Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson’s first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings ...

Carolyn Bain & Susannah Farfor

"Golden beaches, baked red deserts and glamorous cities. An ancient indigenous history and a young, vibrant culture: welcome to Australia! Stick around, ha...

Patrick Witton & Etain O' Carroll

"Island-hop Indonesia - the ultimate adventure. Explore cobalt-blue volcanic lakes, steaming rainforests and dreamlike coral reefs. Immerse yourself in the...

Neal Bedford & Gemma Pitcher

"Slalom the ski slopes at Kitzbuhel, hike the trails through the Tyrol and explore the musical heritage from Salzburg to Vienna. Whether you're here fo...

Sarah Johnstone Nicola Willams

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Switzerland is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on wh...

Jolyon Attwooll & Charlotte Beech

Puff your way up 530 steps to the top of St. Paul's Cathedral for a heavenly view of London. Let the train take the strain while you admire the views on ...

Duncan Garwood & Paula Hardy

"Buzz through Rome on a scooter, cook up a feast in Tuscany, float down Venice's Grand Canal and hang out with the glitterati on the Amalfi Coast - Ita...

Duncan Garwood & Fiona Adams

"Imagine the roar of 50,000 spectators as gladiators fought hippopotami at Rome's Colosseum, p. 427. Feel your knees tremble as you teeter over Tara Ca...

Anthony Ham

"The Middle East Centre of St Antonya  College is the centre for the interdisciplinary study of the modern Middle East in the University of Oxford. Ce...

Rahul Jacob

When Rahul Jacob left India for the first time at the age of twenty-one, for graduate studies in the US, he was too nervous to sleep on the layover in Tokyo. Tw...

Robert Franklin

The whole history of London, from its birth as an outpost of the Roman Empire through its place at the heart of Empire's to today modern multicultural city,...

Sudeep Chakravarti

In 1967, Naxalbari, a village in West Bengal, became the centre of a Mao inspired militant peasant uprising guided by firebrand intellectuals. Today, Naxalism i...