The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
$9.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care his foundations be good, otherwise his fabric will be sure to fail.' Considered one of the first works of modern philosophy, ...Show more
Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Brings together the author's writings on a variety of contemporary subjects: the differing cultures of Japan and Singapore; music and the movies; what's wrong with the internet; the interactive relationship between writers and readers; and many others.
The Spirit Level - Why Equality is Better for Everyone by Richard Wilkinson; Kate Pickett
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone is the most influential and talked-about book on society in the last decade - now updated with a new chapter on the controversy the book has ignited. Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why do ...Show more
The World of the Book by Des Cowley
$44.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
A journey through time and across the globe, this volume features great books and publishing innovations of the past and present. It also revels in the sheer beauty of books as objects to be desired and treasured. Authors from State Library of Victoria.
Beware of Small States : Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East by David Hirst
$29.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
A History of Lebanon from one of the greatest historians of the Middle East. Beware of Small States wrote Mikhail Bukanin in 1870. He could have meant Lebanon: a sectarian state no bigger than Wales that has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. Through ...Show more
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War by Ernesto Che Guevara
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Che Guevara's definitive account of the Cuban revolutionary war, in an updated edition with a new foreword and photos. There is no better account of the Cuban revolutionary war than this little book by guerilla leader Che Guevara. Assembled from his campaign diary, first published in 1963, later correct ...Show more
Happy City - Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems lie in unlocking the secrets to great city living. This is going to be the century of the city. But what actually makes a good city? Why are some cities a joy to live in? As Charles Montgomery reveals, it's not how much money your n ...Show more
Diana, William and Harry by James Patterson
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Twenty-five years after her tragic death, James Patterson tells the heartbreaking true story of Princess Diana's life as a mother and a global iconAt the age of thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer.At twenty, Princess of Wales.At twenty-one, she earned her most important title- Mother.As she fell in ...Show more
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By by David Mitchell
$24.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
From UKIP surge to Brexit shambles, horsemeat lasagne to Trump in the White House: bestselling comedian David Mitchell brilliantly tackles the dumbfounding times we live in.
Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide (HB) by John Cleese
$24.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
____________________________ PRE-ORDER NOW- AVAILABLE 3rd SEPTEMBER 2020 Creativity is usually regarded as a mysterious, rare gift that only a few possess. John Cleese begs to differ, and in this short, immensely practical and often very amusing guide he shows it's a skill that anyone can acquire. Drawi ...Show more
Worth Dying For by Tim Marshall
$26.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel?; For thousands of years flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colours. And still, in the 21st century, we die for them. Flags fly at the UN, on the Arab street, from front porche ...Show more
Betoota's Australia 2020 by BETOOTA ADVOCATE THE
$37.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
From the heart of the Western Queensland Channel Country, Australia's oldest and favourite newspaper details our country's very rocky start to a new decade that was supposed to be one of great optimism and innovation. 2020 was meant to be our year of healing. A time to tend to the wounds of a country t ...Show more