Glorious photographs of the Parisian skyline - zinc, slate and copper bliss, at dawn, at dusk. An accordian book that would stretch to over a hundred feet if fully extended... How can that ... read more
Drawing on the Kon-Tiki Museum archive in Oslo and illustrated with many of Heyerdahl's photographs, this is published on the 75th anniversary of the Norwegian explorer's astonishing and per... read more
From the Alps to the Adriatic, through Ferrara, Mantova, Parma, Cremona, Pavia and Turin. Those who read Helena Attlee's recent Lev's Violin will know something of its historical use, but no... read more
The Great Game has not changed though the players have: Keay looks at the history of this contested and remote area and at those that have roamed its wildernesses.
Travelling five thousand miles from the Arctic Circle to the eastern border of Turkey, the author examines the C20th faultline laid down in the Cold War and its legacy.
A haunting glimpse of the officers and sailors of the Erebus and the Terror on their ill-fated expedition, and of the hopes and fears of their colleagues and families when the Erebus softly ... read more