A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT | Series: Bryson
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got ...Show more
The Godzone Dictionary - Of Favourite New Zealand Words and Phrases by Max Cryer
$34.99 NZD
Category: Writing, Language
This concise A-Z dictionary, now updated in a new expanded edition, is a quick and easy reference to understanding the words and phrases that make the New Zealand language and speech patterns so different. Language expert Max Cryer not only provides helpful definitions for the various entries, but also ...Show more
I'm Staying at Richard's: Raising the Exceptional Son I Never Expected by Bernadette Agius
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography
This inspiring, heartfelt, and powerful memoir by a mother of a child with Down syndrome explores the incredible blessings and challenges of raising a child with disabilities. When Bernadette Agius--an ambitious career-focused woman--became pregnant, she imagined her unborn child attending the best ...Show more
Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial by Courtney & Carter Reum
$28.00 NZD
Category: Business, Economics and Law
_____________An indispensable guide to starting your business from scratch_____________Think you know how to launch a successful business? Think again.Courtney and Carter Reum know startups. As early investors in the likes of Lyft, Pinterest and SpaceX, as well as founders of a multi-million-dollar comp ...Show more
Tell Me the Planets - Stories of Brain Injury and What It Means to Survive by Ben Platts-Mills
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography
What if you remembered things that never happened? Or you forgot everything every few seconds? Or one side of your body stopped working? In Tell Me the Planets Ben Platts-Mills explores the fractured lives of survivors of brain injury, providing an extraordinary glimpse into their daily struggles to le ...Show more
Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin by Clive James
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Clive James is a life-long admirer of the work of Philip Larkin. Somewhere Becoming Rain gathers all of James's writing on this towering literary figure of the twentieth century, together with extra material now published for the first time.The greatness of Larkin's poetry continues to be obscured by th ...Show more
Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker
$28.00 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? How do billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? How does a building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wr ...Show more
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn; Angela Harding
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset ...Show more
First You Write a Sentence:The Elements of Reading, Writing ... and Life by Joe Moran
$28.00 NZD
Category: Writing, Language
The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A poet writes in sentences, but so does the unsung author who came up with Items trapped in doors cause delays. A good sentence can be written (and read) by anyone if we simply give it the gift of our time.Enter widely-acclaimed author Professo ...Show more
The Choice by Edith Eger
$28.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
THE AWARDWINNING, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The Choice is a gift to humanity. One of those rare and eternal stories that you don't want to end and that leave you forever changed' DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize LaureateIn 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimagin ...Show more
Lead Successful Projects by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
$28.00 NZD
Category: Business, Economics and Law | Series: Penguin Business Experts Ser.
Are you struggling to juggle multiple projects? Do you often lose control of your budget? Does communicating your progress to the rest of your team cause you undue stress? Project management is an essential skill for anyone who needs to get things done in any organisation, and is absolutely critical fo ...Show more
The Braided River: Migration and the Personal Essay by Diane Comer
$35.00 NZD
Category: Culture & Life
The Braided River explores contemporary migration to New Zealand through an examination of 200 personal essays written by 37 migrants from 20 different countries, spanning all ages and life stages. The first book to examine migration through the lens of the personal essay, The Braided River presents mig ...Show more