Author: Neil Humphreys The country's best-selling author is back. After a decade in Singapore, Neil Humphreys has decide to move on to the land Down Under because he really wanted...

Richard F Burton One of the great adventure classics. Victorian scholar-adventurer’s firsthand epic account of daring 1854 expedition to forbidden East African capital city. A treasury of detailed information on...

Rachel DeWoskin “For a real insider’s look at life in modern China, readers should turn to Rachel DeWoskin.”—Sophie Beach, The Economist Determined to broaden her cultural horizons and live a...

Lauren Shockey From ribald kitchen humor to fiery-tempered workers to tasks ranging from the mundane (mincing cases of shallots) to the extraordinary (cooking seafood on the line), Shockey shows us...

Peter Biddlecombe Having travelled across West Africa for over 10 years, Peter Biddlecombe's often hilarious account is a highly readable, hugely entertaining introduction to French Africa. In countries such as Togo,...

Polly Evans Polly Evans’s itinerary for China was travel by luxurious high-speed train and long-distance bus, glide along the Grand Canal and hike up scenic mountains. Instead, the linguistically impaired...

Vikam SethAfter two years as a postgraduate student at Nanjing University in China, Vikram Seth hitch-hiked back to his home in New Delhi, via Tibet. From Heaven Lake is the...

William Dalrymple A rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple’s previous work.In AD 587, two...

Michael Palin Full Circle could be subtitled "Palin's Book of Wonders." As he and his television crew undertake what may be the first-ever circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim, they prove that...

Cecily Wong Wonder is around every corner, and on every plate. The curious minds behind Atlas Obscura now turn to the hidden curiosities of food, which becomes a gateway to fascinating stories...

Maggie Pinkney There are no flies on your typical little Aussie battler when it comes to the colourful expression or the well-aimed insult. This entertaining A-Z of popular Australian slang...

Tuvia Tenenbom   Germany, the most racist of countries less than a century ago, has for the past two years welcomed over one million refugees, more than any other European...