From the author of Notes from a Small Island and The Lost Continent comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail is the longest continuous footpath in the world, and it snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in America.

Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time, Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. This title presents an account of his walk across Afghanistan.

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.

Backed up by the usual invaluable selection of maps, road-tested places to stay, and a cutting-edge guide to the best of British cuisine - it's all here. An unmissable travel guide, for Brits and non-Brits.

Arguing that walking as history means walking for pleasure, for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, this book homes in on the walkers whose everyday acts have shaped our culture, from the peripatetic philosophers of ancient Greece to the poets of the Romantic Age, from the perambulations of the Surrealists to the ascents of mountaineers.

Offers the visitor some of the best countryside, castles and coastlines in England, along with the friendliest people and the party capital of England, Newcastle. This title presents a comprehensive public transport coverage that can encourage British readers to explore their own country while leaving their car at home.