The 2019 Good Food Guide by Myffy Rigby

$29.99 AUD

Category: Melbourne

The 2019 edition of this acclaimed, highly trusted national guide - the home of the hats - reviews 500 restaurants around Australia and award the best eateries from Darwin to Hobart, Melbourne to Perth, and Sydney to Brisbane. The Age Good Food Guide was launched in 1979 and The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide followed five years later. With the addition of The Brisbane Times, The Canberra Times and WA Today, the Good Food Guide is Australia's most trusted restaurant guide, compiled and edited by respected, independent critics. Reviewers arrive unannounced, pay for their own meals and are stringent judges, looking at service, ambiance, the X factor and, of course, the food. Hats are awarded to the best of the best. To achieve a hat is a pinnacle of a chef's career and a restaurant's history, and the term 'hatted' has become part of the Australian lexicon.   ...Show more

24 Hours in the Life of Melbourne by Chris Cincotta

$55.00 AUD

Category: Melbourne

Her Majesty's Theatre Melbourne : The Shows The Stars The Stories by Frank Van Straten

$65.00 AUD

Category: Melbourne

This spectacular book is an affectionate celebration of Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre. Packed with evocative text and hundreds of rare, nostalgic images, it documents the shows and stars who’ve entertained theatre-goers over the past 14 decades. Her Majesty’s great stage has housed everything from Show Boat, Oklahoma! and Fiddler on the Roof to Les Misérables, Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins and The Rocky Horror Show – hundreds of shows, including an intriguing few that were not exactly box office bonanzas! Its dressing rooms have been home to Dame Nellie Melba, Anna Pavlova and Dame Joan Sutherland as well as Peter Allen, Dame Edna, Jerry Hall, and even Bananas in Pyjamas. It hasn’t always been easy. Her Majesty’s has survived two world wars, two serious depressions, the introduction of talkies and television, and a disastrous 1929 fire. Seventy years later it escaped almost certain demolition when it was purchased and completely refurbished by entrepreneur Mike Walsh. Your guide on this nostalgic ramble is noted Australian entertainment historian Frank Van Straten. He’s mined not only the treasures in the theatre’s extensive archive, but also the memories and memorabilia of many showbiz veterans. The result is a landmark publication that will delight everyone who loves the magic of the theatre – and, especially, The Maj. ...Show more

Melbourne & Beyond - Australia In Focus by Steve Parish (Photographer); Rod Howard

$34.95 AUD

Category: Melbourne | Series: Australia in Focus Ser.

Radiating outwards from the chic city are awe-inspiring scenic wonders - the vast, windswept vistas of the Great Ocean Road with the Twelve Apostles to the west and the penguin paradise of Phillip Island to the east. To the north-east are the gently undulating Dandenongs and the Yarra Ranges. Also cover ed are architecture, both abstract and historical, shopping, sport and culture, offering an insight into the daily lives and passions of Melburnians. ...Show more

Melbourne by Sophie Cunningham

$29.99 AUD

Category: Melbourne | Series: City series

Sophie Cunningham writes a year in the city's life, a year that takes us from the heatwave that culminated on Black Saturday when temperatures soared to 47 degrees to the destructive deluge of a hailstorm. She walks through Melbourne's oldest suburb to its largest market, she goes to the footy and to th e comedy festival, she talks publishing and learns how to use a letterpress. Along the way she journeys deep into her own recollections of the city she grew up in, and tells stories from its history: the theft of Picasso's Weeping Woman, the Hoddle Street massacre, William Barak's trek from Healesville, the Westgate Bridge Disaster, the high drama of the 1970 and 2009 AFL grand finals and the Market Murders of the sixties. She strolls by Melbourne's rivers and creeks while considering the history of the wetlands and river that sit at Melbourne's heart. She clambers through the drains that lie beneath. For it is water - the corralling of it, the excess of it, the squandering of it, the lack of it - that defines Melbourne's history, its present and its future. ...Show more

