Feijoa: A Story of Obsession and Belonging by Kate Evans
$39.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Inspired by a personal obsession with this singular exotic fruit, Feijoa is a sweeping, global tale about the dance between people and plants - how we need each other, how we change each other, and the surprising ways certain species make their way into our imaginations, our stomachs, and our hearts. ...Show more
From Renter to Owner - Practical, innovative ways to buy your own home today by Susan Edmunds
$29.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
How to buy your first home - sooner rather than later Do the chances of buying your first home seem akin to winning the lottery? Well, don't despair because respected property and business journalist Susan Edmunds has done the hard work to reveal how to get you into your first home - sooner rather than ...Show more
Going Places : Migration, Economics and the Future of New Zealand (BWB Texts) by Julie Fry
$14.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
Migration and the movement of people is one of the critical issues confronting the world's nations in the twenty-first-century. This book is about the economic contribution of migration to and from New Zealand, one of the most frequently discussed aspects of the debate. Can immigration, in economic ter ...Show more
Good Blood - A Doctor, a Donor, and the Incredible Breakthrough That Saved Millions of Babies by Julian Guthrie
$22.50 NZD
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Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
A remarkable, uplifting story about one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century In 1951 in Sydney, Australia, a fourteen-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a transfusion of blood that saved his life. A few years later, and half a world away, a shy you ...Show more
Green Nation Revolution: Use Your Future to Change the World by Valentina Giannella, Lucia Esther Maruzzelli
$11.00 NZD
$22.00 (50% off)
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Take your place in the Green Nation, a nation without geographical borders that unites the youth of today in their fight for the planet. From the economy and new professions, to advanced technology and sustainable start-ups, learn how the world needs to change in order to secure its future, and find o ...Show more
Guarded by Dragons: Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People by Rick Gekoski
$29.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
The Times Best Literary Non-fiction Books 2021 - 'a super yarn''Rick Gekoski's encyclopaedic knowledge of rare books is matched only by the enthusiasm and brio with which he writes about them' Ian RankinRick Gekoski has been traversing the rocky terrain of the rare book trade for over fifty years. The t ...Show more
He Awa Whiria: Braiding the knowledge streams in research, policy and practice
$50.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
The concept of a braided river – he awa whiria – inspired the creation by pioneering educational researcher Professor Angus Macfarlane of a framework connecting Indigenous and Western perspectives. The He Awa Whiria framework has been used to support bicultural partnership approaches to policy devel ...Show more
Hidden Agendas by John Pilger
$15.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
'Hidden Agendas' is one of John Pilger's most substantial and challenging books. It strips away the layers of deception, dissembling language and omission that prevent us from understanding how the world really works. From the invisible corners of Tony Blair's New Britain to Burma, Vietnam, Australi ...Show more
His Truth Is Marching On - John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham; John Lewis (Afterword by)
$37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
A timely and inspiring portrait of civil rights hero and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the quest for equal rights from the 1950s to the present--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of America. John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten o ...Show more
Hitler's Peace by Philip Kerr
$34.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
A gripping alternative history thriller set in the Second World War, from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther novels. Autumn 1943. Hitler knows he cannot win the war: now he must find a way to make peace. FDR and Stalin are willing to negotiate; only Churchill refu ...Show more
Hold my Hand, Rosie. Don't Let Go: A mother-and-daughter story of addiction, despair, and hope by Madeline & Rosie Redding
$34.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Rosie is a shy young teenager when she starts experimenting with alcohol. When Rosie’s parents finally realise that their beloved daughter is having problems with her drinking, Rosie is firmly in the grip of alcoholism. What follows is the true story of a family’s battle over ten years to find help for ...Show more