A Business Revolution: The First two decades of National Business Review, 1970—1991 by Hugh Rennie
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
A Māori Word a Day by Hemi Kelly
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
A Māori Word a Day offers an easy, instant and motivating entry into the Māori language. Through its 365 Māori words, you will learn the following- - English translations - Word category, notes and background information - Sample sentences, in both te reo Māori and English. Exploring the most common, mo ...Show more
After Dark - Walking into the nights of Aotearoa by Annette Lees
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Every 24 hours, the Earth rolls into its own vast shadow and darkness floods across the land and sea. In a 1600-kilometre-long gliding plumb-line down the length of New Zealand, our beaches, towns, cities, farms, forests, lakes and mountains sink into shadow. Annette Lees takes us walking into the night ...Show more
Can't Get There from Here: New Zealand Passenger Rail Since 1920 by Andre Brett
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Urban passenger rail patronage in Auckland and Wellington is now booming after many years of decline. Outside these two centres, however, the situation is quite different: intercity and regional passenger rail services are scarce, and no other city possesses suburban rail. Can't Get There from Here tra ...Show more
Crossing the Lines - The story of three homosexual New Zealand soldiers in world war II by Brent Coutts
$49.95 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: near fine
In Crossing the Lines, Brent Coutts brings to light the previously untold history of New Zealand homosexual soldiers in World War II, drawing on the experiences of ordinary men who lived through extraordinary times. At the centre of the story are New Zealand soldiers Harold Robinson, Ralph Dyer and Doug ...Show more
Day Walks in New Zealand: 100 Best Short Tracks by Shaun Barnett
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
New Zealand has un unparalleled selection of superb day walks, ranging from the easiest short strolls to more strenuous full-day tramps. These encompass all of New Zealand¿s landscape diversity, from, Cape Reinga to Stewart Island. Day Walks in New Zealand is a guide to the best of them, with short trac ...Show more
Ellie: The Dog with the Loving Heart by Jean Silver
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
This is the story of Ellie, the dog with the loving heart, who was rescued from a life of scavenging for food on the streets of Auckland. Now she has a forever home and her life is full of adventure and joy. The stories are told as if Ellie is writing them, She loves all dogs and all people. We hope tha ...Show more
End Times by Bryan Walsh
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Could an incoming asteroid cause human beings to go the way of the dinosaurs? Will artificial intelligence make the world a better place-or make human beings obsolescent? Could a massive volcanic supereruption thrust the planet into a killer Ice Age? What would happen the day after a nuclear war? Bryan ...Show more
Flying High - The Photography of Lloyd Homer by Simon Nathan
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: near fine
'Disaster man' Lloyd Homer photographed events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides arounf New Zealand for over 35 years. This book features a selection of spectacular colour aerial photohraphs, including high-altitude panoramas, from the GNS Science image library as well as many uniqu ...Show more
From the Pilot's Seat: Kiwi Adventurers in the Sky by Fletcher McKenzie
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Enthralling tales from New Zealand pilots - both men and women - who fly a variety of aircraft around the world in a range of situations, from the domestic to the heart-stopping. Aviation safety expert and keen pilot Fletcher McKenzie has interviewed 23 Kiwi pilots who have worked around the world and ...Show more
Gangster's Paradise by Jared Savage
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
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
Heroes: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold by Stephen Fry
$26.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths | Reading Level: very good
Mortals and Monsters. Quests and Adventures . . . There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes ...Show more