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Set aside your preconceptions of postcard scenery, chocolate and cheese, faceless bankers, and spotless cities. The real Switzerland is anything but bland. This small, multilingual, and fiercely independent country at the heart of Europe is full of surprises. Culture Smart! Switzerland reveals the human dimension of this enigmatic country. It provides a historical overview, explores Swiss values and attitudes, and looks at the cultural continuity of festivals and traditions.

Discover the heartwarming true story of a life-changing friendship between a man and his rescue cat, Nala, as they adventure together on a bike journey around the world - from the Instagram phenomenon @1bike1world. When 30-year-old Dean Nicholson set off from Scotland to cycle around the world, his aim was to learn as much as he could about our troubled planet. But he hadn't bargained on the lessons he'd learn from his unlikely companion.

Travel across the US with David Reynolds as he explores Route 50, one of the few remaining two-lane highways running from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Driving as slowly as safety permits, stopping frequently and often going backwards to have a second look at something glimpsed in passing, Reynolds talks to people on the streets, in bars and cafes, motels and gas stations. They talk about everything from slavery and the traditional Indian sundance, to cannabis in Colorado and tornadoes in Kansas, and about everyone from George Washington and Aaron Burr to Marilyn Monroe and the Eagles.

Just days after Raynor Winn learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their house and farm are taken away, along with their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, through Devon and Cornwall. Carrying only the essentials for survival on their backs, they live wild in the ancient, weathered landscape of cliffs, sea, and sky.

高知県の香南市に、若一王子宮という神社が鎮座する。近郷八村の総鎮守で、鎌倉～南北朝時代に、紀州熊野より勧請されたと見られている。若一王子は、若王子ともいい、熊野三山で信仰される神の一柱。この神社で特筆すべきは「お烏喰神事」である。それは、海水で禊し、結界を張った神社に籠って球形の餅を作り、深夜、祈祷した後に本殿の屋根の上に供えるというもの。すると、熊野より二羽の烏が飛来し、餅を食べて行くといい、早朝、宮司がそれを知らせる。烏は、熊野の神の使いとされ、それは三本足の「八咫烏（やたがらす）」ともされている。この神事は、熊野三山の一つ・熊野速玉大社と、京都の若王子宮の三ヶ所で行われていたが、現在では高知の若一王子宮にしか残っていない。また、近隣の赤岡には、神主や巫女、僧侶、漂泊の芸能民、大工等が住んでいたことを示す地名が残っている。その中心には、土佐特有の呪術師「博士（はかしょ）」を統率する博士頭・芦田注連太夫の屋敷があり、摩利支天を祀り中臣祓を行うという、神仏習合の呪術を司っていた。土佐北東の山間・物部村に伝わる陰陽道の色彩が濃い民間呪術「いざなぎ流（百社巡礼其之七参照）」との関係も深い。時を超え、呪術の国・土佐の深層へと降りる旅。

都市の名所オーディオ・ガイドに添付されている PDF ファイルには、旅する都市のフレーズブックや写真が含まれています。 「Venice of the North（北のヴェネツィア）」と呼ばれるサンクトペテルブルグは、いつもロシア人作家や詩人の創造の源です。比類なき建築物や世界的に有名なエルミタージュ美術館、そして白夜が、この都市を忘れがたいすてきな都市にしているのです。

Paris, la ville de l'amour et du romantisme, vous séduira avec son caractère unique et son incroyable charisme. Paris qui abritât des dirigeants légendaires, à l'origine de la révolution, est un berceau de la culture artistique. La ville est pleine d'histoire mais sait garder une âme d'enfant...

Learn about the history of the National Gallery in London with iMinds Travel's insightful audio knowledge series. The National Gallery of England, situated in the capital city of London, houses an impressive 2,300 works of art. With such an expansive collection, many connoisseurs of fine art rank it as second only to the Louvre in terms of the world’s great galleries.

Mungo Park was an explorer of the real kind. In 1795, only aged 24, he left Gambia for the uncharted interior of Africa, in a journey that would be filled with tragedy, heroism, and adventure. Park was the first European to ever reach the river Niger and the legendary city of Timbuctoo, thus resolving, once and for all, a century-old geographic debate. He travelled with local guides and later entirely alone, through warring kingdoms, robberies, imprisonment, and extreme duress. By the time he returned to Gambia, he had long been given up for dead.

This is the Official Holiday FM Travel Guide to Tokyo, including information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Know Before You Go campaign.Tokyo: the city of the rising sun. Japan's capital and the country's largest metropolis, Tokyo is one of the world's most populated cities, and a fascinating mix of traditional and modern. Cutting edge technology glitters beside ancient temples, with skyscrapers towering above marvellous religious shrines.

Americans have long been fascinated with the oddness of the British, but the English, says literary critic Terry Eagleton, find their transatlantic neighbors just as strange. Only an alien race would admiringly refer to a colleague as "aggressive," use superlatives to describe everything from one's pet dog to one's rock collection, or speak frequently of being "empowered."

Persimmon Wind - part memoir, part martial arts history, and part travelogue - relates Dave Lowry's experiences as he travels to Japan to reunite with his sensei, visit the graves of others of his martial lineage, and explore a country and culture that profoundly influenced his life. Lowry's account reveals a Japan unlikely to be witnessed by the average Westerner. Drawing on his deep knowledge of the martial arts, Lowry acts as an interpreter of sorts, deftly describing for the listener the myriad ways in which Japan's subtle, yet rich customs and rituals inform and enrich the seemingly mundane practices of life.

We've specifically developed our language courses for audio learning, so you can complete other tasks while learning Hindi. You can learn while you are running, working out, walking, driving, or even when you are doing chores. Our parallel audio learning system teaches you wherever you are, without requiring a reference manual.

Japan has an enthralling and versatile culture; on the one hand, it is sharp in the traditions dating back thousands of years; on the other, it is a civilization in a continual state of rapid change, with constantly shifting fads, fashions, and technological progress that continuously pushes back the limits of the possible. This is part of what makes it such a mesmerizing country to visit.

Offering coverage of the history, culture, geography, and climate, this audiobook also looks at wilderness trips in Montana USA. Areas featured include Flathead and Clearwater Mountains, and fly-fishing, Nordic skiing, rock-hounding, and overnight hiking excursions are all covered.

Age 28 and fed up with the office job he settled for, Paul Barach decided to travel to Japan to follow a vision he had in college: to walk the ancient 750-mile Shikoku pilgrimage trail. Here are some things he did not decide to do: learn Japanese, do any research, road test his hiking shoes, or check if it's the hottest summer in history. And he went anyway, hoping to change his life.

In 1834, Ralph Waldo Emerson, formerly a Unitarian minister, began a new career as a public lecturer. Nature (1836), his first published work, contained the essence of his transcendental philosophy. This collection contains 11 of his most celebrated and memorable essays....

In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more than half a century that the city had an American resident.

In The Geography of Genius, acclaimed travel writer Weiner sets out to examine the connection between our surroundings and our most innovative ideas. He explores the history of places, like Vienna of 1900, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, Song Dynasty Hangzhou, and Silicon Valley, to show how certain urban settings are conducive to ingenuity.

From the international best-selling author of The Shadow of the Wind. Barcelona, 1957. Daniel Sempere runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop, is happily married and has a son. No longer the child who discovered the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, he is still haunted by the mysterious death of his mother when he was six years old. Meanwhile his best friend and accomplice, Fermin, is about to marry the love of his life. But something appears to be bothering him....