Archipelagos

Archipelago , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 544min

When a flood destroys Gavin Weald's home, tearing apart his family and his way of life, he doesn't know how to continue. A year later, he returns to his rebuilt home and tries to start again. But when the new rainy season arrives, so do his daughter's nightmares about the torrents, and life there become unbearable. So father and daughter - and their dog - embark upon a voyage to make peace with the waters. Their journey will take them far from their Caribbean island home, into other unknown harbours, and eventually, across a massive ocean. They will sail through archipelagos, encounter the grandeur of the sea, and meet with the challenges and surprises of the natural world. A miraculous future lies ahead of them; unknown territories are waiting to be discovered. But it will take more than an ocean to put the memory of the flood behind them.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Siân Thomas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/006018/bk_bbcw_006018_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Zanzibar

Chris McIntyre is managing director of a UK travel company, Expert Africa, specializing in southern Africa. A regular traveler throughout the region, he is the author of Bradt's Namibia, Zambia, and Botswana guides. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a tourism consultant to the Department for International Development. Following an adventurous childhood in Zambia and Saudi Arabia, Susan McIntyre has spent the last two decades promoting responsible global travel, both as a PR and marketing consultant, specialising in travel and tourism, and as an author and journalist. From Indian Ocean diving to cutting-edge conservation; practical community development to family travel and off-grid adventures, Susie is dedicated to thorough, on-the-ground research and works tirelessly to ensure the complexities of these archipelagos are accurately represented. Well-known and respected on these islands, Susie McIntyre is both candid and enthusiastic about their charm.When not traipsing round tropical isles, Susie lives in the English countryside with her husband and fellow Africa aficionado, Chris McIntyre, and their adventurous young children. Together they all spend a significant amount of time travelling and researching in Africa to get their fix of th

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Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 842min

Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States, New York Times best-selling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature. As the Mediterranean shaped the classical world and the Atlantic connected Europe to the New World, the Pacific Ocean defines our tomorrow. With China on the rise, so, too, are the American cities of the West Coast, including Seattle, San Francisco, and the long cluster of towns down the Silicon Valley. Today the Pacific is ascendant. Its geological history has long transformed us - tremendous earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis - but its human history, from a Western perspective, is quite young, beginning with Magellan's 16th-century circumnavigation. It is a natural wonder whose most fascinating history is currently being made. In telling the story of the Pacific, Simon Winchester takes us from the Bering Strait to Cape Horn, from the Yangtze River to the Panama Canal, and to the many small islands and archipelagos that lie in between. He observes the fall of a dictator in Manila, visits aboriginals in Northern Queensland, and is jailed in Tierra del Fuego, the land at the end of the world. His journey encompasses a trip down the Alaska Highway, a stop at the isolated Pitcairn Islands, a trek across South Korea, and a glimpse of its mysterious northern neighbor. Winchester's personal experience is vast and his storytelling second to none. And his historical understanding of the region is formidable, making Pacific a paean to this magnificent sea of beauty, myth, and imagination that is transforming our lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Winchester. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/004801/bk_harp_004801_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Climates. Habitats. Envi

Artists and writers go beyond disciplinary boundaries and linear histories to address the fight for environmental justice, uniting the Asia-Pacific vantage point with international discourse.Modeling the curatorial as a method for uniting cultural production and science, Climates. Habitats. Environments. weaves together image and text to address the global climate crisis. Through exhibitions, artworks, and essays, artists and writers transcend disciplinary boundaries and linear histories to bring their knowledge and experience to bear on the fight for environmental justice. In doing so, they draw on the rich cultural heritage of the Asia-Pacific, in conversation with international discourse, to demonstrate transdisciplinary solution-seeking.Experimental in form as well as in method, Climates. Habitats. Environments. features an inventive book design by mono.studio that puts word and image on equal footing, offering a multiplicity of media, interpretations, and manifestations of interdisciplinary research. For example, botanist Matthew Hall draws on Ovid s Metamorphoses to discuss human-plant interpenetration; curator and writer Venus Lau considers how spectrality consumes and is consumed in animation and film, literature, music, and cuisine; and critical theorist and filmmaker Elizabeth Povinelli proposes Water Sense as a geontological approach to the question of our connected and differentiated existence, informed by the ancestral catastrophe of colonialism. Artists excavate the natural and cultural DNA of indigo, lacquer, rattan, and mulberry; works at the intersection of art, design, and architecture explore The Posthuman City ; an ongoing research project investigates the ecological urgencies of Pacific archipelagos. The works of art, the projects, and the majority of the texts featured in the book were commissioned by NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore.Copublished with NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore

