Endurance : Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Carroll & Graf Publishing
In a Sunburned Country by Broadway $15.99
Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia, the country that doubles as a continent, and a place with the friendliest inhabitants,...
Lonely Planet New Zealand (Country Travel Guide) by Lonely Planet $26.99
Lonely Planet’s team of authors has island hopped the Bay of Islands, immersed themselves in Rotorua’s proud Maori culture, kayaked Abel Tasman’s pristine bays and cruised the magnificent Milford Sound – as well as exploring everything in between. With all that research and more, Lonely Planet New Zealand is your key to the best possible Kiwi experience.Lonely Planet guides are written by...
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by Broadway $14.00
At the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost—who had been pushing the snooze button on the alarm clock of life by racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobs—decided to pack up his flip-flops and move to Tarawa, a remote South Pacific island in the Republic of Kiribati. He was restless and lacked direction, and the idea of dropping everything and moving to the...
Lonely Planet Discover New Zealand (Full Color Country Travel Guide) by Lonely Planet $24.99
Experience The Best of New ZealandMake the most of your trip abroad – Lonely Planet’s full color Discover guides highlight the best a country has to offer while still providing an authentic and memorable experience.Full Color ThroughoutFull of color images and maps – makes planning as inspiring as the journey itselfColor-coded navigationEasy-To-Use StructureEasy-to-use tools include:...
Bali & Lombok (Lonely Planet Travel Guide) by Lonely Planet $21.99
Discover Bali & LombokScramble down rocky cliffs to find a private surf beach, then climb back up to your motorbike, tanned and supercharged.Flip yourself over the edge of a boat while diving the blue depths off the Gili Islands in Lombok.Dance the day's sand off your feet at Kuta's rowdy clubs or spruce up for Seminyak's sleek bars and restaurants.Sip honey-ginger tea in a rose-petal bath,...
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Skyhorse Publishing $12.95
“One of the great adventures of our time.”—Life “Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? …Reply at once.” That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. On a primitive raft made of forty-foot balsa logs and named “Kon-Tiki” in honor of a...
The Cruise of the Snark by North Books $25.00
Inspired by the examples of his heroes Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Joshua Slocum, Jack London determined to sail around the world. In April 1907 he sailed from San Francisco in the forty-five-foot ketch Snark, with his wife, Charmian, a skeleton crew, and his writing to keep him company. Beset by seasickness and tropical disease, London wrote incessantly—not only his major...
Idiom of Oz - Funny, authentic Australian language & TOP SECRET travel "survival" guide by Books To Believe In $9.99
'G'day' All...The Idiom of Oz helps you unlock the mysteries of 'Aussie' slang......slang that has tested and spanned time, life and geography across the land of 'Oz.' This is an absolutely necessary tool to understand and use 'Aussie' English. Don't be 'daft' or fool yourself; if you're a 'foreigner' or tourist traveling to, working at, or just generally curious about Oz...you need this guide....
Lonely Planet Australia (Country Travel Guide) by Lonely Planet $29.99
“Island, country, continent…Australia sure is a big one! Its essence is diversity: deserts, tropical reefs, towering forests, mountains and multicultural cities.” – Charles Rawlings-Way & Meg Worby, Lonely Planet WritersOur PromiseYou can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about, each and every edition. We never accept freebies for...