Rakuten Kobo

Skip side bar filters

Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love

'You won't find any other love story that is so beautiful' Grazia

by Per J Andersson ...

Translated by Anna Holmwood ...

How far would you travel for love?WINNER OF THE MARCO POLO OUTSTANDING TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018'A wonderful love story.' National Geographic, Best Books of 2017The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait – it is an encounter that ... Read more

$5.99 USD

How far would you travel for love?WINNER OF THE MARCO POLO OUTSTANDING TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018'A wonderful love story.' National Geographic, Best Books of 2017The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait – it is an encounter that
... Read more
Audiobook

The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love

by Per J Andersson ...

Narrated by Maanuv Thiara ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

WINNER OF THE MARCO POLO OUTSTANDING GENERAL TRAVEL THEMED BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2018 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDSThe story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait – it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably.PK ... Read more

$14.28 USD

WINNER OF THE MARCO POLO OUTSTANDING GENERAL TRAVEL THEMED BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2018 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDSThe story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait – it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably.PK
... Read more

Audiobook

Loitering with Intent

by Muriel Spark ...

Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

"How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Loitering about London in 1949, with intent to gather material for her writing, Fleur finds a job "on the grubby edge of the literary world," as secretary to the odd Autobiographical Association. Are they a group of mad egomaniacs, hilariously writing their memoirs in advance—or poor fools ensnared by a ... Read more

$13.95 USD

Also available as: eBook

"How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Loitering about London in 1949, with intent to gather material for her writing, Fleur finds a job "on the grubby edge of the literary world," as secretary to the odd Autobiographical Association. Are they a group of mad egomaniacs, hilariously writing their memoirs in advance—or poor fools ensnared by a
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

East of Hounslow

by Khurrum Rahman ...

Narrated by Waleed Akhtar ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Jay Qasim
Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

Meet Jay.Small-time dealer.Accidental jihadist.The one man who can save us all?Shortlisted for the 2021 Edgar AwardsJavid – call him Jay – is a dope dealer living in West London. He goes to mosque on Friday, and he’s just bought his pride and joy – a BMW. He lives with his mum, and life seems sweet.But his world is about to turn upside-down. Because MI5 have bee... ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Meet Jay.Small-time dealer.Accidental jihadist.The one man who can save us all?Shortlisted for the 2021 Edgar AwardsJavid – call him Jay – is a dope dealer living in West London. He goes to mosque on Friday, and he’s just bought his pride and joy – a BMW. He lives with his mum, and life seems sweet.But his world is about to turn upside-down. Because MI5 have bee...
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

My Paris Dream

An Education in Style, Slang, and Seduction in the Great City on the Seine

by Kate Betts ...

Narrated by Kate Betts ...

Unabridged

8 hours 52 min

A charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style“You can always come back,” my mother said. “Just go.”As a young woman, Kate Betts nursed a dream of striking out on her own in a faraway place and becoming a glamorous foreign ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

A charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style“You can always come back,” my mother said. “Just go.”As a young woman, Kate Betts nursed a dream of striking out on her own in a faraway place and becoming a glamorous foreign
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

All the Names They Used for God

Stories

by Anjali Sachdeva ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Zainab Jah, Will Damron, Jorjeana Marie, MacLeod Andrews ...

Unabridged

7 hours 16 min

For fans of Dave Eggers and Kelly Link, an exhilarating collection of stories that explores the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives—from censorship and terrorism to technology and online dating.Spanning centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters, these alluringly strange stories are united by each character’s struggle with fate. In a secret, subterranean world ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

For fans of Dave Eggers and Kelly Link, an exhilarating collection of stories that explores the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives—from censorship and terrorism to technology and online dating.Spanning centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters, these alluringly strange stories are united by each character’s struggle with fate. In a secret, subterranean world
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Fingers in the Sparkle Jar

A Memoir

by Chris Packham ...

