(Paperback)

* Ireland - anatomised by the world's most travelled writer, and maybe its funniest.

(Paperback)

Travel writer Thurston Clarke has long been obsessed with islands, an affliction he calls 'islomania', and his new book is a kind of love letter to these worlds surrounded by sea. Beginning with the accepted model for Robinson Crusoe's remote abode, Mas Tierra in the Pacific, Clarke then takes us on a tour of his favourite islands.

(Paperback)

An indispensable literary companion, vividly evoking the life of Istanbul, that exotic city where East meets West, in the voices of both residents and visitors through the centuries

(Paperback)

After working for four years at a leading London book publisher, Polly Evans moved to Hong Kong where she spent many happy hours as a senior editor on the city's biggest entertainment weekly. So Polly exchanged the shiny red cabs of Hong Kong for a more demanding form of transport - a bicycle - and set off on a voyage of discovery around Spain.

(Paperback)

He's watched a wrestling match between a shark and an "underwater zombie" during a horror movie shoot off the coast of Mexico.

In this classic collection of adventure travel writing, Tim Cahill writes evocatively and often hilariously about these close encounters.

(Hardback)

A useful guide to English-language reference materials on Japan and the Japanese, this selective annotated bibliography is designed for use by information seekers at all levels. Part I covers general reference works, while Part II covers materials on specific subject areas.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Three years into his solo adventure in rural France, Michael Wright has everything he ever wanted: a ramshackle house, several manly power tools, a cat, a grand piano and a vintage aircraft. Yet the lovelier his life becomes, the lonelier he feels. Three unfulfilled wishes return to haunt him.

(Paperback)

In the 1920s Gordon West and his wife toured the little-known island of Majorca, observing the rich pageantry of a people whose customs, gentle manners and generous hospitality made the island a unique and fascinating place. This is West's account of those experiences.

(Paperback)

The Serene City beckons, promising Paradise regained for Ruth Cracknell and her husband, Eric. What they are seeking is time. Time to think, time to gaze, time for each other. But from the moment the holiday becomes an uncharted journey, their time is measured. Journey from Venice is an acknowledgement of the miracle that is unconditional love.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Part travelogue and part adventure story, two men sailed half way round the globe with no GPS, electronics, radio or any of the mod cons we take for granted. Staggering that they did it, and staggering that it was only a few decades ago.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Channel 4's Kevin McCloud shows us how to experience the highs - and the lows - of a grand tour through France, Italy, Greece and Turkey.

(Paperback)

The life of the legendary pioneer of outback travel - the man who opened up Australia to adventure travel.

(Paperback)

The author of the highly acclaimed It's Not About the Tapas reaches some unexpected conclusions about the new New Zealand man - and finds that evolution has taken some unlikely twists.

(Paperback)

For anyone who has ever travelled to Italy or simply dreams of going there one day, the fantasy of living la dolce vita is powerfully seductive. Dianne Hales is no exception, but she also fell truly, madly and deeply in love with the language. The result is La Bella Lingua, a joyous, funny and warmly affectionate celebration of Italy.

(Paperback)

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

In an adventure of a lifetime, Alexander Armstrong wraps up warm and heads ever north to explore the hostile Arctic winter the glittering landscape of Scandinavia, the isolated islands of Iceland and Greenland, and the final frontier of Canada and Alaska.

(Paperback)

It was here she became friends with Ani, an unusual Tibetan nun who was to change her life.

Through seven journeys in Tibet, Claire chronicles a rapidly changing world - where monks talk on mobiles and Lhasa's sex industry thrives.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Exploring the boom in Australian expatriatism and what it means for those who embark on it, this book presents the story of the author's expatriate adventure in Amsterdam and Rome. It also investigates the experiences of other Australians who have made the life-changing decision to uproot their lives and careers to join the global community.