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Kiwis Might Fly
Random House Group Ltd 2009; US$ 10.67When Polly Evans read a survey claiming that the last bastion of masculinity, the real Kiwi bloke, was about to breathe his last, she was seized by a sense of foreboding. Abandoning the London winter she took off on a motorbike for the windswept beaches and golden plains of New Zealand, hoping to root out some examples of this endangered species... more...
Where The Hell Is Tuvalu?
Ebury Publishing 2011; US$ 13.34How does a young City lawyer end up as the People's Lawyer of the fourth-smallest country in the world, 18,000 kilometres from home? We've all thought about getting off the treadmill, turning life on its head and doing something worthwhile. Philip Ells dreamed of turquoise seas, sandy beaches and palm trees, and he found these in the tiny Pacific... more...
Long Cloud Ride
Little, Brown Book Group 2011; US$ 25.36After two months on board a Russian container ship sailing 15,000 miles across the world, Josie finally arrives in New Zealand with her bike. Over the next nine months she cycles 10,000 kilometres all over North and South Islands while experiencing the wettest, windiest and stormiest year on record. During this time Josie was spat at, shouted at, honked... more...
Eight Men and a Duck
Little, Brown Book Group 2009; US$ 20.83Nick Thorpe was innocently travelling around South America with his wife, Ali, when he came across an American adventurer planning to sail from Chile to Easter Island on a Bolivian boat made of reeds. Inspired by the great Thor Heyerdahl, Phil Buck had recruited seven men to join him on this experiment to discover whether it might have been possible... more...
Solomon Time
Little, Brown Book Group 2009; US$ 25.36Echoing the experiences of Robert Louis Stevenson - who spent several years in the South Pacific - here is the story of a contemporary writer who lived in and came to love the Solomon Islands. Most unexpectedly, Will Randall, once a happy schoolteacher, found himself dispatched to a small village on a not very large island, far out in the vastness... more...
Long Cloud Ride
Little, Brown Book Group 2011; Not AvailableAfter two months on board a Russian container ship sailing 15,000 miles across the world, Josie finally arrives in New Zealand with her bike. Over the next nine months she cycles 10,000 kilometres all over North and South Islands while experiencing the wettest, windiest and stormiest year on record. During this time Josie was spat at, shouted at, honked... more...
Eight Men and a Duck
Little, Brown Book Group 2009; Not AvailableNick Thorpe was innocently travelling around South America with his wife, Ali, when he came across an American adventurer planning to sail from Chile to Easter Island on a Bolivian boat made of reeds. Inspired by the great Thor Heyerdahl, Phil Buck had recruited seven men to join him on this experiment to discover whether it might have been possible... more...
Solomon Time
Little, Brown Book Group 2009; Not AvailableEchoing the experiences of Robert Louis Stevenson - who spent several years in the South Pacific - here is the story of a contemporary writer who lived in and came to love the Solomon Islands. Most unexpectedly, Will Randall, once a happy schoolteacher, found himself dispatched to a small village on a not very large island, far out in the vastness... more...
See Australia and Die
New Holland Publishers (Australia) 2007; US$ 4.99The great majority of holidaymakers in Australia get home in one piece, but a handful do suffer fatal or serious injuries. SEE AUSTRALIA AND DIE is about dangerous Australia. It's about relentless heat, creatures that can kill in minutes and the cruelty of nature.The carefully researched stories in this book give you the facts about the real life-threatening... more...
Surviving Australia
Pocket Books 2010; Not AvailableVisiting the Australian outback can be a wonderful experience, but it isn't all about boomerangs and koalas, kangaroos and didgeridoos. It can be a wild and dangerous place if you're not prepared. Here is the essential travel companion for enduring the toughest stuff this rugged continent can offer -- a veritable survivor's guide to managing the unexpected... more...









