Notes From A Big Country: Journey Into the American Dream by Bill Bryson
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England, the world's best-loved travel writer upped sticks with Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al.and returned to li ...Show more
Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness by Tim S. Grover, Shari Wenk
35.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
From the elite performance coach for Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and many others - and the author of the powerful bestseller Relentless - a no-holds-barred formula for winning that is ideal for business people, athletes and anybody wanting to achieve success. In Relentless, Tim Grover show ...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
The Book Lover's Joke Book by A. Johnson
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
How many crime writers does it take to change a light bulb? A. Two. One to screw it most of the way in, and the other to give it an astonishing twist at the end. I slipped over in the library this morning. It was the non-friction section. Peter: What are you doing in that wardrobe? Lucy: Narnia busine ...Show more
Olympic Titanic Britannic by Simon Mills
55.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
The Titanic. The Britannic. The Olympic. They are some of the most famous ships in history, but for the wrong reasons.The Olympic Class liners were conceived as the largest, grandest ships ever to set sail. Of the three ships built, the first only lost the record for being the largest because she was be ...Show more
The Great Cave Rescue by James Massola
33.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
The complete story of the miraculous rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team boys and their coach in Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand in July 2018. Keen to go exploring after soccer practice, the boys of the Wild Boars soccer team ignored the sign at the cave entrance warning visitors not to enter duri ...Show more
Safe: How to Stay Safe in a Dangerous World by Chris Ryan
25.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
SAS hero Chris Ryan tells you how to keep your family safe in a dangerous world. In today's increasingly hostile climate people are anxious about how to keep themselves safe. In 2016, Chris Ryan's family was targeted by a terrorist cell. He didn't know who they were, or where they might strike. All he ...Show more
Heroes by Stephen Fry
37.00 NZD
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends
Mortals and Monsters Quests and Adventures Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fl ...Show more
Soundings - Diving for stories in the beckoning sea by Kennedy Warne
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
For the past 40 years, Kennedy Warne, one of New Zealand's best-known nature writers and commentators, has been exploring the underwater world. His love of the ocean began as a small boy sailing and fishing with this father on the Hauraki Gulf and was further strengthened by a degree in marine biology. ...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
The Re:Fashion Wardrobe by Portia Lawrie
50.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Reuse and sew a sustainable capsule wardrobe that is tailored to you - and with it, break the cycle of throw-away fashion, with Portia Lawrie, leader of the Refashioners - fashion reuse pioneers. Every year, tons of clothing are sent to landfill, much of it owing to fast fashion and our desire to throw ...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