The Plastic Problem by Aubre Andrus
$22.99 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Kids
Look around you - plastic is everywhere! It's in your shoes, pens, toothbrush, car, toys, TV, water bottles, food packaging... It's so popular that it's almost impossible to get through one day without using it. And it's creating major problems for our planet, wildlife and ourselves. With The Plastic Pr ...Show more
Pagan Light - Dreams of Freedom and Beauty in Capri by Jamie James
$32.99 NZD
Category: Travel
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Pagan Light is mesmerizing. Every detail is compelling. I felt I was reading a family history of a family far more interesting than mine." --Edmund White, author of Our Young ManA rich, intimate embrace of Capri, which was a magnet for artistic renegades and ...Show more
Europe (DK Eyewitness) by DK Eyewitness
$48.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Guide Ser.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Europe will lead you straight to the best attractions this diverse continent has to offer, from the majestic peaks of the Alps to the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean. This newly updated guidebook is packed with information on the culture, history, architecture, and art ...Show more
New York City Like a Local: By the People Who Call It Home by DK
$35.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Local Travel Guide Ser.
Experience New York City the local way with this insider's guideNew York City's got it all: soaring skyscrapers, world-class food joints, plus a park to beat all parks. But what's beyond the well-trodden sights? Off-broadway theatres putting on quirky productions, old Ukrainian diners serving up family ...Show more
Istanbul: A Traveller's Reader by Laurence Kelly
$29.99 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: good
Istanbul, A Traveller's Reader is an wide-ranging and carefully chosen selection of writings, offering a richly layered view of Byzantine Constantinople and Turkish Istanbul. During the thousand-year Byzantine empire that followed its founding by Constantine the Great, Istanbul became a city of fabled r ...Show more
Italian Riviera - DK Eyewitness Travel Guide by DK
$37.00 NZD
Category: Travel
The DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Italian Riviera leads you straight to the best things to do in Italian Riviera. Explore the stunning architecture of its historic centre, Genoa, and marvel at the dramatic, mountainous landscapes of inland Liguria before heading to the coast to admire the teetering towns o ...Show more
Ransacking Paris by Patti Miller
$37.00 NZD
Category: Travel
What does it mean to fulfil a dream long after it seems possible? When Patti Miller arrives to write in Paris for a year, the world glows 'as if the light that comes after the sun has set hadspilled gold on everything'. But wasn't that just romantic illusion? Miller grew up on Wiradjuri land in country ...Show more
Turkish Awakening: Behind the Scenes of Modern Turkey by Alev Scott
$28.99 NZD
Category: Travel
Born in London to a Turkish mother and British father, Alev Scott moved to Istanbul to discover what it means to be Turkish in a country going through rapid political and social change, with an extraordinary past still linked to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and an ever more surprising present under the leaders ...Show more
Coming into the Country: Travels in Alaska by John McPhee
$27.99 NZD
Category: Travel
Plunge into the wild climate of unknown Alaska in this riveting travel account.
In America: Travels with John Steinbeck by Geert Mak
$35.00 NZD
Category: Travel
In 1960 John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and cities from New York to New Orleans. As Steinbeck said to a friend: 'I must see how the country looks and smells and sounds.' The trip became Travels With Charley, o ...Show more
In Brazil: Encountering festivals, gods and heroes in one of the world's most seductive nations by Fran Bryson
$37.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
In Brazil, you can commune with spirits and you can party with gods. In Brazil, you can learn a lot about life, heroes, and possibilities. We might think we know about Brazil. We've watched the World Cup, we've heard about the danger and the corruption, we've seen the samba and the rainforest. But Bra ...Show more
Paris of the West by Karen McMillan
$34.99 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
The Paris of the West is a story of love and loss, betrayal and forgiveness, and having the courage to start over. San Francisco, 1948. Having survived the Second World War against all odds, Celina and her family arrive on a Liberty Ship into the Bay Area with high hopes for their new lives. But as new ...Show more