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The Observer's Book of London by Geoffrey Palmer; Noel Lloyd
$8.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: The Observer's Pocket Series | Reading Level: very good
501 Must-Visit Destinations
$20.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: 501 | Reading Level: very good
The book covers 501 must-visit destinations, ranging from remote hideaways and tropical islands to bustling cities, breathtaking monuments and stunning landscapes across the world. Stunning photography sits alongside informative text and a summary of don't-miss features of each site.
501 Must-Visit Wild Places by Arthur Findlay
$15.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: 501 Series | Reading Level: very good
Towards Compostela: Walking the Camino de Santiago by Catharina Van Bohemen
$15.00 NZD
Category: Travel | 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
Dressed up for a Riot - Misadventures in Putin's Moscow by Michael Idov
$14.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: near fine
In this crackling memoir, the journalist and novelist Michael Idov recounts the tempestuous years he spent living alongside-and closely observing-the media and cultural elite of Putin's Russia. After accepting a surprise offer to become the editor in chief of GQ Russia, Idov and his family arrive in a M ...Show more
To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron
$12.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
"In his new book, Colin Thubron travels to Tibet, and takes the pilgrimage route to Kailas, the most sacred of the world s mountains, holy to one fifth of the earth s people, but rarely visited by westerners. Buddhists and Hindus have ritually circled the mountain for centuries, but its steepest slopes ...Show more
Travels on My Elephant by Mark Shand
$12.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
With the help of a Maratha nobleman, Mark Shand buys an elephant named Tara and rides her over six hundred miles across India to the Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indi ...Show more
Hellas - A Portrait of Greece by Nicholas Gage
$14.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah's Beard - A journey through the inside-out worlds of Iran and Afghanistan by Nicholas Jubber
$15.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
An engrossing blend of travel writing and history, Drinking Arak off an Ayatollahs Beard traces one mans adventure-filled journey through todays Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia, and describes his remarkable attempt to make sense of the present by delving into the past. Setting out to gain insight i ...Show more
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides With Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
$8.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good