New Travel Writing
American Journeys
$49.95$29.95 (Hardcover book / Alfred A Knopf )
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 in 2005 and 2006, acclaimed author Don Watson set out... More »
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Slow Journey South Walking To Africa
$27.95 (Paperback book / Bantam Press )
When Paula Constant and her husband, Gary, attempt to break away from the conventional 9-to-5 routine, a few weeks lazing in a resort or packed in a tour bus is not what they have in mind. What starts out as an idle dayd... More »
At My French Table: Food Family And Joie De Vivre In A Corner of Normandy
$59.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
In 2005 Jane Webster sold her house in Melbourne and moved to a rather run-down chateau in France. We see the chateau restored to its former glory, meet the local characters and discover the produce of Normandy at Jane's... More »
La Vie Parisienne
$29.95 (Paperback book / Pier 9 )
After an ill-fated affair with the Queen Mother’s equerry, a young London-based Australian journalist, Janelle McCulloch, runs away to Paris to restore her pride. The city leaves an indelible print and she returns many y... More »
Venice Is A Fish A Cultural Guide
$26.95 (Paperback book / Serpents Tail )
Built on an inverted forest, paved with a tortoiseshell of boulders, Venice is a maze of tiny alleys, bridges and squares. Tiziano Scarpa wanders through the city, recounting the customs and secrets that only Venetians k... More »
Cholas In Bowlers
$34.95 (Paperback book / Exisle Publications )
With two grown-up sons, a satisfying job as a journalist, great friends and plenty of interests, life for Jane Mundy was humming along nicely when, out of the blue and in the most unlikely of places, she met Graham. In n... More »