Reborn from the ashes of a Pakistan rubbish heap, this volume tells of a friendship between a writer and an artist, forged on an impecunious, life-enhancing journey from Serbia to Afghanistan in the 1950s.
A selection of writing by the most unknown great traveller.
An anthology of poems celebrating Venice from well-known poets such as Byron, Shelley, Wilde, and Pound.
Based on his diaries and letters exchanged with Queen Victoria, here is the story of Sir James Reid and his relationship with the Royal Family, including his treatment of Princess Christian's opium addiction.
An account of two years spent as a house guest in remote Nepal, in a village a ten days' walk from the nearest road.
Medieval Andalucia is known as a land of regrets, the place of the Moorish King's last sigh, where travelers sense the destruction of mosque of Cordoba and feel... Læs mere
Winner of the Dolman Best Travel Book Award 2008. A sharply observed and passionate portrait of Greece as Greeks would see it.
This book is the perfect companion to any exploration of Ethiopia, be it in the precarious saddle of an Abyssinian pony, or from the folds of an armchair.
Originally published: London: Johnathan Cape, 1993.
The first collection of English translations of traditional Berber odes.