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The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places

By William Atkins
Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
Unabridged — 13 hours, 30 minutes
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By William Atkins
Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
Unabridged — 13 hours, 30 minutes
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Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year (UK)

"William Atkins is an erudite writer with a wonderful wit and gaze and this is a new and exciting beast of a travel book."-Joy Williams*

In the classic literary tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Geoff Dyer, a rich and exquisitely written account of travels in eight deserts on five continents that evokes the timeless allure of these remote and forbidding places.


One-third of the earth's surface is classified as desert. Restless, unhappy i...