The Dark Valley - A Panorama of the 1930s by Piers Brendon
$35.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The author offers an overview of the 1930s, a story of the dark, dishonset decade that determined the course of the 20th century. Dealing individually with each of the period's great powers - the USA, Germany, Italy, France, Britain, Japan and Russia - the reader is taken through ten years dominated by ...Show more
Go Fish - Recipes and stories from the New Zealand coast by Al Brown
$35.00 NZD
Category: Cooking | Reading Level: near fine
THIS TITLE IS CURRENTLY OUT-OF-PRINT. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN OBTAINING A COPY PLEASE USE OUR CONTACT TAB AND WE WILL NOTIFY YOU AS SOON AS STOCK BECOMES AVAILABLE "Al Brown's best-selling and much-loved fish cookbook and nostalgic ode to the New Zealand coastline and our love of all things coastal.Al ...Show more
Assembly - New Zealand Car Production 1921-1998 by Mark Webster
$30.00 NZD
Category: motoring
New Zealand’s car assembly industry began with the Colonial Motor Company piecing together Ford Model Ts in the early 1920s, and the first true production line came in 1926 with General Motors. For the next 70 years, the assembly industry directly employed thousands of New Zealanders and indirectly supp ...Show more
A Cook's Book - The Essential Nigel Slater by Nigel Slater
$35.00 NZD
Category: Cooking | Reading Level: near fine
A Cook's Book is the story of Nigel Slater's life in the kitchen . . . . . . from the first jam tart Nigel made with his mum standing on a chair trying to reach the AGA, through to what he is cooking now. He writes about how his cooking has changed from discovering the trick to whipping cream perfectly ...Show more
From So Simple a Beginning - The Four Great Books of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin; Edward O. Wilson (ed.)
$55.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: near fine
Never before have the four great works of Charles Darwin Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle (1845), The Origin of Species (1859), The Descent of Man (1871), and The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) been collected under one cover. Undertaking this challenging endeavor 123 years after Darwin's de ...Show more
Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916 - Anzacs and the Rising by Rory Sweetman
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: new
Little has been written on Trinity College's role in Easter Week 1916 as a 'loyal nucleus' dividing the insurgents and providing an effective counterweight to rebel headquarters in the GPO. This book reveals how five New Zealanders, acting as the core of a small squad of colonial troops, provided a vita ...Show more
The Worst Journey in the World - Antarctica 1910-13 by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
$14.00 NZD
Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: very good
In his introduction to the harrowing story of the Scott expedition to the South Pole, Apsley Cherry-Garrard states that Polar Exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised. The Worst Journey In The World is his gripping account of an expedition gon ...Show more
The World Atlas of Coffee - From beans to brewing - coffees explored, explained and enjoyed by James Hoffmann
$25.00 NZD
Category: Drinks | Series: World Atlas Of Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Coffee has never been better, or more interesting, than it is today. Coffee producers have access to more varieties and techniques than ever before and we, as consumers, can share in that expertise to make sure the coffee we drink is the best we can find. Where coffee comes from, how it was harvested, t ...Show more
Superstitions & Why we Have Them by Max Cryer
$10.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
Some people casually say 'touch wood' when they speak of something they hope will happen. Others won't allow peacock feathers into the house. And almost anyone who finds a four-leafed clover will treasure it and keep it. Why? Some superstitions are so ancient and have been practised for so long that the ...Show more
Arabs - A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
$14.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstoneThis kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language an ...Show more
Witchcraft by Jessica Hundley (Editor); Pam Grossman (Editor)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Spirituality | Series: The Library of Esoterica | Reading Level: near fine
Initiating readers in the fascinating and complex history of witchcraft, from the goddess mythologies of ancient cultures to the contemporary embrace of the craft by modern artists and activists, this expansive tome conjures up a breathtaking overview of an age-old tradition. Rooted in legend, folklore ...Show more
Urban Claims and the Right to the City - Grassroots Perspectives from Salvador Da Bahia and London by Julian Walker (Editor); Marcos Bau Carvalho (Editor); Ilinca Diaconescu (Editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: near fine
Urban Claims and the Right to the City explores how the rights of city dwellers are understood and interpreted in Brazil and the UK.