Whose High Country? by Roberta McIntyre
45.00 NZD
47.00 (4% off)
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The High Country of the South Island has great iconic and sentimental status in our history and culture. Recently, there has been heightened interest in the region due to growing pressure on the area from the tourist, advertising, electricity and film industries, wealthy absentee owners and developers, ...Show more
Th Frodo Franchise: How The Lord of the Rings Became a Hollywood Blockbuster and Put New Zealand on the Map by Kristin Thompson
39.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This is a fascinating behind-the-scenes book about The Lord of the Rings as a contemporary cinema phenomenon. Compiled by a leading American film academic, it is the fullest possible inside story - of the planning for the movie, the corporate battles, the struggle to get the movie made, the creative gen ...Show more
Mountain Men: Stories From New Zealand's High Country by Rachel Goodchild
39.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This book profiles some 15 great eccentrics from the High Country of the South Island; men who have led interesting and diverse lives working on the land in this dramatic landscape. It is rich with quirky characters and hair-raising experiences. Mountain Men will evoke memories of a more innocent time i ...Show more
Reinventing Paradise: How New Zealand is Starting to Earn a Bigger, Sustainable Living in the World Economy by Rod Oram
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
A collection of columns and interviews from Rod Oram about how New Zealand has fared so far in the global market, the unique challenges that lie ahead for us (global warming, political instability, oil shocks, etc.) and the opportunities for to earn a bigger, better, more sustainable living out in the w ...Show more
Kiwi Gold : A Practical Guide to Finding Gold in New Zealand by Michael Larsen
16.99 NZD
17.99 (5% off)
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Gold 'fossiking' is an age-old tradition in New Zealand and an activity that has shaped New Zealand's history. A couple of recent gold finds in New Zealand and Australia have generated a renewed interest gold panning and created a new generation of amateur gold enthusiasts to join the faithful who alrea ...Show more
The Big Chill by Jeff Grigor
19.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Secondhand. It was the biggest snowfall in Canterbury and surrounding areas for half a century. Beneath a thick blanket of heavy, wet snow, power poles broke, roofs collapsed, roads became impassable, houses were isolated and power was cut off in some cases for up to two weeks. But the people of Canter ...Show more
In Command Of History : Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War by David Reynolds
29.95 NZD
55.00 (45% off)
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Churchill fought the war twice over - as Prime Minister and again as its premier historian. In 1948-54 he published six volumes of memoirs which secured his reputation and shaped our understanding of the conflict to this day. Using the drafts and correspondence for The Second World War, David Reynolds o ...Show more
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Replaced by Other edition. Shortlisted for the 2004 Montana NZ Book Awards, History section The Trial of the Cannibal Dog is a spectacular recreation of three of the greatest and most startling of all human journeys. The Pacific voyages of James Cook explored the ice-bound fringes of the Arctic and Anta ...Show more
A Brief History of Infinity by Paolo Zellini
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
In A Brief History of Infinity, the infinite in all its forms - viewed from the perspective of mathematicians, philosophers, and theologians - is explored, as Zellini strives to explain this fundamental principle. What is the difference between true and false infinity? How might we explain away the pu ...Show more
Angel Eyes - the Story of My Miracle Now I Can See Again by Lisa Reid
27.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
When a life-threatening cancer robbed Lisa Reid of her sight at the age of fourteen, she refused to believe her world would be dark forever. But ten years later, a miraculous event happened that would baffle medical experts and touch people's hearts across the globe. An accidental bump on the head as s ...Show more
Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame by Michael King
49.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This superlative biography by Michael King is a major publishing event. Janet Frame is of course New Zealand's most celebrated but also least public writer. She is the author of a series of brilliant novels and the award-winning An Angel At My Table autobiographical series, but she is also a personal my ...Show more