycznych i tajemniczych miejsc na Ziemi. Przeżyj niezapomniane przygody w Afganistanie, Indiach, na Kilimandżaro, w Etiopii, Sudanie, Algierii, na Fudżijamie, w Wielkim Kanionie, Machu Picchu, Peru, Australii, Tybecie, podczas treku na Everest, przy najwyższym wodospadzie świata Angel, w Amazonii, na Wyspach Pacyfiku, Yap, Vanuatu, Pitcairn, Antarktydzie, Grenlandii, Papui Nowej Gwinei, Jemenie, Mali, Timbuktu, Bhutanie, Nigrze, Saharze, Południowej Georgii, Wyspie Bożego Narodzenia i Arabii Saudyjskiej. Każdy rozdział to nowa opowieść pełna barwnych opisów, ciekawostek i osobistych refleksji autora, który z pasją dzieli się swoimi doświadczeniami z podróży. Wojciech Dąbrowski zabiera nas w podróż przez siedem kontynentów, odkrywając przed nami nieznane kultury, zapierające dech w piersiach krajobrazy i niezwykłe historie ludzi, których spotkał na swojej drodze. Audiobook “Na siedem kontynentów” to nie tylko relacja z podróży, ale także inspiracja do odkrywania świata i realizacji własnych marzeń o dalekich wyprawach. Dzięki wspaniałej narracji Wojciecha Masiaka, słuchacze mogą poczuć się jakby sami uczestniczyli w tych niezwykłych przygodach. Przygotuj się na niezapomnianą podróż dookoła świata z Wojciechem Dąbrowskim i jego “Na siedem kontynentów”.

Na siedem kontynentów. Notatnik podróżnika

Ossendowski zabiera nas na niespieszny spacer po obszarach, gdzie narodziły się trzy wielkie religie monoteistyczne – judaizm, chrześcijaństwo i islam. To nie tylko delektowanie się egzotyka, różnorodnością ras, wyznań, bogactwem kulturowym, roślinnością czy architekturą. To spotkanie z całkiem odmienną obyczajowością: zachowaniami, zwyczajami, poglądami. „Podróż po Palestynie, Syrji, Mezopotamji” obficie okraszono anegdotami i wtrętami historycznymi i biblijnymi.

Gasnące ognie

In July 1936 insurgent Spanish troops organized a military coup to oust the elected Republican government in Madrid. The rebel generals expected to force a quick, clean regime change but they failed. The botched uprising turned into a bloody civil war. Hundreds of thousands died in a bitter conflict which tore the country apart and rapidly turned into the prelude for an even greater conflict yet to come--the Second World War. The siege of Madrid was the key battle of the war. The world watched and waited for the city to surrender as General Franco's Nationalist army, backed by Hitler and Mussolini, closed in on the Spanish capital. But Madrid did not fall. Madrileños fought tooth and nail to defend their city. Helped by volunteers from fifty other countries--the International Brigades--they held out against all the odds until the end of the conflict in 1939. Despite its central role in twentieth-century history, the siege of Madrid is an episode largely hidden from today's visitor. There is no guide to the war sites and few clues for the inquisitive traveller who wants to know more. Frontline Madrid fills that gap. This unique guide book explains what life was like in the city under siege and what happened in the battlefield dramas. The simple to follow maps and diagrams make it easy to visit the frontline sites. The vividly written descriptions bring events and people compellingly to life. The role of prominent individuals, British and American--Orwell, Hemingway, John Cornford is explored. Off the beaten track, from the University district in the city centre to the mountains of Guadarrama less than an hour away, the remains of the war in Madrid can still be found--gun emplacements, bunkers, trenches and occasional debris. Frontline Madrid retraces the footsteps of those who lived through the conflict to take the reader on a tour in time. The usual tourist traps are left far behind to enter the gripping world of a war which shaped modern European history.

Frontline Madrid

Have you always wanted to travel and see the world, but your financial situation held you back? Could you imagine travelling on a limited budget but earning while you go? Are you ready to take a look at a new way of living? Have you suffered from bullying at work? Do you need to find a way to stop it before it ruins your career and life? Would you like to learn how to be stronger and more confident? Do you have a limited budget to spend on food each month? Do you still want to be able to eat healthy, organic food? This book will show you how to do it! Most of us have to live within a budget. We have to make sure that we have enough to cover rent, bills and other expenses and it’s the same when it comes to food. For many, this can often mean that we pass up eating good, healthy, nutritious food and replace it with junk food that is quicker and cheaper. But it is possible to eat well and save money. There are countless millions of people who would list travel as being one of their greatest loves. Jetting off on vacation somewhere exotic, exploring a beautiful city or relaxing on an idyllic beach; that snapshot of luxury and something different is what many of us work towards all year. Bullying is something that almost everyone experiences at some stage in their lives, whether at school, from siblings or in social settings. When bullying takes place at work however, it can become much more serious as it has the potential to impact on your financial situation if it causes you to leave your job. The best thing is to confront it, but where do you even start? Inside the pages of this book you will find the answers you’ve been looking for that will help you to: 	Become more introspective 	Remain polite but firm at all times 	Learn not to take things personally 	Seek guidance from co-workers or managers 	Choose some neutral ground to have a chat 	Tackle the issues head on 	Offer a way to resolve the problem 	Accepting your circumstances

