Great Journeys: allowing readers to travel around the planet and back through the centuries. Across the Empty Quarter charts Thesiger's amazing journey across Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter. More...

Great Journeys: allowing readers to travel around the planet and back through the centuries. One of the great derisive monuments to the imbecilities of the tourist experience, Can-Cans, Cats and Cities of Ash is Mark Twain's account of his tour with a group of fellow Americans around the sights of Europe. More...