How to Walk a Dog by Mike White
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: very good
The highs and lows, joy and heartache of owning a dog are told in this beautifully written story of life in and around a dog park. 'The book of the year. THE book on dogs. And people.' Andrew Dickens, Newstalk ZB
The Sea Walks into a Wall by Anne Kennedy
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Poetry / Plays | Reading Level: very good
In The Sea Walks into a Wall, the natural world around us hits back. "The sea crashes its glass onto the bar. You watch from afar. You’d take it all back if you could. Everything.You’d go down there and you’d." And talks back too. "If I’m fucked, you’re coming with me. Sincerely, the stream." From rai ...Show more
New Zealand Fungi (3rd edition) by Rebecca Bowater
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History
Scarface Claw, Hold Tight by Lynley Dodd
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books | Series: Hairy Maclary and Friends
It is a peaceful morning and Scarface Claw is happily snoozing in a spot in the sun, tail curled around and feet tucked in.Suddenly,there was a shudder and sway,the whirr of an engine,then off and away.And then off goes the truck down the drive - with Scarface ON TOP! Clinging on to the roof of the truc ...Show more
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
Birnam Wood is on the move… A landslide has closed the Korowai Pass in New Zealand’s South Island, cutting off the town of Thorndike, leaving a sizable farm abandoned. The disaster presents an opportunity for Birnam Wood, a guerrilla gardening collective that plants crops wherever no one will notice. Bu ...Show more
Dice by Claire Baylis
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Four teenage boys invent a sex game based on rolling dice and doing what the numbers say. They are charged with multiple sexual offences against three teenage girls. Twelve random jurors are brought together in a trial to work out what actually happened. Only they can say whether crimes have been commit ...Show more
Mainland : New Zealand's South Island
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Pictorial
From the snow-covered peaks and topaz blue lakes, through her deep, dark forests full of mystery, with valleys cut deep by rock strewn rivers, to her coastline edged with fjords worn smooth by glaciers amid miles of magnificent unspoilt coastline, this Mainland, the South Island of New Zealand, was sure ...Show more
The: Selected Poems Wilder Years by David Eggleton
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Poetry / Plays
David Eggleton, Poet Laureate of Aotearoa 2019-21, has published nine poetry collections, and now, finally, comes a 'Best Of '. The Wilder Years: Selected Poems is a hardback compendium of the poet's own selection from 35 years of published work, together with a handful of new poems. Cover art by Nige ...Show more
The Adventures of Mittens: Wellington's Famous Purr-sonality by Silvio Bruinsma
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Meet Mittens, Wellington's world-famous cat-about-town. He has thousands of followers, a hit song, an exhibition of fan art, and with his exploring paws he brings joy to everyone he meets! Join Mittens, Wellington's pawsome celebrity cat, on his real-life adventures in this feline-fabulous picture bo ...Show more
Goose the Artist by Kimberly Andrews
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Meet Goose, a passionate artist who wants to create a PERFECT portrait and win the village art competition. But after a whole week of painting Puffin and friends, Goose is all aflutter. Is an artist's work EVER good enough? Goose strives to win an art award in this endearing tale from Kimberly Andrews' ...Show more
How to get Fired by Evana Belich
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
Stories about the unifying subject of work - how to get it, avoid it or lose it. Wry, real and astute, these linked stories are from an exciting new talent. In BurgerKai, Mel is given a motivational talk on what she says is 'failing at a stupid, screwed-up sales job, selling stupid plastic shelving'. He ...Show more
There Was an Odd Farmer Who Swallowed a Fly by Peter Millett
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Kiwi kids will love this favourite nursery rhyme with witty words by Peter Millett and hilarious illustrations by Paul Beavis - and a surprise twist at the end!There was an odd farmer who swallowed a fly.I dunno why she swallowed a fly -it's such weird kai.Peek through the holes in the pages to see all ...Show more