30 Days in Sydney, A Wildly Distorted Account
• Peter Carey
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
An impressionistic account of Carey's native city, the result of his return visit (with a tape recorder) after an absence of 17 years.
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Aboriginal Art
• Wally Caruana
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 239 PAGES
This well illustrated survey of Aboriginal art, ancient and modern, focuses on the spiritual and geographic sources of art and ritual traditions in Australia. It covers the range of art from all parts of the continent, including a chapter on the Wandjina rock art of the Kimberley region. The concise text is augmented by 187 well produced black-and-white and color illustrations.
(AUS14, $19.95) |
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Adventuring in New Zealand, The Sierra Club Travel Guide to the Pearl of the Pacific
• Margaret Jefferies
GUIDEBOOK •
2000 •
PAPER
• 542 PAGES
An overview of the culture, geography and especially the natural history of New Zealand, suitable for anyone with an interest in the outdoors. With some practical information on where to go, what to see and where to stay. It includes 25 maps and 15 illustrations.
(NZL11, $20.00) |
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Albatrosses
• W. L. N. Tickell
NATURAL HISTORY •
2000 •
HARD COVER
• 480 PAGES
A complete and illustrated account of the albatross by British biologist naturalist W.L.N. Tickell. Organized geographically, he covers the biology and natural history of all 13 species of Diomedeidae, the most oceanic of birds. With numerous charts, graphs, an extensive bibliography, and a section of color photographs, many by the author.
(FG49, $75.00) |
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Art in Australia, From Colonization to Postmodernism
• Christopher Allen
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 222 PAGES
By asserting that Australian art has diverged from European and American traditions, Christopher Allen seeks to find the common thread that binds the country's artistic movements over the last 200 years. Part of the "World of Art" series and featuring 180 illustrations (60 in color), this book is a thorough introduction for the curious traveler.
(AUS143, $14.95) |
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At Home in Australia
• Peter Conrad
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 256 PAGES
Showcasing 200 photographs from the National Gallery of Australia, this erudite book illuminates the social history of a nation. Writer Peter Conrad provides the text. With 205 illustrations, 29 in color.
(AUS147, $40.00) |
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Auckland Map
• Periplus Maps
REFERENCE •
2006 •
MAP
A city map of Aukland published by Periplus for the traveler. Two Sides. 38x20 inches.
(NZL27, $9.00) |
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Australasia Map
• Bartholomew Maps
MAP
• COMING IN
A colorful map of the region from Australia to Samoa, including Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and many Pacific Islands. Shows relief on land, as well as ocean depth. Scale 1:8.5 Million.
(AUS61, $13.95) |
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Australia and New Zealand Map
• Reise & Verkehrsverlag
2001 •
MAP
A map of Australia and New Zealand at a scale of 1:5,000,000. It's the best map available that covers both countries, but not particularly detailed. You might be interested in purchasing insead individual maps of Australia (AUS23) and New Zealand (NZL09). One Side. 38 X 51 inches.
(AUS77, $15.95) |
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Australia By Rail
• Colin Taylor
GUIDEBOOK •
2005 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical guide in the British series. This fifth revised edition features an expanded section of maps and city guides
(AUS146, $21.95) |
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Australia Wall Map
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2001 •
MAP
A laminated political wall map (23 x 30) of Australia at a scale of 1:6,400,000, published by National Geographic. Our price includes separate shipping by U.S. mail in a sturdy tube. One Side. 23x30 inches.
(AUS131, $19.99) |
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Australia, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Robert Ross
ANTHOLOGY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
Arranged geographically, this collection of mostly local writers is an excellent overview of the cultures, geography and mindset of Australia. It includes stories by Patrick White, Peter Carey and other luminaries, as well as transcriptions of several aboriginal myths.
(AUS38, $13.95) |
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Australian Birds
• Pocket Naturalist
FIELD GUIDE •
2000 •
PLASTIC CARD
A fold-up, laminated card featuring color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered Australian birds.
(AUS99, $5.95) |
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Australian Colors, Images of the Outback
• Bill Bachman
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
• COMING IN
A photographic journey.
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Batavia's Graveyard, The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
• Mike Dash
HISTORY •
2003 •
PAPER
A fascinating yet chilling account of a 17th-century shipwreck not for the squeamish. A mutinous heretic and his followers systematically murder over 100 passengers of a Dutch East India Company merchant vessel after it is marooned off the coast of Australia. Besides telling the tale in in gruesome detail, historian Mike Dash treats questions of navigation, religion, medicine, psychology and sociology in their historical context.
(PAC132, $17.00) |
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Beginner's Maori
• K. T. Harawira
• T. R. Buxton
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •
1997 •
PAPER
• 121 PAGES
• COMING IN
A guide to the Maori language, written for the traveler looking for an introductory foundation to the language, culture and traditions of the Maori people.
(NZL36, $8.95) |
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Birds of Australia, Photographic Field Guide
• Jim Flegg
FIELD GUIDE •
2007 •
PAPER
• 176 PAGES
A brief guide to commonly encountered or spectacular birds of Australia, featuring clear color photographs and brief descriptions of the birds, their habitat and range.
(AUS12, $25.00) |
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The Birth of Sydney
• Tim F. Flannery
HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
Flannery's engaging portrait of Sydney from its initial settlement to the present day, incorporating observations by early visitors including Mark Twain, Charles Darwin and Captain Cook.
