Where the Wild Winds Are

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EAN:9781857886566
Walking Europe's Winds from the Pennines to Provence

Připravovaná novinka. Expedujeme do dvou pracovních dnů po vydání.

Dostupnost: NOVINKA připravovaná
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Anotace
Nick Hunt sets off on an unlikely quest: to follow four of Europe's winds across the continent.His wind-walks begin on Cross Fell, the highest point of the Pennines, as he chases the roaring Helm - the only named wind in Britain. In southern Europe he follows the Bora - a bitter northerly that blows from Trieste through Slovenia and down the Croatian coast. His hunt for the 'snow-eating' Foehn becomes a meandering journey of exhilaration and despair through the Alpine valleys of Switzerland, and his final walk traces an ancient pilgrims' path in the south of France on the trail of the Mistral - the 'wind of madness' which animated and tormented Vincent Van Gogh.These are journeys into wild wind, but also into wild landscapes and the people who inhabit them - a cast of meteorologists, storm chasers, mountain men, eccentric wind enthusiasts, sailors and shepherds. Soon Nick finds himself borne along by the very forces he is pursuing, through rain, blizzards, howling gales, and back through time itself. For, where the wild winds are, there are also myths and legends, history and hearsay, science and superstition - and occasionally remote mountain cabins packed with pickles, cured meats and homemade alcohol.Where the Wild Winds Are is a beautiful, unconventional travelogue that makes the invisible visible.
Informace o sortimentu
Podnázev Walking Europe's Winds from the Pennines to Provence
Druh sortimentu Kniha
Autor Nick Hunt
Značka N. Brealey Publishing
Rok vydání 2017
Pořadí vydání 1. vydání
Vazba Pevná bez přebalu lesklá
Počet stran 258
ISBN 1857886569
EAN 9781857886566
Interní kód 0246295
Produktový manažer Jana Knopová (jana.knopova@knihcentrum.cz)
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