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A collection of essays exploring 29 years of beloved naturalist John Muir’s life as he explored the West.Considered one of the patron saints of twentieth-century environmental activity, John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West but also fought for its pres...

Featuring over 200 of the best campsites, huts, glamping, and bush camping spots in Australia and New Zealand for the ultimate nature-based escape.Each of the 9 regional chapters highlight the top locations for camping, glamping, or cabin-style accommodation, as well as essential information on the...

This completely revised and updated New Zealand best-selling walking book, inveterate tramper Peter Janssen presents more than 450 short walks in the South Island and Stewart Island that are ideal for those people who like to stretch their legs without having to tackle a full tramp. Among others, th...

Over 120 buildings and five routes around our capital city.In this informative pocket guide, writer John Walsh teams up with photographer Patrick Reynolds to offer a tour of a century and a half of Wellington’s architecture. It tells the stories of more than 120 significant central-city buildings...

Lace up your hiking boots for the next in Lonely Planet’s highly successful Epic Hikes series, this time exploring 50 of Australia and New Zealand’s most rewarding treks and trails. From the Routeburn Track in New Zealand’s South Island to the Cape to Cape walk in Western Australia’s Leeuwin...

In 1960, John Steinbeck set out in his pick-up truck with his dog Charley to rediscover and chronicle his native USA, from Maine to California.He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of the American people. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks and h...

Intimate, warm, and compulsively readable, this is Simone de Beauvoir's captivating account of her road trip across America in 1947.In 1947 Simone de Beauvoir took a road trip across America.She travelled from coast to coast, from New York to Hollywood, taking in New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana and Was...

Every mountain biker dreams of the perfect place to ride.Few countries in the world serve up such diverse mountain biking landscapes as New Zealand. With a labyrinth of trails that flow, challenge and excite set against a backdrop of dramatic and surreal landscapes, New Zealand has become the 'Garde...

In twelve luminous stories set across three centuries, The examines the unexpected ways the past to us and how love and loss are entwined and transformed over generations. In Ben Shattuck's ingenious collection, each story has a companion story, which contains a revelation about the previous, paired...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to New Zealand.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from sampling local wines from family-owned vineyards in Martinborough, to exploring Waipoua Forest with Māori guides, and stargazing...

The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers.A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January-December 2026.Diagrams drawn for the latitude of southern Australia, but including events visible fr...

Lonely Planet's annual bestseller with this game changing edition for 2026 featuring 25 must-visit destinations and 25 must-do experiences.This evolution of Best in Travel reflects the way travellers encounter the world. Featuring a mix of emerging travel hotspots, fresh takes on well-known location...

What does it mean to be French? Is it pausing to enjoy a glass of good wine or a spread of cheese? A flaneur down laneways steeped in history? Knowing just how to dress so you always look effortlessly chic?This book is a celebration of the French lifestyle - an education in drinking to savour the mo...

The third in the series of popular and handy guides to our urban architecture by the well-known team of writer John Walsh and photographer Patrick Reynolds. Now fully revised, updated and enlarged, this handy pocket-sized book curates a series of city walks that take in Wellington's remarkably rich...

With time I have reached the conclusion that, as it is in my personal history, isolation is present in everything I have ever read about Patagonia. I returned to write an account of this eminently Patagonian characteristic. I wanted to see the shapes it takes today; I wanted to locate it at its furt...

Henry Beston planned to spend only two weeks in his newly built cottage on the outer beach of Cape Cod. As summer drifted into autumn, however, he found himself so entranced by the landscape's rhythms and beauty that he could not bear to leave.Settled in his isolated house facing the North Atlantic...

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides comes an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration - the fateful final journey of Captain James CookIn July 1776, Captain James Cook began his third voyage in HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, in Hawaii, Cook wa...

What does it mean to be Italian?Is it pausing to enjoy an aperitivo or gelato? A passeggiata down a laneway steeped in history? An August spent tanning at the beach?This book is a celebration of the Italian lifestyle - an education in drinking to savour the moment, travelling indulgently, and cheris...

How life was lived in one of Paris’s great hotels, before, during and after the Second World WarThe Hotel Lutetia is a Paris institution, the only ‘grand’ hotel on the city’s bohemian Left Bank. Ever since it opened, it has served as a meeting place for artists, musicians and politicians. An...

This fully revised and updated version of Peter Janssen’s hugely popular book has added new attractions all around the country and deleted attractions that have closed. All the information has been updated.Unbeknownst to many New Zealanders, New Zealand is a land of quirky collectors, colourful ch...

Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful companion to the night sky from Astronomy experts Collins.With the aid of easy-to-understand monthly calendars and maps, you will chart the rhythm of the lunar phases, discover events that light up the sky for brief per...

What if the life you're chasing. isn't the one you truly want?After losing his father, Adam Lind made a decision that changed everything. He left behind the expected path and spent five years hitchhiking across twenty-six countries - learning from the people who picked him up, sleeping under open sk...

Do something unexpected. Sooner, rather than later.Miriam Lancewood - adventurer, philosopher, brave and extraordinary yet humble human being - takes you into her world of expeditions through New Zealand, Bulgaria, the Himalayas, India, Turkey, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.She hitchhikes to remote loca...