Jupiter's Travels by Ted Simon
$39.99 AUD
Category: General
Simon rode a motorcycle around the world in the seventies, when such a thing was unheard of. In four years he covered 78,000 miles through 45 countries, living with peasants and presidents, in prisons and palaces, through wars and revolutions. What distinguishes this book is that Simon was already an ac ...Show more
Jane Austen's England - A Travel Guide by Karin Quint
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
- The first and only travel guide that focuses on Austen's life, work, and legacy- Packed with travel tips, walking routes, tour times and Austen trivia- A great gift for any Austen fan - but will also be appreciated by ramblers, Anglophiles, and anyone with an interest in Regency EnglandWalk in Jane Au ...Show more
The Food Lover's Guide to Paris by Helen Massy-Beresford
$39.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: City Guides
Paris may have enjoyed decades as the undisputed gastronomic capital of the world, but food revolutions in the likes of London and Copenhagen have challenged its reign in recent years.After a spell of complacency, Parisian chefs have had to up their game, with delicious results. This guide will show you ...Show more
The Joy of Water by Lonely Planet
$29.99 AUD
Category: Lonely Planet | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
Cannonball into a refreshing pool, relax in natural hot springs, experience the excitement of open water, and feel the sea breeze on your face - the allure of waves and experiences in water are at the heart of The Joy of Water. Featuring personal stories about the exhilarating, restorative, formative ...Show more
Sea Vagabond's World - Boats and Sails, Distant Shores, Islands and Lagoons by Bernard MOITESSIER
$39.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
"I would like now to write a practical book that will cover three topics: boats, the sea, and the beachcombing life." These were the thought of Bernard Moitessier after he finished writing his last book, Tamata and the Alliance, while in Polynesia. The great master died in 1994 and never completed the b ...Show more
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel
For centuries, Tibet was known as a hermit kingdom. Its charms were hidden by the natural barrier of the Himalayas to its west and by a reclusive theocratic government ruled by a succession of Dalai Lamas...Nowadays it is not the Tibetans shutting the door, but a paranoid Chinese Communist Party. China ...Show more
Meander - East to West Along a Turkish River by Jeremy Seal
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: good
The course of the Meander is so famously indirect that the river's name has come to signify digression - an invitation Jeremy Seal is duty-bound to accept while travelling the length of it in a one-man canoe. At every twist and turn of his journey, from the Meander's source in the uplands of Central Tur ...Show more
In Tasmania by Nicholas Shakespeare
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel
A brilliant account of 200 years of Tasmanian history and an acclaimed writer's discovery of his secret connection with that island and its past.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 wante ...Show more
Magdalena: River of Dreams by Wade Davis
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel
A captivating new book from Wade Davis - winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence - that brings vividly to life the story of the great Rio Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future. Travellers often become enchanted with the first country that captures their he ...Show more
Fictional London - A Guide to the Capital's Literary Landmarks by Stephen Halliday
$34.99 AUD
Category: General
London is unrivaled as a source of inspiration for writers from Geoffrey Chaucer to J.K. Rowling. Fictional London will explore the capital both from the viewpoint of the many writers who have used it as a stage for their plots and their characters; and of the readers whose imagination is fired by the k ...Show more
Sunken Treasures - Discoveries in Shipwrecks from the Maritime Silk Road 800-1900 by Karin Gaillard (Editor)
$75.00 AUD
Category: General
Travel by Colour - Lonely Planet (HB) by Lonely Planet
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
From the bright blue hues of Jodhpur, Rajasthan's medieval metropolis, to the deep purples of Provence's lavender fields, discover the world through a stunning collection of photographs with the first and only travel guide by colour palette. This inspiring book features 400 photographs of amazing desti ...Show more