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Almost Perfekt: How Sweden Works And What We Can Learn From It by David Crouch
$33.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
Sweden: A country that defies the laws of economic gravity. A land with high wages, strong unions and generous welfare. A dream location for business and a bastion of social responsibility, coming out on top for childcare, equality and quality of life. What can we learn from it? Having lived in Sweden f ...Show more
New Zealand Lonely Planet 19 by Lonely Planet Publications Staff
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Travel | Series: Travel Guide Ser.
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Discover New Zealandis your passport to New Zealand's top sights and most authentic experiences. Start your trip with a rush in Queenstown, the birthplace of bungy jumping, kayak through the verdant cliffs of Milford Sound or enjoy ...Show more
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
The acclaimed author of The Wild Places examines the subtle ways we are shaped by the landscapes through which we move In this exquisitely written book, which folds together natural history, cartography, geology, and literature, Robert Macfarlane sets off to follow the ancient routes that crisscross bo ...Show more
A Walking Guide to New Zealand's Long Trail: Te Araroa by Geoff Chapple
$50.00 NZD
Category: Travel Guides and Planners | Reading Level: very good
This is the guidebook of Te Araroa Trail: The Long Pathway, a continuous trail running from Cape Reinga to Bluff, 35 years in the making, which officially opened in late 2011. The book maps the 3000-kilometer trail in 40-kilometer sections, with maps by leading map maker Roger Smith of Geographx. Autho ...Show more
Arabia: A Journey Through the Heart of the Middle East by Levison Wood
$35.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
Following in the footsteps of famed explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer Levison Wood brings us along on his most complex expedition yet: a circumnavigation of the Arabian Peninsula. Starting in September 2017 in a city in Northern Syria, a stone's throw away from ...Show more
Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure by Monisha Rajesh
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK 'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride' Michael PalinWhen Monisha Rajesh ...Show more
At Home by Bill Bryson
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Travel | Series: Bryson Ser.
In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everythingone of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about ...Show more
Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne
$31.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
A round-the-world bicycle tour with one of the most original artists of our day. Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession-strapped, climate-conscious city dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir, artist/musician and co-founder of Talking Heads David ...Show more
Expedition by Steve Backshall
$48.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
Shine a light into the unknown There are still dark corners of our planet that are yet to be explored. In this remarkable book, Steve Backshall offers an unflinching account of his adventures into these uncharted territories around the globe, in search of world firsts. Each location brings its own epic ...Show more
Horizon by Barry Lopez
$28.00 NZD
Category: Travel
From the National Book Award-winning author of the classic Arctic Dreams, a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped an extraordinary life. Taking us from pole to pole and across decades of lived exper ...Show more
If I Live until Morning - A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation by Jean Muenchrath
$33.00 NZD
Category: Travel
Best Book Awards Finalist -- Travel & Essays Category (sponsored by the American Book Fest). --An inspiring memoir about a courageous woman's survival and recovery from an adventure-induced trauma--and the power of her dreams to overcome tragedy and live life to the fullest. Her wilderness adventure ...Show more
Insomniac City - New York, Oliver, and Me by Bill Hayes
$33.00 NZD
Category: General Travel | Reading Level: General Adult
A moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls "the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected" of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks. Bill Hayes came to New York City in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get ...Show more