A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time: The Story of the Taj Mahal by Diana & Michael Preston
$27.95 AUD
Category: Travel
In 1631, the heartbroken Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan, ordered the construction of a monument of unsurpassed splendor and majesty in memory of his beloved wife. Theirs was an extraordinary story of passionate love: although almost constantly pregnant - she bore him fourteen children - Mumtaz Mahal followe ...Show more
Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel
"Travels with Herodotus" records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays - to India, China and Africa - with the great Greek historian constantly in his pocket. He sees Louis Armstrong in Khartoum, visits Dar-es-Salaam, arrives in Algiers in time for a coup when nothing seems to happen (but he sees ...Show more
Child of the Revolution: Growing Up in Castro's Cuba by Luis Garcia
$25.00 AUD
Category: Travel
What was it really like to grow up in Castro's people's paradise? With an evocative wide-eyed innocence, Luis M. Garcia takes us back to his childhood in this evocative memoir of growing up in 1960s Cuba.Cuba, a land of cigars, hot nights, sultry music and romantic revolutionary heroes. But what was it ...Show more
Here is New York by E.B. White
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel
This short essay, written in the sweltering summer heat of 1949, describes the author's stroll around Manhattan, and remains the quintessential love letter to the city, by one of America's foremost literary figures. This edition, published last year in the U.S. to mark the 100 anniversary of E.B. White' ...Show more