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The Nomad's Path: Travels in the Sahel by Alistair Carr
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $19.12An account of a journey across an inhospitable region with former Tubu rebels at a time of Tuareg insurgency, when explosions from landmines rocked towns, mountains were overrun with militia and... -
Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea by Gertrude Bell
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.41Gertrude Bell's fascinating account of a lifetime of travel and a lifelong enchantment of Persia. 'Are we the same, I wonder, when all our surroundings, association, acquaintances are changed? I... -
Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar by Robert Lebling
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $22.59A magnificent and indispensable portrayal of the rich folklore of the Islamic world. According to Islamic tradition, Allah created three types of beings: angels, made of light; humans, made of... -
Cuba by Mike Gonzalez 9781788314992
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $22.08A literary guide to one of the most fascinating countries in the world. With its flamboyant style and rich culture, Cuba has provided the inspiration and setting for literature for decades. It has... -
Strolling Through Rome by Mario Erasmo
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $20.15A rich cultural history of Rome that brings its epic past alive, illuminating the extraordinary sights and fascinating secrets of one of Europe's most beguiling cities. Rome, the Eternal City -... -
Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West by Victoria Glendinning
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $18.75The Whitbread Prize-winning biography of Vita Sackville-West. Vita Sackville-West was a vital, gifted and complex woman. A dedicated writer, she made her mark as poet, novelist, biographer, travel... -
A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer by Elisabeth de Feydeau
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $12.41The untold story of Marie Antoinette's perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon. Montpellier, 1748: Jean-Louis Fargeon was born into a family of perfumers and soon became apprentice to his father's modest... -
Health and Hedonism: A Cultural History of the Spa by Ian Bradley 9780755626465
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $22.49Delve into the history behind the glamorous baths and spas of Europe to reveal the hidden past of alternative treatments. Popular with people from Romans to royalty and hypochondriacs to... -
Vanessa Bell: Portrait of the Bloomsbury Artist by Frances Spalding
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.07The definitive and authorised biography of the artist Vanessa Bell. Even through the lens of the twenty-first century, the story of Vanessa Bell's life is unorthodox. A powerful magnetic figure,... -
The Man Who Wasn't There: A Life of Ernest Hemingway by Richard Bradford 9780755600977
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.17A ground-breaking and intensely revealing examination of the life of the 20th century's most iconic writer.Ernest Hemingway was an involuntary chameleon, who would shift seamlessly from a... -
Army of the Night: The Life and Death of Jean Moulin, Legend of the French Resistance by Patrick Marnham
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $21.09Discover the truth behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of World War II. Who was the enigmatic Jean Moulin, a man as skilled in deception as he was in acts of heroism? The memory of this... -
Tangier: From the Romans to the Rolling Stones by Richard Hamilton 9780755654512
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79In this first guide to Tangier's extraordinary cultural history , former BBC North Africa correspondent Richard Hamilton explores the city to find out what has inspired so many international writers,... -
Syracuse, City of Legends: A Glory of Sicily by Jeremy Dummett
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $18.12This vivid and engaging book weaves together the history, architecture and archaeology of Syracuse and is an essential companion for anyone visiting the city. Dubbed 'the greatest Greek city and... -
The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Ted Jones
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.17A reader's journey along the French Riviera, from Hyeres and Saint-Tropez to the Italian border, introducing the lives and work of writers who passed this way. The sunlight and calm of the French... -
The Tangier Diaries by John Hopkins
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $19.12John Hopkins brings back to life all the decadence and flamboyance of Tangier in the 1960s and 1970s. Tangier in the 1960s and '70s was a fabled place. This edge city, the 'Interzone', became muse...