The Art of Travel is Alain de Botton's travel guide with a difference: an exploration of why we travel and what we learn when we...
From petticoat duels and lucky cats to the Stiffs Express, Lord Nelson's spare nose, the Piccadilly earthquake and the Great Beer Flood of 1814, A...
After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a few years, to let his kids...
Pete McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world. Pete was born in Warrington to an...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "At villa Donnafugata, long ago is never very far away," writes bestselling author Marlena de Blasi of the magnificent if somewhat...
'Hector's World' includes the stories that have made Hector's travels must see TV - running with the bulls in Pamplona, stripping with the Chippendales in...
Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Korea, the ultimate guide to this stunning region. Covering both North & South Korea,...
Four brothers and a sister from the Coveney family of Cork, in Ireland, set out to circumnavigate the world in a small sailing boat, The...
In June 2008 Ben Cunningham and five friends set out to cycle from Alaska to Argentina, along the Pan-American Highway, the world's longest land route....
Shortly after her tenth birthday, inspired by an atlas she was given, Dervla Murphy decided that she would one day cycle to India. Almost twenty...
Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race's 50th Anniversary It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop....
Setting off from Ireland, Pete McCarthy takes us on a wonderful journey around the weird and wonderful Irish communities of the world. In his own...
Mongolia is a nation where falcon poachers, cattle rustlers, exiled Buddhist monks, and death-defying child jockeys can be found. This work offers a perspective on...
Helen Moat sets out to cycle across Europe, with her teenage son, on her sit-up-and-beg bike - aka 'The Tank'. She's not sure whether she...
Bill Bryson turns away from the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating...
Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he...
In this highly entertaining book, fellow film actors and bike enthusiasts Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman travel 20,000 miles around the world by motorbike. They...
The author captures the life of a backpacker, from spending time in a Maori settlement to being caught in a snowstorm on an exposed mountain...
Explore the mighty Roman Empire with this handy pocket-sized book that's bursting with giant facts. Discover why gladiators fought, what aqueducts are for, and why...
'Good fences make good neighbours, but what about bad ones?' The Israeli barrier is probably the most iconic divider of land since the Berlin Wall....
The Art of Travel is Alain de Botton's travel guide with a difference: an exploration of why we travel and what we learn when we...
NOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES: CAROL DRINKWATER'S SECRET PROVENCE Life and love, olive groves and bee hives in Provence - further adventures in the...
Dreaming big is something Cork city native Pat Falvey has done since his earliest days. In the working-class northside where he was born, he cut...
'Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap' Geographical Adventure - something that's new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and...
Charley Boorman returns with a brand-new adventure, travelling from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan and Japan... by any means! Using quad bikes, hovercrafts,...
We've selected the top 25 sights and experiences so you can be sure that you won't miss the best of them. There are also recommendations...
Pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of top international destinations. Now with free eBook. Experience the best of Buenos Aires with this indispensably practical...
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"Robert Hughes is probably the best - and certainly the most accessible - art critic in the world . . . in Barcelona his art-historical...
Unlike anywhere else on earth, Dubai is a dazzling, glamorous desert metropolis with and ever-changing cityscape. Find your way around with Insight Guide Explore Dubai,...
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#1 Irish Times Bestseller!A modern travel tale-part personal pilgrimage, part political quest-that captures the power of human resilience"McKiernan sticks his thumb out, and somehow a...
For a growing number of British holidaymakers, Cuba is a Caribbean paradise, but it is also a land of cutbacks and economic instability. Stephen Smith...
After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors and bike fanatics Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug. And...