(AUS100, $14.00) |
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Blue Latitudes, Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
• Tony Horwitz
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 480 PAGES
A vivid tale of modern adventures, history and fun in the wake of Captain Cook by the author of Confederates in the Attic. Horwitz paints a broad picture of Cook and his time, capturing the places and personalities Cook encountered in his daring voyages around the world. Since he doesn't like the cold, the author (who sailed on a replica of the Endeavour as a crewman) skipped the Antarctic.
(EXP31, $17.00) |
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Captain Cook, A Legacy Under Fire
• Vanessa Collingridge
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2003 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
European discoveries are much in question these days and in this well researched book Collingridge takes on an 18th-century British hero and his discovery of Australia. Nevermind that the English bucanner William Dampier had already landed on Australia well before Cook in 1688, Collingridge looks into the long-forgotten research of a distant cousin that showed that Portuguese explorers mapped Australia in the 16th century. The author, a journalist and British televison news anchor, intercuts elequent chapters on Cook's explorations with the tale of George Collingridge (who she rescues from obscurity) and a nice account of her own travels. Like Cook, the author ends her book on the shores of Kaelakekua bay.
(PAC125, $14.95) |
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Captain James Cook
• Richard Hough
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1997 •
PAPER
• 398 PAGES
A vividly written narrative of the life and three great voyages of Captain Cook. This fine book includes a gripping account of his discoveries throughout the Pacific -- and his demise in the Sandwich Islands.
(PAC24, $18.95) |
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
• Thomas Keneally
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 184 PAGES
A classic story set in the Australian outback of one man against an unjust, racist society.
(AUS30, $13.95) |
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Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia
• David Day
HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
• COMING IN
A provocative social history of Australia from 1770 -- when the English claimed the land as their own -- until the present. Day tackles Australia's racial divisions, and the recent embrace of Aboriginal culture by white Australians. Written for a popular audience, this is an outstanding revisionist history of the country, updated for this edition.
(AUS18, $17.95) |
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Continent of Hunter-Gatherers, New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory
• Harry Lourandos
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1997 •
PAPER
• 412 PAGES
A well considered, scholarly survey of the archaeology of Aboriginal Australia with chapters on colonization, and geographic diversity and variation from the tropical north to the arid center of the continent, temperate southern reaches and Tasmania. Lourandis, who writes well, stressses the complexity and dynamism of Aboriginal Australia throughout the book, a direct challenger to earlier static views with more of a focus on the environment as a determinging factor in cultural change. With drawings and 50 maps. For travelers with a serious interest in Australian archaeology and prehistory (and a taste for theoretical debate).
(AUS129, $57.00) |
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Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines
• Julia Blackburn
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1995 •
PAPER
• 232 PAGES
In this wonderfully original biography, tBlackburn recreates the life of Daisy Bates (1861-1951), who abandoned her comfortable surroundings in 1913 to live for 30 years in the wilderness. It opens memorably "There was once a woman who lived in the desert" -- setting an appropriate tone for a book which artfully combines biography, fiction and history. Blackburn consulted the archives and interviewed contemporaries to create this absorbing portrait of a fascinating character.
(AUS37, $15.00) |
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Death of a River Guide, A Novel
• Richard Flanagan
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
The first novel of Tasman's man of letters, Flanagan, which has, as its narrator, a river guide in the last moments of his life at the bottom of the Franklin River. No simple tale of adventure gone wrong, Flanagan conjures the ancestors of his guide, evoking the complex, tangled history of Tasmania and its original colonial settlement by convicts. Like many Tasmanians, Flanagan's memorable guide is of English, Slovenian and Aboriginal descent.
(AUS125, $13.00) |
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Dirt Music, A Novel
• Tim Winton
LITERATURE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 416 PAGES
Among Australia's finest writers, Tim Winton fashions powerful and elegant tales set within the arid outback of Western Australia. An alcoholic mother and a down-on-his luck poacher are the protagonists of this recent novel, where landscape and nature play just as much a role as the characters themselves.
(AUS151, $16.00) |
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Discover the Northern Territory
• Jocelyn Burt
NATURAL HISTORY •
1995 •
PAPER
• 80 PAGES
This photobook book captures the landscapes, people and wildlife of Australia's Northern Territory.
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The Discovery of Slowness
• Sten Nadolny
• Ralph Freedman
LITERATURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 325 PAGES
A late 20th century fictional biography of the 19th century polar explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), whose disappearance in the Canadian Arctic prompted an unheralded -- and unsuccessful -- search and rescue. Sir John, once the governor of Tasmania, was the subject of a S&R thanks to the tireless agitation on his behalf by his wife, the Lady Jane. A reprint of the excellent Freedman translation, originally published to much acclaim in German in 1987.
(ARC59, $16.95) |
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Diving and Snorkeling Great Barrier Reef
• Len Zell
FIELD GUIDE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 159 PAGES
• COMING IN
A practical, illustrated guide to diving and snorkeling sites in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Outer Coral Sea and Torres Strait. With a short overview of the marine setting, ecology, coral reefs and inhabitants. The 17 maps, and many aerial and underwater color photographs are reason enough for an interested diver or snorkerler to buy this slim book.
