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As Crônicas de Viagem de Alberto Pimentel são uma coletânea de relatos que capturam as experiências, descobertas e reflexões do autor durante suas andanças pelo mundo. Com um estilo literário que com

O livro "Itinerário da viagem, que fez a Jerusalem o M.R.P" de Francisco Guerrero é uma obra que combina relato de experiências pessoais com um profundo conhecimento geográfico e cultural das terras

In "Up the Moselle," George Carless Swayne delivers a richly textured narrative interwoven with intricate descriptions of the Moselle River region, where lush landscapes meet deep historical currents. The book combines elements of travel writing, memoir, and geography to create an evocative portrait that highlights SwayneAos keen observation and lyrical prose. As the author navigates the riverAos meanders, he captures not only the physical beauty of the surroundings but also the cultural and historical narratives that shape the places along its banks, placing the reader in dialogue with the regionAos past and present. Swayne, a noted geographer and traveler, brings an academic rigor to his reflections, stemming from his extensive studies of the interplay between landscape and society. His experiences traveling throughout Europe, particularly along the Moselle, have imbued him with a profound appreciation for the interconnectedness of geography and culture. This personal resonance and scholarly background inform the narrative, revealing the deep personal significance the region holds for him. "Up the Moselle" is a compelling read for anyone interested in the nuances of travel literature and the impact of geography on personal and collective narratives. SwayneAos expert blend of observation and insight invites readers to embark on their own journey of exploration, both geographically and intellectually.

This volume contains an account of a pedestrian tour by Mr. Collins in Cornwall, a county to which railways had not yet penetrated at his time. Leaving Plymouth behind him, the author, and his artist friend, Mr. Brandling, threaded the county from St. Germains to the Lizard and the Lands-End; visiting the most remarkable places, whether of art or nature, and whether the natural attractions were of the quietly beautiful, the desolate, or the magnificent kind. Mr. Collins, as a pedestrian, was of necessity thrown much among the people; and he has picked up many traits of their character, as well as some curious traditions. There are also matters of a more utilitarian cast, but popularly treatedas a mine, the pilchard fishery, an economical survey of the condition of the poor.

Here Mr. Howells reintroduces the charming couple whose honeymoon was described in one of the authors most delightful books, "Their Silver Wedding Journey." Through Hamburg, Karlsbad, Nuremberg, Weimar, Berlin, Frankfort and Dusseldorf and along the banks of the Rhine the gifted literary necromancer conducts the reader through the eyes of his pleasant middle-aged travelers as they wend their leisurely way through parts of Europe as it was a good many years before the First World War.

In this book of travels Mr. Howells relates the incidents and impressions of his trip through Spain. In a leisurely, discursive fashion he notes what most appealed to him as he journeyed from San Sebastian through Burgos, Madrid, Toledo, Cordova, Seville to Granada, Ronda, Algecirus, and Tarifa. Like a glorified cinemacolor film, he passes in review Spanish scenery, the architecture of cathedrals and palaces; theatres and hotels; picturesque street-scenes, Moorish remains; the King and Queen; beggars and guides; gypsies and donkeys. And back of all this living present, adding richness to the scene like a figured tapestry, is the romantic history of Spains past.

To travel with Mr. Howells would indeed be the perfection of journeying, and it is hard to suppress a pang of envy for any friend whom he happens to refer to as his companion. But, fortunately, Mr. Howells has that grace with his pen which includes himself among the realities he presents, and makes the illusion of listening to him, instead of reading, quite easy. In "Seven English Cities" he is as gossipy and entertaining as ever. Liverpool, Manchester, and Sheffield receive his first attention ; and he insists that in spite of the cavalier treatment these places usually receive from travelers, they are " worthy to be seen and known." A doubt with regard to Liverpool may still linger in the mind of the reader, for Mr. Howells scarcely justifies anything in it except St. Georges Hall ; but that may be only because, as he says, most of his memories of the place have been acquired since his visit. Or it may be because he is too much occupied in holding up the mirror to the " fond behavior of arriving Americans." But Manchester, with its parks, old-fashioned mansions, and dignified public buildings, and Sheffield, with its " dead forest " of chimneys, its Dukeries, and its Manor pathetic with memories of Mary Queen of Scots, evidently deserve his plea. York, however, holds him longest. Here he is haunted less by the " clutter of incidents " of English history than by Roman associations, and " never can get enough " of the windows of the Minster. Marston Moor eluded him, but he was compensated by " the civility from everyone which had so ineffectively abetted his search." After a glimpse of Dur ham, " where the medieval atmosphere is in perfect repair," he reaches Boston, a city in some respects unworthy of its New England descendant, especially in its ignorance of the places hallowed by the Pilgrims. Aberystwyth and Llandudno, Welsh watering-places with beautiful curving beaches complete the sacred number of his visitations. The Welsh he finds, not, according to their reputation, the " prize liars of the universe," but truthful although valuable, amiable, and admirably co-educated. The closing chapter on English character will cause some discussion. Are the English, as Mr. Howells thinks, really more courteous than Americans, and also more loyal, more united, and more charitable?

