Longitude

New Zealand: North Island   |   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.

Essential Books These 4 items are available for $78, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNZL74)
 
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)
  Eyewitness Guide New Zealand
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)
  A Traveller's History of New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands
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)
  New Zealand, A Natural History
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)
  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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Mau Moko, The World of Maori Tatoo  •  Ngahuia Te Awekotuku   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This superbly illustrated 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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All, A New Zealand Story  •  Christina Thompson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this endearing, offbeat memoir, the best book on New Zealand in decades, Thompson effortlessly waves tales of early encounters with the Maori (hence, the title, said to be a Maori war cry) and her own romance with the Maori, and with one in particular, a man named Seven. (NZL96, $24.99)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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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