England from a Side-Saddle - The Great Journeys of Celia Fiennes by Derek J. Taylor
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
In 1697, a 34-year-old woman mounted her horse and set off on a 3,000-mile journey which over two summers would take her to every county in England. Her name was Celia Fiennes. It was a time when women didn't do such things. It could be gruelling, unhealthy and dangerous. As she discovered, most roads w ...Show more
Finding My Bella Vita: A story of family, food, fame and working out who you are by Pia Miranda
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
For years Pia Miranda has been stopped in the street by calls of, 'Found you!', forever linked to that character we all loved: Josie from Looking for Alibrandi. But playing Josie is only one small part of everything that has shaped the woman Pia has become. As a child, her Nonna would tell her stories ...Show more
High: A Journey Across the Himalayas Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal and China by Erika Fatland
$26.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
An ambitious and magnificent new travelogue by internationally bestselling, prizewinning writer Erika Fatland.The Himalayas meander for more than two thousand kilometres through many different countries, from Pakistan to Myanmar via Nepal, India, Tibet and Bhutan, where the world religions of Islam, Bud ...Show more
In Search of Sheba by Barbara Toy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
Introduced by Lois Pryce, author of Lois on the Loose, Red Tape & White Knuckles and Revolutionary Ride.In 1959 Barbara Toy, famous for her solo overland travels in North Africa and Arabia, set out in her trademark Land Rover to drive from Libya to Ethiopia.Alone, she crossed the Sahara Desert and t ...Show more
Mamma Milano: An insider's guide to creative self-discovery, the Italian way by J.J. Martin
$100.00 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
Embrace female empowerment with J.J. Martin, founder of world-renowned Milanese lifestyle brand La DoubleJ, in the ultimate insider's guide to Italy and her magic, Mamma Milano. Each copy is bound in one of three LaDoubleJ fabrics. Orders will be fulfilled with one of the fabrics available, selected at ...Show more
National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History and the Meaning of Home by Anya von Bremzen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
In National Dish, acclaimed food writer Anya von Bremzen sets out to investigate the eternal cliche that "we are what we eat". Travelling from Paris to Tokyo, from Seville, Oaxaca and Naples to Istanbul, she investigates the rapid decline of France's pot-au-feu, the misconstrued beginnings of pizza, th ...Show more
Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu by John Dougill
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Observations on the people, culture, and history of Japan from a long-time resident riding the rails along the less-traveled western coastline. This journey the length of Japan takes the reader off the beaten tracks to explore some of the country's remoter regions along the Japan Sea-from Wakkanai in n ...Show more
Pardon My French: Food, faux pas and Franglish - one family's riotous year in the south of France by Rachael Mogan McIntosh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
At the school gate, when she accidentally kissed one new friend on the nose and called another a 'beautiful man-horse', Rachael realised that small-town France could hardly be more different to beach-side Australia. The smell of cigarettes replaced the tang of bone-broth and sprouted sourdough, the neig ...Show more
Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan by Erika Fatland
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
"A mesmerising trip across Central Asia . . . A fascinating travelogue" Financial Times SHORTLISTED FOR EDWARD STANFORD/LONELY PLANET DEBUT TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR 2020 An unforgettable journey through the former Soviet Republics, by a prizewinning author of international reportage Erika Fatland ta ...Show more
The Mountains Are High: A Year of Escape and Discovery in Rural China by Alec Ash
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
What is it like to radically change your life? Writer Alec Ash meets the Chinese who are doing just this, 'reverse migrating' from the cities to the remote countryside of southwest China - and joins them himself, in an extraordinary and inspiring journey of self-discovery. In 2020, Alec Ash left behind ...Show more
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
$14.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
For its twenty-fifth anniversary, a new edition of Bruce Chatwin's classic work with a new introduction by Rory Stewart Part adventure, part novel of ideas, part spiritual autobiography, The Songlines is one of Bruce Chatwin's most famous books. This singular book, which was a New York Times bestseller ...Show more
The Way, My Way - 10th Anniversary Edition by Bill Bennett; Jennifer Cluff (Foreword by)
$34.95 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
A revised 10th Anniversary edition of the classic memoir that many say is the best Camino book they´ve read. Bill Bennett´s book has now been made into a major movie, and reading it you´ll see why. Written in a humorous self-deprecating style reminiscent of Bill Bryson, it tells the story of a stubbor ...Show more