A companion volume to London Films, in which Mr. Howells writes of Bath, Oxford, Canterbury and other delightful English towns, with glimpses of the country in between. The author catches the true spirit and dominant tone of each locality, and he regales the reader with various little adventures along the road. Mr. Howells is especially alert for details that link English history with our own, and have a special interest for the American traveler.

In London Films Mr. Howells certainly maintains his deserved reputation. His delightful essays are characterized by a genial sympathy quite unlike any other authors of the present time. It is this sympathy with his subject that gives the charm to the book. There is a broad indefiniteness or lack of mathematical accuracy that gives a pleasing literary tone to the book. He writes of the royal family, its movements and customs, although confessing the royal family has rarely come his way. Mr. Howells is decidedly pro-British. In many respects they excel us. He calls the appearance of the English dames authorized rather than authoritative, and says the dignity of the old people of both sexes is not matched in America. In its buildings and effects London excels New York. The dress of the English girl is contrasted with that of the American. Mr. Howells finds the American girl has more chic and the English more sentiment. His preference is clearly for the sentiment. While granting the sentiment in the English girls dress to exceed the American girls, you still have the choice of whether you want all that sentiment or not. The difference in dress is certainly an expression of the general difference in English and American character. Americans in general will probably let the sentiment go. Of course, as regards style Mr. Howells stands, with some few others, at the top of the writers of today.

Miss Bellards Inspiration has a charm altogether out of proportion to its pretensions. It is no more than a novelette in dimensions, and its story is of the simplest. but displays in the telling a very delicate art. There are six people concerned Miss Ballard and her ance, the aunt and uncle with whom they spend a few days in the country, and a married couple who are their guests by chance. This couple proves to be singularly mismated, and the spectacle afforded by their bickerings so alarms the heroine that she discards her lover, lest some such future may be in store for them also. She speaks by way of explanation, about that strange sort of feeling I had that we would be like them, if we married, and that there was not room in the world for two such quarrelsome couples Later on, when the jangling pair have reached the point of imminent divorce, the rejected lover makes the following plea for a resumption of the old relations: If they are separated for good and all, dont you see that it gives us our chance? The argument is convincing, and these are the words in which the heroine describes her capitulation: The point was a very ne one, and I kept losing it; but he never did; and he held me to it, so that when he did go away, I promised him that I would think about it. I did think about it, and before morning I had a perfect inspiration. My inspiration was that when I was so helpless to reason it out for myself, I ought to leave it altogether to him, and that is why we are going to be married in the spring. This is the orthodox conclusion, if brought about by whimsical means, but we cannot escape a certain concern for the young mans future.

With that genially serious attention to minute details, that humorous circumstantiality in treating the commonplace, which we have all come to know so well and to like (or dislike) so heartily in Mr. Howells, he has filled a substantial volume with his easily-flowing narrative of a Mediterranean vacation journey, naming his book Roman Holidays and Others. The first landing of his party was made at Madeira, whence they proceeded to Gibraltar, and then to Genoa, Naples, Rome, Leghorn, Pisa, Genoa again, and Monte Carlo. The style of the narrative if it is necessary to indicate it at all is well illustrated by the opening words of the second chapter: "There is nothing strikes the traveler in his approach to the rock of Gibraltar so much as its resemblance to the trade-mark of the Prudential Insurance Company. He cannot help feeling that the famous stronghold is pictorially a plagiarism from the advertisements of that institution." Mr. Howells says of the Romans of these days that they have "a republican simplicity of manner, and I liked this better in the shop people and work people than the civility overflowing into servility which one finds among the like folk, for instance, in England."

