The Book That Wouldn't Read by Tim Tipene; Nicoletta Benella (Illustrator)
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The boy at the centre of Tim Tipene's striking new story doesn't like reading, until one day in the school library he picks up The Book that Wouldn't Read. Suddenly the book takes on a life of its own - with sentences moving up and down, words changing colour and disappearing, and strange fonts and char ...Show more
The Cat Who Taught Zen: The beautifully illustrated new tale from the bestselling author of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by NORBURY JAMES
40.00 NZD
Category: Feel-good
From the author and illustrator of the international bestseller Big Panda and Tiny Dragon comes a beautifully illustrated exploration of life and Zen, an adult fable of an old cat's journey to find infinite wisdom and the lessons he shares with others along the way. In a distant city, an old cat consid ...Show more
The Crewe Murders: Inside New Zealand’s Most Infamous Cold Case by Kirsty Johnston, James Hollings
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
The unsolved mystery of who killed Jeanette and Harvey Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 continues to fascinate. It remains one of the most controversial cases in New Zealand legal history. The murders spawned two trials, two appeals, several books, a royal commission, a film, and - eventually - ...Show more
Light at Lavelle by Paullina Simons
38.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
TORN BETWEEN WHAT THEY CANNOT HAVE AND WHAT THEY CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT. It is 1929. The world is about to change. Finn Evans is a successful Boston banker harboring a secret that threatens to unravel his carefully constructed idyllic life. Isabelle Lazar, a young Ukrainian farmer, endures unspeakable ha ...Show more
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
43.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough's bestselling classic. BIRDS. Over 9,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightn ...Show more
The Future by Naomi Alderman
35.00 NZD
Category: Mystery/Thriller
From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Power comes a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going. The Future--as the richest people on the planet have discovered--is where the money is. The Future is a few billionaires leading the worl ...Show more
What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman
23.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season. In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil began to weave replies from across the world into a poem in ai ...Show more
Those Magnificent Voyagers of the Pacific by Andrew Crowe
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
This epic story begins 5000 years ago, when the ancestors of Polynesians discovered ways to ‘see’ over the horizon to find and settle new islands. As their landfinding skills grew, these people took ever bigger strides across the vast Pacific until they reached South America. It was not until almost eve ...Show more
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis
60.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the high-octane story of the enigmatic figure at the heart of one of the 21st century's most spectacular financial collapses 'I asked him how much it would take for him to sell FTX and go do something other than make money. He thought the ...Show more
Modern Chinese: 70+ easy, everyday recipes from the winner of MasterChef NZ by Sam Low
50.00 NZD
Category: Food & Drink
Everyday, at-home Chinese cooking from Masterchef NZ winner Sam Low. Sam Low demystifies modern Chinese cooking with a collection of accessible, simple recipes that can be cooked with ingredients from the supermarket.He describes in detail how to build your pantry of classic Chinese ingredients, settin ...Show more
Secret Gardens of Aotearoa: Field notes & practical wisdom by Jane Mahoney & Sophie Bannan
50.00 NZD
Category: Gardening
Explore twelve intriguing and unique New Zealand gardens and learn from the talented gardeners who created them. From a hidden suburban food forest to a flower farm to an organic vegetable patch to a large station garden, each is described in detail, along with their owners' challenges and delights. ...Show more
Silver Linings by Katrina Nannestad
23.00 NZD
Category: Fiction Age 9-12
A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad. Nettie Sweeney has a dad, three big sisters, a farm full of cows and a cat called Mittens. But it's not enough. She longs for a mother. One with a gentle touch and sparkles in her eyes. Instead, she has Aunty Edi ...Show more