The Lark Ascending: The Music of the British Landscape by Richard King
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
The Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughan Williams' 'pastoral romance for orchestra' was premiered on 14 June, 1921. Over the course of the twentieth century this piece of music, perhaps more than any other, worked its way into the collective consciousness to seemingly define a mythical concept of the English c ...Show more
The Laser That's Changing the World: The Amazing Stories Behind Lidar from 3D Mapping to Self-Driving Cars by Todd Neff
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Tells the story of a laser technology that will have a big impact on society and the brilliant innovators responsible for its development Lidar--a technology evolved from radar, but using laser light rather than microwaves--has found an astounding range of applications, none more prominent than its cru ...Show more
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy by Philippe Sands
$34.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
After the Second World War, new international rules heralded an age of human rights and self-determination. Supported by Britain, these unprecedented changes sought to end the scourge of colonialism. But how committed was Britain? In the 1960s, its colonial instinct ignited once more: a secret decision ...Show more
The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Our Disappearing Fisheries by Mark Kurlansky
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Will most of the major fisheries of the world be exhausted by 2048, as has been claimed? Have the number of large fish in the ocean decreased by 90 per cent over the past 50 years, as has been asserted by a respected scientist? Are 60 per cent of the fish species studied by the United Nations Food and A ...Show more
The Last Generation : How nature will take her revenge for climate change by Fred Pearce
$33.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Nature is fragile, environmentalists tell us. Not so. The truth is far more worrying. She is strong and packs a serious counter-punch. And it could be on the way. This is the story that scientists have been scared to tell us, because they feared they wouldn
The Last Great War of Antiquity by James Howard-Johnston
$87.00 NZD
Category: History
The last great war of antiquity was fought on an unprecedented scale along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier. James Howard-Johnston pieces together the fragmentary evidence of this period to form, for the first time, a coherent story of the dramatic events, key players, and vast lands over w ...Show more
The Last Lingua Franca: The Rise and Fall of World Languages by Nicholas Ostler
$26.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
In the twenty-first century, can we really take the dominance of English for granted? This title explores the rise of a linguistic diversity.
The Last Lions of Africa by Anthony Ham
$37.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
An incredible and moving account of one man's journey into the world of lions, why they are fast disappearing and what can be done to save them from extinction and thus save Africa, whose delicate ecosystem depends on these apex predators to keep everything in balance.
The Last Man Takes LSD: Foucault and the End of Revolution by Daniel Zamora & Mitchell Dean
$43.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
In May 1975, Michel Foucault took LSD in the desert in southern California. He described it as the most important event of his life which would lead him to completely rework his History of Sexuality. His focus now would not be on power relations but on the experiments of subjectivity, and the care of th ...Show more
The Last Narco: Hunting El Chapo, the World's Most-wanted Drug Lord by Malcolm Beith
$31.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of a pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped by the side of the road. Beside the corpses is a message on a scrap of paper: 'You'll never get El Chapo.' Such is the fate of many who have dared to try to catch El Chapo, ...Show more
The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter by Matthew Dennison
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Beatrice was the last child born to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her father died when she was four and as Matthew Dennison relates Victoria came to depend on her youngest daughter absolutely, but she also demanded from her complete submission. It is an enthralling story, not just of a mother/daught ...Show more
The Last Refuge by Gregory Johnsen
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
A gripping account of how al-Qaeda in Yemen rebounded from an initial defeat to once again threaten the United States.