Billy Connolly's Route 66: The Big Yin on the Ultimate American Road Trip
Billy Connolly
Sphere, PB, 9780751547092
NOW IN B FORMAT. Having always dreamed about taking a trip on the legendary Route 66, Billy Connolly is finally heading off on the ride of a lifetime. Travelling all 2,488 miles of this epic road, known as 'The Main Street of America', the Big Yin will share the experiences of the countless travellers who have taken the journey before him. ... More/Buy
Central Park: An Anthology
Andrew Blauner (ed)
Bloomsbury, PB, 9781608196005
A wild night outdoors with Bill Buford. A football tradition with Nathaniel Rich. A jog around the reservoir with Mark Helprin as he 'protects' Jacqueline Onassis from imagined harm. The 843 carefully planned acres of Central Park have not only crept into the hearts of its 38 million annual visitors, but also into the life and work of a diverse array ... More/Buy
Floating Gold: The Search for Ambergris, The Most Elusive NaturalSubstance in the World
Christopher Kemp
Harper Collins, PB, 9780732291914
Journalist and biologist Christopher Kemp discovers, after reading an odd news report, a hidden world of money, intrigue and amazing wealth. A lump of something turns up on a beach in NZ, the lump so strange it may well have come from out of space. But it's not a dead alien, it's ambergris. Ambergris is a by-product of sperm whales, used ... More/Buy
Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight
James Attlee
Penguin, PB, 9780141039312
For many of us the moon, and the chill light it casts, are things we either ignore or take for granted. It wouldn't enter our heads therefore to set off around the world in search of moonlight. But, as James Attlee's eccentric quest proves, we couldn't be more wrong. From Normandy to Naples, Wales to Arizona, Las Vegas to Japan, Attlee ... More/Buy
The Ragged Edge of the World: Encounters at the Frontier Where Modernity, Wildlands and Indigenous Peoples Meet
Eugene Linden
Penguin, PB, 9780452297746
A pioneering work of environmental journalism that vividly depicts the people, animals and landscapes on the front lines of change's inexorable march. A species nearing extinction, a tribe losing centuries of knowledge, a tract of forest facing the first incursion of humans-how can we even begin to assess the cost of losing so much of our natural and cultural legacy? For ... More/Buy
Railway
George Revill
Reaktion Books, PB, 9781861898746
Author George Revill examines the technological systems and nation building in railway history, as well as themes such as mobility and identity, design and marketing, and ecology, heritage and sustainability. He draws from art, literature, music and film, and focuses on how the railway carries meaning for all of us, creating connections and separations, senses of loss, belonging, detachment and involvement, ... More/Buy
Run Like Crazy: 52 Marathons, 52 Weeks, 42 Countries How Running Changed My Life
Tristan Miller
Michael Joseph, PB, 9781921901034
It was the greatest year of my life. I ran with bulls, danced at festivals, strode across the Great Wall of China and crawled beneath the Great Pyramids. I made my way to the remotest islands, the hottest deserts and the coldest of climates. I was robbed, suffered injuries, got sick and depressed. I covered around 320,000 kilometres by plane, train, ... More/Buy
The Tao of Travel
Paul Theroux
Penguin, PB, 9780141044262
NOW IN B FORMAT. After fifty years of wandering the globe, Paul Theroux collects the best writing on travel from the books that shaped him, as a reader and a traveller. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, The Tao of Travel examines 'The Contents of Some Travellers' Bags' and exposes 'Writers Who Wrote About Places They Never Visited'. It tracks ... More/Buy
Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalucia
Penelope Chetwode
Eland Books, PB, 9781906011680
Penelope Chetwode’s sole companion on her ride over the disused mule tracks and goat paths in the wilds of Andalusia in 1961 was the twelve-year-old bay mare, La Marquesa. This treasured animal, borrowed from the Duke of Wellington’s Spanish stables, is the ‘other’ of the two middle-aged ladies of the title. La Marquesa brought her experience of native travel conditions to ... More/Buy