After almost two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a while, but before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one...

When Jane Shaw secures an internship on an organic garden in Greece, she soon discovers it will be no easy-going break in the Mediterranean. The five-acre plot is perched on a steep, remote...

In ‘Pole to Pole', we join Michael Palin on the second of his epic challenges. Travelling from the North Pole to the South Pole, he experiences every extreme the globe has to offer. As he...

After ten years in England, expatriate American Bill Bryson was gripped by an urge to return to the land of his youth. Borrowing his mother’s old Chevrolet, Bryson travelled 13,978 miles through...

For years legendary broadcaster Alistair Cooke brought America to the rest of the world with incomparable wit and wisdom. This is his classic ‘personal history’ of America, guiding us through...

Bill Bryson's entertaining and illuminating book about the history of the way we live - complete, unabridged and read by the author.

Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that...

In his seventh voyage of discovery, Michael Palin reads his own account of a journey into a new Europe.

Michael Palin’s ‘New Europe' starts with a simple idea: that only a couple...

Tim Cahill learns many valuable life lessons along the way in a remarkable collection of hilarious journeys, such as: how to drink with the Aussies (trying to match them beer for beer is not a...

The third and most ambitious of Michael Palin’s adventures is a voyage of epic proportions the circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim. He travels for almost a year through the eighteen countries...

Australia has more things that can kill you than anywhere else. Nevertheless, Bill Bryson journeyed to the country and promptly fell in love with it. The people are cheerful, their cities are...

The original India Pale Ale was pure gold in a glass; a beer specially invented, in the 19th century, to travel halfway around the world and arrive in perfect condition for a cold drink on an...