Unlocking the World: Port Cities and Globalization in the Age of Steam, 1830-1930 by John Darwin
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
From the acclaimed historian of global empire, the dramatic story of how steam power reshaped our cities and our seas, and forged a new world order Steam power transformed our world, initiating the complex, resource-devouring industrial system the consequences of which we live with today. It revolutioni ...Show more
The Future of Dinosaurs: What We Don't Know, What We Can, and What We'll Never Know by David Hone
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Palaeontologist Dr David Hone tells us everything we know about dinosaurs - and everything we don't yet know. We have made more discoveries about dinosaurs in the last 20 years than we have in the previous 200, and there is a wealth of cutting edge research that has never been written about before, from ...Show more
Life Is Simple - How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Unlocked the Universe by Johnjoe McFadden
$28.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
'The most sheerly enjoyable history of science of recent years' The Spectator'This is one of the best science books I have read in a decade' Paul DaviesLife is Simple tells the remarkable story of how a thirteenth century monk's search for simplicity led to the emergence of the modern world.We begin in ...Show more
Berani by Michelle Kadarusman
$13.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Malia, Ari and Ginger's three distinct voices are interwoven to tell the story of Ginger Juice, an orangutan kept captive in a cage in this powerful and uplifting novel suitable for readers of The One and Only Ivan. Malia has had a privileged upbringing in Indonesia, but since her Indonesian father die ...Show more
Banned Books by DK
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A compelling illustrated account of history's most famous banned written worksDiscover the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published.Censorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is "acceptable" in published works hav ...Show more
Encountering China - New Zealanders and the People's Republic by Duncan Campbell (ed.); Brian Moloughney (ed.)
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: good
December 2022 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of diplomatic relationsbetween China and New Zealand. In 1972, when the communiqué was signed, itmarked the end of New Zealand's keeping China at arm's length, in deference to theUnited States' unwillingness to treat with it. In 2022, the Unite ...Show more
The Searchers - The Quest for the Lost of the First World War by Robert Sackville-West
$24.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
'Fascinating ... carefully researched and beautifully written' DAVID DIMBLEBY'Utterly riveting' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Remarkable' JOHN CAREY, SUNDAY TIMES'Robert-Sackville West writes tenderly about death and remembrance' GERARD DEGROOT, THE TIMES'Deeply moving' DAILY MAIL______________________By the end of ...Show more
Howdunit: a Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club by Martin Edwards (Editor)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe and Macavity Awards for Best Critical/Biographical book.Ninety crime writers from the world's oldest and most famous crime writing network give tips and insights into su ...Show more
On Being Unreasonable by Kirsty Sedgman
$37.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A unified theory of reasonableness-and a timely, spiriteddefence of the potential that lies in beingunreasonable for the right reasons. Manners, order and respect... these are all ideals we subscribe to. In opposedpositions, we ought to be able to 'agree to disagree'. Today's world is builtfrom structur ...Show more
The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World by Adrian Wooldridge
$32.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
The Times (UK) book of the year! Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their birth. While this initially seemed like a novel concept, by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is merit ...Show more
Dragons by Anne Stokes Wall Calendar 2024 (Art Calendar) by Flame Tree Studio (Created by)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
The fantasy art of Anne Stokes features striking designs and lifelike portrayals of fantasy subjects. Her art covers a broad range of themes, from the romantic and magical enchanted forest, to fearsome dragons and the dark underworld of gothic vampires. This eye-catching calendar gathers 12 of her celeb ...Show more
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by MACKESY CHARLIE
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times Bestseller. A book of hope for uncertain times. 'Feeling a little blue? Meet the new Winnie the Pooh.' - The Daily Mail .... 'A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart' - Richard Curtis. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely ...Show more