An accessible illustrated introduction to the history of sites located across the iconic location of Hadrian's Wall.

Explores the rich and fascinating history of South Shields through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.

'Brilliant, clear, and humane' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love 'Miraculous and hopeful' Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here 'Quietly profound ... belongs on the shelf next to Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild' New York Times

A warm and affectionate portrait of a city and a people under lockdown during the Covid-19 crisis, from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Rome: A History in Seven Sackings.

A guide to eco-travel that considers the subject in various aspects, from daily commuting to global holiday, offering a key to designing vacations and other travels.

Includes 366 digitally modified maps known as cartograms that depict the areas and countries of the world by their demographic importance on a range of topics, ranging from basic data on population, health, wealth and occupation to how many toys we import and who's eating their vegetables.

Endless sun, sparkling sea, crystalline sky these are the elements of the Mediterranean that offer its inhabitants a lifestyle that is the envy of the world and have delighted architects since antiquity. This title presents twenty-five of the region's most covetable houses. It includes work by internationally established architects.