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, $14.95) |
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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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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.
(AUS122, $24.95) |
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Australian Wildlife
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE •
1999 •
PLASTIC CARD
This illustrated fold-out guide features almost 150 species of Australian animals. Laminated for durability; pocket-size for quick reference in the field.
(AUS111, $5.95) |
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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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Best, A New Zealand Compendium
• Ella Griffiths
GUIDEBOOK •
2004 •
PAPER
• 128 PAGES
This excellent guide to the region is both useful and stylish. It offers up-to-date travel information, a succinct overview of the country and its sights, and good maps.
(NZL80, $19.95) |
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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 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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Carnivorous Nights, On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger
• Margaret Mittelbach
• Michael Crewdson
• Alexis Rockman
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
In this comic adventure, two Brooklyn naturalists and an artist friend head to Tasmania in search of the probably long-extinct Tasmanian Tiger. It's an entertaining travelogue, interweaving Tasmania's history, landscapes, fauna and people. Mittelbach and Crewdson also wrote Wild New York, about the city's natural features. With illustrations by Alexis Rockman, whose work has appeared in the New Yorker.
(AUS164, $14.95) |
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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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A Concise History of New Zealand
• Philippa Mein Smith
HISTORY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
This well-written pocket history in the series by Cambridge University Press covers the history and development of New Zealand from its origins and early development to the 21st century. With illustrations, glossary, chronology and bibliography.
(NZL79, $27.00) |
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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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Culture Smart! Australia
• Barry Penney
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 168 PAGES
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice.
(AUS189, $9.95) |
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Culture Smart! New Zealand
• Peter Oettli
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 168 PAGES
A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(NZL75, $9.95) |
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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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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.
(AUS57, $19.95) |
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Discovery, The Quest for the Great South Land
• Miriam Estensen
EXPLORATION •
2000 •
PAPER
• 286 PAGES
• COMING IN
In this engaging narrative history Estensen traces the idea and discovery of Australia from Greek philosophers to Captain James Cook's voyage of 1755. With black-and-white illustrations throughout.
(AUS82, $14.95) |
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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 Sydney
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 264 PAGES
This superb guide to Sydney features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(AUS25, $23.00) |
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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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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, $18.95) |
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Fodor's Australia
• Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 704 PAGES
A popular, practical guide.
(AUS138, $26.99) |
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Fodor's New Zealand
• Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 656 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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Footprint Diving the World
• Beth Tierney
• Shaun Tierney
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
This beautifully illustrated guide covers 220 dive sites in 19 countries with chapters on Australia and the Pacific, Mexico and Honduras, Egypt, East Africa and the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Micronesia. Featuring the diving couple's favorite destinations, the book includes a planning guide, practical tips and listing of dive centers, hotels, restaurants and live-aboards.
(OCE102, $29.95) |
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Footprint East Coast Australia
• Darroch Donald
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
A detailed, practical guide to Queensland and the Australia's east coast from Melbourne to the Great Barrier Reef and Cairns, jam-packed with maps, coverage of attractions, practical information on transportation, food, activities and lodgings, and a handful of well selected photographs. This is the Australia where most people travel, encompassing Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, and the Great Barrier Reef.
(AUS174, $24.99) |
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Frommer's Australia
• Marc Llewellyn
• Lee Mylne
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 768 PAGES
A detailed practical travel guide (with pull-out map), featuring excellent annotated listings of attractions, activities, restaurants, and accomodations. With maps, color photos and suggested excursions.
(AUS178, $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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The Great Barrier Reef: History, Science, Heritage
• Margarita Bowen
• James Bowen
HISTORY •
2011 •
PAPER
• 474 PAGES
A serious-minded history of the Great Barrier Reef, its exploration, natural history and conservation. The focus is on the ecology, history and European impact from discovery through modern science. With chapters on Navigators and Naturalists in the Age of Sail, Origin and Structure of Coral Reefs: From Forster to Darwin, and The Conservation Controversy. Recent winner of the New South Wales premier's prize for Australian history.
