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New Zealand: South Island
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/LO105. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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Eyewitness Guide New Zealand
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2006
PAPER
400 PAGES
This superb illustrated guide to New Zealand from the Eyewitness series features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(NZL45, $25.00) |
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A Traveller's History of New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands
John Chambers
HISTORY
2007
PAPER
400 PAGES
A concise, generous overview of the region, organized chronologically, and including line drawings and maps. While a great deal of the book focuses on New Zealand, there is also ample coverage of the South Pacific.
(NZL60, $14.95) |
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New Zealand, A Natural History
Tui De Roy
Mark Jones
NATURAL HISTORY
2006
HARD COVER
160 PAGES
Naturalists and photographers both, de Roy and Jones present the wildlife, habitats and splendor of their adopted homeland in this pictorial celebration.
(NZL76, $35.00) |
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New Zealand Map
World Mapping Project
2006
MAP
A map of New Zealand, at a scale of 1:1,000,000, featuring topographical detail.
(NZL09, $9.99) |
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Christchurch Map
HEMA Maps
Including a regional map on the reverse at a scale of 1:350,000.
(NZL84, $10.95) |
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A Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary
Louis Leland
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
Take this book with you on your trip to help you untangle the sometimes perplexing and colorful local idioms.
(NZL13, $7.95) |
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Tramping in New Zealand
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
A thorough guide to hiking in New Zealand, featuring descriptions of 50 multi-day treks, dozens of two-color topographic maps, and good information on getting the most out of your adventures.
(NZL10, $21.99) |
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Wallpaper City Guide Auckland
Wallpaper Magazine
GUIDEBOOK
Auckland is the latest city to join the serries of stylish guides to shops, restaurants and lodging.
(NZL86, $8.95) |
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Mau Moko, The World of Maori Tatoo
Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
This superbly illusrtated survey of the moko from pre-European times to the present day features paintings, photographs and drawings and new color photography by Becky Nunes.
(NZL95, $49.00) |
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Maori Tattooing
H.G. Robley
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A new unabridged edition of the classic, illustrated sourcebook on Maori tattooing (moko), first published in 1896. The author pays scrupulous attention to the intricate patterns, design and cultural meaning of traditional Maori tattoos.
(NZL67, $12.95) |
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Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All, A New Zealand Story
Christina Thompson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
In this illuminating story of cultural collision--and ultimate harmony--Thompson artfully blends two well-told tales: early Western encounters with the Maori tribe, and her own early encounter and romance with her Maori husband.
(NZL96, $24.99) |
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Island of the Lost
Joan Druett
EXPLORATION
The author of a series of swashbucklers, Druett brings a scholar's eye and dramatist's flair to this gripping real-life tale of the contrasting fate of the Invercauld and the Grafton, both vessels shipwrecked on Auckland Island in 1864.
(NZL87, $24.95) |
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Kiwi Tracks, A New Zealand Journey
Andrew Stevenson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
An account of a four-month solo trek through New Zealand, drawing on the author's background in biology and anthropology. Stevenson begins amidst the snow and cold on the mountains of New Zealand's South Island and slowly ventures northward to the tropics.
(NZL30, $12.95) |
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Slipping Into Paradise, Why I Live in New Zealand
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
In this far-ranging travelogue, Masson (who wrote a series of books on the emotional lives of animals) combines his travels and tales with history, riffs on the kiwis, nature and society.
(NZL69, $14.95) |
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Once Were Warriors
Alan Duff
LITERATURE
This controversial best-selling novel follows the fate of a Maori woman in what appears to be modern-day Auckland, an insightful look at social problems of the Maori in contemporary New Zealand.
(NZL19, $12.95) |
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Stories
Katherine Mansfield
LITERATURE
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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The Bone People
Keri Hulme
LITERATURE
Set in modern day South Island, this lyrical novel brings together three troubled individuals who represent New Zealand's varied Maori and European traditions. Winner of the Booker Prize.
(NZL02, $15.00) |
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Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera
LITERATURE
A magical, mythical novella about a young Maori girl and her attempts to honor the traditions of her ancestors. Based loosely on Ihimaera's youth in a Maori village.
(NZL64, $8.00) |
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Wild Fiordland
Neville Peat
NATURAL HISTORY
This comprehensive overview of the natural history of New Zealand's Fiordland features maps, lively essays and 200 color photographs.
(NZL06, $39.95) |
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The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand
Derek Onley
Barrie Heather
Hugh Robertson
FIELD GUIDE
A field guide featuring 74 color plates. Brief descriptions, range maps and illustrations are integrated on facing pages for easy reference.
(NZL05, $59.95) |
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