Jon Krakauer When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the...

John Simpson For over thirty years, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. From being punched in the stomach by Harold...

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...

Agnes Catherine Poirier Having studied in Paris and London, writing in both languages for the French and British press, Agnes Catherine Poirier plays with national stereotypes - which are both...

Danny Wallace How could you refuse the polite invitation of begoggled Danny Wallace in Join Me ? You don't know what you could be missing out on. It's all about...

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...

William Dalrymple A buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the chinese invasion of tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by...

Miles Smeeton When Tzu Hang, a 46-foot ketch, set sail from Melbourne in December 1956 bound for England, Miles and Beryl Smeeton, their Siamese cat, Pwe, and their friend, John...

Cheryl Strayed   At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With...

Eshkol Nevo Publish Date2014 PublisherChatto & Windus

Paul Theroux In the Washington Post Book World, Sven Birkerts called this exuberant novel "a complex and gripping work of invention and confession . . . I understood again how...

Paul Theroux Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons (Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Williams) to...