Notes From A Big Country: Journey Into the American Dream by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England, the world's best-loved travel writer upped sticks with Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al.and returned to li ...Show more
Walking the Camino: a Modern Pilgrimage to Santiago by Tony Kevin
$26.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
In May 2006, armed only with a small rucksack and a staff, Tony Kevin, an overweight, sedentary, 63- year-old former diplomat, set off on an eight-week trek across Spain. But this was not just a very long walk - it was a pilgrimage. From Granada, in the southeast, to Santiago de Compostela, in the far n ...Show more
Return to Moscow by Tony Kevin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Forty-eight years ago, a young and apprehensive Tony Kevin set off with his family on his first diplomatic posting, to Moscow at the height of the Cold War. In the Russian winter of 2016 he returns alone, a private citizen, aged 73. What will he find? How has Russia changed since those grim Soviet days? ...Show more
One Italian Summer by Pip Williams
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Pip and Shannon dreamed of living the good life. They wanted to slow down, grow their own food, and spend more time with the people they love. But jobs and responsibilities got in the way: their chooks died, their fruit rotted, and Pip ended up depressed and in therapy. So they did the only reasonable t ...Show more
Silly Isles by Eric Campbell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
From the bestselling author of Absurdistan, a hilarious tour through small but very strange places. No man is an island. But lots of strange men live on them. In the Kurils, off northern Japan, World War II is still being fought between Japan and Russia, both hell-bent on claiming this tiny island group ...Show more
White Mountain by Robert Twigger
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Home to mythical kingdoms, wars and expeditions, and strange and magical beasts, the Himalayas have always loomed tall in our imagination. Overrun at different times by Buddhism, Taoism, shamanism, Islam and Christianity, they are a grand central station of the world's religions. They are also a plant h ...Show more
Atlas of Cursed Places - A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations by Olivier Le Carrer
$45.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity, and death. The locations gathered here include the dangerous Strait of Messina, home of the mythical sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis; the coal town of Jharia, where the ground burns constantly with fire; ...Show more
I Heart Rome: Recipes & Stories from the Eternal City by Maria Pasquale
$49.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Rome begs to be uncovered at every turn. Through quirky local stories and glorious pictures, I Heart Rometakes you on an inspiring journey through the Rome that tourists rarely get to see. In a country justifiably famous for its food, Rome boasts its own fascinating and unique cuisine that is intrinsic ...Show more
Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell; Kate Humble (Foreword by); Mark Adlington (Illustrator)
$55.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Hailed as a masterpiece when it was first published in 1960, the story of Gavin Maxwell's life with otters on the remote west coast of Scotland remains one of the most lyrical, moving descriptions of a man's relationship with the natural world. And with more than one million copies sold, as well as a be ...Show more
Eastern Horizons: Hitchhiking the Silk Road by Levison Wood
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
BY THE AUTHOR OF WALKING THE HIMALAYAS, WINNER OF THE 2016 EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 'Download Levison Wood's Silk Road odyssey, Eastern Horizons, onto your splash-proof kindle. Then read on a sun-lounger, between dozes, wishing you were doing those terribly adventurous th ...Show more
Yorkshire A lyrical history of England's greatest county by Richard Morris
$55.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
'A restless, poetic, strange book, and the territory it describes deserves nothing less' Observer 'Meticulously researched ... fascinating' Country Life Yorkshire, it has been said, is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving history, f ...Show more