Savvy, determined and droll, Barnes has travelled all over the former USSR since the invasion of Ukraine. This is a remarkable account of these varied territories.
In 1850, before the railway came to Cornwall, Collins set out on foot from Plymouth to Land's End with his artist friend Henry Brandling, whose illustrations are included in this nice new ed... read more
His journey with Ella Maillart in 1936, reprinted by Eland. Treacherous terrain, civil war and two travellers who detested each other, yet both wrote accounts of the journey.
Best known for his A Year in Marrakesh, Mayne also wrote two books about Pakistan. This one – about Sufi shrines in the Indus Valley – is a new edition from Eland.
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.