The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: A Biography of a Sporting Icon (HB) by Rob Mundle
$49.99 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is the story of one of the world's greatest sporting challenges. In its 75th year, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has become an icon of Australia's summer sport, ranking in public interest with such national events as the Melbourne Cup, the Australian Open tennis and the ...Show more
Yates Top 50 Edible Plants for Pots and How Not to Kill Them! by Yates, Angie Thomas
$39.99 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
How to grow your own food in the smallest spaces - in pots on balconies, courtyards and windowsills Increasingly people are keen to grow some of their own food, giving them fresh, delicious and healthy ingredients right on their doorstep. Homegrown food also means reduced food miles and packaging, and r ...Show more
New Zealand's Great Walks: The Complete Guide (Revised and Updated) by Paul Hersey; Shelley Hersey
$45.00 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
New Zealand's Great Walks are world class. In a country blessed with hundreds of spectacular tracks to choose from, these are considered the best of the best. They pass through some of our most breathtaking landscapes - including golden sand beaches, ancient rainforests and high mountains. New Zealand's ...Show more
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams
$29.99 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. Intrigued by our storied renewal in the natural world, ...Show more
How To See Nature by Paul Evans
$19.99 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
"Pack soup, cheese and a copy of How To See Nature by the Bard of Wenlock Edge and Guardian diarist." John Vidal With a title taken from the 1940 Batsford book, this is nature writing for the modern reader. Evans weaves historical, cultural and literary references into his writing, ranging from TS Elio ...Show more
Down South - In Search of the Great Southern Land by Bruce Ansley
$49.99 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
In Down South, writer Bruce Ansley goes on a journey back to his beloved South Island. From Curio Bay to Golden Bay, in Down South writer Bruce Ansley sets off on a vast expedition across the South Island, Te Waipounamu, visiting the places and people who hold clues to the south's famous character. Not ...Show more
The Joy of Walking: Selected Writings by Various
$22.99 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Classic writers remind us to saunter, march, prowl and wander in this gorgeously curated collection of writing for the everyday walker.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This editio ...Show more
Birds of New Zealand: Collective Nouns by Melissa Boardman
$29.99 NZD
Category: Culture & Life
A beautifully illustrated book featuring New Zealand Aotearoa's native birds, each with its very own collective noun. A tussock of takahē? A hoon of kākā? A whistling of whio? This beautifully illustrated book of collective noun names for our native birds reveals something unique about their cha ...Show more
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane
$30.00 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
The acclaimed author of The Wild Places examines the subtle ways we are shaped by the landscapes through which we moveIn this exquisitely written book, which folds together natural history, cartography, geology, and literature, Robert Macfarlane sets off to follow the ancient routes that crisscross both ...Show more
Entangled Life - How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
$48.00 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
'A dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing book. I ended it wonderstruck at the fungal world. A remarkable work by a remarkable writer' Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland 'One of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you. Astounding' Helen MacDonald, author of H Is for H ...Show more
Atlantis: A Journey in Search of Beauty by Carlo Piano; Renzo Piano; Will Schutt (Translator)
$33.00 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
Renowned architect Renzo Piano (the New Whitney Museum, the Pompidou Center, Potsdamer Platz, Cite Internationale, New York Times Building, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, etc.) and his son Carlo, a well-regarded journalist, set sail from Genoa one late Summer day to search for Atlantis, the perf ...Show more
Kew - Rare Plants - Forty of the World's Rarest and Most Endangered Plants by Ed Ikin
$78.00 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
Rare Plants explores what makes the world's rarest plants so exceptional, and by what means they have become so scarce, telling the story of 40 rare and endangered species through exquisite botanical artworks sourced from the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accompanied by illuminating and au ...Show more