Irmengard Gabler war nach dem Studium der Anglistik und Romanistik in Eichstätt und London einige Jahre als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für romanische Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Eichstätt tätig. Seit 1993 übersetzt sie Belletristik und Sachbücher aus dem Englischen, Französischen und Italienischen (u.a. Cristina Campo, Serena Vitale, Philippe Blasband, Christopher J. Sansom, John Dickie, Adam Higginbotham). Die Übersetzerin lebt in München.
54 Ebooks by Pico Iyer
Bernard Diederich: Seeds of Fiction
In 1965, Graham Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier. They were accompanied by an activ …
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Paul Relis: Out of the Wasteland
In Out of the Wasteland, founding Executive Director of the Community Environmental Council Paul Relis takes us on a journey of the environmental frontier, from the heady days of the birth of environ …
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€15.99
Don George: The Way of Wanderlust
As a professional travel writer and editor for the past 40 years, Don George has been paid to explore the world. Through the decades, his articles have been published in magazines, newspapers, and we …
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€16.99
Donald Richie: The Inland Sea
One of the finest travel memoirs ever written, with a new Introduction and Afterword. …
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€16.99
Pico Iyer: Die Kunst des Innehaltens
Über den LUXUS der Entschleunigung In einer Welt voller Angebote und Möglichkeiten stellt sich der bekannte Essayist und Autor Pico Iyer dem letzten großen Abenteuer: der Kunst des Innehaltens, der E …
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€8.99
Pico Iyer: Falling Off The Map
The author of Video Night in Kathmandu ups the ante on himself in this sublimely evocative and acerbically funny tour through the world’s loneliest and most eccentric places. From Iceland to Bhutan t …
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€24.52
Pico Iyer: Art of Stillness
A follow up to Pico Iyer’s essay ‘;The Joy of Quiet, ‘ The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of staying put and reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, t …
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€9.38
Rohinton Mistry: Fine Balance
A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistrys stunning internationally acclaimed bestseller, is set in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of politi …
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€38.66
Paul Quenon: In Praise of the Useless Life
Winner of two 2019 Catholic Press Association Awards: Memoir (First Place) and Cover Design (Second Place). Monastic life and its counter-cultural wisdom come alive in the stories and lessons of Br. …
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€21.70
Pico Iyer: Calea deschisă. Călătoria în jurul lumii a celui de-al XIV-lea Dalai Lama
De mai bine de trei decenii, Pico Iyer, unul dintre cei mai apreciați autori de cărți de călătorie, este prieten cu Dalai Lama. Pe parcursul acestor ani, prin intermediul unor conversații intime, a a …
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Romanian
€4.92
Pico Iyer: Man within My Head
Ever since he first read Graham Greene, Pico Iyer has been obsessed by the figure of the writer and by one of the great themes of Greene’s work: what it means to be an outsider. Wherever he has trave …
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€12.84
Pico Iyer: A nyugalom művészete
„A zavaró körülmények korában nincs nagyobb luxus, mint a koncentrált figyelem. Az állandó mozgás korában nincs fontosabb, mint a csendes üldögélés.” A csendes üldögélés lehet a legnagyobb kaland az …
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€4.15
Iyer Pico Iyer: Open Road
One of the most acclaimed and perceptive observers of globalism and Buddhism now gives us the first serious consideration – for Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike – of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s work a …
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€15.45
Pico Iyer: The Man Within My Head
From one of our most astute observers, a haunting and unexpected investigation of the many voices he carries inside himself ”The Man Within My Head is one of a handful of magical books that I have …
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€9.22
Pico Iyer: A Beginner”s Guide to Japan
Winner of the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year 2020 How does a sushi bar explain a Japanese poem? Why do Japanese couples plan matching outfits for their honeymoon? Why are so many things in …
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€11.31
Pico Iyer: Autumn Light
We cherish things, Japan has always known, precisely because they cannot last; it”s their frailty that adds sweetness to their beauty. Returning to his home in Japan after his father-in-law”s sudde …
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€13.31
Magdalena Solé: Cuba hasta siempre
Magdalena Solé first visited Cuba in 2011 and has returned every year since, enchanted by the place and the people who live in this slender stretch of land. Her photographs reveal the stirrings of tr …
