What Would Wednesday Do? Embrace Your Villain Era and Thrive by Press Pop
24.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Embrace your dark side and thrive with the assertive wisdom of Wednesday Addams Don't let the normies get you down Wednesday's withering stare, unflinching drive and macabre interests mark her as a true symbol of rebellion. Much like the rest of her iconic family, she celebrates what makes her different ...Show more
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
28.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
In her instant, multi-month New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls "grit." "Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere" (People). The daughter of a scient ...Show more
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography by Rob Wilkins
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
An insightful and moving biography detailing the extraordinary life of award-winning and bestselling author Terry Pratchett, written by Rob Wilkins, his friend, former assistant, and now head of the author's literary estate. At the time of his death in 2015, award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terr ...Show more
The Anarchy: The Rise and Fall of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
33.00 NZD
Category: History
'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India - A book of beauty' Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by English merchants who collected ...Show more
Troublesome Words (PB) by Bill Bryson
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
What's the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words, Bill Bryson offers a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage that has been an indispensable companion to t ...Show more
Hog, Dogs and a Rifle by Kim Swan
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Hunter, adventurer and general outdoor enthusiast Kim Swan has been entertaining Kiwis for decades with her hunting escapades. In this, her tenth, book, Kim Swan shares her favourite pig-hunting stories from recent years, from the hilarious to the hair-raising and even the heartbreaking. Send Kim out i ...Show more
Natives - Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala
28.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
'My book of the year. It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now. This is the book I've been waiting for - for years' Benjamin Zephaniah 'A potent combination of autobiography and political history which holds up a mirror to contemporary Britain' Independent 'A history lesso ...Show more
Touching The Void by Joe Simpson
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
'Touching the Void' is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1995. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frost-bitten, with news that ...Show more
How to be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Mike Schur
36.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a foolproof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on earth, forever How can we live a more ethical life? This question has plag ...Show more
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg
65.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
It seems like an impossible task - secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed that the world has never seen, in the face of vast and powerful forces -not just oil tycoons and governments, but the changing climate system itself. The odds are against us, and we are running out of time. B ...Show more
The Choice by Edith Eger
28.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
THE AWARDWINNING, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The Choice is a gift to humanity. One of those rare and eternal stories that you don't want to end and that leave you forever changed' DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize LaureateIn 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimagin ...Show more
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scien ...Show more