The Well at the World's End by A.J. Mackinnon
26.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: very good
When A.J. Mackinnon quits his job in Australia, he knows only that he longs to travel to the Well at the World's End, a mysterious pool on a remote Scottish island whose waters, legend has it, hold the secret to eternal youth. Determined not to fly ('It would feel like cheating'), he sets out with a ruc ...Show more
The Glitter in the Green - In Search of Hummingbirds by Jon Dunn
53.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Reading Level: near fine
An acclaimed natural history writer follows the trail of the remarkable hummingbird all over the world. Hummingbirds are a glittering, sparkling collective of over three hundred wildly variable species. For centuries, they have been revered by indigenous Americans, coveted by European collectors, and ...Show more
See You in the Piazza: New Places To Discover in Italy by Frances Mayes
26.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
The bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun discovers the hidden pleasures of Italy in a sumptuous travel narrative that crisscrosses the country, with inventive new recipes celebrating Italian cuisine.Don't miss Frances Mayes in PBS's Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special "Reading this book is a ...Show more
On the Plain of Snakes - A Mexican Road Trip by Paul Theroux
26.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TRAVEL WRITING 2020 The master of contemporary travel writing, Paul Theroux, immerses himself in the beautiful and troubled heart of modern Mexico Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty- ...Show more
To the Island of Tides by Moffat, Alistair
28.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Series: .
In To the Island of Tides, Alistair Moffat travels to - and through the history of - the fated island of Lindisfarne. Known by the Romans as InsulaMedicata and famous for its monastery, it even survived Viking raids. Today the isle maintains its position as a space for retreat and spiritual renewal.Walk ...Show more
The Downhill Hiking Club - A Short Walk Across the Lebanon by Dom Joly
28.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Series: HEZBOLLAH HIKING CLUB
Three men. 470 kilometres. Twenty-one days. Welcome to the downhill Hiking Club . . . At a boozy, cricket-filled afternoon at Lord's, Dom Joly convinces his two closest friends to agree to the unthinkable: a challenging hike across Lebanon, from the Israeli border in the south, along the spine o ...Show more
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain
33.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
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
Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kasakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan by Erika Fatland
38.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Series: Journey through former Soviet Republics
Erika Fatland takes the reader on a journey that is unknown to even the most seasoned globetrotter. The five former Soviet Republics' Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan all became independent when the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991. How have these countries developed since ...Show more
Fledgling by Hannah Bourne-Taylor
40.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
Fledgling tells the story of a woman rediscovering herself through connecting with nature after starting a whole new life in a different continent Read the powerful account of one woman's struggle to reshape her identity when all normality has fallen away. When lifelong bird-lover Hannah Bourne-Taylor m ...Show more
The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham; Alastair Humphreys (Foreword by)
30.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
'Know how to tramp and you know how to live... Know how to meet your fellow-wanderer, how to be passive to the beauty of Nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigour' The tramp is a friend of society; a seeker, they pay their way if they can. One includes in the category "tramp" all true ...Show more
The Land Beyond - A Thousand Miles on Foot Through the Heart of the Middle East by Leon McCarron
25.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part is, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it. There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it. From ...Show more
Slow Trains Around Spain - A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides by Tom Chesshyre
40.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: very good
Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines... there is no better way to see Spain than by train. Tom Chesshyre hits the tracks to take in the country through ...Show more