Series: The Passenger

In this volume: The Sea Between Lands by David Abulafia; The Liquid Road by Leila Slimani; The Cold One, the Hot One, the Mad One, and the Angry One by Nick Hunt - plus: the sounds and smells of the Mediterranean; the invention of the Mediterranean diet; and more... The word "Mediterranean" evokes something larger than geography, and has historically...

Fresh and diverting, informative and topical without being slight or ephemeral. This supremely well-edited combination of current affairs, journalism, commentary, and fun facts is perfect for our pause-button moment. - Australian Financial Review, Best Books of the Year Fully illustrated, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from around the world.

Brimming with intricate research and enduring wonder, The Passenger is a love-letter to global travel. "These books are so rich and engrossing that it is rewarding to read them even when one is stuck at home." - The TLS "The Passenger has a strong focus on storytelling, with pages given over to a mix of essays, playlists and sideways glances...

Order and Progress? by Jon Lee Anderson Pride, Prejudice, and Funk by Alberto Riva I Was King of The River by Eliane Brum In the second half of the 20th century, Brazil made extraordinary contributions to music, sport, and architecture. From "bossa nova," to acrobatic soccer, to the daring architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa, the country seemed to...

Few countries have received more media attention in recent years, and even fewer have been represented in such vastly divergent ways. There's a downside to all this attention: everyone seems to have something final to say about Greece. News replaces people's actual stories, impressions substitute facts, characters take the place of people. In this volume of The Passenger, we chose...

From its very first contact with the West, India has been subject to great mystification. India's long history, the survival of ancient rituals, and its variety of languages and cultures continue to fascinate. This narrative is intertwined with a newer one that sees the frenetic change of a society at the forefront of innovation. Success stories coexist alongside stories of...

The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, and reportage from around the world. Its aim is to break down barriers and introduce the essence of the place. Packed with essays and investigative journalism, original photography and illustrations, charts, and unusual facts and observations, each volume offers a unique insight into a different culture and examines how history has shaped...

"These books are so rich and engrossing that it is rewarding to read them even when one is stuck at home." — The TLS The Passenger makes its first stop in Southeast Asia. A journey to one of the world's major tourist destinations. In this volume: Pitchaya Sudbanthad discusses Buddhism, the State, and Superpowers; Emma Larkin explores The Country of...

The Big Dig by Elif Batuman A Story of Dust and Light by Burhan Sonmez An Author Recommends by Elif Shafak Plus: the thirty-year coup and the dam that is washing away 12,000 years of history, and more. The birth of the "New Turkey," as the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called his own creation, is an exemplary story...

'These books are so rich and engrossing that it is rewarding to read them even when one is stuck at home.' - TLS 'Fresh and diverting, informative and topical.' - Australian Financial Review, Best Books of the Year Night, Sleep, Death and the Stars by Lauren Groff The Universe Underground by Paolo Giordano We All Hated Each Other So Much...

Brimming with intricate research and enduring wonder, The Passenger is a love-letter to global travel. The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, and reportage from around the world. Its aim is to break down barriers and introduce the essence of a place. Packed with essays and investigative journalism, original photography and illustrations, charts, and unusual facts and observations, each...

In recent years, Naples has been the subject of countless books, films, and TV series, making it even more difficult to imagine a Neapolitan normality, if it exists at all. As Naples becomes the most filmed city in Italy, where to look for the ordinary, the average? Maybe we need to "go up" to Vomero, a neighborhood considered almost alien...

In this volume: The mass is ended by Catherine Dunne and Caelainn Hogan; The Way Back by Colum McCann; A Trip to Westeros by Mark O'Connell. Plus: life on the margins of two unions and right in the middle of Brexit, making war on each other for 30 years while playing on the same national rugby team, emigrating to the...

Eighty years ago, at the end of a devastating fratricidal war, South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world, completely dependent on the United States for security and development. Today it's the tenth economy in the world, dynamic and innovative, a lively and participatory democracy that sits at the table of the great powers. Hallyu — the...