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The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland in 1627
by Ólafur EgilssonA seventeenth-century minister tells his story of abduction by pirates, and a solo journey from Algiers to Copenhagen, in this remarkable historical text. In summer 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens and abducting almost four hundred people to sell into slavery in Algiers. Among those taken was Lutheran minister Olafur Egilsson. Reverend Olafur—born in the same year as William Shakespeare and Galileo Galilei—wrote The Travels to chronicle his experiences both as a captive and as a traveler across Europe as he journeyed alone from Algiers to Copenhagen in an attempt to raise funds to ransom the Icelandic captives that remained behind. He was a keen observer, and the narrative is filled with a wealth of detail―social, political, economic, religious―about both the Maghreb and Europe. It is also a moving story on the human level: We witness a man enduring great personal tragedy and struggling to reconcile such calamity with his understanding of God. The Travels is the first-ever English translation of the Icelandic text. Until now, the corsair raid on Iceland has remained largely unknown in the English-speaking world. To give a clearer sense of the extraordinary events connected with that raid, this edition of The Travels includes not only Reverend Olafur&’s first-person narrative but also a collection of contemporary letters describing both the events of the raid itself and the conditions under which the enslaved Icelanders lived. Also included are appendices containing background information on the cities of Algiers and Salé in the seventeenth century, on Iceland in the seventeenth century, on the manuscripts accessed for the translation, and on the book&’s early modern European context.
Travels of William Bartram
by William BartramFirst inexpensive, illustrated edition of early classic on American geography, plants, Indians, wildlife, early settlers. Naturalist's poetic, lovely account of travels through Florida, Georgia, Carolinas from 1773 to 1778. Influenced Coleridge, Wordsworth, Chateaubriand. "A book of extraordinary beauty..." -- New York Times. 13 illustrations.
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes: and Other Travel Writings (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Robert Louis StevensonTemperament and poor health motivated Robert Louis Stevenson to travel widely throughout his short life, and before he was celebrated as the author of Treasure Island, A Child's Garden of Verses, and other immortal works, he was known for his travelogues. This collection presents some of his finest writing in that vein, starting with "An Inland Voyage." This 1878 chronicle of a canoe journey through Belgium and France charmingly captures the European villages and townspeople of a bygone era. Other selections include "Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes," a humorous account of a mountain trek, and "Forest Notes," a meditation on nature based on visits to the Forest of Fontainebleau near Paris and adjacent artists' colonies. These early writings offer captivating insights into Stevenson's bohemian nature and the wanderlust that sent him from his native Scotland to journeys around the world.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
by John SteinbeckAn intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers<P> To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.<P> With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines with truckers, encounters bears at Yellowstone and old friends in San Francisco. Along the way he reflects on the American character, racial hostility, the particular form of American loneliness he finds almost everywhere, and the unexpected kindness of strangers.
Travels with Charley in Search of America: In Search Of America (Penguin Audio Classics Ser.)
by John SteinbeckAn intimate journey across and in search of America, as told by one of its most beloved writers, in a deluxe centennial edition In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell of its grass and trees, its color and quality of light, the pulse of its people. To reassure himself, he set out on a voyage of rediscovery of the American identity, accompanied by a distinguished French poodle named Charley; and riding in a three-quarter-ton pickup truck named Rocinante. His course took him through almost forty states: northward from Long Island to Maine; through the Midwest to Chicago; onward by way of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana (with which he fell in love), and Idaho to Seattle, south to San Francisco and his birthplace, Salinas; eastward through the Mojave, New Mexico, Arizona, to the vast hospitality of Texas, to New Orleans and a shocking drama of desegregation; finally, on the last leg, through Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to New York. Travels with Charley in Search of America is an intimate look at one of America's most beloved writers in the later years of his life--a self-portrait of a man who never wrote an explicit autobiography. Written during a time of upheaval and racial tension in the South--which Steinbeck witnessed firsthand--Travels with Charley is a stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition also features French flaps and deckle-edged paper.For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Travels with Charley in Search of America
by John Steinbeck Jay PariniThe 50th anniversary deluxe edition of Travels with Charley in Search of America features an updated introduction by Jay Parini and first edition cover art and illustrated maps of Steinbeck's route by Don Freeman. <P> In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell of its grass and trees, its color and quality of light, the pulse of its people. To reassure himself, he set out on a voyage of rediscovery of the American identity, accompanied by a distinguished French poodle named Charley; and riding in a three-quarter-ton pickup truck named Rocinante. <P> His course took him through almost forty states: northward from Long Island to Maine; through the Midwest to Chicago; onward by way of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana (with which he fell in love), and Idaho to Seattle, south to San Francisco and his birthplace, Salinas; eastward through the Mojave, New Mexico, Arizona, to the vast hospitality of Texas, to New Orleans and a shocking drama of desegregation; finally, on the last leg, through Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to New York. Travels with Charley in Search of America is an intimate look at one of America's most beloved writers in the later years of his life-a self-portrait of a man who never wrote an explicit autobiography. Written during a time of upheaval and racial tension in the South-which Steinbeck witnessed firsthand-Travels with Charley is a stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade. .