A Little Swiss Sojourn was passed in the village of Villeneuve in the canton of Vaud, where a comfortable pension, vineyards galore, a gothic chapel, the placid lake, the snow-covered Alps, an occasional chateau (to let, furnished, for $500 a year) lent charm, dignity and ample opportunity for reminiscence to the visit of three months of which this narrative records the impressions. It is a pretty picture of an alien civilization, having certain quaint analogies with our own hard-favored rural New England, which Mr. Howells sets forth with characteristic appreciation.

To meet Mr. Howells again on his Italian rambles is like rejoining an old friend in the midst of scenes associated with the beginning of our friendship. This rich volume is a grateful recollection of the book which first gave him a place in our standard literature. Much of the old charm of Venetian Life is certainly here. The daring disregard of conventionality, the happy discovery of aspects of life un noticed by previous travelers, the artistic and novel use of illustrative side-lights, the quick insight into the characteristics of places, the unforced flow of delicate humor, the fascination of a style distinguished more by natural grace than by laborious polish, and the genial understanding between the author and the reader all these qualities reappear in the new record of travel ; and if they seem less striking than they did of old, we must remember that Mr. Howells himself is no longer a fresh sensation but a familiar favorite. Half the volume is devoted to Florence under the title of Florentine Mosaics. Mr. Howells gives us something quite unlike the ordinary impressions of a traveler. Here is neither set description of scenery and architecture, nor systematic study of life and manners ; but the author passes at will from pictures of the streets and squares and churches and palaces, to brief comments upon the people, and glowing transcriptions of dramatic episodes in Florentine history. . . . Siena is visited in the same temper, although Mr. Howells took his pleasure there with a keener zest than the well-known sights of Florence were able to afford him ; and the tour took in Pisa, Lucca, Pistoja, Prato and Fiesole, of which he writes much more briefly than of the more important cities.

The "Italian Journeys" of Mr. Howells date from the year 1864, when the author was still our Consul at Venice, and had just taken the first step in his long, honorable career as a man of letters by the publication of Venetian Life. His excursions lead him not only from Venice as far as Belmont, but also through many highways and byways of the Italian peninsula, one foot in sea and one on shore, by Parma and Mantua, Bologna and Genoa, Padua, Ferrara and Arqua, to the more familiar environment of Rome and Naples. Since all travelling, as the " sage observes, gives a return in proportion to the knowledge that a man brings to it, the value of a book of travel must depend upon the traveler; and no one needs to be reminded that this adventurer, in setting forth, was especially well equipped for the enterprise by his years in Venice, which gave him exceptional opportunity for study of the Italian language and literature. Day by day, he recorded the haps and hazards of his wandering, with the keenness of observation and delicacy of expression which already had gained for him the regard of thoughtful readers. His individuality is never lost; it is always his point of view that we acquire not the pale reflex of another mind which has glanced that way before him. He keeps throughout, unblinded by prejudice and unobscured by affectation, that clear, receptive vision which makes the intelligent American traveler one of the best in the world. But over and above this he brings to bear upon all he sees a peculiar sympathy, which is the result of long association with things Italian. He is always an American, but an acclimated American. The prospect at Arqua reminds him of the Ohio hills; that at Mantua of the Middle Mississippi; yet at the Stella dOro, in Ferrara, he can join a group of Italian soldiers, and, winning their confidence, become one with them, for the time being, in their pleasant scheme for unifying Italy by persistent elimination of local dialects from their after-dinner talk, in favor of the common language.

This edition includes the most important travel writings by the famous author:The Silverado SquattersAcross The PlainsThe Amateur EmigrantCockermouth And Keswick - A FragmentAn Autumn EffectA Winters Walk In Carrick And Galloway - A FragmentA Mountain Town In France [175] - A FragmentRandom Memories: Rosa Quo LocorumThe Ideal HouseDavos In WinterHealth And MountainsAlpine DiversionsThe Stimulation Of The AlpsRoadsOn The Enjoyment Of Unpleasant PlacesFootnotesAn Inland VoyageTravels With A Donkey In The Cevennes

