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'A story of South Africa past and present - humorous, elegantly written and deeply evocative.' - Bryce Courtenay In a nation full of confusion and contradictions, David Smiedt journeys across...

An extraordinary and hugely topical story of a Jewish man's passion for the Arab world. he Orientalist is the extraordinary story of a Jewish man's passion for the Arab world...

Following "Around the World in 80 Days", this book accompanies Michael Palin's second travel series on BBC Television. It is a record of his continuous land and sea journey from...

In the seven years since the 'Trip In A Van' family set off on their first adventure, they've covered tens of thousands of kilometres and become Australia's most popular travelling...

From the director of the wildly popular Bush Mechanics and Black As - a can-do guide for your next outback adventure filled with practical advice, ripper yarns and road-trip tips....

Visitors to the Red Centre come looking for the real Australia, but find a place both beautiful and disturbing. There is wilderness, desire and an Aboriginal philosophy of home. But...

Test your powers of logic with these challenging Su Doku puzzles. For anyone who loves the challenge of Su Doku but manages to solve them within minutes, you can now...

An inspirational story of business and personal change "Experiential education at its best! Jim's story pushes us to extend ourselves, to grow, to dream."----Wendy Pieh, Former Program and Executive Director...

It started as a joke and then got serious. Sort of. Inveterate traveller Sullivan McLeod got sick of people asking him what he was doing with his life so he...

Seeing a total solar eclipse ('totality' - when the sun is fully obscured by the moon) is a bucket-list event, generating a sense of wonder and even an 'end-of-the-world' sensation....

The Ivory Coast Travel Guide - Expert travel advice and tourist tips on everything from Yamoussoukro and Abidjan highlights to Cote d'Ivoire history and culture. Also featuring natural history and...

At the age of twenty-eight, stuck in a dead-end job in London, and on the run from a broken heart, Bryce Corbett takes a job in Paris, home of l'amour...

This unique guide to the sacred sights of Tibet is written by one of the leading western experts on Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. Keith Dowman has lived for over 30...

The fierce secrecy surrounding the corps of the Queen's messengers has been somewhat relaxed recently, but the "silver greyhounds" are still bound by the Official Secrets Act. This is the...

It is a great truth of modern life that businessmen today are the world's most accomplished travellers. Like Marco Polo, the business traveller has a purpose; he is a man...

THE WEATHER PROPHET is a much-needed book, the first account of this fascinating and culturally complex region of the world since Patrick Leigh Fermor's THE TRAVELLER'S TREE in the 1950s....

THE OLIVE TREE charts Carol Drinkwater's colourful and often dangerous journey in search of the routes that olive cultivation has taken over the centuries. Set during a springtime Mediterranean that...

When Michael Asher and his wife, Mariantonietta Peru, arrived in Mauritania to begin their trek across the Sahara alone on camelback, they had been married only five days. The harsh...

A collection of stories of travel and adventure by some of the most feted travel writers of our time.'We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find...

Two chance encounters during one beautiful summer led New Zealander Allan Parker into a lifestyle that many of us can only dream about: he was offered a house-sit of a...

Dog-friendly country walks in Britain with places to eat and stay Supported by the National Trust, and includes their 'pawprint rating' system for dog-friendly places Breathtaking walks that aren't too...

Seattle's first big boom was in 1897, when hundreds of thousands of 'Stampeders' with their hearts set on finding gold in Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory stopped here to purchase...

'Both moving and hilarious' - Spectator , Books of the Year 'A tale of gloriously eccentric British pensioners. Aitken rivals Alan Bennett in the ear he has for an eavesdropped...

On Christmas Eve in 1882 an impromptu game of cricket was organised between the touring English Cricket team and a local side in the grounds of Rupertswood, a 50-room Italianate...

In the late 1990s, Patrick O'Brian's multimillion-copy-selling historical novel series-the Aubrey-Maturin series, which was set during the Napoleonic Wars-seemed destined for film. With Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul...

Frommer's Complete Guides America's #1 bestselling travel series More full-color guides than ever before Foldout maps in annual guides Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and insider tips

"One of the year's most compelling reads."- Washington Post "Its naturalness and ease with the most fundamental questions of existence make it a big project knocking around in a small...

Bestselling guide to all UNESCO World Heritage sites Fully updated to include the latest sites added to the World Heritage List. The List is managed by the World Heritage Committee...

The large house gecko, called tokek, is regarded as a lucky talisman by the Indonesians. When its 'Toke' resounds in the night, they count how many times it calls, both...

When it comes to drinking, London is unrivalled. Scratch the surface and you'll find a burgeoning craft beer movement, cocktails that are envelope-pushing and wine bars taking the pomp out...

These tales take the reader far beyond a packaged tour of Italy to encounter the

Jane Hutcheon's connection to China goes back more than one hundred and fifty years, when her great-great-grand-uncle Phineas, a Scottish tea merchant, was drawn to its shores. When Jane became...

Author: W.A. Beattie And M. Delacy LoweBinding: PaperbackPublished: Kimberley Publishing Co., 1980Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis non-fiction work, "Australia's...

Author: Doris B. OsterwaldBinding: PaperbackPublished: Western Guideways, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive non-fiction guide, "Rocky Mountain Splendor: A Mile By...

The unique culture of Iran and the sweep of its history are revealed in this evocative travelogue of an American family searching for a lost friend in the country of...

This work offers a travel study of Burma which lays out the contradictions of its campaigns to attract Western tourists despite its well-known oppressive regime. By the year 2000, Burma...

Our favourite idiot is back. Safely home from his latest travels, Karl has decided it is time to share his hard-earned wisdom of the world. Taking the Bucket List of...

Jeremy Seal travels to the USA, Africa, Australia and India to meet people living amongst the world's deadliest snakes - and attempts to overcome his personal fear in the process....

Continuing the book "I Dreamed of Africa", this volume is written in episodes and covers Kuki's life over the last ten to 12 years. She refers glancingly to the deaths...

Driven by a desire to explore the most remote, barren yet romantic places on earth, Martin Buckley set off on a two-year journey through the world's deserts. In the Sahara...