John Banks: a Biography by Paul Goldsmith
34.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Love him or loathe, there's no doubting John Banks' impact on the political scene in New Zealand. Always outspoken and controversial, a loose cannon who has sometimes embarrassed his colleagues and his leader, John Banks - 'Banksie' to his supporters - has seen the tide of his political fortunes ebb ...Show more
In Endless Fear: A True Story by Colin Crump
34.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
"He had a length of milking machine hose in his hand and I watched in terror as once more he laid into my brother Barry with a merciless thrashing that just went on and on, Barry just lying there, as he always did, and taking it all. Then he turned on me â they were really ferocious blows. The weapon ...Show more
High Flyers: Celebrating the Extraordinary Women of the Rnzaf 1977-2002 by Bee Dawson
34.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Bee Dawson's profiles reveal a group of extraordinary women, in jobs that are anything but ordinary. From a traditionally male-dominated organisation, the RNZAF has adapted and evolved radically over the past twenty-five years to finally utilise the skills and talents of all New Zealanders.
Katerina - The Russian World of Katherine Mansfield by Joanna Woods
39.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Katherine, or Katya as she liked to be called, became addicted to Russian style during her first trip to London and believed she had a special affinity with the Russian temperament. Her early writing was likened to Russian writing, so much so that critics thought that she actually plagiarised Chekov. Ma ...Show more
All This and a Bookshop Too by Dorothy Butler
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
Dorothy Butler is an international award-winning authority on children's books and reading. She has also been a successful teacher, an innovative bookseller and the much-loved author of children's books, all the while raising eight lively children with her husband Roy. Now in her eighties, in All This a ...Show more
The Tasman - Biography of an Ocean by Neville Peat
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
"I had the ambition to not only go as far as anyone had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go." - Lieutenant James Cook, 1771. The mighty Tasman Sea casts a spell on all who venture into it. Here, for the first time, is a book that tells its remarkable life story, from its early origi ...Show more
A Short History of New Zealand by Gordon McLauchlan
35.00 NZD
36.00 (2% off)
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This highly regarded book has been in print since 2004 and has proved popular with tourists, students and ordinary New Zealanders as a lively and reliable short history of New Zealand. It has proved a handy and succinct alternative to bigger books such as Michael King's The Penguin History of New Zealan ...Show more
The Penguin New Zealand Travel Guide: North Island by Diana Pope
47.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The return of the much-loved travel guide to the North Island of New Zealand. The Penguin New Zealand Travel Guides are the most comprehensive handbooks to touring New Zealand and are the indispensable accompaniment for all New Zealanders and others travelling or planning to travel around New Zealand Ao ...Show more
Roads Less Travelled : Twenty Years of Exploration With New Zealand Geographic by Kennedy Warne
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Two decades with New Zealand Geographic magazine have given Kennedy Warne the privilege of seeing New Zealand as few others have seen it. He describes in evocative terms some of the extraordinary places he has visited, from moa skeletons in the marble caves of Golden Bay to the bronze whaler sharks of t ...Show more
Landmarks of the Bay of Islands by Marios Gavalas
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This highly illustrated regional history examines the noted landmarks, architecture, natural features and personalities around the Bay of Islands, a popular tourist destination in Northland. This picturesque area, dotted with headlands, bays and offshore islands, was the stage for early meetings between ...Show more
Tall Tales (Some True) by Greg McGee
9.99 NZD
38.00 (73% off)
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: good
Greg McGee's haphazard journey as unlikely writer, rebellious rugby player, ambivalent protestor, lawyer and defendant, mutineer tourist, dilettante coach and incompetent kangaroo culler has taken him from Ponsonby to Paraburdoo, Tapanui to Harlem, Dunedin to Venice and various other T-shirt destination ...Show more
Melting Point by Eric Dorfman
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The idea of a serious threat from climate change is now becoming more and more accepted. The Al Gores of this world are becoming more vocal, and the cynics are being heard less often. The balance of scientific opinion is now that the evidence is irrefutable: the Earth is getting warmer, and at an unprec ...Show more