goWare, the digital publishing house that publishes ebooks, books and apps for mobile devices, is making a very special promotion available to its readers for the month of March. A journey within a journey. Eight eBooks on as many countries that represent an excursus on some of the most beautiful places in the world, from Thailand to Cambodia, via New York, Tokyo, Sri Lanka, Russia, Turkey and of course Rome, with its history and tradition. Digital books that allow readers to get to know the most hidden and fascinating corners of each single place, allowing them to get to know its characteristics more deeply, going beyond the most famous tourist attractions. Here are the eight titles proposed by goWare.
Manuela Vitulli – My Thailand, Story of a deep love
On a scorching October evening, as soon as she arrives in Bangkok, Manuela discovers the meaning of Mai pen rai, an all-Thai philosophy that becomes part of her life and represents the leitmotiv of the entire book. This is how she begins her inexplicable love for Thailand told with enthusiasm chapter after chapter. From the madness of Bangkok to the nature of Koh Tao, from the calmness of Chiang Mai to the long necks of giraffe women, from profound spirituality to transgression induced by the West. The author takes us on an emotional journey in her beloved Thailand, going from the glossy image to the one without sweeteners, a Thailand full of oxymorons and not always easy to appreciate, but which she defines as the place of her soul.
Roberta Melchiorre and Fabio Bertino – Destination Russia. A ship and a cat in the tundra and other extraordinary encounters
The road ahead to Russia is long: it takes many hours by train. But there's no time to get bored: the journey is a continuous discovery and reveals the true essence of this extraordinary country through encounters with ordinary people who meet in environments that are only apparently cold but which in reality warm the heart. Destination Russia is, therefore, the story of a chain of unforgettable stories: the elderly lady traveling to a remote archipelago in search of "hope" or Yashik, with a face hollowed out by life who, beyond the Arctic Circle, tells us that comes from the north, the encounter with a cat (actually a cat) in the tundra, or with a couple of railway workers, who live their love in service on the longest railway line in the world, or with the students of a school-museum . Even the one with a pristine lake or simply with compartment mates on the train “where the whole of Russia travels”.
The authors show us through their eyes an extraordinary world, a look that manifests all the love for this boundless land, a boundless passion like Russia, capable of overcoming geographical limits and reaching to touch the soul.
Sara Caulfield – Tokyo Monogatari. Tales of an incredible city
Tokyo is not just temples and manga and this is not the usual guide that lists all the museums or all the restaurants available. It's a hand-picked selection of the best places, seen by an insider, with smart, practical advice. It is a set of suggestions for eating something truly local, for shopping and not taking home the usual souvenir, for being speechless, for trying the unusual, for not missing out on the most beautiful places.
"Tales about Tokyo", Tokyo Monogatari in fact, are a gateway to enter the Japanese capital, to get to know this incredible city, to make it the destination of a journey even if only dreamed of or to get information before an already decided departure.
Sara Caulfield – Smiles in Sri Lanka. A dip in the teardrop of the Indian Ocean
Sri Lanka is the land of smiles and the island in the shape of a teardrop. For Sara Caulfield one of the most exciting journeys.
An incredible island, suspended between modernity and tradition: majestic wonders immersed in the dense tropical jungle, endless tea plantations crowned by high mountains, wild animals, white beaches adorned with the ever-present palm trees, crystal clear sea.
A country still out of the big tourist circuits where people represent the greatest wealth.
Paola Lutzu – Elsewhere in Türkiye
Can a short stay in Turkey become a four and a half year adventure of Italian-Turkish nomadism?
The author's experience, always attentive to cultural and migratory phenomena, becomes a "life elsewhere". A migrant herself, she observes and notes what happens in her daily contact with the host country. Landscapes, habits, tastes and combinations, means and rhythms change. Certainties and reference points and social relationships change. A comparison with the cultural diversity from which you sometimes come out defeated, but more often enriched.
Luisa Maesano – Ancient Rome. Handbook of history for the traveller
Scipio, Caesar, Augustus, Nero, Marcus Aurelius… what was the secret of power in ancient Rome? And was the Republic a real democracy? How were the legions structured? Who were the slaves? What about gladiators and barbarians? What was life like in the big metropolis? AND
What caused the Empire to fall? The Vademecum is a complete synthesis of the history of Rome - from the foundation to the end of the Western Empire - and is structured in an innovative, agile and essential format. The chronological narration is punctuated by titles and short paragraphs that focus on the events and facilitate their understanding. More than 500 photos and the Google Map "Ancient Rome - Handbook" connect historical facts to the places where they really happened, making the handbook particularly functional for the exploration of archaeological Rome: a true historical guide, not just a topographical one. Furthermore, many internal links to the text allow you to quickly return to key passages in the history of Rome or to obtain more detailed information on political, military and social issues. There is no shortage of curiosities and anecdotes, but the criterion is strictly historical, never fabulous.
Federica Puccioni – Cambodia. Solo travel diary
Cambodia is where authentic Asia shows its true face. Those who visit this land with a great and suffering past make two parallel, intertwined journeys: an exploration of the places and an inner search, in the hidden and deep spaces of one's personality.
From the depths of fears and anxieties that accompany a solo journey to a distant place, the beauty and vitality of this country slowly bring the traveler back to the light.
Cambodia is a harsh land but the benevolent and reassuring smiles of its people, returning from a glorious and cruel past, make it a hospitable place. The Cambodian people are the protagonists of this "vertical" journey, full of encounters and reflections matured among the ruins of Angkor Wat and the very green countryside. The red earth of Cambodia, like clay, inspires one to seek a new self.
Guia Rossignoli – Gliding slowly over New York. A year in the Big Apple between music, books and museums
Alternating moments of disorientation and great enthusiasm, the author takes the reader to the Big Apple, sharing with self-irony the little daily vicissitudes of a long journey that will make you experience the "New Yorkness". Between the search for unobtainable make-up removers and the cadenced trips to the laundry, the fortuitous meetings with sulky beauticians and the hairdresser next door, with worried clochards and know-it-all herbalists, you will discover an unexpectedly smiling world.
New York, from a treasure trove of endless artistic, sporting and musical activities, becomes the setting for reflections on the conception of work and time, on our origins, on cultural differences. You have to glide slowly, because in reality the wonderful City is no joke.
