Stories of Southern Italy by Ella Carr (Editor); Elena Ferrante (Contribution by); Elsa Morante (Contribution by); Ovid (Contribution by); Virgil (Contribution by); Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (Contribution by); Somerset Maugham (Contribution by)
$38.00 NZD
Category: Travel writing
Woven through all these tales are the unique histories and mythologies of the regions of Southern Italy, encompassing Sicily, Calabria, Cantania, Basilicata, Apulia and Campania. Theocritus, Virgil and Ovid evoke a Sicily populated by Cyclopes and sea monsters, while in an excerpt from The Smile of the ...Show more
The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel writing
Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing every ...Show more
The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel writing | Series: Bryson Ser.
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation?s heart and became the bestselling travel book ever, and was also voted in a BBC ...Show more
Wild Women: A collection of first-hand accounts from female explorers by Mariella Frostrup
$44.99 NZD
Category: Travel writing
A collection of the greatest women's travel writing selected by journalist and presenter Mariella Frostrup. From Constantinople to Crimea; from Antarctica to the Andes. Throughout history adventurous women have made epic, record-breaking journeys under perilous circumstances. Whether escaping constricte ...Show more
A Time to Keep Silence by Patrick Leigh Fermor
$27.99 NZD
Category: Travel writing
An insight into the calm and contemplative world of the monastery.
Amazing Train Journeys (Lonely Planet) by Lonely Planet
$49.99 NZD
Category: Travel writing | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
Travel more sustainably with this fascinating second edition of Amazing Train Journeys featuring 60 of the world's most unforgettable railway experiences. Discover epic new routes including Japan's Nozomo Shinkansen; the upgraded Tangier-Marrakech line in Morocco; and more - and get ready to watch the w ...Show more
French Like Moi - A Midwesterner in Paris by Scott Dominic Carpenter
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel writing
A Midwest Indie Bestseller! When Scott Carpenter moves from Minnesota to Paris, little does he suspect the dramas that await: scheming neighbors, police denunciations, surly demonstrators, cooking disasters, medical mishaps--not to mention all those lectures about cheese! It turns out that nothing in th ...Show more
Granta 157 - Should We Have Stayed at Home? - New Travel Writing by William Atkins (Editor)
$27.99 NZD
Category: Travel writing | Reading Level: very good
In 1984 Granta published its first issue devoted to travel writing. Nearly forty years after that genre-defining volume, a new generation of writers from around the globe offers a new vision of what travel writing can be.
Into Iraq by Michael Palin
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel writing
A fascinating and rare insight into the history and culture of Iraq, by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In March 2022, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin journeyed along the River Tigris and into Iraq to gain a glimpse of life in an area of the world that can claim ...Show more
Landlines by Raynor Winn
$45.00 NZD
Category: Travel writing
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SALT PATH AND THE WILD SILENCE Global bestselling author Raynor Winn returns with her third and most ambitious memoir, a chronicle of her journey across Great Britain. As the fracture lines between nations grow wider, how do we relate to each other, and t ...Show more
Landlines: The remarkable story of a thousand-mile journey across Britain by Raynor Winn
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel writing
Raynor knows that her husband Moth's health is declining, getting worse by the day. She knows of only one cure. It worked once before. But will he - can he? - set out with her on another healing walk?Being one with nature saved them in their darkest hour and their hope is that it can work its magic agai ...Show more
Nowhere for Very Long: The Unexpected Road to an Unconventional Life by Brianna Madia
$46.08 NZD
Category: Travel writing
In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha and reflects on an unconventional approach to life A woman defined by motion, Brianna Madia bought a beat-up bright orange van, ...Show more