Great French journalist Louis-Sébastien Mercier’s descriptions of an optimistic, utopian 18th-century London. First translation in English by Laurent Turcot and Jonathan Conlin. Contemporary illustrations in colour.

Bill Bryson’s first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years.

Newcastle finds itself on shifting ground. But it's not an earthquake, or subsidence due to an old mine. It's perception that's shifting.

When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Jen Stout left Moscow abruptly, ending up on a border post in southeast Romania, where she began to cover the human cost of Russian aggression. Night Train to Odesa begins in Russia and continues to focus on people in Ukraine. It is the account of a young female reporter with no backup or security.

Mick Fowler is the master of the small Himalayan expedition. He has been at the forefront of this approach to alpinism for thirty years, balancing family life, work at the tax office and annual trips to the greater ranges. In No Easy Way, Fowler recounts expeditions to stunning mountains in China, India, Nepal and Tibet.