Russian Phrasebook & Dictionary 6e by Lonely Planet
$14.99 AUD
Category: Travel Guides | Series: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Admirers of Russian literature claim that the 'Slavic soul' of writers such as Chekhov or Tolstoy can't be fully appreciated in translation. For the less ambitious, the language will bring you closer to deciphering the 'riddle wrapped in a myster ...Show more
Philippines ED 12 by Michael Grosberg
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative | Series: Travel Guide
#1 best-selling guide tothe Philippines* Lonely Planet Philippines is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Swim at secluded beaches in the Bacuit Archipelago, take part in a colourful fiesta, dive remote reefs and magnific ...Show more
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the lost city one step at a time by Mark Adams
$23.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu? In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and 'discovered' Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit fo ...Show more
Prague Pictures: Portraits of a City by John Banville
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Guides | Series: Writer and the City
Prague is the magic capital of Europe. Since the days of Emperor Rudolf II, "devotee of the stars and cultivator of the spagyric art," who in the late 1500s summoned alchemists and magicians from all over the world to his castle on Hradeany hill, it has been a place of mystery and intrigue. Wars, revolu ...Show more
Off the Map: Lost Spaces, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Islands, Feral Places and What They Tell Us About the World by Alastair Bonnett
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Guides
'A fizzingly entertaining and enlightening book' Daily Telegraph 'Mesmerising' Geographical Magazine 'A fascinating delve into uncharted, forgotten lost places. But it's not just a trivia-tastic anthology of remote destinations but a nifty piece of psycho-geography, explaining our human need for the ...Show more
Great Australian Motorcycle Stories by John Bryant
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
A bumper collection of yarns from motorcyclist enthusiasts around Australia. Get out on the highway and into this new collection of all-Australian motorcycle stories - the latest addition to ABC Books' bestselling Great Australian series. Edited by John Bryant and full of laconic Aussie humour, the coll ...Show more
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative | Series: Bryson Ser.
In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everythingone of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about ...Show more
How to Read Paris: A Crash Course in Parisian Architecture by Chris Rogers
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel Guides | Series: How to Read Ser.
How to Read Paris is a pocket-sized guide to understanding and appreciating the architecture of Paris. Packed with detailed drawings, plans and photographs, and covering squares, bridges, streets and monuments as well as buildings, it is both a fascinating architectural history and an effective I-spy gu ...Show more
Iceland 9 by Lonely Planet
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Guides | Series: Travel Guide
#1 best-selling guide to Iceland * Lonely Planet Iceland is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Splash around in the Blue Lagoon's geothermal water, catch a glimpse of the celestial Northern Lights, or take a boat trip amo ...Show more
Forever Paris by Christina Henry de Tessan
$19.95 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
Take a stroll through Edith Piaf's Belleville, dine at Napolean's favorite restaurant, and explore the late-night haunts of Ernest Hemingway. From the author of the best-selling City Walks: Paris deck, this lively collection of walking adventures follows in the footsteps of more than 25 of the city's ic ...Show more
Paris Dreaming by Katrina Lawrence
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
How the City of Lights gave her lessons in life and love: An Australian beauty journalist shares her obsession with Paris - a city which has been her guide through a lifelong journey of self-discovery. Katrina Lawrence first fell in love with Paris at the age of five, and since then her roads have conti ...Show more
Notes From A Big Country: Journey Into the American Dream by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative | Reading Level: very good
Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England, the world's best-loved travel writer upped sticks with Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al.and returned to li ...Show more