A delicious anthology of ambling, strolling, pausing, looking, thinking... A feast that combines Joseph Roth and Rebecca Solnit, George Sand and Werner Herzog, Joseph Conrad and Kate Humble,... read more
Weather-beaten and remote, Helgoland is the treeless North Sea island to which 23-year old Werner Heisenberg fled to relieve his hay fever symptoms. Upon it he devised the theory of quantum ... read more
Sands, the overloaded former editor of the Today programme, visited ten monasteries around the world hoping to understand what they have in common and how monastic life might help her in her... read more
A deep dive into the mythologies and economies of the chasm. Not just about giant squid, but humanity's harvesting of the depths for medical and financial benefits.
PS accompanied the fashion photographer Eric Boman on a shoot in 1976; the Yemen Arab Republic they entered has been closed to foreigners for years and this book documents what they saw trav... read more
A marvellous history of pilgrimage around the world. Sacred landscapes, geographical hotspots where cultures, religions and trade routes meet, the remote and the metropolitan - and humanity'... read more
The sparrow-sized sandpiper flies uninterrupted from Canada to Venezuela, equivalent to running 126 marathons back-to-back, without food, water, or rest. It stays hydrated by sipping moistur... read more