Daughters of Kobani by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
37.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won. In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. But that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of: Ko ...Show more
Slipping The Moorings by Richard Randerson
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
A memoir of 50 years of change in church and society as experienced by New Zealand priest and bishop, Richard Randerson CNZM. The book outlines Richard's role as change agent and public advocate on issues such as anti-apartheid, nuclear-free NZ, women in leadership, same-sex relationships, marriage equa ...Show more
The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris
50.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear- mankind's military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. The war's new weaponry, from tanks to shrapnel, enabled slaughter on an industrial scale, and given the nature of trench warfare, thous ...Show more
A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice by Hana Walker-Brown
38.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should.A 14-year old-rugby player is told to play on through multiple blows. He never wakes up from the last one.A scientist reveals endemic brain disease in NFL players and is discredited.A survivor of domestic abuse can't remember details when standing up ...Show more
An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language by Ali Almossawi, Alejandro Giraldo
37.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
The creators of An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments return at last with a desperately timely guide to rhetoric.Tens of thousands of demonstrators packed the city's streets on Friday. The actual count was 250,000. Why tens of thousands, then, and not a quarter million?The grocer takes woke orders on its ...Show more
Talking to my Daughter About the Economy - A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
35.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Yanis Varoufakis, the bestselling author of Adults in the Room, uses personal stories and famous myths to explain what economics is and why it has the power to change our world. Why is there so much inequality?In this intimate and accessible book, world famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to answ ...Show more
A Quiet Kitchen by Nici Wickes
45.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Nici Wickes has gained a strong and loyal following for her uncomplicated approach to cooking great food. Now this much-loved food writer brings us a new collection of recipes inspired by lockdown in her little cottage by the sea.
A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
The Ukrainian people's message to the world - the only book officially authorised by President Volodymyr Zelensky. The words of a man. The message of a people. Bringing together a new introduction by Volodymyr Zelensky with his most powerful war speeches, this book recounts Ukraine's story through the ...Show more
New Zealand's Biggest Year by Harry Boorman
40.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
New Zealand’s Biggest Year is an epic birding tale of how two friends become rivals and set out to break the all-time record for the most Aotearoa New Zealand bird species seen in one calendar year. Their rivalry results in more birds being spotted in a single year than ever before and two national reco ...Show more
Blood & Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand by Jared Davidson
50.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Series: 1st
'Picture, for a minute, every artwork of colonial New Zealand you can think of. Now add a chain gang. Hard labour men guarded by other men with guns. Men moving heavy metal. Men picking at the earth. Over and over again. This was the reality of nineteenth-century New Zealand.' Forced labour haunts the ...Show more
Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Series: Bryson Ser.
"Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northe ...Show more
Simple Wholefoods by Sophie Steevens
50.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
With simplicity, nutritious goodness and bold flavours in mind Sophie Steevens shares 100 new, moreish recipes in Simple Wholefoods. Plant-based, gluten-free and refined sugar-free, these modern, family-friendly recipes all use ingredients as close to their natural state as possible. As well as new scru ...Show more