The Modern Explorers: Epic Journeys to the Ends of the World by Robin Hanbury-Tenison; Robert Twigger
21.99 AUD
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Exploration has never been more popular and any idea that there is nowhere left to explore is instantly disproved by the contemporary explorers who are showcased here. Most of the accounts are written by the explorers themselves, and they all vividly describe challenging and extraordinary expeditions to ...Show more
Spirit of Place: Artists, Writers and the British Landscape by Susan Owens
29.99 AUD
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When we look at the landscape, what do we see? Do we experience the view over a valley or dappled sunlight on a path in the same way as those who were there before us? We have altered the countryside in innumerable ways over the last thousand years, and never more so than in the last hundred. How are th ...Show more
Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi
39.99 AUD
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What begins as the sheer desire for adventure turns into a spiritual quest as a young woman comes to terms with her family, her dreams, and her first love. Tania Aebi was an unambitious eighteen-year-old, a bicycle messenger in New York City by day, a Lower East Side barfly at night. In short, she was ...Show more
Heading South by Tim Richards
29.99 AUD
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Featuring some of Australia's most iconic rail journeys, Heading South celebrates the unique joys of train travel and is the perfect book for the armchair traveller. Freelance travel writer and Lonely Planet guidebook contributor Tim Richards decides to shake up his life by taking an epic rail journey a ...Show more
Uprising: Walking the Southern Alps of New Zealand by Nic Low
34.99 AUD
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This book is about walking as a form of knowing. Armed with Ngāi Tahu’s ancient oral maps and modern satellite atlas, I crossed the Southern Alps more than a dozen times, trying to understand how our forebears saw the land. What did it mean to define your identity by sacred mountains, or actually see th ...Show more
Clanlands - Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish
22.99 AUD
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Now a #1 New York Times Bestseller A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander- Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history, and warfare.From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of O ...Show more
Terra Nullius: A Journey Through No One's Land by Sven Lindqvist
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In the critically acclaimed Desert Divers and Exterminate All the Brutes, Sven Lindqvist travelled through Africa's deserts and unearthed the cruelty of colonialism. Now he has done the same for Australia. Lindqvist travels through the south of the country, lyrically describing its landscape, flora and ...Show more
The Art of Patience by Frank Wynne Sylvain Tesson
29.99 AUD
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"The Art of Patience sees the renowned French adventurer and writer Sylvain Tesson undertake an expedition to the mountains of Tibet in search of the famously elusive snow leopard. After the publication of The Consolations of the Forest (2014), Sylvain Tesson had a devastating climbing accident that br ...Show more
Life Lessons from Explorers - Learning from the World's Greatest Adventurers by Felicity Aston; Welbeck Publishing
24.99 AUD
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Great explorers are known for their hard-earned skills and meticulously honed character traits which have made their astonishing endeavours possible. Valuable lessons are waiting to be learned from the feats attained by the most revered names in exploration - from legendary adventurers such as Christoph ...Show more
A Trip of One's Own: Hope, heartbreak and why travelling solo could change your life by Kate Wills
29.99 AUD
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Are you dreaming of leaving behind the 9 to 5 and floating off into the sunset, but not sure where to start? Constantly searching for dream holidays but never getting anywhere near them?
Paris Match: Falling in (love) with the French by John von Sothen
22.99 AUD
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How to become Parisian - a genuine, laugh-out-loud tale of French life.
Piano Shop On The Left Bank by CARHART Thad
29.95 AUD
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Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign--Desforges Pianos--he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop's imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, he finally lands th ...Show more