My Own Country by Abraham Verghese
$46.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an "urban problem" had arrived in the town to stay. Working in John ...Show more
The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss by Abraham Verghese
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the coun ...Show more
Nobody Really Has Their Sh*t Together: Doodles To Make You Feel Kind Of Better by Luke John Matthew Arnold
$28.00 NZD
Category: Creativity
In Nobody Really Has Their Sh*t Together, illustrator star Luke John Matthew Arnold shares his no-bullshit, somewhat inspirational and very hilarious doodles. This bold little book is a beautiful gift for yourself or anyone you love, to bring a smile in tough moments. For most of us, every day comes w ...Show more
1809 Thunder on the Danube - Volume 3: Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs: Wagram and Znaim by John H. Gill
$50.00 NZD
Category: War
With this third volume John Gill brings to a close his magisterial study of the war between Napoleonic France and Habsburg Austria. The account begins with both armies recuperating on the banks of the Danube. As they rest, important action was taking place elsewhere: Eugene won a crucial victory over Jo ...Show more
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects by Weston Price
$65.00 NZD
Category: Health
A compendium of ancestral wisdom, Weston Price's 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration' is considered to be a masterpiece by many nutrition researchers who followed in his footsteps.
Radical Wholeness by Philip Shepherd
$40.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
This new book by the author of New Self, New Worldshows that the primary deficiency inflicted on us by our culture is the inability to feel wholeness-in the self, the body, and the world around us. Because we have been systematically trained to numb ourselves to wholeness and to confine our attention to ...Show more
Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion by Louise Willder
$33.00 NZD
Category: Reference
'The bookiest book about books you'll ever read - I loved it' Lucy Mangan'Truly delightful...I couldn't have had more fun' Benjamin Dreyer'Very funny, erudite and profound. A delight!' Nina Stibbe This is the outside story of books. From blurbs to titles, quotes to (checks jacket) cute animal designs ...Show more
Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Toye
$28.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: Very Short Introductions
Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as something negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the 'art of persuasion', it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we are constantly exposed to the rhetor ...Show more
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
$38.00 NZD
Category: Finance
Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money--investing, personal finance, and business decisions--is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. B ...Show more
Plated : A Lifetime Love Affair With Food by Tina Duncan
$60.00 NZD
Category: Cooking
Renowned New Zealand cook, caterer and cooking school tutor Tina Duncan has always held a deep love for cooking for others – be it around the kitchen table, at dinner parties, or catering for thousands of weddings and corporate events. A lifetime love affair with food has finally culminated in this outs ...Show more
Iconic Kiwi Pubs: From Mangonui to Bluff by George Lockyer
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
If you really want to know what makes a town tick, look no further than the local pub.To create this tribute to that integral part of our culture - the Kiwi pub - George Lockyer has travelled the length and breadth of New Zealand visiting the country's public houses, bars and hotels. Along the way, he h ...Show more