Notes from A Small Island by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
"In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of ...Show more
Another Kyoto by Kathy Arlyn Sokol; Alex Kerr
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
Another Kyoto is an insider's meditation on the hidden wonders of Japan's most enigmatic city. Drawing on decades living in Kyoto, and on lore gleaned from artists, Zen monks and Shinto priests, Alex Kerr illuminates the simplest things - a temple gate, a wall, a sliding door - in a new way. 'A rich boo ...Show more
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan by Alan Booth
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
One sunny spring morning in the seventies, an unlikely Englishman set out on a pilgrimage that would take him across Japan's entire length. Traveling only along small back roads, Alan Booth travelled on foot from Soya, the country's northernmost tip, to Sata in the extreme south, traversing three island ...Show more
American Journeys by Don Watson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
A superb book about Don Watson's journeys around America. Featured as one of Newsweek's 50 'What to Read Now and Why' titles. Only in America - the most powerful democracy on earth, home to the best and worst of everything - are the most extreme contradictions possible. In a series of journeys acclaimed ...Show more
The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris by Edmund White
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature | Series: Writer and the City
A flaneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles through city streets in search of adventure and fulfillment. Edmund White, who lived in Paris for sixteen years, wanders through the streets and avenues and along the quays, into parts of Paris virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many Paris ...Show more
White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World by Geoff Dyer
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
From one of Britain's most original writers, White Sands is a creative exploration of why we travel. Episodic, wide-ranging, funny and smart, the linked journeys recall the themes of Dyer's Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It - - albeit with the wisdom of (middle) age. From a trip to the Ligh ...Show more
Paris and Other Disappointments by Adam Rozenbachs
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
Sick of going overseas and enjoying himself, comedian Adam Rozenbachs decided he should take his father on the trip of a lifetime to Europe. For his dad, it was a chance to return to the place he hasn't seen fleeing post-war Germany as an immigrant. For Adam, it was a chance to repay his dad for everyth ...Show more
The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue Des Martyrs by Elaine Sciolino
$26.95 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris bureau chief of the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its disti ...Show more
Japan: The Passenger by Various
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature | Series: The\Passenger Ser.
'Some Japanese stories end violently. Others never end at all, but only cut away, at the moment of extreme crisis, to a butterfly, or the wind, or the moon.' - Brian Phillips
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of Outlander, Sam and Graham on a road trip with a difference, as two Scotsmen explore a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history, and warfare.Unlikely friends Sam and Graham begin their journey in the heart ...Show more
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: 40th Anniversary Edition by Robert Pirsig
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
A book which speaks directly to the confusions and agonies of existence, detailing a personal, philosophical odyssey.
The Complete Trip in a Van Guide to Australia by Justin Lorrimer, Bec Lorrimer
$49.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
Plan the trip of a lifetime with expert advice and a full itinerary from Australia's most popular travelling family. In the seven years since the 'Trip In A Van' family set off on their first adventure, they've covered tens of thousands of kilometres and become Australia's most popular travelling famil ...Show more