Mountains to Sea: Solving New Zealand's Freshwater Crisis (BWB Texts) by Mike Joy (editor)
$14.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Series: BWB texts | Reading Level: very good
The state of New Zealand's freshwater has become an urgent public issue in recent years. From across the political spectrum, concern is growing about the pollution of New Zealand's rivers and streams. We all know they need fixing. But how do we do it? 'It strikes me with great clarity that if you look ...Show more
Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China by Desmond Shum
$26.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
'THE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ' CNN 'READS LIKE A THRILLER' FINANCIAL TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021 In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder’s Red Notice comes a unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the zenith of power and money in 21st cen ...Show more
Veneto: Recipes from an Italian Country Kitchen by Valeria Necchio
$49.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Introducing Italy's best kept secret. The cuisine of the Veneto. Food-writer, cook and photographer Valeria Necchio shares the food and flavours at the heart of the Veneto region in North Eastern Italy. Veneto includes lovingly written recipes that capture the spirit of this beautiful and often unexplor ...Show more
The 50 Best Birdwatching Sites in New Zealand by Liz Light; Oscar Thomas
$48.79 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Aotearoa New Zealand has a diverse range of bird species but is especially renowned for its seabirds. Fifteen of the world's 18 penguin species have been recorded in the New Zealand region. Nine of these species breed here. Of petrels, 40 of the world's 127 species breed in the New Zealand region, some ...Show more
Let Me Tell You What I Mean [HB] by Joan Didion
$32.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
From one of our most iconic and influential writers: twelve pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of this legendary figure. Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, Didion writes about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a ...Show more
The Handshake - A Gripping History by Ella Al-Shamahi
$22.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Friends do it, strangers do it and so do chimpanzees - and it's not just deeply embedded in our history and culture, it may even be written in our DNA. The humble handshake, it turns out, has a rich and surprising history. So let's join palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi as she embarks on a funny and ...Show more
Civilisations by Laurent Binet
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A stunningly ambitious and entertaining novel that gives us a counter-factual history of the modern world, from the author of the international bestseller HHhH.A stunningly ambitious and entertaining novel that gives us a counter-factual history of the modern world, from the author of the international ...Show more
Poor People With Money - A Novel by Dominic Hoey
$37.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Monday Woolridge is a fighter with a face covered in scars and life full of debt. Her Avondale flat has no furniture, her father's dead, her catatonic mother's in an expensive nursing home and her kickboxing gym is going to Thailand. Monday's shitty bartending job pays fifty cents over minimum wage, and ...Show more
Landed by Sue McCauley
$37.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of Other Halves (1982) which won both the Wattie Book of the Year Award and the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction and sold more than 20,000 copies. It’s the early 1990s in Timaru, and Brewer Howland has killed himself. His wife, Briar, is left stranded in a rapidly changing world. The f ...Show more
My Moment: 106 Women on Fighting for Themselves by Kristin Chenoweth, Kathy Najimy, Linda Perry, Chely Wright, Lauren Blitzer
$50.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A collection of essays accompanied by beautiful black-and-white photography from a diverse group of women on the moment they realized they were ready to fight for themselves—including Gloria Steinem, Lena Waithe, Joanna Gaines, Brandi Carlile, Beanie Feldstein, Cynthia Erivo, and Billie Jean King, among ...Show more
Notebook : The Kiss by Gustav Klimt (Slimline Foiled) by FLAME TREE STUDIO
$23.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Flame Tree Notebooks Ser.
New title in the Flame Tree Blank Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, and featuring blank pages, a pocket at the back and two ribbon bookmarks. Perfect as a gift, or an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, and poets. A FLAME TREE ...Show more
Wild Coasts: Exploring Aotearoa's Marine Reserves by Ned Barraud
$21.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A fascinating exploration of some of Aotearoa's marine reserves. Aotearoa is renowned for its wild coasts, but after decades of overfishing, many of these marine ecosystems are under serious threat. A crucial response to this has been the creation of 44 marine reserves around our shores, and this book ...Show more