Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World by John Keay
$34.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
'Adds the human element to the hard rock. And what a rich vein it is' Michael Palin History has not been kind to Himalaya. Empires have collided here, cultures have clashed. Buddhist India claimed it from the south, Islam put down roots in its western approaches, Mongols and Manchus rode in from the no ...Show more
The Raven's Nest by Sarah Thomas
$45.00 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
A breathtaking mix of nature writing, memoir and travel, this is the story of the making and unmaking of a marriage, and the search for home among the elemental landscape of Iceland's bewitching Westfjords. In 2008, on a week-long trip to a film festival in Iceland, Sarah Thomas was spellbound by the st ...Show more
Mermaid Singing & Peel Me A Lotus by Charmian Clift
$32.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
Two classic travel works by Charmian Clift describing the life she and her Australian family led in Greece in the 1950's in one volume. For Charmian Clift, Greece was the Promised Land. In 1954 she and her husband, George Johnston, abandoned their sophisticated London existence and set off with two new ...Show more
Italian Lessons: Fifty Things We Know About Life Now by Beppe Severgnini
$29.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
One-of-a-kind timeless lessons for handling challenges and living with joy, the Italian way-"with unparalleled insight and brilliant wit, Severgnini's book not only transports us to Italy but deep into the Italian mind and spirit" (Stanley Tucci, host of Searching for Italy).Is there an Italian way to d ...Show more
The Sea and The Snow: How We Reached and Climbed a Volcano at the Ends of the Earth by PHILIP TEMPLE
$24.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
HEARD ISLAND, an improbably remote speck in the far Southern Ocean, lies four thousand kilometres to the south-west of Australia - with Antarctica its nearest continent. By 1964 it had been the object of a number of expeditions, but none reaching the summit of its 9000-foot volcanic peak "Big Ben'. In t ...Show more
The Half Bird by Susan Smillie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
One woman's solo sailing odyssey - from Land's End to the shores of Greece - explores the unexpected joy of solitude. When Susan set sail from the south-west coast of England on her beloved sailboat, Isean, she was unaware this spontaneous departure would lead to a journey spanning several years and co ...Show more
Sicily: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Suzanne Edwards Andrew Edwards
$35.00 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
Rising up from the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has a rich and ancient history spanning over 2,000 years. A bounty prized by invaders from the Greeks, Romans and Vandals to the Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Sicily's violently beautiful landscapes are haunted by a vibrant mix of cultures and her s ...Show more
Lost in the Valley of Death - A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad
$59.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India--one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley. For centuries, India has enthralle ...Show more
Night Train to Varanasi: India with My Daughter by Sean Doyle
$32.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
Return to Moscow by Tony Kevin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
Forty-eight years ago, a young and apprehensive Tony Kevin set off with his family on his first diplomatic posting, to Moscow at the height of the Cold War. In the Russian winter of 2016 he returns alone, a private citizen, aged 73. What will he find? How has Russia changed since those grim Soviet days? ...Show more
Sunset in Spain by Erna Walraven
$32.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
Bidding adios to work and Sydney, Erna and Alex decide to pursue a dream of living in the north of Spain. They fall in love with a tiny Castilian village, and set about restoring a long-forgotten, falling down villa that will soon be their new home. Letting go of old ways, they get swept up in the colou ...Show more
One, Place de l'Eglise: A Year or Two in a French Village by Trevor Dolby
$35.00 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
A joyous and life-affirming story of one family's move from London to a rural French villageThere it stands, a thousand-year-old ruin ignored by the Languedoc villagers of Causses-et-Veyran who pass by it on their way to the church next door. But for Londoners Trevor and Kaz it's coup de foudre - love a ...Show more