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Travel

The Travel Book
Lonely Planet

Altas Obscura
Foer, Thuras & Morton

White Mountain
Robert Twigger

HB $80.00
Take a journey through every country
in the world. 850 images. 230
countries. One complete picture. With
details of every United Nationsapproved country in the world, and a
few more principalities and
dependencies besides, Lonely Planet's
The Travel Book is the ultimate
introduction to a world of travel and
the essential travel reference book for
every household!

HB $69.99
Atlas Obscura comes from the
founders of AtlasObscura.com,
featuring over 600 lushly illustrated
entries on wondrous, curious,
eccentric and bizarre locales: from the
bone museums of Italy to the selfmummified monks of Japan to a hole
in the middle of the Turkmenistan
desert that has been on fire for 40
years. Engagingly written, well
researched, beautifully designed and
endlessly fascinating, this is the
pinnacle of armchair travel.

PB $35.00
Home to mythical kingdoms, wars,
expeditions, and strange beasts, the
Himalayas have always loomed tall in
our imagination. They are a grand
central station of the world's religions.
They are also a plant hunter's
paradise, a climber's challenge and a
traveller's dream. Twigger seeks to
explore the region's seismic history,
and the result is a sweeping,
fascinating and surprising journey
through the history of the world's
greatest mountain range.

Walking in Berlin
Franz Hessel

Tokyo Style Guide
Jane Lawson

Flâneuse
Lauren Elkin

HB $29.99
Franz Hessel was an observer par
excellence of the increasingly hectic
metropolis that was Berlin in the late
1920s. In Walking in Berlin, originally
published in Germany in 1929, he
captures the rhythm of Weimar-era
Berlin, recording evidence of the
seismic shifts shaking German culture
at the time. Superbly written, and as
fresh today as when it first appeared,
this is a book to be savoured.

HB $39.99
One of the most exhilarating and
inspiring cities in the world, Tokyo is
vast, complex and ever-changing. In
Tokyo Style Guide, Jane Lawson offers
a unique insight into Japan's culture
and aesthetic with her walks through
21 of the most intriguing Tokyo
neighbourhoods. Tokyo Style Guide
is packed with places to shop, relax,
be inspired, eat and sleep, as well as
practical tips to help you prepare
for your trip and make the most of
your visit.

HB $35.00
In this gloriously provocative and
celebratory book, Lauren Elkin defines
a flâneuse as 'a determined
resourceful woman keenly attuned to
the creative potential of the city, and
the liberating possibilities of a good
walk'. Part cultural meander, part
memoir, Flâneuse traces the
relationship between the city and
creativity, exploring along the way the
paths taken by the flâneuses who
have lived and walked in those cities.