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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $89, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXAUS164)		  
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)		   Eyewitness Guide Australia
Eyewitness Guide New Zealand  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES
This superb illustrated guide to New Zealand from the Eyewitness series features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (NZL45, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide New Zealand
In a Sunburned Country  •  Bill Bryson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 335 PAGES • FAVORITE
Nothing seems to deter the intrepid, ever-resourceful Bill Bryson -- and all the better for his many readers. Here he revels in Australia's eccentric characters, dangerous flora and fauna, and other oddities. As has become his custom, he also effortlessly imparts much history in this wildly funny book. (AUS83, $15.99)		   In a Sunburned Country
Australia Map  •  ITMB
2010 •  MAP
This large folded map of Australia, at a scale of 1:3,500,000, includes national parks, reserves and roads, all clearly marked. Two Sides. 34x40 inches. (AUS23, $12.95)		   Australia Map
New Zealand Map  •  National Geographic
2011 •  MAP
This handy, double-sided map (1:1,100,000), printed on water- and tear-resistant paper, includes inset maps of the Sub-Antarctic islands and an index. Published in conjunction with Reise Know-How and the World Mapping Project, this is one of a growing series of National Geographic Adventure Maps. One Side. 39x27 inches. (NZL09, $11.95)		   New Zealand Map



Also Recommended

Christchurch Map  •  HEMA Maps    •  Including a regional map on the reverse at a scale of 1:350,000. (NZL84, $10.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Australia, An Ecotraveler's Guide  •  Hannah Robinson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handbook and guide to wildlife, habitats and travel in Australia with 400 color photographs and excellent descriptive information on birds, mammals and other creatures. (AUS128, $23.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet Melbourne  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A travel guide to Melbourne and surroundings with excellent maps and plenty of practical information. (AUS73, $21.99)
 		  
A Commonwealth of Thieves, The Improbable Birth of Australia  •  Thomas Keneally   • HISTORY  •  Keneally illuminates the birth of New South Wales with drama and flair, richly evoking the social conditions in London, long sea voyage and the conditions in Australia. (AUS177, $16.00)
 		  
A Traveller's History of New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands  •  John Chambers   • HISTORY  •  A brisk portrait of New Zealand, and its culture, economy and society, this concise history also covers the settlement of the Pacific Islands. (NZL60, $16.95)
 		  
Aboriginal Australians  •  Stephen Muecke   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A lively shirt-pocket encyclopedia, illustrating the culture, history and art of the Aborigines. (AUS230, $15.95)
 		  
Australia, A New History of the Great Southern Land  •  Frank Welsh   • HISTORY  •  In this authoritative, balanced history Frank Welsh focuses on the political development of Australia from the European discovery of the continent through the period of colonization. (AUS165, $37.50)
 		  
Presenting New Zealand, An Illustrated History  •  Philip Temple   • HISTORY  •  Organized from North to South, this oversized paperback, featuring large, full-color archival illustrations on every page, is a profile of the island nation, its history, people and nature. (NZL106, $39.99)
 		  
The Fatal Shore  •  Robert Hughes   • HISTORY • FAVORITE  •  In this celebrated social history, both scholarly and entertaining, Hughes traces the fate of those who were transported to the penal colonies of Australia between 1787 and 1868. It's an engaging popular account, drawn from the experiences of the colonists themselves. (AUS04, $19.95)
 		  
The Songlines  •  Bruce Chatwin   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • FAVORITE  •  Chatwin transforms a journey through the Outback into an exhilarating, semi-fictional meditation on our place in the world. (AUS01, $16.00)
 		  
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, $14.95)
 		  
The Happy Isles of Oceania  •  Paul Theroux   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  The peripatetic author flies off to Australia and New Zealand with a kayak and ends up exploring much of Melanesia and Polynesia, including Tonga, Fiji and the Marquesas in this wickedly funny, wide-ranging tale. (PAC03, $15.95)
 		  
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All  •  Christina Thompson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this endearing, offbeat memoir, anthropologist Thompson effortlessly alternates tales of mostly disastrous early encounters with the Maori and the story of the love of her life, Seven, the Maori she married. (NZL96, $16.00)
 		  
My Place  •  Sally Morgan   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A deeply moving autobiography of three generations in Australia, which artfully evokes aboriginal culture. Morgan, who spent her childhood in Perth, didn't discover her Aboriginal background until she was in her teens. (AUS19, $19.95)
 		  
