Spain - Body and Soul
H. M. Van den Brink / October 2006
Whether it is in Madrid's cafes or in Barcelona's fish markets, the author takes you on a trip through Spain, where tasting and smelling are the key occupations.
This story focuses on enjoying Spanish food - it aims to make you hungry and make you want to try out the recipes for yourself.
China A-Z
Kai Strittmatter / October 2006
This fascinating book lets us in on a few secrets. Strittmatter, who has lived in China for almost ten years, also introduces some Chinese characters and explains what they reveal about China and its people.
Venice For Lovers
Louis Begley and Anka Muhlstein AK’s chapter / October 2005
Muhlstein and Begley’s Venice is a very private view of a place, which will forever inspire dreams of love and passion. Every year for the 30 years of their marriage, Louis Begley and Anka Muhlstein have spent long, enjoyable months in Venice. La Serenissima has become their second home. The owners of their favourite restaurants are now firm friends and they share the lives of the locals, far off the beaten tourist tracks, which Anka Muhlstein describes charmingly in her contribution to
o the book. Louis Begley tells the story of how he fell in love with and in Venice. He is not the only one who did, as his brilliant literary essay on the city’s place in world literature demonstrates: Henry James, Marcel Proust and Thomas Mann are among his illustrious predecessors.
Cape Wrath to Finisterre
Bjorn Larsson / Feburary 2006
Cape Wrath to Finisterre tells the story of how Bjorn Larsson came to write his dark novel The Celtic Ring which is about the disappearance of a sailor, arms smuggling and a secret Druidic cult. On the long sailing trip between Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Brittany and the Spanish coast of Galicia, Larsson talked to many sailors and adventurers, fishermen and seafarers, who were waiting for the next tide to leave port.
Along the Ganges
Ilija Trojanow
The River Ganges has a thousand names. Hindu priests regard it as a sin to call her a river at all; she is a goddess, the source of the world, her waters holy and healing and still sold to Hindus all over the world. Ilija Trojanow travelled along the Ganges, from the source in the Himalayas, to the great cities, by boat, by bus, on overcrowded trains. He visited the great Hindu festivals and talked to those who warn of ecological disasters resulting from gigantic dams. His colourful report describes a country between ancient traditions and astonishing modernity and the holy river that crosses it for hundreds of miles.
On Foot to the End of the World
Rene Freund / February 2006
The road to Santiago is one of Europe’s oldest pilgrim trails, the end of which was once thought to be the end of the world. This vivid travelogue not only introduces the Armchair Traveller to the overwhelming natural beauty Freund encounters along the way, but also lets them share in his fantastic experience of reaching his own physical and psychological limits.
Damascus - Taste of a City
Rafik Schami and Marie Fadel
Seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling and hearing - if you join Rafik Schami and his sister Marie Fadel on a stroll through their native Damascus, you will discover this Queen of the Orient with all your senses. Rafik Shami, award-winning writer and master storyteller, describes the colourful scenes of the old town and relays the stories of its inhabitants overheard in the coffee houses. Reading his prose one seems to be able to smell the cardamom and the coriander sold in the spice market and hear the cries of street traders.
Tasting Italy
Alice Vollenweider / February 2006
‘A Taste of Italy’ is a travelogue, cookbook and literary guide all in one. It’s full of delightful insights into the Italian way of life, much of which evolves around cooking and eating. All the important regions of Italy are introduced by their cuisine here, made even more palatable by recipes and useful tips about people, places and pleasures.
Jewish Journeys
Jeremy Leigh / February 2006
The ‘journey’ is at the heart of the Jewish experience. The first description of the earliest ‘Hebrew’ is Abraham journeying from one land and culture in search of another. Away from Biblical legends, later historical journeys still manage to convey deep stories. Primarily, ‘Jewish Journeys’ is a collection of Jewish travel writing from earliest time until the present using material drawn from Biblical sources, travel chronicles, biographies
and modern literary reflections, including the author’s commentary on his selection of writing. His personal thoughts, based on his experience from his own Jewish journeys, are also shared. This book gives fresh insight and intellect to the notion of what it means to undertake a Jewish journey.
Morocco In the Labyrinth of Dreams and Bazaars
Walter M Weiss / Febuary 2006
Morocco has been influenced by an incredible variety of peoples; Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Berbers, Muslims, Jews and most of Europes colonisers have also played a part. In this book Walter M Weiss travels the length and breadth of these social and geographical contrasts. Visiting the settings of modern legends, such as Tangier and Casablanca, as well as the two medievaland MarrakechOs bazaar. He meets acrobats, Sufi musicians, pilgrims, craftsmen, beatniks, rabbis and Berber farmers, demonstrating the richness and variety of Moroccan society.
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