The story of the author's journey from Mayfair to Afghanistan and the mountains of the Hindu Kush, north-east of Kabul.

One of a three-part series of Lawrence Durrell's writings. In this volume he explores the island of Cyprus, evoking the sun-drenched landscapes, dazzling light and vivid blue skies of the Aegean.

Ibn Battutah was a traveller of the pre-mechanical age, journeying for twenty nine years and covering three times the ground Marco Polo covered. This book describes the first stage of Ibn Battutah's journey. It also compares the contemporary Muslim world with the past.

Wilfred Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa and educated at Eton and Oxford. In the spirit of TE Lawrence, Thesiger spent five years exploring the deserts of Arabia. This book narrates his stories, including two crossings of the Empty Quarter, among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels.

On Foot Across Borneo. Eric Hansen's comic, absorbing story of his travels in Borneo is 'a new classic of jungle travel'. A gripping evocation of life in the splendour and danger of the rainforest and a tribute to a proud jungle culture now tragically threatened by the forces of the Western cash economy. Simultaneous publication with the paperback edition of Eric Hansen's acclaimed 'Orchid Fever'

A classic travel book by an internationally bestselling author