As borders dominate the narrative of global geopolitics, this striking gathering of maps provides valuable insight into a fraught and complex phenomenon.
C19th expeditions for new routes and new territories by Sir Edward Parry and many others, and the voyages of HMS Investigator made in search of the vanished Franklin expedition before becomi... read more
The author of the excellent Kathmandu sets out on four long hikes at different seasons to understand the fragile relationship of the mountain communities and their environments.
After serving as a Captain in Gunnery on aircraft defences during WW2, Montagu spent three years touring the US by Greyhound bus. A cousin of Clementine Churchill's, she later married Milton... read more
Seldon walked a thousand miles along the Western Front and wrote about it movingly in The Path of Peace. Now he's walked from where WWI ended to Auschwitz. Much anticipated.
A backwards look at her younger self in the early years
of perestroika. Groskop's voice is wry and funny, her
memoir of her student days in Russia and Ukraine fresh
and zestful: hopes and... read more
A backwards look at her younger self in the early years
of perestroika. Groskop's voice is wry and funny, her
memoir of her student days in Russia and Ukraine fresh
and zestful: hopes and... read more
Kassabova's portrait of the once-nomadic shepherding life high in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria is powerful and moving: 'I am the last hole on the flute', she records one of the shepherds ... read more
Kassabova's portrait of the once-nomadic shepherding life high in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria is powerful and moving: 'I am the last hole on the flute', she records one of the shepherds ... read more
Martin's 5,500 mile walk across Europe is a feat by any
measure. Living simply, camping discreetly, grateful for the
kindness of strangers, stoic in the face of physical hardship
and reve... read more
A captivating account of the author's life-long love affair with Greece, her youthful
experience - sometimes very painful - finding a parallel in classical myth.
The vicissitudes of the Amur tiger and the successes of the bilateral conservation efforts, by the expert on endangered species in northern Asia and author of Owls of the Eastern Ice.
Begins with a Perec epigraph: "De l'autobus, je regarde Paris" - and Elkin does, in a diary of vignettes about the 'infra-ordinary' (Perec again): fellow commuters, a diversion, a girl with ... read more
Brilliant evocations of vast spaces, isolation, nondescript places and disjointed ways of life, by a native of Patagonia. Published in Spanish in 2005, this is its first English translation.
Mercier, a French journalist, travelled to London in 1780 and began writing his account of his experiences there. (He seems to have felt about London much as we tend to about Paris!). First ... read more
Literary/political account of the author's visit to Israel in 1975, in which he gives voice to those he encounters: government notables, famous writers, barbers... and offers his particular ... read more
An engaging tour of vanished worlds in Britain and Ireland: besides Doggerland and Dunwich, there's a surreal Victorian amusement park on the Isle of Wight, Bronze Age settlements in the Sci... read more