Cycling Home from Siberia: 30,000 Miles, 3 Years, 1 Bicycle [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Lilwall, Rob

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ISBN 10: 1451607865 ISBN 13: 9781451607864

Casa editrice: Howard Pub Co, 2011

Riassunto

“It is late October, and the temperature is already –40 degrees . . . My thoughts are filled with frozen rivers that may or may not hold my weight; empty, forgotten valleys haunted by emaciated ghosts; and packs of ravenous, merciless wolves.”

Having left his job as a high-school geography teacher, Rob Lilwall arrived in Siberia equipped only with a bike and a healthy dose of fear.Cycling Home from Siberia recounts his epic three-and-a-half-year, 30,000-mile journey back to England via the foreboding jungles of Papua New Guinea, an Australian cyclone, and Afghanistan’s war-torn Hindu Kush. A gripping story of endurance and adventure, this is also a spiritual journey, providing poignant insight into life on the road in some of the world’s toughest corners.

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Recensione:

"An epic journey." (Bear Grylls)

“Lilwall’s story is a remarkable one . . . enhanced by the fact that he has a writer’s skill for conveying a sense of place.” (The Sunday Telegraph)

“A rite-of-passage adventure full of thrills, excitement, and endurance tests . . . If you’re a cyclist—and even if you’re not—go for this book.” (The Irish Times)

“I don't know if Rob Lilwall knows it, but he has penned a two-wheeled classic. I wanted to rise up singing and strap on my bicycle clips.” (The Guardian)

L'autore:

Born in London in 1976, Rob Lilwall studied geography at Edinburgh University and did his teacher training at Oxford University before teaching geography in an Oxfordshire Secondary School for two years. At the age of 27, that he set off on his three year Cycling Home From Siberia. He also completed a theology diploma at Oxford University. In September 2009 he married Christine Liu.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Howard Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1451607865
• ISBN 13: 9781451607864
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 399