Descended from Mughal nobility, Akhtar al-Nisa Begum Nawab Sarbuland Jung grew up in Hyderabad in southern India, where ......more
Descended from Mughal nobility, Akhtar al-Nisa Begum Nawab Sarbuland Jung grew up in Hyderabad in southern India, where ......more
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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas--until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through "liv......more
A vivid look at the ten key people who are maintaining some of the world’s oldest and rarest cultural traditions. Eliot ......more
Across Europe to Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and onward to Siberia, Japan and Australia, this is a work that is rich in many......more
Joe Roberts stayed for five months with the Trivedi family in Bangalore, while traveling all over southern India. In Pon......more
After eight years working in Japan, immersing herself in its language and literature, Lesley Chan Downer set off in the ......more
A newly expanded edition of the beloved Paris in Winter absorbs readers into magic of the City of Light, showcasing its ......more
In these literary travel essays, twenty-six writers from across North America share journeys back to their motherlands a......more
This beautiful and deeply personal book blends memoir and biography with literary criticism to offer a new perspective o......more
Fully-illustrated, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world. IN......more
With heart, humor, and razor-sharp observation, this intimate and incisive memoir traces the journey of a Black, queer w......more
Jamey Glasnovic’s meandering journey to find solace in a chaotic world has already led him across three continents. Now,......more
A personal investigation into the real price of our holidays. Travel was once a marker of sophistication. Now the touris......more
Curious Travellers: Writing the Welsh Tour, 1760-1820 provides the first extensive literary study of British tours of Wa......more
Stories Left in Stone: Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain is an in-depth journey into the lives, histories, and art of ......more
From the acclaimed authors of A Year in the Wilderness, an extraordinary account of a 12,000-mile, human-powered journey......more
Voyages is a celebration of the joys of adventure in places of breathtaking and pristine natural beauty. From paraglidin......more
Take the trip of a lifetime through poetry, journalism, historical fact, and science fiction with this daily anthology o......more
- A highly coveted classic - Written by Frank Norman and abundantly illustrated with Jeffrey Bernard’s photos - Candid s......more
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Fully-illustrated, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world. IN......more
A full-color guide to the monuments and landscape of Upper Egypt, now fully revised and updated by leading Egyptologist ......more
’The Apennines are Italy’ exclaimed The Examiner two centuries ago, yet this unique region and its striking literary and......more
From one of Mexico’s most exciting young writers, a cosmopolitan and candid essay collection exploring life in cities ac......more
Tom Rosenthal is a solo-living, daily-Deliverooing, Uber-to-everywhereing, screen-addicted, community-contact-avoidant h......more
Essays that blend nature writing with memoir. On a wild and windswept stretch of the Durham coastline, there’s treasure ......more
Julius Euting, an epigraphist, artist, avid hiker, nature-lover, and intrepid explorer, lived a life of wonder, discover......more
Native Texan: Stories from Deep in the Heart is a lively and personal tour of small town and big city Texas in search of......more
Deeply Personal Stories from Famous Scottish Names More than a photography book. Transport yourself to beautiful, meanin......more
A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 BestsellerA Waterstones Travel Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year W......more
A richly illustrated collection that maps twenty historical journeys. Adventures in Maps features twenty awe-inspiring j......more
The history and cultures of Wales via stops along the A470. To see the whole of Wales, from cosmopolitan Cardiff in the ......more
This is the essential guide to the north of Scotland. This book is full of practical information to get the most out of ......more
The hilarious bestselling travel book that journeys round areas made famous by Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast ’One of those......more
The Station follows three high-spirited young men as they visit twenty monasteries on Mount Athos in 1927. They examine ......more
From a wry, insightful, and very funny new voice, here is one woman’s peripatetic search for home, from Kashmir to Engla......more
Aged 69, Peter Murtagh decided it was time to embark on ’the great retirement project’ - riding a motorbike from Tierra ......more
Of Canoes and Crocodiles is a story of adventure in the remote and threatened landscapes of Papua New Guinea. In 2018, T......more
An entertaining and openhearted tale of a naïf eventually getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and oft......more
The Narrow Smile is a portrait of the Pathan and their highland home on either side of the Pakistan-Afghan frontier. Pet......more
Life at Full Tilt is a whirlwind tour of Dervla Murphy’s travels. It begins in Spain in 1956, before her first book, and......more
A woman’s tale of the transformative power of walking Britain’s ancient pilgrim paths ’Raw, honest, powerful. I couldn’t......more
Uncork a whole new take on the fascinating story of wine, captivatingly told by everyone’s favourite wine expert Oz Clar......more
A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentle......more
Braiding together personal, collective, and historical explorations of what it means to "go west," Amy Kaler’s Half-Ligh......more
