The Promised Land: Travels in Search of the Perfect E
Classic travel quest – the pursuit of happiness – explored by a brilliant writer seeking to rediscover the idyllic moment of her student years, its carefree rhapsodies and perfect pleasures.
Travel writing
Then Again: Travels in search of my younger self
For fans of Lorna Sage and Paula Fox, a unique memoir from Irma Kurtz, the acclaimed author of ‘The Great American Bus Ride’ and internationally renowned agony aunt.
Fire
Forest fires, terrorism, war: thrilling adventure writing, as the bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM brings his talents for exhilaration to new and overawing life-threatening situations.
Tunnel Visions: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher
When Christopher Ross put on a hi-visibility vest and joined London Underground as a station assistant, he discovered a Plato’s cave of reflection and human comedy, populated by streakers, buskers, onanists and angry commuters. A meditation on life, a philosophical enquiry into human nature and a profoundly funny dissection of urban madness.
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
In an unforgettable tribute to the far latitudes, Gretel Ehrlich travels across Greenland, the largest island on earth.
The Promised Land: Travels in Search of the Perfect E
Classic travel quest – the pursuit of happiness – explored by a brilliant writer seeking to rediscover the idyllic moment of her student years, its carefree rhapsodies and perfect pleasures.
Fire
Forest fires, terrorism, war: thrilling adventure writing, as the bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM brings his talents for exhilaration to new and overawing life-threatening situations.
Paddling to Jerusalem: An Aquatic Tour of Our Small Country
David Aaronovitch, the award-winning columnist and broadcaster, canoes round the waterways and canals of England on the eve of the new millennium.
The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Boat Race
The story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race – the most dramatic in yacht racing history
The Healing Land: A Kalahari Journey
A brilliantly written exploration – part travel writing, part personal quest – of the Bushmen of the Kalahari, Africa’s oldest and most famous population
White Death: In the Path of an Avalanche
Over 100,000 avalanches fall every year. Moutaineers call them ‘white death’ and every year the death toll rises. Confrontations are sudden and dramatic, the odds of survival remote. White Death is the story of the collision between one such avalanche and 5 young mountaineers on Mount Cleveland, and the desperate efforts to rescue them.
Paddling to Jerusalem: An Aquatic Tour of Our Small Country
David Aaronovitch, the award-winning columnist and broadcaster canoes round the waterways and canals of England on the eve of the new Millennium.
White Death: In the Path of an Avalanche
Over 100,000 avalanches fall every year. Moutaineers call them ‘white death’ and every year the death toll rises. Confrontations are sudden and dramatic, the odds of survival remote. White Death is the story of the collision between one such avalanche and 5 young mountaineers on Mount Cleveland, and the desperate efforts to rescue them.
Not Yet Home: A South African Jour
A fascinating voyage into the culture, people and sport of the new South Africa by the highly acclaimed author of ‘Interior’ and ‘In Every Face I Meet’, short-listed for the 1995 Booker and Whitbread Prizes.
Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered
The latest of Tim Cahill’s fearless adventure travels, wholly in the spirit of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh and Pecked to Death by Ducks.