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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $73, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNZL111)		  
Eyewitness Guide New Zealand  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES
This superb illustrated guide to New Zealand from the Eyewitness series features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (NZL45, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide New Zealand
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All  •  Christina Thompson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2009 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
In this endearing, offbeat memoir, Christina Thompson effortlessly alternates tales of mostly disastrous early encounters with the Maori (she's an anthropologist) and the story of the love of her life, Seven, the Maori she married. Her title is taken from what "Darwin said that Cook said the Maori's said at that interesting moment when Europeans first appeared." What probably actually transpired on that fateful day in 1769 at the Bay of Isles was more complex. (NZL96, $16.00)		   Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
New Zealand Wildlife  •  Julian Fitter
FIELD GUIDE •  2009 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES • NEW
Julian Fitter's splendid introduction to the nature and wildlife of New Zealand features succinct chapters on geography and geology, history, habitats and wildlife, along with hundreds of color photographs. Fitter (Wildlife of the Galapagos) and Tui de Roy, who contributed many of the photographs, also collaborated on Albatross, Their World, Their Ways. (NZL97, $25.99)		   New Zealand Wildlife
New Zealand Adventure Map  •  National Geographic
2011 •  MAP
This handy, double-sided map (1:1,100,000), printed on water- and tear-resistant paper, includes inset maps of the Sub-Antarctic islands and an index. Published in conjunction with Reise Know-How and the World Mapping Project, this is one of a growing series of National Geographic Adventure Maps. One Side. 39x27 inches. (NZL09, $11.95)		   New Zealand Adventure Map



Also Recommended

A Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary  •  Louis Leland   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  Take this book with you on your trip to help you untangle the sometimes perplexing and colorful local idioms. (NZL13, $7.95)
 		  
Xenophobe's Guide to the Kiwis  •  Christine Cole Catley   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This irreverent pocket guide to cultural awareness is both insightful -- and entertaining. (NZL117, $7.95)
 		  
A Traveller's History of New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands  •  John Chambers   • HISTORY  •  A brisk portrait of New Zealand, and its culture, economy and society, this concise history also covers the settlement of the Pacific Islands. (NZL60, $16.95)
 		  
Fairness and Freedom, A History of Two Open Societies, New Zealand and the United States  •  David Hackett Fischer   • HISTORY  •  Taking advantage of a jolly in New Zealand, the Pulitzer Prize winning historian is inspired, not just to travel in the antipodes but also to tackle an ambitiouos project ideed: a comparison of two democratic societies and the values of freedom (United States) and fairness (New Zealand). Despite its heft and lofty goals, the book is thoroughly enjoyable and, in its own way, a travelogue. Fischer won the Pulitzer for his vivid account of a definitive moment in American history and a turning point in the Revolutionary War, Washington's Crossing. (USA468, $34.95)
 		  
Making Peoples, A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century  •  James Belich   • HISTORY  •  A social history of the Maori from pre-contact to the late 19th century. With its wide, yet detailed focus, this book gives the reader a glimpse into the social forces that have formed the Maori, including the tremendous impact of colonization. (NZL07, $27.00)
 		  
Maori Tattooing  •  H.G. Robley   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A new unabridged edition of the classic, illustrated sourcebook on Maori tattooing (moko), first published in 1896. The author pays scrupulous attention to the intricate patterns, design and cultural meaning of traditional Maori tattoos. (NZL67, $14.95)
 		  
Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders From the 1880s to the Year 2000  •  James Belich   • HISTORY  •  The continuation of Belich's Making People (NZL07), a lively, provocative history of New Zealand and its people, Maori and European. Organized chronologically, he addresses both economic and social history, looking at ties with Britain, reliance on sheep, the environment and other topics. (NZL59, $42.00)
 		  
Presenting New Zealand, An Illustrated History  •  Philip Temple   • HISTORY  •  Organized from North to South, this oversized paperback, featuring large, full-color archival illustrations on every page, is a profile of the island nation, its history, people and nature. (NZL106, $39.99)
 		  
Sea of Dangers, Captain Cook and His Rivals in the South Pacific  •  Geoffrey Blainey   • EXPLORATION  •  The stirring tale of the great navigator Captain James Cook and his French rival, Jean de Surville, both in search of Terra Incognita, by the great Australian historian. (PAC225, $27.50)
 		  
