Underground Girls of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys by Jenny Nordberg
$24.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
An Afghan woman's life expectancy is just 44 years, and her life cycle often begins and ends in disappointment: being born a girl and finally, having a daughter of her own. For some, disguising themselves as boys is the only way to get ahead. Nordberg follows women such as Azita Rafaat, a parliamentaria ...Show more
The Office - A Hardworking History by Gideon Haigh
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Category: General Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 'The Office: A Hardworking History', Gideon Haigh traces from origins among merchants and monks to the gleaming glass towers of New York and the space age sweatshops of Silicon Valley, finding an extraordinary legacy of invention and ingenuity, shaped by the telephone, the typewriter, the elevator, t ...Show more
The Amis Collection: Selected Non-fiction by Kingsley Amis
$32.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
A collection of witty, cantakerous essays skewering the cultural touchstones of an era, from one of the greatest writers, drinkers and critics of our timeWhat advice can one give a green young author? What purpose do literary prizes serve? Where on earth can a man get a decent bite to eat? This entertai ...Show more
Monster Moves: Adventures in Moving the Impossible by Carlo Massarella
$42.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Moving house is a logistics nightmare...but imagine the challenge of moving an entire house - fixtures, fittings, brick walls, chimney and roof wholesale, through a major city, over a mountain range or across a frozen lake! That's the kind of impossible feat tackled by teams of movers in the dramatic ...Show more
Superheroes v Supervillains A-Z: The Ultimate Guide to the Greatest Superheroes of All Time by Sarah Oliver
$32.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
A is for...Angel. Warren Kenneth Worthington III is a comic book anti-hero in the Marvel Comics universe. Originally known as the Angel and later Archangel, Worthington is one of the founding members of the X-Men. B is for...Batman. Created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger he is comic book ...Show more