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After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such bestsellers as "The Mother Tongue" and "Made in America", decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland - and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that...
This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats,...
As the late great Samuel Johnson sagely observed, 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.' When author Tom Jones found himself doing the same things week in, week out while living in England's treasured capital, he decided to heed Johnson's words and seek out a thing to do each day in London to make him fall back in love with the city. Here,...
A guide to understanding the Czechs that provides an irreverent look at the foibles of the people and the nation... Table of Contents Nationalism and Identity Character Attitudes and Values Happy Families Manners and Behaviour Leisure and Pleasure Drinking and Eating Custom and Tradition Sense of Humour Culture Systems Culture Systems Business and...
Pátrat po atmosféře pražských kaváren se vyplatí. Staropražskými kavárnami počínaje a jazzovými kavárnami konče – všechny zvou k popovídání, četbě a oddechu. Kde se nacházejí ty nejlepší kavárny, co si v nich nejraději dát a které z pražských kulturních kaváren dávno prohlášených za mrtvé žijí stále dál, o tom při šálku moka nebo turecké kávy vypráví náš...
An entertaining, anecdotal look at the origins of language and ideas in the USA. Bryson explains why two bicycle repairmen from Ohio succeeded in mastering manned flight, why the assassination of President Garfield led to the invention of air conditioning, and many other improbable but true facts.
Anglická verze publikace obsahující 1 000 námětů, jak se seznámit s úžasnými místy a cennými památkami České republiky. Je to mozaika, kterou si turista může poskládat do celkového obrázku poznání naší země. Každé heslo je...
This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history. The book was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature
Armed only with a romantic soul and a 1973 guide to communist Czechoslovakia, Rachael Weiss heads off in search of adventure, love and her Bohemian roots in this funny, flippant and fabulous story of her year of living and loving in Prague. Description I tripped across the Charles Bridge just before first light, all alone apart from a sleepy pickpocket...
All Time Out Guides are written by a team of local experts, with a unique insider perspective. They contain comprehensive arts and cultural coverage, along with hundreds of independent reviews. For every destination, our critics identify the best, the worst, the most fashionable and the most overrated.As Prague settles into the European Union club,...