The author’s road trips through the American South lead to a personal confrontation with history In A Deeper South: The ......more
In April of 1895, a Nova Scotian by the name of Joshua Slocum set sail from Boston with the goal of circumnavigating the......more
A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the ......more
An engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like......more
A treasure trove of beautiful and informative illustrations of key areas of the Holy Land during the late nineteenth cen......more
Dawson Turner FRS (1775 - 1858) was an English banker, botanist and antiquary. He specialized in the botany of cryptogam......more
Yvonne Corpuz was a global leader with a renowned firm headquartered in Japan when an unexpected turn in her career left......more
"There was nowhere to go but everywhere." --Jack Kerouac From Duncan Minshull, the UK’s "laureate of walking," a collect......more
Author Victoria Connelly hasn’t been abroad for fifteen years, but a sudden longing to see the world hits her hard and s......more
Europe to go! Authors Steffi Rickenbacher and Lui Eigenmann take you on an unforgettable tour through Europe. The book s......more
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It’s hard to believe that I’ve written Volume 2 of My Pandemic Paradox, A Memoir, of over 71,000 words. If you had told ......more
Dawson Turner FRS (1775 - 1858) was an English banker, botanist and antiquary. He specialized in the botany of cryptogam......more
In this captivating autobiography and travel log, the author embarks on a profound journey of self-discovery and fulfill......more
Travelers have always experimented with disguise while observing the disguises of others. Each of the chapters in Mobili......more
In this captivating autobiography and travel log, the author embarks on a profound journey of self-discovery and fulfill......more
A sweeping history of ancient exploration, the first full-scale account in over a century Odysseus. Jason and the Argona......more
Fully-illustrated, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world. IN......more
Eat your way around the globe with this mouthwatering tour of the tastiest, most inventive, most diverse food on the pla......more
An entertaining whistle-stop tour of rural British traditions, from the bestselling author of The World According to Kal......more
A seventy-year-old Northwestern journalism professor, Loren Ghiglione, and two twenty-something Northwestern journalism ......more
The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the ......more
"The wealth of facts and erudition bring magic to Dirk Velghe’s Paris. A place where even tragedy seems less sombre. Any......more
A captivating journey along the iconic River Po and through Italian history, society and culture. ’Delightful... A wonde......more
"You can walk the Camino, or you can join the Camino." During the summer of 2022, I decided to escape the noise and chao......more
50th anniversary edition - With a new foreword by Matthew B. Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft The bestselling......more
Take an open and curious mind and a certain restless sense of adventure; add a touch of glamour, craziness, devilment, a......more
Take an open and curious mind and a certain restless sense of adventure; add a touch of glamour, craziness, devilment, a......more
Millstone Grit takes the form of a fifty mile walk through the West Riding and East Lancashire, exploring the industrial......more
"Phenomenal.... A memoir that opens into the world, with brilliance, courage, and elegant prose.... This is a book to re......more
Welcome to the enchanting world of Newcastle Upon Tyne, as envisioned by the author Stanly Stephen in his comprehensive ......more
Britain’s foremost woman travel writer Sara Wheeler records her life of adventure, from the Antarctic to Zanzibar. ’Funn......more
MARRIED TO FIJI is a true story about where it all began.I didn’t know it at the time, but my journey to healing my wild......more
MARRIED TO FIJI is a true story about where it all began.I didn’t know it at the time, but my journey to healing my wild......more
In The Longest Flight of Your Life Natasha, a British air stewardess flying in the 70s and 80s, finally leaves her short......more
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A travel narrative following three ancient roads and looking at more than two thousand years of hist......more
Some life stories beggar belief . . . even those of people we may yet to hear of. In this astonishing memoir, author Guy......more
Some life stories beggar belief . . . even those of people we may yet to hear of. In this astonishing memoir, author Guy......more
Moments after their wedding reception, Ray Hoover and his wife, Lucy, began a lifelong quest to see the world. To date, ......more
Moments after their wedding reception, Ray Hoover and his wife, Lucy, began a lifelong quest to see the world. To date, ......more
This is a book about stories - old stories of people and place, and of the more-than-human world. A vivid account of a j......more
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas--until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through "liv......more
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas--until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through "liv......more
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas--until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through "liv......more
"A Woman’s Journey Round the World" with the aid of Ida Pfeiffer is an amazing travelogue that unveils the brilliant jou......more
In 1974, when John Dominelli was twenty years old, he left his home in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, on what he orig......more
The main Montreux Christmas Market - Marché de Noël in French - is called the Lakeside Christmas Market. In this enchant......more