Narrated by Chris Packham ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

Every minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with a Kestrel, a real live Kestrel, my own real live Kestrel on my wrist! I felt like I'd climbed through a hole in heaven's fence.An introverted, unusual young boy, isolated by his obsessions and a loner at school, Chris Packham was only at home in the fields ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Every minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with a Kestrel, a real live Kestrel, my own real live Kestrel on my wrist! I felt like I'd climbed through a hole in heaven's fence.An introverted, unusual young boy, isolated by his obsessions and a loner at school, Chris Packham was only at home in the fields
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Alta California

From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State

by Nick Neely ...

Narrated by Tristan Wright ...

Unabridged

17 hours 36 min

Nick Neely chronicles his 650-mile trek on foot from San Diego to San Francisco, following the route of the first overland Spanish expedition into what was soon called Alta California. Led by Gaspar de Portolá in 1769, the expedition sketched a route that would become, in part, the famous El Camino Real. It laid the foundation for the Golden State we know today, a place that remains as mythical ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Nick Neely chronicles his 650-mile trek on foot from San Diego to San Francisco, following the route of the first overland Spanish expedition into what was soon called Alta California. Led by Gaspar de Portolá in 1769, the expedition sketched a route that would become, in part, the famous El Camino Real. It laid the foundation for the Golden State we know today, a place that remains as mythical
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

In Bloom

by C.J. Skuse ...

Narrated by Georgia Maguire ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Sweetpea series
Unabridged

12 hours 3 min

Sweetpea TV series starring Ella Purnell now on Sky Atlantic!She’s back and killing for two…Rhiannon Lewis should be happy.Her cheating fiancé is in jail – framed for the depraved killing spree she committed. Her ex-lover is chopped up and buried where no-one will find him.But there’s one small problem. She’s pregnant.And as much as Rhiannon wants to continue working her way... ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Sweetpea TV series starring Ella Purnell now on Sky Atlantic!She’s back and killing for two…Rhiannon Lewis should be happy.Her cheating fiancé is in jail – framed for the depraved killing spree she committed. Her ex-lover is chopped up and buried where no-one will find him.But there’s one small problem. She’s pregnant.And as much as Rhiannon wants to continue working her way...
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Straight Outta Crawley

Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being

by Romesh Ranganathan ...

Narrated by Romesh Ranganathan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 41 min

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Straight Outta Crawley, written and read by Romesh Ranganathan.At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's Holiday Camp talent competition, smashing the only other competitor, a young girl playing the kazoo.The gig went so well that Romesh retired his comic genius for twenty two years, hiding behind the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Straight Outta Crawley, written and read by Romesh Ranganathan.At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's Holiday Camp talent competition, smashing the only other competitor, a young girl playing the kazoo.The gig went so well that Romesh retired his comic genius for twenty two years, hiding behind the
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Uncommon Type

Some Stories

by Tom Hanks ...

Narrated by Tom Hanks ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds ... Read more

$20.00 USD

Also available as: eBook

A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

The January Man

A Year of Walking Britain

by Christopher Somerville ...

Narrated by Christopher Somerville ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The January Man by Christopher Somerville, read by Christopher Somerville.In January 2006, a month or two after my father died, I thought I saw him again – a momentary impression of an old man, a little stooped, setting off for a walk in his characteristic fawn corduroys and shabby quilted jacket. After teenage rifts it was ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The January Man by Christopher Somerville, read by Christopher Somerville.In January 2006, a month or two after my father died, I thought I saw him again – a momentary impression of an old man, a little stooped, setting off for a walk in his characteristic fawn corduroys and shabby quilted jacket. After teenage rifts it was
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“per j andersson”

Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love

The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love

People who read these also enjoyed

Loitering with Intent

East of Hounslow

My Paris Dream

All the Names They Used for God

Fingers in the Sparkle Jar

Alta California

In Bloom

Straight Outta Crawley

Uncommon Type

The January Man

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“per j andersson”

Show:

People who read these also enjoyed