Entertaining, popular but also serious account of pirates and pirate life by the acknowledged expert on the subject.

This work explores the legend behind Daniel Defoe's classic novel, visiting possible places where this famous literary character could have been marooned. It also re-examines the claim that Crusoe was based on a real life castaway, Alexander Selkirk.

Rushby was drawn back to the Yemen by memories of ancient cities, spectacular mountains and most of all, the dreamy afternoons spent chewing the stimulant leaf of the qat tree. This is the story of a journey, but it also unveils the rich and varied culture surrounding the drug, qat.

In 1985 the author, struck by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, travelled 100,000 miles back and forth from Antarctica to the Caribbean to visit the far-flung islands that are all that remain of what once made Britain great. This title presents his adventures in these distant and forgotten ends of the earth.

'A triumph: a first class comprehensive narrative of the impact upon the people of the Indian Ocean of those who penetrated it. It is hard to believe that this account of a European epic has any rival.' J.M. ROBERTS, author of the Penguin History of the World

Written by a travel correspondent, this work reveals and relives the romance and excitement of the Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service - the world's longest and most adventurous scheduled air route.