Every year 1000's compete to win the RGS/BBC Journey of a lifetime award and fulfil their travel dreams. Andy Home's dream would be most people's nightmare. Andy went to Siberia, to the Russian industrial mining city of Norilsk where temperatures drop to minus 50, half the year is spent in perpetual darkness and the pollution has destroyed all natural life. Once a prison camp, then a secret Soviet military city, Norilsk teetered on the edge of financial and social meltdown in the early 1990's. N...
Caucasian Journey (Equestrian Travel Classics) (Travel Library)
by Negley Farson
Tolstoy On Shakespeare
by Ernest Howard Crosby, Bernard Shaw, and Leo Tolstoy
Topical areas of fundamental and applied research XXI. Vol. 2
by Spc Academic
The Baltic Sea
Nine countries border the Baltic Sea with thousands of harbors and anchorages. The information in this book is chosen for its value both for planning - preparing the yacht, choosing the most suitable route, timing, etc - and at arrival, when a general overview of each individual country is followed by specific harbor information. Where detailed cruising information is readily available - Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland - only selected harbours are covered, chosen, with a few exceptions, as...
Russia for Kids: People, Places and Cultures - Children Explore the World Books
by Baby Professor
Revolutions: Wandering and Wondering on a Sabbatical Year
by Pete Martin
There is a saying in Russian jails. Ne ver ne boysya ne prosi: don't trust, don't fear, don't beg. Don't trust because life here will always disappoint you. Don't fear because whatever you're scared of, you are powerless to prevent it. And don't beg because nobody ever begged their way out of a Russian prison cell. The plan was to attach a Greenpeace pod to Gazprom's platform and launch a peaceful protest against oil being pumped from the icy waters of the Arctic. However, heavily armed comman...
Stumbling Through Russia (Stumbling Through Life, #2)
by Sandra Holmes
A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators and oligarch revolutionaries. This is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, where life is seen as a whirling, glamorous masquerade where identities can be swi...
When German journalist Jens Muhling met Juri, a Russian television producer selling stories about his homeland, he was mesmerized by what he heard: the real Russia and Ukraine were more unbelievable than anything he could have invented. The encounter changed Muhling's life, triggering a number of journeys to Ukraine and deep into the Russian heartland on a quest for stories of ordinary and extraordinary people. Away from the bright lights of Moscow, Muhling met and befriended a Dostoevskian cast...
Chinese New Year (Russian - English Multilingual Pictionary)
by Lina K Lapina
Russia - Culture Smart! (Culture Smart!) (Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture)
by Anna King
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successfu...
Moscow (DK Eyewitness Travel Guides) (AA Citypacks)
by Christopher Rice and Melanie Rice
A pocket-sized city guide with a large-scale street map. "AA CityPacks" are specially designed for the short break city visitor. Organise your time with recommended day itineraries, walks and excursions. The Top 25 sights, arranged from west to east across the city, are highlighted and give you all the accompanying detail you need such as prices and opening times. The best features of the city are all described - galleries, museums, parks and much more. Information is presented in easy-reference...
Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden; During the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808
by Robert Ker Porter
