Granta #140 : The Mind by Sigrid (EDT) Rausing
27.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General | Series: Granta: the Magazine of New Writing | Reading Level: General Adult
We know how the brain works, but do we understand the mind? In an age when we are finally taking mental health as seriously as physical health, this issue of Granta explores the conscious self: how it perceives, judges and lives in the world. With new fiction, reportage, poetry, photography, and art add ...Show more
Things That Matter: Stories of life and death by David Galler
32.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
In this highly articulate, down to earth, generous and thoughtful book, Dr David Galler tells stories of life and death from his position as head of intensive care at a busy city hospital. Weaving his own personal stories throughout - including the death of his parents - David frames a number of chapte ...Show more
The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discovery by David L. Mearns
36.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
The underwater worlds of past and present collide in the depths of the ocean in this gripping and suspenseful narrative by David Mearns, a true expert on the mysteries of the deep sea.' CLIVE CUSSLER David Mearns has found some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. His deep-water searc ...Show more
The Great New Zealand Robbery by Scott Bainbridge
32.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
It should be remembered as New Zealand's answer to Britain's Great Train Robbery, but instead it's been almost completely forgotten. In the dead of the night, robbers broke into the commission building and made off with an audacious loot equivalent to almost $1 million today. This 1956 heist, which even ...Show more
Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden
24.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
Includes enhanced CD with exclusive video of the actual hunt for Pablo Escobar On July 22, 1992, Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar walked out of the luxurious prison he built for himself and disappeared into the Colombian jungle. His audacious escape destroyed the nation's tenuous ceasefire with its inf ...Show more
Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life by Brenda Maddox
32.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
A rich and exuberant group biography of the first geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. These first geologists were made up primarily, and inevitably, of gentlemen with the necessary wealth to support their interests, yet boosting their number ...Show more
Warren Buffett's Ground Rules: Words of Wisdom from the Partnership Letters of the World's Greatest Investor by Jeremy Miller
24.99 NZD
Category: Business | Reading Level: good-very good
At the age of 26, Warren Buffett founded Buffett Partnership Limited, which lasted from 1956 to 1970. During this time he wrote 33 letters to his small but growing group of partners. These letters chronicle his thoughts, approaches and reflections in the period immediately prior to his Berkshire Hathawa ...Show more
The Ten Types of Human - A new understanding of who we are and who we can be by Dexter Dias
40.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: near fine
This book will introduce you to ten people. In a way, you already know them. Only you don't - not really. In a sense, they are you. Only they're not entirely. They inform and shape the most important decisions in your life. But you're almost certainly unaware of their intervention. They are the Ten Type ...Show more
Faster, Higher, Farther: The Inside Story of the Volkswagen Scandal by Jack Ewing
38.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General | Reading Level: very good
A shocking expose of Volkswagen's fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal. When news of Volkswagen's clean diesel fraud first broke in September 2015, it sent shockwaves around the world. Overnight, the company long associated with quality, reliability and trust became a universal s ...Show more
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
26.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General | Reading Level: very good
Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon. Named a New York Times 2017 "Books to Breeze Through This Summer" Winner of the 2018 Costa First Novel Award Longlisted for the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.Meet Eleanor Ol ...Show more
War Blacks: the Extraordinary Story of New Zealand's WWI All Blacks by Matt Elliott
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
War Blacks is the extraordinary story of New Zealand's national sport and The Great War, and the effect each had on the other. Rugby and war have played major roles in the forging of a national New Zealand identity. This is the story of where both met, on the hot sands of Egypt and the muddy fields of B ...Show more
Beekeeping: Inspiration and Practical Advice for Beginners by Andrew T. Davies
19.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General | Series: National Trust Home and Garden Ser.
There's no sting in this tale: bees are a source of delight for honey lovers, hay-fever sufferers and gardeners alike. This charming and practical guide is intended for both the beginner and experienced beekeeper. It covers everything from setting up hives and maximizing bees in the garden, to optimum h ...Show more