Imperial Island - A History of Empire in Modern Britain by Charlotte Lydia Riley
40.00 NZD
Category: History
'Incisive, important, and incredibly timely' CAROLINE ELKINS, author of Legacy of ViolenceThis riveting new history tells the story of Britain's journey from imperial power to a nation divided.After the Second World War, Britain's overseas empire disintegrated. But over the next seventy years, empire ca ...Show more
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004-2021 by Margaret Atwood
35.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
An exhilarating collection of non-fiction from the bestselling, double Booker Prize-winning phenomenon that is Margaret Atwood From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions su ...Show more
The Farm Table: A Cookbook by Julius Roberts
65.00 NZD
Category: Food & Drink
The first book from TV chef and farmer, Julius Roberts. Offering simple, rustic seasonal recipes and stories from his Dorset small-holding, The Farm Table will appeal to buyers of Nigel Slater's The Kitchen Dairies (294k TCM), The Naked Chef and Jamie at Home, and Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's River Cot ...Show more
Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia by Marie Darrieussecq
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
"I lost sleep. I retraced my steps but sleep wasn’t following me. It had broken free and I was wandering through the night without it. The world is divided into those who can sleep and those who can’t. What is it like to live with chronic insomnia? For Marie Darrieussecq, not sleeping began after the bi ...Show more
Would that be funny?: Growing up with John Clarke by Lorin Clarke
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
A family memoir about the beloved comedian John Clarke by his daughter, writer Lorin Clarke. A warm, witty and uplifting book about how our families make us who we are. When satirist John Clarke died in April 2017, many people mourned his passing as if they had lost a friend or a member of the family. ...Show more
RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Design - Be Inspired to Plan, Build, and Plant Your Perfect Outdoor Space by Chris Young (Editor-In-Chief)
75.00 NZD
Category: Gardening
Do you long to create the garden of your dreams? Turn ideas into reality with this brand new edition of the classic design bible.Whatever the size of your garden space, and whether starting with a blank canvas or renewing an existing garden, this in-depth manual offers fresh, achievable ideas.Produced t ...Show more
Edible Economics - A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang
30.00 NZD
Category: Economics
Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too-disciplined subject of economics For decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy. Bestselling author and economist Ha ...Show more
The Second World War: An Illustrated History by James Holland
70.00 NZD
Category: History
The Second World War is brought to life with captivating colour and detail, in this illustrated history from renowned historian James Holland and award-winning artist Keith BurnsFrom the internationally acclaimed historian James Holland comes an enthralling and illuminating account of the key battles an ...Show more
The Facemaker : One Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of WWI by Lindsey Fitzharris
30.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind's military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. The war's new weaponry, from tanks to shrapnel, enabled slaughter on an industrial scale, and given the nature of trench warfare, thous ...Show more
Fearless: Finding the Power to Thrive by Jelena Dokic
40.00 NZD
Category: Self-help
How do you find hope when all is lost? How do you find strength when you feel broken? How do you find your voice when you feel worthless and scared? In Jelena Dokic’s first bestselling book, Unbreakable, the former world No. 4 revealed her incredible survival story; how she overcame adversity, poverty ...Show more
The Brilliance of Birds: A New Zealand Adventure by Skye Wishart; Edin Whitehead
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Who knew that the morepork, our forest-dwelling owl, can turn its head 270 degrees? Or that the eastern bar-tailed godwit doubles its body weight before undertaking an epic and continuous migration of 11,000 kilometres? Or that the tui has a specially placed voicebox, enabling it to duet with itself, so ...Show more
Ngā Kupu Wero by Witi Ihimaera
37.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
A powerful new collection of non-fiction by contemporary Māori writers. From over 60 Māori writers, Nga Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative nonfiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from cr ...Show more