The Director is the Commander by Anna Broinowski
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
'We were all propagandists; the only differences were our goals.' Looking for respite from her crumbling marriage and determined to stop a coal seam gas mine near her Sydney home, filmmaker Anna Broinowski finds wisdom and inspiration in the strangest of places: North Korea. Guided by the late Dear Lead ...Show more
A Literary Tour of Italy by Tim Parks
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: near fine
An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks - who was described in a recent review as "one of the best living writers of English" - has delighted audiences around the world with his finely observed writing on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This volume contains a selection of his ...Show more
Cobra in the Bath: Adventures in Less Travelled Lands by Miles Morland
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Miles Morland is an adventurer. He was born in India to a naval father and a glamorous mother once described as the 'most dangerous woman in India'. His parents divorced and Miles followed his mother to Tehran, which they had to leave in a hurry, and on to Baghdad, which they also had to leave in a hurr ...Show more
The Santiago Pilgrimage by Jean-Christophe Rufin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: very good
"Whenever I was asked: 'Why did you go to Santiago?', I had a hard time answering. How could I explain to those who had not done it that the way has the effect - if not the virtue - to make you forget all reasons that led you to become involved in it in the first place." Each year, tens of thousands of ...Show more
Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die by stevedavey.com
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Life is short. Take yourself to places you'll never forget. We owe it to ourselves to see as much of this beautiful world as possible. This is for people that want to see ancient monuments, extraordinary scenery, endangered wildlife, inspiring cultures, architecture and art - places that give us the ch ...Show more
Oaxaca Journal by Oliver Sacks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Since childhood, Oliver Sacks has been fascinated by ferns: an ancient class of plants able to survive and adapt in many climates. Along with a delightful group of fellow fern aficionados--mathematicians, poets, artists, and assorted botanists and birders--he embarks on an exploration of Southern Mexico ...Show more
A.A. Gill is Away by A. A. Gill
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
A. A. Gill is probably the most read columnist in Britain. Every weekend he entertains readers of the SUNDAY TIMES with his biting observations on television and his unsparing, deeply knowledgeable restaurant reviews. Even those who want to hate him agree: A. A. Gill is hopelessly, painfully funny. He i ...Show more
Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: \
"It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life u a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. Ignoring suc ...Show more
Road Wench: It's a Tour, Not a Holiday by MEADOWS, SHANNON
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
What Westerners Have for Breakfast : Five Years in Goa by John McBeath
$29.95 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
In the mid-eighties John McBeath and his partner Sue left Australia for India with the dream to open a European-style pensione in an old Portuguese villa in Goa. After several visits to India they had realised that Goa with its European influences, pristine beaches, and laid-back tropical lifestyle was ...Show more
Lost in TranslationA Life in a New Language by Eva Hoffman
$31.95 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
The condition of exile is an exaggeration of the process of change and loss that many people experience as they grow and mature, leaving behind the innocence of childhood. Eva Hoffman spent her early years in Cracow, among family friends who, like her parents, had escaped the Holocaust and were skeptica ...Show more
Sell Up, Pack Up and Take off by Stephen Wyatt
$27.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Whether you're 40-plus and feeling burnt out, or 50-plus and approaching retirement, this is the perfect book for you. Find out how to live an exciting and comfortable but cheaper life overseas - on a long term or trial basis. Sell Up, Pack Up and Take Off tells you about people who are living the dream ...Show more