Venice: A Sketchbook Guide by Matthew Rice
$45.00 NZD
Category: Italy- France-Spain
A guide to the wonders of Venice, conveyed by means of an artist's sketchbookMatthew Rice is a long-time observer and illustrator of cities, buildings and all those who inhabit them, with an uncanny ability to express the energy of a place through a few lines of ink and splashes of paint. For years, Ven ...Show more
The Glass Wall: Lives on the Baltic Frontier by Max Egremont
$25.00 NZD
Category: Rest of Europe/Russia/Scandinavia
This journey to the edge of Europe mixes history, travelogue and oral testimony to spellbinding and revelatory effect.Few countries have suffered more from the convulsions and bloodshed of twentieth-century Europe than those in the eastern Baltic. Small nations such as the Baltic States of Latvia and Es ...Show more
Sacred Paris: A Guide to the Churches, Synagogues, and the Grand Mosque in the City of Light by Susan Cahill
$35.00 NZD
Category: Italy- France-Spain
When visiting the City of Light, the spirit of Paris can be felt everywhere. It holds a sacred history that goes beyond words, beyond religion, and its legendary places of worship are truly its crown jewels. Susan Cahill's Sacred Paris is a guide for seasoned Parisian visitors, novices, and armchair tr ...Show more
Around the World in 68 Days - Observations of Life from a Journey Across 13 Countries by K. O. H. Buck SONG
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Travel Writing
Insights into thirteen countries' ancient and modern cultures, their national identities and nation brands, and their place in the world today.Around The World In 68 Days is a travelogue with a big difference - not about how to get there, what to see or where to dine, but instead, seeking to glean insig ...Show more
Slow Trains Around Spain - A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides by Tom Chesshyre
$40.00 NZD
Category: Italy- France-Spain | Reading Level: very good
Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines... there is no better way to see Spain than by train. Tom Chesshyre hits the tracks to take in the country through ...Show more
Magdalena: River of Dreams by Wade Davis
$26.00 NZD
Category: The Americas
From the bestselling author and winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize- the epic story of Colombia's Rio Magdalena and of the country's past, present and futureA captivating new book from Wade Davis - winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence - that brings vividly to life the story of the grea ...Show more
Farewell Mr Puffin - A Small Boat Voyage to Iceland by Paul Heiney
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Travel Writing
'It would be hard to imagine a more thoughtful, intelligent and companionable person to go to sea with than Paul Heiney.' Bill Bryson'High comedy on the high seas. Informative and warm and freezing. It's quite a combination.' Griff Rhys JonesThe puffin is the joker amongst the seabirds of the north Atla ...Show more
Another Bangkok: Reflections on the City by Alex Kerr
$26.00 NZD
Category: Asia
The essential book for anyone visiting Bangkok - a wonderful mixture of history and culture - from the author of Lost JapanOne of Asia's most extraordinary cities, Bangkok is also one of the most baffling. It is filled with remarkable people and glittering golden palaces and temples, but is also a maze ...Show more
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan by Amy Stanley
$26.00 NZD
Category: Asia
A groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's lives back in the historical picture.Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now k ...Show more
Sicilian Carousel by Lawrence Durrell
$26.00 NZD
Category: Italy- France-Spain
Lose yourself in this vivid travelogue evoking the historic Mediterranean island of Sicily by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'A magician.' - The Times Despite decades spent poetically chronicling Mediterranean life in Rhodes, Cyprus and Corfu, celebrated ...Show more
Bitter Lemons of Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell
$23.00 NZD
Category: Rest of Europe/Russia/Scandinavia
Lose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'Stunning.' - Andre Aciman 'These days I am admiring and re-admiring Lawrence Durrell.' - Elif Shafak Cyprus ...Show more
The Age of Islands: In Search of New and Disappearing Islands by Alastair Bonnett
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Travel Writing
A fascinating exploration of new and disappearing islands around the world, by the author of Off the Map. 'Extraordinary... A fascinating and intelligent book.' - Sunday Times New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disapp ...Show more