The complete edition of Sylvia Plath's prose including much unpublished and previously uncollected material

In 1929 the author went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This book is an account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life.

Award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeys across Europe exploring Europe's epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland to the Nibelungenlied, and their impact on European identity in these turbulent times.

Op haar achtentwintigste besloot sterrenchef en recherchepsycholoog Tamar Valkenier afstand te doen van al haar bezittingen en haar veilige leven. Ze koos voor het avontuur. Twee jaar lang fietste ze de wereld rond. Eerst in het 'veilige' Europa en daarna almaar verder. Ze reisde vier maanden door Mongolië met haar paard, kameel en hond en liep 600 kilometer door Jordanië.

Met Miriam Lancewood, bekend van 'Mijn leven in de wildernis' doorkruiste Tamar het hooggebergte van Nieuw-Zeeland, ter...