(AUS27, $24.99) |
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English Passengers
• Matthew Kneale
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 446 PAGES
An accomplished novel, funny yet wrenchingly serious, of cultural collision and rebellion in Tasmania in the 19th century. Its English settlers -- opportunists in a land at the edge of the world -- coexist less and less easily with Tasmania's Aborigines. Winner of the UK's Whitbread Award.
(AUS109, $15.95) |
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Erewhon
• Samuel Butler
• Peter Mudford
LITERATURE •
1970 •
PAPER
• 232 PAGES
Butler's satirical account of a journey across the mountains to an upside-down country at the end of the world (Erewhon is an anagram of Nowhere), where sick people are thrown in jail and murderers are taken to the hospital. Erewhon is also a place in New Zealand where Butler, not coincidentally, ran a sheep ranch for several years in the 1860s. Upper Rangitata, in the foothills of Canterbury, retains its wild beauty (featured in the movie Lord of the Rings). Butler not only exposes the hypocrisy of Victorian society, church and education but also does a fine job of evoking the landscape of the region. First published privately by Butler in 1872.
(NZL65, $14.00) |
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The Explorers
• Tim F. Flannery
ANTHOLOGY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 385 PAGES
A diverse, thoroughly engaging survey of the literature of Australian exploration, selected and introduced by Tim Flannery. A mammalogist and popular writer, Flannery demonstrates his usual wit in this selection of 67 accounts by Captain James Cook, buccaneer William Dampier and even modern adventurers like Robyn Davidson (who crossed the continent on a camel).
(AUS89, $14.00) |
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Eyewitness Guide Australia
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
• 616 PAGES
A compact guide to sites, attractions and places throughout Australia featuring excellent maps and hundreds of full color photographs and site diagrams. With select recommendations on where to eat and stay.
(AUS101, $30.00) |
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Farther Than Any Man, The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook
• Martin Dugard
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2002 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
A fast-paced account of the discoveries of the 18th-century navigator. Dugard, a sailor and adventurer himself, is especially attuned to the demands of long sea voyages under difficult circumstances.
(PAC127, $15.00) |
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The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia
• Graham Pizzey
• Frank Knight
• Peter Menkhorst
FIELD GUIDE •
2007 •
FLEXI-BOUND
• 576 PAGES
Covering over 700 species species, the eight edition of this classic handbook and field guide includes multiple illustrations of most birds showing male, female, immature and other plumage variations. First published in 1980, this edition is fully updated and revised by editor Peter Menkhorst, Pizzey's guide contains essential information.
(AUS65, $34.95) |
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Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia
• Peter Menkhorst
• Frank Knight
FIELD GUIDE •
2011 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to 376 species of kangaroos, koalas, bandicoots, wombats, deer, seals, whales and other mammals of Australia featuring full color illustrations by Frank Knight. Third edition.
(AUS117, $50.00) |
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Fiordland Underwater, New Zealand's Hidden Wilderness
• Paddy Ryan
• Chris Paulin
NATURAL HISTORY •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 192 PAGES
With 200 photographs of the marine organisms and submerged world of New Zealand's largest national park, this is the first comprehensive resource on this unusual underwater ecosystem.
(NZL58, $34.95) |
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The Floating Brothel, The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts
• Sian Rees
HISTORY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
A richly detailed account of the 1790 voyage of the Lady Julian -- and the unlikely cargo of 240 mostly poor women deported from England and sent on a yearlong journey to save the colony. Drawn from historical sources and carried by Ms. Rees' "robust, clear prose" (NY Times Book Review), it's an earthy tale steeped in the details of 18th-century Australia.
(AUS124, $18.99) |
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Fodor's Australia
• Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 800 PAGES
A popular, practical guide.
(AUS138, $26.99) |
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Fodor's New Zealand
• Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 704 PAGES
A practical guide featuring suggested itineraries, recommended restaurants, shops and hotels, and good coverage of outdoor activities.
(NZL56, $24.99) |
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The Future Eaters, An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People
• Tim F. Flannery
NATURAL HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
An ecological history of the region, focusing on human impact on local environments and animal populations in the recent geologic past. Flannery, the prolific author of "Throwim' Way Leg," as well as many more books (often about nature and/or Australia), sets out a powerful tale, none too flattering about the intelligence or foresight of our own species.
(AUS48, $16.00) |
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Gap in Nature, Discovering the World's Extinct Animals
• Tim F. Flannery
• Peter Schouten
SCIENCE •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 184 PAGES
• COMING IN
An illustrated, informative tribute to 103 species that have perished in the last 500 years. Not surprisingly, islands are well represented, including (famously) the dodo which once roamed the forests of Mauritius and many birds and mammals from New Zealand. Flannery and Schouten, who visited museums around the world to see specimens and collect information, focus on animals that could be realistically re-created. The paintings, which are spectacular, were all drawn at life size in the original. Organized by date of extinction from the Upland Moa (1500), Dodo (1681) and Steller's Sea Cow (1768) to the Passenger Pigeon (1914), Darwin's Rice Rat (1929) and Guam Flying-fox (1974).
(SCI55, $34.95) |
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The Garden Party and Other Stories
• Katherine Mansfield
LITERATURE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
This collection of short stories, the last in a distinguished career by the sharp-witted writer, features a number of tales set in Mansfield's native New Zealand. Many are set in Wellington, where she lived before she moved to England in 1909.
