Accidentally Istanbul: Turkey Decoded for the Inquiring Western Traveller by Nancy Knudsen
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
Nancy Knudsen never meant to go to Istanbul. Maybe she might have included it as part of a holiday along with dazzling European cities such as Venice, Paris or Salzburg. But, Anglican that she was, actually to live in a Muslim country, even though she had lapsed to atheism and agnosticism, seemed alien. ...Show more
Paris Up, Up and Away (HB) by Hélène Druvert
$26.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
The Eiffel Tower is bored todayWouldn't it be nice to fly away?Paris is full of things to do -The Tower would like to see them tooThe Tower takes off for the dayTo watch the city work and play . . .The Eiffel Tower is bored ... so it decides to cut loose and fly over Paris! Sailing through the night air ...Show more
City Secrets: Paris by Robert Kahn
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative | Series: City Secrets
City Secrets Paris brings together the recommendations of artists, writers, historians, architects, chefs, and other experts whose passionate opinions and highly informed perspectives illuminate well-known sites as well as overlooked treasures. These expert travel companions share with you their favorit ...Show more
One Year on a Bike: From Amsterdam to Singapore by Martijn Doolaard (Editor); Gestalten (Editor)
$95.00 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
The title says it all: one man, one bike, one long ride, the adventure, the pleasure, and the pain. It is simultaneouslya travelogue and visual journey. Martijn Doolaard traded the convenience of a car and the distractions of daily life for a cross-continental cycling journey: a biped adventure that wou ...Show more
Hippie by Paulo Coelho
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative | Reading Level: very good
If you want to learn about yourself, start by exploring the world around you. Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, best-selling author Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to relive the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and dared to challenge the established social order. In Hippie ...Show more
Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution by Marcus Eriksen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
News media brought the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"-the famous swirling gyre of plastic pollution in the ocean-into the public consciousness. But when Marcus Eriksen cofounded the 5 Gyres Institute with his wife, Anna Cummins, and set out to study the world?s oceans with hundreds of volunteers, they di ...Show more
Why Travel Matters - A Guide to the Life-Changing Effects of Travel by Craig Storti
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
When you travel, you have a choice: You can be a tourist and have a nice time, or you can be a traveler and change your life. Why Travel Matters is for those who want to change their lives. Why Travel Matters explores the profound life lessons that await anyone who wishes to learn what travel has to ...Show more
On The Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Road Trip by Paul Theroux
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative | Series: Mexico
Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers ...Show more
Roadmap: The Get-it-Together Guide to Figuring Out What to Do with Your Life by Brian McAllister
$34.95 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
This welcome antidote to the fusty, no-longer-relevant career guide answers an old questionâ"So, what are you going to do with your life?"âin a groundbreaking way. From the team behind the inspirational TV series and campus and online resource, it is presented in a motivational format that gets youn ...Show more
The Enlightened Cyclist: Finding the Path to Two-wheeled Transcendence by BikeSnobNYC
$22.95 AUD
Category: Travel Narrative
In Bike Snob, blogger BikeSnobNYC offered an overview of cycling and the various 'bike cultures.' This next book will focus on an experience that cyclists the world over are familiar with: commuting. With his trademark snark, humor and begrudging enthusiasm, BikeSnobNYC will take readers through the t ...Show more