Travel - Secondhand

Robert Kaplan first visited Romania in the 1970s, when he was a young journalist and the country was a bleak Communist backwater. What ensued was a lifelong fascination with a...

Gerald Brenan returned to Spain in 1949 for the first time since the Civil War. He was determined to see what had become of the country he loved, to speak...

Everybody has a Venice they love. For the history, for the art, for the sheer beauty of the city. So what is left to be discovered? Quite a lot. This...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* Whether you're wielding a phone or a full-size DSLR, Lonely Planet's Best Ever Photography Tips will sharpen your skills and your pictures....

When Christopher Koch sets out on a journey through Ireland with his friend the folksinger Brian Mooney, each is seeking an aspect of the past. Mooney is returning to a...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldova, Tanzania,...

This selection of letters by Edward Lear (1812-1888) is published on the centenary of his death. This collection, chosen from some 2,000 letters traced by the editor, covers the whole...

Discover Egypt's rich history, monument and artwork with this beautiful volume. Its detailed texts and superb historical and artistic illustrations and maps provide an overview of the fascinating masterpieces of...

Author:  Bruce Elder   Australia is both the world's largest island and its smallest continent. In this superb portrait of Australia's many natural wonders and its people, you can witness...

Far-reaching views from hilltops, villages nestling in broad valleys, or fields glittering with wild flowers strching into the distance, this is a collection ofclassic images of England - all uncurtailed...

Number 1 on the Bestseller list (Australia) with over 20,000 copies sold in the UK alone and over 250,000 world-wide! Almost French has been a huge success and now with...

This completely revised edition of the handbook highlights the collections at the new J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, including the newest acquisitions. Three hundred works are reproduced,...

_______________ 'A wildly funny account of his travels ... it actually is a book which makes you laugh out loud on almost every page' - Literary Review 'The most successful...

A title in the Australian Wine Regions series: this volume focuses on the Barossa Valley in South Australia, its wineries and history, the people and the landscape. Lloyd's photography enhances...

Dr Iain Corness fell in love with Thailand on a holiday in 1975, and finally managed to move there permanently in 1997. As a settled farang, or foreigner, he enjoys...

Everything you need to know before you hit wotif.com or call the travel agent. Why risk being ripped off? Everything you need to know before you hit wotif.com or call...

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...

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...

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....

Each edition of this unique series marries a collection of previously published essays with detailed practical information, creating a colorful and deeply absorbing pastiche of opinions and advice. Each book...

Far Far East is an homage to distant Asia and a love letter to the wanderlust and freedom we miss in pandemic times. From writer and author duo Alexa Schels...

'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...

In her delightful memoir, Marisa Raoul takes us to the heart of her 'medieval' B&B, with incidents full of Gallic humour and eccentricity. A quiet 'tree-change' turns out to be...

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...

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

The sexual motives of travel are rarely spelled out. Travel books, guides and brochures favour a more wholesome approach. But in the shadows there is an alternative story made up...

Nelson Algren's two travel writing books describe his journeys through the seamier sides of great American cities and the international social and political landscapes of the mid-1960s. Algren at Sea...

'A great writer...she is what happened after Bloomsbury...the link that connects Virginia Woolf with Iris Murdoch and Muriel Spark' Victoria Glendinning Elizabeth Bowen's account of a time spent in Rome...

This is a personal account of Conrad's return to his Tasmanian homeland after 20 years. He tells of his upbringing there and describes the island's rivers, mountains and rain forests....

Highly observant, with a keen sense of the incongruous, Eric Newby is always entertaining as he transports the reader around the world, from his earliest childhood adventures among the shops,...

In 2005, Charles Firth travelled to the US and over a period of six months invented five fictional American characters, each of whom represent a different point of view in...

November 19, 1479: a dynastic alliance, two noble scions, a regal wedding, short-lived and with an unhappy ending. These pages reconstruct the story of the magnificent bas relief in the...

The Musee d'Orsay, with its famous collection of artistic masterpieces from the Impressionist period, ranks as one of the most visited sights in Paris. This book offers concise information and...

The Ministry of Information's decision to send society photographer Cecil Beaton to the Far East to record the Allied war effort during World War II might have raised a few...

Snapshot: A Portrait of Success is a beautifully photographed book that focuses on 18 prominent Australian entertainment, business and sports personalities. It tell a key story for each person that...

Inspired by the swashbuckling travelogues of Victorian diplomat Lord Dufferin, frail surburbanite Tim Moore sets out to prove his physical and spiritual worth before his sceptical Nordic in-laws by retracing...

Paris - City of Love, City of Light, City of Flowers. From elegant floral boutiques to lively flower markets to glorious blooming trees and expansive public gardens, flowers are the...

Wryly cynical, blackly humorous, these 29 stories by well known writers, are set against the backdrop of the great cities, reflecting their energy and wonder, their alienation and their ability...

Author: Andrew Wilson, Di PearsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Everything Everything Pty Ltd. Hobart, 2020Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThe book documents the iconic Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. It presents...

From Stone Age lands that slipped beneath the English Channel to the rapid inundation of New Orleans, Gareth E. Rees journeys through drowned forests, shrinking wetlands, vanishing islands and sinking...

The StyleCity series focuses on the vitality and uniqueness of the world's greatest cities. Each volume is superbly designed and produced, yet ingeniously practical, with lavish photography, easy-to-read maps, and...