This first major work of the famous author is a travelogue of his journeys to Europe. It is a form, which, as every reader knows, has been recommended by the high example and success of Mr. Irving; and, in recording only such circumstances as suit his fancy, an accomplished traveller is certainly more likely to preserve the proper measure of spirit and freshness, than when he enters on the task of preparing an elaborate and formal narrative. It must not be supposed, that, in adopting the form of Mr. Irving, Longfellow has been guilty of any other imitation. They have both entered on the same field, in different directions.The Pays a Outre-Mer was the name, by which the Holy Land was known to the pilgrims and crusaders; and the author describes himself as a pilgrim of the Land beyond the Sea. This land filled the visions of his youthful fancy, and when he first beheld its shores, it was with the same emotions, with which the wandering palmer used to hail the bounds of Palestine. It does not appear, however, that in roaming over classic ground, he felt as if he were undergoing penance; on the contrary, he seems to have pursued his journey with a tolerably cheerful spirit, and when it was fairly over, to have sat down to embody and preserve the recollection of the scenes he had passed through.

Colonel William Byrd II (28 March 1674 - 26 August 1744) was a planter, slave-owner and author from Charles City County, Virginia. He is considered the founder of Richmond, Virginia.His works are among the earliest of Virginia literature and his diaries are considered as classic documents.This diary tells about the iron mines that Ex-Governor Spotswood opened.

Colonel William Byrd II (28 March 1674 - 26 August 1744) was a planter, slave-owner and author from Charles City County, Virginia. He is considered the founder of Richmond, Virginia.His works are among the earliest of Virginia literature and his diaries are considered as classic documents.This diary shows the progress of Byrds visit to North Carolina, where Charles Eden was Governor 1713 - 1719.

In "The West from a Car Window," Richard Harding Davis encapsulates the vibrant tapestry of the American West through the eyes of a passenger on a cross-country journey. This travel narrative weaves together keen observations with an engaging prose style that is both descriptive and incisive, reflecting the spirit of exploration prevalent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Daviss work is marked by its ability to illuminate the social and geographical landscapes, while also addressing the burgeoning changes brought on by industrialization and modernization during this transformative era. Richard Harding Davis, an esteemed journalist and fiction writer of his time, was known for his ability to portray the American zeitgeist with clarity and vigor. His own adventurous spirit and deep fascination with the West undoubtedly influenced this literary endeavor. Having traveled extensively, Davis drew on his personal experiences and observations, blending them with insightful commentary that speaks to the complexities of American identity and culture during an era of great change. For readers seeking an engaging and informative exploration of the American West, "The West from a Car Window" offers a unique lens through which to view the dynamic interplay between landscape and human experience. Daviss eloquent prose invites readers to not only witness but also feel the exhilaration of travel and discovery, making this work a compelling addition to the canon of American literature.

Plenton y su equipo de investigación se verán envueltos en un rocambolesco caso y para resolverlo, deberán poner en juego su propia vida.El doctor Elmer Parker, director del Instituto de Investigaciones Parapsicologicas, acaba de hacer un descubrimiento que podria cambiar la forma en la que se identifica y castiga a los criminales en todo el mundo: esta a punto de probar que las personas que en algun momento, por accidente o enfermedad, se encuentran entre la vida y la muerte, son propensas a atraer grandes cantidades de una clase de energia asociada con la maldad, la Energia Z.Mientras tanto, en el departamento de homicidios de la policia de Chicago, el renombrado detective Matt Plenton se encuentra frente a un nuevo y complejo caso que pone a prueba su capacidad. En las ultimas horas, se ha producido una serie de asesinatos en las salas de terapia intensiva de diferentes instituciones hospitalarias de la ciudad.Plenton y su equipo seguiran las pistas que conducen a dos sospechosos: la Mafia del Este, una organizacion criminal que trafica con jovenes para convertirlas en esclavas sexuales y un medico psicotico, convencido de que Dios le ha encomendado acabar con las vidas de los moribundos.La subita y misteriosa desaparicion del Doctor Parker agrega complejidad a la tarea de Plenton, pues los indicios señalan que existe una estrecha vinculacion entre aquella desaparicion y los asesinatos de la terapia intensiva. Los acontecimientos se sucederan freneticamente.Detras de cada paso en la investigacion, Plenton y su equipo encontraran un nuevo giro que los llevara a resolver el caso de modo inesperado, aunque no sin antes poner en juego su propia vida.