A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam by Lewis Norman
34.95 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
a poignant description of Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam in 1950, with all their beauty, gentleness, grandeur and intricate political balance intact - Restores this lost world, like a phoenix, from the ashes of the Vietnam war and its aftermath - shows the Vietnamese guerilla movement in its infancy, rang ...Show more
Travels in Blood and Honey: Becoming a Beekeeper in Kosovo by Elizabeth Gowing
27.95 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
A sudden move to Kosovo throws the author into an entirely unfamiliar world. Through a beekeeping apprenticeship she develops friendships and connections that help her understand her new home and meets other beekeepers: retired guerrilla fighters, victims of human trafficking, political activists an ...Show more
Wayward Tourist, The by Mark Twain
26.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
This republishes Mark Twain's Australian travel writing, in which he recounts his impressions of Sydney and his view of Australian history. Includes introduction from Don Watson.
We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light by John Baxter
19.95 AUD
22.99 (13% off)
Category: Travel Literature
For more than a century, pilgrims from all over the world seeking romance and passion have made their way to the City of Light. The seductive lure of Paris has long been irresistible to lovers, artists, epicureans, and connoisseurs of the good life. Globe-trotting film critic and writer John Baxter hear ...Show more
Rimbaud in Java: The Lost Voyage by Jamie James
19.95 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
At eighteen, the French poet Rimbaud proclaimed: "My day is done; I'm leaving Europe. The sea air will burn my lungs; lost climes will tan my skin." Three years later, in 1876, he joined the Royal Army of the Dutch Indies and sailed for Java. This book charts renowned French poet Arthur Rimbaud's lost v ...Show more
They Eat Horses, Don't They?: The Truth About the French by Piu Marie Eatwell
29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
The centuries-old, love-hate relationship with our closest neighbour has spawned a plethora of myths and stereotypes. In recent years our stock of received wisdom about the French - land of the sophisticated lover, the wine-fuelled lunch, the gitane-puffing philosopher, the hairy female armpit and the r ...Show more
Penguin Underground Lines Boxset by Various
100.00 AUD
Category: Travel Literature | Series: Penguin Underground Lines
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Tube, the Penguin Underground Lines box set brings together 12 books by writers ranging from John O'Farrell to John Lanchester, Lucy Wadham to the Kids' Company Name: Penguin Underground Lines. Date of Birth: will be born 7th March 2013 Vital statistics: Twelve ...Show more
2014 New York City Restaurants by Zagat Survey
24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
2014 New York City Restaurants covers over 2,050 restaurants in all five boroughs. This handy guide contains Zagat's trusted ratings and reviews for New York City restaurants based on the opinions of 38,000 avid diners like you. The trademark reviews and corresponding scores for Food, Decor, Service and ...Show more
A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena De Blasi
22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
'This true midlife romance reads like a fairytale.' - Sunday Life..'Replete with details of food and markets, with recipes appended, this is a sumptuous addition to the escape to Italy/France genre.' - Sydney Morning Herald..When Fernando spots her in a Venice cafe and knows immediately that she is The ...Show more
Turkish Awakening by Alev Scott
29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
Born in London to a Turkish mother and British father, Alev Scott moved to Istanbul to discover what it means to be Turkish in a country going through rapid change, a country with an extraordinary past and an ever more surprising present. From the European buzz of modern-day Constantinople to the Arabic ...Show more
Where's Wallis? by Brian Thacker
24.95 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
In the spirit of Stanley and Livingstone, Brian Thacker is striking out for destinations unknown. Under-equipped and totally unprepared, Brian leaves the guide books behind and gets off the beaten track, out of his comfort zone and into trouble in some of the oddest countries you've never heard of.Paul ...Show more
Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh
22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
To understand India you have to see it, hear it, breathe it and feel it. Living through the good, the bad and the ugly is the only way to know where you fit in and where India fits into you. In 1991 Monisha and her family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home again. ...Show more