Nigel Barley Many men dream of running away to a tropical island and living surrounded by beauty and exotic exuberance. Walter Spies did more than dream. He actually did it....

Lonely Planet Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet Discover Rome is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip,...

Joel Roskin January 1, 1994 by Gefen Books

Cheryl Strayed At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years...

John Simpson There are only a handful of places left on this earth where you can't buy a McDonald's hamburger or stay in a Holiday Inn - and John Simpson...

William Dalrymple As the author of the best travel book of recent years at the intensely irritating age of twenty-two, William Dalrymple has now shown that In Xanadu was no fluke. City of...

Alex Garland A 20th anniversary edition of this million copy bestseller, with a new introduction by John Niven: a classic story of paradise found - and lost.Richard lands in East...

Author: John Muir In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie...

Author: William Sutcliffe The gap year classic, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time in the year of its 20th anniversary.A devastatingly funny satire on the whole idea...

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...

Maurice Herzog The enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the first conquest of Annapurna - at that time, and at more than 8000 metres, the highest...

Christopher Robbins Closed to foreigners under Tsar and Soviet rule, Kazakhstan has remained largely hidden from the world, a remarkable feat for a country the size of Western Europe. Few...