Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk
$31.00 NZD
Category: Travel
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to ...Show more
The Hunt for Mount Everest by Craig Storti
$38.00 NZD
Category: Travel
The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years, until 1921, was 40 miles. The Hunt for Mount Everest tells the story of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain. It's a tale of high drama, of larger-than-life cha ...Show more
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain
$33.00 NZD
Category: Travel
Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania's utter beauty and the stunning desert solitude of Oman's Empty Quarter - a ...Show more
A Wilder Life: Journey of an Adventuring Doctor by Joan Louwrens
$25.00 NZD
Category: Travel
A doctor follows her calling to practise medicine in wild, remote places. Dr Joan Louwrens has always been drawn to wild places, which are balm to her soul. When her husband died, leaving her alone with two small daughters to raise, she threw herself wholeheartedly into 'adventure medicine', seeking out ...Show more
The Virago Book of Women Travellers by Mary Morris
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel
'A volume in which rich and unexpected seams of precious materials await discovery' Guardian Three hundred years of wanderlust are captured in this collection as women travel for peril or pleasure, whether to gaze into Persian gardens or imbibe the French countryside, to challenge the fierce Sahara or c ...Show more
New Zealand's North Island (Te Ika-a-Maui) 6 (Lonely Planet) by Lonely Planet
$35.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Regional Guide Ser.
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's New Zealand's North Island is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Glide through turquoise waters past pods of orcas in Bay of Islands; try black-wat ...Show more
New Zealand's South Island 7 (Lonely Planet) by Brett Atkinson, Peter Dragicevich, Monique Perrin, Tasmin Waby
$35.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Guide
Lonely Planet's New Zealand's South Island is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Kayak and swim the crystal-clear waters of glorious Abel Tasman National Park; cruise through a world-renowned collage of waterfalls, verda ...Show more
Lonely Planet New Zealand Planning Map by Lonely Planet
$15.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Guide Ser.
From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher Durable and waterproof, with a handy slipcase and an easy-fold format, Lonely Planet New Zealand Planning Mapis your conveniently-sized passport to traveling with ease. Get more from your map and your trip with images and information about ...Show more
Worth A Detour - South Island: Hidden Places and Unsual Destinations off the Beaten Track by Peter Janssen
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel
Travel writer Peter Janssen has travelled extensively around the North and South Island and in each volume he shares special quirky experiences and sublime scenery that are known to locals but are most often bypassed by visitors heading to better-known attractions. Avoid the mass of tourists and stroll ...Show more
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
$20.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Orwell's first published book, Down and Out in Paris and London, is at once a very personal account, an exposé of poverty-stricken lives between the wars, and a call for social and economic reform.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gol ...Show more
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
$20.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
"A crucially important book." - The Guardian "One of Orwell's very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War." - The New Yorker Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's brutally honest account of his experience as a militiaman during the Spanish Civil War. In the last d ...Show more
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
$20.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The Road to Wigan Pier is a book in two parts: the first half is Orwell's description of working-class life in industrial communities of the north of England, the second examines his own political views.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics wi ...Show more