Impossible Owls - Essays from the Ends of the World by Brian Phillips
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
From its opening journey into remote Alaska for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, IMPOSSIBLE OWLS leads us on a kaleidoscopic exploration of contemporary reality. Brian Phillips takes us to a sumo tournament in Japan, the jungle in India, the studio of a great Russian animator, a royal tour of the Yukon Terri ...Show more
Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
$27.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Vintage Departures Ser.
Propelled by his boyhood passion for the Civil War, Horwitz embarks on a search for places and people still held in thrall by America's greatest conflict. The result is an adventure into the soul of the unvanquished South, where the ghosts of the Lost Cause are resurrected through ritual and remembrance ...Show more
Footnotes - A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers by Peter Fiennes
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
'The premise of this book is simple, or that is what it seemed when I started.' Peter Fiennes follows in the footsteps of twelve inspirational writers, bringing modern Britain into focus by peering through the lens of the past. The journey starts in Dorset, shaped by the childhood visions of Enid Blyt ...Show more
Walking the Americas by Levison Wood
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Levison Wood's famous walking expeditions have taken him from the length of the Nile River to the peaks of the Himalayas, and in Walking the Americas, Wood chronicles his latest exhilarating adventure: a 1,800-mile trek across the spine of the Americas, through eight countries, from Mexico to Colombia.B ...Show more
The Raven's Nest by Sarah Thomas
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
A breathtaking mix of nature writing, memoir and travel, this is the story of the making and unmaking of a marriage, and the search for home among the elemental landscape of Iceland's bewitching Westfjords. In 2008, on a week-long trip to a film festival in Iceland, Sarah Thomas was spellbound by the st ...Show more
Atlas of Cursed Places - A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations by Olivier Le Carrer
$45.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity, and death. The locations gathered here include the dangerous Strait of Messina, home of the mythical sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis; the coal town of Jharia, where the ground burns constantly with fire; ...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
I Heart Rome: Recipes & Stories from the Eternal City by Maria Pasquale
$49.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Rome begs to be uncovered at every turn. Through quirky local stories and glorious pictures, I Heart Rometakes you on an inspiring journey through the Rome that tourists rarely get to see. In a country justifiably famous for its food, Rome boasts its own fascinating and unique cuisine that is intrinsic ...Show more
Silly Isles by Eric Campbell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
From the bestselling author of Absurdistan, a hilarious tour through small but very strange places. No man is an island. But lots of strange men live on them. In the Kurils, off northern Japan, World War II is still being fought between Japan and Russia, both hell-bent on claiming this tiny island group ...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
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
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