At the gateway to the Mediterranean lie the two Pillars of Hercules: Gibraltar and Ceuta, in Morocco. Paul Theroux decided to travel from one to the other taking the long way round. He travels by a dilapidated taxi, smoke-filled bus, bicycle and even a cruise-liner. This eventful tour aims to evoke the essence of Mediterranean life.

The third book from the most gifted young travel writer at work today, author of the best-selling In Xanadu ('one of the best travel books produced in the last twenty years' -- Scotland on Sunday) and City of Djinns ('the best travel book I have ever read' -- George Mackay Brown).

A book about the author's travels around the Siberia.

Colin Thubron relates the story of his 10,000 mile journey across China, which he undertook when the country was just emerging from the Cultural Revolution.

Peter Fleming and Eva Maillart set out across a China torn by civil war to journey through Sinkiang to British India. This account also offers an insight into the last days of the Great Game, when Britain and Russia still faced each other across a Central Asia in a state of anarchy.

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.