Elizabeth Gilbert   Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia   A celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly...

Frank DelaneyIn the winter of 1951, a storyteller arrives at the home of nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside. The last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, the Seanchai...

Tuvia TenenbomCatch the Jew! recounts the adventures of gonzo journalist Tuvia Tenenbom, who wanders around Israel and the Palestinian Authority for seven months in search of the untold truths in...

Lonely Planet All you need is Nepali! In the busy Durbur Square, make a connection with some well-chosen words. Get the low-down on the highlands from your porter as you...

Tim VicaryOxford Bookworms offer students at all levels the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English. There are six stages, taking students from elementary to advanced level. At...

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...

Peter MayleIn Acquired Tastes, Peter Mayle, the erudite sojourner and New York Times bestselling author of A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence, sets off once more, traveling the world...

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...

Geoff Dyer Sitting down to write a book about his hero D. H. Lawrence, Geoff Dyer finds himself compelled to write about anything else. He is in fact compelled to...

George CourtauldThe fierce secrecy surrounding the corps of the Queen's Messengers has been somewhat relaxed recently, but the 'silver greyhounds' are still bound by the Official Secrets Act. This is...

Jason ElliotPart historical evocation, part travelogue, and part personal quest, An Unexpected Light is the account of Elliot's journey through Afghanistan, a country considered off-limits to travelers for twenty years....

Peter Mayle NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone...