Rome Precincts - A Curated Guide to the City's Best Shops, Eateries, Bars and Other Hangouts by Cristian Bonetto
$15.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: The Precincts | Reading Level: near fine
Rome Precincts is your guide to the coolest places to shop, eat and drink in the city's 18 hottest precincts. From authentic trattorias and gelaterias to hip wine bars and local ateliers, you'll find a curated list of the best iconic places and hidden gems that only a local would know, promising a Roma ...Show more
1000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
Patricia Schultz curates the world. When she published the original 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, she created not only a new kind of travel book but also a new way of thinking about our experiences and interests. Now Schultz captivates our hearts in the same compelling way her original book spoke ...Show more
Through the Heart of Patagonia by H Hesketh Prichard
$6.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: Good
The Carpet Wars - From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey along Ancient Trade Routes by Christopher Kremmer
$18.00 NZD
Category: Travel
In 1990, Christopher Kremmer arrived in Afghanistan to interview the doomed communist president, Dr Najibullah as rampaging factions of mujahideen massed on the outskirts of Kabul. He found himself intrigued by the politics and culture of the land, and his book provides revealing, often first-hand portr ...Show more
A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation illustrated with maps and plans by J R McCullough
$280.00 NZD
Category: rare & collectable | Reading Level: very good
Among the Believers - An Islamic journey by V.S. Naipaul
$14.00 NZD
Category: Middle East | Reading Level: very good
An astonishing piece of travel writing and a timely and insightful analysis of Islamic fundamentalism.Among the Believers is V. S. Naipaul's classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia. The 'Believers' are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battl ...Show more
The Passport - The history of man's most travelled document travelled doc by Martin Lloyd
$10.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
The passport is one of the most widespread documents in worldwide use and yet, paradoxically, it has no basis in law: one state cannot demand another to do something - give access - simply by issuing a document. Yet, by insisting on the requirement of holding a passport the state has provided itself wit ...Show more
The River at the Centre of the World - A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time by Simon Winchester
$10.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: good-very good
The mighty Yangtze splits China in two, between the wheat-growing North and the rice-growing South; almost 500 million people live and work along its banks. In this compelling book, award-winning writer Simon Winchester and his plucky companion Lily travelled upstream all the way from bustling cosmopoli ...Show more
Clanlands in New Zealand - Kiwis, Kilts, and an Adventure Down Under by Sam Heughan; Graham McTavish; Charlotte Reather
$20.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
Buckle up, grab a dram, and get ready for another unforgettable wild ride. They're back! Stars of Outlander, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are no strangers to the rugged beauty of Scotland. But this time they're setting their sights on a new horizon: New Zealand. Join our intrepid Scotsmen on their la ...Show more
The Adventures of John Wetherall by C S Forester (ed.)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: good
Corsica Boswell - Paoli, Johnson and Freedom by Moray McLaren
$14.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: good