Adventures Europe

After perfecting their new apartment (complete with mini Parthenon) in a cosmopolitan suburb of Athens, Englishman Peter and his Greek wife Alexandra check out life in an authentic fishing village on a Greek island. They instantly fall in love with Pefki and plan to build a house there.

The plot has been enacted, but there's been a problem. Now dire consequences await the would-be assassins.

On the day of his birth, Prince Alexos is revealed to be the long-awaited champion of Athene. He grows up lonely, conscious of all that is expected of him. But Alexos discovers that being a champion isn't about fame and glory - it's about sacrifice and courage.

A Redemptive Crusade. A Test of Faith. A Reckoning with the Past. Marching eastward under Duke Robert of Normandy, Etienne carries the weight of his sins like a stone upon his soul. Every step toward Jerusalem is a trial. Each battle tests his worth. The scorching desert erodes his strength while relentless hunger and the cries of the dying grind away at his resolve. Guilt festers beneath the surface. Doubt gnaws at him. Treachery and disease lurk in the shadows. Battle looms ever closer. When Etienne makes a desperate vow to serve the Church if survival grants him another chance, his faith...

Meet Bubbles, the travelling cat, as he journeys around the world looking for adventure and excitement. One fateful day, Bubbles introduces Suzi, his human, to his best friend, Matty, a clever mouse. But as Suzi really, really doesn't like mice, she throws Bubbles out of the house, and now he's homeless. Encouraged by other homeless cats, Bubbles decides to travel to London to complain about his treatment to the queen.

France: An Adventure History is a profoundly original and endlessly entertaining history of France, from the first century BC to the present day, based on countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, by bicycle and in the library. Beginning with the Roman army’s first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending with the Gilets Jaunes protests in the era of Emmanuel Macron, each chapter is an adventure in its own right. Along the way, listeners will find the usual faces, events and themes of French history.

A daredevil pilot in the famed 352nd Fighter Squadron, the author of this remarkable memoir bailed out of his burning Mustang two days after D-Day and was launched on a thrilling adventure on the ground in Occupied France.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. Experience cultural, culinary delights, and attractions with the guidance of a local.

E' il primo audiolibro della collana dedicata da il Narratore alla storia e alla civiltà del Bel Paese. Prima dell'ascesa di Roma la penisola era abitata...

Embarque na aventura de uma vida com Viagens Solo, o guia essencial para qualquer mulher pronta para explorar a Europa com confiança, curiosidade e espírito de aventura! Projetado para capacitar viajantes solo pela primeira vez e exploradores experientes, este livro oferece uma abordagem amigável e liderada por especialistas para navegar pelos destinos mais cativantes da Europa—de cidades icônicas a joias escondidas.

High in a hot-air balloon, flying away, all alone. How is Suzy the cat ever going to find her way home? A heart-warming purrfect adventure based on Jill Tomlinson's classic story. Thirty minutes of audio entertainment, including story reading, soundtrack, songs and lots of listening fun all voiced by actress Sophie Aldred.

It starts in the sixties and roars into the seventies. Across the western world, a generation strangled by their parent’s outdated values and political hypocrisy, reject the postwar affluence and take to the highways. In search of freedom and truth, the hippie generation is on the move. Disillusioned by Vietnam, Ken leaves the Army and takes to the highways, the seas, and the lure of international travel. Starting in Turkey, he explores Greece, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, indulging in all that life has to offer. Where Wild Olives Grow is a five-year experiment—a smorgasbord ...

Great Continental Railway Journeys is now a firmly established series on BBC2, following in the illustrious tracks of its predecessor - Great British Railway Journeys. Both series are fronted by ex-politician Michael Portillo, and in this European odyssey he travels around continental Europe using George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide.

A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began. The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from best-selling author Anthony Horowitz. Forever and a Day is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera, taking listeners into the very beginning of James Bond’s illustrious career and the formation of his identity.

George Murray Levick was the physician on Robert Falcon Scott's tragic Antarctic expedition of 1910. Marooned for an Antarctic winter, Levick passed the time by becoming the first man to study penguins up close. His findings were so shocking to Victorian morals that they were quickly suppressed and seemingly lost to history.

Tiberio è una delle figure più complesse della storia dell’Antica Roma, e proprio per questo anche una delle più affascinanti, perché i contrasti che vivono in lui possono lasciare addirittura spiazzati. Questa biografia cerca di coglierne tutti gli aspetti, sia positivi che negativi.

UNFOLDING FURTHER continues where UNFOLDING TRAVELS left off. It is an account of ten more journeys in the author's pursuit and desire to cycle along some of the most spectacular roads and scenery the world has to offer. Despite the constraints of modern living and a chronic lack of time, the author shows that life-changing adventures should not be limited to students’ gap years or armchair accounts of explorers’ tales. With a little courage and a lot of enthusiasm, a few weeks off work is all it takes to be able to fulfil your traveling dreams. You might be a newbie or a seasoned ...

Com estimem, els catalans? En l'imaginari col·lectiu han quedat enregistrades un munt de llegendes que en parlen. Històries fantàstiques que narren amors entre gegants i donzelles, dones d'aigua i hereus de masies, pastors i sirenes. Fruit de la passió d'aquests darrers amants nasqué l'Empordà. Sirenes que sovint eren dones desterrades del món aspre dels homes i que trobaren l'amor lliure al mar. No són poques, tampoc, les llegendes d'amor entre dones i pirates, entre sarraïns i cristianes, la qual cosa demostra que l'afecte pot fer superar qualsevol barrera.

In the second entry of his compilation of the most notorious deeds in European history at his point in time, Alexandre Dumas composes an essay covering a span of nearly 300 years of strife between the Catholics and Protestants of Southern France. Dumas recounts numerous instances of bloody conflict, unruly mobs, assassination, and political turmoil as the Protestants of the region fight to live and worship as they choose and Catholics endeavor to suppress a dangerous threat to their hegemony.

Richly painted maiolica ceramics from Tuscany. Supple Florentine leather. The cameos of Naples and the Amalfi Coast. Made in Italy takes you on a complete tour of the dazzling artisanal legacy of Italy, uncovering off-the-beaten-path destinations and one-of-a-kind, hidden workshops where everything from leather bags to gilded frames are turned out completely by hand, piece by piece. This book includes instructions for getting a free copy of the companion guide, Artisans of Italy, with complete, continually updated listings of Laura's personally recommended shops.