London Underground by EMMERSON Andrew
$24.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir | Series: Shire Library
The London Underground is the heart of London life, used by millions of commuters and shoppers every year, its tentacles extending into the suburbs it has helped to create. Its turbulent life has been determined by the trials and tribulations endured by the people it carries: it provided an network of l ...Show more
The French Riviera: A Cultural History by Julian Hale (writer and broadcaster)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
The French Riviera conjures up images of yachts on an azure blue sea; the dark green of pines and swaying palms; sports cars on the Corniche roads; the Monte Carlo casino and the Cannes film festival. But as Julian Hale reveals in this fascinating volume, there is another Riviera. Above Monaco towers a ...Show more
Arabesques: A tale of double lives by Robert Dessaix
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Category: Narratives/Memoir
One Sunday afternoon in a secluded valley in Normandy, France, Robert Dessaix chanced upon the castle where the famous French writer Andre Gide spent his childhood. Recalling the excitement Robert felt when he first read Gide as a teenager, he set off to recapture what it was that once drew him so stron ...Show more
THE SINGING LINE by ALICE THOMSON
$34.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
In 1870, Charles Todd set out with an army of men, supplies, and Afghan camels to run a telegraph line--"the singing line"-- from Adelaide in the south of Australia to Darwin in the north. Braving scorching sun, flies, mosquitoes, drenching rains, and more, Alice Thomson and her husband retraced that tr ...Show more
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train through the Americas by Paul Theroux
$29.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
Each time Paul Theroux takes a trip - "The Great Railway Bazaar, Riding the Iron Rooster" - the result is unmistakably Paul Theroux. And he has never been sharper than in "The Old Patagonian Express." Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chi ...Show more
Hope Street Jerusalem by Irris Makler
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Category: Narratives/Memoir
'I had no idea how demanding this consuming, cruel, dangerous and fascinating place would be. I would fall in love here, I would do some of my best reporting, I would be injured, ending my run of good luck - my life would change dramatically ...' Moving to a strange city always takes courage, but neve ...Show more
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
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Category: Narratives/Memoir | Reading Level: good
A YEAR IN THE WORLD is classic Frances Mayes - a celebration of the allure of travel, of unexpected pleasures found in unlikely places and a joyous sense of adventure and discovery. Both a passionate traveller and the ideal travel companion, Mayes allows us to hitch a ride as she wanders off the beaten ...Show more
Amore and Amaretti: A Tale of Love and Food in Tuscany by Victoria Cosford
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Category: Narratives/Memoir
Imagine visiting Florence to study Italian and being swept off your feet by a charming chef who takes you speeding through the moonlit hills in his Fiat to visit the village of his childhood, and into the kitchens of his Tuscan restaurants where he teaches you to cook. So begins Amore and Amaretti, Vict ...Show more
The City of Falling Angels (U.S. ed.) by John Berendt
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Category: Narratives/Memoir
Twelve years ago, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" exploded into a monumental success, residing a record-breaking four years on the "New York Times" bestseller list (longer than any work of fiction or nonfiction had before) and turning John Berendt into a household name. "The City of Falling An ...Show more
Delhi by Sam Miller
$19.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
In an extraordinary portrayal of one of the world's fastest growing cities, Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi. Following a spiral course through the city, he visits its less celebrated destinations; ancient monuments and imperial buildings give way to the unexpected, the ignored and the ecc ...Show more
New Boots in New Zealand: Nine Great Walks, Three Islands and One Tramping Virgin by Gillian Orrell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir | Reading Level: Near Fine
The nine Great Walks of New Zealand venture through some of the most dazzling and diverse landscapes of one of the last true wildernesses left on earth. As a novice tramper, Gillian Orrell decided to undertake all nine walks solo in the space of a few months. 'New Boots in New Zealand' is her account of ...Show more