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El nuevo libro del autor de Homo viatorUn apasionante viaje repleto de arte, historia y literatura para todos los enamorados de Italia.Un hombre quiere volver a Roma. Lo hace en bicicleta desde los Alpes, cargado de equipaje. Lleva consigo miedos, ansiedad, problemas familiares: un laberinto que necesita recorrer. No es una huida, sino un encuentro. El viajero aspira a hallar la belleza en la naturaleza y en el arte, a mimetizarse con la historia de los lugares que atraviesa en su recorrido por la Via Francigena una senda de peregrinacion que unio Europa en los siglos oscuros, desde el Gran San Bernardo en la frontera suiza, pasando por el Piamonte, Lombardia, la llanura padana, los Apeninos, la Toscana, hasta la plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano.Dias de sol y piedra narra una crisis existencial como motor de un viaje, compuesto a su vez de pequeñas historias que hilvanan la trama. En cada pedalada, las reflexiones personales se van entrelazando con un muestrario sentimental herido por el pasado, el del viajero y el de Italia: la Antiguedad Clasica a traves de pasajes de la Odisea que cobran vida y ayudan al peregrino a entender la realidad que lo rodea, la ascension de Petrarca al Mont Ventoux, los dias de partisano de Primo Levi, el suicidio de Cesare Pavese, las estancias romanas de William Turner para captar la luz acuatica de sus cuadros o Roma como patria seminal. Arte, historia y literatura se dan la mano en un recorrido milenario tocado por los padecimientos de quien busca respuestas lejos de si.A las pocas lineas, descubrimos que el itinerario de Perez-Muelas es completamente distinto y que logra capturar aquello que las cartas y escritos de Goethe, Winckelmann y Freud muestran tambien: no solo una Italia interior, sino una Italia muy intima y siempre bellisima.Andre AcimanUn autentico festin para el viajero curtido, el aventurero, el amante de la historia y para quien disfruta viajando desde el sofa.Maria Belmonte

A leading travel journalists depicts and predicts the good, the bad, and the ugly about the future of travel and how we can transcend the complications of climate change, AI, and touristification in this latest addition to the FUTURES Series.In the future, tourists will strap on a VR headset that serves up information about the storefronts and cathedrals they pass, letting them "see Paris" without actually laying eyes on it. Instant-translation earbuds will mean well never have to learn the words Donde esta la biblioteca? and who needs a library or bookstore when Spanish-English dictionaries and guidebooks are obsolete?Meanwhile, thanks to AI, travelers will have an unprecedented fount of information at their disposal but how much of it can be trusted? And is it really "saving time" if AI bots are sending everyone to stand in line at already-overrun tourist spots?In the coming years, more cities and countries will take drastic measures to combat not only a flood of tourist but of a growing worldwide workforce of "location-independent professionals," enacting congestion pricing and car-free zones, and grounding budget airlines such as Ryanair (or "Ruinair," as climate activists have dubbed it) in favor of zero-emission, hydrogen-fueled train networks.In The Future of Travel, award-winning food and travel writer Daniel Maurer himself a veteran globetrotter will predict epic tugs-of-war between the travelers and the locals and what happens when technology allows entire new classes of travelers to move as far as they can, as much as they can.

Hes back! In this second instalment of Steven Froelichs Latin American odyssey, the Man Without a Plan lands in Belize, a country he knows nothing about. But Froelich has a talent for making himself at home wherever he is, amassing an impressive array of new friends in a short time some of whom can even match his penchant for being in a near-constant buzz from industrial-quantity drugs and drink.As ever, the cock-a-hoop characters Steven ingratiates himself with become his surrogate dysfunctional family. But Tracey, Devonais, Ask Bobby!, Valentino and a pack of feral kids led by the gleefully destructive Molokai soon have Steven wondering whether or not his cheerfully transactional relationships are, in fact, binding him ever more tightly in a web of scams that threatens to leave him broke and stranded in this shabby paradise. Is his paranoia justifiable, or is that just the continuous cocaine use? His response is to agree to renting an SUV and embarking all together on a road trip along the coast, taking in shantytowns, fine hotels, beaches and, at a low ebb, jail. Why do mechanics keep appearing every time the truck mysteriously fails? Why are his credit cards failing just as frequently? Whos zoomin who?Coarse, irresponsible and wilfully ignorant, Froelich is nevertheless observant and caring at heart and Belize is about the ways in which chaotic, complex human beings find community, no matter where theyre from or where theyre headed.Features twelve full-colour illustrations by Froelichs collaborator Oscar Zarate.

Fresh from a night in a Miami jail, Steven lands in Guatemala City, ready for riotous road trips fuelled by booze, cocaine and passionate curiosity about people from all walks of life.His guide? Antonio, a sweet-natured, streetwise hotel concierge who shepherds Steven through colonial Antigua, the volcanic shores of Lake Atitlan and the untamed beaches of Monterrico. Danger is never far off, but neither are laughs and theres plenty of both when Steven accompanies Antonio on a visit to his rural home village.Then theres Anabella, a glamourous, garrulous, middle-aged woman with whom Steven strikes up an unlikely friendship, accompanying her back to the capital with her family. There he mooches an open-ended stay in her gated community, which bristles with armed guards and famous eccentrics.Froelichs gonzo travelogue is a darkly hilarious, unapologetic plunge into beauty and madness, privilege and privation. With a raw, witty voice, Froelich explores the absurdities of the human condition, never letting truth get in the way of a good story.

Praise for The Path of Peace:A formidable achievement Rory StewartThoughtful [and] heartfeltObserverProfound [and] compellingSpectatorA noble endeavourNew StatesmanIn 2020, Anthony Seldon, inspired by a fallen World War I soldier who dreamed of a Via Sacra to commemorate the war dead and stand as a marker for the triumph of peace, set out on a 1,000km walk tracing the historic route of the Western Front. But there wasnt to be lasting peace, with the continent falling into an even more horrific war two decades later. In The Path of Light, Seldon walks the route from where World War I ended to Auschwitz, discovering the towns and people who resisted in the face of unbearable destruction, and ruminating on the Second World Wars legacy.

¿Hasta dónde llegarías por tu sueño? ¿Serías capaz de recorrer 16 000 kilómetros a caballo para perseguir un objetivo? Así fue como el cowboy brasileño Filipe Masetti Leite emprendió la épica aventura de partir desde Canada rumbo a Brasil, acompañado de sus tres caballos. Fueron mas de dos años, diez paises, innumerables historias y una certeza: nada volveria a ser como antes.Jinete de las Americas es el emotivo relato de una travesia tan inusual como extraordinaria, repleta de desafios, sorpresas y una inquebrantable fuerza de voluntad. La inolvidable aventura de Filipe se forja entre los peligros de los carteles de droga, la solidaridad admirable de personas y el amor incondicional de un cowboy por sus caballos.Gracias a personajes unicos y enseñanzas profundas, el lector se sentira inspirado a pensar fuera de lo convencional y luchar por sus sueños, por mas imposibles que parezcan.