The Scottish Clearances - A History of the Dispossessed, 1600-1900 by T. M. Devine
28.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Eighteenth-century Scotland is famed for generating many of the enlightened ideas which helped to shape the modern world. But there was in the same period another side to the history of the nation. Many of Scotland's people were subjected to coercive and sometimes violent change: traditional and customa ...Show more
Digital for Good - Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World by Richard Culatta
50.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Kids deserve a better digital future. Help them create it. When it comes to raising children in a digital world, every parent feels underprepared and overwhelmed. We worry that our children will become addicted to online games, be victims of cyberbullying, or get lost down the rabbit hole of social medi ...Show more
Tupac Shakur: The first and only Estate-authorised biography of the legendary artist by Staci Robinson
70.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
The first and only estate-authorised biography of the legendary rapper and an essential reevaluation of his legacy, fully illustrated with momentos, clothing, handwritten poetry, lyrics, musings and more.There are legends, and then there is Tupac.Tupac Shakur became one of the greatest and most controve ...Show more
Don't Look Left by Atef Abu Saif; Chris Hedges
45.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
On October 7, Israeli territory around the Erez border of Gaza Strip was invaded in a surprise attack by Hamas's Al Qassam Brigades. In response to this, the people of Gaza have been subjected to nearly three months of wholesale genocide. Over 20,000 civilians have been killed, an estimated million made ...Show more
Vladimir Putin: Life Coach (HB) by Rob Sears
28.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
What can the rise and reign of this century's most feared politician teach us about life, work and love? Rob Sears shows how the machinations that enabled Putin to dominate the Kremlin and undermine the United States could also help you take control of your mundane life. How would you like to ruin your ...Show more
The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke by Tina Makereti
38.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
While exhibited as a curiosity, a Maori boy turns his gaze on Victorian London. 'The hour is late. The candle is low. Tomorrow I will see whether it is my friends or a ship homewards I meet. But first I must finish my story for you. My future, my descendant, my mokopuna. Listen.?So begins the tale of Ja ...Show more
Lessons From the Edge: Inspirational Tales of Surviving, Thriving and Extreme Adventure by Aldo Kane
38.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
'The thinking man's action hero' - The Times MagazineTrained Royal Marines Sniper, world record breaker and extreme TV adventurer, Aldo Kane is known for his ability to navigate and lead through challenging and pressured environments, whether it be abseiling into an erupting volcano in the Democratic Re ...Show more
The Scots: A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat
28.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
History has always mattered to Scots, and rarely more so than now at the outset of a new century, after more than ten years of a new parliament and the new census of 2011. An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies and we carry the ancient story of Scotland around with us. ...Show more
Deadly Quiet City: Stories From Wuhan, COVID Ground Zero by Murong Xuecun
33.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
From one of China's most celebrated and silenced literary authors, Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City is an unforgettable collection of true stories from the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. On 23 January 2020, Wuhan was placed in total lockdown. The city of eleven million – the centre of ...Show more
Educated by Tara Westover
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with blood. She spent her summers bottling peaches and her winters rotating emergency supplies, hoping that when the World of Men failed, her family would continue on, unaffected. She hadn't b ...Show more
ADHD Explained: Your Toolkit to Understanding and Thriving by Edward Hallowell
45.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
A NYT best-selling doctor and TikToker offers a collection of quick-read insights to help a newly diagnosed generation understand their ADHD With a new wave of adult ADHD diagnoses sweeping the world, many are beginning to discover what it is that sets them apart, but few have learnt what it takes to th ...Show more
A Vintner's Tale by Peter Hubscher
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Of modest stature, from Central European stock and born in West Auckland, Peter Hubscher first trialled as a winemaker in Hawke’s Bay in the 1960s. His apprenticeship completed, he returned to the Waitākere Ranges to begin his career with Montana Wines and put into practice his vision for the undevelope ...Show more