Patu: The New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction: | Series: 1st
A large-format, stunning visual history of the New Zealand Wars of the 1800s, suitable for children and adults, by the multiple-award-winning Gavin BishopDiscover the key people, perspectives and battles of the New Zealand Wars in this powerfully told and richly illustrated visual history by Gavin Bisho ...Show more
Unlikely Loves by JENNIFER S HOLLAND
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction:
Calling all love birds - or cats, kangaroos, and boa constrictors! From the bestselling author of Unlikely Friendships, Unlikely Loves is an exploration of animal attachments that, in human terms, can only be called love. Take, for instance, the dog living in a wildlife sanctuary who treats an orphaned ...Show more
Around and About Aotearoa by Dave Gunston
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction:
Who built New Zealand's first car? Or our first aeroplane? Where was our first bread baked? Ever wondered which pie is Aotearoa's favourite? Or our favourite ice cream? Which lake could swallow the Auckland Sky Tower with plenty of room to spare? Where's our longest bridge? Or our shortest river? What d ...Show more
Ross Taylor: Black & White by Paul Thomas
$50.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction:
When an athlete with an exceptional record of achievement and longevity comes to the end of their career, the numbers can speak for themselves.Ross Taylor has scored the most runs, made the most centuries and taken the most catches by a New Zealander in international cricket. He's the first New Zealand ...Show more
Searching For Charlie - In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar by Tom Scott
$50.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction: | Reading Level: very good
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more. The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has int ...Show more
Van Halen Rising : How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal by Greg Renoff
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction:
The bestselling, vivid and energetic history of Van Halen's legendary early years featuring 230 original interviews -- including with former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and power players like Pete Angelus, Marshall Berle, Donn Landee, Ted Templeman, and Neil Zlozower "Fascinating (even for non-VH ...Show more
Here, There and Everywhere by Geoff Emerick
$35.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction:
Geoff Emerick became an assistant engineer at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1962 at age fifteen, and was present as a new band called the Beatles recorded their first songs. He later worked with the Beatles as they recorded their singles ?She Loves You? and ?I Want to Hold Your Hand, ? the songs t ...Show more
Me, According to the History of Art by Dick Frizzell
$65.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction: | Reading Level: very good
Throughout his long career, New Zealand painter Dick Frizzell has often gone way out on a limb to see where it would take him. From his early Pop art influenced approach to his experiments with landscape and the contested area of appropriation, he's always been brave. Now, he takes on the history of art ...Show more
Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay by Alexandra Stewart
$27.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction:
In the late morning of May 29th 1953, the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world, a gentle breeze was blowing and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever ... Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and the roof of the world was Everest. This is the breathtaking st ...Show more
The Big Little Book of Resilience by Matthew Johnstone
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction:
Most of us set out quietly hoping for, and secretly expecting, to live a happy, successful and healthy life. But life doesn't always go to plan.The Big Little Book of Resilience is about developing flexibility, acceptance and self-compassion when those plans go awry. In this beautifully illustrated book ...Show more