View in EDS PDF Full Text ePub Full Text

Europe @ 2.4 Km/h

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Europe @ 2.4 Km/h
Description: Europe was the first continent to win a name for itself, and is the smallest of them all. So it should be easy to comprehend and its people should share a common outlook, right? Wrong. In his second book, wheelchair traveller Ken Haley crosses the Continent the long way round - from Russia to Portugal via the Arctic - and finds that Europeans are an endangered species. At the stately pace of 2.4 km/h the author is not out to break too many speed records, and takes comfort in the self-delusion that the slower he goes, the more he sees. While searching for true Europeans, Haley is embroiled in adventures that range from sharing a house with bank robbers in Norway to taking on the house at Monte Carlo. He also turns detective and discovers unsettling truths about his own European family. From the Arctic in summer to the Mediterranean in winter, Haley is always pushing against the grain, but his reward lies in meeting some of the most distinctive, charming and outrageous characters imaginable. By turns funny, serious, whimsical and witty, Haley's account of the Europeans, a people who seem to think Europe is somewhere else, will lead you on a twelve-nation tour de force - covering 26,000 km by train, bus, plane and ship - into the heart of Europe.
Authors: Haley, Ken
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Journalists--Australia--Biography, People with paraplegia--Australia--Biography
Categories: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, TRAVEL / Europe / Western
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
FullText Links:
  – Type: ebook-pdf
  – Type: ebook-epub
Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: nlebk
DbLabel: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
An: 438615
RelevancyScore: 1038
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: eBook
PubTypeId: ebook
PreciseRelevancyScore: 1037.72192382813
IllustrationInfo
ImageInfo – Size: thumb
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$438615$PDF&s=r
– Size: medium
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$438615$PDF&s=d
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Europe @ 2.4 Km/h
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Description
  Group: Ab
  Data: Europe was the first continent to win a name for itself, and is the smallest of them all. So it should be easy to comprehend and its people should share a common outlook, right? Wrong. In his second book, wheelchair traveller Ken Haley crosses the Continent the long way round - from Russia to Portugal via the Arctic - and finds that Europeans are an endangered species. At the stately pace of 2.4 km/h the author is not out to break too many speed records, and takes comfort in the self-delusion that the slower he goes, the more he sees. While searching for true Europeans, Haley is embroiled in adventures that range from sharing a house with bank robbers in Norway to taking on the house at Monte Carlo. He also turns detective and discovers unsettling truths about his own European family. From the Arctic in summer to the Mediterranean in winter, Haley is always pushing against the grain, but his reward lies in meeting some of the most distinctive, charming and outrageous characters imaginable. By turns funny, serious, whimsical and witty, Haley's account of the Europeans, a people who seem to think Europe is somewhere else, will lead you on a twelve-nation tour de force - covering 26,000 km by train, bus, plane and ship - into the heart of Europe.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Haley%2C+Ken%22">Haley, Ken</searchLink>
– Name: TypePub
  Label: Resource Type
  Group: TypPub
  Data: eBook.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subjects
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Journalists--Australia--Biography%22">Journalists--Australia--Biography</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22People+with+paraplegia--Australia--Biography%22">People with paraplegia--Australia--Biography</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectBISAC
  Label: Categories
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22LANGUAGE+ARTS+%26+DISCIPLINES+%2F+Journalism%22">LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22TRAVEL+%2F+Europe+%2F+Western%22">TRAVEL / Europe / Western</searchLink>
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=438615
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Classifications:
      – Code: 070.92
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
      – Code: 914.045612
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Journalists--Australia--Biography
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: People with paraplegia--Australia--Biography
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Europe @ 2.4 Km/h
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Haley, Ken
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Haley, Ken
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2011
            – D: 04
              M: 02
              Type: profile
              Y: 2014
          Identifiers:
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9781862549173
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781743050774
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781743050750
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Europe @ 2.4 Km/h
              Type: main
ResultId 1