The Penguin Classics Book by Henry Eliot
$75.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Penguin Classics is the largest and best-known classics imprint in the world. From The Epic of Gilgameshto the poetry of the First World War, and covering all the greatest works of fiction, poetry, drama, history and philosophy in between, this reader's companion encompasses 500 authors, 1,200 books and ...Show more
Desert of Death : A Soldier's Journey from Iraq to Afghanistan by Leo Docherty
$28.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
A controversial and devastating first-hand account of the current war in Afghanistan, now with a new epilogue which brings the story right up to date. 'Desert of Death' is the local name for the barren terrain of south-west Afghanistan. When Captain Leo Docherty - soldier, linguist and explorer - was de ...Show more
Women, Oxford and Novels of Crime by Alison Hoddinott
$32.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Alison Hoddinott writes about the history of crime fiction set in Oxford from the early decades of the 20th century to the present. Her emphasis is on novels written by women and the ways in which their fiction deals with both the mystery and its solution and with the situation of women within the unive ...Show more
The Order of Things by Jackie Strachan
$29.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
From the Private First Class who knows his place (above a Private but below a Lance Corporal), to the classification of the natural world (Species, Genus, Family, Order . . .), we introduce hierarchies, pecking orders and ranks to every aspect of our lives, from society and religion to leisure and the l ...Show more
Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs by Andrew Cotter
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
"My name is Andrew Cotter and once upon a time I was a sports broadcaster. In Olive, Mabel and Me I try to explain how it can be that after a career commentating on Olympic Games, World Cups and Wimbledon finals, I am now far better known for describing the daily lives of my Labradors, Olive and Mabel. ...Show more
Boomers - The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster by Helen Andrews
$50.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Baby Boomers (and I confess I am one): prepare to squirm and shake your increasingly arthritic little fists. For here comes essayist Helen Andrews.--Terry Castle With two recessions and a botched pandemic under their belt, the Boomers are their children's favorite punching bag. But is the hatred justi ...Show more
Every Day Is To-Day - Essential Writings by Gertrude Stein; Francesca Wade (Selected by, Introduction by)
$27.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: Essential Stories Ser.
A gorgeous new collection featuring 26 of Gertrude Stein's most enrapturing and essential short writings--a carefully curated, accessible entry point into her best and most joyful works Between the French-flapped covers of this elegant paperback collection, readers will rediscover Gertrude Stein as the ...Show more
Landfall 235 by Emma Neale (ed.)
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: Landfall Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Description: Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. It showcases new fiction and poetry, as well as biographical and critical essays, and cultural commentary. Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor, Nick Ascroft, Joseph Barbon, Airini Beautrais, Tony Beyer, Mark Broa ...Show more
Literary Landscapes Paris by Sandrine Voillet
$50.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature.The book is an elegant photographic stroll around the bookshops, famous literary restaurants and storied streets of Europe's favourite tourist destination.Literary Landscapes: Paris ...Show more
Knowledge is a Blessing on Your Mind: Selected Writings, 1980-2020 by Anne Salmond
$65.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
For fifty years, Dame Anne Salmond has navigated 'te ao hurihuri' - travelling to hui in her little blue VW Beetle with Eruera and Amiria Stirling in the 1970s, working for a university marae alongside Merimeri Penfold, Patu Hohepa and Wharetoroa Kerr in the 1980s, giving evidence to the Waitangi Tribun ...Show more
Why Don't You Get off Your Phone and Learn Something New Instead? - Fun, Quirky and Interesting Alternatives to Browsing Your Phone by Kate Freeman
$22.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Things you could be doing instead of being on your phone: Learning some Cockney rhyming slang Doing the tree pose Bottling a whole pear There's more to life than looking at your phone. Beyond that tiny screen there's a whole world of fun, cool and weird things you could be doing instead! Whether ...Show more
Age of the City: Why our Future will be Won or Lost Together by Ian Goldin; Tom Lee-Devlin
$36.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced.From centres of antiquity like Athens or Rome to modern metropolises like New York or Shanghai, cities throughout his ...Show more