Provincial towns in Britain grew in size and importance in the eighteenth century. Ports such as Glasgow and Liverpool greatly expanded, while industrial centres such as Birmingham and Manchester flourished. Market towns outside London developed as c...

These days getting away from it all also means escaping the mundane atmosphere of big resorts and cookie-cutter experiences. Whether you are searching for a truly unique getaway in a beautiful corner of the world or looking for inspiration when desig...

For sale in CIS only! It may not be the longest, deepest or widest river in the world but few bodies of water reveal as much about a nation's past and present, or are suggestive of its future, as England's River Thames. Tales of legendary lock-keepe...

For sale in CIS only! Nicholas Dylan Ray grew up next to an American national park, whose mountains and forests he explored to escape his troubled home. As a young man, he left the United States, and aged twenty-two set out on a six-month journey fr...

You will see hot springs bubbling up everywhere in Japan. In fact Japanese people have been enjoying them for hundreds of years, mainly for health benefits and socializing. Bathing at hot springs is a great way to enjoy Japan, not just to experience...

If you're heading off on holiday with children, in search of sun, sea, sand (and hopefully some relaxation too!), don't forget to pack this exciting book of travel-inspired activities to keep your young explorers entertained. Full of mind-teasing puz...

For sale in CIS only! Cambodia is a long way from Germany – thousands of miles, as it turns out. And in between are some of the world's highest mountains, most inhospitable deserts and least welcoming countries. Trying to make the journey overland w...

For sale in CIS only! From its obscure origins as a fishing village along a marshy estuary, Tokyo grew into one of the world's largest and most culturally vibrant metropolises. For all its modernity and craving for the new, it is a city impregnated...

In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, books of travel and exploration were much more than simply the printed experiences of intrepid authors. They were works of both artistry and industry – products of the complex, and often contested, relat...

For sale in CIS only! It has been called a "Noble Possession", abused as "A Nest of Corsairs" and extolled as "The Pearl of the Mediterranean". This city of Tripoli, one of the oldest on both the Mediterranean and the fringes of the Sahara, and neve...