Peter Moore turns 40 and goes in search of Italy's celebrated dolce vita in the company of a 1960s Vespa.

An alternative travel guide by the author of "The Wrong Way home" and " The Full Montezuma".

In an age when a storm was evidence of God's wrath, pioneering meteorologists had to fight against convention and religious dogma to realise their ambitions. This book features Luke Howard, the first to classify the clouds, Francis Beaufort, quantifier of the winds, and, James Glaisher, explorer of the upper atmosphere by way of a hot air balloon.

Here, Peter Moore sets out to explore the different lives of this remarkable ship - from the acorn that grew into the oak that made her, to her rich and complex legacy.'Fascinating and richly detailed...