Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
"The Prize" recounts the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. "The Prize" is as much a history of the twentieth century as ...Show more
Landlines by Raynor Winn
45.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SALT PATH AND THE WILD SILENCE Global bestselling author Raynor Winn returns with her third and most ambitious memoir, a chronicle of her journey across Great Britain. As the fracture lines between nations grow wider, how do we relate to each other, and t ...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 Story of the World in 100 Moments by Neil Oliver
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
We reveal ourselves not through what we display but through what we conceal and discard; a rusty trowel, a crooked needle, the hilt of a sword, these are the objects that furnish our lives. Priceless is not just about obvious treasure, gold and jewels, but also those unexpected, unintended glimpses of t ...Show more
Banned Books by DK
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
A compelling illustrated account of history's most famous banned written worksDiscover the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published.Censorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is "acceptable" in published works hav ...Show more
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
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
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
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
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
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
Father of the Lost Boys by Yuot A. Alaak
37.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
During the Second Sudanese Civil war, thousands of South Sudanese boys were displaced from their villages or orphaned in attacks from northern government troops. Many became refugees in Ethiopia. There, in 1989, teacher and community leader Mecak Ajang Alaak assumed care of the Lost Boys in a bid to pro ...Show more