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A Cry From The Far Middle by P. J. O'Rourke
$33.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
P.J. O'Rourke says we've worked ourselves into a state of anger and perplexity, and it's no surprise because perplexed and angry is what America has always been all about. This uproarious look at the current state of the United States includes essays like 'The New Puritanism - and Welcome to It,' about ...Show more
Unfinished by Priyanka Chopra Jones
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
A thoughtful and revealing memoir from one of the world's most recognizable women, renowned for her bold risk-taking, multiculturalism, and activism. "I am a product of traditional India and its ancient wisdom, and modern India and its urban bustle. My upbringing was always an amalgamation of the two I ...Show more
Welcome to Marwencol by Mark E. Hogancamp
$60.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs "Marwencol" with dolls representing his friends and family and creates life-like photographs detailing the town's many relationships a ...Show more
After Alexander: The Legacy of a Son by Jan Pryor
$30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Jan Pryor blends her personal experience of losing a child with her professional understanding of family dynamics and children's development. The clumsiness of consolation; the challenges of organising a funeral and what to do with Alexander's ashes; the isolation, being far from friends and family; con ...Show more
Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-Earth by Ian Nathan
$45.00 NZD
Category: Photography & Film | Reading Level: very good
The definitive history of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring brand-new interviews with Peter, his cast & crew. From the early days of daring to dream it could be done, through the highs and lows of making the f ...Show more
The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Energy Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman
$30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
The riveting, untold story of the tycoons behind the fracking controversy, from the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever "Remarkable...A great read, whether you are pro-fracking or against it". (Matthew Bishop, The Economist). "Smart, colourful, gripping' Financial Times 'Excellent, highly read ...Show more
How to Drink a Glass of Wine
$26.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
New Zealand has become one of the world's great wine-drinking and producing countries. After six years as a top wine writer, John Saker has blended a thousand impressions, delicious experiences and startled taste buds into an engrossing guide to the world's most loved - and debated - beverage. A glass o ...Show more
The Tattoo by Chris McKinney
$38.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
"A book about 'the sins of the fathers.' . . . A gritty, troubling book."--"The Honolulu Advertiser" "The other Hawai'i, the one tourists never get to see."--Ian MacMillan Ken Hideyoshi is the new guy in Halawa Correctional Institute. He's tough looking, a hard case, observes his cellmate Cal--the mute ...Show more
Oxygen by William Trubridge
$40.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The incredible under-water world of William Trubridge. A memoir of an aquatic affinity, the power of the subconscious mind and testing the limits of human physiology. William Trubridge spent his childhood on a sailing boat, waking to the sound of the sea. He set off for New Zealand from the UK with his ...Show more
Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk
$45.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Pity the Nation ranks among the classic accounts of war in our time, both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this remarkable book combines political analysis and war reporting in an unprecedented way: it isan epic ac ...Show more
Vladimir Putin: Life Coach 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 Good Doctor by Lance O'Sullivan
$38.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Lance O'Sullivan is a man on a mission. Raised in Auckland by a solo mother, he had a modest upbringing typical of the time, if one chequered with difficulties. After being expelled from two schools, Lance could have gone off the rails. Instead, he found his way at Hato Petera College, connecting with ...Show more