Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid by Thor Hanson
$24.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
A fascinating insight into climate change biology around the globe, as well as in our own backyards. Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid is the first major book by a biologist to focus on the fascinating story of how the natural world is adjusting, adapting, and sometimes measurably evolving in respons ...Show more
Huts - Untold Stories from Back-Country New Zealand by Mark Pickering
$49.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. In honor of the more than 1,500 huts that dot New Zealand's back roads, this guide provides a fascinating look at 15 of these iconic dwellings. Setting out to discover why and how these huts were builtand to learn something about the lives of the men who lived therethe book uses historical ...Show more
I Am New Zealand: Aotearoa Through Many Eyes by Various
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
What's your vision of New Zealand?An inner-city street in the rain, a campervan under a clear and starry night sky, a high-octane sport or a traffic jam of sheep? This book collects a range of personal views of Aotearoa from photographers, both amateur and professional, along with their thoughts on what ...Show more
I Know This to be True by Published by PQ Blackwell
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Second hand, ex library. Truth, wisdom, beauty and other stuff that matters for 60 New Zealanders. This is a book about New Zealanders living fascinating lives and the things they know to be true, the things they believe in and the things they have learned. You may have heard of some of them, but tha ...Show more
I Love You New Zealand: 101 Must Do's for Kiwis by John Mc Crystal (ed.)
$42.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Every year thousands of foreign tourists come to New Zealand to enjoy the scenery and cultural experiences on offer here. Yet many New Zealanders don't take these opportunities themselves and have limited knowledge of their own country. This book is both a celebration of the best that New Zealand has to ...Show more
I Loved You the Moment I Saw You by Peter Black
$60.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
In eighty-two brilliant, disturbing, and compassionate photographs, extended as if across the time it takes for a baby to wake up and recognise the grandfather who is waiting with the child to cross a busy, dangerous street, Peter Black has composed one of the great photo-portraits of our time. A digita ...Show more
I Was A Plunket Baby : 100 Years of the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society (Inc) by Jim Sullivan
$19.99 NZD
$29.99 (33% off)
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
PLUNKET - the very word is a New Zealand icon. This book tells the story of the first hundred years of the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society, from 1907 when the infant death rate was appallingly high through to 2007. Along the way skirmishes with the Department of Health, the politicians and even, in th ...Show more
Iconic Kiwi Pubs: From Mangonui to Bluff by George Lockyer
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
If you really want to know what makes a town tick, look no further than the local pub.To create this tribute to that integral part of our culture - the Kiwi pub - George Lockyer has travelled the length and breadth of New Zealand visiting the country's public houses, bars and hotels. Along the way, he h ...Show more
Illustrated History of New Zealand by Marcia Stenson
$24.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Series: Illustrated History of
This book tells the story of New Zealand's short but dramatic history. Beginning with the days when moa ruled the land, this book covers all the important events, key people and major themes of our history. It includes the arrival and settlement of the Maori, European explorers, missionaries, the Treaty ...Show more
Illustrated History of New Zealand (expanded 3rd edition) by Matthew Wright
$59.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
In this third, revised and expanded edition of Illustrated History, noted historian Matthew Wright brings New Zealand's turbulent and exciting past to life, tracing our journey from the arrival of Polynesians to discovery by Europe, exploring New Zealand's dramatic colonial past, the impacts of the worl ...Show more
Images of a Nation : Canterbury by John McCombe
$19.99 NZD
$29.99 (33% off)
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Series: Images of a Nation
Imagining Decolonisation (BWB Texts) by Bianca Elkington; Jennie Smeaton; Rebecca Kiddle; Ocean Ripeka Mercier; Mike Ross; Amanda Thomas
$17.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Decolonisation is a term that scares some, and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and bewildering concept for many New Zealanders yet needed if we are going to build a country that is fair and equal for all who live there. This book sets out the case for decolonisation by illuminating through ...Show more