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Sapiens: A Graphic History - The Birth of Humankind - Volume 1 by Yuval Noah Harari; David Vandermeulen, Daniel Casanave
$48.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
The first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's global phenomenon and smash Sunday Times #1 bestseller, with gorgeous full-colour illustrations and a beautiful package - the perfect gift for the curious beings in your life.One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species ...Show more
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale
$33.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
'A page-turner with the authority of history' PHILIPPA GREGORY'As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read' SARAH WATERSLondon, 1938. Alma Fielding, an ordinary young woman, begins to experience supernatural events in her suburban home. Nandor Fodor - a Jewish-Hungarian refug ...Show more
24 Hours in the Kiwi Bush by Gillian Torckler
$20.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
When night falls and all is quiet, there is a whole world of activity, deep in the heart of our native bush . . . Get up close and personal with the flora and fauna of our country over a 24-hour cycle. Follow the nocturnal kiwi and weta as they scour the forest floor for food in the early hours; flit a ...Show more
Hope in Hell - Confronting the Climate Emergency by Jonathon Porritt
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
'Brave and unflinching in setting out the reality of the hell towards which we're headed, but even more urgent, passionate and compelling about the grounds for hope if we change course fast enough, Hope in Hell is a powerful call to arms from one of Britain's most eloquent and trusted campaigners.' Caro ...Show more
24 Hours on the Kiwi Seashore by Gillian Torckler
$20.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
When the sun rises on the seashore, all manner of creatures emerge from their slumber to see the breaking dawn . . . Discover the busy ecosystem of our country's seashore over a 24-hour cycle. Observe the seals and yellow-eyed penguins who come ashore to sleep; dive beneath the waves to frolic with the ...Show more
Rebel Without a Clause by Susan Butler
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
The English language is changing constantly. We invent new words and phrases, we mash up idioms, we mispronounce, misuse, misappropriate. Sue Butler has heard it all and is ready to defend and disagree with common usage. Veering from tolerance to outrage, she examines how the word sheila took a nose-div ...Show more
Family Trusts by Martin Hawes
$35.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
In 2021, The Trusts Act 2019 comes into force. This is the first major trust law reform in New Zealand in 70 years. Many of the key changes are aimed at making trust law more accessible to both lawyers and the public, strengthening the ability of beneficiaries to hold trustees to account. Anyone involve ...Show more
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
A New York Times bestseller to be adapted into a film with Jennifer Lawrence to star. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup 'unicorn' promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that woul ...Show more
A Life of Extremes - The Life and Times of a Polar Filmmaker by Max Quinn
$50.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Max Quinn's filmmaking career has taken him to the ends of the earth; from his native New Zealand to Alaska; Antarctica to the Arctic. A Life of Extremes is a personal account of his travel and work in these remote locations. It focuses on Max's polar filmmaking experiences, which started in 1991 when h ...Show more
Nature Stilled by Jane Ussher
$70.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Award-winning photographer Jane Ussher had unprecedented access to Te Papa's natural history collection to shoot this outstanding book, and the result is a true treasure. Beautifully packaged, and stunningly photographed, it is a must-have for any book lover's collection and a perfect gift.
Pandemic Century - A History of Contagion From The Spanish Flu To Covid 19 by Mark Honigsbaum
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year The most timely and informative history book you will read this year, tracing a century of pandemics, with a new chapter on COVID-19. Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disea ...Show more
The Jog on Journal by Bella Mackie
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
The essential companion to the Sunday Times bestselling Jog On - a funny, practical guide to managing your mental health through exercise. Bella Mackie isn't your average coach - she's much swearier, and she's never going to give you a nutrition plan or join you on a marathon. But through her inspiring ...Show more
