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In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary by Jan Morris
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4s BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Morris is one of Britain's greatest living writers.' The Times'Fascinating ... valuable and rare. This book is a writer's constitutional.' Kate Kellaway, Observer'I have never before in my life kept a diary of my thoughts, and here at the start of my ninth dec ...Show more
Manhattan '45 by Jan Morris
$27.99 AUD
Category: Travel
In 1945, New York City stood at the pinnacle of its cultural and economic power. Never again would the city possess the unique mixture of innocence and sophistication, romance and formality, generosity and confidence which characterized it in this moment of triumph. In "Manhattan '45", acclaimed travel ...Show more
Spain by Jan Morris
$19.95 AUD
Category: Travel
"Spain" is one of the absolutes. Nothing is more compelling than the drama, at once dark and dazzling, of that theatre over the hills - the vast splendour of the Spanish landscape, the intensity of Spain's pride and misery, the adventurous glory of a history that set its seal upon half the world ...Pass ...Show more
Thinking Again by Jan Morris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Necrophilia is not one of my failings, but I do like graveyards and memorial stones and such... Following the publication In My Mind's Eye, her acclaimed first volume of diaries, a Radio 4 Book of the Week in 2018, Jan Morris continued to write her daily musings. From her home in the North West of Wale ...Show more
Thinking Again by Jan Morris
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Reading Level: very good
A second volume of Jan Morris' diaries, life through the eyes of a legendary writer in her ninth decade.
Venice by Jan Morris
$26.95 AUD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: good
An evocation of Venice which uses vivid prose, humour and irony to present a personal portrait of an eccentric city.
Venice: Faber Modern Classics by Jan Morris
$12.99 AUD
Category: Travel
Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past. Analysing the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its arc ...Show more