The Tao of Travel by Paul Theroux
47.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: good
Paul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe by collecting the best writing on travel from the books that shaped him, as a reader and a traveller. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, "The Tao of Travel" enumerates 'The Contents of Some Travellers' Bags' and expose ...Show more
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star : On the tracks of The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
37.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: very good
In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux retraces the steps he took thirty years ago in the best-selling and hugely acclaimed The Great Railway Bazaar. From the Eurostar in London, he once again sets out on a journey to the East, travelling overland through Eastern Europe, India and Asia. Infuse ...Show more
French Toast: Eating and Laughing Your Way Around France by Peta Mathias
35.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
French Toast is a totally pleasurable insight into the sensual delights of France through the eyes and taste buds of Peta Mathias, television personality and food writer. The former owner of a restaurant in Paris, Peta knows how to get the most out of every minute she spends in France. Savour crusty bre ...Show more
Sideways: Travels with Kafka, Hunter S. and Kerouac by Patrick O'Neil
29.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
Three times during his twenties Patrick O'Neil threw in a desk job, ended relationships and flung himself at the world. With the words of his literary heroes ringing in his ears, he set off determined to pursue adventure and a grander, more romantic vision of life. It wasn't long before he was tumbling ...Show more
The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys : Great Writers on Great Places by Klara Glowczewska
28.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
From the #1 travel magazine in the USA, a collection of travel tales from some of todays finest writers Travel writing maintains its seemingly endless popularity, and this volume offers a particularly transporting body of work, pairing exotic locales with writers of the highest caliber: Russell Banks wr ...Show more
French Toast by Peta Mathias
29.95 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: very good
French Toast is a totally pleasurable insight into the sensual delights of France through the eyes and taste buds of Peta Mathias, television personality and food writer. The former owner of a restaurant in Paris, Peta knows how to get the most out of every minute she spends in France. Savour crusty ...Show more
Beijing Blur : A head-spinning journey into modern China by James West
35.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
'I was in China and I wanted something more Chinese than Chinese: bigger, better, badder, redder. China held the promise of dragons' heads, acrobatics, mahjong and brothels. I was also expecting a display of kitsch, old-school communism: messages daubed on walls, Mao sculptures propped up against cash r ...Show more
Off the Rails by Tim Cope
28.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
This is the true story of two twenty-year-old Australians who travelled for fourteen months on recumbent bicycles from Russa, across Siberia and Mongolia, to Beijing. It is as much a story about perseverance, passion and belief as it is about the people and remarkable landscapes of Siberia and Mongolia. ...Show more
Once While Travelling: The Lonely Planet story by Tony Wheeler
29.95 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
Tony and Maureen Wheeler established Lonely Planet Publications in Sydney in 1973. From humble beginnings, the company has grown into an international publisher. A unique mix of autobiography, corporate history and travel book, this traces the Wheelers' personal story as well as the development of their ...Show more
The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron
23.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
In 1933, Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. "The Road to Oxiana" offers not only a wonderfu ...Show more
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train through Asia by Paul Theroux
24.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
"The Great Railway Bazaar" is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with evocative names of legendary train routes - the Direct-Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Delhi Mail from Jaipur, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Hikari Super Express to Kyoto and the ...Show more
Notes from Walnut Tree Farm by Roger Deakin
28.00 NZD
32.00 (12% off)
Category: Travel Writing
When Roger Deakin died in August 2006, his death was considered by many to be a great loss to literature. "Notes From Walnut Tree Farm" collects together the jottings, musings and observations with which he filled a series of notebooks for the last six years of his life. In this beautiful illustrated co ...Show more