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Holy Cow An Indian Adventure
Sarah Macdonald

$24.95 (Paperback book / Bantam Press )

When the love of her life is posted to India, Sarah abandons her dream job for a dark, dingy flat in the most polluted city on Earth, New Delhi. After being cursed by a naked sadhu smeared in human ashes, Sarah almost di... More »

Buying A Piece Of Paris
Ellie Nielsen

$29.95 (Paperback book / Scribe Publications )

Paris has seduced many admirers, but for visiting Australian Ellie Nielsen it’s true love. So deep is her infatuation that, if she can’t have it all to herself, she’ll only be satisfied with buying her own little piece o... More »


Thousand Days In Venice An Unexpected Romance
De Blasi Marlena

$23.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )

This true midlife romance reads like a fairytale.' Sunday Life

'Replete with details of food and markets, with recipes appended, this is a sumptuous addition to the escape to Italy/France genre.' Sydney Morning Herald



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Tracks
Robyn Davidson

$22.95 (Paperback book / Picador )

Robyn Davidson, a young woman who had "never changed a light-bulb, sewn a dress, mended a sock, changed a tyre, or used a screwdriver", took a train to Alice Springs in central Australia with six dollars in her pocket an... More »


I Dreamed Of Africa
Kuki Gallmann

$24.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Books )

'Often, at the hour of day when the savannah grass is streaked with silver, and pale gold rims the silhouettes of the hills, I drive with my dogs up to the Mukutan, to watch the sun setting behind the lake, and the eveni... More »

My French Life
Archer Vicki And Coulson Carla

$49.95 (Hardcover book / Lantern )

In 1999 Vicki Archer, with her husband and three children, made a lifelong dream a reality when she bought a seventeenth-century property in Saint-Remy-de-Provence. She spent three years lovingly restoring the farmhouse,... More »


At My French Table: Food Family And Joie De Vivre In A Corner of Normandy
Jane Webster

$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
Janelle Mcculloch

$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 »


To Hellas And Back: My Modern Day Greek Tragedy
Lana Penrose

$29.95 (Trade paperback / Viking )

When Lana's gorgeous Greek-Australian boyfriend, Dion, is offered his dream job in Athens, it seems like the perfect opportunity to share an unforgettable experience abroad. But this is one travel adventure that doesn't ... More »

Under The Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes

$24.95 (Paperback book / Broadway Books )

Frances Mayes - widely published poet, gourmet cook and travel writer - opens the door on a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. She finds faded frescoes... More »


Italy Out Of Hand
Barbara Hodgson

$34.95 (Hardcover book / Chronicle Books )

From one of the collaborators behind Paris Out of Hand comes an equally eccentric, charming, and bizarre guide—this time to Italy. Complete with handy phrases in ancient Latin and meticulous details of 12th century resta... More »

Olive Season
Carol Drinkwater

$22.95 (Paperback book / Orion )

I scan the terraces, planted with row upon row of ancient olive trees. It is April, late spring. Here in the hills behind the Cote d'Azur the olive groves are delicately blossomed, with their tiny, white-forked flowers. ... More »


A House In Fez
Suzanna Clarke

$49.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )

When Suzanna Clarke, current arts editor of the Brisbane Courier, and her husband Sandy McCutcheon, formerly of ABC Radio National, first travelled to Morocco in 2002, little did they think they would end up buying and p... More »

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