(NZL23, $14.00) |
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Gould's Book of Fish, A Novel in Twelve Fish
• Richard Flanagan
LITERATURE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 404 PAGES
Flanagan keeps the reader guessing with a dizzying mix of history, fantasy and word play in this wildly inventive novel steeped in the 19th-century history of Tasmania and its brutal colonial prison. Billy Gould, his bawdy convict-narrator, contributes the paintings that introduce each section. winner of the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize, Gould's Book of Fish is a marvelously imagined epic of 19th-century Australia -- a world of convicts and colonists, thieves and catamites -- whose bloody history is recorded in a very unusual taxonomy of fish.
(AUS126, $14.00) |
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Great Barrier Reef
• David Doubilet
NATURAL HISTORY •
2002 •
HARD COVER
• 186 PAGES
• COMING IN
Underwater master of color and light Doubilet captures the beauty and diversity of the 1,250-mile-long Great Barrier Reef in 125 stunning photographs.
(AUS118, $40.00) |
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Indigenous Australian Voices: A Reader
• Jennifer Sabbioni
ANTHOLOGY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 330 PAGES
• COMING IN
This anthology brings together diverse stories, poems, novel excerpts and artwork by 36 contemporary Aborigine writers and artists.
(AUS45, $25.00) |
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Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide
• Gerald Allen
• Roger Steene
FIELD GUIDE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 378 PAGES
• COMING IN
This comprehensive identification guide to coral reef fishes and invertebrates from Hawaii to the Red Sea features 1,800 color photographs. It also includes chapter on marine mammals, turtles and birds. The authors, Gerald Allen and Roger Steene are the reigning authorities on the region (and fine photographers). Highly recommended.
(DIV48, $40.00) |
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Insight Guide Australia
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
Panoramic in scope, this illustrated overview brings Australia to life in hundreds of color photographs and vivid essays on history, culture and nature.
(AUS67, $24.99) |
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Insight Guide New Zealand
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
A profusely illustrated overview of New Zealand, featuring concise essays by well-regarded authors on natural history, politics, and culture. It also includes hundreds of photos and maps, along with some limited practical information. Local writer Gordon McLaughlin led the team of experts who contributed to the book. In addition to a survey of attractions throughout both North and South Island, the book features essays on the Maori, natural history and outdoor adventures.
(NZL17, $24.99) |
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Janet Frame, An Autobiography: To the Island, An Angel at My Table, The Envoy from Mirror City
• Janet Frame
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1991 •
PAPER
• 435 PAGES
• COMING IN
The three-volume memoir of one of New Zealand's most original writers. From her impoverished upbringing to her misdiagnosis with mental illness to her transformation into a distinguished novelist/poet, Frame's is a story of courage and creativity. Told in haunting, evocative prose.
(NZL25, $19.95) |
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Joseph Banks, A Life
• Patrick O'Brian
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1997 •
PAPER
• 328 PAGES
A fine biography of naturalist and explorer Joseph Banks by one of our great writers of the sea. O'Brian's account of the three-year voyage of the Endeavor -- and the discovery of Australia -- is particularly good. Chapters cover globe-trotting botanical adventures with James Cook and others in Polynesia, Australia & New Zealand, Iceland, England and France. With a few maps, engravings and illustrations.
(AUS47, $20.00) |
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Kakadu National Park Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A visitor's map of Australia's Kakadu National Park, at a scale of 1:400,000. One Side. 30x28 inches.
(AUS97, $10.95) |
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Kimberley Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A large scale (1:1,250,000) map of the Kimberley region, including the northern coast of Western Australia. The reverse side features brief descriptions of major sites and national parks. Two Sides. 23x30 inches.
(AUS16, $10.95) |
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Lonely Planet Australia
• denis O'Byrne
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 1092 PAGES
A practical guide to Australia by Melbourne-based Lonely Planet, featuring maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With a few color photographs, 158 useful sketch maps, and excellent travel information.
(AUS92, $29.99) |
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Lonely Planet Central Australia: Adelaide to Darwin
• Susannah Farfor
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
This comprehensive practical guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style includes local and regional color maps, a section of photographs, and chapters on history, culture and attractions
(AUS150, $22.99) |
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Lonely Planet Cycling Australia
• Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 464 PAGES
A compact practical guide with a focus on exploring Australia by bicyle. With 32 suggested rides (totalling 138 days) and dozens of two-color sketch maps showing popular routes.
(AUS136, $24.99) |
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Lonely Planet East Coast Australia
• Verity Campbell
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 524 PAGES
A practical, comprehensive guide in the popular series.
(AUS148, $24.99) |
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Lonely Planet Melbourne
• Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
A travel guide to Melbourne and surroundings in the Lonely Planet series with a good overview, excellent maps and plenty of practical information.
(AUS73, $21.99) |
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Lonely Planet New Zealand
• Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 756 PAGES
The most comprehensive guide to New Zealand, this hefty book includes maps, a new color section on flora and fauna, and an extensive overview of the culture, history and nature of the archipelago. You'll also find the usual detailed treatment of accommodations, restaurants and sightseeing.
(NZL21, $26.99) |
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Lonely Planet Perth & Western Australia
• Sally Webb
• Ilsa Colson
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 264 PAGES
A practical guidebook to Western Australia with plenty of information on where to go and what to do, as well as background on history, culture and nature.
