A Gentle Radical - The Life of Jeanette Fitzsimons by Gareth Hughes
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
A major biography of Jeanette Fitzsimons, the hugely influential leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Jeanette Fitzsimons was a visionary, a pioneer and a radical. This is the story of someone who battles National and Labour's lock on parliament and had the courage to challenge political s ...Show more
The Architect and the Artists - Hackshaw, McCahon, Dibble - The Collaborative Projects 1965-1979 by Bridget Hackshaw
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A beautiful and important book about the remarkable collaboration between the modernist architect James Hackshaw (a member, for a time, of the famous Group Architects), the painter Colin McCahon and the then young sculptor Paul Dibble on 12 New Zealand buildings - from churches to school halls. Drawing ...Show more
Wellington Architecture - A Walking Guide by John Walsh
$30.00 NZD
Category: Culture & Life
The third in the series of popular and handy guides to our urban architecture by the well-known team of writer John Walsh and photographer Patrick Reynolds. It tells the stories of more than 120 significant central-city buildings, and also of the architects who designed them. The buildings are grouped i ...Show more
Return to Harikoa Bay by Owen Marshall
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
New work from the master of the short story and author of the story 'Coming Home in the Dark' made into a major feature film. 'Whenever I think of coming to punish my father, it's always in a strong wind, and that's blowing now as I drive up the long, unsealed track to the house and sheds.' So begins on ...Show more
Sticky - The Secret Science of Surfaces by Laurie Winkless
$32.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adults
You are surrounded by stickiness. With every step you take, air molecules cling to you and slow you down; the effect is harder to ignore in water. When you hit the road, whether powered by pedal or engine, you rely on grip to keep you safe. The Post-it note and glue in your desk drawer. The non-stick pa ...Show more
Encounters Across Time (BWB Texts) by Judith Binney
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Description: 'Story telling is an art deep within human nature.' A timely collection of writings on history, from one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most distinguished scholars. These essays bring forth important questions for New Zealand history about autonomy, restoration and power that continue to reverbe ...Show more
Fragments from a Contested Past (BWB Texts) by Joanna Kidman, Vincent O'Malley, Liana MacDonald, Tom Roa and Keziah Wallis
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
‘What a nation or society chooses to remember and forget speaks to its contemporary priorities and sense of identity. Understanding how that process works enables us to better imagine a future with a different, or wider, set of priorities.’ History has rarely felt more topical or relevant as, all acros ...Show more
The History of a Riot (BWB Texts) by Jared Davidson
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts
'What follows is a microhistory of collective revolt.' In 1843, the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson was rocked by the revolt of its emigrant labourers. Over 70 gang-men and their wives collectively resisted their poor working conditions through petitions, strikes and, ultimately, violence. Yet ...Show more
These Two Hands (new edition) by Renee
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Renée (Ngati Kahungunu) is regarded as a living legend in Aotearoa. Made an ONZM for services to literature and drama, she has been awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, the Playmarket Award for significant artistic contribution to New Zealand theatre, and the Kingi Ihaka Award fo ...Show more
Cracking Open the Nest Egg: How to Make Your Retirement Savings Last the Distance by Martin Hawes
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Planning for retirement can be a scary thought, whether it is just around the corner or years in the future. Martin Hawes, one of New Zealand's best-known experts on personal financial answers all of the questions that may be keeping you up at night: How much will I need to retire? Can I ever afford to ...Show more
Solo - Backcountry Adventures in Aotearoa New Zealand by Hazel Phillips
$40.00 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment
One afternoon, journalist Hazel Phillips decided to close her laptop and head for the hills. She then spent the next three years living in mountain huts and tramping alone for days at a time, all the while holding down a full-time job. As she ranged from Arthur's Pass and the Kaimanawa Forest Park to th ...Show more
New Zealand Nurses - Caring for Our People 1880-1950 by Pamela Wood
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Pamela Wood is a retired academic, registered nurse and independent historian. She taught in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programmes and postgraduate health programmes for 30 years and is the author of Dirt: Filth and decay in a New World Arcadia.