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The Cruise of the Snark (1911) is a work of travel literature by American writer Jack London. In 1906, after achieving early success as an author of novels and short stories, London began dreaming of the adventures of his youth. Inspired, he spent a fortune to build a 45-foot yacht complete with two sails and a 70-horsepower engine, powerful enough to carry him across the Pacific. Envisioning a seven-year journey, London and his wife Charmian set...
2) Roughing it
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Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was written during 1870-71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad. Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861-1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman...
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Carl Hoffman recounts his journey to explore the mystery surrounding the decades-old disappearance of Michael C. Rockefeller in New Guinea, which has kept the world and his family guessing since 1961. Tracing Rockefeller's steps, Hoffman uncovers an epic story of adventure, danger, native tribes, and taboo rituals including cannibalism and head hunting.
4) Australia
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What are schools like in Spain? How tall are the buildings in New York? What do people eat in India? Take a journey through these colourful scrapbooks and learn all about the most interesting places around the world.
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International Bestseller: The famed travel writer and author of In Patagonia traverses Australia, exploring Aboriginal culture and song-and humanity's origins. Long ago, the creators wandered Australia and sang the landscape into being, naming every rock, tree, and watering hole in the great desert. Those songs were passed down to the Aboriginals, and for centuries they have served not only as a shared heritage but as a living map. Sing the right...
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'We were completely unprepared for the magnificence of the gallery suddenly revealed. A shiver ran up my spine as I saw for the first time the great white Wandjina spirit figures, two and three times larger than human scale.' So begins Tim Bowden's fascination with rarely seen Aboriginal rock art, a major theme in this most recent book detailing the Bowdens' continuing love affair with Australia. On their latest journey Tim and Ros Bowden explore...
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Selling for a lower price than any similar guidebook, and deliberately limited to a short 256 pages, this EasyGuide is an exercise in creating easily-absorbed travel information. It emphasizes the authentic experiences in each destination: the most important attractions, the classic method of approaching a particular destination; the best choices for accommodations and meals; the best ways to maximize the enjoyment of your stay. Because it is "quick...
10) Australia 2015
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The giant continent-nation of Australia, with its English-speaking population, is currently attracting a great number of visitors from North America and Great Britain. In this newly-revised, freshly-researched guide, author Lee Mylne, who is based in Brisbane (the third most populous city in Australia), deals with the cities and areas to which most tourists go. She has been an Australian travel journalist for nearly all her working life, and has...
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Have you ever wished you could go somewhere that you have read about or heard about to see for yourself what it is like? That is how this book began. After spending one school year (ten months) on the island of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands where the reef was part of the back yard and the lagoon was just around the corner, the longing to see the Great Barrier Reef kept creeping in to haunt the author. Over 50 years later, the opportunity came...
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Eigentlich wollten sie nur mal weg von allem! Einen Traum verwirklichen und einfach mal losziehen. Sich eine Auszeit gönnen. Nur wo? Holland und Ostwestfalen-Lippe kennen sie schon. Warum dann nicht ans andere Ende der Welt? Auszeit! Drei Monate reist ein ganz normales Ehepaar um die Vierzig mit einem alten Camper, zwei Rucksäcken und einem Malkoffer durch Neuseeland. Dabei lernen sie das Land der langen weißen Wolke mit seiner wechselhaften Geschichte...
13) Australia
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Everything you need for a successful Australian vacation―in one intelligent guide. The Australian dollar has in recent years plunged in value against the U.S. dollar making Australia far more accessible than it has been in years. To keep up with the changes the new currency situation has brought about, we've turned once again to Lee Mylne. Based in Brisbane (the third most populous city in Australia), Mylne has been an Australian travel journalist...
14) Australia 2018
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Everything you need for a successful and easy Australian vacation―in one concise and intelligent guide. The Australian dollar has recently plunged in value against the U.S. dollar making Australia far more accessible than it has been in years. To keep up with the changes the new currency situation has brought about, we've turned once again to Lee Mylne. Based in Brisbane (the third most populous city in Australia), Mylne has been an Australian travel...
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Australien ist das beliebteste Reiseland für Work & Travel – mehr als 20.000 Deutsche folgen jedes Jahr dem Ruf der großen Freiheit. Und bald bist auch du einer von ihnen! Es gibt wohl kaum eine bessere Möglichkeit, Reisen it Jobben zu finanzieren und dabei völlig ungezwungen zu sein. Doch wie funktioniert Work & Travel eigentlich genau, was solltest du vor Abreise alles organisieren und welche Jobs bzw. Unterkünfte erwarten dich Down Under?...
16) The Hunter
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In his curiously named kayak, Pulbah Raider, Scott sets out to paddle the river's length, from near the headwaters high in the Barrington tops hundreds of kilometres to the Pacific Ocean at Newcastle. The river carries him through time, connecting him to the people who live and work on its banks, some doing it tough, others enjoying the good life.
As he learns, the Hunter is not just a region, it's a place that has helped to shape the nation. From...
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Imagine heading out for a six-month trip to a foreign country intending to live in a recreational vehicle.First you would have to quickly locate and then buy a satisfactory vehicle so you could get on the road to see as much as possible in the time allotted.Bill and Marcia Hogan did that starting out in Cairns, Australia and had the time of their lives, seeing the beautiful sights of Australia and meeting many wonderful people. They stayed mainly...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 Australia is a difficult country to keep track of. We rarely pay attention to them, and this is strange considering they are a country that doesn't misbehave and is peaceful and good.
#2 Because we know so little about Australia, it is a country that is worth getting to know. It is the only country that began as a prison, and the only one that is also a continent.
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Der Reiseführer, mittlerweile in 2. Auflage erschienen, gibt aus erster Hand einen umfassenden Einblick in die wunderbare Art des Camperreisens in Australien. Angehende, aber auch erfahrene Wohnmobil-Urlauber erhalten darin Infos und Tipps zu folgenden Themen: • Straßenverhältnisse & Verkehrsregeln • Camper-Fahrzeugtypen & Vermieter • Kauf- und Mietbedingungen • Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten • Camping-Alltag & Streckenplanung Deutlich...
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Cuarenta y ocho días y 7.566 kilómetros. Un viaje para descubrir nuestras antípodas. "Nueva Zelanda, ¿el último paraíso?" invita a explorar el territorio más joven del planeta, un paraíso natural que durante siglos solo fue habitado por aves.
El estrecho de Cook no solo separa geográficamente la Isla Norte de la Isla Sur, cada una de ellas es un viaje distinto. Partiendo desde Auckland hasta Christchurch, el relato se basa en un road trip...
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