Nuclear Free - The New Zealand Way by David Lange; Michael Gifkins (Editor)

$10.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: good

In this book David Lange discusses the behind-the-scenes action leading up to and following the New Zealand government's controversial nuclear free stand. David Lange is a former Prime Minister of New Zealand.

True Tales of the Chatham Islands by Don Armitage (ed.)

$25.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

It's a Dog's Life by Murray Ball

$5.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Series: The Pocket Footrot Flats | Reading Level: good-very good

This volume continues the adventures of Wal, Dog and Dolly.

Gangs - My Close Calls with the Hardest Men on the Streets, from Rio to Moscow by Ross Kemp

$8.00 NZD

Category: Crime | Reading Level: good

Across the world millions of people are members of street gangs. In groups they fight, stab, rob, rape and murder anyone who isn't one of their own. And when rival gangs meet - what you get is warfare. Ross Kemp, whose dad was a copper and taught him right from wrong, decided to infiltrate these secret underworld organizations to discover who they are, what makes them tick and what the law is doing to curb their criminal activity. On his harrowing journey he: meets murderous members of the Number gang in a Cape Town jail; crosses paths with warlords in Guatemala; gets shot at in El Salvador; and, is set on fire as an initiation test for Russian Neo-Nazis. Only TV hardman Ross Kemp could get this close to the world's most violent street gangs: he's tough enough to earn their trust and so get them to confide their innermost secrets. It's a wild ride - and not for the faint hearted. ...Show more

Digging Up the Past - Archaeology for the Young & Curious by David Veart

$20.00 NZD

Category: Children Non-fiction | Reading Level: near fine

After noticing his dad's plough kept pulling up interesting stones and bones on their Wairau Bar farm, a 13-year-old boy named Jim Eyles, armed with a potato fork and a piece of number-8 fencing wire, set off one day and dug up a giant moa egg. He kept digging and found Maori adzes and the bones of exti nct birds until he was being visited by leading museum directors from around the country. Through a lot of digging, a pile of curiosity, and often a bit of number-8 wire, archaeologists in New Zealand have been digging up the past beneath our feet for many years. In Digging Up the Past, archaeologist David Veart introduces young and curious readers to the story of New Zealand - from Pacific voyagers to contemporary crime scenes - that those archaeologists have discovered. Along the way, readers will learn about what archaeologists actually do - from digging up shell middens to testing ancient DNA. You'll even learn how to do a little archaeological research in your own rubbish bin (WARNING: stinky work ahead!). And readers will uncover amazing facts about our past: How Maori used kuri, the native dog, as a four-legged fridge; how warplanes were hidden deep within Devonport's North Head (or were they?); how DNA has revealed the number of people who first settled Aotearoa; and much, much more. Illustrated with archaeological evidence, scientists at work, and reconstructions to show what these lost worlds actually looked like, Digging up the Past will soon have readers out on their knees digging around with a piece of wire and a pound of curiosity. ...Show more

The Governors - New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General by Gavin McLean

$35.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Grey, Jervois, Fergusson, Bledisloe - their names adorn buildings, streets, entire towns, even hills and rivers. But little has been written about the occupants of Government House. The Governors tracks the evolution of an office that says much about New Zealand's constitutional journey. In Crown colony days, governors ruled personally; with responsible government came uneasy adjustment and, from the late 1880s, a new breed of aristocratic governors who presided ceremonially. Since 1972, all governors-general have been New Zealand residents, two have been female and more recently the office has acquired a new international dimension. With the job came ceremonial and community roles, which governors performed according to their differing personalities. You will meet the governor who complained about being 'highly paid, well housed and well fed, for performing the functions of a stamp' and another, all monocle, medals and plumed helmet, who spoke Maori. First published 2006; reprinted 2007 with minor corrections and updates. ...Show more

Made in NZ by Chris Mirams & Ross Land

$30.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Made in New Zealand celebrates Kiwidom by examining our characteristics through the eyes of some of our best and most recognised achievers- essentially a coffee table book saluting New Zealand and New Zealanders. This is done by the sharing of insights and perspectives on how New Zealand has influenced and shaped them and how they believe the attitudes, beliefs and make-up of Kiwis has changed as New Zealand has evolved as a country. An essential ingredient in creating a product of value is strong 'in situ' portrait photography and innovative design. This book achieves on both counts. Award-winning New Zealand photographer Ross Land and award-winning journalist Chris Mirams have managed to get total buy-in from all subjects approached. From Alison Holst to David Kirk; from Professor Margaret Brimble to Jon Toogood and John Minto to Sir Graham Henry, Made in New Zealand sweeps the full gamut of New Zealand society. ...Show more

