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Gumboot’s travel and holiday section has travel guides, phrasebooks, maps and atlases to help plan and take on holiday. We also have a comprehensive Travel Writing section from people who have already travelled the world over.
Extreme Frontiers: Racing Across Canada from Newfoundland to the Rockies(Paperback)EXTREME FRONTIERS: CANADA is Charley Boorman's brand-new adventure/travel book. Travelling mainly on his much-loved bike, Charley will explore the world's second largest country - home to some of the most stunning and challenging terrain known to man. Along the way he will work with Alberta's famous 'Bear Whisperer'; travel with Native Canadians and learn more about their mythology and shamanic....
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Te Hao Nui: The Great Catch: Object Stories from Te Manawa Museum(Hardback )Museum collections are a treasure trove of objects, each with the capacity to tell a compelling story or stories. Many objects in Te Manawa's collection speak of a deep curiosity for the world 'out there and beyond', while others evoke an intense sense of belonging to the Manawatu.
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Art Galleries to Visit in New Zealand(Paperback)New Zealand has a wealth of creative talent on display through numerous art galleries in towns and cities up and down the country. Some owner/artist galleries specialise in the work of one artist, while others prefer to represent the work of several artists or specialise in various media, including painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics and glass. With listings for over....
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Smoking Monkeys, Drilling Rigs, Bio-diesel Bikes and Other S(Paperback)A bumper volume chock full of Paul Carter's hugely entertaining stories of his seriously crazy, sometimes terrifying, always hilarious adventures. Strap yourself in for a wild ride.
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Day Walks of New Zealand:Northland and Greater Auckland(Paperback)Northland and Greater Auckland offers an incredibly wide range of outdoors experiences for the casual walker. Day Walks of New Zealand: Northland and Greater Auckland offers over 120 of the best short excursions throughout the region, selected by well-known outdoors writers Marios Gavalas and Peter Janssen.
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Day Walks of New Zealand: Nelson and Marlborough(Paperback)Nelson and Marlborough provide an incredibly wide range of outdoors experiences for the casual walker. Day Walks of New Zealand: Nelson and Marlborough offers over 130 of the best short excursions throughout the region, selected by well-known outdoors writers Marios Gavalas and Ian Trafford.
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The Search for the Perfect Pub(Hardback)Around Britain, clocking up hundreds of beer miles in search of the perfect pub. A passionate defence of English drinking culture; an elegy for the local on your street corner.
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A Walking Guide to New Zealand's Long Trail: Te Araroa(Paperback)This is the guidebook of Te Araroa Trail: The Long Pathway, a continuous trail running from Cape Reinga to Bluff, 35 years in the making, which will officially open in 2011. The book maps the 3000-kilometre trail with 40-kilometre sections, with maps by leading map maker Roger Smith of Geographx.
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Top to Bottom(Paperback)When Toyota decided to test-drive the new FJ Cruiser by driving the length of New Zealand off-road, Marc Ellis was the obvious choice to be the driver. In his latest book, Marc recounts the highlights of this journey - the hard case characters he meets along the way, the challenges he had to undertake, the highs, the lows, plus some....
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The Holiday Goddess Handbag Guide to Paris, New York, London(Hardback )Like a trusted and impossibly cool girlfriend you rely on to inspire and surprise you, THE HOLIDAY GODDESS HANDBAG GUIDE reveals the secrets of what women REALLY want to know about four of the world's most fabulous cities: Paris, London, New York and Rome.
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The Great New Zealand Cafe: Discover the Best in Coffee and Cafe Culture(Paperback)Armed only with a list of recommended cafes, Mathew Hawke and Niki Grennell set off on a three-month odyssey to visit and sample the coffee culture of character cafes the length and breadth of New Zealand. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs and a lively text design, this book can be dipped into at random or read as a journey from....
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Paris(Hardback )It's hard not to be smitten by Paris. The city of love and light is one of the most enchanting in the world, but it also has a tendency to keep its best spots well hidden. After spending the last 20 years exploring the city, journalist and photographer Janelle McCulloch has discovered all of Paris' secret gems and shares them....
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Mountain High: Europe's 50 Greatest Cycle Climbs(Hardback )This is the first book to cover in detail Europe's 50 greatest climbs, including detail on the actual route (with maps and profile), length, height, and compelling descriptions focussing on all the main points of interest along the route.
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Grahame Sydney's Central Otago(Hardback )'The landscape surrounding me only pretends to be empty. It is in truth humming with life, with change, with subtle, seductive detail and countless delights.' Grahame Sydney. A classic for years to come, Grahame Sydney's Central Otago is a spectacular photographic celebration of the heart of the Otago province.
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New Zealand New Millennium: a Decade in Pictures(Paperback)New Zealand New Millennium is a timely, comprehensive and ultimately moving portrait of our nation in images, 2000–2010: news, politics, natural disasters, sports, arts/culture, celebrity, lifestyle, as well as those that are simply quirky, poignant or striking. Over 300 photographs, each accompanied by extended captions, and an immediate, contemporary design results in an exhaustive picture of modern New Zealand, one....
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Christchurch Heritage: A Celebration of Buildings & Streetsc(Hardback )This is a beautiful commemorative book of the most significant heritage buildings/precincts or landmarks of Christchurch that have been lost or badly damaged in the earthquakes. It is a true celebration of Christchurch, the way it used to be, and covers the history of each building/area, its architectural context, a number of photos of each place taken over time, and....
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Christchurch Dreaming: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow(Paperback)The pictorial records after the first Christchurch earthquake seemed appropriate but it now seems timely to remember the beauty of Christchurch with photos from the past, the present and looking towards the future. Ever since the first house was built in Christchurch there have been many challenges, tragedies and triumphs, yet Cantabrians have managed to surmount these challenges and always....
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The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott(Hardback )A truly astounding book revealing Captain Scott's final expedition through the pictures he took himself. Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded, based on Scott's diaries, turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances.
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The Kiwi Man Cave(Paperback)Every Kiwi bloke either has a man cave, or craves one. And there are all kinds of man caves out there - from large sheds, full of tools or memorabilia, to blokes-only private enclaves, to nothing more than an armchair in the corner of a room. This books invites you in, in full colour, to over 50 man caves from....
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Mountain Biking North: 34 Great Rides in New Zealand's North IslandNew Zealand's North Island has a wide range of world-class mountain biking tracks and Mountain Biking North is a guide to 34 of the best of these rides. Selected by expert mountain biker and photographer Dave Mitchell, they range from straightforward and easy rides close to our urban areas, through to hard and challenging trips deep into the wilderness. ....
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