Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (HB) by Walter Isaacson
$59.99 NZD
Category: Biography
The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she cam ...Show more
Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon
$22.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
Optioned for a film starring Elizabeth Debicki, a rollercoaster ride full of danger, intrigue and love based on the extraordinary true story of Australia's most beloved war heroine, Nancy Wake. February 29, 1944: I am about to jump out of an aeroplane for the first time ... I don't care that every man i ...Show more
The Listening Path: The Creative Art of Attention - A Six Week Artist's Way Programme by Julia Cameron
$32.99 NZD
Category: Writing, Language
A groundbreaking new book about listening to ourselves, to others and to the world from the internationally bestselling 'queen of change', Julia Cameron. From the bestselling author of The Artist's Way comes a new, transformative guide to deeper, more profound listening and creativity. Over six weeks, ...Show more
Inside the Whale: On Writers and Writing by George Orwell
$27.99 NZD
Category: Writing, Language
Unfailingly elegant and endlessly relevant, the four essays in this collection treat literature as a vital record of our political hypocrisies, our social failings, and the ennobling limits of our ideological aspirations.
All Wrapped Up Botanicals by Edith Rewa: A Wrapping Paper Book by Rewa Edith
$29.99 NZD
Category: Culture & Life | Series: All Wrapped Up Ser.
All Wrapped Up is a series of gorgeous stationery books celebrating the work of Australia's best and brightest artists. Botanicals showcases the unique flora of Australia as seen through the eyes of textile designer and illustrator Edith Rewa. Love the pattern? Rip it out and wrap something up!Includes ...Show more
Lonely Planet Kids Amazing World Atlas by Alexa Ward, Alexa Ward
$29.99 NZD
Category: Sports, Hobbies, Environment | Series: Lonely Planet Kids
Bringing planet earth to life, this colourful and fun addition to Lonely Planet Kids takes you on a trip around the world that you'll never forget. Filled with continental and regional maps, lively text, an entry for every country on the planet, plus mind-blowing facts, and an emphasis on the species th ...Show more
Lessons in Stoicism - What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us about How to Live by John Sellars
$26.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
What aspects of your life do you really control? What do you do when you cannot guarantee that things will turn out in your favour? And what can Stoicism teach us about how to live together? In the past few years, Stoicism has been making a comeback. But what exactly did the Stoics believe? In Lessons i ...Show more
The Power of Moments - Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip Heath; Dan Heath
$30.00 NZD
Category: Lifestyle
THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER'Beautifully written, brilliantly researched' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of GRIT'The most interesting, immediately actionable book I?ve read in quite a while... If life is a series of moments, the Heath brothers have transformed how I plan to spend mine' Adam Grant, ...Show more
Explaining Humans - What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships by Camilla Pang
$38.00 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of eight, Dr Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her. Desperate for a solution, Camilla asked her mother if there was an instruction manual for humans that she could consult. But, without the blueprint to life she was hoping for, Camil ...Show more
Philosophy in 40 Ideas (The School of Life) by The School The School of Life
$27.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
Philosophy is a discipline committed to helping us live wiser and less sorrowful lives. This book artfully draws together 40 of the greatest and most useful ideas found in philosophy, taking us on a journey around key concepts from both Eastern and Western cultures.We are invited to sample the distincti ...Show more
The Writer's Library - The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives by Nancy Pearl; Jeff Schwager
$59.99 NZD
Category: Writing, Language
With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in this intimate, moving, and insightful colle ...Show more
A Woman of Firsts by Edna Adan Ismail; Wendy Holden (As told to)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography
'The Muslim Mother Teresa' Huffington Post Imprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution. Edna Adan Ismail endured it all - for the women of Africa. Edna saw first-hand how poor healthcare, lack of education and ancient superstitions had devastating effects on Somaliland's people, especially its women. When ...Show more