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€24.99
Magdalena Sole: Cuba hasta siempre
Magdalena Sole first visited Cuba in 2011 and has returned every year since, enchanted by the place and the people who live in this slender stretch of land. Her photographs reveal the stirrings of tr …
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€31.91
Laozi & Brian Bruya: Dao De Jing
From bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai, a delightfully illustrated version of the classic work of Daoist philosophy C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chine …
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€25.99
Ronald Wright: Time Among the Maya
The Maya created one of the most dazzling civilizations on earth, famed for its art, astronomy, mathematics and mythology, and its deep, metaphysical fascination with the mystery of time. Though it c …
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€10.00
William Boyd & Candice Carty-Williams: Gifts of Reading
With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie …
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€3.99
John Berendt & Dave Eggers: Lonely Planet An Innocent Abroad
More than 20 well-known writers and celebrities share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives. Contributors include Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Pico Iyer, John B …
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€10.31
Wickham Boyle & Tim Cahill: Lonely Planet By the Seat of My Pants
Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Humorous tales of travel and misadventure.Lonely Planet knows that some of life’s funniest experiences happen on the road. Whether they take …
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€10.25
Lonely Planet & TC Boyle: Lonely Planet The Lonely Planet Travel Anthology
Lonely Planet: The world”s leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldo …
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€11.55
Paula Huston: The Hermits of Big Sur
Between World War II and Vatican II, as Italy struggled to rebuild after decades of Mussolini’s fascism, an eleventh-century order of contemplative monks in the Apennines were urged by Thomas Merton …
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€22.99
Pico Iyer: Japan für Anfänger
»Seit über dreißig Jahren lebe ich im Westen Japans, und zu meinem großen Entzücken weiß ich heute deutlich weniger als bei meiner Ankunft.« Folgerichtig zählt sich auch Pico Iyer, einer der großen R …
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German
€18.99
Pico Iyer: Autumn Light
Returning to his long-time home in Japan after a sudden death, Pico Iyer picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites: going to the post office, watching the maples begin to blaze, engaging …
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€12.79
Pico Iyer: Beginner’s Guide to Japan
After thirty-two years in Japan, Pico Iyer can use everything from anime to Oscar Wilde to show how his adopted home is both hauntingly familiar and the strangest place on earth. He draws on readings …
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€15.43
Pico Iyer: Half Known Life
Paradise: that elusive place where the anxieties, struggles, and burdens of life fall away. Most of us dream of it, but each of us has very different ideas about where it is to be found. For some it …
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€25.41
Thomas Swick: Falling into Place
From Booklists Starred Review: [Swick] keenly and empathically observes the world, bringing both a relatably human approach and learned appreciation for the art of travel and of life.Working as a fea …
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€31.70
Jeremy Bassetti: The Hill of the Skull
In his cross-genre book The Hill of the Skull, Jeremy Bassetti takes us on a spellbinding pilgrimage to a holy mountain in the heart of the Bolivian Andes during the little-known Festival of the Virg …
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€10.99
Iyer Pico Iyer: Half Known Life
‘Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul … A masterpiece’ Elizabeth Gilbert’A work of spiritual evolution [and] inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors’ Washington Post One of …
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€11.31
Iyer Pico Iyer: Half Known Life
‘Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul … A masterpiece’ Elizabeth Gilbert’A work of spiritual evolution [and] inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors’ Washington Post One of …
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€11.26
John BURDETT & Colin Cotterill: Bangkok Noir
Par-delà le sourire thaï et le waï plein de grâce, s’étend un paysage ravagé par la violence, un monde où le fait de perdre la face et le jeu des rivalités entraînent presque toujours une issue fatal …
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€12.82
John BURDETT & Colin Cotterill: Bangkok Noir
Par-delà le sourire thaï et le waï plein de grâce, s’étend un paysage ravagé par la violence, un monde où le fait de perdre la face et le jeu des rivalités entraînent presque toujours une issue fatal …
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€12.90
