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Brought to you by Penguin. THE FOURTH BOOK FROM RAYNOR WINN, THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SALT PATH Award-winning nature writer Raynor Winn laces up her walking boots once more, heading north for what will become a deeply personal pilgrimage to complete the Coast to Coast...

The Italian Job: A Memoir of an American Reporter in Rome by Jason Horowitz is a forthcoming title from Celadon Books...

Brought to you by Penguin. In 1971, two years after the launch of Monty Python’s Flying Circus made his comedy troupe global superstars - and made all their lives a little more complicated - Eric Idle decided to buy a ramshackle property in the south of France. In search of a simpler, quieter...

When Tim Hannigan discovers a forgotten web of paths recorded on an old map of Ireland, he sets out on an epic journey to find out how the country lost its ways. This is also a deeply personal journey for the author, Tim Hannigan. Born in Britain, but of Irish ancestry and living in County Galway, there are awkward questions about landscape and identity, and about the connections between walking and belonging, to be answered as he struggles to find his way across a pathless land.

Our naughtiest national treasure and Number 1 bestselling author takes on Britain and the British In Miriam's Full English, she turns her documentary-maker's eye on her own backyard. After exploring the rest of the world through her much-loved BBC series, she's bringing her trademark wit to get...

Professor Hans Rekke and Micaela Vargas have earned a reputation for solving the unsolvable. But they've never been confronted by a serial killer. That changes when Rekke receives a visit from Spanish chief inspector Rafael Corales, who is unable to forget the unsolved murder of a young woman in...

One dog’s love. One man’s journey. When Matthew Sigman’s beloved dog, Augie, died, his world fell apart. His boyfriend broke up with him. His work dried up. Even the ceiling of his West Village apartment collapsed. Heartbroken and adrift, Matthew did the only thing he could—he ran. An...

No books. No long lists of vocabulary. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a tried and tested language learning method that has been used by over 1 million people to speak fluently and confidently. With Paul Noble’s simple, relaxed approach you will learn in a way that...

The quest to uncover the history of a mysterious painting, and a joyous exploration of art in the twentieth century and beyond. While wandering the streets of Paris in 2015, L. John Harris finds an abandoned, unfinished, and strangely compelling painting. The subject: a girl wearing a bright-red...

Brought to you by Penguin. Top of the Morgen! charts the adventures of Laurence Falconer, a craic-loving Dubliner, as he tries to get to grips with a new life in Germany. In his hilarious, hard-warming and self-deprecating style, Laurence explores and celebrates the similarities between the...

From awe-inspiring Norman castles, to the homes we live in, Simon Thurley explores how the architecture of this small island influenced the world. The Building of England puts into context the significance of a country’s architectural history and unearths how it is inextricably linked to the...

Depuis sa naissance, Constance a un lien fusionnel avec sa grand-mère, une authentique Parisienne qui n’a quitté la capitale que pour une seule aventure dans sa vie : le tournage du film culte de Luchino Visconti, Le Guépard. C’était en 1962, à Palerme. Costumière dans les coulisses du...

À chaque coin de rue se cache une histoire. Madalena le sait mieux que quiconque. Veuve et dans la quarantaine, elle a décidé de transformer un vieil immeuble du cœur de Lisbonne en hôtel, mettant en jeu ses économies et ses rêves. Ce n’est pas seulement un bâtiment qu’elle souhaite...

Tom Fort takes us on a fun-packed journey around the UK's lidos past and present, proving that lidos can tell us more about social trends, progress and political ideology than you might think. His journey shows us, time and time again, the personal significance of the lidos' communal spaces – the unmistakable cold of the water rising above your shoulders, the sounds and smells of poolside sunbathing, the sun-baked tiles underfoot and the warm towel after a freezing dip.

A compelling journey through the history of British holidays. Holidays. We dream of them, plan them and savour every moment of them. But where did the concept of “the holiday” come from? How has it become so essential to who we are as Brits? And what does the future hold for our treasured...

Jean Ajalbert nous entraîne au cœur d’un pays qui se dévoile par touches sensibles et regard attentif. En tableaux vivants, il capte l’âme de l’Auvergne: ses paysages, ses voix, son rythme, la simplicité du quotidien et la force discrète d’un territoire fidèle à lui-même. Entre chronique et confidence, sa langue précise et chaleureuse fait surgir atmosphères, rencontres et souvenirs, pour une immersion délicate dans une région qui se raconte autant qu’elle se traverse. À écouter comme une marche lente, curieuse et émerveillée, vers l’intimité d’une terre.

Walking defines us as human beings. But how much do we know about the paths that we walk? Why do they matter? What caused so many to be lost? And can we create more of them? In The Path More Travelled, acclaimed geographer and travel writer Nicholas Crane explores the hidden history of Britain's...

Dans ce récit de voyage de 1843, Théophile Gautier traverse l’Espagne et en capte la beauté changeante, du Retiro et de ses splendeurs aux horizons et scènes du quotidien, que son regard de peintre détaille avec une précision sensuelle. Entre descriptions d’œuvres et notations prises sur le vif, il compose une suite de tableaux où la pierre, le bronze et la lumière deviennent personnages.

Amelia B. Edwards first heard about the Dolomites in 1853, through sketches brought back to England from Italy. On 27 June 1872, she embarked on a trip through the mountains with her friend Lucy Renshaw. At the time of Edwards’s visit, the Dolomites were described as terra incognita and even educated persons had never heard of them. During the expedition, Edwards also sought works of Titian, finding a Madonna and Child in Serravalle (Vittorio Veneto) and two other paintings at a village church in Cadore.

Brought to you by Penguin. For centuries, Mount Etna has sent lava to engulf the towns and villages, terraced fields, orchards, vineyards, and citrus groves that nestle across its slopes. But still it remains home to a quarter of Sicily’s population. Why? Because Etna has always rewarded her...