The Seafarers - A Journey among Birds by Stephen Rutt
$26.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'A beautifully illuminating portrait of lives lived largely on the wing and at sea' - Julian Hoffman, author of Irreplaceable and The Small Heart of Things The British Isles are remarkable for their extraordinary seabird life: spectacular gatherings of charismatic Arctic terns, elegant fulmars and stoic ...Show more
The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons by Jerry Beck; Leonard Maltin (Foreword by)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Celebrate the best of Looney Tunes cartoons, just in time for Bugs Bunny's 80th birthday In a world of rascally rabbits, megalomaniacal ducks, and stuttering pigs, what defines greatness? This question was posed to thousands of cartoon fans, historians, and animators to create The 100 Greatest Loone ...Show more
The Time of Our Lives: Growing Older Well by Robert Dessaix
$34.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
At the height of his powers in this remarkable (and often witty) book, Robert Dessaix addresses these increasingly urgent questions in inimitable prose and comes up with some surprising answers. From Java to Hobart via Berlin, Dessaix invites us to eavesdrop on his intimate, no-nonsense conversations ab ...Show more
Happiness, a Mystery - And 66 Ways to Solve It by Sophie Hannah
$32.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Bestselling crime writer, poet and confessed self-help addict Sophie Hannah sets out to solve the age-old mystery of happiness.
Loss Adjustment by Linda Collins
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Linda Collins gets up on a Monday morning, dresses for work, makes coffee and goes into her daughter Victoria’s bedroom. Why hasn’t Vicky got up yet? It’s an important day: the start of the second term of her final year at school. Today she will hear her latest exam results. The bedroom is empty. So beg ...Show more
Zen Wisdom for the Anxious: Simple Advice from a Zen Buddhist Monk by Shinsuke Hosokawa
$27.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
By dipping into this little book of simple Zen Buddhist sayings, you can calm your anxiety and return serenity to your soul.Are you feeling stress and anxiety from the demands of daily life? Do you feel overwhelmed by your to-do list and the constant deluge of information from all quarters? Are you unha ...Show more
Japanese Haiku Note Cards: 16 Different Blank Card & Envelopes by Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen
$22.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
You can now share the beautiful illustrations from My First Book of Haiku Poems with family and friends! Illustrator Tracy Gallup's dreamy watercolor illustrations translate perfectly to these special note cards. Blank inside for your own message, these cards will convey a heartfelt message no matter th ...Show more
Keep Sharp: How to Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Sanjay Gupta
$37.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
An exciting new science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline. Throughout our lives, we are always looking for ways to keep our mind sharp and effortlessly productive. In this book, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutt ...Show more
New Zealand's Great Walks: The Complete Guide (Revised and Updated) by Paul Hersey; Shelley Hersey
$45.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
New Zealand's Great Walks are world class. In a country blessed with hundreds of spectacular tracks to choose from, these are considered the best of the best. They pass through some of our most breathtaking landscapes - including golden sand beaches, ancient rainforests and high mountains. New Zealand's ...Show more
A Thousand Small Sanities - The Moral Adventure of Liberalism by Adam Gopnik
$24.99 NZD
Category: Politics
'WITTY, HUMANE, LEARNED' NEW YORK TIMESThe New York Times-bestselling author offers a stirring defence of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our timeNot since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, been under such relentless attack, from both right and left. The crisis of democracy ...Show more
Wagnerism - Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross
$44.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
'An absolutely masterly work' - Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics - an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence. ...Show more
A Polar Affair - Antarctica's Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins by Lloyd Spencer Davis
$32.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A captivating blend of true adventure and natural history by one of today's leading penguin experts and Antarctic explorers George Murray Levick was the physician on Robert Falcon Scott's tragic Antarctic expedition of 1910. Marooned for an Antarctic winter, Levick passed the time by becoming the first ...Show more