Amazing World Atlas (Lonely Planet Kids) by Alexa Ward, Alexa Ward
$30.00 NZD
Category: Geography | Series: Lonely Planet Kids
Bringing planet earth to life, this colourful and fun addition to Lonely Planet Kids takes you on a trip around the world that you'll never forget. Filled with continental and regional maps, lively text, an entry for every country on the planet, plus mind-blowing facts, and an emphasis on the species th ...Show more
Infographic Guide to the Globe (HB) by Gwen Keraval
$27.00 NZD
Category: Geography | Series: Lonely Planet Kids
Which ocean is the largest? What pet is most popular in different parts of the world? How far away is each planet from the sun? Learn these and dozens of other fascinating facts about our planet and its inhabitants in Lonely Planet Kids' Infographic Guide to the Globe, a dynamically-illustrated guide fu ...Show more
The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed by Helen Scales
$24.99 NZD
Category: Rivers & Oceans
The deep sea is the last, vast wilderness on the planet. For centuries, myth-makers and storytellers have concocted imaginary monsters of the deep, and now scientists are looking there to find bizarre, unknown species, chemicals to make new medicines, and to gain a greater understanding of how this worl ...Show more
The Times Concise Atlas of the World - 14th Edition by Times Atlases
$200.00 NZD
Category: Geography
A fully revised and updated edition of this major world atlas in the authoritative and prestigious Times Atlas range. This beautifully designed atlas has all the information you need, whether planning a trip, keeping in touch with world news, solving quizzes and crosswords or just exploring the world fr ...Show more
The Next Great Migration - The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah
$33.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
'Rich with eclectic research and on-the-ground reporting, Shah's book presents us with a dazzlingly original picture of our relentlessly mobile species' NAOMI KLEIN'Fascinating . . . Likely to prove prophetic in the coming months and years' OBSERVER'A dazzling tour through 300 years of scientific histor ...Show more
The Golden Maze - A biography of Prague by Richard Fidler
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is back with a personally curated history of the magical city that is Prague. In 1989, Richard Fidler was living in London as part of the provocative Australian comedy trio The Doug Anthony All Stars when revolution br ...Show more
Antarctic Atlas: A Continent in 70 Maps by Peter Fretwell
$70.00 NZD
Category: Geography
Remote, evocative and romantic, the frozen continent holds a unique place in the psyche of humanity. It is a world apart. Separated geographically from warmer lands by the cold and tumultuous waters of the Southern Ocean and separated in our mind by just as wide a chasm. Antarctica is different to other ...Show more
Upriver - From the Sea to the Southern Alps by Colin Heinz
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Upriver will appeal to everyone who loves New Zealand’s South Island/Te Waipounamu and wants to find out more about the formation of its diverse landscapes and the story of human settlement since the very first landings about eight centuries ago. It will also provide all the information needed by those ...Show more
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people by Michael Wood
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
China's story is extraordinarily rich and dramatic. Now Michael Wood, one of the UK's pre-eminent historians, brings it all together in a major new one-volume history of China that is essential for reading for anyone who wants to understand its burgeoning role in our world today.China is the oldest livi ...Show more
Antlers of Water - Writing on the Nature and Environment of Scotland by Kathleen Jamie (Editor)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Nature Writing
The first ever collection of contemporary Scottish writing on nature and landscape, Antlers of Water showcases the diversity and radicalism of new Scottish nature writing today.Edited, curated and introduced by the award-winning Kathleen Jamie, and featuring prose, poetry and photography, this inspiring ...Show more
Himalaya - A Human History HB by Ed Douglas
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
This is the first major history of the Himalaya- an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains. Spanning millennia, from its earliest inhabitants to the present conflicts over Tibet and Everest, Himalaya is a soaring account of resilience and conquest, discovery ...Show more
The Unsettling of Europe by Peter Gatrell
$30.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize 2020 A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2019 'Peter Gatrell has produced a tour de force ... This important and timely work on one of the most challenging issues in modern Europe deserves to be widely read.' - Ian Kershaw Migrants have stood at the he ...Show more