The Secret Life of the Gold Coast by Brendan Shanahan
$24.99 AUD
Category: General
The Gold Coast: City of the Future; metropolis of dreams. In less than fifty years a tiny holiday town of fibro shacks and mangrove swamps has grown to become a city of almost a million people and an embodiment of our unquenchable lust for surf, sun and sand. Set against a backdrop of marina development ...Show more
The Friendship Highway: Two Journeys in Tibet by Charlie Carroll
$24.99 AUD
Category: General
Tibet was not just on the horizon, it capped it. Four thousand metres above this city was a country of stone and ice, and, even though it was officially closed, there was still a way in. A compelling and unforgettable encounter on the roof of the world... Hoping to reach Tibet after a twenty-year obs ...Show more
The Birth of Korean Cool - How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture by Euny Hong
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
How did a really unhip country suddenly become cool? How could a nation that once banned miniskirts, long hair on men and rock 'n' roll come to mass produce pop music and a K-pop star that would break the world record for the most YouTube hits? Who would have predicted that a South Korean company that u ...Show more
Trieste by Jan Morris
$22.99 AUD
Category: General
Jan Morris has crafted a meditation on a most unusual city. James (as she was then) first visited Trieste as a soldier at the end of World War II. Since then, the city has come to represent her own life, with all its hopes, disillusionments, loves and memories. Paperback (B-Format)
Chinese Rules: Mao's Dog, Deng's Cat, and Five Timeless Lessons for Understanding China by Tim Clissold
$32.99 AUD
Category: General
From the author of the acclaimed 'Mr. China' comes another rollicking adventure story - part memoir, part history, part business imbroglio - that offers valuable lessons to help Westerners win in China. In the twenty-first century, the world has tilted eastwards in its orbit; China grows confident while ...Show more
Insight Guides: Thailand's Beaches & Islands by Insight Guides
$29.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: Insight Regional Guide
Thailand's wealth of sun-kissed, tropical beaches and islands are one of the major reasons that this enticing country is one of the most popular destinations in the world, with visitor numbers up nearly 20 percent in 2013 alone. Whether you want to relax in a luxury resort, backpack between islands, fin ...Show more
Leave No Trace in the Outdoors by Jeffrey L Marion, PhD
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
The essential guide for enjoying the outdoors without harming the environment. Details the seven core principles of "Leave No Trace" ethics and practices Covers hiking, campfires, food storage, and personal hygiene Endorsed by the USDI National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish & Wildlif ...Show more
India's Disappearing Railways by Angus McDonald
$59.95 AUD
Category: General
INDIA'S DISAPPEARING RAILWAYS is a vibrant photo-essay by Australian photographer Angus McDonald, capturing for the first time in print the sub-continent's unique narrow-gauge hill railways in all their vivid colour, character and chaos. It is an intimate and humorous portrait of life on the trains, evo ...Show more
Wrong Way Round: One Country, One Camp Trailer, One Family, One Amazing Adventure by Lorna Hendry
$24.95 AUD
Category: General
'Mate, I reckon you're going about this all wrong. For the first month, you're only going to be a day's drive from Melbourne. If it was me, I'd get her across the Nullarbor quick smart so she can't nick off home.' When Lorna Hendry, her husband James and young kids left Melbourne on a one-year trip arou ...Show more
Portugal 2014 - DK Eyewitness Travel Guide by Kindersley Dorling
$37.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide
The DK Eyewitness Portugal Travel Guide is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all the fascinating cities and towns. The new-look guide is also ...Show more
Explore Australia: 2015 by Explore Australia
$59.95 AUD
Category: General
TRAVEL & HOLIDAY GUIDES. AUSTRALIAN. Packed with information for over 700 towns, as well as detailed capital city sections, Explore Australia 2015 shares information on all the places you've heard so much about, alongside many new destinations to discover for yourself. As well as helping you to plan ...Show more
Making Soapies in Kabul by Trudi-Ann Tierney
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
On an impulse, Trudi-Ann Tierney, Sydney producer and former actress, goes to Kabul to manage a bar. She quickly falls into the local TV industry, where she becomes responsible for producing a highly popular soapie. Trudi's staff are hugely inexperienced. They include Habib, the Pashto poet who wants to ...Show more