Art of Conversation - Travel

Description

Travelers' tales have always been popular - people have been sharing their experiences of different places and faces for about as long as we've been communicating! This new TAOC title turns our passion for travel - and talking about it - into a new form of entertainment and education. Rather than suffering through family happy snaps (with accompanying monologue) on the slide projector, laptop or even mobile phone, The Art Of Travel Conversation allows everyone to share their experiences, tips and favourite destinations in a balanced way.

Keith Lamb migrated from Norwich, Norfolk England to Australia in 1970 and formed the successful, multi-cultural glam-rock band Hush. As lead singer and co-writer for much of Hush's material, he lead the band to great national success, with many top ten hits such as Glad All Over and Boney Maronie. Keith toured Australia and New Zealand almost continuously for almost a decade and was a regular compere on the music shows such as Countdown, Sounds Unlimited, Hey Hey It's Saturday, GTK and more. After Hush, Keith performed in the first production of Jesus Christ, Superstar, He produced many successful albums e.g. Pioneers (the poetry of Banjo Patterson set to music) which went triple platinum. Keith co-wrote many songs for Status Quo, including several top 10 hits such as Ol' Rag Blues and Over the Edge. He has supported many British Rock acts, such as The Who. The ABC's Australian Story made a documentary, narrated by Louise, tracing some of Keith's life, from the Hush days to the present. Hush starred in the recent Countdown Spectacular Tour of Australia in 2006 to high acclaim. Louise Howland is an Australian who has traveled widely and worked in many fields, including as a psychiatric nurse and music teacher. Amongst her loves are nature, books, writing, music, art and travel. Louise has a natural gift for lateral thinking. Louise formed the company Rajmahal in 1986. Rajmahal (www.rajmahal.com.au) manufactures and wholesales unique embroidery designs and materials, exporting to the USA, Canada, UK, South Africa, Turkey and various countries in Europe. Louise is a monthly columnist for Embroidery & Cross Stitch magazine. She is studying for a Masters degree in Children's communication. Louise and Keith are passionate about conversation and its benefits. They have researched and developed TAOC(R) as a labour of love over many years.

Joel Thomas Great fun Some friends of ours have just returned from backpacking across Europe and I purchased this game for us to play one night. It was great fun. We talked in more detail about some of the things they did and saw on the trip than I think we otherwise would've talked about. We learnt a lot, and they had fun reminiscing on not only the big memorable things but also some of the finer things they had not much thought about since. We've certainly got some ideas on where we might like to go because of it. Judy Hill A Big Hit I actually bought these cards after enjoying the original The Art Of Conversation (TAOC), and found these Travel cards have been just as big a hit with our friends and us. After years of knowing each other, our conversations had often led down similar paths and were becoming dull with everyday life stuff dominating what we'd talk about, so these genre specific games were ideal for us. I have since decided that it has been far too long since we've had a holiday, and now I have some great ideas on where we might like to go. We've really enjoyed using TAOC at our regular get-togethers, so much so that I now plan on buying the complete series.