(AUS140, $21.99) |
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Lonely Planet Queensland & The Great Barrier Reef
• Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 468 PAGES
A practical, comprehensive guide to the rain forests, reefs, off-shore islands and other attractions of Queensland with a focus on adventure and outdoor activities.
(AUS107, $23.99) |
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Lonely Planet Sydney
• Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 252 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical guide to the city and its history. With dozens of excellent maps, color photographs and short glossary. Sixth edition.
(AUS68, $21.99) |
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Lonely Planet Sydney & New South Wales
• Lonely Planet Publications
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 416 PAGES
• COMING IN
A practical, comprehensive guide to the Australian province of New South Wales, including Sydney, the Blue Mountains and over 60 national parks. It has a focus on adventure and outdoor activities.
(AUS145, $23.99) |
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Lonely Planet Tasmania
• Lyn McGuar
• John Chapman
• Monica Chapman
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 335 PAGES
A practical guide to Tasmania by Lonely Planet, featuring 51 maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With color photographs and excellent travel information.
(AUS81, $24.99) |
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MacOnockie's Gentlemen, The Story of Norfolk Island & the Roots of Modern Prison Reform
• Norval Morris
HISTORY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
Norfolk Island, a small patch of land off the coast of Australia, uninhabited until discovered by Captain Cook, was once the site of a notorious prison. Using four fictionalized voices, law professor Norval Morris describes the techniques and experiments of superintendent Alexander Maconochie, who transformed it from a chaotic colony of murderers and thieves into an efficient and uncommonly humane place of penal reform. For the rare traveler to Norfolk Island (and for those who loved Hughes's "The Fatal Shore") this is a fascinating narrative history.
(PAC119, $19.95) |
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Making Peoples, A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century
• James Belich
HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 497 PAGES
An extremely readable and scholarly history that traces the development of New Zealand -- and 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. It concludes with a discussion of the Pakeha, the 19th century settlers who helped shape what has become modern day New Zealand. Belich, a professor of history at the University of Aukland, continues the story in a second volume (NZL59).
(NZL07, $20.00) |
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Marine Life of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
• Gerald Allen
FIELD GUIDE •
2000 •
HARD COVER
• 96 PAGES
• COMING IN
A handy, beautifully illustrated reference to 350 of the most colorful and commonly encountered marine species in the Indo-Pacific, from the Seychelles to Hawaii. This book presents the full range of marine life from corals to sponges, fishes and mollusks. With excellent color photographs and superb essays. Highly recommended.
(AUS28, $16.95) |
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Miles from Nowhere, A Round the World Bicycle Adventure
• Barbara Savage
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1985 •
PAPER
• 340 PAGES
The adventures of a beginning cyclist and her husband who cover 23,000 miles and 25 countries in two years. The personal, unpretentious writing captures the colorful characters that cross the path of this young couple and the flavor of the countries they traverse. Sadly, Barbara Savage died in a cycling accident training for the triathlon upon her return home as the book was going to press.
(BCY02, $18.95) |
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Monster of God, The Man Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind
• David Quammen
NATURAL HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
In tracking the alpha predators, Quammen transports us to four of the world's great wild regions: the Gir forest in India, the Russian Far East, the coast of northern Australia and the mountains of Romania. Much like in his award-winning Song of the Dodo, Quammen combines scholarly insight, vivid prose and travel in this latest effort, a marvelous meditation on Indian lions, Australian crocodiles, European brown bears and Siberian tigers, man-eaters all.
(BST84, $17.95) |
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Moon Handbook Fiji
• David Stanley
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 321 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical guide to Fiji in the Moon series with drawings, black-and-white photos and 42 maps.
(PAC73, $19.95) |
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Moon Handbook New Zealand
• Jane King
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 540 PAGES
Now in its fifth edition, this Moon Publications handbook is an up-to-date, practical guide to destinations in New Zealand. With dozens of maps, a focus on the outdoors -- and short introductory chapters on the land, people, history and economy.
(NZL01, $23.95) |
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Motoring Atlas of Australia
• UBD
1999 •
MAP
• 189 PAGES
A comprehensive, spiral-bound atlas with 80 pages of full color road maps and maps of 104 cities and towns. The atlas includes travel information, an introduction to each region and index.
(AUS120, $21.95) |
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Mutant Message Down Under
• Marlo Morgan
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 187 PAGES
Whether or not you believe that the author was kidnapped by her Aboriginal guides and sent out into the desert for four months (for her own good), this best-selling account of a spiritual journey in the Australian outback by a 50-year-old woman from Kansas, originally self-published, is utterly fascinating.
(AUS54, $13.00) |
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My Place
• Sally Morgan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1987 •
PAPER
• 440 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
Sally Morgan artfully evokes aboriginal culture and its complicated history in colonial Australia in this deeply moving memoir of three generations. Particularly moving is Morgan's account of discovering her Aborigine heritage as a teenager in Perth.
(AUS19, $19.95) |
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National Geographic Australia
• Roff Smith
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
Roff Smith, a prolific writer on Australian topics, introduces his adoptive country in this attractive, profusely illustrated National Geographic guidebook. It features color photos, maps, overviews of culture, nature, and history, and practical travel information.
(AUS132, $27.95) |
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National Geographic Sydney
• Evan McHugh
GUIDEBOOK •
1999 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
• COMING IN
A traveler's guide to the history, nature, culture, and attractions of Sydney, thoroughly illustrated in dependable National Geographic style.
