The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
28.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
One of the top ten greatest doctors in the world looks at the lowly checklist, and how this simple idea - which is free to reproduce - will revolutionise the way we approach problems, and help save lives. Today we find ourselves in possession of stupendous know-how, which we willingly place in the hands ...Show more
Vernacular: The Everyday Landscape of New Zealand by Philip Smith; David Straight
29.99 NZD
69.99 (57% off)
Category: NZ Art | Reading Level: good-very good
Fascinating, idiosyncratic, often beautiful, Vernacular is a unique book created by landscape architect Philip Smith and photographer David Straight.
New Zealand Painting: A Concise History by Dunn Michael
99.99 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Reading Level: very good
New Zealand Painting: A Concise History is a completely revised and updated edition of Michael Dunn's essential overview of New Zealand painting, A Concise History of New Zealand Painting. It is presented here in a new format as a companion volume to New Zealand Sculpture: A History (AUP, 2002). To his ...Show more
Marti Friedlander by Leonard Bell; Marti Friedlander
75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Reading Level: very good
From journeys through various countries to New Zealand's transformation in the last half century, this is a riveting and comprehensive look at the work of photographer Marti Friedlander. Showing how this distinguished artist has not only recorded the places, events, and personalities of recent history, ...Show more
The Mind and the Machine by Matthew T Dickerson
49.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
Are humans just complex biochemical machines, mere physical parts of a causally closed materialist universe? Are we approaching the so-called ""Singularity"" when human consciousness can (and will) be downloaded into computers? Or is there more to the human person--something that might be known as soul ...Show more
The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
48.00 NZD
Category: Technology | Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Explore the world of astronomy with key quotes and bold graphics to illustrate over 100 of the universe's biggest ideas. The Astronomy Book is an exciting voyage of discovery through the cosmos. Venture from ancient speculations about the nature of the universe, to the mind-boggling theories of recent s ...Show more
The Careers Handbook by DK
40.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
This practical careers handbook helps you get to grips with the job market - packed with job inspiration and advice for career development Whether you want to know how to get into your dream career, need help understanding the job market or you simply don't know where to start your job search, The Caree ...Show more
Asia's Reckoning - The Struggle for Global Dominance by Richard McGregor
55.00 NZD
Category: Business | Reading Level: very good
The dramatic story of the relationship between the world's three largest economies, one that is shaping the future of us all, by one of the foremost experts on east Asia For more than half a century, American power in the Pacific has successfully kept the peace. But it has also cemented the tensions in ...Show more
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
40.00 NZD
Category: Business
Winner of the Lillian Smith Book AwardWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeFinalist for the National Book AwardThe Nation's "Most Valuable Book" " A] vibrant intellectual history of the radical right."--The Atlantic"This sixty-year campaign to make libertarianism mainstream and eventually take ...Show more
DK World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age by Philip Parker; Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
50.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
A truly global view of history covering over 350 of the world's most important turning points. Presented in a beautiful slipcase, this is an essential gift for every history buff.World History is the most accessible guide to the history of human civilisation, covering the Neanderthals, the Assyrian Empi ...Show more
Maori at Home: A Guide for Everyday Families by Scotty Morrison; Stacey Morrison
38.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori
Kei hea o putu whutuporo? Where are your rugby boots? Homai te ranu tomato. Pass me the tomato sauce. Kei te pehea te huarere i tenei ra? How is the weather today? Kei hea to mahi kainga? Where is your homework? Kati te whakaporearea i to tuahine! Stop annoying your sister! Maori at Home is the perfect ...Show more
Democracy and its Crisis by A C Grayling
36.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General | Reading Level: good-very good
Prompted by the EU referendum in the UK and the presidential election in the USA, A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why, crucially, it matters. First he considers moments in history - Peric ...Show more