Adventures with Emilie: Taking on Te Araroa trail in 138 life-changing days by Victoria Bruce
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
"I'm here because I want to test the very limits of my own resilience and reassure myself that no matter what's happened to me, I'm not ready to lie down and die." In 2021, Victoria Bruce quit her corporate job, packed up her life and embarked on Te Araroa trail with her seven-year-old daughter, Emilie ...Show more
Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary | Series: Before the Coffee Gets Cold | Reading Level: good-very good
Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s poignant Before we say goodbye, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time? The regulars at the magical Cafe Funiculi Funic ...Show more
Gangster's Paradise by Jared Savage
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Reference
The much anticipated follow-up to the bestseller that exposed the escalation of organised crime in New Zealand. Gangster's Paradise is about drugs, guns, gangs and money. Lots of money. A gang which took over a small rural town. A police officer shot and killed in a routine traffic stop. A port-worker ...Show more
Takahe Maths by Julie Ellis
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books | Reading Level: Children / Juvenile
Take two Takahe, isolate them for a million years and what do you have? Now add humans and the predators they bring... How do the numbers add up now? A unique approach to the study of maths, conservation, history and storytelling this picture book tells the story of the takahē, once thought to be exti ...Show more
The Cat Who Taught Zen: The beautifully illustrated new tale from the bestselling author of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by NORBURY JAMES
40.00 NZD
Category: Religions / Faith / Spirituality
From the author and illustrator of the international bestseller Big Panda and Tiny Dragon comes a beautifully illustrated exploration of life and Zen, an adult fable of an old cat's journey to find infinite wisdom and the lessons he shares with others along the way. In a distant city, an old cat consid ...Show more
Finding Frank: The lfife of Frank Erceg - New Zealand dear hunter, mountaineer, photographer by Louise Maich
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
By 1965 at the age of thirty, Frank Erceg had established an impressive reputation as a marksman, mountaineer and photographer, with his work widely published in newspapers and magazines of the day. That same year, Frank and his mate Johnny Cumming were killed in New Zealand’s first helicopter hunting ...Show more
Good Sports - A Storybook of Kiwi Sports Heroes by Stuart Lipshaw
45.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
GOOD SPORTS is a powerful illustrated storybook celebrating Aotearoa's sporting heroes.Be inspired by this collection of true stories about 50 remarkable Kiwi sports heroes- people who have set goals, aimed high and achieved their dreams. A real mixture of well-known and lesser-known stories, this book ...Show more
Fishes of Aotearoa by Paul Caiger
80.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
With such a long coastline, and countless rivers and lakes, New Zealand truly is an aquatic nation, home to a bounty of colourful and characterful fishes. Fishes of Aotearoa, is a major celebration of this fish life, set to the backdrop of all our primary underwater habitats, from freshwater rivers, lak ...Show more
Sisters under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris
37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical | Reading Level: very good
Sisters under the Rising Sun, the captivating new novel by Heather Morris, is a story of women in war: a testament to resilience, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances. It is February 1942. Amid the turmoil of World War II, a group of Australian Army nurses, among them Nesta James and ...Show more
The Abundant Kitchen: A practical guide to making ferments, preserves and pickles by Niva Kay, Yotam Kay
50.00 NZD
Category: Cooking - Preserving/Fermenting
The bestselling authors of The Abundant Garden,Niva and Yotam Kay, share their wealth of knowledge and experience in making ferments, pickles, preserves, sourdough, koji, cured meat, ginger beer, yoghurt, vinegar, kombucha and much more.With 100 easy-to-follow, meticulously written recipes, this book wi ...Show more
The Forgotten Forest: In Search of the Lost Plants and Fungi of Aotearoa by Robert Vennell
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History
A guide to the spectacular oddities of the New Zealand forest, by the bestselling author of The Meaning of Trees and Secrets of the Sea. Deep in the forest, in places you would never think to look, are some of the most remarkable creatures. Overlooked and unsung, this is the forgotten forest: a world ...Show more
Where the Flaming Hell Are We?: The story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete by Craig Collie
38.00 NZD
Category: Military
The gripping story of Australia and New Zealand in the fight for the Aegean - through the eyes of the soldiers. 'We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures.' March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops a ...Show more