Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf
$29.99 NZD
Category: Culture & Life
'A witty, gossipy, sparkling history, full of bright jewels of anecdote... Magnificent Rebels is a triumph' THE TIMES, Book of the Week'Extraordinary... A thrilling intellectual history that reads like a racy, intelligent novel, with a cast of unforgettable characters' SUNDAY TIMES'Magnificent Rebels is ...Show more
Lost and Found - My Story of Heartbreak and Hope by Toni Street
$36.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Toni Street's easy on-air style and warm personality has made her a firm favourite with thousands of New Zealanders. But behind the bubbly persona, is a story of heartbreak and resilience. Toni and her twin brother Lance were the much-loved first children of Taranaki dairy farmers Geoff and Wendy Street ...Show more
Ithaca by Alie Benge
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography
From returning to Ethiopia to find it wasn’t as her memory had left it, to the Australian Army and Bible school, and culminating in an 800-kilometre trek through the Camino, Alie Benge writes of searching and longing for a sense of place – whatever that may be. 'If home is love, can you have a home and ...Show more
Operation Trojan Horse: The true story behind the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years by DAVIS, STEPHEN
$36.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
**Soon to be a major TV drama** The true story behind the secret of Flight 149 and the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years. On 1 August, 1990, British Airways Flight 149 departed from Heathrow airport, destined for Kuala Lumpur. It never made it there, and neither did its nearly 4 ...Show more
Pesticides and Health - How New Zealand Fails In Environmental Protection (BWB Texts) by Neil Pearce
$17.99 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment | Series: BWB Texts
New Zealand has been one of the world's heaviest users of pesticides, including some contaminated with dioxin, a notorious toxic chemical. In this BWB Text a leading epidemiologist uses the example of dioxin to illustrate how badly New Zealand handles problems of environmental pollutants, and why we can ...Show more
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor: Now a major BBC comedy-drama by Adam Kay
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Now A Major BBC Series Starring Ben Whishaw. The multi-million copy bestseller and Book of the Year at The National Book Awards. 'Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen Fry Welcome to the life of a junior ...Show more
The Smallest Lights in the Universe - A Memoir by Sara Seager
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography
In this luminous memoir, an MIT astrophysicist must reinvent herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the power of connection on this planet, even as she searches our galaxy for another Earth. "Sara Seager's exploration of outer and inner space makes for a stunningly original memoir."--Abraham V ...Show more
Wild Words: How Language Engages With Nature by Kate Hodges
$22.99 NZD
Category: Writing, Language
The book showcases 75 beautiful words evocative of the wild, from all around the world, that describe natural happenings in nature. It includes words that describe weather, or a feeling you have when in nature as well as sensory words that explain the smell or sound of a place. The words used to expre ...Show more
How Should One Read a Book? by Virginia Woolf
$19.99 NZD
Category: Writing, Language
"Where are we to begin? How are we to bring order into this multitudinous chaos and so get the deepest and widest pleasure from what we read?" Published for the first time as a standalone volume, Virginia Woolf's short, impassioned essay, How Should One Read a Book? celebrates the enduring importance of ...Show more
A Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand Native Trees by Andrew Crowe
$14.00 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment | Series: Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand...
A handy, pocket-sized guide to the identification of New Zealand native trees.Condensed from Andrew Crowe's popular Which Native Tree?, this mini guide has been designed to fit into a pocket, day pack or bag. Full of essential information for quick and accurate identification of native trees, this class ...Show more
Modern New Zealand Cricket Greats - From Stephen Fleming to Kane Williamson by Dylan Cleaver
$39.99 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
New Zealanders have just lived through a Golden Age of Cricket. That's not a sentence many brought up with a love of the great game in the 1990s thought they would read as the national side took the gains made in the 1980s - mostly though the deeds of the great Sir Richard Hadlee and the burgeoning tal ...Show more
Secret Gardens of Aotearoa: Field notes & practical wisdom by Jane Mahoney & Sophie Bannan
$50.00 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
Explore twelve intriguing and unique New Zealand gardens and learn from the talented gardeners who created them. From a hidden suburban food forest to a flower farm to an organic vegetable patch to a large station garden, each is described in detail, along with their owners' challenges and delights. ...Show more