A Careful Revolution: Towards a Low-Emissions Future by David Hall (editor)
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Climate change is happening and the potential long-term costs are incalculable. But how do we manage the short-term costs of mitigation? How do we undertake a low-emissions transition that wont undermine the public support that it relies upon? This book makes the case for a careful revolution and provid ...Show more
Funny As by Horan Paul Matthews Philip
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
From the Kiwi Concert Party to The Topp Twins, Billy T. James to Rose Matafeo, Fred Dagg to Flight of the Conchords, New Zealanders have made each other laugh in ways distinctive to these islands. Funny As tells the story of comedy in this country through more than 300 pictures and an engaging text base ...Show more
Whale Oil - One Man’s Fight to Save His Reputation, then His Life by Margie Thomson
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In May 2012 Auckland businessman Matt Blomfield found himself the target of a vicious online attack, the work of Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater. The attack came out of the blue, destroying Blomfield’s reputation and career, stealing his identity, turning him into a social outcast. Two years after the ...Show more
The Shearers : New Zealand Legends by Ruth Entwistle Low
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
The Shearers is a colourful account of the men and women, past and present, who have committed their lives to shearing in New Zealand. Their voices - in their own words, often brutally honest reflections on what it is to be a shearer - are at the heart of this book- their training, their tools, their ca ...Show more
Rebuilding the Kainga - Lessons from Te Ao Hurihuri (BWB Texts) by Jade Kake
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Series: BWB texts | Reading Level: very good
Home can and should be a source of wellbeing, a place that connects us to our whanau, community, land, culture and history. Pre-nineteenth-century Maori society was complex: rich tribal economies were built and flourished, and there was a focus on valuing the whenua and resources that supported all. The ...Show more
The Billion Dollar Bonfire: How Allan Hubbard and the Government Destroyed South Canterbury Finance by Chris Lee
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
The collapse of South Canterbury Finance (SCF) is one of the biggest New Zealand stories of the last decade. The sweep of events, from Timaru to the Beehive, include some of the most revealing moments on issues critical to this country - everything from poor governance and systemic issues in the finance ...Show more
Womankind - New Zealand Women Making a Difference by Margie Thomson
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A landmark book of profiles and portraits celebrating the successes and diversity of New Zealand women across many spheres - politics, arts, science, community development, business innovation and health. These leaders share their views on what it's like to be a woman in New Zealand today- the contribut ...Show more
Whatever it Takes - Pacific Films and John O'Shea 1948-2000 by John Reid
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Pacific Films was founded on the belief that without locally made feature films, a country imperils its very identity. Led by its idiosyncratic producer John O'Shea, the story of Pacific Films begins at the emergence of a New Zealand national cinema in the second half of the twentieth century, when Paci ...Show more
Auckland Architecture - A Walking Guide by John Walsh
19.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
In this handy pocket guide, well-known architecture writer John Walsh teams up with architectural photographer Patrick Reynolds to offer a self-guided walking tour of 50 significant Auckland buildings, from the Victorian era to the brand new. The sparkling and informative text is accompanied by maps for ...Show more
Down The Bay: A Natural and Cultural History of Abel Tasman National Park by Philip Simpson
79.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
Abel Tasman National Park was a war-time baby, born in 1942 to protect the wonderful sequence of forested beaches and headlands, and which have become much-loved by both countless New Zealanders and visitors alike. Down the Bay is a tribute to this gem of New Zealand's national park system. Philip Simps ...Show more
Still Counting - Wellbeing, Women's Work and Policy-Making (BWB Texts) by Marilyn Waring
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
30 years ago, Marilyn Waring's ground-breaking book Counting for Nothing was released. Waring explained, through meticulous economic analysis, how the success of the global economy rests on women's unpaid work. Counting for Nothing became a phenomenon: it was read and discussed around the world, and ev ...Show more