Singapore Swing by John Malathronas
$24.95 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
For generations of Britons, Singapore was the international crossroads of the Empire, the ultimate colonial posting, the stimulus for writers such as Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham or Noel Coward. Can today's hightech 24-hour city with its gleaming skyscrapers and high standard of living provide a simi ...Show more
Venetian Curiosities by Donna Leon
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
A beautifully illustrated and harmonious exploration of one of the world's most beloved cities by acclaimed author Donna Leon. In a city as ancient as Venice, myths and legends passed down from generation to generation record more than just love or murder. They are the storehouse of a city's mores, emb ...Show more
A Castle in Spain by Matthew Parris
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Walking in the Pyrenees one spring morning Matthew Parris stumbled upon a magnificent ruined mansion standing on the edge of a line of huge cliffs. Later he was to discover that parts of the house dated back to the 14th century though it had not been completed until 1559; and that it had survived two ma ...Show more
Paris by Julian Green
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Julian Green was born to American parents in Paris in 1900, and spent most of his life in the French capital. Paris is an extraordinary, lyrical love letter to the city, taking the reader on an imaginative journey around its secret stairways, courtyards, alleys and hidden places. Whether evoking the coo ...Show more
The Golden Door - Letters to America by A. A. Gill
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Where were you when John F. Kennedy was shot? Today the answer more often than not is going to be 'not born'. You have to be some way past 45 to know where you were when Kennedy was shot in Dallas in 1963. A generation later, you could ask the same question about the World Trade Centre. Where were you w ...Show more
Sinning Across Spain by Ailsa Piper
$30.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
"Pilgrim seeks sinners for mutually beneficial arrangement. Seven Deadlies a specialty." With these words Ailsa Piper's journey begins. Less than a month later she finds herself hiking through olive groves and under translucent pink blossoms, making her way from the legendary city of Granada, towards th ...Show more
Best Women's Travel Writing (Volume 8) by Lavinia Spalding
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Since publishing the original edition of A Woman's World in 1995, Travelers' Tales has been the recognized leader in women's travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best women's travel writing of t ...Show more
Walking the Camino: a Modern Pilgrimage to Santiago by Tony Kevin
$27.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
In May 2006, armed only with a small rucksack and a staff, Tony Kevin, an overweight, sedentary, 63- year-old former diplomat, set off on an eight-week trek across Spain. But this was not just a very long walk - it was a pilgrimage. From Granada, in the southeast, to Santiago de Compostela, in the far n ...Show more
The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck, John Steinbeck
$29.95 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
In 1940, the author sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California. This book offers a log of the expedition, combining combines science, philosophy and adventure.
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
$25.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Venice
Taking the fire that destroyed the Fenice theatre in 1996 as his starting point, John Berendt creates a unique and unforgettable portrait of Venice and its extraordinary inhabitants. Beneath the exquisite facade of the world's most beautiful historic city, scandal, corruption and venality are rampant, a ...Show more
Antonia and Her Daughters by Marlena De Blasi
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
The renovations to 34 via del Duomo now complete, Marlena de Blasi, the best-selling international author and 'the woman with the fairytale life' needs to find time and space to finish a book. Lured by the offer of a simple stone cottage in the remote, mountainous region of western Tuscany, distant from ...Show more
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk
$26.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to ...Show more