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Switzerland - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
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. It will help you navigate your way through various aspects of Swiss life and society and reveal the warmth, decency, wit, and intelligence that characterizes its inhabitants.
Kendall Hunter (Author), Charles Armstrong (Narrator)
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Vietnam - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Vietnam is one of the most fascinating destinations in Southeast Asia. Having emerged from two decades of war, it is has undergone a period of rapid and far-reaching change, and its people have their eyes fixed firmly on the horizon.Culture Smart! Vietnam is for those who want to learn about the traditional values, sensibility, and modern way of life of the Vietnamese. It explains deep-seated attitudes and describes some of the social, economic, and cultural changes now underway. Aimed at dispelling common misconceptions, it gives practical advice on what to expect and how to behave in unfamiliar situations in order to help you discover for yourself the warmth and humor of this tough, resilient people.
Geoffrey Murray (Author), Charles Armstrong (Narrator)
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Germany - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Germany-the powerhouse of Europe and pillar of the Eurozone-feels reassuringly familiar. However, despite superficial appearances, this is a country that operates very differently from the USA and Britain. German history is more than a thousand years old and the relatively new German nation-state encompasses an astonishing variety of cultural and regional differences. German society is also in a state of flux, as people respond to immigration and a tough economic climate, and traditional attitudes such as formality and rigid protocol are softening as German business globalizes. Culture Smart! Germany sets out to show you how to be a good and sensitive guest. With chapters on core values and attitudes and a practical business briefing, it is a valuable introduction to the German way of life. It tells you what treatment to expect, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to build rapport and credibility with these culturally rich and inventive people at the heart of Europe.
Barry Tomalin (Author), Charles Armstrong (Narrator)
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Nepal - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, Nepal is a land of contrasts and incongruities-not in the least in the variety of its cultural, ethnic, and religious weave. The Nepalese attitude toward life is essentially religious. Hindu and Buddhist values predominate and help to maintain social harmony despite the divisions between rich and poor, urban and rural, highlands and lowlands. Culture Smart! Nepal sets out to explain the complexities of Nepalese life, from home to business to the marketplace. It tells you what to expect and provides insights that will help you to go beyond friendly smiles and turn your visit into an enlightening and rewarding experience.
Alan Mercel-Sanca, Tessa Feller (Author), Anna Bentinck, Charles Armstrong (Narrator)
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Der Schneeleopard (Ungekürzte Lesung)
Ein stilles Werk von ungeheurer Wirkung Sylvain Tesson ist Schriftsteller, Philosoph und Reisender. Gemeinsam mit dem Fotografen Vincent Munier reist er nach Tibet, um sich auf die Suche nach einem der seltensten Tiere dieser Erde zu begeben - dem Schneeleoparden. Werden sie ihn finden? Ungewiss! Auf über 5.000 Metern Höhe, fernab vom Lärm der Zivilisation, hinterfragt Tesson eine Welt, in der kaum noch Raum bleibt für die Unterschiede zwischen den Kulturen, für das Ungebändigte und die Schönheit der Natur. Eine meditative Reise in die weiße Stille des Himalaya, eine Lektüre gegen die Hektik unseres Alltags. Dieser Text rüttelt auf und macht hellsichtig, man kann sich seiner Macht kaum entziehen: In Frankreich war 'Der Schneeleopard' das erfolgreichste Buch des Jahres 2019.
Sylvain Tesson (Author), Tom Wlaschiha (Narrator)
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قد اعتمد الكاتب في هذا الكتاب على سرد ما حدث له في بلاد أوروبا خلال رحلة دامت 22 يوما ، ذكر فيها ما حدث له من مغامرات على أشبه مقالات رائعة أعتمد فيها الكاتب على عرض إمكانياته الأدبية في استخدام أدب الرحلات في سرد كتابه ، وكذلك تناول مذكراته الشخصية أثناء هذه الرحلة الأوروبية في كتاب ممتع وليس بطويل أو ممل .
محمد المر (Author), معتز صقر (Narrator)
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The End of the Road: A journey around Britain in search of the dead
A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous – tombs, graves and burial sites. Along the way, he launches a daredevil trespass into Highgate Cemetery at night, stumbles across the remains of the Welsh Druid who popularised cremation and has time to sit and ponder the imponderables at the graveside of the Lady of Hoy, an 18th century suicide victim whose body was kept in near condition by the bog in which she was buried. A truly unique, beautifully written and wonderfully imagined book.