The Journey Towards  Contented Life : "Practical advice for  nomadic peoples living a better life  through conflict avoidance and dietary discipline

The New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women chronicles the powerful and spellbinding true story of a brutal race-based killing in 1981 and subsequent trials that undid one of the most pernicious organizations in American history—the Ku Klux Klan. On a Friday night in March 1981 Henry Hays and James Knowles scoured the streets of Mobile in their car, hunting for a black man. The young men were members of Klavern 900 of the United Klans of America. They were seeking to retaliate after a largely black jury could not reach a verdict in a trial involving a black man accused of the murder of a white man. The two Klansmen found nineteen-year-old Michael Donald walking home alone. Hays and Knowles abducted him, beat him, cut his throat, and left his body hanging from a tree branch in a racially mixed residential neighborhood. Arrested, charged, and convicted, Hays was sentenced to death—the first time in more than half a century that the state of Alabama sentenced a white man to death for killing a black man. On behalf of Michael’s grieving mother, Morris Dees, the legendary civil rights lawyer and cofounder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, filed a civil suit against the members of the local Klan unit involved and the UKA, the largest Klan organization. Charging them with conspiracy, Dees put the Klan on trial, resulting in a verdict that would level a deadly blow to its organization. Based on numerous interviews and extensive archival research, The Lynching brings to life two dramatic trials, during which the Alabama Klan’s motives and philosophy were exposed for the evil they represent. In addition to telling a gripping and consequential story, Laurence Leamer chronicles the KKK and its activities in the second half the twentieth century, and illuminates its lingering effect on race relations in America today. The Lynching includes sixteen pages of black-and-white photographs.

The Lynching

If you want to improve your golf game ten-fold, then you need to check out Golf Swing Power! Your golfing buddies won’t know what hit them! One of the most important skills that you’ll need to master on the fairways is your ability to hit the ball straight and long, time and time again. Hitting the ball for great distances is good, but you need to ensure that you’re also getting it where you want to. A long swing is great, but not if you’re in the rough! Inside the Best Tips to increase Golf Power and Swing Distance You’ll Discover: •Swing Drills •Practice Techniques •The Three Components of the Golf Swing •Mental Tricks & Visualization •Stance, High Tee, Grip, Tips & Much More! While having a powerful swing in gold is very important, without the right technique, that swing could be entirely wasted out on the greens. When you learn some of our exciting tips, tricks, and techniques, you will be much more prepared to take your golfing game to the next level! If you want to take your “A Game” out onto the green next time you play, then you need to scroll back to the top of this page and click BUY IT NOW! You won’t be disappointed!

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The raucous and surprisingly poignant story of a young, Russia-obsessed American writer and comedian who embarked on a solo tour of the former Soviet Republics, never imagining that it would involve kidnappers, garbage bags of money, and encounters with the weird and wonderful from Mongolia to Tajikistan. Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Siberia are not the typical tourist destinations of a twenty-something, nor the places one usually goes to eat, pray, and/or love. But the mix of imperial Russian opulence and Soviet decay, and the allure of emotionally unavailable Russian men proved strangely irresistible to comedian Audrey Murray. At age twenty-eight, while her friends were settling into corporate jobs and serious relationships, Audrey was on a one-way flight to Kazakhstan, the first leg of a nine-month solo voyage through the former USSR. A blend of memoir and offbeat travel guide (black markets in Uzbekistan: 5 stars; getting kidnapped in Turkmenistan: 1 star) this thoughtful, hilarious catalog of a young comedian’s adventures is also a diary of her emotional discoveries about home, love, patriotism, loneliness, and independence. Sometimes surprising, often disconcerting, and always entertaining, Open Mic Night in Moscow will inspire you to take the leap and embark on your own journey into the unknown. And, if you want to visit Chernobyl by way of an insane-asylum-themed bar in Kiev, Audrey can assure you that there’s no other guidebook out there. (She’s looked.)

Open Mic Night in Moscow

‘Intensely alive to the landscape; its pasts, people and creatures’ Robert MacfarlaneTake a journey into our ancient past. Explore a long-lost landscape and gradually discover the minds, beliefs and cultural practices of those souls who lived on these lands thousands of years before you. Travelling the length and breadth of Britain, James Canton pursues his obsession with the physical traces of the ancient world: stone circles, flint arrowheads, sacred stones, gold, and a lost Roman road. He ponders the features of the natural world that occupied ancient minds: the night sky, shooting stars, the rising and setting sun. Wandering to the furthest reaches of the islands, he finds an undeciphered standing stone north of Aberdeen and follows the first footsteps on the edge of a long-lost Ice Age land in the North Sea. As Canton walks the modern terrain, slowly understanding the ancient signs that lie within and beneath it, he weaves a gentle tale of discovery, showing how, beyond the superficial differences of life-style and culture, the ancient inhabitants of the British Isles were much closer to the present-day one than we might imagine.

