Defiant Earth: The fate of humans in the anthropocene by Clive Hamilton
32.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Forget everything you know. Nature is no longer nature. Humans are no longer humans. We have entered a new era - the Anthropocene. Everything has changed. Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth, bringing on a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. The stable ...Show more
Island Nurses: Stories of Birth, Life and Death on Remote Great Barrier Island by Leonie Howie; Adele Robertson
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Second hand. Leonie Howie and Adele Robertson live and work on remote Great Barrier Island-so called because it faces the full brunt of the wild Pacific weather and acts as a barrier for the mainland about 100 kilometres away. With a population of about 1000, no reticulated electricity, no ATM machine, ...Show more
Walking to Listen 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time by Bloomsbury USA
27.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History by Lawrence Levy
36.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
One day in November 1994, Lawrence Levy received a phone call out of the blue from Steve Jobs, whom he'd never met, offering him a job running Pixar, a little-known company that had already lost Jobs $50 million. With Pixar's prospects looking bleak, it was with some trepidation that Levy accepted the p ...Show more
He Puna Iti I Te Ao Marama ; A Little Spring in the World of Light by Pa Henare Tate
75.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
How to reconcile the deeply held Christian beliefs of Maori with the indigenous world view that they have inherited and in many cases rediscovering? This far reaching work attempts to develop the foundations of an indigenous Maori theology. In Pa Tate's opinion, the traditional Christian message has fal ...Show more
The Irish Pub by Turtle Bunbury
97.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
A perfect selection of Irish pubs that whisks readers away into the enchanting spirit of Old Ireland.Whether you want to hide away in the Wicklow Hills, cradling a glass of beer in a wood-paneled snug; gather round a turf fire, serenaded by fiddle players; or sip quietly in the cubby hole of a Victorian ...Show more
Images from Albertland : Harold Marsh, 1876 to 1948 - Silver Edition by Paul Campbell
77.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Near Fine
William Harold Marsh, farmer, father, early Albertlander and adventurous photographer captured a time of enchantment, when life was lived at a slower pace and governed by a different set of values, priorities and ambitions. One of the first generation of those immigrants who sailed around the world to s ...Show more
New Zealand Railway Reflections: 1950's Album by Peter J Mellor
30.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General | Reading Level: very good
Contains 150 evocative photos of the period when diesel power was replacing steam, with commentary text.
Lost Boys of Anzac by Peter Stanley
42.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Australians remember the dead of 25 April 1915 on Anzac Day every year. But do we know the name of a single soldier who died that day? What do we really know about the men supposedly most cherished in the national memory of war?Peter Stanley goes looking for the Lost Boys of Anzac: the men of the very f ...Show more
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must by Robert Zubrin
24.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
Since the beginning of human history, Mars has been an alluring dream the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. But all that changed when leading space exploration authority Robert Zubrin crafted a da ...Show more
Myths and Legends of Aotearoa by Annie Rae Te Ake Ake
31.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
For the first time, fifteen ancient Maori stories are retold by gifted storyteller Annie Rae Te Ake Ake and illustrated by ninteen artists from New Zealand secondary schools. This book aims to strengthen the awareness of the indigenous wisdom and spirit of New Zealand. It also heralds creative work of ...Show more
The Secret Library : A Book Lovers Journey through Curiosities of History by Dr. Oliver Tearle
32.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General
A fascinating tour through the curious history of Western civilization told through its most emblematic invention - the book. As well as leafing through the well-known titles that have helped shape the world in which we live, Oliver Tearle also dusts off some of the more neglected items to be found hidd ...Show more