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We feature a handpicked selection of travel guides, maps, literature, books on art, nature and culture, all designed to help you get more out of your travels to New South Wales. Order an essential package, and we'll ship any additional items for free.
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Eyewitness Guide Sydney
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2006 PAPER 264 PAGES
This superb guide to Sydney features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(AUS25, $23.00)
The Fatal Shore
Robert Hughes
HISTORY 1988 PAPER 752 PAGES
FAVORITE
A celebrated social history, both scholarly and entertaining. Hughes traces the fate of those who were transported to the penal colonies of Australia between 1787 and 1868 in this engaging popular account, drawn from the experiences of the colonists themselves. A precursor to the gulags and prison camps of the 20th century, the British penal colonies in Australia are an oft-forgotten experiment in 19th century social reform and colonization. While the colonies were concentrated mainly in small coastal sections of New South Wales and Tasmania, the book helps elucidate how this first chapter in their history was the most vital factor in defining the early Australian character.
(AUS04, $19.95)
The Birth of Sydney
Tim F. Flannery
HISTORY 2000 PAPER 320 PAGES
Flannery's engaging portrait of Sydney from its initial settlement to the present day, incorporating observations by early visitors including Mark Twain, Charles Darwin and Captain Cook.
(AUS100, $14.00)
30 Days in Sydney, A Wildly Distorted Account
Peter Carey
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 2008 PAPER 256 PAGES
An impressionistic account of Carey's native city, the result of his return visit (with a tape recorder) after an absence of 17 years.
(AUS123, $13.00)
Sydney Map
Borch Maps
2006 MAP
A laminated map of the center of Sydney at a scale of 1:12,000.
(AUS104, $8.95)
New South Wales Map
Universal Press
A detailed map on New South Wales, imported from Australia.
(AUS59, $8.95)
Australia, An Ecotraveler's Guide
Hannah Robinson
GUIDEBOOK
A handbook and guide to wildlife, habitats and travel in Australia with 400 color photographs and excellent descriptive information on birds, mammals and other creatures.
(AUS128, $23.95)
Fodor's Sydney's 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
A shirt-pocket guide and map.
(AUS166, $11.95)
Footprint East Coast Australia
Darroch Donald
GUIDEBOOK
A detailed, practical guide to Queensland and the Australia's east coast from Melbourne to the Great Barrier Reef and Cairns.
(AUS174, $23.95)
Lonely Planet Sydney
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
A practical travel guide with excellent maps and color photography.
(AUS68, $19.99)
Lonely Planet Sydney & New South Wales
Lonely Planet Publications
GUIDEBOOK
A practical, comprehensive guide to the Australian province of New South Wales, including Sydney, the Blue Mountains and over 60 national parks. It has a focus on adventure and outdoor activities.s.
(AUS145, $23.99)
National Geographic Traveler Sydney
Evan McHugh
GUIDEBOOK
A traveler's guide to the history, nature, culture, and attractions of Sydney, thoroughly illustrated in dependable National Geographic style.
(AUS133, $22.95)
A Commonwealth of Thieves, The Improbable Birth of Australia
Thomas Keneally
HISTORY
NEW
Keneally illuminates the birth of New South Wales with drama and flair, richly evoking the social conditions in London, long sea voyage and the conditions in Australia.
(AUS177, $15.95)
A Traveller's History of Australia
John H. Chambers
HISTORY
A brief history of Australia from the arrival of the Aborigines to the first European settlement and the development of the modern nation state.
(AUS64, $14.95)
Australia, A New History of the Great Southern Land
Frank Welsh
HISTORY
In this authoritative, balanced history Frank Welsh focuses on the political development of Australia from the European discovery of the continent through the period of colonization.
(AUS165, $37.50)
Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia
David Day
HISTORY
OUT OF PRINT
Written for a popular audience, this is an outstanding revisionist history of the country. Day tackles Australia's racial divisions, and the recent embrace of Aboriginal culture by white Australians.
(AUS18, $17.95)
Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zealand & the South Pacific
Richard Nile
Christian Clerk
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
This handsome volume weaves together history, geography, archaeology, and the arts, covering the Australasian region from prehistory up to the founding of the modern nations. Featuring hundreds of illustrations.
(AUS09, $50.00)
The Songlines
Bruce Chatwin
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
FAVORITE
Chatwin transforms a journey through the Outback into an exhilarating, semi-fictional meditation on our place in the world.
(AUS01, $16.00)
Aboriginal Art
Wally Caruana
ART & ARCHITECTURE
This well illustrated survey focuses on the spiritual and geographic sources of art and ritual traditions in Australia. With 187 well produced black-and-white and color illustrations.
(AUS14, $14.95)
In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
FAVORITE
The intrepid, ever-resourceful Bryson revels in Australia's eccentric characters, dangerous flora and fauna, and other oddities in this wildly funny, effortlessly informative travelogue.
(AUS83, $14.95)
The Road from Coorain
Jill Ker Conway
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
An absorbing account of a young rural girl's coming of age in post-war Sydney. Conway paints a vivid picture of isolation and beauty -- and of the challenges of a bright, ambitious woman growing up Australian.
(AUS03, $12.95)
Australia, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Robert Ross
ANTHOLOGY
Arranged geographically, this collection of mostly local writers, including Patrick White, Peter Carey and other luminaries, introduces the cultures, geography and mindset of Australia.
(AUS38, $13.95)
The Nutmeg of Consolation
Patrick O'Brian
LITERATURE
This 14th installment in the Aubrey/Maturin Series finds Captain Aubrey and his crew shipwrecked and finding their way to the penal colony at Botany Bay, the notorious first European settlement in Australia.
(AUS17, $13.95)
True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey
LITERATURE
A powerful, daring novel, steeped in the colonial history of late 19th-century Australia. Outlaw, folk hero, thief and patriot, the Irish immigrant Ned Kelly and his clan figure large in the Australian mindset.
(AUS119, $14.95)
Australia: The East, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
Les Beletsky
FIELD GUIDE
Featuring 650 full-color illustrations of common fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds of Australia and an overview of parks and preserves including the Great Barrier Reef.
(AUS167, $29.95)
Australian Wildlife
Raymond Leung
James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE
This illustrated fold-out guide features almost 150 species of Australian animals. Laminated and pocket-sized.
(AUS111, $5.95)
Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia
Peter Menkhorst
Frank Knight
FIELD GUIDE
A comprehensive guide to 376 species (kangaroos, bandicoots, koalas, wombats, and more), featuring 376 full color illustrations.
(AUS117, $50.00)
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