Tulip and Doug: Friends for (almost) Ever (HB) by Emma Wood
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
As presented by Jacinda Adern to Prince William. Tulip was famous in her neighbourhood for two reasons: 1. She was a fearless adventurer. 2. She went everywhere with a seriously strange sidekick-a potato, called Doug! Tulip and Doug are inseparable, until catastrophe strikes and Tulip loses her best s ...Show more
New Zealand Fungi (3rd edition) by Rebecca Bowater
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History
Sam Hunt: Off the Road by Colin Hogg
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Thirty years after Hogg and Hunt collaborated on the now-legendary Angel Gear: Off the Road with Sam Hunt, the pair have decided to throw caution to the wind and proceed without doctors' certificates, to create an older, possibly wiser twin to that earlier book. A backstage pass to the private side of ...Show more
A Matter of Fact: Talking Truth in a Post-Truth World (BWB Texts) by Jess Berentson-Shaw
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Politics | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
We may be in the golden age of information, with access to more facts than ever before. Yet in the time of fake news and post-truth politics, it seems that conspiracy and rumour spread faster than ever and are even harder to debunk. Battling over facts can be exhausting and polarising. For those committ ...Show more
Observations of a Rural Nurse by Sara Mcintyre
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Pictorial | Reading Level: near fine
Sara McIntyre, the daughter of the artist Peter McIntyre, was nine years old when her family first came to Kākahi, in the King Country, in 1960. The family has been linked to Kākahi ever since. On the family car trips of her childhood, McIntyre got used to her fathers frequent stops for subject matter f ...Show more
He Pou Hiringa - Grounding Science and Technology in Te Ao Maori (BWB Texts) by Katharina Ruckstuhl (ed.); Merata Kawharu (ed.); Maria Amoamo (ed.)
15.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Reference | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
This book brings together writing on the big questions about the role of Maori, tikanga and matauranga in shaping science and technological innovation. Written by Maori from diverse disciplines, it explores the potential for novel approaches, theories, methods and community engagement models in science ...Show more
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
Life on Muzzle: Three Generations on New Zealand's Most Remote Station by Fiona Redfern
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Pictorial
Remote Muzzle Station in southern Marlborough has captured the hearts and minds of generations, including Fiona Redfern and her parents before her. Fiona grew up and thrived in the splendid isolation, and wouldn't have it any other way. Now Fiona and her husband Guy are running the station and raising t ...Show more
The Hand of Glodd (#1 Tarquin the Honest) by Gareth Ward
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
Tarquin the Honest, Wizard of the Silver Weasel, is a liar, a coward, a charlatan and a cheat. And, according to his diminutive roguish sidekick Lunar Nix, those are his most endearing qualities. On a perilous quest to recover The Golden Gauntlet for a mysterious patron, Tarquin and his band of unlikel ...Show more
The Rainbow in My Heart by Jessica Urlichs
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
We all have lots of feelings, it's OK to let them show. They all live in our heart as our very own rainbow. What does your body do when you're sad or angry? How do you show someone you are proud? For children, experiencing new emotions and understanding them are two vastly different things, but poet Je ...Show more
Wildlife of New Zealand by Julian Fitter
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History
The essential field guide to the wildlife of New Zealand. New Zealand is home to an amazing and distinctive flora and fauna, most of it found only in this country. This fully revised field guide covers most of the birds, mammals and reptiles that you are likely to see, as well as a good selection of inv ...Show more
250 Years Of New Zealand Painting by Gill Docking; Michael Dunn; Edward Hanfling
100.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art | Reading Level: near fine
This landmark book on New Zealand artists and their work was first written by Gil Docking, published in 1971, extended to 1990 by art historian Michael Dunn, and again to 2020 by art historian, writer and lecturer Edward Hanfling. New design, with additional text by Edward Hanfling, including an introd ...Show more