Travel writing

A journey through one of the world's most divided cities - Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of Palestine, exploring the influence of the history, religion and myth on the country's tumultuous present.

It was love at first sight: the huge pale-green eyes, the ruffled tawny hair and the cute way he held his head to one side.

Between 1962 and 2006, V.

Elsässer erzählt in interessanten Milieubeschreibungen von seinen weltweiten Reisen, die er von 1956 bis 1963 zunächst als Maschinenjunge, später als Reiniger, Kesselwärter und Maschinist – mit Vorliebe auf alten Dampfschiffen – unternahm.

'I needed to get to the stopping places, so I needed to get on the road.

Eduard Friedrich Hochstetter*19.

A Hiroshima hay que acercarse desde el presente, sin trazos de color sepia, sin negrura, pues lo negro, nos dice el autor, ya está contado.

Viele Menschen fragen sich jedes Jahr mindestens einmal: "Wohin fahren wir denn dieses Mal in den Urlaub?

'A magnificent achievement' Nikolai Tolstoy, The TimesAmong the Russians is a marvellous account of a solitary journey by car from St.

La historia es una disciplina en continuo movimiento gracias a las investigaciones, descubrimientos y reinterpretaciones de nuestro pasado.

A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war.

Was passiert, wenn ein von einer Vielzahl von "Paranoia-Gedanken" heimgesuchter Liebhaber exotischer Abenteuerliteratur erstmals selbst in einem exotischen Land das echte Abenteuer sucht und zu seinem Entsetzen ungewollt und ungebucht auch noch findet?

"Berlin - Geschichte in Geschichten" ist eine Flanerie, die den Leserinnen und Lesern in 14 Erzählungen von den besonderen Seiten der deutschen Hauptstadt berichtet und dies auf eine beeindruckende Weise, in einer beeindruckenden Sprache.

"Ich bin so froh dieses Buch gelesen zu haben, bevor ich ausgewandert bin und die verlangten vierzigtausend Euro Traspasso bezahlt habe , wie ich und meine Frau es einst vorhatten.

Contra Florencia es una ironia y un testamento, un inicio y un final.

Daniel Metcalfe journeys through the five 'stans, as well as Pakistan and Afghanistan, and brings to life the brilliant human tapestry they comprise - uniquely shaped by the immigrants, deportees and conquerors that have settled there.

Jean and Michael Gerber did what most of us only dream of doing.

This enthralling study which examines the impact of the Spaniards upon the Aztec and Inca worlds is dominated by the personalities involved, in particular Cortes and Montezuma.

From West Country cider brewers to Yorkshire tripe dressers, Tom meets the punters and producers at the heart of our food traditions.

Driving Home is a collection of Jonathan Raban's travel writing and essays, spanning two decades and charting its course through American history and world events.

Tom is on the menu at a dog-meat restaurant in Hanoi when he is rescued by an Irish couple escaping economic woes back home.

"e;IRRESISTIBLE AND PULSE-POUNDING"e; Karin Slaughter"e;A TENSE, PACY PAGE-TURNER"e; GUARDIAN"e;BRILLIANT AND RELENTLESS"e; Don WinslowThe unmissable new thriller from the bestselling author of THE CHAIN.

Economist Conor Woodman has decided to test his negotiating skills, charm and eye for a bargain against some of the world's oldest trading cultures.

The long-awaited final volume of the trilogy by Patrick Leigh Fermor.

No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'.

Endlessly restless and endlessly curious, Isabella Bird (1831-1904) travelled the world looking for new experiences, but never more delightfully than in her pony-bound adventures in the Colorado Territory at a time when it was only notionally under the control of the American authorities.

First published in 1989, in Bel Mooney's Somerset she sets the tone of this delightfully personal account of her 'adopted county'.

The remarkable story of one of the great pioneering women adventures of the 19th century.

Follow Sue Perkins' extraordinary adventures across southern Asia in this fabulously funny travelling tale - inspired by her BBC 1 documentary series 'The Ganges with Sue Perkins' 'Vivid, laugh-out-loud, moving' Sunday Express'A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the remote and snowy peaks of Tibet.

The unrivalled scenery of the Alps attracts increasing numbers of visitors every year, while for those who seek the more active and dangerous pursuits of climbing and skiing, the region offers unique opportunities.

The literary world was shocked when in 1889, at the height of his career, Robert Louis Stevenson announced his intention to settle permanently on the Pacific island of Samoa.

A great, innovative and restless thinker, the young Humboldt (1769-1859) went on his epochal journey to the New World during a time of revolutionary ferment across Europe.

Touring the southern counties of England by foot and on horseback from the white cliffs of Dover to the heart of the countryside, William Cobbett recorded a swiftly changing way of life with energy, wit, passion and principle.

'Utterly engaging.

“Gives the reader a woman’s perspective on life at sea aboard a schooner when conditions under sail were uncomfortable and, at times, dangerous.

'Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks' -William Dalrymple'One can only envy Monisha Rajesh as she embarks on this epic journey' -Tim ParksWhen she was a child, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted to Madras in the hope of making India their home, but soon returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths.

Max Hastings is best known as an acclaimed journalist and military historian.

'it appeared to me that the greatest and best feelings of the human heart were paralyzed by the relative positions of slave and owner' In Domestic Manners of the Americans, Frances Trollope recounts her travels through America between 1827 and 1830, describing her voyage up the Mississippi from New Orleans, a two-year stay in Cincinnati, and a subsequent tour of Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.

So much of what we know of the Ancient World comes from Herodotus (c.

Dampier's (1651-1715) adventures and writing inspired both Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels, but in his own right he was a remarkable, observant and enjoyable writer - whether on a woefully mishandled pirate raid in Spanish America or on a desperate journey to Sumatra in an open boat or on the habits of manatees or bats.

Entre el cuaderno de viajes, el ensayo literario, el diario personal y la crónica urbana, el autor nos muestra su fascinación por el turbulento y espléndido pasado de Budapest.

Part memoir, part travelogue, Tales From the Torrid Zone is rooted in Alex Frater's birthplace, the tiny tropical republic of Vanuatu where his father ran its hospital and his mother, in her front garden, built its first school.

Throwim Way Leg is a book of wonder and excitement, struggle and sadness, a love letter to Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya.