Destination Cambodia by Walter Mason
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
From the rich tropical city of Phnom Penh, to the wonders of Ankor Wat and the oddly loveable country town of Kampot to Sihanoukville named after the movie-directing, womanising former-king, Walter takes the reader on another colourful adventure in one of the world's hottest new destinations. With his f ...Show more
Falling in Honey: Life and Love on a Greek Island by Jennifer Barclay
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
I came here looking for some kind of happiness. I think it might be the cleverest thing I have ever done. One difficult winter when her love life falls apart (and so does she), Jen decides on Three Gifts to Self. Gift One and Two are reducing her workload and staying away from relationships for a while. ...Show more
In Tasmania by Nicholas Shakespeare
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Category: Travel Writing
In Tasmania on holiday, novelist and Chatwin biographer Nicholas Shakespeare discovered a house on a 9-mile beach and instantly decided this was where he wanted to live. He didn't know then that his ancestor was the corrupt and colourful Anthony Fenn Kemp, now known as 'the Father of Tasmania', or that ...Show more
Sydney by Delia Falconer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: City series
"Sydney may look golden, but this is the sunniness of Mozart, whose bright notes, especially at their most joyous, seem to cast themselves out across a great abyss." Sydney has always been the sexiest and most gaudy of our cities. In this book, the third in a series in which leading Australian authors w ...Show more
Balilicious by Becky Wicks
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
She lifted the burqa on Dubai in Burqalicious. Now Becky Wicks turns her attention to Australia's number one tourist destination: Bali! It seems to be the new in-thing to find yourself these days, even if you're not particularly lost. And perhaps with a bit of help from that movie (yes, that one), Bali ...Show more
A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor
$29.95 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: New York Review Books Classics
At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey--to walk to Constantinople." A Time of Gifts" is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which "Between the Woods and the Water" continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carp ...Show more
How to Talk About Places You've Never Been: On the Importance of Armchair Travel by Pierre Bayard
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
If you want to be able to talk about a place, the best thing to do is stay at home. Extensive travel and the experience of foreign cultures seem to be becoming an essential requirement for the modern citizen. However, actually visiting these places may not be the best way to discover them, as literature ...Show more
The Emperor Far Away - Travels at the Edge of China by David Eimer
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Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: very good
Far from the glittering cities of Beijing and Shanghai, China's borderlands are populated by around one hundred million people who are not Han Chinese. For many of these restive minorities, the old Chinese adage 'the mountains are high and the Emperor far away', meaning Beijing's grip on power is tenuou ...Show more
Here and There by A.A. Gill
$29.95 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
From acclaimed writer AA Gill comes this collection of travel pieces selected from his monthly column in Australian Gourmet Traveller - 'AA Gill is away'. Witty, acerbic and often moving, these pieces are far from standard travel writing fare. Touching on tourism, airports, world cuisine and countries i ...Show more
Food Trails 1 - Lonely Planet by Lonely Planet Food Staff
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: 52 Perfect Weekends Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher For everyone who loves travel and trying the local delicacies, this beautifully illustrated hardback is the must-have handbook to a year's worth of perfect weekends around the world for food lovers. Featured trails include the an homage to Bueno ...Show more
Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
A round-the-world bicycle tour with one of the most original artists of our day. Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession-strapped, climate-conscious city dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir, artist/musician and co-founder of Talking Heads David ...Show more