Australia, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Robert Ross   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Arranged geographically, this collection of works by mostly local writers, including Patrick White, Peter Carey and other luminaries introduces the cultures, geography and mindset of Australia. (AUS38, $13.95)
 		  
Dirt Music, A Novel  •  Tim Winton   • LITERATURE  •  An alcoholic mother and a down-on-his luck poacher anchor this haunting novel, set in the dramatic landscape of Western Australia (AUS151, $16.00)
 		  
Once Were Warriors  •  Alan Duff   • LITERATURE  •  This controversial best-selling novel follows the fate of a Maori woman in what appears to be modern-day Auckland, an insightful look at social problems of the Maori in contemporary New Zealand. (NZL19, $14.00)
 		  
The Bone is Pointed  •  Arthur Upfield   • MYSTERY  •  This Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte mystery finds the half-Aborigine detective in the place he knows best, the Australian outback, where he is investigating the disappearance of a local scoundrel. (AUS171, $20.95)
 		  
The Bone People  •  Keri Hulme   • LITERATURE  •  Set on the South Island, this powerful novel brings together three troubled individuals who represent Maori and European traditions in contemporary New Zealand. (NZL02, $16.00)
 		  
The Nutmeg of Consolation  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  This 14th installment in the Aubrey/Maturin series finds Captain Aubrey and his crew shipwrecked and making their way to the penal colony at Botany Bay, the notorious first European settlement in Australia. (AUS17, $15.95)
 		  
The Secret River  •  Kate Grenville   • LITERATURE  •  Inspired by the history of her own family, Kate Grenville evokes all the bravado, trickery and conflict over the settlement of New South Wales in her tale of a Thames boatsman banished to the new colony in 1806 (AUS179, $14.00)
 		  
The Turning, New Stories  •  Tim Winton   • LITERATURE  •  These 17 overlapping stories, steeped in everyday life on western Australia, follow the fates of a handful of characters in a small coastal town outside Perth. Winton, short-listed twice so far for the Booker Prize, has published a string of memorable novels, children's books and stories, all richly set in the working class milieu of the sparsely populated coastal desert. (AUS169, $20.99)
 		  
True History of the Kelly Gang  •  Peter Carey   • LITERATURE  •  Carey's powerful, daring novel, steeped in the colonial history of late 19th-century Australia, won him a second Booker (the first was for Oscar & Lucinda). Outlaw, folk hero, thief and patriot, the Irish immigrant Ned Kelly and his clan figure large in the Australian mindset. (AUS119, $15.95)
 		  
Chasing Kangaroo  •  Tim Flannery   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  In this ode to the kangaroo, Flannery weaves his own coming of age as a scientist with tales of the strange marsupial, past and present. (AUS186, $14.00)
 		  
New Zealand, A Natural History  •  Tui De Roy  •  Mark Jones   • NATURAL HISTORY • COMING IN  •  Having relocated many years ago to the beaches of Golden Bay on the North Island, Tui and Mark present the wildlife, habitats and splendor of their homeland in this photographic celebration. (NZL76, $40.00)
 		  
The Great Barrier Reef  •  George Casey   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Filmed for IMAX theaters, this eye-popping overview of the reef, its ecology and colorful inhabitants looks dazzling on your television. (AUS191, $19.99)
 		  
The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean  •  Paddy Ryan   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral-reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs. (DIV18, $21.99)
 		  
Wild Australia  •  IMAX   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A dazzling overview of Australia, its geology, evolution, culture and wildlife on DVD, originally presented in IMAX theatres. (AUS168, $19.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
Australia: The East, Travellers' Wildlife Guides  •  Les Beletsky   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Featuring 650 full-color illustrations of common fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds of Australia and an overview of parks and preserves including the Great Barrier Reef. (AUS167, $29.95)
 		  
Fishwatcher's Field Guide, Great Barrier Reef  •  Idaz Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A double-sided, laminated card. (DIV41, $7.50)
 		  
New Zealand Wildlife  •  Julian Fitter   • FIELD GUIDE • NEW  •  Julian Fitter's splendid introduction to the nature and wildlife of New Zealand features succinct chapters on geography and geology, history, habitats and wildlife, along with hundreds of color photographs. (NZL97, $25.99)
 		  
The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand  •  Barrie Heather   • FIELD GUIDE  •  The revised compact edition of the classic field guide, featuring 74 color plates by Derek Onley. (NZL05, $70.00)
 		  
 
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