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Discover 385 weird and wonderful sights around the globe, from eerie ghost towns to mysterious abandoned buildings, and even a park with 'singing' trees. Packed with stunning images and illustrations, travel itineraries and 'Top 10' lists, this is the ultimate compendium to the most astonishing corners of the Earth that you never knew existed!
From the author of the smash-hit Around the World in 80 Trains comes a new globetrotting journey – this time celebrating the peculiar magic and mayhem of the night train.
When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody else does though, including some quite crucial players like the police and the coroner. So when another senior doctor dies in similar circumstances, he’s determined to prove there’s more to these deaths than meets the eye. But following time off for his mental health, Eitan’s friends and colleagues begin to question his judgement as his chaotic investigation and equally chaotic life spiral simultaneously out of control. Is he making a career-ending mistake, or could there genuinely be a killer stalking the wards?
Here, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend. He tries on the role of caretaker after his boyfriend Hugh’s hip-replacement surgery, and both succeeds and fails. Throughout these essays – at once acerbic and tender, playful and profound – Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with warmth and curiosity this fascinating human species and the lands we inhabit.
For weeks, she has been saying it will be their special day. One last, perfect day with her children before she returns to work after maternity leave. What’s the worst that can happen? Unfolding across 24 hours, ‘Natural Disaster’ is a propulsive, darkly funny and sharply observed novel about the absurd, frustrating, hilarious, precarious, bittersweet, sometimes astonishing challenge – literal, existential – of being a woman, a mother, a wife, a person for one single, entire day.
Agatha Christie meets The Murder Mystery Club Puzzle Book. Become a summertime sleuth with this fiendish collection of paradise-themed crime puzzles. Piece together the clues and solve 10 mysterious cases. Featuring over 100 puzzles to solve.
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025
'Educational, smart and funny’ Richard Osman
‘This book is superb’ Charlie Brooker
‘Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.’ Jonn Elledge, bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 Borders
Discover the secrets behind the world’s iconic landmarks. In Hidden in Plain Sight, National Geographic regular contributor Ronan O’Connell guides you through more than 20 cities to uncover mystifying tales you’ve never heard. Featuring 150+ photos, this coffee table book is perfect for history buffs, globetrotters, and thrill-seekers alike.
Bestselling author Ben Mezrich tells the dramatic true story of the biggest scandal in chess history, and how chess became a multi-billion-dollar industry.
A delightfully nostalgic and fun puzzle book, set in the Golden Age of crime fiction, with eighty murders to solve.
Whether you’re planning a coastal escape, a weekend getaway or looking to shake up your travel mindset, this book helps you skip the obvious destinations and embrace unforgettable adventures.
With his eightieth birthday looming, it crossed Michael Palin’s mind that now might be the time to hang up his boots, to lounge about at home, to take things easy. Then the opportunity to visit Africa’s most populous nation arose. A few weeks later, he was at Lagos airport, camera crew in tow. The journal he kept during his trip offers a fascinatingly kaleidoscopic view of a country where some 500 languages are spoken and which contains within its borders everything from tropical rainforests to grasslands to desert plains. At one moment he is in vibrant but chaotic Lagos, the next in the seemingly deserted streets of Nigeria’s hyper-modern capital, Abuja, the next in the polluted oil fields of the Niger Delta. Brimming with wry humour and fascinating insights, this is a vivid and varied portrait of a complex country.
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