Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs by Linda Olsson
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
A stunning first novel that was to become an international bestseller. Veronika, a writer in her early thirties, rents a house in the Swedish countryside to finish her novel. She is also cocooning herself from her past. She befriends Astrid, a reclusive older woman who has lived in the village all her l ...Show more
Life On Volcanoes by Janet McAllister (ed.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
This showcase of five lively, smart, thoughtful writers promises to be a valuable and very readable contribution to New Zealand's cultural, social and political discourse - housed within a small, covetable, high quality hard-cover book complete with colour illustrations. The contributors are Tze Ming Mo ...Show more
Lioness by Emily Perkins
$36.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eaten. It was like that with Claire, for me. From humble beginnings, Therese has let herself grow used to a life of luxury after marrying into an empire-building family. But when rumours of corruption gather ...Show more
Lost and Found - My Story of Heartbreak and Hope by Toni Street
$36.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
Toni Street's easy on-air style and warm personality has made her a firm favourite with thousands of New Zealanders. But behind the bubbly persona, is a story of heartbreak and resilience. Toni and her twin brother Lance were the much-loved first children of Taranaki dairy farmers Geoff and Wendy Street ...Show more
Machines That Think! - Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 by Don Brown
$21.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult) | Series: BIG IDEAS That Changed the World Ser.
Award-winning author Don Brown explores computers and technology in book two of the Big Ideas series Machines That Think explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines. Included are fascinating looks a ...Show more
Make Love Work - A Practical Guide to Relationship Success by Nic Beets
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
Proven, practical strategies to help your relationship and make it flourish. 'Insightful, practical and inspiring . . . required reading for anyone in or venturing into a relationship.' - Jennifer Ward-Lealand, actor and intimacy coordinator. We all want to make the most of our relationship. We hope i ...Show more
Manhood: Is a Serious Business by Cath Tate
$19.98 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
In the realm of amusing, deadpan greetings cards, Cath Tate is the original and best. In her thirty-year career she has created thousands of witty, original and often subversive cards, featuring grim-faced old ladies, ludicrously dressed 1920s gentlemen and bizarre-looking children, paired with text tha ...Show more
Maori Boy - A Memoir of Childhood by Witi Ihimaera
$39.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
This is the first volume of Witi Ihimaera's enthralling memoir, packed with stories of the formative years of this much-loved writer. Witi Ihimaera is a consummate storyteller - one critic calling him one of our 'finest and most memorable'. Some of his best stories, however, are about his own life. This ...Show more
Mindfulness Journal: Exercises to Find Peace and Calm Wherever You are by Corinne Sweet
$24.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
In today's busy world, finding physical and mental space for peace and calm amidst the competing demands of work, family and friends can be a challenge. Mindfulness is a simple and powerful practice that can help you cut through the noise and reclaim tranquillity, wherever you are. The Mindfulness Journ ...Show more
Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination by Robert Macfarlane
$27.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
Mountains of the Mind is a beautifully written synthesis of climbing memoir and cultural history. Once we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride.In this ground-breaking, cl ...Show more
Mrs Jewell and the Wreck of the General Grant by Cristina Sanders
$36.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
It’s 1866 and the three-masted sailing ship General Grant is on the southern route from Melbourne to London, with gold from the diggings secreted in returning miners’ hems and pockets. In the fog and the dark, the ship strikes the cliffs of the Auckland Islands, is sucked into a cave and wrecked. Only f ...Show more
Mune - An Autobiography by Ian Mune
$49.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
Ian Mune's resonant growl and his characterful face are an institution in the world of New Zealand theatre, film and TV. Instantly recognised by generations of New Zealanders, he has been a central figure of screen and stage in this country since the 1960s. Ian Mune grew up in Tauranga, and had an early ...Show more