In Memory of Travel by Grant Sheehan
60.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: near fine
On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads by Tim Cope
25.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: very good
Lone-adventurer Tim Cope travelled the entire length of the Eurasian steppe on horseback, from the ancient capital of Mongolia to the Danube River in Hungary. This formidable 6,000-mile journey took three years to complete. It is a journey that has not been completed successfully since the days of Gengh ...Show more
Epic: Adventures Across Aotearoa (HB) by Ray Salisbury
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
New Zealand is a country synonymous with epic adventure. Over the years, countless sea kayakers, climbers and alpine trampers have attempted journeys across its stunning landscape, and many more dream of following in their tracks. In Epic, the stories of a dozen memorable Kiwi explorers are brought toge ...Show more
Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane
26.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Series: Landscapes Ser.
From Robert Macfarlane, the acclaimed author of The Old Ways--a celebration of the language of landscape and the power of words to shape our sense of place For years now, the British writer Robert Macfarlane has been collecting place-words: terms for aspects of landscape, nature, and weather, drawn from ...Show more
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux
38.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: very good
In this title, Paul Theroux sets off for Cape Town from Cairo - the hard way. Travelling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and through country after country, he visits some of the most beautiful and dangerous landscapes on earth. It is a journey of discovery and of rediscovery - of t ...Show more
Icons of England by Bill Bryson
30.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: General Adult
This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub sign ...Show more
A Walk In The Woods: The World's Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike by Bill Bryson
30.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Series: Bryson Ser.
"In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail, the longest continuous footpath in the world. Ahead lay almost 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose, bobcats, rattlesnakes, p ...Show more
Owls of the Eastern Ice: The Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan Slaght
26.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
The Times Nature Book of the Year 2020 - A breathtaking portrait of Russia's remote far eastern forest, and of the world's most extraordinary owlThe forests near to where Russia, China and North Korea meet in a tangle of barbed wire are the only place on earth where brown bears, leopards and tigers co-e ...Show more
The Frayed Atlantic Edge by David Gange
28.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
'This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for the human spirit' Adam Nicolson Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north to ...Show more
Across the Pass: A Collection of Tramping Writing by selected by Shaun Barnett
45.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: very good
Tramping is a journey into mountainous country, across passes, along ridges, beside rivers or through forests. It is a journey also, perhaps, to discovering more about the native plants and animals existing in these wild ecosystems, and a journey into friendship or self-discovery. New Zealand trampers h ...Show more
A Thing of Beauty - Travels in Mythical and Modern Greece by Peter Fiennes
25.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: very good
LONGLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2022 'Peter Fiennes's road trip around Greece [is] engagingly described' Mary Beard, TLS 'Fiennes is a brilliant and generous guide through Greece' Observer What do the Greek myths mean to us today? It's now a golden age for these t ...Show more
Down South - In Search of the Great Southern Land by Bruce Ansley
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
In Down South, writer Bruce Ansley goes on a journey back to his beloved South Island. From Curio Bay to Golden Bay, in Down South writer Bruce Ansley sets off on a vast expedition across the South Island, Te Waipounamu, visiting the places and people who hold clues to the south's famous character. Not ...Show more