Travels with Frances Densmore: Her Life, Work, and Legacy in Native American Studies
by Joan M. Jensen Michelle Wick PattersonOver the first half of the twentieth century, scientist and scholar Frances Densmore (1867–1957) visited thirty-five Native American tribes, recorded more than twenty-five hundred songs, amassed hundreds of artifacts and Native-crafted objects, and transcribed information about Native cultures. Her visits to indigenous groups included meetings with the Ojibwes, Lakotas, Dakotas, Northern Utes, Ho-chunks, Seminoles, and Makahs. A “New Woman” and a self-trained anthropologist, she not only influenced government attitudes toward indigenous cultures but also helped mold the field of anthropology. Densmore remains an intriguing historical figure. Although researchers use her vast collections at the Smithsonian and Minnesota Historical Society, as well as her many publications, some scholars critique her methods of “salvage anthropology” and concepts of the “vanishing” Native American. Travels with Frances Densmore is the first detailed study of her life and work. Through narrative descriptions of her life paired with critical essays about her work, this book is an essential guide for understanding how Densmore formed her collections and the lasting importance they have had for researchers in a variety of fields.
Travels With Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets
by Lars Eighner<p>When Travels with Lizbeth was first published in 1993, it was proclaimed an instant classic. Lars Eighner's account of his descent into homelessness and his adventures on the streets has moved, charmed, and amused generations of readers. As Lars wrote, "When I began writing this account I was living under a shower curtain in a stand of bamboo in a public park. I did not undertake to write about homelessness, but wrote what I knew, as an artist paints a still life, not because he is especially fond of fruit, but because the subject is readily at hand." <p>Containing the widely anthologized essay "On Dumpster Diving," Travels with Lizbeth is a beautifully written account of one man's experience of homelessness, a story of physical survival, and the triumph of the artistic spirit in the face of enormous adversity. In his unique voice―dry, disciplined, poignant, comic―Eighner celebrates the companionship of his dog, Lizbeth, and recounts their ongoing struggle to survive on the streets of Austin, Texas, and hitchhiking along the highways to Southern California and back.</p>
Travels with Mae: Scenes from a New Orleans Girlhood
by Eileen M. JulienWith a series of lyrical vignettes Eileen M. Julien traces her life as an African American woman growing up in middle-class New Orleans in the 1950s and 1960s. Julien's narratives focus on her relationship with her mother, family, community, and the city itself, while touching upon life after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Haunted by a colonial past associated with African presence, racial mixing, and suspect rituals, New Orleans has served the national imagination as a place of exoticism where objectionable people and unsavory practices can be found. The destruction of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath revealed New Orleans' deep poverty and marginalized population, and brought a media storm that perpetuated the city's stigma. Travels with Mae lovingly restores the wonder of this great city, capturing both its beauty and its pain through the eyes of an insider.
Travels with my Daughter
by Niema Ash"You could say I had an unconventional upbringing. At the age of four, I was sharing my bedroom with Bob Dylan, and by the time I was fifteen, I had been taken out of school to go traveling and was smoking joints with my mother."Some may be shocked at the adventures mother and daughter share, but everyone will admire Niema’s celebration of travel, motherhood, and life itself, as this honest and often humourous account describes how she copes with:The overwhelming desire to travel, which conflicts with the responsibilites of motherhood.Finding the confidence to believe in herself and her instincts.Being a single mother in the sixties while mixing with some of the most talented poets and musicians of our time, including Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Irving Layton, Seamus Heaney, and Joni Mitchell.Developing a unique mother-daughter bond that many only dream about.This book will touch a hidden nerve in everyone who reads it as it turns a world of convention and protocol upside-down!
Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir
by Martha GellhornOut of a lifetime of travelling, Martha Gellhorn has selected her "best horror journeys". She bumps through rain-sodden, war-torn China to meet Chiang Kai-Shek, floats listlessly in search of u-boats in the wartime Caribbean and visits a dissident writer in the Soviet Union against her better judgement. Written with the eye of a novelist and an ironic black humour, what makes these tales irresistible are Gellhorns explosive and often surprising reactions. Indignant, but never righteous and not always right, through the crucible of hell on earth emerges a woman who makes you laugh with her at life, while thanking God that you are not with her.
Travels with Tocqueville Beyond America
by Jeremy JenningsA revelatory intellectual biography of Tocqueville, told through his wide-ranging travels—most of them, aside from his journey to America, barely known.It might be the most famous journey in the history of political thought: in 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville sailed from France to the United States, spent nine months touring and observing the political culture of the fledgling republic, and produced the classic Democracy in America.But the United States was just one of the many places documented by the inveterate traveler. Jeremy Jennings follows Tocqueville’s voyages—by sailing ship, stagecoach, horseback, train, and foot—across Europe, North Africa, and of course North America. Along the way, Jennings reveals underappreciated aspects of Tocqueville’s character and sheds new light on the depth and range of his political and cultural commentary.Despite recurrent ill health and ever-growing political responsibilities, Tocqueville never stopped moving or learning. He wanted to understand what made political communities tick, what elite and popular mores they rested on, and how they were adjusting to rapid social and economic change—the rise of democracy and the Industrial Revolution, to be sure, but also the expansion of empire and the emergence of socialism. He lauded the orderly, Catholic-dominated society of Quebec; presciently diagnosed the boisterous but dangerously chauvinistic politics of Germany; considered England the freest and most unequal place on Earth; deplored the poverty he saw in Ireland; and championed French colonial settlement in Algeria.Drawing on correspondence, published writings, speeches, and the recollections of contemporaries, Travels with Tocqueville Beyond America is a panoramic combination of biography, history, and political theory that fully reflects the complex, restless mind at its center.
La travesía
by David López HernándezLas peripecias, entre trágicas y cómicas, de los hombres que viajaron junto a Charles Darwin en el bergantín Beagle... Charles Darwin no realizó solo el viaje que cambiaría las ciencias naturales para siempre. El HMS Beagle tenía otra misión y cada uno de los hombres que lo tripulaban, una historia que contar: duelos a primera sangre, persecuciones a través de los Andes, tormentas en el Cabo de Hornos, la vida en los puertos de América Latina, misiones filantrópicas condenadas al fracaso, dictadores en ciernes, pequeños universos desconocidos y chocantes para los altivos ingleses... Y sí, los descubrimientos de Darwin, pero explicados más allá de las páginas de su diario, componen un fresco narrativo sin igual.
Travesía A África
by Peter Boehm Inés Fernández TaboadaPublicado en alemán, español, inglés e italiano. "Travesía a África" ha estado durante casi un año en el Top 10 de Aventuras y Viajes de Amazon Alemania.Peter Boehm atravesó África en coches a mil por hora, buses destartalados y trenes desvencijados. Casi seis meses, más de 10 000 kilómetros, a través de nueve países: Somalia, Yibuti, Etiopía, Sudán, Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Malí y Senegal. El viaje fue vertiginoso y enervante, pero nunca aburrido. La gente que conoció era emocionante, rara y conmovedora, pero nunca le dejaban indiferente. En Somalia, Peter Boehm retrató a psiquiatras que tomaban por locos a todos los campesinos, así como a los mismos somalíes e incluso, al final, ¡hasta al propio autor! En Sudán conoció a médicos que devolvían la virginidad a las mujeres; en Chad, a niños de la calle que, al verle, ya le esperaban con sus maletas preparadas para emprender su viaje a Alemania; en Malí, a curanderos tradicionales que eran al mismo tiempo médicos de cabecera y consejeros sentimentales; en Nigeria, a gobernantes tradicionales ante los que sus súbditos se tiraban al suelo y a jueces islámicos que disfrutaban de las flagelaciones que sentenciaban como de un buen vino. Además Peter Boehm ha retratado las idas y venidas de un europeo en África. El tono de Peter Boehm es lacónico y libre de cualquier sensiblería. Nunca han leído nada igual sobre África.
