Make Her Praises Heard Afar: The Untold story of New Zealand Women in WW1 by Jane Tolerton
$25.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion | Series: 1st
The history books tell us that about 550 New Zealand nurses went to World War One while other women stayed home, knitting, fundraising and looking after families and farms while the men were away. But many women went too, as doctors and ambulance drivers, munitions workers and mathematicians, civil serv ...Show more
The Front Line: Images of New Zealanders in the Second World War by Glyn Harper; Susan Lemish
$80.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
NEW ZEALAND'S WAR THROUGH THE LENS OF THOSE WHO SERVED A landmark book exploring New Zealand's second world war effort through over 800 photographs, many never before published and many live-action shots takenby those at the front. The images span North Africa, Europe and the Pacific, as well as action ...Show more
The End of Bias: How We Change Our Minds by Jessica Nordell
$36.99 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
Discover how we can all work to end one of the most corrosive issues of our time: unconscious bias.
Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut by Marcus Du Sautoy
$37.99 NZD
Category: Business, Economics and Law
How do you remember more and forget less?How can you earn more and become more creative just by moving house?And how do you pack a car boot most efficiently?This is your shortcut to the art of the shortcut. Mathematics is full of better ways of thinking, and with over 2,000 years of knowledge to draw on ...Show more
The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton by Jefferson Morley
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography
A revelatory new biography of the sinister, powerful, and paranoid man at the heart of the CIA for more than three tumultuous decades.CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most important unelected officials in the US government during the 20th century. Virtually untouchable, he operated beyo ...Show more
Lost Girls - Love, War and Literature: 1939-51 by D. J. Taylor
$24.99 NZD
Category: Culture & Life
The Times Book of the Year 2019 'You should not deny yourself the pleasure of reading it' Sunday Times 'A remarkable work and an important addition to the extraordinary wartime history of literary London' Literary Review Who were the Lost Girls? At least a dozen or so young women at large in Blitz-er ...Show more
Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Roses, pleasure, and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world. From 1936 to 1940, the newly-wed George Orwell lived in a small cottage in Hertfordshire, writing, and tending his garden. When Rebecca Solnit visited the ...Show more
Home Sweet Organized Home: Declutter & Organize Your Busy Family by Jessica Litman
$33.00 NZD
Category: Culture & Life | Series: Inspiring Home Ser.
Get organized, declutter, and find more calm in your days with this accessible, step-by-step guide to lasting order in your home sweet home. Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious about the clutter in your home? Have you spent countless hours organizing your home only to find it all destroyed ...Show more
New Zealand's Backyard Birds (PB) by Ned Barraud
$21.99 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
New Zealand’s Backyard Birds is a children’s guide to the birds that live in their backyard, both native birds, such as tūi, and pīwakawaka/fantail, and introduced birds such as thrush, blackbird and sparrow. With useful background information about birds in general and stunning illustrations by Ned Bar ...Show more
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle by Clare Hunter
$29.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK** 'An astonishing feat' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times 'An inspiring and moving sideways look at history' Eithne Farry, Sunday Express An eloquent blend of history and memoir, Threads of Life is an evocative and moving book about the need we all ...Show more
Bourdain: In Stories by Laurie Woolever
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biography
When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his life to traveling nearly everywhere (and eating nearly everything), shedding light on the lives and stories of others. His impact was outsized and his legacy has ...Show more
100 Things to Know About Numbers, Computers & Coding by Various
$22.99 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT | Series: 100 Things to Know
When was the webcam invented and why? Do imaginary numbers exist? What is fuzzy logic? Find the answers these questions about the amazing world of numbers, computers and coding, along with loads of other curious, amazing and mind-boggling facts, in this eye-catching book that is absolutely bursting with ...Show more