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Down South: In Search of the Great Southern Land by Bruce Ansley
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History
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
Stalin's Wine Cellar by John Baker
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
In the late 1990s, John Baker was known as a purveyor of quality rare and old wines. Always entrepreneurial and up for adventure, John was the perfect person for an occasional business partner, Andrew Simon, to approach with a mysterious wine list that was foreign to anything John, or his second-in-comm ...Show more
Just a Mum On the Camino de Santiago by Rachel Goodman
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
I am just a mum, who desperately needs an adventure. I have mothered children for most of my life, and as the kids get older, I'm left wondering who I am and what to do next. Unfit and unmotivated, I somehow find myself walking 800km across Spain on a thing called the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilg ...Show more
The Gran Tour: Travels with My Elders by Ben Aitken
$33.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED A CHIP SHOP IN POZNAŃ One millennial, six coach trips, one big generation gap. When Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games of bingo, a pair of excursions, sixteen pints of ...Show more
Worth A Detour - North Island by Peter Janssen
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Guides
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
Worth A Detour - South Island by Peter Janssen
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Guides
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
Into the Wild (FTI Edition) by Jon Krakauer
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
By examining the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later, internationally bestselling author Jon Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limi ...Show more
Tough Women Adventure Stories - Stories of Grit, Courage and Determination by Jenny Tough
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
It's time we celebrated women in adventure What does "toughness" mean to you? Perhaps it's being physically fit and mentally resilient. Perhaps it's doing something no one else has done before. Perhaps it's breaking down boundaries and proving what you can do, in spite of the naysayers. Perhaps it's tr ...Show more
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan; Graham McTavish
$35.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of Outlander, Sam and Graham on a road trip with a difference, as two Scotsmen explore a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history, and warfare. Unlikely friends Sam and Graham begin their journey in the hea ...Show more
Lonely Planet Central America on a Shoestring 9 by Lonely Planet Publications Staff; Steve Fallon; Bridget Gleeson; Paul Harding; John Hecht; Tom Masters; Tom Spurling; Lucas Vidgen; Mara Vorhees
$45.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Guides | Series: On a Shoestring Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
#1 best-selling guide to Central America * Lonely Planet Central America on a shoestring is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, what hidden discoveries await you, and how to optimise your budget for an extended continental trip. Scale the Maya temples of Tikal ...Show more
Accidentally Wes Anderson by Wally Koval
$50.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Guides
A visual adventure of Wes Anderson proportions, authorized by the legendary filmmaker himself: stunning photographs of real-life places that seem plucked from the just-so world of his films, presented with fascinating human stories behind each façade. Accidentally Wes Anderson began as a personal tra ...Show more
Fearless Footsteps - True Stories That Capture the Spirit of Adventure by Nathan James Thomas (Editor); Jennifer Roberts (Editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
Travelling the world is an exhilarating, eye-opening, life-affirming experience. But it can also be scary to even think about. There are language barriers, borders to cross, planes to fly in, and of course, the mystery of an unknown land. It can be difficult to take the chance, even when you're yearni ...Show more