Travel writing

The story of the Giro d'Italia - Italy's equivalent of the Tour de France, and its superior in the eyes of many - is as dramatic and full of extraordinary characters as the story of Italy itself.

Whether it's Space Invaders, Candy Crush Saga or Grand Theft Auto, video games draw us in and don't let go.

The Durrell family are immortalised in Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals and its ITV adaptation, The Durrells.

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award Wealth and power on the trail of the super-richIn 2012, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista was the eighth richest man in the world, his $30bn fortune built on Brazil's incredible natural resources.

'A thoughtful exploration of humanity .

'Tenacious, revelatory, and humane.

Shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year Non-Fiction Award 2020'Chappell is a gifted storyteller' - ObserverIn 2015 Emily Chappell embarked on a formidable new bike race: The Transcontinental.

England's views are remarkable for their beauty and variety.

England's views are remarkable for their beauty and variety.

England's views are remarkable for their beauty and variety.

England's views are remarkable for their beauty and variety.

England's views are remarkable for their beauty and variety.

England's views are remarkable for their beauty and variety.

Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015Alain Mabanckou left Congo in 1989, at the age of twenty-two, not to return until a quarter of a century later.

Few writers had to confront so many of the last century's mass tragedies as Vasily Grossman.

What was happening in Ireland on the eve of World War I?

11 July, 1897.

Aim Tschiffely had an unlikely dream: to ride 10,000 miles from Buenos Aires to New York City.

'An erudite and fascinating work' Jan Morris, New York Times'An artful combination of history, archaeology and the imagination' Mary Beard, New York Review of Books'Riley manages to bring multi-faceted, polygot and multi-cultural Roman Britain to vibrant life for specialists and generalists' Country LifeIt is AD 130.

What does it feel like to find the city's edge, to explore its forgotten tunnels and scale unfinished skyscrapers high above the metropolis?

In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors.

The Invention of Paris is a tour through the streets and history of the French capital under the guidance of radical Parisian author and publisher Eric Hazan.

Join award-winning explorer and photographer Levison Wood on his extraordinary journeys around the world - vividly revealed in his first photography book.

';A fascinating and unique look at these celebrated expeditions.

Inspired Traveller's Guides: Literary Places takes you on an enlightening journey through the key locations of literature's best and brightest authors, movements and moments brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork.

This book is the culmination of various expeditions made by well-known artist and bestselling author David Bellamy to his beloved Arctic.

This book is a comprehensive treatise on Parisian history from Graeco-Roman Paris to modernity.

Epping Forest was given to the public in 1878.

In terms of your place in the world, it is your actions that define you.

1978.

';If one keeps on walking, everything will be alright.

Gold.

'The best knitwear, the best furniture design, the best fairy tales, the best female prime ministers.

In this enchanting memoir, acclaimed author and Paris resident John Baxter recounts his year-long experience of giving "e;literary walking tours"e; through the city.

He has just a few months to complete his quest no one has ever done it before within one growing season and it will require ingenuity, stamina and a large dose of luck.

When Chris Townsend reached the summit of Ben Hope in Sutherland, he walked his way into the record books.

When Mary Quin ripped an AK-47 from the hands of a wounded kidnapper and made her escape in the Yemeni desert, she knew her life could never be the same.

'For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.

In 1977, Lorne Rubenstein, an avid golfer, travelled to Dornoch in the Scottish Highlands.

In 1992, John Beattie set out to sail around the world.

As bicycle races go, the attractions of the Tour Divide are not immediately apparent.

When author Peter Mortimer was commissioned to write a play about a little-known riot between Yemeni and British seamen at Mill Dam, South Shields, in 1930, he decided to take the long trip to Yemen itself in search of inspiration.

It was the worst winter in a decade, the winter of foot-and-mouth, when island power cuts ran for up to 72 hours - and two days before Peter Mortimer's planned departure, his father died.

The author has been visiting the same village in Mauritania on the remote edge of the Sahara for over twenty years.

A funny and poignant account of life in Buenos Aires, by a young prize-winning writer.

NOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES: CAROL DRINKWATER'S SECRET PROVENCEThe third in the bestselling story which began with THE OLIVE FARM - from the author of THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER'Captures perfectly the dreamy atmosphere of the South of France and its people' WOMAN AND HOME'Vibrant, intoxicating and heart-warming' SUNDAY EXPRESS'The stars shimmer like spilled handfuls of glitter.

NOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES: CAROL DRINKWATER'S SECRET PROVENCEThe first in Carol Drinkwater's bestselling series set on a Provencal olive farm.