Uprising: Walking the Southern Alps of New Zealand by Nic Low
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
This book is about walking as a form of knowing. Armed with Ngāi Tahu’s ancient oral maps and modern satellite atlas, I crossed the Southern Alps more than a dozen times, trying to understand how our forebears saw the land. What did it mean to define your identity by sacred mountains, or actually see th ...Show more
The Piketty Phenomenon - New Zealand Perspectives (BWB Texts)
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Few books have had the global impact of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century. An overnight bestseller, Piketty's assessment that inherited wealth will always grow faster, on average, than earned wealth has energised debate. Hailed as 'bigger than Marx' (The Economist) or dismissed as 'me ...Show more
Historic Homesteads of Hawke's Bay by Angus Gordon
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
These gracious homes - dotted across the sun-drenched uplands of Hawke's Bay - rose unashamedly from the golden fleeces on the sheep's backs, to become monuments to our settler heritage. Set in spacious grounds and framed by enormous exotic trees, such as oaks, gums or Norfolk pines, they stand as testa ...Show more
Kiwi Farmers' Guide To Life: Rural Tales from the Heartland by Tim Fulton
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Stories of New Zealand farmers and their families, tracing the ancestral journeys that brought them to their particular piece of rural Kiwi paradise. Profiles some of the country’s most innovative farmers; their motivations, frustrations and legacies; the camaraderie amongst their local communities. Sto ...Show more
Fish Of The Day: Stories and recipes from New Zealand and the Pacific by Mike Bhana, Clarke Gayford
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
Join First Man of Fishing, Clarke Gayford, as he shares his adventures in more than 25 amazing angling locations across New Zealand and the Pacific. Here are the great yarns, secret spots, cool characters, caring communities and environmental insights this much loved, internationally top-rating TV show ...Show more
Climate Aotearoa: What's Happening and What We Can Do About It by Helen Clark
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
The science on climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand now and in the future, and what changes we all need to make. Contributions from a range of climate scientists and commentators Rob Bell, Jason Boberg, Adelia Hallett, Sophie Handford, Rhys Jones, Haylee Koroi, Matt McGlone, Jamie Morton, Rod Oram, Ji ...Show more
Te Hahi Mihinare - The Maori Anglican Church by Hirini Kaa
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
This ground-breaking book explores the emergence of Te Hahi Mihinare - the Maori Anglican Church. Anglicanism, brought to New Zealand by English missionaries in 1814, was made widely known by Maori evangelists, as iwi adapted the religion to make it their own. The ways in which Mihinare (Maori Anglicans ...Show more
Silver Linings: Kiwi Success Stories in the Time of Covid by David Downs; Joe Davis
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
The Covid-19 lockdown in New Zealand caused fear, hardship and loss. Through this time of unprecedented national hardship, however, there emerged incredible stories of hope and optimism. Businesses innovated and found new ways to create value, communities came together in new ways online, and families r ...Show more
Tableland by Ray Salisbury
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
The story of the Tableland, the area behind Mt Arthur on the eastern side of Kahurangi National Park. Generations of Nelsonians have lived in sight of the Arthur Range on the western border of the Nelson district. But few of them know the stories that were played out on the Tableland, the high tussock p ...Show more
Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook (BWB Texts) by Alice Te Punga Somerville
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
"Alice Te Punga Somerville employs her deep research and dark humour to skilfully channel her response to Cook's global colonial legacy"--Back cover.
Life with Cars: New Zealanders' Motoring Memories 1950s-1980s by Stephen Barnett
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Life with Cars is a like a national family photo album, albeit one with its focus on cars. It brims with evocative imagery of cars and automotive adventures from the 1950s to the 1980s, with the words of the contributors as told to the author. Their stories reflect New Zealanders' creation and uptake of ...Show more