(AUS133, $22.95) |
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New South Wales Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A detailed map of New South Wales for the traveler at a scale of 1:1,500,000, imported from Australia. One Side. 28x40 inches.
(AUS59, $10.95) |
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Northern Territory Australia Map
• Universal Press
MAP
A colorful, detailed map of the Northern Territory, imported from Australia. Scale 1:2,000,000.
(AUS62, $8.95) |
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Northern Territory Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
An excellent, colorful map of the Northern Territories of Australia at a scale of 1:1,800,000. One Side. 40x28 inches.
(AUS36, $10.95) |
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Nutmeg of Consolation
• Patrick O'Brian
LITERATURE •
1991 •
HARD COVER
• 315 PAGES
Further adventures of Captain Aubrey & Co., shipwrecked in the Dutch East Indies, and finding their way to the penal colony at Botany Bay in the early 19th Century. The passage on Botany Bay is one of the most evocative (and frightening) descriptions we know of the first European settlements in Australia. If you haven't yet been introduced to O'Brian's vivid portraits of Nelson's British Navy, here's your chance to dip into this fine series.
(AUS69, $24.00) |
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The Nutmeg of Consolation
• Patrick O'Brian
LITERATURE •
1993 •
PAPER
• 315 PAGES
Further adventures (the 14th installment) of Captain Aubrey & Co., shipwrecked in the Dutch East Indies, and finding their way to the penal colony at Botany Bay in the early 19th Century. The passage on Botany Bay is one of the most evocative (and frightening) descriptions we know of the first European settlement in Australia. If you haven't yet been introduced to O'Brian's vivid portraits of Nelson's British Navy, here's your chance to dip into this fine series (stories from which formed the basis for the recent movie Master and Commander).
(AUS17, $15.95) |
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Odyssey Guide New Zealand
• Elisabeth Booz
GUIDEBOOK •
2006 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
An illustrated, literate guide to New Zealand and its attractions for the visitor, much enhanced by color photography and maps. Compact, but includes background on culture and natural history.
(NZL20, $21.95) |
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On Dialogue, Contemporary Australian Art
• Anne Marie Freybourg
• Les Murray
• Juliana Engberg
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 216 PAGES
A study of art in Australia over the last 40 years, focusing on artists in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
(AUS144, $39.95) |
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Once Were Warriors
• Alan Duff
LITERATURE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
You may have seen the movie. This is the controversial best-selling novel set in what would appear to be Auckland. It follows the fate of Beth, a tough young woman with a son to protect, and is an insightful, gut-wrenching look at social problems of the Maori in contemporary New Zealand.
(NZL19, $14.00) |
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One For the Road, An Outback Adventure
• Tony Horwitz
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 211 PAGES
Good adrenaline-fueled fun by the author of Confederates in the Attic and Baghdad Without a Map. This time Horwitz is among the aborigines, outcasts and other exiled desert rats in the outback of Australia.
(AUS79, $14.00) |
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The Oxford Illustrated History of New Zealand
• Keith Sinclair
HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 408 PAGES
An balanced, illustrated history of New Zealand, from Polynesian settlement through the 1990s. With black-and-white photographs and drawings throughout.
(NZL40, $65.00) |
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Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders From the 1880s to the Year 2000
• James Belich
HISTORY •
2002 •
HARD COVER
• 606 PAGES
The continuation of Belich's 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. Highly recommended. Follows Belich's "Making Peoples" (NZL07).
(NZL59, $42.00) |
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Penguin Planet: Their World, Our World
• Kevin Schafer
NATURAL HISTORY •
2000 •
HARD COVER
• 144 PAGES
A collection of 112 stunning color photographs of penguins around the world. Schafer, a veteran naturalist and expedition leader, has photographed these much-loved birds on voyages to the Antarctic, Sub-Antarctic islands, Galapagos, and South Africa. Schafer also wrote the accompanying text. Winner of the 2000 National Outdoor Book Award.
(ANT131, $49.95) |
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A Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary
• Louis Leland
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •
1990 •
PAPER
• 115 PAGES
Take this book with you on your trip to help you untangle the sometimes perplexing and colorful local idioms.
(NZL13, $7.95) |
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
• Peter Weir
1979 •
DVD
Peter Weir's confounding thriller about a group of girls and a teacher at a turn-of-the-century boarding school in Victoria, Australia, who go missing after a Valentine's Day picnic. Beautifully photographed, the film depicts the arid landscape of the outback in all its majesty and eeriness. Part of the Criterion Collection.
(AUS158, $29.95) |
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Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates
• Paul Dallman
NATURAL HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 210 PAGES
Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates. It's an eye-opening guide to California, Chile, South Africa, Australia and -- naturally -- the Mediterranean.
(MED21, $35.95) |
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Queensland Central Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A detailed map of central Queensland, imported from Australia, at a scale of 1:1,000,000. Two Sides. 22x37 inches.
(AUS33, $10.95) |
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Queensland Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A colorful, detailed map of Queensland, imported from Australia. Scale 1:2,500,000. The Great Barrier Reef extends along most of Queensland's east coast. One Side. 40x28 inches.
(AUS58, $10.95) |
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Queensland North Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A detailed map of North Queensland, imported from Australia, on a 1:1,750,000 scale. Two Sides. 34x28 inches.
