Ted Simon

Simon rode a motorcycle around the world in the seventies, when such a thing was unheard of. In four years he covered 78,000 miles through 45 countries, living with peasants and presidents, in prisons and palaces, through wars and revolutions. What distinguishes this book is that Simon was already an accomplished writer. In 25 years this book has changed many lives, and inspired many to travel, including Ewan McGregor.

Jupiter's Travels

The Story of a Grand Prix Racing Season

The Chequered Year

A journalist for the London Sunday Times, Simon vividly recounts his four-year journey, by motorcycle, around the world, offering incisive observations about the people, places, and customs of four continents

Dreaming of Jupiter

mit dem Motorrad um die Welt

Jupiters Fahrt

Jupiters Travels

I viaggi di Jupiter. Il giro del mondo in motocicletta

Detective Bud Prior of Internal Affairs investigates a bizarre shakedown, part of a huge crime network. The criminal mastermind is Sergeant Rock Hassler, a bad cop. Detective Suzanne August also uncovers Hassler's evildoings during a homicide investigation. When Bud and Suzanne meet, neither can deny their attraction. Rock Hassler has built a secret empire of graft, drugs and prostitution. Hassler kidnaps young runaways from a religious cult to be prostitutes. With Bad Black Boys, a gang from Atlanta's meanest streets, as his enforcers, Hassler's criminal empire has made him millions. As Bud and Suzanne hunt Rock Hassler, they fall deeply and unavoidably in love. They share a torrid and risky love affair as the story rockets towards its terrifying conclusion.

The Faithless

Insightful, humorous and often moving, Simon recounts his 1,500-mile journey, much of it on foot, between his mother's origins in Germany and his father's roots in Romania. He enjoys a very personal entrée into the lives of those around him and learns unexpected lessons about his physical limitations. He makes surprising discoveries about his unknown father and, at the same time, attempts to grasp the reasons for the bitter conflict in Bosnia which is still raging on the edge of his trajectory.

From Germany to Romania in Search of Youth, Truth and Dad

The Gypsy in Me

A Novel

I viaggi di Jupiter

I viaggi di Jupiter. Un racconto fotografico

Dopo aver raccontato ne I viaggi di Jupiter il suo straordinario giro del mondo compiuto nel 1973 – testo divenuto classico della letteratura di viaggio e riconosciuto unanimemente come la bibbia di ogni motocicletta – Ted Simon nel 2001, all’età di sessantanove anni, ha ripercorso, questa volta in sella a una motocicletta BMW gs 2 valvole, lo stesso itinerario, attraversando quarantotto paesi e sopravvivendo miracolosamente a due gravissimi incidenti. In due anni e mezzo ha rivisitato gli stessi luoghi, riscoperto la bellezza spirituale di viaggiare da soli, riabbracciato i vecchi amici e finalmente incontrato l’amore della sua vita. Sognando Jupiter è un diario di viaggio che si legge come un romanzo d’avventura, ricco di azione e rischio, in cui ogni lettore scoprirà che il desiderio di libertà, se autentico, ci porta ad affrontare l’ignoto senza paura, a vincere gli ostacoli e a raggiungere la nostra meta. Si può arrivare ovunque, sembra dirci Ted Simon, a patto però che si trovi il coraggio di mettersi sempre in discussione, anche a settant’anni. Perché per sognare l’impossibile, non si è mai troppo vecchi. Buon viaggio.

Il giro del mondo in motocicletta trent'anni dopo

Sognando Jupiter

From the bestselling author of Jupiter's Travels and Dreaming of Jupiter comes an entertaining and inspiring new journey round Britain. Having crisscrossed the globe twice, Ted returns to the British Isles to rediscover the country of his youth. The result is a revealing portrait of modern Britain and a witty and affectionate journey back to the past, when Ted would hitchhike across the country visiting friends (and girlfriends). He returns to the site of his old school with its astonishing war time history and visits familiar haunts where he did his National Service and got his first job in newspapers. He also visits less-familiar places. Some inspire him (Winchester Cathedral). Others defeat him (a tax office in Nottingham). As he rolls through the Isles, he discovers that a great deal has changed: busier roads, bureaucracy and, worst of all, the dreaded 'Sat Nav'. But there is also much to celebrate and enjoy along the way. Packed with fascinating stories, extraordinary encounters and glorious depictions of the British countryside, Rolling through the Isles takes the reader on an unforgettable trip with a celebrated adventurer and writer.

A Journey Back Down the Roads That Led to Jupiter's Travels

Rolling Through the Isles

Riding High is packed with untold episodes from the Jupiter journey of Ted Simon's book Jupiter's Travels: his confrontations with a murderous military in Chile, his farcical arrest in India, bizarre customs in Thailand and Malaysia, his hilarious entanglements with a bottle of bad Dubonnet in Ecuador, and many more. Simon contrasts them with the touching and turbulent events that followed his return to domesticity, and explains what became of him in 'life after travel.'

Riding High

A rancher's stubborn refusal to be flooded out by the Army Corps of Engineers led him to mount an extraordinary crusade against California's most powerful forces of the time--the 60s water lobby. He created a new environmental coalition, helped save the wild rivers of the north coast, and vitally affected the future water policies of the state.

Saving Round Valley, A Pivotal Chapter in California’s Water Wars

The River Stops Here

Ted Simon is the author of the classic travel book JUPITER'S TRAVELS. It documents his four-year journey round the world by motorbike, travelling through Europe, Africa, South and North America, and Asia. A number one bestseller in the late 1970s, it is still regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle books - indeed, one of the greatest travel books - ever written. In 2001, at the age of 69, Ted Simon decided to retrace his journey, and DREAMING OF JUPITER is the result. It took him two and a half years - during which time he revisited all the countries he had travelled through in the 1970s. He found much had changed, and he reflects upon the increased poverty, political upheavals, environmental issues and indeed the changes in himself. But ultimately, DREAMING OF JUPITER is a hugely inspiring read with a positive message at its heart - that even at the age of 70 you can still set off on an adventure, and be surprised and excited by what life throws at you along the way.

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