Release Dates for new Travel Books

New Zealanders are passionate about their four-wheel drives. These vehicles have developed their own particular status in our culture, the mark of someone who relates to an outdoor life and who savours the freedom of being out beyond the edge of town. And it is a deserved status, as New Zealand offe...

Kevin Judd occupies a unique position in the New Zealand wine industry. Not only is he one of our most respected winemakers, having turned Cloudy Bay Vineyards into the international star that it is, but he is New Zealand's finest wine photographer. This potent blend of wine knowledge and artistic s...

The Waitakere Ranges and West Coast beaches are sublime jewels in Auckland's landscape. Tens of thousands of people visit the area each year, attracted by the many walks, spectacular views, native wildlife, fishing and superb surfing beaches. In recent years the Waitakeres have been showcased intern...

The Henschel Hs123 was a single-seat biplane dive bomber and close-support attack aircraft flown by the German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War and the early years of World War II. Used also by Spain and China, it was the first combat aircraft flown by the famous combat ace Adolph Galland. Th...

Covers USA, Canada and Mexico. Easy-read mapping with bigger page size and larger lettering for towns and sites compared to midsize atlas. Driving Tours section, taken from Michelin s Green Guide series, provides great road trips ideas. Includes 50+ large-scale city maps and bonus Northeast section.

Experience The Best of San FranciscoGolden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Chinatown, cable cars we ve selected the most iconic sites and top experiences so you can enjoy the real San Francisco with the minimum of fuss. Highlights reveal the must-see attractions and unbeatable experiencesCity Walkslet you di...

The new Syria Road Map is the most accurate and comprehensive map of Syria, and the best way to find your way around the country. With a clean, easy-to-read design, the whole of Syria is covered on one large scale map. Using the most up-to-date mapping available, it shows all cities, towns and villa...

Packed with good advice on choosing the right Ducati bevel twin, with a comprehensive inspection guide and in-depth analysis of strengths and weaknesses, this book covers desirable upgrades, modifications to avoid, valuation, and predicting which models will become collectable (if they aren't alread...

Ducati's classic 750, 860 900 and Mille bevel-drive twins from 1971-1986 are now amongst the most collectable bikes in the world. Although built in relatively small numbers, there are many individual model differences that can make their authentic restoration difficult. This book serves as a definit...

This large format hardback is heavily packed with information on the Ju87 Stuka. Highly illustrated, it represents a comprehensive, detailed reference work to be used by enthusiasts and modellers for 'one-stop' ease of access to information to one of the most well known aircrafts of Word War 2. The ...

A new strand in the Anatomy Series including the archaeology of the ships. With over 100 perspective and 3-view drawings, and detailed descriptions. Features a large-scale plan of the ship on the reverse of jacket. A title in a popular and respected series. A new development in the 'Anatomy of the S...

Fully revised and expanded fifth edition of this popular, comprehensive guide to trekking in the Annapurna region. It contains all you need to know for planning a trekking holiday: getting to Nepal, guides to Kathmandu and Pokhara, with 38 route maps and 15 village plans covering the classic treks...

The automobile seems to be as popular now as it ever was. Posters of cars still adorn many a child's bedroom wall, and school exercise books are full of doodles of cars. This book takes those notebook sketches and teaches you how to develop them into the car designs you see in magazines. Using simpl...

There are over three hundred species of parrots, of which more than one hundred are recognised as rare, endangered, vulnerable, or threatened with extinction. This book provides complete coverage of all aspects of the biology of extant African, Malagasy, and Mascarene parrots, and reviews our knowle...

Handy grammar and pronunciation tips; Useful chapter on Indonesiaýs local languages; 3500-word two-way dictionary

Handy grammar and pronunciation tips; 2000-word two-way dictionary; Mini-guide to Hungarian cuisine allows you to order with confidence

The Which Island? feature gives a snapshot of islands to help with pre-planning; Brand new content on travelling with children

The vast majority of scientists agree that human activity has significantly increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere--most dramatically since the 1970s. Yet global warming skeptics and ill-informed elected officials continue to dismiss this broad scientific consensus. In this new edition of his ...

The Porsche 911 SC Repair Manual: 1978-1983 is a definitive reference source of technical automotive repair and maintenance information for Porsche 911 SC models from 1978 through 1983. Also included in this manual is an engine disassembly and rebuilding guide, with details on techniques and specif...

From basic huts on the foreshore to a city of 1,5 million, New Zealand's super city has had a remarkable history of change and development over the past 170 years. This book shows the dramatic changes and puts the reader into the picture showing the past coupled with the present using graphic photog...

The only guide to this region on the market; Diverse coverage ý from planning for the Kokoda Track to information on arts and culture

In this innovative 2007 study, Sarah Tarlow shows how the archaeology of this period manifests a widespread and cross-cutting ethic of improvement. Theoretically informed and drawn from primary and secondary sources in a range of disciplines, the author considers agriculture and the rural environmen...

Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a "fatal discontinuity," a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as a persistent, gradual trend. Global catastrophes include volcanic eruptions, viral pandemics, wars, and large-scale terrorist attacks; trends are...

Across the United States, thousands of people, most of them in low-income or minority communities, live next to heavily polluting industrial sites. Many of them reach a point at which they say "Enough is enough." After living for years with poisoned air and water, contaminated soil, and pollution-re...

An introduction to our most precious natural resource.

"Life Along the Line" takes a nostalgic look at the world of British railways through the eyes of bestselling author and antiques expert Paul Atterbury. Focusing on the human experience of the railways - the drivers, firemen, guards, station staff, signalmen, engineers, caterers and, of course, pass...

"Postcards From a Rock and Roll Tour" is drummer Gordon Marshall's witty and wry take on life on the road touring with legendary rock band The Moody Blues. Part memoir, part travelogue, it's a candid, unexpected and often hilarious account of just what it's like to travel around the world playing to...

In 2009, New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James took a leap that many people dream about: she sold her house, took a sabbatical from her job as a Shakespeare professor, and moved her family to Paris. Paris in Love: A Memoir chronicles her joyful year in one of the most beautiful cities in t...

A groundbreaking new book, Still the Same Hawk: Reflections on Nature and New York brings into conversation diverse and intriguing perspectives on the relationship between nature and America's most prominent city. The volume's title derives from a telling observation in Robert Sullivan's contributio...

Heartbeats in the Muck traces the incredible arc of New York Harbor's environmental history. Once a pristine estuary bristling with oysters and striped bass and visited by sharks, porpoises, and seals, the harbor has been marked by centuries of rampant industrialization and degradation of its natura...

Few works about the Middle East have exerted such wide and long-lasting influence as Edward William Lane's An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. First published in 1836, this classic book has never gone out of print, continuously providing material and inspiration for genera...

An introduction to our most precious natural resource.

Explaining how to design spaces for pedestrians while also accommodating transit needs, this book is an excellent reference for students, public sector planners and officials, and private sector designers and developers seeking to make places more pedestrian- and transit-friendly. Written by a noted...

Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas Ever since Eva Saulitis began her whale research in Alaska in the 1980s, she has been drawn deeply into the lives of a single extended family of endangered orcas struggling t...

Holidays in Heck takes the reader on a globe-trotting journey to far-reaching places including China, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and the Galapagos Islands. The collection begins after the Iraq War, when P.J. retired from being a war correspondent because he was "too old to keep being scared stiff and t...