The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary by Sarah Ogilvie
40.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common? They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men; its longest-serving editor, James Murray, devoted 36 years to the ...Show more
How to Drink a Glass of Wine by John Saker
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 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
Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions by John Kotter
33.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
This charming story about a penguin colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how we deal with the issue of change: handle the challenge well and you can prosper greatly; handle it poorly and you put yourself at risk. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many ye ...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
Backyard to Backpack by Evie Farrell
37.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Inspiring true story of a single mum and daughter who traded a conventional life in the suburbs for a life lived fully together travelling the world. What if you followed your heart to a life that made you truly happy? When her daughter Emmie was 6 years old, Evie Farrell left her corporate career, sol ...Show more
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
38.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Ray: "Traitor or Patriot? Now we have Edward Snowden’s own story — high-school dropout; hacker; joined the Army after 9/11; top secret security clearance at the age of 22. Will make you wonder about the wisdom of Australia sharing its intelligence with the U.S. And make you worry about how much the gov ...Show more
Denali: The Story of an Exceptional Dog by Ben Moon
33.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
In the bestselling tradition of Finding Gobi and Marley & Me, the moving story of a dog, his human and the friendship that saved both their lives - and inspired countless others. Ben Moon had no intention of getting a dog until he met the soulful gaze of a husky-pit bull cross pup in a rescue shel ...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 Opposite of Butterfly Hunting by Evanna Lynch
35.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
'Gradually, I began to feel this dawning awareness that womanhood was coming for me, that it was looming inevitably, and it didn't feel safe... While those around me tried to expedite it, simulate it, exacerbate it, I tried to strangle it.'A raw and compelling new memoir from actress and activist Evanna ...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
Sevens Sisters by Rikki Swannell
40.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
When Tyla Nathan-Wong popped over the conversion in what was the final act of the Rio Olympic gold medal match, her distraught face said it all. It was a look that was mirrored across the faces of the entire New Zealand team, slumped around the ground at the Deodoro Stadium as Australia celebrated their ...Show more