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In America: Travels with John Steinbeck by Geert Mak
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
In 1960 John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green GMC pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and cities from New York to New Orleans. The truck was named Rocinante after Don Quixote's horse, and Steinbeck was Cervantes' foolhardy knight. America was looking ...Show more
In Europe : Travels Through the Twentieth Century by Geert Mak (tr from Dutch Sam Garrett)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Geert Mak spent the year 1999 criss-crossing the continent, tracing the history of Europe from Verdun to Berlin, St Petersburg to Auschwitz, Kiev to Srebrenica. He set off in search of evidence and witnesses, looking to define the condition of Europe at the verge of a new millennium. The result is mesme ...Show more
The Bridge: A Journey Between Orient and Occident by Geert Mak
$24.95 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Istanbul's Galata Bridge has spanned the Golden Horn since the sixth century AD, connecting the old city with the more Western districts to the north. But the bridge is a city in itself, peopled by merchants and petty thieves, tourists and fishermen, and at the same time a microcosmic reflection of Turk ...Show more
The Dream of Europe by Geert Mak
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
The long-awaited sequel to Geert Mak's landmark In Europe. 'Mak is the history teacher everyone should have had' Financial Times How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here? From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, exam ...Show more
The Dream of Europe: Travels in the Twenty-First Century by Geert Mak
$25.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
The long-awaited sequel to Geert Mak's landmark In Europe 'Mak is the history teacher everyone should have had' Financial TimesHow did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining ...Show more
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