Travelling? Need information?

Travelling can be a lot more fun when you have the right information and knowledge. You can connect quickly with locals (and be a bit impressive that you bothered to learn about their authors), if you have read a book or two from their more famous, or even less well known, authors. Even learning a poem or two, in their language as well as translated, can help form a bond with people in different lands and from different cultures.

We can normally provide the books to help you get there, get around, communicate, enjoy and better understand the people and culture of wherever you are going.

Fill out this form, click submit, and we'll get back to you with suggestions and prices. If you are in Canberra you can visit us at our shop at 76 Alinga St, in the Melbourne Building. Ph 6247 4459 Fax 6249 7790 email: books@SmithsBooks.com.au

First Name
Surname
Phone
Email
Where and what you are going to - information which might help us make some suggestions (You can fill this part in and ignore the rest if you want and we'll make some reccommendations)
Do you want a guidebook? Where for or which ones? (We provide Lonely Planet guides where possible, let us know if you want something else)
Which language/phrase book would you like? Make sure you can ask where to get help, a drink, some food or a book! Or perhaps how to ask someone out for a night of wild conversation. We use Hugo mainly
History - would you like a summary of the history of where ever you are going or a specfic time or person?
Social and cultural books about the nature of the people and the places (you might be interested in gender issues, minority groups, drinking, drugs, wars and religion etc.)
Would you like some travelogues or travel related literature that relates to the places you are going? Huh? You might want to read some one elses experience - if only so you can prove them wrong
Going for work? Want some work related books? Let us know why you are going and we might be able to find some publications that will help you earn your money - and hopefully get asked back
Fiction - read what they read and what they like (We'll help you get novels by the country's best known author(s) or a mix of novels covering genres such as crime, romance, historical, fantasy etc, including short stories)
Want a specialist books that suit your particular interest? Well then what is your area of interest? (e.g. architecture, geography, mountaineering, flora and fauna etc.)