Medical Books, Libraries and Collectors: A Study of Bibliography and the Book Trade in Relation to the Medical Sciences by John L. Thornton
$25.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
Jouets de Plantes: Histoires et Secrets de Fabrications by Christine Armengaud
$25.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
A Castle in Tuscany - The Remarkable Life of Janet Ross by Sarah Benjamin
$18.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Tells the story of the extraordinary Janet Ross. To lovers of classic food books, Janet's name is recognisable, as the eminent Elizabeth David cited her as a source and her work changed the way the English thought about vegetables. Few people though know much about the life she lived.
Diary of a Dog-walker: Time Spent Following a Lead by Edward Stourton
$8.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: good
Based on the popular series of articles which appeared in the Telegraph, Edward Stourton muses on the meaning of life and all things canine as he walks his dog Kudu. 'If you are accompanied by a dog you can talk to anyone, and anyone can talk to you - about anything'. And they do. Edward Stourton's walk ...Show more
The Magic of Reality - How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins; Dave McKean (Illustrator)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
Richard Dawkins, the world's most famous evolutionary biologist, presents a gorgeously lucid, science book examining some of the nature's most fundamental questions both from a mythical and scientific perspective. Science is our most precise and powerful tool for making sense of the world. Before we dev ...Show more
Teach Yourself Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis by David A. Rothery
$12.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Series: Teach Yourself - General | Reading Level: very good
Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis is the essential guide to what causes the most frightening geological events with which we are faced today. It covers plate tectonics, the intricacies of each terrible phenomina, and their effects as well as the impact they have on each other, how they can be predicte ...Show more
Machines in the Home by Rebecca Weaver; Rodney Dale
$10.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
This description of how machines in the home were developed and how they revolutionized the drudgery of housework is part of a series covering the history of science and technology. It is intended for students of 14 years and upwards, their teachers and students of social and economic history.
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
$10.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. This 30th anniversary edition includes a new introduction from the author as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews. As relevant and influential today as when it wa ...Show more
Two Fish on One Hook: A Transformative Reading of Thoreau's Walden by Raymond Tripp
$12.00 NZD
Category: Spirituality | Reading Level: very good
Here is a book about Walden that takes Thoreau on his own terms. Two Fish on One Hook is a transcendental study of Thoreau's transcendental work. It offers us the task of doing as Thoreau does, exhorting us to follow the patterns Thoreau sets up in Walden and to approach his work as "an act of communica ...Show more
Doctors in Denial - The Forgotten Women in the 'Unfortunate Experiment' by Ronald W Jones
$20.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
When Dr Ron Jones joined the staff of National Women's Hospital in Auckland in 1973 as a junior obstetrician and gynaecologist, Professor Herbert Green's study into the natural history of carcinoma in-situ of the cervix (CIS) - later called 'the unfortunate experiment' - had been in progress for seven y ...Show more
Practical Reasoning in Bioethics by James F. Childress
$25.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Series: Medical Ethics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This is a valuable clarification, re-statement and defence of principlism as an approach to applied ethics. It is strongly recommended to many teachers of bioethics..." --Journal of the American Medical AssociationChildress' book deserves careful study by all concerned with the ethical aspect of contemp ...Show more
The Lives to Come - The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities by Philip Kitcher
$16.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
Originally published in 1996, an examination of the medical, social and political implications of the Human Genome Project, the revolution of new molecular genetics.