Sailors, Settlers and Sinners by Moira Taylor
$29.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
An escape on foot from captivity in France in 1810, the attempted murder of a young wife in New Zealand and a heroic death in the Transvaal in 1880 are just three of the extraordinary stories recounted in Sailors, Settlers & Sinners. Beginning in the port of Hull in East Yorkshire during the French ...Show more
The Secret Life of John le Carre by Adam Sisman
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carre was alive. Secrecy came naturally to John le Carre, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait ...Show more
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War - How J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm Of 1914-18 by Joseph Loconte
$38.00 NZD
Category: Reference
Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia, and perhaps no conversion to Christianity by C. S. Lewis. The First World War laid waste to a continent and brought about the end of innocence--and the end of faith. Unlike a generation of young writers who l ...Show more
Essentials by David Whyte
$40.00 NZD
Category: Spirituality
'Great poems,' David Whyte has said, 'are not about experience, but are the experience itself, felt in the body.' Essentials is a collection of his own best poems, each in their way about capturing the experience itself, whether that is in the daily shifts, the ever-turning seasons or the bigger cycle o ...Show more
Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr
$52.00 NZD
Category: Spirituality
An update to the bestselling book from Franciscan Father Richard Rohr In the revised and updated edition of Falling Upward, Richard Rohr seeks to help readers come to terms with the two halves of life. In this book, Rohr teaches us that we can''t understand the meaning of "up" until we have fallen ...Show more
Great Britain 15 (Lonely Planet) by Kerry Walker, Isabel Albiston, Oliver Berry, Joe Bindloss, Keith Drew, Dan Fahey, Kay Gillespie, Laurie Goodlad, Sarah Irving, Emily Luxton, Mike MacEacheran, James March, Hugh McNaughtan, Lorna Parkes, Joseph Reaney, Tasmin Waby
$45.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Guide Ser.
Lonely Planet's Great Britain is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Puzzle the mysteries of Stonehenge, sip whisky in Scotland, and hike the mountains of Wales; all with your trusted travel ...Show more
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing by Richard Dawkins
$38.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Oxford Landmark Science Ser.
Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory. This is a ...Show more
The Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-first Century by Josh Cook
$33.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
The essays in The Art of Libromancy explore the politics, philosophies, technologies, emotional experience, and craft of selling books in the twenty-first century. In a society filled with misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and propaganda, true storytelling and story-reading are more ...Show more
A Nasty Little War: The Western Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution by Anna Reid
$40.00 NZD
Category: War
In the closing months of WW1, with the world exhausted and depleted by a long a brutal war, fifteen nations cobbled together an army of nearly 200,000 men and embarked on one of the most extraordinary and ambitious military ventures of the twentieth century. The Intervention in Russia's civil war was sp ...Show more
Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook: Artisanal Baking from Around the World by Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez
$90.00 NZD
Category: Cooking
Authentic multiethnic breads from the New York City bakery with a mission At first glance Hot Bread Kitchen may look like many other bakeries. Multigrain sandwich loaves, sourdough batards, baguettes, and Parker House rolls line the glass case up front in the small shop. But so, too, do sweet Mexican co ...Show more
Gut Check by Steven R. MD Gundry
$40.00 NZD
Category: Health
In this groundbreaking addition to his New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series, Steven R.Gundry, MD offers a definitive guide to the gut biome and its control over its home—us!—revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our gut ...Show more
Minute Taking Madness by Robyn Bennett
$32.00 NZD
Category: Reference
Do you want to write minutes quickly and alleviate what can sometimes be a stressful task? Minute Taking Madness is jam packed with tips and techniques on: -how the critical relationship between the minute taker and the chairperson can make or break your minutes -the tools to use to take minutes -sugg ...Show more