Duncan Pryde, an 18-year-old orphan, ex-merchant-seaman, and disgruntled factory-worker left Glas...

Norman Lewis führt Tagebuch über seine Zeit als Nachrichtenoffizier in Neapel, von Herbst 1943, d...

A reasoned anthology, a record of people who visited Lebanon from 1800 BC to the present; and of ...

New edition of the biographical novel which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989. Co-inci...

The closest thing we have to an autobiography by the veteran war reporter, who reports from China...

Mexico, through the eyes of Sybille Bedford is a country of passion and paradox: arid desert and ...

The travels of Dervla Muprhy, who in 1966 travelled the length and breadth of Ethopia, first on a...

The wittiest introduction to the life of a social anthropologist ever written. 'A riotously funny...

A detailed, affectionate and also chilling description of the disintegration of a wealthy Ottoman...

Here, Lewis brilliantly dissects the Sicilian Mafia, past and present, combining history, sociolo...

Revealing biography of Giuseppe di Lampedusa, unearthing the life story of the creator of 'The Le...

Murphy's first work, telling of her trip from Ireland to India by bike, relying on the kindness a...