Paddling North - A Solo Adventure along the Inland Passage by Audrey Sutherland; Yoshiko Yamamoto (Illustrator)
34.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
2013 Gold Winner IBPA Ben Franklin Awards In a memoir remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii and Paddling My Own Canoe begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatab ...Show more
How to Stay Alive: The Ultimate Survival Guide for Any Situation by Bear Grylls
28.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
THE ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE FROM THE WORLD'S LEADING SURVIVAL EXPERT.___________Do you know how to...Survive a bear attack?Make fire from virtually nothing?Fly a plane in an emergency?Survive in the most extreme conditions?Bear Grylls does.There is barely a terrain he hasn't conquered or an extreme envi ...Show more
Epic Journeys: 245 Life-Changing Adventures by Richard Bangs; National Geographic Learning Staff
75.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
From navigating the class-five rapids of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to sandboarding the slopes of a volcano in Nicaragua to dogsledding in the Arctic, this beautiful and comprehensive book offers trips of a lifetime for explorers and adrenaline junkies alike. Filled with more than 300 v ...Show more
First Overland : London-singapore by Land Rover by Tim Slessor
34.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
Why not? After all, no-one had ever done it before. It would be one of the longest of all overland journeys-half-way round the world, from the English Channel to Singapore. They knew that several expeditions had already tried it. Some had got as far as the deserts of Persia; a few had even reached the p ...Show more
Passages by Linda Trubridge
39.99 NZD
Category: Adventure | Reading Level: very good
Passages is an intimate account of a young family’s sailing venture. When Linda and David sold the house they had built to last a lifetime and abandoned a thriving career for a nomadic life, they discovered more about the world and themselves than they ever imagined. The story’s strength lies in its ref ...Show more
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
44.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
From one of Outside magazine s Literary All-Stars comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon, during the legendary flood of 1983. In the spring of 1983, massive flooding along the length of the Colorado River con ...Show more
The Wooden Horse by Eric Williams
21.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
Two officers made home runs via a tunnel dug in the open air beneath a wooden vaulting horse from Stalag Luft III. The author, a Royal Air Force bomber captain, was shot down over Germany in 1942 and imprisoned in Stalag-Luft III (site of the 'Great Escape' later in the war). He escaped after 10 months ...Show more
No Barriers (YA Edition) by Erik Weihenmayer; Buddy Levy
19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
Erik Weihenmayer has a long history of turning obstacles into adventures. Born with a rare condition that blinded him as a teenager, he never let his diagnosis hold him back from a full life. As an athlete, explorer, speaker and activist, he has opened the eyes of people around the world to what's possi ...Show more
Tim & Tigon by Tim Cope
19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
Adventurer Tim Cope had a childhood dream: to travel the 10,000 kilometres from Mongolia to Hungary on horseback - a journey undertaken centuries ago by the legendary leader of the Mongols, Genghis Khan. On this journey, Tim met a dog called Tigon. For more than three years, Tim and Tigon endured searin ...Show more
Through Ice & Fire by Sarah Laverick
39.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
The wild and desolate expanses of Antarctica have been the setting for many famous exploits and misadventures: a place where every decision has life-or-death consequences. The legendary tales of tragedy and triumph experienced by explorers such as Shackleton, Mawson and Scott continue to inspire to thi ...Show more
Expeditions Unpacked by Ed Stafford
59.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
"A fascinating and unique look at these celebrated expeditions. Ed Stafford knows all too well how important an explorer's kit can be and this brilliant book gives great insight into the role it plays." --Sir Ranulph Fiennes In this unique and enthralling book, explorer and survivalist Ed Stafford curat ...Show more