Travel Writing

'Outstanding' TIMES 'Gripping' ECONOMIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN...

An ambitious and magnificent new travelogue by internationally bestselling, prizewinning writer Erika Fatland. The Himalayas...

***Shortlisted for the 2023 STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR*** ***A Financial Times Travel Book...

When Dorothy Pilley first began climbing in the 1910s, female mountaineers were seen as a...

*With a foreword by Sir Peter Jackson* Buckle up, grab a dram, and get ready...

There is something beautiful and wild in the impossible architecture of lighthouses. They have been...

Truly hilarious books are rare. Even rarer are those based on real events. Join A.J....

'My primary mode of transport is my feet. It's the way that I orient in...

A breathtakingly elegant visual dictionary of 2000 Japanese words for rain, with 100 drawings in...

'A wonderful evocation of Britain's natural beauty and a reminder of our need to connect...

In 1922, a young Agatha Christie, still at the dawn of her literary career, received...

In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains...

*** A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR *** "Excellent...immensely well-researched and playful. Smith has...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

In Somebody is Walking on Your Grave, Mariana Enriquez blends journalistic rigour and her fascination...

'A joy and an education for anyone who loves Paris' Diana Henry, author of From...

Discover the must-read, warm and witty new travel adventure from Britain's best-loved travel writer and...

'A perfect balance of history, food, anecdotes and recommendations ... Carolyn's enthusiasm for French gastronomy...

'Kuper is a shrewd observer in this entertaining mix of memoir and anthropology' The Sunday...

It had never been done before. Not in 2,000 years of Japanese recorded history had...

Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with...

An offbeat meander through the streets and histories of the great Italian capital, where the...

'The wildflower bank outside my window hums and buzzes. At midday, the summer sun spreads...

'Spring, at all its stages, has an energy that engages us with the outside world.'...

By the YouTube sensation with more than two million followers, the inspiring account of a...

This year, as they have for millennia, people will set out on pilgrimages. From Mecca...

In the tradition of French Toast, a delightful look at French culture, from literature to...

An essential guide to one of the world's most remarkable, and often misunderstood, cities by...