Pardon My French: Food, faux pas and Franglish - one family's riotous year in the south of France by Rachael Mogan McIntosh
34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Vicarious
At the school gate, when she accidentally kissed one new friend on the nose and called another a 'beautiful man-horse', Rachael realised that small-town France could hardly be more different to beach-side Australia. The smell of cigarettes replaced the tang of bone-broth and sprouted sourdough, the neig ...Show more
Alone: The First Australian Woman to Row the Atlantic by Michelle Lee
29.99 AUD
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The inspiring true story of Michelle Lee, the first Australian woman to solo row the Atlantic Ocean. From the two-year preparation for launch to the 68-day, 5,000km journey across the Atlantic in 2018, Solo details the thrilling highs and challenging lows Michelle faced on the open waters. This is the s ...Show more
The Way, My Way - 10th Anniversary Edition by Bill Bennett; Jennifer Cluff (Foreword by)
34.95 AUD
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A revised 10th Anniversary edition of the classic memoir that many say is the best Camino book they´ve read. Bill Bennett´s book has now been made into a major movie, and reading it you´ll see why. Written in a humorous self-deprecating style reminiscent of Bill Bryson, it tells the story of a stubbor ...Show more
National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History and the Meaning of Home by Anya von Bremzen
34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Vicarious
In National Dish, acclaimed food writer Anya von Bremzen sets out to investigate the eternal cliche that "we are what we eat". Travelling from Paris to Tokyo, from Seville, Oaxaca and Naples to Istanbul, she investigates the rapid decline of France's pot-au-feu, the misconstrued beginnings of pizza, th ...Show more
Black Dog, Blue Sea: Circumnavigating the Caribbean with a Grumpy Old Man by Danforth Slater
29.95 AUD
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Twenty years after leaving home, serial traveller Dan Slater feels the need to reconnect with his loving, yet impassive, father. To this end, he hatches an ambitious plan to take the old man on a three-month long circumnavigation of the Caribbean Sea. This will be no luxury cruise though; a modest budge ...Show more
Banzeiro Òkòtó by Eliane Brum
32.99 AUD
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A confrontation with the destruction of the Amazon by a writer who moved her life into the heart of the forest. Eliane Brum reveals the direct links between structural inequities rooted in gender, race, class, and even species, and the suffering that capitalism and climate breakdown wreak on those who a ...Show more
Last Voyages: The Lives and Tragic Loss of Remarkable Sailors Who Never Returned by NICHOLAS GRAY
24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Vicarious | Series: Making Waves Ser.
Looking back at the lives and sailing careers of some of our lifetime's finest yachtsmen, this collection of eleven original, moving accounts is just as much a celebration of the good - tales of hope, achievement and courageous spirit - as it is an account of their tragic final voyages. Included are wor ...Show more
Endurance: 100 Tales of Survival, Adventure and Exploration by Levison Wood
44.99 AUD
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100 of the most astonishing stories of human survival, adventure and exploration, chosen by Levison Wood. We are always captivated by tales of courage and bravery, of world-firsts and death-defying experiences. In this anthology, explorer and bestselling author Levison Wood has gathered 100 of the most ...Show more
Le Coq by Peter Bills
24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Vicarious
A definitive and affectionate history of French rugby published to coincide with 6Nations in Feb 2023 and France hosting the Rugby World Cup in Sept/Oct 2023 'An impassioned tour around France which is best enjoyed with a bottle of red... or two.' - The Sunday Times 'I've known Peter for some years ...Show more
A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter; Jane Degras (Translator)
27.99 AUD
Category: Travel Vicarious | Series: Pushkin Press Classics Ser.
A rediscovered classic memoir - the mesmerizingly beautiful account of one woman's year spent living in a remote hut in the Arctic In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husb ...Show more
Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World by John Keay
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"Excellent ... packed with information and interesting anecdotes."--The Washington Post A groundbreaking new look at Himalaya and how climate change is re-casting one of the world's most unique geophysical, historical, environmental, and social regions. More rugged and elevated than any other zone on ea ...Show more
The Path of Peace - Walking the Western Front Way by Anthony Seldon
24.99 AUD
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'Profound [and] compelling' Spectator 'Thoughtful [and] heartfelt' Observer 'A noble endeavour' New Statesman 'A haunting, intense, enjoyable and memorable book' Tristan Gooley 'Compelling and well-balanced... valuable and poignant' Times Literary Supplement ***A WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 PICK*** W ...Show more