Vanilla Beans and Brodo - Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany by Isabella Dusi
$12.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
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To the Ends of the Earth : Journeys of the Great Explorers by Jon Balchin
$25.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
Setting Sail - Ten Thousand Years of Seafaring Adventure by Luc Cuyvers
$35.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
Setting Sail tells the 10,000-year story of mankind's quest to cross the world's oceans. It is a remarkable saga that moves from island to island, between nations, and eventually across continents as various peoples share skills and technologies that advance their sailing skills. The book accompanies a ...Show more
Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
$10.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
Crossing the Ditch: Two Mates, a Kayak, and the Conquest of the Tasman by James Castrission
$10.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Reading Level: very good
This is a gripping and inspirational story of the triumph of the human spirit with friendship at its heart. It tells the story of two mates, a kayak, and the conquest of the Tasman.
All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud by Armstrong Sperry
$14.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Series: Nonpareil Books Ser. | Reading Level: very good
When his father loses his fortune, a boy is taken on by a famous shipbuilder and eventually makes a maiden, record-breaking trip around Cape Horn on the "Flying Cloud".
The Explorer's Eye: First-Hand Accounts of Adventure & Exploration by Fergus Fleming
$25.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
The golden moments of exploration and adventure - glorious, triumphant, perilous and dramatic. In the 18th century, exploration entered a new dimension - explorers were motivated by scientific inquiry rather than greed. To this end they were expected to make a full record of everything they encountered; ...Show more
Tracks: One Woman's Journey Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback: One Woman's Journey Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson
$12.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
With a new postscript by the author and a stunning colour picture section. 'I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.' So begins Robyn Davidson's perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian ...Show more
On Extended Wings - An Adventure in Flight by Diane Ackerman
$7.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
The Roman Empire: Rome and its Environs in the Year 300 CE. Traveller's Guide to the Ancient World by Ray Laurence
$12.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
Dark Star Safari - Overland From Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux
$14.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
'Safari' in Swahili means a journey, typically a long one. In Dark Star Safari, Theroux's itinerary is African, from Cairo to Cape Town - down the Nile, through Sadan and Ethiopia, to Kenya, Uganda and beyond to South Africa. Journeying by train, boat and cattle truck, he passes through some of the most ...Show more