Astor - The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper; Katherine Howe
$25.00 NZD
Category: America | Reading Level: very good
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story--of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinventi ...Show more
Germaine Greer - Untamed Shrew by Christine Wallace
$16.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Germaine Greer is one of the opinion-formers of our age, her challenging views constantly provoking us in print and on the small screen. The Female Eunuch, her first book published in 1970, was hailed by the women's liberation movement and influenced an entire generation. Yet two years earlier Greer had ...Show more
An English-Hawaiian Dictionary with various useful tables by H R Hitchcock
$15.00 NZD
Category: Pacific | Reading Level: good-very good
Maximum City - Bombay lost and found by Suketu Mehta
$12.00 NZD
Category: Asia | Reading Level: very good
Winner Of The 2005 Kiriyama Prize For Non-FictionSuketu Mehta Left Bombay At The Age Of 14. Twenty-One Years Later He Returned To Rediscover The City. The Result Is This Stunning, Brilliantly Illuminating Portrait Of The Megalopolis And Its People-A Book, Seven Years In The Making, That Is As Vast, As D ...Show more
The Spymaster of Baghdad - The untold story of the elite intelligence cell that turned the tide against ISIS by Margaret Coker
$16.00 NZD
Category: Espionage | Reading Level: very good
'Authentic, moving, visceral, chilling, utterly revelatory, truly masterful. A stunning tour de force by an author who has lived every word of it on the ground. A story of our time that absolutely needs to be told' Damien Lewis, author of Zero Six Bravo The Spymaster of Baghdad is the gripping story of ...Show more
Radical Then, Radical Now - On being Jewish by Jonathan Sacks
$12.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
The best contemporary introduction to Judaism for modern men and women of all religious persuasions and none. The Jewish People in its very being constitutes a living protest against a world of hatred, violence and war. Radical Then, Radical Now is a powerful testimony to the amazing resilience of th ...Show more
A Sense of Place - The gardens of Andrew Pfeiffer by Andrew Pfeiffer
$20.00 NZD
Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good
The gardens of Andrew Pfeiffer are inspired by a deep respect for their natural environments. Whether informal gardens that appear to have sprung naturally from their original landscape or striking, thematic walled gardens deliberately detached from the wilderness beyond, the magnificent gardens in this ...Show more
Errornomics - Why We Make Mistakes and What We Can Do to Avoid Them by Joseph T Hallinan
$10.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
How did security staff at LA International Airport miss 75 per cent of bomb-making materials that went through screening? Which way should you turn before joining a supermarket queue? Why should a woman hope it was a man who witnessed her bag being snatched? And what possessed Burt Reynolds to punch a g ...Show more
Emergence - Seven Steps for Radical Life Change by Derek Rydall
$12.00 NZD
Category: Spirituality | Reading Level: very good
Are you struggling to improve something about yourself—your health, your mindset, your relationships? Throw aside the self-help books and recognize this one simple, radical truth: the answer is already in you.The harder we try to change, the deeper in the hole we get. We find a new partner but have the ...Show more
Practicing the Power of Now - Essential Teachings, Meditations and Exercises for Living the Liberated Life by Eckhart Tolle
$10.00 NZD
Category: Spirituality | Reading Level: very good
In "The Power of Now", Eckhart Tolle shared the enlightenment he experienced after a startling personal transformation. Through meditations and simple techniques, he aims to show readers how to quieten their thoughts, see the world in the present moment, and find the truest path to happiness.
The Book - On the Taboo against Knowing Who You are by Alan Watts
$12.00 NZD
Category: Spirituality | Reading Level: very good
Drawing upon ancient Hindu philosophy, the author explores the human psyche and the importance of personal identity.