Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of--an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet. "We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they w ...Show more
Worse Things Happen at Sea by John McCrystal
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
MISHAP 1968 – Caught in a sudden violent storm, the Wahine ferry foundered after running aground on Barrett’s Reef, attempting to enter Wellington Harbour. Battered mercilessly by the elements, the Wahine was listing heavily to starboard when the order to abandon ship was given. The tragic events that f ...Show more
Written In Bone by Sue Black
$24.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
From the world's foremost forensic anthropologist and bestselling author of All That Remains, this book is an exploration - from skull to feet - of how our bones reveal all that happens to us in life.THE TIMES- BEST MEMOIRS OF THE YEAR. WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION'Gripping from the sta ...Show more
Written in Blood: Innocent or Guilty? An inside look at the Michael Peterson case, subject of the hit series The Staircase by Diane Fanning
$28.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Accident or Murder?The Petersons seemed like the ideal couple- well-respected, prosperous and happy. All that came crashing down December 2001, when Kathleen apparently fell to her death in their secluded home. But blood-spattered evidence and a missing fireplace poker suggested calculated, cold-blooded ...Show more
Written in Stone: The Hidden Secrets of Fossils and the Story of Life on Earth by Brian Switek
$36.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Darwin's theory was for more than a century dogged by a major problem: the evidence proving the connections between the main groups of organisms were nowhere to be found. By the 1970s this absence of 'transitional fossils' was hotly debated; some palaeontologists wondering if the these 'missing links' h ...Show more
Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith
$32.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year. Following a run of New Year's concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself ...Show more
Yellow Elephant by Tansel Ali
$24.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
This book is a guide to improving your memory to enable learning faster and more effectively. The author, an Australian Memory Champion shows how four simple but powerful memory techniques can be learnt to train your brain for better recall and applied fo
Yellow Notebook: Diaries, 1978-1986 (HB) by Helen Garner
$37.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Leigh Sales: "An incredible insight into the thinking and writing processes of one of the greatest writers in Australian history." Helen Garner has kept a diary for almost all her life. But until now, those exercise books filled with her thoughts, observations, frustrations and joys have been locked awa ...Show more
Yes to Life In Spite of Everything by Viktor E Frankl
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Extraordinary uncovered work by the 16 million copy bestselling author of Man's Search For Meaning Just months after his liberation from Auschwitz renowned psychiatrist Viktor Frankl delivered a series of talks revealing the foundations of his life-affirming philosophy for which he would become world fa ...Show more
You Are Here - A Brief Guide to the World by Nicholas Crane
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
One word binds us all: geography. We are all geographers, human beings who care about the places we think of as 'home' - our habitat. And yet we have lost touch with the connection between our actions and the state of the planet that we all share. We need a new narrative that restores the connections be ...Show more
You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe by Christopher Potter
$14.99 NZD
$32.00 (53% off)
Category: Non Fiction
"You Are Here" is a dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it. It is the story of how something evolved from nothing, and how something became everything. It is the story of science: the greatest story ever told. Here, for the first time in a single span, is the life of the univers ...Show more
You Are The Universe by Deepak Chopra, M.D.
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
In this book, that combines cutting edge science with real world applications, Chopra and Kafatos redefine our nature of reality and what is possible. Here they ask 9 questions: What Came Before the Big Bang? Why Does the Universe Fit Together So Perfectly? Where Did Time Come From? What Is the Universe ...Show more