The Happy Isles of Oceania  •  Paul Theroux   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  The peripatetic author flies off to Australia and New Zealand with a kayak and ends up exploring much of Melanesia and Polynesia, including Tonga, Fiji and the Marquesas in this wickedly funny, wide-ranging tale. (PAC03, $15.95)
 		  
Blue Latitudes, Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before  •  Tony Horwitz   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Sailing on a replica of Endeavour, Horwitz mixes history, fun and adventure in this hilarious recap of Cook's daring voyages around the world. (EXP31, $18.00)
 		  
Southern Exposure  •  Chris Duff   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Subtitled "A Solo Sea Kayaking Journey Around New Zealand's South Island." (NZL63, $17.95)
 		  
The Journals of Captain Cook  •  James Cook  •  Philip Edwards   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Cook's narrative of his expeditions between 1768 and 1779. Includes his explorations of Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii, and a host of other previously unheard-of Pacific locales. (PAC98, $15.00)
 		  
Erewhon  •  Samuel Butler  •  Peter Mudford   • LITERATURE  •  Butler's classic Victorian novel inspired by his experiences in 1860s New Zealand. A satirical account of a journey to an upside-down country at the end of the world, where sick people are thrown in jail and murderers are taken to the hospital. (NZL65, $14.00)
 		  
Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance  •  Lloyd Jones   • LITERATURE  •  Dancing between New Zealand and Buenos Aires and ranging over decades, tango is the leitmotif of this earlier novel by Lloyd Jones, published here for the first time, author of Mister Pip. Like Mr. Pip, this compact, seductive novel concerns the power of storytelling. (NZL101, $12.00)
 		  
Once Were Warriors  •  Alan Duff   • LITERATURE  •  This controversial best-selling novel follows the fate of a Maori woman in what appears to be modern-day Auckland, an insightful look at social problems of the Maori in contemporary New Zealand. (NZL19, $14.00)
 		  
Stories  •  Katherine Mansfield   • LITERATURE  •  The three marvelous, long stories in this collection constitute the beginnings of a novel based on Mansfield's childhood in Wellington. (NZL55, $16.95)
 		  
The Bone People  •  Keri Hulme   • LITERATURE  •  Set on the South Island, this powerful novel brings together three troubled individuals who represent Maori and European traditions in contemporary New Zealand. (NZL02, $16.00)
 		  
The Earth Machine, The Science of a Dynamic Planet  •  James D. Webster  •  Edmond A. Mathez   • SCIENCE  •  An informative, illustrated overview of the earth and its fiery origins by curators of the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Planet Earth. (GEO44, $32.95)
 		  
The Future Eaters, An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People  •  Tim F. Flannery   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An engaging ecological history of Australasia, focusing on human impact on local environments and animal populations in the recent geologic past. (AUS48, $16.00)
 		  
Wild Dunedin, Enjoying the Natural History of New Zealand's Wildlife Capital  •  Neville Peat  •  Brian Patrick   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the natural history of Dunedin, a coastal city on New Zealand's South Island. With good maps, lively essays and plenty of color photographs. (NZL29, $39.95)
 		  
Wild Fiordland  •  Neville Peat   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This comprehensive overview of the natural history of New Zealand's Fiordland features maps, lively essays and 200 color photographs. (NZL06, $39.95)
 		  
A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand  •  Julian Fitter   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Comprehensive and compact, this Princeton Pocket Guide features 600 color photographs. (NZL116, $24.95)
 		  
Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World  •  Paul Schofield   • FIELD GUIDE • COMING IN  •  This compact guide to those confounding tubenoses features 46 exquisite color plates by Derek Onley. (BRD50, $29.95)
 		  
The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand  •  Barrie Heather   • FIELD GUIDE  •  The revised compact edition of the classic field guide, featuring 74 color plates by Derek Onley. (NZL05, $70.00)
 		  
Whales, Dolphins, and Other Marine Mammals of the World  •  Hadoram Shirihai  •  Brett Jarrett   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This eye-catching Princeton Field Guide by Shirihai and illustrator Jarrett is noteworthy for its 450 excellent color photographs, range maps and text, all bundled in a compact package. (FG62, $24.95)
 		  
 
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