Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon: The Official 50th Anniversary Photobook by Pink Floyd
$100.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
March 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd. Designed by Pentagram to high specifications, this official book commemorating the band and the album will be a covetable package for the legions of Floyd fans out there--new and old. This date will also see ...Show more
Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry and the Mysteries of Mental Illness by Andrew Scull
$32.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
In this acclaimed work, Andrew Scull, one of the most provocative thinkers writing about psychiatry, sheds light on its troubled history. For more than two hundred years, disturbances of reason, cognition and emotion - the sort of things that were once called 'madness' - have been described and treated ...Show more
The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) by Philippa Perry
$26.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
The non-fiction phenomenon of the year and #1 Sunday Times bestseller by leading psychotherapist, broadcaster and agony aunt, Philippa Perry.Perry's unique take on the relationship between parents and children became an instant favourite of both. In this paperback edition, she encloses an exclusive addi ...Show more
About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks by David Rooney
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks: city sundials in ancient Rome, medieval water clocks in imperial China, hourglasses fomenting revolution in the Middle Ages, the Stock Exchange clock of Amsterdam in 1611, Enlightenment observatories in India, high-precision clock ...Show more
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
$37.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Two misfits find each other through a work of art that becomes bigger than anything they ever expected, in this exuberant new novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge-aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner-is determined to make it ...Show more
Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World by Michèle Lamont
$65.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
From internationally renowned sociologist Michèle Lamont, a game-changing argument about what we value and why How do we measure our self-worth? For many of us, it signifies accomplishment, self-reliance, and wealth. Decades of neoliberalism have driven our definition of success. Yet, as we have amasse ...Show more
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