The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy: Exploring the Wizarding World by Insight Editions
$84.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy takes readers on a journey through the creation of the immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books and the films. Go beyond the game via exclusive interviews with the development team, stunning concept sketches, rende ...Show more
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Substances and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury
$27.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
’Indecently entertaining.’ A Daily Mail Book of the Week 'A fascinating tale of poisons and poisonous deeds which both educates and entertains.' — Kathy Reichs As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring — and popular — weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It ...Show more
Anaximander: And the Nature of Science by Carlo Rovelli
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics tells the thrilling story of one of the greatest intellectual leaps of all time Over two millennia ago, a Greek philosopher had a number of wondrous insights that paved the way to cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology and biology, setting in ...Show more
Auckland - The Twentieth-Century Story by Paul Moon
$45.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story journeys through the mosaic of cultures and lifestyles, anxieties and hopes, disasters and triumphs, virtues and vices that led to the transformation of New Zealand's largest city between 1900 and 2000.
See What You're Missing: 31 Ways Artists Notice the World - and How You Can Too by Will Gompertz
$55.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
'Art can amaze us into changing our minds. This remarkable book teaches us how' ES DEVLINArtists have learnt to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on auto-pilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity blinding us to the marvellous, life-affirming phenomena of our world. But t ...Show more
Magritte - A Life by Alex Danchev
$45.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
The first major biography for our time, from the celebrated biographer of Cezanne
Tatau: Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand Art, Global Culture by Sean Mallon
$80.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
When Tatau was first published in 2010, Mark Adams' renowned images documenting a great Polynesian art tradition were a revelation. It told the story of the late Sulu'ape Paulo II, the pre-eminent figure of modern Samoan tattooing. A brilliantly innovative and often controversial man, he saw tatau as an ...Show more
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life by Clare Mac Cumhaill, Rachael Wiseman
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A ground-breaking book that examines the place of women in twentieth-century philosophy and is a call to arms for the present dayWINNER OF THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNAN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOKElizabeth Anscombe- defiantly brilliant, chain-smoking, trouser-wear ...Show more
Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time by Noam Chomsky & C. J. Polychroniou
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
In these wide-ranging and incisive interviews, Chomsky addresses the urgent questions of this tumultuous time, speaking to the rapidly deteriorating quality of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally. Noam Chomsky examines the crumbling of the social fabric and the fractures of the ...Show more
Zen in the Garden: The Japanese Art of Meditative Gardening by Miki Sakamoto
$37.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Spring, summer, autumn, and winter - wherever you are, the seasons come and go, bringing changes both welcome and unexpected. Japanese by birth, but transplanted to Europe in adulthood, Miki Sakamoto has spent a lifetime tending her garden and reflecting on its mysteries. Why do primulas bloom in snow? ...Show more
52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time by Annabel Streets
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
'Fascinating ... Connected both to old wisdom and new scientific frontiers of discovery' Lauren Laverne 'We can all learn something from 52 Ways to Walk. I know I can.' Michael Ball, BBC Radio 2 Walking strengthens our bodies, calms our minds and lifts our spirits. But it does so much more than this. ...Show more