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
Places I Stopped on the Way Home: A Memoir of Chaos and Grace by Meg Fee
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
A beautiful memoir from an exciting young writer, Meg Fee, on finding her way in New York City. Full of the dramas and quiet moments that make up a life, told with humour, heart, and hope. InPlaces I Stopped on the Way Home,Meg Fee plots a decade of her life in New York City - from falling in love ...Show more
Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape by Barry Holstun Lopez
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Lopez's National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his masterpiece. Lopez offers a thorough examination of this obscure world--its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on its icy shores.
The White Darkness by David Grann
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
'A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure' JOHN GRISHAM on David Grann's The Lost City of Z'A wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration' Sunday Times on The Lost City of Z'Marvellous ... An engrossing book whose protagonist could out-think Indiana Jones' Daily Telegr ...Show more
The Meaning of Rice - And Other Tales from the Belly of Japan by Michael Booth
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
**Shortlisted for the 2017 AndrU Simon Food and Drink Book Awards** 'The next Bill Bryson.' New York Times In this often hilarious yet deeply researched book, food and travel writer Michael Booth and his family embark on an epic journey the length of Japan to explore its dazzling food culture. They find ...Show more
An Odyssey: A Father, A Son and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
From the award-winning, best-selling writer: a deeply moving tale of a father and son's transformative journey in reading-and relivin -Homer's epic masterpiece. "My favourite classicist once again combines meticulous literary investigation with warm and wrenching human emotion - books like these are why ...Show more
My Twenty-Five Years in Provence - Reflections on Then and Now by Peter Mayle
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
The beloved author Peter Mayle, champion of all things Provence, here in a final volume of all-new writing, offers vivid recollections from his twenty-five years in the South of France: lessons learned, culinary delights enjoyed, and changes observed. Twenty-five years ago, Peter Mayle and his wife, ...Show more
Orient Express - The History of a Legend by Guillaume Picon (Text by); Benjamin Chelly (Photographer); Kenneth Sir Branagh (Preface by)
$79.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
- This beautifully illustrated book captures the history, the legends and the unique style of the most famous train on earth: The Orient Express - With never-before-seen archival material - With a preface by Sir Kenneth Branagh "The Orient Express, in the collective imagination, embodies the golden age ...Show more
Figures in a Landscape: People and Places by Paul Theroux
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Drawing together classic Theroux pieces from the past 14 years, this new collection offers a comprehensive and deeply searching portrait of its acclaimed author - a kind of autobiography through work.Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons (Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Wil ...Show more
East of Croydon: Blunderings Through India and South East Asia by Sue Perkins
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the remote and snowy peaks of Tibet. Up until that point, the farthest East I'd been was Torremolinos, in the Costa Del Sol. Here's the thing: I am scared of flying.I have z ...Show more
Vanlife Diaries: Finding Freedom on the Open Road by Kathleen Morton, Jonny Dustow, Jared Melrose
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Inspired by the blog and Instagram account, Vanlife Diaries is an inspiring and detailed look into the world of the rolling homes built and occupied by a new generation of modern gypsies: a range of professionals and creatives who have ditched conventional houses for the freedom of the road and the beau ...Show more
All Aboard! True Train Tales by Pauline Deeves
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Jack loves visiting Grandpa in his old train carriage. He loves helping him in the train museum. And he loves hearing his stories about trains and railways. From runaway engines to people-powered carriages, train-robbing bushrangers and lifesaving pointsmen, Grandpa always has a tale to pass the time. B ...Show more