La Travesia de Enrique
by Sonia NazarioEn esta asombrosa historia real, la galardonada periodista Sonia Nazario relata la inolvidable odisea de un niño hondureño que enfrenta penurias y peligros para reunirse con su madre en los Estados Unidos. Cuando Enrique tiene cinco años, su madre, Lourdes, se marcha de Honduras para trabajar en los Estados Unidos. Esto le permite enviarle dinero a Enrique para que pueda comer mejor y asistir a la escuela más allá del tercer grado. Lourdes le promete a su hijo que regresará pronto, pero en los Estados Unidos las cosas no son fáciles. Transcurren once años. A Enrique lo desespera pensar que no volverá a ver a su madre, y se lanza solo en su busca desde Tegucigalpa con poco más que un pedazo de papel donde ha escrito el número telefónico de su madre en Carolina del Norte. Sin dinero, hará una travesía peligrosa e ilegal a lo largo de México de la única forma que puede: encaramado en los costados y en los techos de los trenes de carga. Con recia determinación y profundo anhelo, Enrique atraviesa mundos hostiles y desconocidos eludiendo pandilleros que controlan los techos de los trenes, bandidos despiadados y policías corruptos que sólo quieren robarle lo que tiene y deportarlo. Enrique avanza a fuerza de ingenio, coraje, y esperanza-y también gracias a la bondad de los desconocidos. Es una travesía épica que hacen miles de niños inmigrantes todos los años para encontrarse con sus madres en los Estados Unidos. Basado en la serie publicada por el periódico Los Angeles Times que ganó dos premios Pulitzer-uno por el reportaje, el otro por la fotografía-La Travesia de Enrique es una historia para todos los tiempos sobre familias desgarradas por la separación, sobre el anhelo de volver a estar juntos y sobre un niño que arriesgará su vida para reencontrarse con la madre que ama. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Travesty of Justice: The Shocking Prosecution of Lt. Clint Lorance
by Don BrownThe true story of the most despicable political prosecution in American military history—in the book that won a presidential pardon. On the morning of July 2, 2012, in the most dangerous warzone in the world, Lieutenant Clint Lorance took command of his small band of American paratroopers at the spearhead of the American War in Afghanistan. Intelligence reports that morning warned of a Taliban ambush against Lorance&’s platoon. Fifteen minutes into their patrol, three military-age Afghan males crowded on a motorcycle and sped aggressively down a Taliban-controlled dirt road toward Lorance&’s men… Three weeks earlier, outside the massive American Kandahar Airfield, Taliban terrorists struck by motorcycle, riding into a crowded area, detonating body-bombs and killing twenty-two people. Sixty-three days before that, three Ohio National Guard soldiers were murdered in another motorcycle-suicide bombing. Suicide-by-motorcycle had become a common Taliban murder-tactic against Americans… It was a split-second decision: Either open fire and protect his men or ignore the speeding motorcycle and pray his men weren&’t about to get blown up. Lorance ordered his men to fire. When no weapons were found on the Afghan bodies, the Army betrayed one of its finest young officers and prosecuted Lorance for murder. Hiding crucial evidence from the military jury and ordering Lorance&’s own men to testify against him or face murder charges themselves, the Army railroaded Lorance into a 20-year prison sentence at Fort Leavenworth. Updated with breaking news, plus a copy of the pardon! &“Gripping…. A true-life thriller... [a] page-turner.&”—The Baltimore Sun &“This one will keep you planted in your reading chair from start to finish.&”—Sun-Sentinel
Travis Kelce: All Access
by K. C. KelleyWho is Travis Kelce? Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the Kansas City Chiefs’ star tight end in this fun, fact-filled biography!Get to know the real Travis Kelce in this biography that’s packed with fun facts, stats, top tens, listicles, and lots more! Follow Travis’s journey from his childhood on the little league field to his high school years playing baseball and football, all the way to the bright lights of the NFL.It’s all inside this book: everything you want to know about Travis’s records and stats, plus the scoop on his family, friends, and fans. Plus, you’ll discover all his faves: foods, fan moments, career highlights, and much more! With eight pages of full-color photos!
