The Old Patagonian Express tells of Paul Theroux’s train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston’s subway, he depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina’s most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan city of Macchu Pichu. Shivering and sweating by turns as the temperature and altitude rise and plummet, he describes the people he encountered — thrown in with the tedious, and unavoidable, Mr Thornberry in Limón and reading to the legendary blind writer, Jorge Luis Borges, in Buenos Aires. Witty, sharply observed and beautifully written, this is a richly evocative account of travelling to ‘the end of the line’.

Leonard Outram, a young Englishman who’s just lost his fortune along with and his fiancee’s hand, makes an oath: he’ll win back his home and live happily ever after. Really! Well, sort of. Leonard ends up in Africa, which, at that point in history, was the place to win your fortune back for the gods of fate. Leonard rescues a maid from a slave-dealer – for a fee, of course! – and then falls in love with her, complicating the heck out of his situation. Oh well: a great adventure ensues, taking them to places no one has ever heard of, then or now – leading to narrow escapes, love, intrigue, and of course, high adventure.

"DAZZLING".— Time"[THEROUX'S] WORK IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SPLENDID EYE FOR DETAIL AND THE TELLING GESTURE; a storyteller's sense of pacing and gift for granting closure to the most subtle progression of events; and the graceful use of language. . We are delighted, along with Theroux, by the politeness of the Turks, amazed by the mountainous highlands in Syria, touched by the gesture of an Albanian waitress who will not let him pay for his modest meal. . The Pillars of Hercules [is] engrossing and enlightening from start (a damning account of tourists annoying the apes of Gibraltar) to finish (an utterly captivating visit with Paul Bowles in Tangier, worth the price of the book all by itself)".— Chicago Tribune"ENTERTAINING READING. . WHEN YOU READ THEROUX, YOU'RE TRULY ON A TRIP".— The Boston Sunday Globe"HIS PICARESQUE NARRATIVE IS STUDDED WITH SCENES THAT STICK IN THE MIND. He looks at strangers with a novelist's eye, and his portraits are pleasantly tinged with malice".— The Washington Post Book World"THEROUX AT HIS BEST. . An armchair trip with Theroux is sometimes dark, but always a delight".— Playboy"AS SATISFYING AS A GLASS OF COOL WINE ON A DUSTY CALABRIAN AFTERNOON. . With his effortless writing style, observant eye, and take-no-prisoners approach, Theroux is in top form chronicling this 18-month circuit of the Mediterranean".— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, this is a masterful tale of wilderness survival in the vein of Into the Wild and The Call of the Wild. It is the story of two college friends on a wilderness canoe trip—a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, whitewater, starvation, and brutality.

Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries, and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. When they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank and decide to warn them about the fire, their search for the pair turns up nothing and no one. But: The next day a man appears on the river, paddling alone. Is this the man they heard? And, if he is, where is the woman? From this charged beginning, master storyteller Peter Heller unspools a headlong, heart-pounding story of desperate wilderness survival.

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski hitchhikes with caravans, wanders the Sahara with nomads, and lives in the poverty-stricken slums of Nigeria. He wrestles a king cobra to the death and suffers through a bout of malaria. What emerges is an extraordinary depiction of Africa-not as a group of nations or geographic locations-but as a vibrant and frequently joyous montage of peoples, cultures, and encounters. Kapuscinski's trenchant observations, wry analysis and overwhelming humanity paint a remarkable portrait of the continent and its people. His unorthodox approach and profound respect for the people he meets challenge conventional understandings of the modern problems faced by Africa at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

Part diary and part reportage, The Soccer War is a remarkable chronicle of war in the late twentieth century. Between 1958 and 1980, working primarily for the Polish Press Agency, Kapuscinski covered twenty-seven revolutions and coups in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Here, with characteristic cogency and emotional immediacy, he recounts the stories behind his official press dispatches — searing firsthand accounts of the frightening, grotesque, and comically absurd aspects of life during war. The Soccer War is a singular work of journalism.

“A book to be plundered and raided.” — New York Times Book Review“A portal into a world of timeless travel literature curated by one of the greatest travel writers of our day.” — USA TodayPaul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe in this collection of the best writing from the books that have shaped him as a reader and a traveler. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, The Tao of Travel contains excerpts from the best of Theroux’s own work interspersed with selections from travelers both familiar and unexpected:Vladimir Nabokov Eudora WeltyEvelyn Waugh James BaldwinCharles Dickens Pico IyerHenry David Thoreau Anton ChekhovMark Twain John McPheeFreya Stark Ernest HemingwayGraham Greene and many others“Dazzling. . Like someone panning for gold, Theroux reread hundreds of travel classics and modern works, shaking out the nuggets.” — San Francisco Chronicle

In August 1936 a Hungarian writer in his mid-thirties arrives by train in Venice, on a journey overshadowed by the coming war and charged with intense personal nostalgia. Aware that he might never again visit this land whose sites and scenes had once exercised a strange and terrifying power over his imagination, he immerses himself in a stream of discoveries, reappraisals and inevitable self-revelations. From Venice, he traces the route taken by the Germanic invaders of old down to Ravenna, to stand, fulfilling a lifelong dream, before the sacred mosaics of San Vitale.This journey into his private past brings Antal Szerb firmly, and at times painfully, up against an explosive present, producing some memorable observations on the social wonders and existential horrors of Mussolini's new Roman Imperium.

