Madhouse at the End of the Earth - The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
$19.50 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A new classic of extreme endurance - Into Thin Air meets The Perfect Storm in 19th century Antarctica 'The next great contribution to polar literature' -- Hampton Sides 'An unforgettable tale brilliantly told' -- Scott Anderson 'It grips from first sentence to last' -- Lawrence Osborne The harrowing, su ...Show more
Magus - The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
$75.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
At the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure- the magus. An unstable mix of scientist, bibliophile, engineer, fabulist and fraud, the magus ushered in modern physics and chemistry while also working on everything from secret codes to ...Show more
Manhood - A Book about Setting Men Free by Steve Biddulph
$12.50 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Mantel Pieces by Hilary Mantel
$22.49 NZD
$44.99 (50% off)
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three dec ...Show more
Maui Street (Māui Street) (BWB Texts) by Morgan Godfery
$15.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Everyone lives a messy, unusual life. There is no normal. The sooner our politics understands this, the better off we will all be.' Morgan Godfery is one of New Zealands most energising young thinkers. In just a few years he has become a leading voice in the countrýs social and political life. Starting ...Show more
Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land by Rachel Cockerell
$40.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
On June 7th 1907, a ship packed with Russian Jews sets sail into the Atlantic. It is heading not to Jerusalem or New York, as many on board have dreamt, but to Texas. The man who persuades the passengers to go is David Jochelmann, Rachel Cockerell's great-grandfather. It marks the beginning of the Galve ...Show more
Miller's Collectables Handbook and Price Guide 2021-2022 by Judith Miller
$30.00 NZD
$60.00 (50% off)
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
All entries new for each edition. Miller's Collectables Handbook & Price Guide 2021-2022 is the up-to-date guide to the collectables market no dealer, collector or auctioneer should be without. Featuring more than 4,000 objects in full colour, each with a detailed description and price range, the b ...Show more
Mom and Me and Mom (#7) by Maya Angelou
$27.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
'In the first decade of the twentieth century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.'So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of a gambling business and rooming house, and mother to Maya Angelou, b ...Show more
Moon Memphis by Margaret Littman
$15.00 NZD
$29.99 (49% off)
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
From legendary barbecue to famous blues, soak up the best of Bluff City with Moon Memphis. See the Sites: Immerse yourself in history at the National Civil Rights Museum or the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. Pay respects to the King at Graceland, take an evening stroll down Beale Street where t ...Show more
Mountains to Sea: Solving New Zealand's Freshwater Crisis (BWB Texts) by Mike Joy (editor)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Series: BWB texts | Reading Level: very good
The state of New Zealand's freshwater has become an urgent public issue in recent years. From across the political spectrum, concern is growing about the pollution of New Zealand's rivers and streams. We all know they need fixing. But how do we do it? 'It strikes me with great clarity that if you look ...Show more
Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love by MURAKAMI HARUKI
$38.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet. Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Haruki Murakami's books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans ...Show more
My Russia: War or Peace? by Mikhail Shishkin
$39.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what is the real story behind Putin's autocratic regime and its invasion of Ukraine?In My Russia: War or Peace? Shishkin traces the roots of Russia ...Show more