(AUS34, $10.95) |
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Queensland North Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A detailed map of North Queensland, imported from Australia, on a 1:1,750,000 scale. Two Sides. 34x28 inches.
(AUS34, $10.95) |
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Queensland South East
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A locally produced, detailed map of southeast Queensland, scale 1:500,000. Two Sides. 38x28 inches.
(AUS80, $10.95) |
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Queensland's Outback Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A detailed map of Outback Queensland, imported from Australia, at a scale 1:2,000,000. Two Sides. 30x23 inches.
(AUS35, $10.95) |
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Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific
• Paul Humann
• Ned Deloach
• Gerald Allen
• Roger Steene
FIELD GUIDE •
2003 •
FLEXI-BOUND
• 450 PAGES
The much-anticipated, comprehensive guide to Indo-Pacific reef fishes, featuring 2,500 color photographs of 2,000 species. The team at Paul Humann and company brought in Gerald Allan and Roger Steene, both tops in their field.
(DIV49, $48.00) |
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The Reservoir, Stories and Sketches
• Janet Frame
LITERATURE •
1993 •
PAPER
Stories, poems, sketches and memoirs from the New Zealand writer Janet Frame. These powerful pieces are characteristic of Frame's haunting style and her search for humanity.
(NZL41, $10.95) |
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The Road from Coorain
• Jill Ker Conway
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1990 •
PAPER
• 238 PAGES
A literate, absorbing memoir of girlhood on a sheep ranch in New South Wales and coming of age in post-war Sydney. Conway, who left Australia and eventually became president of Smith College, paints a vivid picture of isolation and beauty -- and of the challenges of a bright, ambitious woman growing up Australian.
(AUS03, $13.95) |
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Seabirds, An Identification Guide
• Peter Harrison
FIELD GUIDE •
1985 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
• COMING IN
Much more than a field guide, this essential reference includes detailed descriptions of all the world's seabirds, full-color paintings of adult and juvenile birds and keys to identification. It's definitive, authoritative and weighs in at over a pound. The late Roger Tory Peterson called its publication "a red letter day for the field glass fraternity." Also recommended is Harrison's Field Guide to Seabirds of the World.
(FG01, $32.00) |
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The Singing Line, Tracking the Australian Adventures of My Intrepid Victorian Ancestors
• Alice Thomson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
The life and times of Thomson's great-great-grandparents, Charles and Alice (of Alice Springs) Todd, who left Victorian England in 1855 for the great unknown of South Australia. The title, The Singing Line, refers to the telegraph system from Adelaide to Darwin.
(AUS88, $19.00) |
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The Sound of One Hand Clapping
• Richard Flanagan
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 425 PAGES
This lyrical, award-winning novel, by a native of Tasmania, tells the story of a pregnant woman who revisits her painful past when she returns to her childhood home of Tasmania. As told by Tasmania's famous author Flanagan through a number of flashbacks, it is a powerful story of blue-collar Slovenian immigrants in the mid 20th century and a woman confronting her abusive father.
(AUS84, $12.00) |
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South Island Map
• HEMA Maps
2009 •
MAP
A handsome map of New Zealand's South Island at the scale of 1:1,000,000. With good topographic relief, roads and index. Traveling distances between major points of interest are indicated. Two Sides. 40x28 inches.
(NZL24, $10.95) |
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Southern Exposure
• Chris Duff
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 264 PAGES
In this book, subtitled "A Solo Sea Kayaking Journey Around New Zealand's South Island," seasoned kyacker Chris Duff challenges the waters of the Pacific while ruminating on the beauty of New Zealand's coast and people.
(NZL63, $17.95) |
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Southern Land, Southern People
• Neville Peat
NATURAL HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 48 PAGES
This book celebrates the gallery of the same name at the Otago Museum in Dunedin, which opened in August 2002. It's a short, illustrated overview of the people, geology, fossil record, climate, and the flora and fauna of southern New Zealand with a focus on the Otago Region.
(NZL66, $14.95) |
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Southern Night Sky
• Pocket Naturalist
FIELD GUIDE •
2001 •
PLASTIC CARD
A glow in the dark laminated card showing the most conspicuous stars, constellations and celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere.
(SCI30, $5.95) |
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The Southern Sky Guide
• David Ellyard
SCIENCE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 104 PAGES
A primer of the southern sky for the amateur astronomer. With 24 outstanding charts by Wil Tirion and an introductory chapter on skywatching.
(SCI05, $26.00) |
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Spinners
• Antony McCarten
LITERATURE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
A striking and imaginative debut novel from New Zealand playwright Antony McCarten, this book deals with extraterrestrial visits, teenage pregnancy, overworked meat-packing high school girls, and small town life, if not necessarily in that order. Through these seemingly random occurrences, McCarten weaves an amazing mystery with as much poignancy as intrigue.
(NZL35, $13.95) |
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Stinging Trees and Wait-A-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist
• William Laurance
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2000 •
HARD COVER
• 184 PAGES
A scientist's memoir from the 1980s at Millaa Millaa in the tropics of Queensland, detailing the rigors of field research and the joys of discovery. But this is more than a discussion of scientific procedure and natural history, it is also a portrait of his colleagues, the story of conflicts with locals over conservation efforts, and most of all, an outsider's account of life in northeastern Australia, in the small towns and forests just outside of Cairns. The end of the book contains chapters on his travels in Papua New Guinea. With black-and-white photos and series of color plates.
