The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts is a travelogue tracing her epic journey across Siberia to find a piano for a Mongolian pianist. Roberts uncovers the region’s turbulent history and the remarkable survival of pianos in remote, harsh landscapes

Paul Theroux’s Burma Sahib follows Eric Blair, later to be known as George Orwell, through his uneasy years as a colonial police officer in Burma. It reveals his alienation, moral struggles, and growing disillusionment with imperial rule.

Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms follows American ambulance driver Frederic Henry in World War I as he falls in love with nurse Catherine Barkley, facing love, loss, and the horrors of war.

Wade Davis’s Into the Silence explores the British Everest expeditions of the 1920s and the sad fate of George Mallory. Linking the expeditionaries to World War I, It’s a rich blend of adventure, history, and spiritual endurance.

Jonathan Freedland’s The Escape Artist tells the extraordinary true story of Rudolf Vrba, who became the first Jew to escape Auschwitz in April 1944. Determined to warn the world, Vrba risked everything to reveal the truth of the Holocaust and save countless lives.