Tato autorka je známá svými cestovatelskými eseje, které se vyznačují hlubokým porozuměním lidským kulturám a zvyklostem. Její styl psaní je poutavý a poetický, často se zaměřuje na to, jak nás cestování učí o sobě samých. Díla autorky nabízejí jedinečný pohled na svět a vyzdvihují krásu rozmanitosti lidské zkušenosti. V jejích textech se odráží bohatství jejích vlastních cest a mezinárodních zkušeností.
Adventure is a state of mind. An addiction to the unexpected, the unknown, freedom, and risk. It’s Steve McQueen driving his speeding bullets during the shooting of Le Mans; Dian Fossey with her gorillas in Rwanda; Lawrence of Arabia fascinated by the Jordanian desert; Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda crossing New Mexico on their Harleys; and Harry Potter at Hogwarts. In this book, Francisca Matteoli follows the paths of these adventurers and brings their legendary films to life, connecting each narrative with an unusual hotel. A unique and personal guidebook, full of anecdotes, information, and souvenirs.
Everyone dreams of living on an island, perhaps for just a few days, or a month, a year or even forever... Islands fascinate us and fill us with wonder. Even just thinking about an island can give people pleasure. Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman loved Stromboli. Spielberg took Indiana Jones to the jungles of Sri Lanka. Jacques Brel sang the beauty of the Marquesas Islands. Princess Margaret found peace and tranquillity in Mustique. Marlon Brando and Paul-Emile Victor made their homes in Polynesia. Richard Branson and other modern-day adventurers have actually bought the islands of their dreams, renting them out or transforming them into island-hotels. Tiny islets or vast expanses, famous or secret, lush and tropical or bare and windswept, they all attract the traveler. This is a book for dreamers, for travelers, and for anyone who wants to learn about the history of these islands and open their minds to adventure, tropical sun, jungles, lagoons, forgotten creeks and fabulous hotels.
A beautifully illustrated journey through the history of travel--and traveling in style--from one of the world's preeminent fashion brands The mid-19th and early 20th centuries heralded new means of transport and equipment and, with them, new and original ways of exploring the world. Transatlantic liners, automobiles, long-haul airplanes, zeppelins, and express trains unfurled new horizons and changed travel itself into an adventure. Distant lands were no longer solely accessible to aristocrats, explorers, and adventurers. Instead, the world opened up to new groups of people eager to circumvent the globe. And for many of these new globetrotters, traveling was synonymous with Louis Vuitton, the French label whose iconic and functional luggage trunks could be found on nearly every boat, plane, car, and train around the world. In this beautiful book, author Francisca Mattéoli recounts 50 tales of thrilling travel undertaken in every possible mode of transit, from the hot air balloon to the space shuttle, each lavishly illustrated with more than 300 historical photographs and ephemera from Louis Vuitton's official archives. Louis Vuitton: Extraordinary Voyages is a journey all its own--an evocative and transporting account of the most surprising and transformative trips taken since the 19th century.
Eine faszinierende Expedition zu den sagenumwobenen Orten dieser Welt Eine Karte, etwas Proviant und ringsherum nur Wildnis. Eindrucksvoll lässt uns dieses Buch nachempfinden, was Entdecker vergangener Jahrhunderte erlebt haben. Auf den Spuren wagemutiger Abenteurer und Wissenschaftler beschreibt Francisca Mattéoli die Wiederentdeckung sagenumwobener Orte und Stätten wie Angkor Wat, Machu Picchu oder Petra. Auch um Landschaften und Naturphänomene wie etwa die Route 66, den Mekong oder das eisige Grönland ranken sich Mythen und Geschichten, die die Autorin fesselnd beschreibt. Mattéoli, die als Reisejournalistin selbst die entlegensten Winkel der Welt besuchte, hat 20 dieser faszinierenden Orte, Landschaften und Routen ausgewählt und erzählt ihre Geschichten anhand historischer Karten. In ganzseitigen Abbildungen illustrieren diese Karten nicht nur die Entdeckungs- und Entstehungsgeschichten der jeweiligen Orte, sondern visualisieren auch die Sagen und Legenden, die sich darum ranken. Karten: Mythen & Geschichten lässt das Herz all derer höherschlagen, die sich für Reisen, historische Karten und sagenhafte Orte begeistern.
