Karl PilkingtonEveryone's favorite idiot is back, in this hysterical follow-up to An Idiot Abroad. Safely home from his latest travels, Karl Pilkington has decided it is time to share his...

Lieve JorisThrough her friendship with a Syrian woman and her family, Lieve Joris leads readers into the fascinating world that lies beyond the gates of Damascus, presenting an intimate portrait...

Howard Blum Mt Sinai. For many, it's the most sacred place on Earth--the site where god descended to give Moses the Ten Commandments. Yet for centuries, humankind has not known...

The Hundred-foot Journey is the story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai who embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across...

Tristan Jones In a salty, slashing style, Tristan Jones unfolds his extraordinary saga—a six-year voyage during which he covered a distance equal to twice the circumference of the world—revealing both...

Mark Twain A travel book by Mark Twain, published in 1869. A must read. February 1, 1966 by Signet Classics

Kate Muir 'Times' columnist Kate Muir has written this unique guide for those visitors to Paris who want to upgrade from tourist to native, if only for the weekend. Kate...

Kate AdieKate Adie has courageously reported from all over the world since she joined the BBC in 1969. These memoirs encompass her reporting from, inter alia, Northern Ireland, the Middle...

Marlena de Blasi When Marlena moves with her husband to the small town of Orvieto to renovate a dilapidated medieval palazzo, she knows that the fastest way into the hearts...

Michael Zadoorian Now a major motion picture starring Oscar award-winners Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, coming January 2018 from Sony Pictures Classics.Official SelectionToronto Film FestivalVenice Film Festival“The Leisure Seeker is pretty much like life...

The Limits of Expertise: Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes of Airline AccidentsR Key DismukesBenjamin A BermanLoukia D Loukopoulos"The Limits of Expertise" reports a study of the 19 major U.S....

John SteinbeckIn the two years after the 1939 publication of Steinbeck’s masterful The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck and his novel increasingly became the center of intense controversy and censorship. In...