Treasure and the occult are vividly blended in this stirring tale of Africa. Allan Quatermain finds a village in the middle of the Dark Continent ruled by a huge, pale man with a strange knowledge of future events. This is the last Quatermain book.

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The author of the phenomenally selling Riding the Iron Rooster presents his own choice selection of his best travel writing. "There are those who think Theroux is the finest travel writer working in English. This collection can only enhance that reputation".-The New York Times Book Review.

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Прочитав эту книгу, вы поймёте, что быть travel-журналистом – это интересно и весело. Решите ли вы зарабатывать таким образом деньги или сделаете рассказы о путешествиях своим хобби, вы не потратите время впустую. Ведь вы своими глазами увидите извержение вулкана и рассвет в саванне, сфотографируете гигантскую раффлезию и погладите ездового носорога. Познакомитесь с людьми, которые никогда не видели метро и живут без электричества, услышите невероятные истории, попробуете кухню экзотических племён. Но главное, вы сможете рассказать об этом другим, поделиться красотой, которую видели. И этот удивительный опыт навсегда останется с вами.

Предлагаем вниманию читателей роман знаменитого английского писателя Грэма Грина (1904–1991).

Полный неадаптированный текст романа снабжен комментариями и словарем. Для студентов языковых вузов и всех любителей английской литературы.

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En 1866, une chose mystérieuse hante les océans. De la taille d'une baleine mais bien plus rapide, cette chose apparaît et disparaît comme par enchantement. Le professeur français Pierre Aronnax, professeur au Muséum de Paris, auteur entre autres des «Mystères des grands fonds sous-marins», et Conseil, son fidèle domestique, partent au bord de l'Abraham Lincoln, une frégate américaine, dans le but d'éclaircir le mystère de ce monstre. La chasse à travers les océans commence, mais sans succés. Arrivé aux environs des mers de Chine, l'équipage commence à désespérer et dès lors pense avoir à faire à une légende. Alors qu'ils s'apprêtent à rebrousser chemin pour retourner vers l'Europe, le monstre tant recherché apparaît soudainement et entre en combat avec la frégate américaine. S'engage une lutte sans merci suite à laquelle Aronnax, Conseil son domestique et le harponneur canadien Ned Land se retrouvent projetés hors du navire et prennent pied sur la bête. A leur effroi, ce monstre est fait de tôle et d'acier, et est en fait un sous-marin d'un genre tout à fait nouveau. Ils seront recueillis au bord de ce sous-marin, dénommé le Nautilus, en tant que prisonniers et devront suivre leur hôte, le capitaine Nemo, dans son tour du monde souterrain, un périple qui leur fera découvrir mille et uns trésors, dont l'Atlantide et bien d'autres merveilles. Mais ils devront également affronter de nombreux et mystérieux monstres marins.Jules Verne nous propose ici un merveilleux voyage à travers les fonds sous-marins, un monde qui à l'époque était totalement inconnu de l'homme, malgré qu'il occupe plus de 70% de notre planète. Publié en 1869, Vingt mille lieues sous les mers constitue le roman de référence de l’œuvre de Jules Verne, et en particulier des Voyages Extraordinaires. Jules Verne nous décrit une aventure passionante pleine de rebondissements mais aussi d'émerveillements et très riche d'enseignements. On apprend à connaître à connaître le mystérieux et mythique capitaine Nemo et de son sous-marin le Nautilus, noms qui font toujours référence aujourd'hui. Mais Vingt mille lieues sous les mers est aussi une fable écologique, portant une réflexion sur les relations qu'entretient l'homme moderne avec son milieu. Ici l'homme moderne est plongé dans un univers qui lui totalement inconnu et il devra y survivre.Le capitaine Nemo est un personnage savant, mais sombre et secret qui dit avoir renoncé à la société des hommes, et coupé tout lien avec la terre. On le voit toutefois aider les autonomistes grecs en leur livrant les trésors engloutis qu'il retrouve. Il montre également une haine implacable pour les navires portant un certain pavillon, qu'il coule systématiquement pour venger sa famille. Le Nautilus, son sous-marin se base sur une technologie encore peu connue à l'époque, l'électricité. Jules Verne développe peu l'équipage du Nautilus, ce qui ajoute encore plus de mystère à cet énigmatique vaisseau. On voit notamment le Nautilus passer sous le canal de Suez avant sa percée officielle, ainsi que passer sous l'Antarctique (dont on ignorait à l'époque qu'il s'agissait d'un continent et non de glace flottante comme l'Arctique).Il est à noter que le capitaine Nemo à bord du Nautilus refera une dernière apparition dans l'oeuvre de Jules Verne dans le roman L'île mystérieuse (1874) où l'on assiste à sa fin.Vingt mille lieues sous les mers a été souvent porté au cinéma, que ce soit en tant que film ou dessin animé. L'adaptation la plus célèbre est certainement le film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea réalisée par Richard Fleischer pour les studios Disney avec comme acteurs James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre et Kirk Douglas.

