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Join us on this journey of discovery as we traverse Sardinia's diverse regions, introduce you to its warm-hearted inhabitants, and unveil the magic that lies in every corner of this island. "Sardinia Unveiled" is your passport to Sardinia's hidden gems, offering practical advice, insider tips, and a deep appreciation for the land, culture, and people that make this island a truly remarkable destination.

Do you go on vacation praying that everyone will speak English? Want to learn enough Spanish and French for situations like in hotels and restaurants, but don't want to buy a 30-hour course to try and make you 'fluent' ? Want a book that teaches you useful phrases like 'Can I have the check, please?" and "I have a reservation in the name of Smith", and not stuff you will never say like "This broccoli is under-cooked"? Want to do all that in a week or two?

The medieval fortified town of Carcassonne is one of the most visited cities in France. There are ski resorts and spas throughout this area, as well as innumerable historic sites and monuments. Coverage extends from Languedoc-Rouissillon and Aquitaine in France to Spanish Catelonia, Aragon, and Navarre.

Christmas in Iceland is special. Ask any Icelander and they will tell you. It is a time of year when everything pulsates with vibrant activity, and the nation delights in those festive traditions that make them a tribe. Music is all around, friends gather, restaurants are filled with people partaking of festive Yuletide offerings, authors are out and about reading from their new works. Everything pulsates with a vibrant, happy energy. There is even a word for the gleeful excitement one feels when waiting for Christmas — jólaskap, literally “Christmas mood”.

Italy: The Official Travel Guide is the perfect audiobook to cut out any confusion and give you straight answers as to where you need to go and what you need to do when you are in Italy. You will also learn about what the climate is for each region, what to look out for, the cultural differences, what you should and shouldn’t do when you are there, and much more.

A travel audiobook that captures the allure of Italy’s Amalfi Coast, as Margie Miklas takes us on a journey of personal experiences through storytelling. An award-winning author and travel blogger, she has traveled to the Amalfi Coast more than any other area of Italy and has fallen in love with the beauty of its rugged landscape and rocky coastline. Through real-life stories, humor, travel advice, and practical information, she’ll entice you to plan your next trip and maybe even experience your own love affair.

When Kinta Beevor was five years old, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, and her mother, a writer, settled their family into a castle near the Tuscan village of Aulla. It became the center of an artistic world that included D. H. Lawrence, Robert Trevelyan, and Rex Whistler. While the adults wrote and painted, Kinta and her brother explored the castle and the nearby Florentine villa of their great-aunt Janet Ross. The family fled at the approach of war, which destroyed the town and damaged the castle. But Kinta would return to witness the courage and skill of the Tuscan people.

Cela sintió siempre especial predilección por Viaje a la Alcarria (1948), que consideraba su libro «más sencillo, más inmediato y directo», y que constituye un modelo insuperable de prosa castellana. Con él renovó el género de la literatura de viajes, ejerciendo una prolongada influencia sobre los escritores españoles de las siguientes generaciones. Casi cuarenta años después, en la cima de su popularidad, el autor aceptó el reto de repetir el viaje, esta vez en condiciones muy distintas, a bordo de un lujoso Rolls Royce.

Experience the best of Budapest! Many travelers who have limited time in a big city like Budapest make one massive mistake. They try and see everything Budapest has to offer in three days. The problem with this approach is that they end up burned out and tired. They wish their vacation would end so that they can go home. The good news is that with the right approach and this guide, you can have an awesome time in 72 hours. The secret is not to try and see everything, rather try and see the best of the best Budapest has to offer.

Iceland, 2017: when a young Italian tourist is found brutally murdered at a sacred church in northern Iceland, Magnus Jonson, newly returned to the Reykjavík police force, is called in to investigate. At the scene, he finds a stunned TV crew, there to film a documentary on the life of the legendary Viking Gudrid the Wanderer. Magnus quickly begins to suspect that there may be more links to the murdered woman than anyone in the film crew will acknowledge.

Argyll is the strikingly beautiful and unspoiled mountainous region that separates the Scottish Highlands from the Lowlands. Sea lochs break up its deeply indented and exceptionally scenic Atlantic coastline. Inland shimmer numerous freshwater lochs, including world-famous Loch Lomond, Loch Awe, and the picturesque Loch Katrine.

Journey to the center of Venice, Italy! And if you've yet to experience this hypnotic, floating city, what are you waiting for? Passport to European Travel Guides offers this comprehensive, yet quick and concise, five-day guide to Venice - one of the world's most unique cities to visit.

Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. The result a uniquely personal view of an island race and a people with a deep affinity for water. From the sea, from rock pools, from rivers and streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools and spas, from fens, dykes, moats, aqueducts, waterfalls, flooded quarries, even canals, Deakin gains a fascinating perspective on modern Britain.

If you ask a Londoner where the center of London is, you are likely to get a wry smile. This is because, historically, London was two cities: a commercial city and a separate government capital. However, the point from which distances to "London" are measured is in Trafalgar Square, where the original Charing Cross stood. The commercial capital was the City of London. This had a dense population and all the other prerequisites of a medieval city.

Nisha has crossed oceans to give her child a future. Now she spends her days caring for someone else's daughter while her own waits for her return, half a world away. For Petra, it is only natural to hire a domestic worker to keep her house clean and her family fed. Their lives have nothing in common, except the love they feel for their daughters. Then one day, Nisha vanishes. No one cares about the disappearance of a foreign domestic worker, except Petra and Nisha's secret lover, Yiannis, the only connection to her daughter back in Sri Lanka.

Greater Than a Tourist: Gibraltar by Stephen Philips offers the inside scoop on Gibraltar. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Santorini is a combination of stunning beauty and fun historical. You can experience the best of Santorini on foot or bicycle and experience cobblestone streets and amazing scenery. The quality of life in Santorini is very high and a weekend in this fantastic city will leave you refreshed and excited. If you are looking for a lengthy academic text describing everything in Santorini, then don't buy this book. This audiobook is for the short stay traveler looking for the best in Santorini. This travel guide has put together the best Santorini has to offer for a short trip.

A Hug for the Apostle: On Foot from Chartres to Santiago de Compostela by Laurie Dennett. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to A Hug for the Apostle and hear about her 1,600-kilometer hike from Chartres, near Paris, to Santiago de Compostela in Northwest Spain and her fundraising for multiple sclerosis research.

Dorthe Nors's first nonfiction book chronicles a year she spent traveling along the North Sea coast—from Skagen at the northern tip of Denmark to the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. In fourteen expansive essays, Nors traces the history, geography, and culture of the places she visits while reflecting on her childhood and her family and ancestors' ties to the region as well as her decision to move there from Copenhagen.

Do you want to learn Spanish, but have no time to sit down? With these easy Spanish audio lessons, you can learn wherever you are.