Michael Kerr From Sandi Toksvig's commuter train to Alexander McCall Smith's night train; from the Indian Pacific to the Maharajas' Express; Sunrise on the Southbound Sleeper is a first-class ticket to ride... | Jeremy Poolman An epic and intimate story of life and death on Russia's greatest road: the Vladimirka |
Peter Rudiak-Gould Just one month after his twenty-first birthday, Peter Rudiak-Gould moved to Ujae, a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands located 70 miles from the nearest telephone. He spent the next... | |
Rick Stein A guide to the authentic food of Southeast Asia. It helps readers learns how to make Samlor kako, a stir-fried pork and vegetable soup flavoured with an array of spices... | Will Self; Ralph Steadman The very best of Will Self's columns for the Independent on the oddities of place, with Ralph Steadman's trademark illustrations. |
Charlie Bunce; Michael Portillo The Sunday Times Bestseller A glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people... | Chris Stewart If you're wondering what Chris Stewart did before he and Ana moved to their Spanish farm, here's one of the answers. He took to the sea, landing a job as... |
Sara Wheeler After reckoning with the ends of the earth in acclaimed books such as "Terra Incognita" and "The Magnetic North", the author rediscovered America thirty-five years after her first Greyhound trip... | Eden Weiss; BikeSnobNYC Bike snob is back with a book that takes his family on an international cycling adventure |
Jim Perrin The life-story of the British mainland's finest mountain through Jim Perrin's words. | Dervla Murphy Bombed and cut-off from normal contact with rest of the world, life in Gaza is beset with structural, medical and mental health problems, yet it is also bursting with political... |
Frank Westerman; Sam Garrett When you touch a Lipizzaner, the author was told as a child, you are touching history. This title explores the history of these creatures, an extraordinary troop of pedigree horses... | Steve Parker Scott's Last Expedition tells the story of the historic and momentous Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole, the characters who were a part of it and their incredible feats... |
Peter Whitfield The first general survey of the entire history of travel literature with illustrations reproduced from manuscripts and books in the Bodleian Library's collections. Written in a clear and accessible style... | A. A. Gill A collection of travel pieces selected from the author's monthly column in "Australian Gourmet Traveller". Touching on tourism, airports, world cuisine and countries including Madagascar, Iceland and Albania, it includes... |