Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart

Presents the story of what happened when the author decided to say yes to everything, in order to make his life more interesting. This is the tie-in book that goes with the 2008 film of the Danny Wallace book - Yes Man - starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel.

Daniel Everett took his family to convert the Pirahas, a remote people of the Amazonian jungle whose language no outsider had yet been able to understand. Although Daniel Everett was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This book shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language.

Venetian architect and historian Francesco da Mosto sets out from Venice to cross the Mediterranean to discover the cities and islands where Western civilization was born. Sailing in a nineteenth-century yawl, his journey starts in Venice and finishes in Istanbul. This book is suitable for fans of Francesco.

Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in this beautifully illustrated book that accompanies his journey for the BBC1 series.

Danny Wallace finds an old address book containing just twelve names. His best mates as a kid. Where are they now? Who are they now? And how are they coping with being grown-up too? And so begins a journey from A-Z, tracking down and meeting his old gang. But how will they respond to a man they haven't seen in twenty years?

The author set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots with the idea of recreating H M Stanley's famous expedition. This book tells of the author's journey and the story of Congo; as he made his way in an assortment of vessels including a motorbike and a dugout canoe.

A Northerner in exile, Stuart Maconie goes on a journey in search of the North, attempting to discover where the cliches end and the truth begins. He travels from Wigan Pier to Blackpool Tower and Newcastle's Bigg Market to the Lake District to find his own Northern Soul, encountering along the way an exotic cast of chippy Scousers.

Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, and they're trying for a baby - she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance.

A brand new travel book from bestselling author Charley Boorman - BACKED BY A MAJOR BBC2 TV SERIES

The author embarks on a journey: down the Amazon - the world's greatest river, its largest forest, the most bio-diverse habitat on the planet and home to some of the last uncontacted tribes left on Earth. Written in diary form, this title gives an insight into the ways of life that have existed since the dawn of time and are about to disappear.