(AUS160, $55.00) |
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The History of New Zealand
• Tom Brooking
HISTORY •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 250 PAGES
A compact, authoritative history of New Zeland geared for university students. The author is a professor of history at the University of Otago.
(NZL73, $49.95) |
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How to Gaze at the Southern Stars
• Richard Hall
SCIENCE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 160 PAGES
From the Southern Cross to the mysterious dark companions of the Dog Stars, the constellations in this guide will help readers see the night sky in a whole new way, allowing them to enjoy the vast beauty of the solar system.
(NZL81, $14.95) |
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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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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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Kiwis Might Fly
• Polly Evans
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2007 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
The author of Fried Eggs With Chopsticks (CHN362) motorcycles through the island in search of the roots of New Zealand culture -- and New Zealand men.
(NZL77, $13.00) |
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Let's Go New Zealand
• Let's Go
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 480 PAGES
A volume in the popular series of budget travel guides.
(NZL83, $21.99) |
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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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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 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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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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New Zealand
• Colin Monteath
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2007 •
HARD COVER
• 128 PAGES
An introduction to culture and natural history of New Zealand through hundreds of color photographs.
(NZL78, $9.95) |
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North Island New Zealand Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A reference map of New Zealand's North Island at a scale of 1:1,000,000. One Side. 40x28 inches.
(NZL74, $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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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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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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Penguins
• Lloyd Spencer David
• Martin Renner
NATURAL HISTORY •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 232 PAGES
A concise, comprehensive overview of the penguins, their evolution, ecology and behavior. With line drawings, figures, charts and black-and-white photographs. A volume in a series of monographs on birds published by T & AD Poyser in Britain. Spencer, who has done field work on Erect-crested, Yellow-eyed and other New Zealand penguins is a professor at the University of Otago in Dunedin.
(ANT207, $45.00) |
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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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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind, The Life of William Dampier
• Michael Preston
• Diana Preston
EXPLORATION •
2005 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
A marvelously well researched, absorbing biography of the 17th century English explorer, sea captain naturalist and buccaneer. Long our favorite pirate, it's a pleasure to see the accomplishments of the swashbuckler laid out so effectively. A master navigator and map-maker, Dampier circumnavigated the globe three times, wrote a series of best-selling books, and reached Australia 80 years before Captain Cook.
(GBR436, $15.00) |
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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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Rabbit-Proof Fence
• Doris Pilkington
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2002 •
PAPER
• 142 PAGES
Set in the 1930s, this affecting memoir follows three Aboriginal girls as they break out of a resettlement camp and make a 1,500-mile journey home. Originally titled Molly's Daughter and based on the experiences of the author's mother (who was one of the runaways), the book was also made into a popular film.
(AUS180, $12.00) |
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Rabbit-Proof Fence
• Phillip Noyce
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2005 •
DVD
• 142 PAGES
The film adaptation of Doris Pilkington's heart-wrenching memoir about her mother and two mixed-race girlhood friends. The girls were forcibly taken from their homes and placed in an Aboriginal resettlement camp in 1930s Australia, from which they were able to escape. Most of the film follows their 1,500-mile odyssey home. The families still live in Jigalong, the outback community that is their home.
(AUS181, $14.99) |
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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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A Reef in Time
• J. E. N. Veron
NATURAL HISTORY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
Subtitled "The Great Barrier Reef From Beginning to End," this geological history of the world's most famous coral reef is also a plea for its protection against the dangers of global climate change. Veron is former Chief Scientist with the Australian Institute of Marine Science and recipient of the 2004 Darwin Medal of the International Society for Reef Studies.
(AUS190, $20.00) |
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The Remarkable Baobab
• Thomas Pakenham
NATURAL HISTORY •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 144 PAGES
It was inevitable that Pakenham, an historian of Africa with a penchant for the world's most striking and bizarre trees, would discover the baobab. In this followup to Remarkable Trees of the World and Meetings with Remarkable Trees, he focuses on the tremendous, twisted boabab trees of Africa, Madagascar and Australia. Of the world's eight species, six are found in Madagascar. With 60 large-format color photographs.