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Discovering the Real Beauty of Cuba , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 44min

Cuba is more than just an exploration of culture, tourism, and people. It's actually an excellent place to visit when it comes to historical significance from past to present, for generations to come. For instance, Cuban society is rich in influences, although Cuban customs greatly vary, which is dependent on certain cultural influences. This country is in fact located in the stunning Caribbean that comprises the mainland of Cuba called Isla de la Juventud, along with other archipelagos. Havana is actually the capital of Cuba and is known to be the largest city. On the nearby islands, you will see the Caicos Islands, Turks, and Bahamas on the northeastern part while the US is seen from the northern part of Cuba. Haiti is on the southeastern part, Jamaica and Cayman Islands on the south, and Mexico to the west. The country was also dwelled in by Amerindian clans prior to Christopher Columbus' landing in 1492. Yet, Cuba continued to serve as a settlement for Spaniards until the onset of 1898's Spanish-American War. Consequently, it achieved "nominal independence" as a US colony in the year 1902. The flimsy state suffered radical politics as well as social conflict despite the efforts of the people to strengthen their democratic system. Hence, Cuba was run by Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship in 1952. Up to date, with the increasing popularity of this tourist destination in the beautiful island of the Caribbean, Cuba strives to offer a great relaxation and a vacation paradise to those who want to fulfill an ultimate escapade with the entire family. For people who love to explore the beauty of the Caribbean peninsula, this is the best place to visit for an unforgettable holiday experience. In terms of economy, Cubans actually enjoy a stable economic status as of today due to the growing popularity of the island to local and foreign visitors. Also, the universal healthcare system of Cuba has been considered by many as an absolute triumph. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sangita Chauhan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/055005/bk_acx0_055005_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Representations of the West Nordic Isles

Following the "discovery" of the new world, travellers, explorers, whale hunters, missionaries and scholars were inspired by sovereigns and religious authorities to choose other ways in the unexplored Far North. The first-hand knowledge from the Arctic communicated by travellers since the 17th century in their travel diaries was precious, triggering new ideas about man and nature during the European Enlightenment. Travels to the North Atlantic Region brought new knowledge about islands and archipelagos like Greenland and Spitzbergen, which were considered as being one up until the 18th century, as well as Iceland and the Faroe Islands on the way to the Far North.The travel narratives dedicated to those islands have purposed different, even opposite representations of space, culture and nature. The essays in this volume discuss several of these narratives from the earliest reports to the 19th century, when these various representations were then to become a reference for touristic exploration of the Artic.This volume makes an important contribution to travel writing research, the history of the West Nordic Isles, and the creation, dissemination and transformations of knowledge about this distant part of Europe.Nach der "Entdeckung" der Neuen Welt wurden Reisende, Entdecker, Walfänger, Missionare und Gelehrte von weltlichen Herrschern und religiösen Autoritäten dazu inspiriert, neue Wege im unerforschten hohen Norden zu wählen. Das Wissen über die Arktis, das Reisende seit dem 17. Jahrhundert aus erster Hand in Reisetagebüchern kommunizierten, war wertvoll und löste während der europäischen Aufklärung neue Ideen über Mensch und Natur aus. Reisen in den Nordatlantik brachten neue Erkenntnisse über Inseln und Archipele wie Grönland und Spitzbergen, die bis zum 18. Jahrhundert als eins galten, sowie über Island und die Färöer auf dem Weg in den hohen Norden.Die diesen Inseln gewidmeten Reiseerzählungen haben unterschiedliche, sogar gegensätzliche Darstellungen von Raum, Kultur und Natur hervorgebracht. Die Beiträge in diesem Band diskutieren einige dieser Erzählungen, von den frühesten Berichten bis zu solchen aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, in dem sie als Referenz für die touristische Erforschung der Arktis dienten.Der Band leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Reiseberichtsforschung, zur Geschichte der Inseln im nördlichen Atlantik sowie zur Entstehung, Verbreitung und Transformation von Wissen über diesen fernen Teil Europas.

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