Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes. Most of the problems travelers encounter have to do with transportation. Embarking on a walking tour of the Cévennes, a mountainous region in south-central France. Stevenson tramped without plan or purpose through scenic villages and fearsome forests depending on peasants, Trappist monks and passersby for supplies, shelter and directions. All with his travelling companion, a diminutive donkey with a mind of her own.

The Black Book. It’s a beautiful Turkish tale of identity, forgetfulness and remembering, love and belief which features metaphors and turns of phrase that can take your breath away. With its cascade of beguiling stories about Istanbul, Turkey – this book is a brilliantly unconventional mystery, and a provocative meditation on identity.