Books I WILL get my hands on. Eventually.
1) Speeches that Changed the World
Simon Sebag Montefiore
RRP: $30.50
This book contains over 50 momentous and thought-provoking speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations, and includes iconic photography, biographies of each speaker, the history of why each speech was significant and what happened as a result.
2) Eat Pray Love
Elizabeth Gilbert
RRP: $18.15
Eat Pray Love is the bestselling, funny, tender and utterly beguiling true story of a woman's sojourn through three countries in search of happiness following a heartbreaking divorce.
3) The Travel Book
Lonely Planet
RRP: $54.60
A pictorial dedicated to travel and the world, capturing almost every country on the planet with photographs and vastly useful information.
4) Long Way Down
Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman
RRP: $23.05
From London to New York, two friends describe their amazing, sometimes terrifying, oftentimes hilarious and always heartwarming adventures that occurred during their motorbike trip around the world.
5) Shadow of the Silk Road
Colin Thubron
RRP: $26.95
This book recounts the adventures of the author when travelling through the Silk Route - from the drifts of the trade route out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey.
6) Travel Where To Go When
Craig Doyle
RRP: $80.25
This is the ultimate holiday planner, highlighting the world's most spectacular places and the best time to visit each one. This winning combination of inspirational narrative with sumptuous photography brings over 130 global destinations to life.
