4am: Answers to the conundrums that keep you up at night . Advice from Ask Shameless by Zara McDonald, Michelle Andrews
$48.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
"Since 2021, tens of thousands of readers have devoured the Ask Shameless weekly columns on dating, friendship and self-development, written by the Shameless podcasters and a team of talented young Australian writers. In 4 am, Zara and Michelle have curated forty of their very best columns alongside te ...Show more
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A newly designed and repackaged paperback of the multi-million-copy bestseller: discover your innate creativity with The Artist's Way. Since its first publication, The Artist's Way has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find ...Show more
A Cold Spell: A Human History of Ice by Max Leonard
$38.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Taking us from the beginning of our story to the present day, A Cold Spell examines how ice has shaped our thoughts, actions and societies - and what it means for us that it is rapidly disappearing from our planet. 'In a bracingly original book, Max Leonard makes something we all take for granted into ...Show more
Reading on the Farm - Victorian Fiction and the Colonial World by Lydia Wevers
$40.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In Reading on the Farm, Lydia Wevers uses the library on Brancepeth Station in the Wairarapa, its staff and users as the ground for an extended reflection on the meaning of books, reading and intellectual life in colonial New Zealand. Drawing on station records, the archive produced by the library, and ...Show more
The Allure of Chanel by Paul Morand
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Pushkin Press Classics Ser.
The story of Coco Chanel in her own words, as told by her to Paul Morand
New Zealand Chili Handbook by Garry Sommerville
$24.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
This useful handbook provides information about a good range of easy-to-grow chili peppers in New Zealand. Each variety is photographed in colour with information about planting, harvesting and storing, as well as any curative properties found in the plant or the fruit. In addition, the book contains a ...Show more
Everest Mountain Guide: The Remarkable Story of a Kiwi Mountaineer by Guy Cotter
$50.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
The book follows the career of Guy Cotter, Kiwi mountaineer and mountain guide, who has been leading guided ascents of Mt Everest from the early 1990’s. Everest Mountain Guide is an authentic and riveting behind-the-scenes insight into what actually transpires on the mountain, the huge challenges faced ...Show more
Fragments from a Contested Past (BWB Texts) by Joanna Kidman, Vincent O'Malley, Liana MacDonald, Tom Roa and Keziah Wallis
$17.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
‘What a nation or society chooses to remember and forget speaks to its contemporary priorities and sense of identity. Understanding how that process works enables us to better imagine a future with a different, or wider, set of priorities.’ History has rarely felt more topical or relevant as, all across ...Show more
The Hunter & the Gatherer by Catherine Lawson; David Bristow
$49.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Cruising is much more than just sailing. It's about travel, exploring empty shores and plunging into new cultures. It's about taking time for your passions and living in harmony with the watery world that buoys, sustains, and changes you. Dave, the hunter; Catherine, the gatherer; and their little fish ...Show more
Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World by Danielle Friedman
$24.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
'Well-researched and readable' - Financial Times'An absorbing, pacy read' - New Statesman'The story of lycra-clad feminism' - Stylist'Canny and informative' - The New YorkerThe untold history of women's exercise culture, from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda.
Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs by Johann Hari
$39.00 NZD
Category: Health and Wellbeing
The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus takes a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it sharing his personal experience on Ozempic and examining our ability to heal society's dysfunctional relationship with food, weight and our bodies. In January 2023, ...Show more
Work Less, Do More: Designing the 4-Day Week by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
'A must read for anyone interested in the 4-day week' - Heejung Chung, professor at the University of Kent and author of The Flexibility Paradox'This invaluable book offers a clear way forward: we don't need to burn ourselves out, we can work less and get more done' - Rebecca Seal, author of SOLO: How T ...Show more