(AUS90, $25.00) |
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Stories
• Katherine Mansfield
LITERATURE •
1991 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
• COMING IN JUNE
This collection includes three marvelous, long pieces which together constitute the beginnings of an unfinished novel based on Mansfield's childhood in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1890s.
(NZL55, $16.95) |
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Sydney Map
• Borch Maps
2006 •
MAP
A laminated map of the center of Sydney at a scale of 1:12,000. Two Sides. 20x26 inches.
(AUS104, $8.95) |
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Tasmania Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A colorful, detailed map of Tasmania at a scale of 1:650,000. Published in Australia. Includes an inset of Hobart. Two Sides. 30x20 inches.
(AUS40, $10.95) |
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The Thorn Birds
• Colleen McCullough
LITERATURE •
1978 •
PAPER
• 692 PAGES
A best-selling classic about life in the Australian Outback. This absorbing saga spans three generations, detailing all of the tragedies and dramas that the resilient members of the Cleary family face. Turned into an acclaimed television miniseries.
(AUS66, $7.99) |
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Tracks, A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
• Robyn Davidson
EXPLORATION •
1995 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
Davidson arrives in the outback with a dog, a little cash, and she manages to find some camels (feral in Australian desert since the 19th century) to carry her on her journey. This absorbing book is her account of her trek across the desert -- a tale of true adventure shot through with a feel for the landscape and empathy for the Aboriginal people she meets along the way.
(AUS15, $15.95) |
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Tramping in New Zealand
• Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •
2006 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
A thorough guide hiking in New Zealand, featuring descriptions of 50 multi-day treks, dozens of two-color topo maps, and good information on getting the most out of your adventures on foot. There's no better place on Earth than New Zealand for enthusiastic walkers.
(NZL10, $21.99) |
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Tutira, The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station
• Herbert Guthrie-Smith
• William Cronon
NATURAL HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 464 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
• COMING IN
First published in 1921, this loving acount of the ecology of New Zealand focuses on Guthrie-Smith's 40,000-sheep shearing station on the shores of Lake Tutira. He covers the geologic setting, ecology and and impact of sheep on the region. With line drawings, maps and a few period photographs. A Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classic, this edition of the classic environmental history is championed by historian William Cronon.
(NZL26, $24.95) |
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Two Wheels Around New Zealand
• Scott Bischke
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 286 PAGES
An amiable account of travels through New Zealand by bicycle with Scott and Kate. With route maps and some back-and-white photographs.
(NZL18, $12.95) |
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Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth
• Maurice Krafft
NATURAL HISTORY •
1993 •
PAPER
• 175 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
This lavishly illustrated pocket-size encyclopedia by the great French scientist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1991) covers the formation and study of volcanoes along with dozens of famous examples.
(GEO06, $15.95) |
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Voyage of the Beagle
• Charles Darwin
EXPLORATION •
2002 •
PAPER
• 468 PAGES
• FAVORITE
The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, this book is still essential reading. Darwin's South American chapters are an excellent introduction to the Galapagos, Beagle Channel, Chile, Tierra del Fuego, the Chilean fjords and the Brazilian coast. With maps and appendices.
(GPS02, $12.95) |
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Wake of the Invercauld, Shipwrecked in the Sub-Antarctic: A Great-Granddaughter's Pilgrimage
• Madelene Ferguson Allen
EXPLORATION •
1997 •
HARD COVER
• 256 PAGES
Robert Holding was one of only three young sailors to survive being shipwrecked in 1864 on the Auckland Islands south of New Zealand. This is his story of survival and exploration as told by his great-granddaughter who twice ventured to these remote shores to trace his fate. Allen interweaves her own research and travels to the region with excerpts from Holding's 19th-century diary of the shipwreck. With modern and archival photographs.
(NZL31, $85.00) |
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Western Australia Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A detailed, homegrown map of Western Australia, with roads and topography, at a scale of 1:2,500,000. Two Sides. 20x30 inches.
(AUS127, $10.95) |
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Whale Rider
• Niki Caro
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2003 •
DVD
The acclaimed screen adaptation of the novel by Witi Ihimaera. Faced with rejection from her family and her village, a young girl in New Zealand is determined to prove that she is meant to be a leader within her tribe. Rated PG-13
(NZL70, $26.95) |
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Wild Central, A Natural History of Central Otago
• Brian Patrick
• Neville Peat
NATURAL HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 160 PAGES
A natural history of South Island's ecologically distinct central region by the "Wild Fiordland" author/photographer team. Peat and Patrick cover geology, climate, botany, entomology and some exquisite vistas in this handsome book.
(NZL44, $39.95) |
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Wild Dunedin, Enjoying the Natural History of New Zealand's Wildlife Capital
• Neville Peat
• Brian Patrick
NATURAL HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
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) |
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Wild Fiordland
• Neville Peat
NATURAL HISTORY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
This comprehensive (and hard to find) overview of the natural history of New Zealand's Fiordland features maps, lively essays and 200 color photographs. It takes you from high mountains to forests and fjords, lakes and rivers.
(NZL06, $39.95) |
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World Upside Down Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A souvenir map (in its own envelope ready to mail) of the world with Australia at its center. The Americas are relegated to a secondary, and upside down, position. One Side. 24x33 inches.
(ANT142, $12.95) |
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