Nothing Like a Dane by Keri Bloomfield
37.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
Humorous and heartfelt, Nothing Like a Dane is a memoir of a New Zealander living her best life in Denmark. The Danish concept of hygge is a wonderful thing. Even if most fail miserably when they try to pronounce or explain its true essence. Unless you’re a Viking of course. As Keri stood in the departu ...Show more
Tracks by Robyn Davidson
25.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Series: Anniversary Edition
A revised, reissued fortieth anniversary edition of this prize-winning, bestselling account of one woman's solo journey across 1,700 miles of Australian Outback 'I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.' S ...Show more
Rome: The Passenger by Various
33.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Series: The\Passenger Ser.
IN THIS VOLUME:'Rome doesn't judge you' by Nicola Lagioia, 'The soul of the city' by Matteo Nucci, '39 memos for a book about Rome' by Francesco PiccoloPlus: a guide to the sounds of Rome; the feigned unrest and real malaise of the suburbs; the influence of the Vatican; the excessive power of real esta ...Show more
Clanlands - Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish
28.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: near fine
Now a #1 New York Times Bestseller A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander- Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history, and warfare.From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of O ...Show more
The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
30.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Series: Bryson Ser.
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation?s heart and became the bestselling travel book ever, and was also voted in a BBC ...Show more
Slow Trains to Venice: A 4,000-Mile Adventure Across Europe by Tom Chesshyre
30.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
Do you love trains? Do you love adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London to Venice. Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France (dogged by rail worker strikes), through Belgium, the Nether ...Show more
God and the Angel: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier's Tour De Force of Australia and New Zealand by Shiroma Perera-Nathan
70.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
God and the Angel is the first illustrated book on the 1948 Old Vic Tour of Australia and New Zealand, led by Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Written from an Australian perspective and utilising never-before published photos from the National Library and author's collection, God and the Angel dia ...Show more
Down South by Bruce Ansley
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
In Down South, writer Bruce Ansley goes on a journey back to his beloved South Island of New Zealand in search of what makes it unique. 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 ...Show more
Outpost - A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth by Dan Richards
28.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
There are still wild places out there on our crowded planet.Through a series of personal journeys, Dan Richards explores the appeal of far-flung outposts in mountains, tundra, forests, oceans and deserts. Following a route from the Cairngorms of Scotland to the fire-watch lookouts of Washington State; f ...Show more
Towards Compostela - Walking the Camino de Santiago by Catharina Van Bohemen
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: very good
Catharina van Bohemen walked the Camino de Santiago in 1998. Jenny Shipley was New Zealand’s prime minister, Bill Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky was exposed, the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Northern Ireland, and the Russian rouble nearly collapsed. Catharina’s marriage had ended and ...Show more
Japan: The Passenger by Various
40.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Series: The\Passenger Ser.
'Some Japanese stories end violently. Others never end at all, but only cut away, at the moment of extreme crisis, to a butterfly, or the wind, or the moon.' - Brian Phillips
Home is an Island - A Writer's Tribute to New Zealand's Islands by Neville Peat
40.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: near fine
Neville Peat has been a New Zealand writer for over 50 years, and during his working life has visited many of the islands within Aotearoa’s marine realm, from the tropics to Antarctica. This book is about these islands, including Stewart Island/Rakiura, Anchor Island in Tamatea/Dusky Sound, Kāpiti Islan ...Show more