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
Reading Lessons: The books we read at school, the conversations they spark and why they matter by Carol Atherton
48.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
An English teacher's love letter to reading and teaching- an eye-opening journey through the books we read at school, the impact they made on us then and what we can take from them now. How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny? Can Jane Eyre encourage us to speak out? What can ...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 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
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
Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy by Barbara Johnson
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
"Pain is inevitable but misery is optional," says Barbara Johnson, and she should know. The survivor of four devastating experiences, Barbara, with the wit of Erma Bombeck, teaches how to find joy in the midst of it all.
From Utmost East to Utmost West: My Life of Exploration and Adventure by John Blashford-Snell
50.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
An anthology of writings from John Blashford-Snell, one of the world's greatest living adventurers and explorers, featuring highlights from the hundred or so expeditions he has organised and led, in Africa, Asia and the Americas. 'Without doubt JBS, as many know him, is one of the world's most eminent e ...Show more