Trawlerman: Life at the Helm of the Toughest Job in Britain
by Mr Jimmy BuchanTRAWLERMAN is the memoir of Jimmy Buchan - skipper of the Amity II, a fishing vessel based in Peterhead, Europe's largest fishing port. Jimmy's story is one of incredible highs and lows. It's a life that has been lived on the very crest of danger and despair, a career of thirty years that has seen other skippers fall by the wayside, undone by a declining industry, or worse, lost to the unforgiving North Sea. By turns gripping, comic and nostalgic, this tale of Britain's most dangerous job, carried out by Britain's most famous skipper, is guaranteed to mesmerize.
Tre Uomini Rari. Le vite di Gandhi, Beethoven e Cervantes.
by Loris Palmitesta Borja Loma BarrieRacconto sull'Indipendenza dell'India, Sulla Spagna nel periodo Barocco e sull'Austria Assolutista. Biografia storica. Biografia dell'artifice dello Stato indiano, del compositore classicista e dell'autore del Quijote.
Treachery and Retribution: England's Dukes, Marquesses and Earls, 1066–1707
by Andrew RawsonThis is the history of Englands turbulent times, told through the stories of the countrys nobility. The book begins with the Norman Conquest in 1066 and ends with the union of England and Scotland in 1707. The nobility fought wars against Scotland in the north and against France on the Continent. They conquered Ireland and Wales and then had to deal with the rebellions that followed.This is the story of their abduction plots and assassination attempts and the brutal retribution when the treachery failed. It recalls the barons rebellions and the peasant uprisings against the king. It also explains the reasons behind the family factions who fought for the crown, the most famous example being the War of the Roses. Also covered are the noble marriages arranged by the king to reward loyalty and maintain the balance of power. It tells of the children betrothed to marry, the failed marriages of convenience and the secret marriages for love.Learn how Henry VIII introduced new problems when he appointed himself head of the Church of England. Successive monarchs switched between the new church and the Catholic Church. Then there was the challenge to Charles Is rule in the Civil Wars.The story ends with the union of England and Scotland and the creation of Great Britain in 1707. It was also the end of the period of treachery and retribution which had plagued the English crown for nearly 650 years.
Treachery and Truth
by Katy Huth JonesImmersed in the historical background of the tenth century, this true tale of Good King Wenceslas, as told by his faithful servant Poidevin, brings the reader into the Dark Ages. Fear grips the land of Bohemia as the faithful face betrayal and persecution under the reign of the pagan Duchess Dragomira. As she struggles for power with the rightful heir, Prince Václav, her foes forge alliances in secret despite the risk of discovery. Who will survive?
Treading the Deep: Inspirational Lessons on Life and Leadership
by Bradley JonesThe gripping real life account of a soldiers service up through the ranks to lead the “Air Pirates” a battalion of combat experienced soldiers, including his own son, demonstrating how inspired leadership mentors and develops subordinates before, during and after serving in combat.
Treadmill to Oblivion
by Fred AllenFans of classic comedy and Old Time Radio will be enthralled by Fred Allen's autobiographical tale of his early days in radio. From the host of a small comedy-variety show to national fame with Allen's Alley, here is the story of his trials, tribulations, and ultimate successes as one of the great radio comedians--not to mention one of the great wits--of the 20th century!
Treason in America: Disloyalty Versus Dissent (Jules Archer History for Young Readers)
by Jules Archer Brianna DuMontTreason can be defined as "the breach of the allegiance which a person owes to the state under whose protection he lives.” But what exactly does it mean to be guilty of a "breach of the allegiance” owed to your country? In a country that guarantees freedom of speech and dissent tp all citizens, the extent to which dissent becomes unlawful may not always be clear. Treason is punishable by the death penalty, underscoring the importance of the question: How do we go about proving that someone is indeed an enemy of his country-a traitor?In this book, renowned historian Jules Archer explores different cases of treason throughout our history, while encouraging young readers to really question the definition of treason and how it should be treated. He asks readers to consider the similarities between disloyalty and dissent and ultimately urges this generation to take it into their own hands to redefine American duties and liberties for our time.