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The Outlaw Ocean - Crime and Survival in the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
'Just incredible' NAOMI KLEIN **New York Times Bestseller** The Outlaw Ocean is a riveting, adrenalin-fuelled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen- the high seas. The oceans are some of the last untamed frontiers on our planet. Too big to police, and under no cle ...Show more
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom by Robin Wall Kimmerer
$26.00 NZD
$26.99 (3% off)
Category: Non-fiction
An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, ...Show more
Maiden Voyages - Women and the Golden Age of Transatlantic Travel by Siân Evans
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
A VIVID PORTRAIT OF WOMEN'S LIVES DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVEL Before convenient air travel, transatlantic travel was the province of the great ocean liners and never more so than in the glory days of the interwar years. It was an extraordinary undertaking made by many women. Some trav ...Show more
Marvel Comics Mini-Books Collectible Boxed Set by Spear, Geoff
$50.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
In 1966, Marvel printed what the Guinness Book of World Records certified as the world's smallest comic books. Smaller than a postage stamp, and sold in gumball machines across the country, these six books told the quirky origin stories of Marvel's most beloved characters at that time: the Amazing Spide ...Show more
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell
$17.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
A wickedly witty field guide to bookstore customers from the Person Who Doesn't Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover) to the harried Parents Secretly After Free Childcare. It does take all kinds. If you visit bookshops more often than the grocery store, you'll recognize the types. ...Show more
You Goddess! - Lessons in Being Legendary from Amazing Immortals by Elizabeth Foley
$28.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
'What guts. What attitude! These are the immortals I wish I'd learned about at school.' - Olivia Colman *** The much-loved authors of What Would Boudicca Do? channel the feminist power of mythical goddesses in this witty, inspirational gift. Want to break free from what's holding you back? Channel th ...Show more
Forever Wandering by Emilie Ristevski
$33.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
Forever Wandering showcases Instagram sensation Hello Emilie's beautiful images of the natural world, including many never-before-seen snaps. Hello Emilie (aka Emilie Ristevski) is an advocate for responsible travel. With a social media following in the millions, Emilie's whimsical photography shows re ...Show more
Viking London by Thomas Williams
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
Viking Britain author Thomas Williams returns with a brief history of the interaction between the Vikings and the British to tell the story of the occupation of London. The Vikings remoulded the world, changed the language, and upended the dynamics of power and trade. Monasteries and settlements burned ...Show more
Tomorrow Will Be a Good Day by Captain Tom Moore
$48.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
At the height of the pandemic, ninety-nine-year-old WWII veteran Captain Tom Moore began walking laps of his garden to raise e1000 for the NHS. By the time of his 100th birthday, he'd reached e32 million and captured the hearts of the nation. In his official autobiography, announced alongside the creati ...Show more
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.' Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable a ...Show more
The Little Book of Churchill - In His Own Words by Orange Orange Hippo!
$15.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: The\Little Book Of... Ser.
The iconic leader who 'mobilized the English language and sent it to battle'. Churchill's life and political career were certainly long and colourful: he travelled the world, fought in the Boer War, and oversaw the disastrous Gallipoli campaign during the First World War. But it was during the Second W ...Show more
The Wild Silence (#2) by Raynor Winn
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
Raynor Winn's magical and life-affirming new book, The Wild Silence - the follow-up to the uplifting, Sunday Times, internationally bestselling, Wainwright prize shortlisted, and Costa shortlisted, The Salt Path. In The Salt Path, Raynor and Moth go out to find the sea, the windswept and wild coastline, ...Show more