Ancient Wonderings

From the award-winning NBC News and MSNBC correspondent comes a powerful and deeply reported journey to lay bare the full truth behind the defining moral crisis of the Trump years: the systematic separation of thousands of desperate migrant families at the US-Mexico border In June 2018, Donald Trump’s most notorious decision as president had secretly been in effect for months before most Americans became aware of the astonishing inhumanity being perpetrated by their own government. Jacob Soboroff was among the first journalists to expose this reality after seeing firsthand the living conditions of the children in custody. His influential series of reports ignited public scrutiny that contributed to the president reversing his own policy and earned Soboroff the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Political Broadcast Journalism and, with his colleagues, the 2019 Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism. But beyond the headlines, the complete, multilayered story lay untold. How, exactly, had such a humanitarian tragedy—now deemed “torture” by physicians—happened on American soil? Most important, what has been the human experience of those separated children and parents? Soboroff has spent the past two years reporting the many strands of this complex narrative, developing sources from within the Trump administration who share critical details for the first time. He also traces the dramatic odyssey of one separated family from Guatemala, where their lives were threatened by narcos, to seek asylum at the U.S. border, where they were separated—the son ending up in Texas, and the father thousands of miles away, in the Mojave desert of central California. And he joins the heroes who emerged to challenge the policy, and who worked on the ground to reunite parents with children. In this essential reckoning, Soboroff weaves together these key voices with his own experience covering this national issue—at the border in Texas, California, and Arizona; with administration officials in Washington, D.C., and inside the disturbing detention facilities. Separated lays out compassionately, yet in the starkest of terms, its human toll, and makes clear what is at stake in the 2020 presidential election.

Separated

"Travels in West Africa" is a book as vivid and unforgettable as the extraordinary author herself, Mary Kingsley. In 1893, defying every convention of Victorian womanhood, Mary Kingsley set off alone for West Africa to collect botanical specimens. Unaccompanied except for native guides, she plunged boldly into forbidding jungles, often the first European--and almost always the first white woman--ever to arrive. Undaunted by tales of ferocious cannibals, she made friends with the tribes she met and collected priceless samples of flora and fauna. Along the way she fought off crocodiles with a paddle and hit a leopard over the head with a pot. When she fell into a trap lined with sharp sticks, she was saved by her voluminous crinolines - for she always dressed like a lady. In her own words, "Travels in West Africa" is the story of her adventures and the people and culture of West Africa.

Travels in West Africa

"The Belgian Cook Book", published in 1915, consists of recipes ‘sent in by Belgian refugees from all parts of the United Kingdom’. The German invasion of Belgium in 1914 prompted a mass exodus of civilians, and around 250,000 Belgians took refuge in Britain. The recipes are standard Belgian dishes, and many contributors such as Gabrielle Janssens and Mme (Mrs) Herman Noppen contributed several recipes. "The Belgian Cook Book’s" editor, Mrs. Brian Luck, states in her preface that the book is for the ‘workaday and inexperienced mistress and maid’. The recipes make much use of rich ingredients such as butter and cream, and, given the vague instructions, assume knowledge of cooking techniques, and presumably, a willingness to experiment with Belgian dishes. It is taken for granted that the cook will be a woman, ‘mistress and maid’, and the book is presumably aimed at a middle class audience. Food is compared to the female body, and cooking food is the way to catch your man and keep him...

The Belgian Cook Book

The idea behind ​​this book is to provide travel enthusiasts like me, a tool that allows them to live fully the travel experience. I think in fact that a trip should involve all the 5 senses, and what better place than behind a table in a little, hidden restaurant or facing a market counter, to use them all at the same time! Too often it happens to visit near or far places, without knowing exactly what are the local specialties, or even convince oneself that a country does not have a typical cuisine... The purpose of this guide is to complement and enhance your travel, with a gastronomic experience. It is designed for an easy and immediate reference, before and during the journey. It aims to give you tips, support, and encourage you to choose and try new dishes, but will also help you to decipher often incomprehensible menus. My book, the result of years of culinary-wandering, aims to stimulate your curiosity, seeking to give you an intuitive idea about local food, unknown ingredients (sometimes peculiar), preparations, or dishes that seem to some bizarre or weird because unusual. Being the result of direct experience and hours of talking with professional and local chefs, the goal is not to be complete but to be a useful tool. I'm fully aware that, having to generalize the kitchen by country and considering the contamination that can emerge from regions, neighboring countries, and cultures, some items may be incomplete, partly incorrect, or even missing.

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