Lord et Lady Glenarvan, ainsi que le géographe Paganel, aident Mary et Robert Grant à retrouver leur père qui a fait naufrage sur une île dont on ne connait que la latitude, ce qui les amène à traverser l'Amérique...
Le richissime Chinois Kin-Fo vient de se trouver soudainement ruiné. La vie, qui lui paraissait jusqu'alors insipide, lui devient insupportable. Il contracte une assurance vie de 200 000 dollars en faveur de sa fiancée Lé-ou et du...
London Orbital is Iain Sinclair's voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city.
Encircling London like a noose, the M25 is a road to nowhere, but when Iain Sinclair sets out to walk this asphalt loop — keeping within the...
Questo straordinario romanzo presenta non poche analogie con Robinson Crusoe, dello scrittore inglese Defoe, di cui Verne era un grande ammiratore. Anche qui, la situazione è press’a poco la stessa: alcuni naufraghi approdano fortunosamente...
O'Donoghue tells what happened when he entered the 1991 Iditarod, along with 17 sled dogs with names like Rainy, Harley and Screech. O'Donoghue braved snowstorms, sickening wipeouts, and endured the contempt of more experienced racers. Narrated...
Naar het middelpunt der aarde (Originele titel Voyage au centre de la terre, in sommige Nederlandstalige versies ook vertaald als Reis naar het middelpunt der aarde) is een van de eerste boeken van de Franse schrijver Jules Verne. Het boek verscheen...
In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives; of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in...
In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives; of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in...