(NAT71, $19.95) |
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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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Rough Guide Australia
• Margo Daly
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 1232 PAGES
This practical guide in the excellent British series includes a good historical and cultural overview.
(AUS183, $26.99) |
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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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Slipping Into Paradise, Why I Live in New Zealand
• Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
In this far-ranging book, a travelogue of sorts, Masson (who left the rarified atmosphere of Berkeley for Auckland in 2000) combines his travels and tales with history, riffs on the kiwis, nature and society. This is the same author who has written a series of wildly successful books on the emotional lives on animals, including The Pig Who Sang to the Moon, which is about treatment of farm animals.
(NZL69, $14.95) |
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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
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, $14.95) |
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Story-Wallah, Short Fiction from South Asian Writers
• Shyam Selvadurai
ANTHOLOGY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
This fine anthology samples short fiction from South Asian authors including Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje and Jhumpa Lahiri. The settings range from Australia, to colonial Trinidad and Sri Lanka. Selvadurai is the author of Funny Boy and Cinnamon Gardens, both set in his native Sri Lanka.
(ASA43, $14.00) |
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Straying from the Flock, Travels in New Zealand
• Alexander Elder
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 276 PAGES
A personable account of travels in New Zealand, Australia and the Cook islands, organized into 50 chapters, each describing a single day.
(NZL71, $14.95) |
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Surfer's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Surfing
• Doug Werner
SPORT •
1999 •
PAPER
An introduction to surfing for beginners with a focus on basic technique and safety. It also includes information on gear, etiquette and the history of the sport. Second Edition.
(GEN329, $11.95) |
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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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Trailblazer New Zealand, Great Walks
• Alexander Stewart
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
A guide to recommended walks and treks with 50 trail maps, plenty of practical information and an overview of the nature and history of New Zealand. With city guides to Aukland and Wellington along with sections on trip planning and camping.
(NZL68, $22.95) |
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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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A Traveller's History of Australia
• John H. Chambers
HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 347368 PAGES
A brief history of Australia from the arrival of the Aborigines to the first European settlement and the development of the modern nation state -- quite an accomplishment for such a short book. It's very well written and includes a glossary, timeline and gazetteer.
(AUS64, $14.95) |
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The Trial of the Cannibal Dog
• Anne Salmond
HISTORY •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 536 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
An intriguing history of the voyages of Captain Cook with a focus on the relationship between the Pacific islanders and seafaring Englishmen. Salmond describes how mutual curiosity turned into animosity, culminating in the death of Captain Cook in Hawaii.
(PAC138, $25.00) |
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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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Venus in Transit, Australian Women Travellers 1788-1930
• Douglas Sellick
ANTHOLOGY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
This collection showcases women's writing from the Victorian era through the 1920s. Writers include the artist Marian Ellis Rowan and the young pilot Amy Johnson, who flew solo to Australia in 1930.
(AUS157, $24.95) |
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Voyage of the Beagle
• Charles Darwin
EXPLORATION •
2002 •
PAPER
• 468 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
• 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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Wallpaper City Guide Sydney
• Wallpaper Magazine
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
A stylish, thin (it fits in your back pocket) city guide compiled by the design magazine Wallpaper's local reporters. Well-organized, with chapter tabs, many photographs and of-the-moment recommendations.
(AUS173, $9.95) |
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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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William Dampier's Voyages
• Gerald Norris
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2008 •
PAPER
• 268 PAGES
This nicely edited collection of writing by buccaneer, explorer and gentleman William Dampier includes selections from "A New Voyage Around the World" and "A Voyage New Holland." A master navigator and map-maker, Dampier circumnavigated the globe three times, wrote the series of best-selling books presented in this volume, and reached Australia 80 years before Captain Cook.
(WLD53, $29.95) |
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Wise Women of the Dreamtime, Aboriginal Tales of the Ancestral Powers
• K. Langloh Parker
• Joanna Lambert
LITERATURE •
1993 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
A collection of 14 traditional Aboriginal stories first collected and translated by Katie Langloh Parker (1856-1940) who befriended Aborigines while living on an outback ranch. Joanna Lambert edits this edition and provides commentary.
(AUS156, $14.95) |
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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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