Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole
24.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
Shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay A blazingly intelligent first collection of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief. With these pieces on politics, photography, travel, history and ...Show more
Women in the Great War by Stephen Wynn
44.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
The First World War was fought on two fronts. In a military sense it was fought on the battlefields throughout Europe, the Gallipoli peninsular and other such theatres of war, but on the Home Front it was the arduous efforts of women that kept the country running. Before the war women in the workplace w ...Show more
Secret SAS Missions in Africa - C Squadrons Counter-Terrorist Operations 1968 1980 by Michael Graham
59.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General | Reading Level: very good
This fascinating book is the first to cover the little known C Squadron of the Special Air Service. Operating in East Africa, the Squadron was involved in almost continuous counter communist terrorist operations over the period 1968 to 1980. In the unstable final stages of British colonial and white rul ...Show more
Swords and Swordsmen (PB) by Mikes Loades
79.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
This magnificent book tells the story of the evolution of swords, how they were made, how they were used, and the people that used them. It doesn't claim to give comprehensive coverage but instead takes certain surviving examples as landmarks on a fascinating journey through the history of swords. Each ...Show more
Nurses of Passchendaele["Tending the Wounded of YPRES Campaigns, 1914 - 1918"] by Christine E. HALLETT
44.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
The Ypres Salient saw some of the bitterest fighting of the First World War. The once-fertile fields of Flanders were turned into a quagmire through which men fought for four years. In casualty clearing stations, on ambulance trains and barges, and at base hospitals near the French and Belgian coasts, n ...Show more
London's Gangs at War by Dick KIRBY
44.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
The 1950s and 1960s saw a changing of the guard in London's gangland. A new and even more ruthless breed of criminal emerged to replace the aging generation of likes of Sabini, Mullins and Hayes. Protection rackets on bookies, club owners and shops were commonplace. Prostitution and drugs offered rich p ...Show more
The Complete Guide to Drones Extended 2nd Edition by Adam Juniper
55.00 NZD
Category: Technology
If you think you need a boarding pass to fly, you're really missing out... Today, drones are everywhere. From film studios to farms, they're in the hands of photographers, commercial surveyors and racers alike. This fully illustrated book explains how drones developed, where they're going and which on ...Show more
Russian Roulette by Michael Isikoff; David Corn
35.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The incredible, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the U.S. election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency. RUSSIAN ROULETTE is a story of political skullduggery unprecedented in American history. ...Show more
Letting Go: How to Plan for a Good Death by Charlie Corke
37.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
As our population ages, many individuals are faced with making complex medical decisions, for themselves and for others, in times of great stress. How far should doctors go when trying to prolong life? How can we decide what is "too far" and "not far enough" for our loved ones unless we know what their ...Show more
TED Talks: The official TED guide to public speaking: Tips and tricks for giving unforgettable speeches and presentations by Chris Anderson
27.99 NZD
Category: Business
"Catnip for all the TED fans out there." --Publishers Weekly "Unimpeachably practical . . . A handy guide for novice and moderately experienced speakers." --Kirkus Reviews "Anderson shares the secrets behind the best TED presentations." --Booklist Since taking over TED in 2001, Chris Anderson has sho ...Show more
Rebel Talent: Why it Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life by Francesca Gino
37.99 NZD
Category: Business
'Great stories, great science, and great practical advice about how, when, and why to break the rules' Angela Duckworth, international bestselling author of GritAward-winning Harvard Business School professor and behavioural scientist Francesca Gino shows us why happiest and most successful among us are ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: The Untold Story of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte
37.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General | Reading Level: very good
"THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY," hails Scientific American: A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. Now a New York Times bestseller! "This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts through their Triassic dawn, Jurassic d ...Show more