Brought to you by Penguin.From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreatOver the past three decades, Pico Iyer has made more than a hundred journeys to a smal...Loe edasi...
Beautiful . . . Iyer masterfully and lyrically shows us how we may need to find a new home - one far more solemn, communal and silent than our present one - in order to return properly to ourselves Alain de BottonI trust that reading this book may...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Dec-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed By Ingram Spark, ISBN-13: 9798989467112)
In his cross-genre book The Hill of the Skull, Jeremy Bassetti takes us on a spellbinding pilgrimage to a holy mountain in the heart of the Bolivian Andes during the little-known Festival of the Virgin of Urkupina. Featuring a 7,000 word hybrid memoi...Loe edasi...
From Booklists Starred Review: ( Swick) keenly and empathically observes the world, bringing both a relatably human approach and learned appreciation for the art of travel and of life.Working as a feature writer in 1976, Thomas Swick falls in love ......Loe edasi...
From Booklists Starred Review: ( Swick) keenly and empathically observes the world, bringing both a relatably human approach and learned appreciation for the art of travel and of life.Working as a feature writer in 1976, Thomas Swick falls in love ......Loe edasi...
An inspirational, influential classic from Nobel-Prize winner Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha is a beautiful tale of self-discoveryDissatisfied with the ways of life he has experienced, Siddhartha, the handsome son of a Brahmin, leaves his family and his f...Loe edasi...
Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul ... A masterpiece Elizabeth GilbertA work of spiritual evolution ( and) inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors Washington PostOne of our most perceptive travel writers embarks on an ex...Loe edasi...
Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul ... A masterpiece Elizabeth GilbertA work of spiritual evolution ( and) inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors Washington PostOne of our most perceptive travel writers embarks on an ex...Loe edasi...
»Seit über dreißig Jahren lebe ich im Westen Japans, und zu meinem großen Entzücken weiß ich heute deutlich weniger als bei meiner Ankunft.«Folgerichtig zählt sich auch Pico Iyer, einer der großen Reiseschriftsteller unserer Zeit, vergnügt...Loe edasi...
Between World War II and Vatican II, as Italy struggled to rebuild after decades of Mussolinis fascism, an eleventh-century order of contemplative monks in the Apennines were urged by Thomas Merton to found a daughter house on the rugged coast of Ca...Loe edasi...
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Chigozie Obioma, Philip Pullman, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Andy Miller...
With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Aug-2020, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691185941)
From bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai, a delightfully illustrated version of the classic work of Daoist philosophyC. C. Tsai is one of Asias most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold more than 40 million copies in...Loe edasi...
The Maya created one of the most dazzling civilizations on earth, famed for its art, astronomy, mathematics and mythology, and its deep, metaphysical fascination with the mystery of time. Though it collapsed in the ninth century, Ronald Wright travel...Loe edasi...
Winner of the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year 2020How does a sushi bar explain a Japanese poem Why do Japanese couples plan matching outfits for their honeymoon Why are so many things in Japan the opposite of what we expect After thirty-two...Loe edasi...
We cherish things, Japan has always known, precisely because they cannot last; its their frailty that adds sweetness to their beauty.Returning to his home in Japan after his father-in-laws sudden death, Pico Iyer soon picks...Loe edasi...
