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  • The Fairy Tellers

    "The general reader is unlikely to have met Mr. Jubber’s other subjects and may be amazed to learn the degree to which these unsung men and women have shaped the fairy-tale canon, an enthusiastic and enjoyable book—The Wall Street Journal‘A carnival of a book, rigorously researched and jostling with life’—Amy Jeffs, author of StorylandWho were the Fairy Tellers?In this far-ranging quest, award ... Leer más

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  • Drinking Arak Off an Ayatollah's Beard

    A Journey Through the Inside-Out Worlds of Iran and Afghanistan

    An engrossing blend of travel writing and history, Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah's Beard traces one man's adventure-filled journey through today's Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia, and describes his remarkable attempt to make sense of the present by delving into the past.Setting out to gain insight into the lives of Iranians and Afghans today, Nicholas Jubber is surprised to uncover the legacy ... Leer más

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  • Epic Continent

    Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe

    Selected as one of NPR's Best Books of 2019Selected by National Geographic as one of 12 "great books for travelers"'The prose is colourful and vigorous ... Jubber's journeying has indeed been epic, in scale and in ambition. In this thoughtful travelogue he has woven together colourful ancient and modern threads into a European tapestry that combines the sombre and the sparkling' Spectator'A ... Leer más

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  • Monsterland

    A Journey Around the World’s Dark Imagination

    Monsters, in all their terrifying glory, have preoccupied humans since we began telling stories. But where did these stories come from?In Monsterland, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber goes on a journey to discover more about the monsters we’ve invented, lurking in the dark and the wild places of the earth — giants, dragons, ogres, zombies, ghosts, demons — all with one thing in common: their ... Leer más

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  • The Timbuktu School for Nomads

    Across the Sahara in the Shadow of Jihad

    "A passionate paean to the Sahara." -- New York Times, Season's Best Travel BooksThe Sahara: a dream-like, far away landscape of Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, The English Patient and Star Wars, and home to nomadic communities whose ways of life stretch back millennia. Today it's a teeth-janglingly dangerous destination, where the threat of jihadists lurks just over the horizon. ... Leer más

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  • Sur les chemins nomades

    Traducido por Marie-Odile Probst ...
    « Je voulais apprendre des nomades à puiser de l’eau, monter un dromadaire et dresser un camp, approfondir certaines des leçons apprises lors de mon précédent séjour. Le temps de reprendre le chemin de l’école était venu. »Le Sahara est un espace rêvé, le paysage mythique de Lawrence d’Arabie. Il est aussi le lieu où vivent depuis des millénaires de nombreuses communautés nomades, qui tentent de ... Leer más

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    Monsterland

    A Journey Around the World's Dark Imagination

    Narrado por Charles Armstrong ...

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    Monsters, in all their terrifying glory, have preoccupied humans since we began telling stories. But where did these stories come from?In Monsterland, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber goes on a journey to discover more about the monsters we've invented, lurking in the dark and the wild places of the earth—giants, dragons, ogres, zombies, ghosts, demons—all with one thing in common: their ... Leer más

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    Epic Continent

    Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe

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    Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year 2020Award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeys across Europe exploring Europe's epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland to the Nibelungenlied, and their impact on European identity in these turbulent times. These are the stories that made Europe.Journeying from Turkey to Iceland, award-winning travel writer . ... Leer más

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  • The Ballad of Perilous Graves

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  • Where the Wild Winds Are

    Walking Europe's Winds from the Pennines to Provence

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  • Revolutionary Ride

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