The Best Travel Writing

SHORTLISTED FOR TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2026 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2026 INSPIRE GLOBAL MEDIA AWARDS A...

What is a meaningful life? What does it mean to flourish? Antonia Case, the co-founder of New Philosopher and Womankind magazines, quits her corporate job in the city and, with...

First Modern Classics publication of this landmark work of social anthropology Tristes Tropiques begins with the line 'I hate travelling and explorers', yet during his life Claude Levi-Strauss travelled from...

What is a meaningful life? What does it mean to flourish? Antonia Case, the co-founder of New Philosopher and Womankind magazines, quits her corporate job in the city and, with...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian One of National Geographic 's Summer Reads 2024...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian One of National Geographic 's Summer Reads 2024...

We cherish things, Japan has always known, precisely because they cannot last; it's their frailty that adds sweetness to their beauty. Returning to his home in Japan after his father-in-law's...

The first of its kind: an exploration of one of the most mysterious countries in the world, as told by one of the first outsiders to access the country in...

Appealing to both those who like to travel and those who just like to read about travel, this book features entries about a wide variety of locations in a style...

She learns about hunting and endurance, Inuit languages, legends and ghosts. Conjuring up Greenland's cruel, beautiful landscape, she shows that it is a land endowed with magical and mysterious properties....

They say that being a good doctor boils down to just four things: Shut up, listen, know something, care. The same could be said for life on the road, too....

'Graham Robb has found a new format for writing history just as Craig Brown found a fresh way to write biography' - Alan Johnson 'Robb tumbles into British history with...

The book titled Incredible Journeys: 60 Stories of Courage, Hope, and Survival by the author Thomas Cussans. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Discover the story of London from behind the scenes. Imagine sitting across from a 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth on the District Line, or being overtaken by Muhammad Ali on his morning...

"These books are so rich and engrossing that it is rewarding to read them even when one is stuck at home."-The TLS The Passenger makes its first stop in Southeast...

In A Traveller's History of Greece, the reader is provided with an authoritative general history of Greece from its earliest beginnings down to the present day. It covers in a...

The book titled Secrets of the World's Most Extraordinary Places by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From the ancient world of Stonehenge and Had rian''s Wall to the glory of Blenheim Palace and the Tower of London, John Hedgecoe takes a photographic journey to some of...

The book titled This is Zimbabwe by the author Peter Joyce. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* 101 skills and experiences to discover on your travels. Who do you want to be... The next molecular gastronomy genius? An intrepid...

Features outstanding photographs of Australia's Capital City, complemented by poetic text and informative captions, this book is the latest release to accompany the "Spirit" collection. Take a remarkable odyssey through...

Travelling by plane, motorbike and boat, and on foot, Billy Connolly tours the length and breadth of Australia with his stage show, and delivers a personal commentary on what he...

'Tantalising, enlightening and the best reason to raise another glass of beer' - Olly Smith 'This is one of the most important books ever written about beer' - Mark Dredge...

'A wonderful evocation of Britain's natural beauty and a reminder of our need to connect with the wilderness' The Times Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and...

'Always engaging, charming, funny and often moving . . . It made me want to pull on my stoutest boots and follow in his footsteps' - Stephen Fry 'Sheer bloody...

A compendium of fascinating and evocative new writing on railway travel and history. Telling of little known journeys and uncovered histories on railway routes around the world - from the...

'Immensely enjoyable... Ros's experiences are fascinating. She's clearly a woman and who doesn't let the obstacles life throws at her get her down' Chris Stewart, author of Driving Over Lemons...

In The City and the World Gregor Hens considers the phenomenon of the contemporary city and our place within it. Hens travels the world - from Berlin to Las Vegas...

'A wonderful evocation of Britain's natural beauty and a reminder of our need to connect with the wilderness' The Times Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and...

The discovery of minerals beneath our feet has transformed our species. Ochre first prompted humans to express themselves in art; tin and copper helped instigate the Bronze Age and later...

Fourteen-year-old Jade Hameister had a dream: to complete the Polar Hat Trick. In 2016, she skied to the North Pole. In 2017, she completed the Greenland Crossing. In 2018, she...

Uncover fascinating paranormal activity on this chilling, nerve-wracking global tour of over 50 paranormal locations, with a brilliant foreword from award-winning writer, Danny Robins. Set out on a uniquely dark...

OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD 'Psychologically acute. Terrific.' Daily Mail 'A page-turning read. Kept me reading well past bedtime!' VAL McDERMID 'Pacey and propulsive.' Guardian...

Throughout its long and complex history, Iran has struggled with two warring identities-one evolving from the values, social organization, and arts of ancient Persia, the other from Islam. By examining...

'I need to ride now, to explore, to uncover more life; to reach strangers, to feel danger and to learn; to share this old, slow way, with man's patient, most...

Two forces drove photography's early development in Egypt: its links to archaeology, and the accelerating effects of archaeological photographs on the nascent tourism industry. Maria Golia examines these twin drives,...

'B eautifully written and deeply moving' CLARE BALDING 'An important voice' CATHY RENTZENBRINK 'I devoured it in a day . . . An open-hearted book' CLOVER STROUD The Corner is...

SHORTLISTED FOR TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2026 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2026 INSPIRE GLOBAL MEDIA AWARDS A...

A Bugatti at the foot of the Pyramids, a local sailboat transformed into a sumptuous yacht, a few tourists in white suits and Panama hats...these are the images of a...

From Amsterdam to Cambodia, from Rome to Indonesia, from New Orleans to Libya, and from Detroit to Ko Pha-Ngan, Geoff Dyer finds himself both floundering about in a sea of...

Embark on a visual tour of urban Japan, captured through Tokyo-native Hiroki Harada's eyepopping photography. Street Level Japan immerses you in the unique city streets of Japan. Explore hidden alleys,...

A journey to the grim Soviet hospitals and new Russian sex clinics, old communal apartments and shaky new suburbs. The author visits decaying Soviet schools and new private academies, families...

In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to...

The book titled Northumberland by the author Nikolaus Pevsner. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.