Melbourne: A Love Affair - Mini (Green and Gold Cover) by Matt Irwin

$49.95 AUD

Category: Melbourne

Melbourne : Monocle Travel Guide by Monocle (Editor)

$33.50 AUD

Category: Melbourne | Series: The Monocle Travel Guide Series

The definitive travel guides that make you feel like a local wherever you go. Monocle reports from around the globe. As its editors and correspondents dart from city to city, they get to know the best places to rest their heads, stretch their limbs, and kick back with a contact in a hard-to-find cocktai l bar. That information is now available in The Monocle Travel Guide Series: a line-up of titles that speaks to readers in an informed but informal way about everything from architecture to art, late-night bars to earlymorning markets. Designed to be compact and collectable, these books go beyond the traditional tourist beats to make sure visitors get the best out of a city--no matter how short their stay. ...Show more

Melbourne Highlights by Ulo Pukk

$19.95 AUD

Category: Melbourne

This is the latest book In Melbourne Books' Portraits of Victoria series and has been compiled by the authors and photographers of the very successful 'Laneways of Melbourne' and includes a fold-out map with references to highlights listed in the book. Melbourne Highlights showcases fascinating, unique and popular places to visit, making it easy to explore and discover the many treasures of one of the world's most liveable cities. Melbourne Highlights features artful photos and descriptions on every page, of everything the city has to offer from the Arts Centre, Chinatown Night Market, Immigration Museum to the Old Melbourne Gaol, Sea life Aquarium and Queen Victoria Market. Also listed are some of the most popular critically acclaimed bars and restaurants for which Melbourne is world renowned. The book also features regular 'Melbourne' sporting and cultural festivals and events such as Formula One Grand Prix, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Moomba Festival, Myer Christmas Windows and much more. Also included are attractions in the inner suburbs of Carlton, Docklands, Fitzroy, Port Melbourne, Prahran, South Melbourne St Kilda. At just RRP$19.9 5 this 256 page full colour book, jam-packed with useful information for tourists and residents alike including a fold-out map, is incredible value! ...Show more

All the Buildings in Melbourne... That I've Drawn so Far by James Gulliver Hancock

$29.99 AUD

Category: Melbourne

All the Buildings in Melbourne is a journey through the exciting city of Melbourne, told through his unique and charming cityscape drawings that pay tribute to the city's diverse architectural styles. James' buildings are colourful and packed with fun and offbeat details, yet they still capture the tech nical elements and the essence of the architecture that makes Melbourne such a beautiful city. Organised by neighbourhoods, the book features iconic Melbourne structures, such as the Arts Centre and the iconic Flinders Street Station, as well as the everyday buildings that give the city its character -- the terrace houses in Fitzroy, the Melbourne trams and of course, the ubiquitous coffee scene. ...Show more

Melbourne Eats by Michael Harden

$14.99 AUD

Category: Melbourne

The creator of the popular Deck of Secrets series (over 250,000 sold) is now launching Luckie Guides. Deck of card format guides to 52 of dining experiences across the city and beyond. Featuring fine dining, casual eateries and event a market stall. Each place has been especially chosen by industry insi ders for its unique offering, iconic status, inventiveness and excellence. Dine well, dine memorably. ...Show more

Melbourne Drinks by Michael Harden

$14.99 AUD

Category: Melbourne

The creator of the popular Deck of Secrets series (over 250,000 sold) is now launching Luckie Guides. Deck of card format guides to the best cocktail bars and speciality spirits venues as curated by industry insiders. Australia's bar capital boasts hundreds of bars but this guide highlights the best of them. Drink well, drink memorably. ...Show more

Melbourne Precincts - A Curated Guide to the City's Best Shops, Eateries, Bars and Other Hangouts by Dale Campisi

$39.99 AUD

Category: Melbourne | Series: The\Precincts Ser.

'The perfect day out in Melbourne, like any ordinary day out in Melbourne, necessarily involves coffee, sandwiches, beer, a bike ride and maybe a tram trip.' Book jacket.