For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth—Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. It’s rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada’s oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But in Visit Sunny Chernobyl, Andrew Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth.From the hidden bars and convenience stores of a radioactive wilderness to the sacred but reeking waters of India, Visit Sunny Chernobyl fuses immersive first-person reporting with satire and analysis, making the case that it’s time to start appreciating our planet as it is—not as we wish it would be. Irreverent and reflective, the book is a love letter to our biosphere’s most tainted, most degraded ecosystems, and a measured consideration of what they mean for us.Equal parts travelogue, expose, environmental memoir, and faux guidebook, Blackwell careens through a rogue’s gallery of environmental disaster areas in search of the worst the world has to offer—and approaches a deeper understanding of what’s really happening to our planet in the process.Review“A wise, witty travel adventure that packs a punch—and one of the most entertaining and informative books I’ve read in years. Visit Sunny Chernobyl is a joy to read and will make you think.”—Dan Rather“Andrew Blackwell takes eco-tourism into a whole new space. Visit Sunny Chernobyl is a darkly comic romp.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe.“Entertaining, appealing, and thoughtful travelogue covers some of the world's most befouled spots with lively, agile wit… The book… offers an astute critique of how visions of blighted spots create an either/or vision of how to care for the environment and live in the world.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“We’ve got lessons to learn from disaster sites. Thankfully, Visit Sunny Chernobyl means we don’t have to learn them first-hand. Cancel your holiday to Chernobyl: Pick up this brilliant book!”—The Yes Men“Avoids the trendy tropes of ‘ecotourism’ in favor of the infinitely more interesting world of eco-disaster tourism… Blackwell is a smart and often funny writer, who has produced a complex portrait in a genre that typically avoids complexity in favor of outrage.”—Wall Street Journal“Andrew Blackwell is a wonderful tour guide to the least wonderful places on earth. His book is a riveting toxic adventure. But more than just entertaining, the book will teach you a lot about the environment and the future of our increasingly polluted world.”—A. J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically“With a touch of wry wit and a reporter's keen eye, Andrew Blackwell plays tourist in the centers of environmental destruction and finds sardonic entertainment alongside tragedy. His meticulous observations will make you laugh and weep, and you will get an important education along the way.”—David K. Shipler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Rights at Risk: The Limits of Liberty in Modern America“I’m a contrarian traveler. I don’t obey any airport signs. I love the off season. And, when someone says to avoid a certain place, and almost every time the U.S. State Department issues a travel warning, that destination immediately becomes attractive to me. Visit Sunny Chernobyl is my new favorite guidebook to some places I admit to have visited. As a journalist, as well as a traveler, I consider this is an essential read. It is a very funny—and very disturbing look at some parts of our world that need to be acknowledged before we take our next trip anywhere else.”—Peter Greenberg, Travel Editor for CBS News“Humor and dry wit lighten a travelogue of the most polluted and ravaged places in the world… With great verve, and without sounding preachy, he exposes the essence and interconnectedness of these environmental problems.”—Starred Kirkus Review“In ‘Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World’s Most Polluted Places,’ Blackwell avoids the trendy tropes of “ecotourism” in favor of the infinitely more interesting world of eco-disaster tourism… [Visit Sunny Chernobyl] is a nuanced understanding of environmental degradation and its affects on those living in contaminated areas… [Blackwell] offers a diligently evenhanded perspective… Blackwell is a smart and often funny writer, who has produced a complex portrait in a genre that typically avoids complexity in favor of outrage.”—The Wall Street Journal“In this lively tour of smog-shrouded cities, clear-cut forests, and the radioactive zone around a failed Soviet reactor, a witty journalist ponders the appeal of ruins and a consumer society’s conflicted approach to environmental woes.”—The Times-Picayune“Entertaining, appealing, and thoughtful travelogue covers some of the world’s most befouled spots with lively, agile wit… The book … offers an astute critique of how visions of blighted spots create an either/or vision of how to care for the environment and live in the world.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Devastatingly hip and brutally relevant.”—Booklist, Starred Review“Visit Sunny Chernobyl is hard to categorize—part travelogue, part memoir, part environmental exposé—but it is not hard to praise. It’s wonderfully engaging, extremely readable and, yes, remarkably informative… An engagingly honest reflection on travel to some of the world's worst environments by a guide with considerable knowledge to share.”—Roni K. Devlin, owner of Literary Life Bookstore & More“Ghastliness permeates Visit Sunny Chernobyl… [Blackwell] presents vivid descriptions of these wretched places, along with both their polluters and the crusaders who are trying—usually without success—to clean them up.”—The New York Times