Europe

Brought to you by Penguin. AS SEEN ON TV Professor Alice Roberts travels 1,300 miles by train across Italy, France and Spain in search of a greater understanding of the Roman Empire for Channel 4's popular TV series Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts. Visiting sites often off the beaten...

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, heart-warming and self-deprecating style, Laurence explores and celebrates the similarities between the Irish and the Germans...

Paris is often introduced through imagery that feels immediately familiar, even to those who have never set foot in the city. Wide boulevards lined with trees, the steady curve of the River Seine, the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower against the evening sky, and the quiet presence of cafés that seem to invite conversation and reflection all combine to create an impression that is both recognisable and enduring. Yet this familiarity can be misleading, because it suggests a simplicity that does not truly exist.

What’s So Special About London? is a rich, immersive exploration of one of the world’s most fascinating cities, revealing the layers, contrasts, and everyday realities that make London truly unique. This is not just another travel guide.

Rome is not a city that can be understood quickly, and it is certainly not one that reveals itself fully through its most famous landmarks alone. It is a place built upon layers of time, meaning, and human activity, where the past does not sit quietly behind glass or within museum walls, but remains actively present in the streets, the buildings, and the rhythm of daily life. To encounter Rome is to engage with a city that exists across centuries at once, where ancient foundations support modern movement, and where every corner carries a sense of continuity that few other cities can match.

Il Vaticano è un luogo unico, un'isola di ineguagliabile bellezza. Nelle sue pietre sono incisi quasi due millenni di eventi tumultuosi, di ardente spiritualità, aberrante crudeltà e fuoco creativo. Oggi è lo Stato più piccolo del mondo, ma in esso è concentrato un patrimonio culturale e artistico immenso.

Don’t just see the sights―get to know the people. A land of mountains, hills, and fertile plains, Romania is a tourist destination waiting to be discovered. It is a rich and complex country: a place whose cities are home to beautiful parks and vibrant cultural scenes; whose people welcome...

When Sean Dietrich—known to millions as "Sean of the South"—and his wife, Jamie, set out to walk the Camino de Santiago, they weren't just looking for a hike. They were looking for a way to carry their lives across five hundred miles of Spanish mud, ancient stone, and the kind of exhaustion that strips a soul down to its genuine marrow. Combining grit, humor, ancient wisdom, and quiet wonder into an inspiring tale of endurance, I Would Walk Five Hundred Miles is a modern chronicle of the human spirit.

Ann is restless and dissatisfied with the avenues open to her in New York and yearns to see if life is more promising elsewhere. She leaves New York in 1964 with $400 and a one-way ticket to Lisbon and for the next ten years lives and works in Spain, Italy, Israel, and Greece. She learns new...

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Latvia. Greater Than a Tourist—Latvia by author Rudolph Apinis offers first-hand and personal insight into the best ways to visit the Gem of the Baltics. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the ‘Greater Than a Tourist’ series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.