In A Strange Garden - The Life and Times of Truby King by Lloyd Chapman

$12.00 NZD

$34.95 (65% off)

Category: Biography | Reading Level: good

Truby King has touched the lives of most New Zealanders. Founder of the Plunket movement that led our mothers and grandmothers into military-style baby management, his influence is enormous. Although his extreme and restrictive views about women would be ridiculed today, he gave them a health regime tha t dramatically reduced child mortality and was the envy of the world. But who was Truby King? While researching roses grown in France over a hundred years ago, Lloyd Chapman kept stumbling over the name 'Truby King' in nursery records and soon discovered that King was a manic gardener who had imported thousands of plants from Europe. This was the start of a trail that led Chapman all around New Zealand, from abandoned model farms and goldmines to mental institutes and museums, in search of the enigmatic King - scientist, farmer, husband, father, famous baby doctor. The compelling portrait of a truly eccentric but gifted man. ...Show more

His Way - A Biography of Robert Muldoon by Barry Gustafson

$35.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good

This authorized biography of a dominant figure in New Zealand political life since the mid-20th century, is based on many hours of conversation with Robert Muldoon himself, and interviews with political colleagues, civil servants, family and friends.

Maori Paintings - Pictures from the Partridge Collection of Paintings by Gottfried Lindauer; Henry Edward Partridge; J. C. Graham (Introduction by); Auckland City Art Gallery Staff (Contribution by)

$45.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: good-very good

Central by Arno Gastieger; Philip Temple

$20.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Shortlistd for the 2004 Montana NZ Book Awards,Illustrative section.Central Otago, a dramatic landscape of big skies, waving tussock and sweeping mountain vistas, occupies a special place in the minds and hearts of everyone who goes there. Rich in myth and history, Central Otago always seems to be evolv ing. From the gold rushes of the nineteenth century through to the 'new gold' of tourism and wine-making, this region appears to be constantly adapting and changing. But the extraordinary landscape remains the same, never losing its power to excite the senses.Arno Gasteiger's photographs, taken across a variety of seasons, capture many of the constant and sometimes inconstant elements that make up this unique part of New Zealand. Dunedin author Philip Temple describes the history and development of an area he loves to explore.Philip Temple has been exploring Central Otago for forty years. It has featured in several of his many novels, non-fiction books and guides. He has won a number of fellowships and awards for his work, most recently the Montana Book Award for Biography and the 2003 Creative New Zealand Berlin Writer's Residency.Arno Gasteiger was born in Austria and now lives with his family in Auckland. A former New Zealand Geographic photographer, Gasteiger has exhibited in Australia, New Zealand, Austria and Germany. He has been awarded the Cathay Pacific Photographer of the Year and the American Express Photographer of the Year awards and many of his works are held in collections in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Gasteiger has a special interest in the landscape of Central Otago. ...Show more

Pests and Pestilence - The Management of Invasive Species, Pests and Disease in New Zealand by Phil Lester

$20.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine

‘Pestilence’ is a word that conjures up destruction at a large scale. It can be a plague of ravenous rabbits, millions of wilding pines that swallow up landscapes, a virus that brings the world to its knees within weeks of emergence.In Phil Lester’s new book we dive deep into the world of pestilence. We learn the stories of pests that are plants, animals and pathogens, and consider how we can manage their spread in Aotearoa and around the world.The human movement of diseases and pests has affected every corner of the globe, even Antarctica. We need effective management approaches that cause the least possible harm, especially as our population grows and we become increasingly connected. Lester explores the problems of international movement, methodologies designed to limit the unintentional introduction of species across borders, New Zealand’s biosecurity legislation, the limits and possibilities of eradication as a goal, the means of population control, and the management of pathogens in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Illuminating this discussion are stories of cats on parachutes, angry hippos, cannibalistic cane toads, and a cook who unwittingly gave typhoid to at least 51 other people. Fascinating and lucidly written, Pests and Pestilence draws on many strands of history and science to ask how we can best manage the pathogens, animal and plant species that can do us harm. ...Show more