Showing results by publisher "Random House Audio" in Travel & Tourism

Goethe nannte die goldene Stadt an der Moldau "den schönsten Edelstein in der böhmischen Krone". Prag, die wohl malerischste Stadt Europas...

Alle Wege führen bekanntlich nach Rom, und ist man erst mal angekommen, offenbart sich ein wahres Feuerwerk der abendländischen Geschichte...

Entdecken Sie die pulsierende Metropole Amsterdam. Rund 160 Grachten und über tausend Brücken haben der Stadt den Spitznamen "Venedig des Nordens"...

Stockholm ist die größte und vielleicht schönste Stadt Skandinaviens - nicht allein durch so imposante Bauwerke wie das Stadshuset...

Ganzjährig subtropisches Klima, fruchtbare Täler, bizarre Felsformationen, einzigartige Vegetation, dazu schwarze und weiße Badestrände...

Barcelona gilt zu Recht als die heimliche Hauptstadt Spaniens. Kaum eine andere Stadt ist so vielseitig und weltoffen wie die Mittelmeermetropole...

Rund 10 Millionen Touristen besuchen pro Jahr Mallorca, die größte Insel der Balearen. Viele Jüngere fühlen sich von der Platja de Palma...

Entdecken Sie Lissabon, die portugiesische Hauptstadt mit dem leicht maroden Charme, der an ihre große Vergangenheit erinnert...

Venedig, die Lagunenstadt, bietet ein reiches kunstgeschichtliches Angebot. Hier findet man romantische Plätze, lebendige Straßenzüge...

Nicholas Sparks’ persönlichstes Buch. Als sich Nicholas Sparks und sein Bruder Micah im Januar 2003 auf eine Weltreise machen, blicken sie voller Erwartung auf einmalige Eindrücke und Erlebnisse. Nicholas und Micah sind die beiden einzigen lebenden Mitglieder ihrer Familie. Und so wird ihre Reise zu den Wundern der Welt auch eine Reise in die Erinnerung. Aus einem Reisebericht wird die bewegende Geschichte ihrer Familie, die durch den tragischen Tod der Eltern und der Schwester allzu früh zerrissen wurde.

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern explains how to get the best deals, no matter where you are.

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern recounts the Trance Dance ceremony in Botswana.

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern eats his way through rituals and ceremonies around the world.

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us - is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In India, Zimmern almost eats himself to death during the 36 course meal.

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern goes on a tapas crawl to experience authentic Spanish cuisine.

For more than four decades after gaining independence, India, with its massive size and population, staggering poverty and slow rate of growth, was associated with the plodding, somnolent elephant, comfortably resting on its achievements of centuries gone by. Then, in the early 1990s, the elephant seemed to wake up from its slumber and slowly begin to change - until today, in the first decade of the 21st century, some have begun to see it morphing into a tiger. As India turns 60, Shashi Tharoor, novelist and essayist, reminds us of the paradox that is India.

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In Taiwan, Zimmern manages to appreciate Taiwanese cooking by eating one of everything it has to offer.

Returning to his longtime home in Japan after a sudden death, Pico Iyer picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites: going to the post office, watching the maples begin to blaze, engaging in furious games of ping-pong every evening. As he does so, he starts to unfold a meditation on changelessness that anyone can relate to: parents age, children scatter, and he and his wife turn to whatever can sustain them as everything falls away.