Amy LiptrotAfter a decade of heavy partying and hard drinking in London, Amy Liptrot returns home to Orkney, a remote island off the north of Scotland. The Outrun maps Amy’s...

Bill Bryson   Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book...

Kate Baillie and Tim Salmon NTRODUCTION It’s little wonder that so many wistful songs have been penned over the years about France’s capital, Paris. What city experiences could be more...

Jonathan BuckleyThe Rough Guide to Venice & Veneto is your definitive handbook to this splendour-aching European City. From the water-lapped palaces along the Canal Grande to the buzzing Rialto market,...

The San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market Cookbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Impeccable Produce Plus 130 Seasonal Recipes Peggy Knickerbocker, Christopher Hirsheimer Internationally known as one of the most magnificent...

Charles Allen The idea of a hidden refuge, a paradise far from the stresses of modern life, has universal appeal. In 1932 the writer James Hilton coined the word 'Shangri-La'...

Samantha VerantA disgraced chef rediscovers her passion for food and her roots in this stunning novel rich in culture and full of delectable recipes.French-born American chef Sophie Valroux had one...

Myszard Kapuscinski Polish writer and foreign correspondent Ryszard Kapuscinski spent more than forty years reporting from around the world, and The Shadow of the Sun may well be the peak...

Ruth Reiner A rich, fun, spicy novel about the all-time, most impossible journey of an American woman determined to make it in Japan.When Sarah Green discovers her destiny is to...

Robert Byron At only 22 years of age, the author of the acclaimed Road to Oxiana traveled with his friends for the first time to Mount Athos in Greece. The...

Cecilia VinesseBest friends Aubrey and Rae have been planning their European tour since the moment they met. It was meant to be the perfect way to spend their last summer...

Paul TherouxA compendium of travel writing from a master travellerPaul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe by collecting the best writing on travel from the books that shaped...