Wonderland: The New Zealand Photographs of Whites Aviation by Peter Alsop
$50.00 NZD
Category: Travel
Whites Aviation produced many of New Zealand's best hand-coloured photos between the 1950s and 1970s. These glorious senic vistas changed the way we saw our country and were a sensation, adorning offices and lounges thoughout the land. Now, despite massive changes in society and photography, these retro ...Show more
The Travels : Penguin Classics designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith by Marco Polo
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Penguin Classics
A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo's seminal account of his journeys in the east, in a collectible clothbound edition. Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Ku ...Show more
The Golden Maze - A biography of Prague by Richard Fidler
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is back with a personally curated history of the magical city that is Prague. In 1989, Richard Fidler was living in London as part of the provocative Australian comedy trio The Doug Anthony All Stars when revolution br ...Show more
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people by Michael Wood
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
China's story is extraordinarily rich and dramatic. Now Michael Wood, one of the UK's pre-eminent historians, brings it all together in a major new one-volume history of China that is essential for reading for anyone who wants to understand its burgeoning role in our world today.China is the oldest livi ...Show more
Down South - In Search of the Great Southern Land by Bruce Ansley
$50.00 NZD
Category: Travel
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
The Flag Book (Lonely Planet Kids) by Moira Butterfield
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: The\Fact Book Ser.
We journey around the world, country by country, exploring flags and their meanings. Along the way, we reveal all sorts of amazing facts, such as: How many stars are on the American flag and what do they represent? What does the circle on the Japanese flag signify? And which is the omly country not to h ...Show more
The Round the World Quiz Book (Lonely Planet Kids) by LONELY PLANET
$18.00 NZD
Category: Travel
Can you take on the world? Challenge family and friends to more than 500 tricky and fascinating questions about our amazing world, brought to you by Lonely Planet Kids, an imprint of Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher. Full of fun illustrations, and with a super bright neon cover, ...Show more
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan by Alan Booth
$26.00 NZD
Category: Travel
One sunny spring morning in the seventies, an unlikely Englishman set out on a pilgrimage that would take him across Japan's entire length. Traveling only along small back roads, Alan Booth travelled on foot from Soya, the country's northernmost tip, to Sata in the extreme south, traversing three island ...Show more
I Am an Island by Tamsin Calidas
$37.00 NZD
Category: Travel
'The memoir of the year' - Vogue'Completely astonishing...the fragility of life transcended and restored by the triumphant pull of a determination to survive' - Juliet Nicolson When Tamsin Calidas first arrives on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides, it feels like coming home. Disenchanted by Lond ...Show more
Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure by Monisha Rajesh
$25.00 NZD
Category: Travel
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK 'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride' Michael PalinWhen Monisha Rajesh ...Show more
Everyday Adventures - 50 Imaginative Ways to Travel Without Leaving Your City by Lonely Planet Publications Staff
$25.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
Weave a little wonder into daily life with these fun and challenging activities - and experience your local area in a whole new way. Invite friends on a social adventure, follow your senses somewhere new and embark on a cultural odyssey. Lonely Planet shows you how to embrace the traveller spirit and di ...Show more
Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel
Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 by the Financial Times, Guardian, New Statesman, Observer, The Millions and Emerald Street "Flaneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from the French. Feminine form of flaneur [flanne-euhr], an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities. That is an imaginary definition. ...Show more