Honouring Our Ancestors - Takatapui, Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQI+ Well-being by Edited by Alison Green and Leonie Pihama
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
In these rigorous and challenging essays, writers from Aotearoa and Turtle Island (Canada and the United States of America) explore the well-being of takatāpui, two-spirit, and Māori and Indigenous LGBTQI+ communities. Themes include resistance, reclamation, empowerment, transformation and healing. Cen ...Show more
Night Owls and Early Birds - Rhythms of Life on a Rotating Planet by Philippa Gander
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
How the rotations of planet Earth shape the lives of humans and other animals.Horseshoe crabs and hibernating squirrels. Jet-lagged pilots and space station astronauts. Night owls and early birds. All of life is profoundly shaped by the daily, monthly and yearly cycles of planet Earth.This book takes th ...Show more
Homemade Sourdough: Easy, At-Home Artisan Bread Making by Jane Mason
28.00 NZD
Category: Food & Drink
The ultimate guide to baking your own sourdough bread, Homemade Sourdough expertly guides you through every step of the process and beyond. Start, grow, and bake your own delicious, homemade sourdough bread, with or without commercial yeast! Homemade Sourdough is the ultimate guide to creating your own ...Show more
Bacon in Moscow by James Birch
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'A rollicking cultural adventure... fascinating and true' Grayson Perry This funny and personal memoir is the account of an audacious attempt by James Birch, a young British curator, to mount the ground-breaking retrospective of Francis Bacon's work at the newly refurbished Central House of Artists, Mo ...Show more
The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi by Lou Reed; Laurie Anderson (Editor)
70.00 NZD
Category: Music
The Art of the Straight Line captures the energy of Lou Reed's worlds of Tai Chi, music, and meditation. It was edited by his wife, the artist Laurie Anderson, with Stephan Berwick, Bob Currie, and Scott Richman. Lou Reed was a musician, singer, songwriter, poet, and founding member of the legendary ro ...Show more
Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi by Sarah Clegg
40.00 NZD
Category: History
The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women and then won back again.Demonic temptresses from siren-mermaids to Lilith are well known today, and their mythology focuses around the seductive danger they pose to men. But the root of these figures can be traced back 4,000 years and in thei ...Show more
Devils, Lusts and Strange Desires: The Life of Patricia Highsmith by Richard Bradford
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'My New Year's Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle - may they never give me peace' - Patricia Highsmith (New Year's Eve, 1947). Made famous by the great success of her psychol ...Show more
Tatau: Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand Art, Global Culture by Sean Mallon
75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
When Tatau was first published in 2010, Mark Adams' renowned images documenting a great Polynesian art tradition were a revelation. It told the story of the late Sulu'ape Paulo II, the pre-eminent figure of modern Samoan tattooing. A brilliantly innovative and often controversial man, he saw tatau as an ...Show more
A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha by Witi Ihimaera (Editor); Michelle Elvy (Editor)
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction | Series: 1st
Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira-korero embody the tahuhu, the over-arching horizontal ridge pole ...Show more
The Manual: A practical guide to life, health and happiness by Dr Kieran Kennedy, Scott Henderson
40.00 NZD
Category: Self-help
What does it mean to be a man in the 2020s? In a fast-paced and ever-changing world, the way young men see themselves, masculinity and men's health is evolving. We're now in an era where success isn't defined by your job title or the circumference of your bicep. Traditional definitions of masculinity ...Show more
Sure To Rise: The Edmond's Story by Peter Alsop, Kate Parsonson, Richard Wolfe
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Edmonds is one of New Zealand's best-known brands - its radiant sun and 'Sure to Rise' promise have embellished baking powder labels and the much-loved Edmonds Cookery Book for over a hundred years and are now embedded in our popular culture. The man behind the company, Thomas Edmonds, came to New Zeala ...Show more
The Bikepackers' Guide to the World (Lonely Planet) by Lonely Planet
50.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
Take your bicycle on the ride of a lifetime with the help of The Bikepackers Guide to the World. Discover 75 of the most amazing cycling routes in every continent and use the detailed maps, directions, accommodation and practical information to plan your trip. Lonely Planets experts tell you how to pr ...Show more