Tremors in the Blood - Murder, obsession and the birth of the lie detector by Amit Katwala
35.00 NZD
Category: True Crime | Reading Level: very good
Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detectorHenry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife's blood. But was he a grieving husband, or a ruthless killer who'd conspired with bandits to have her murdered?To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology, and a ...Show more
Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects by Toby Wilkinson
30.00 NZD
Category: History
On 26 November 1922 Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian boy-king. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: ‘Yes, yes, wonderful things.’ In <i>Tutankhamun’s Trumpet</i>, acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes a unique approach to that tom ...Show more
Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean by Katherine Pangonis
40.00 NZD
Category: History
Katherine Pangonis explores five forgotten cities of the Mediterranean: Syracuse, Antioch, Ravenna, Tyre and Carthage. Each of these of these ancient cities has a claim to have been the centre of the world in its own time. Their fascinating entwined history takes in Alexander the Great, the Byzantine g ...Show more
Twilight of Democracy: The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends by Anne Applebaum
26.00 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
A FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'The most important non-fiction book of the year' David Hare In the years just before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, people from across the political spectrum in Europe and America celebrated a great achievement, felt a commo ...Show more
Two Sides of a Lie by Elaine Chan; Lee Jeong-ho
37.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
This story is inspired by real events. It was a chilly September evening when the body of a young pro-democracy protester surfaced in Hong Kong's eastern Yau Tong Bay. The local police quickly concluded his death as accidental drowning but fellow protesters believe it was part of a dark ploy by the auth ...Show more
Under the Banner of Heaven (TV Tie-In) by Jon Krakauer
28.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
True crime in the American heartland. Under the Banner of Heaven is a riveting account of Mormon fundamentalism and renegade prophets, from the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air.Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. Jon Krakauer's investigation into ...Show more
Under the Sea-Wind by Rachel Carson
25.00 NZD
Category: Environment | Series: Canons Ser.
Under the Sea-Wind marks the beginnings of one of the most significant careers in nature writing. In it Rachel Carson celebrates the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, conjuring the atmosphere of the shore and the open sea and the delicately balanced, fragile struggl ...Show more
Underland - A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
50.00 NZD
Category: Environment | Reading Level: very good
In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. Traveling through the dizzying expanse of geologic time--from prehistoric art in Norwegian sea caves, to the blue depths of the Greenland ice cap, to a ...Show more
Unfit for Purpose by Adam Hart
28.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Stress, obesity, poor mental health, drug addiction, bowel diseases, violence and fake news; a stark checklist of modern world problems and every one of them is an echo of our evolutionary past. In Unfit for Purpose, biologist and broadcaster Adam Hart explores the mismatch between our fundamental biolo ...Show more
Uninhabitable Earth - A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells
26.00 NZD
Category: Environment | Reading Level: very good
The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today. Ov ...Show more
Universe by DK
75.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Marvel at the wonders of the Universe, from stars and planets to black holes and nebulae, in this exploration of our Solar System and beyond. Universe opens with a look at astronomy and the history of the Universe, using 3D artworks to provide a comprehensive grounding in the fundamental concepts of as ...Show more
Unmasking Monsters by Chook Henwood
40.00 NZD
Category: Coming Soon
A rare and fascinating glimpse inside New Zealand policing - from an officer at the heart of it all. A serial rapist is stalking South Auckland in 1980s New Zealand and police are stumped - they can't seem to find the man they call "The Ghost" before he strikes again. In this incredible memoir of his n ...Show more