The Magic of Japan: Secret Places and Life-changing Experiences (With 475 Color Photos) by Hector Garcia
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
A charming collection of quirky insights into Japanese culture. The Magic of Japan is writer Hector Garcia's intensely personal account of his fifteen years in Japan. A self-professed 'otaku"'or Japanese anime geek since childhood, Garcia has worked for a Japanese software company, mastered the language ...Show more
The Border: A Journey Around Russia by Erika Fatland
$26.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Erika Fatland travels along the seemingly endless Russian border - from North Korea in the Far East through Russia's bordering states in Asia and the Caucasus, crossing the Caspian Ocean and the Black Sea along the way.The Border is a book about Russia and Russian history without its author ever enterin ...Show more
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, fueled by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author Nick OffermanNick Offerman has always felt a pa ...Show more
Wild Places (Inspired Traveller's Guide) by Sarah Baxter
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Inspired Traveller's Guides
A guide to 25 untameable or rewilded places throughout the world, with beautiful illustrations and great tips for the mindful traveller, as well as commentary on conservation of these special places.
Imagine a City: A Pilot Sees the World by Mark Vanhoenacker
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
The bestselling author of Skyfaring celebrates the world's cities from his perspective as a pilot'A journey around both the author's mind and the planet's great cities that leaves us energised, open to new experiences and ready to return more hopefully to our lives' ALAIN DE BOTTON___________________A l ...Show more
The Eternal Season - A Journey Through Our Changing British Summer by Stephen Rutt
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
A soaring celebration of summer and a poignant journey into the changing nature of the British season - from the award-winning author of Wintering and The Seafarers. Summer is traditionally a time of plenty, of warmth; a time to celebrate abundance. And so Stephen Rutt sets out to explore the natural wo ...Show more
Life Plans on Dive Bar Napkins - A Guide to Travelling Recklessly, Living Stupidly by Paul Manser
$40.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Kidnapped in the most expensive taxi in Mexico. Living like Frank Sinatra with a UTI in Palm Springs. Avoiding exploding rubbish bins in new Tokyo. Sleeping with man-eating spiders in Guatemala. For better or (usually) worse, major life decisions start as a scribble on the back of a bar napkin for Paul ...Show more
Dirt - Adventures in French Cooking by Bill Buford
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
From the author of the widely acclaimed Heat, an exhilarating account of Bill Buford's adventures in the world of French cooking.'A romping, chomping, savoury tour de force... Hilarious' Simon SchamaWhat does it take to master French cooking? This is the question that drives Bill Buford to abandon his p ...Show more
Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination by Robert Macfarlane
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
'The most exhilarating history of mountaineering ... a riveting read' Jeremy Paxman WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Once we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride. ...Show more
Wild Heart of Tasmania: A Living History of Lake Malbena and the Western Lakes by Greg French
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Wild Heart of Tasmania is a lively collection of stories centred around a highland wilderness. It portrays bushwalking and backcountry fishing as a way of life, and historic bush huts as social fabric. In the early 2000s, Greg French was approached by a talented young fly fisher to write a foreword to ...Show more
To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface by Olivia Laing
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Canons
Over sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology and folklore. Lyrical and ...Show more
Into Iraq by Michael Palin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
A fascinating and rare insight into the history and culture of Iraq, by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In March 2022, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin journeyed along the River Tigris and into Iraq to gain a glimpse of life in an area of the world that can claim ...Show more