Dublin : A Traveller's Reader by Valerie Thomas; Pakenham Pakenham
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
'Unforgettable . . . no better compilers could have been found' - History Today 'Dublin's past comes dazzlingly alive' - Publishing News 'Erudite and practical simultaneously' - Gemma Hussey, Irish Independent Dublin's turbulent history, its intensely literary and theatrical character of long literary l ...Show more
Walking the Himalayas: An Adventure of Survival and Endurance by Levison Wood
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
WINNER OF THE 2016 EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 'Levison Wood has breathed new life into adventure travel.' Michael Palin 'Levison Wood is a great adventurer and a wonderful storyteller' Sir Ranulph Fiennes Bestselling author of Walking the Nile 'Levison Wood is "bewildered ...Show more
Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day by Philip Matyszak
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
Here is an informative and entertaining guide to everything that any tourist needs for a journey back in time to ancient Rome in AD 200. You need only pack your imagination and a toothbrush - this guide provides the rest, describing all the best places to stay and shop, what to do, and what to avoid. Br ...Show more
The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K Fisher
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
A classic of gastronomic writing that redefined the genre, The Gastronomical Me is a memoir of travel, love and loss, but above all hunger.
Songlines and Fault Lines by Morrison, Glenn
$27.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
Visitors to the Red Centre come looking for the real Australia. What they find is both beautiful and disturbing- wilderness, desire, an ancient philosophy of home, and the confusing countenance of the Australian frontier, a meeting place of black and white, ancient and modern. Songlines and Fault Lines ...Show more
The Travel Survival Guide - Get Smart, Stay Safe by Lloyd Figgins
$14.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
The rewards you can reap from exploring this amazing planet are incalculable. Every year, more and more of us are discovering the joy, the excitement, the sheer sense of adventure in roaming the world. But travelling, particularly to the more remote and volatile corners of the globe, can be a dangerous ...Show more
The Climb : Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev
$18.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
In May 1996 a number of expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route. Each group contained world class climbers and relative novices, some of whom had paid tens of thousands of pounds for the climb. As they neared the summit twenty-three men and women, including the expediti ...Show more
Ascent by Chris Bonington
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
BRITAIN'S GREATEST CLIMBER. 'He is the David Attenborough of mountaineering . . . Bonington's most personal memoir yet.' The Times. 'This is a compelling tale of fortitude and endurance.' - The Sunday Times 'He is the icon of British climbing.' The Daily Mirror Sir Chris Bonington memoir Ascent will ...Show more
Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road by Kate Harris
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
"Lands of Lost Borders carried me up into a state of openness and excitement I haven't felt for years. It's a modern classic." --Pico Iyer A brilliant, fierce writer makes her debut with this enthralling travelogue and memoir of her journey by bicycle along the Silk Road--an illuminating and thought-pr ...Show more
Yak on Track - An unforgettable adventure in the last Himalayan kingdom by Heather McNeice
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
It seemed like a good idea to Heather at the time: organise a challenging trek to raise funds for the education of young Bhutanese girls. Heather had walked in the Himalayas before, so how hard could it be on the trail to Lunana, Bhutan's most remote plateau? On the 240-kilometre trek, she discovers tha ...Show more
Van Cat Meow: A Lost Man, a Rescue Cat, a Road Trip Like No Other by Richard East; Richard East
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
A lost man. A rescued cat. A road trip like no other. People everywhere have fallen in love with Willow, the van cat, as she explores the wilds of Australia with Richard, her devoted owner. Now for the first time, Richard and Willow tell the true story behind the images that have captured our hearts ... ...Show more
Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
A round-the-world bicycle tour with one of the most original artists of our day. Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession-strapped, climate-conscious city dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir, artist/musician and co-founder of Talking Heads David ...Show more