Jack Cooke (Author), Paul Hilliar (Narrator)
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Tuk-Tuk for Two: Two strangers, one unforgettable race through India in a tuk-tuk named Winnie
'The race.' She said. 'India. Were you serious . . . ?' About racing a tuk-tuk one thousand kilometres through India with a woman I'd just met? No, I wasn't serious. 'There's a fifty percent chance we'll die. And the flight's in two days. But if you want to, okay . . . ' It was not a reasonable offer. But then she wasn't a reasonable woman. She was certainly unreasonably attractive. I tried not to let that sway me, which was like a hammock deciding a tornado wouldn't sway it. And driving terrified me; I hadn't done it in a decade. But if I could drive in India, I could drive anywhere. If I drive a tuk-tuk, I could drive anything. And if I said yes, I'd get to spend ten days with her. Would that be enough time to find out who she was, what she wanted, and then convince her to abandon that and want me instead? There was only one way to find out . . .
Adam Fletcher (Author), Liam Gerrard (Narrator)
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Vagabundo en África (Trilogía de África 2)
En su segundo viaje al continente africano, Javier Reverte recorrió Sudáfrica, Zimbabue, Tanzania, Ruanda y Congo para dejarnos un nuevo y estremecedor relato sobre el misterio de África y el riesgo de viajar por territorios inseguros. Las innumerables batallas libradas en Sudáfrica, el genocidio ruandés de 1994 o los horrores sufridos en Congo, cuando era casi una finca personal del rey Leopoldo II de Bélgica, son algunos de los hechos históricos que recorre el autor con una prosa dura y hermosa, épica y lírica a la vez, que concluye de forma brillante con la navegación por las aguas del gigantesco río Congo. Vagabundo en África es un libro que se lee como una novela, lleno de pasión, y que al mismo tiempo nos habla sobre los oscuros laberintos del alma humana. Es, también, un canto a la fe en el hombre, porque, en palabras de su propio autor, «donde hay un deseo, hay un camino». La crítica ha dicho: «Reverte hace a los lectores caminar a su lado con naturalidad, ternura, curiosidad, perspicacia, humor, pasión y una honda comprensión de lo humano.» Leer
Javier Reverte (Author), Jordi Salas (Narrator)
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Ein auf den 'Reisetagebüchern' des großen Schriftstellers und Seefahrers basierendes Hörbuch, das ebenso viel über das Leben des 'Moby-Dick'-Autors wie über seine Werke aussagt: Herman Melville hat drei große Reisen in seinem Leben unternommen, die ihn nach Europa, in das Heilige Land und in den vorderen Orient geführt haben und auf denen er so manch spannendes Abenteuer erlebt und die Welt kennengelernt hat.-
Herman Melville (Author), Helmfried Von Lüttichau, Stefan Kurt, Werner Wölbern (Narrator)
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Los países de Europa del Este son el blanco de esta crónica de viajes, suerte de ensayo sobre literaturas distantes, y a la vez colección de estampas sobre la identidad y los desplazamientos. República Checa, Varsovia y Hungría. En los textos que a manera de prólogos abren la lectura, la autora expone su propuesta del libro: Visegrado será entonces la palabra que designa a una región que se construye a medida que se recorre, y que ha sido escenario de importantes episodios de la Historia, cuyos resultados son una identidad golpeada pero consciente de sus retos. La escritora designa al nacionalismo y al odio como dos de las zonas verbales que dan sentido a la escritura del libro. Algunos ensayos están acompañados de fotografías que reproducen la perspectiva del turista, de quien recorre a pie la calle y desea registrar imágenes que apuntalen la memoria en construcción, a la vez que agregan un elemento de color local para darle un mayor grado de realidad al libro.
Karen Villeda (Author), Dulce Guerrero (Narrator)
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Down and Out in Paris and London
Brought to you by Penguin. George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society. 'You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them.' Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, it documents his 'first contact with poverty'. Here, he painstakingly documents a world of unrelenting drudgery and squalor - sleeping in bug-infested hostels and doss houses of last resort, working as a dishwasher in Paris's vile 'Hôtel X', surviving on scraps and cigarette butts, living alongside tramps, a star-gazing pavement artist and a starving Russian ex-army captain. Exposing a shocking, previously-hidden world to his readers, Orwell gave a human face to the statistics of poverty for the first time - and in doing so, found his voice as a writer. (P) Penguin Audio 2021
George Orwell (Author), Thomas Judd (Narrator)
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