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100 Contemporary Fashion Designers by Terry Jones (ed.)
143.00 NZD
Category: Art & Fashion | Reading Level: very good
Terry Jones is the founder and creative director of i-D magazine. He started his fashion career in the 1970s as art director of Vanity Fair and Vogue UK; since leaving Vogue in 1977, his Instant Design studio has produced catalogues, campaigns, exhibitions and books, including SMILE i-D, Fashion Now 1, ...Show more
100% Pure Future - New Zealand Tourism Renewed (BWB Texts) by Sarah Bennett (ed.)
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on New Zealand tourism, but the industry was already troubled by unchecked growth and questionable governance that has put pressure on the environment, infrastructure and communities. In this urgent collection of essays, nine authors outline their vision for sustain ...Show more
1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die by Jenny Linford (ed.)
45.00 NZD
Category: Cooking | Series: 1001 | Reading Level: very good
Gourmets with an appetite for good food in gorgeous settings will find their taste buds tingling in anticipation as they flick through the pages of this book. The eateries listed here come from around the world and range from beloved, local institutions-favorite spots for family celebrations-to elegant, ...Show more
A Job to Do - New Zealand Soldiers of 'the Div' Write About Their Experiences in World War Two by John Gordon (ed.)
50.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
What was it really like for the soldiers of 2 New Zealand Division in the Second World War? How did they spend their time and how did they see their lives as servicemen, from training at home and sailing off to war, to setting up camp, relaxing off-duty, fighting in hostile environments and possibly bei ...Show more
A Modern Māori Picture Dictionary : He Papakupu Whakaahua mo te Reo Maori o Naianei by Katerina Mataira (ed)
36.00 NZD
Category: Maori Childrens' Books | Series: Nz Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference
This dictionary supplements the Oxford Māori Picture Dictionary with additional words and their Māori equivalents. Some of the words in the Oxford Māori Picture Dictionary appear again in this dictionary, but alternative translations are offered, not to invalidate the translations in the Oxford Māori Pi ...Show more
A Treasury of New Zealand Baking by Lauraine Jacobs (ed.)
58.00 NZD
Category: NZ Cookbooks
Every great baker has his or her favourite recipes, and so when New Zealand's best foodwriters and chefs were asked for theirs, they came up with a treasure-trove. Best of all, all royalties go the Breast Cancer Foundation of New Zealand. Designed as a book to treasure and to hand down through the gener ...Show more
A Vase And a Vast Sea by Jenny Nimon (Ed)
28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
In A Vase and a Vast Sea, poetry and prose rustle against the window, scatter palm fronds across the road and sneak off to the movies on a Tuesday. There are moments of nostalgia blended with dangerous undercurrents and domestic life. Edited by Jenny Nimon, this collection is a reunion of writers such a ...Show more
A-Z of Embroidery Stitches: v. 2 by Susan O'Connor (ed.)
53.50 NZD
Category: Crafts & Hobbies
Showcasing 151 new stitches in the popular step-by-step, colour photographic style that A-Z fans have come to know and love, this encyclopedia of stitches is the ultimate guide for any serious embroiderer. Designed to challenge those who have mastered the basics, the A-Z of Embroidery Stitches Volume 2 ...Show more
Aftermaths: - Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific by Angela Wanhalla (ed.); Lyndall Ryan (ed.); Camille Nurka (ed.)
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
What we choose to remember and what we choose to forget about the violent past tell us something about the society we live in now. Whether we like it or not, we’re part of each other’s story. So how do we talk about the past? —Joanna Kidman and Vincent O’Malley Aftermaths explores the life-changing inte ...Show more
Amexica: War Along the Borderline by Ed Vulliamy
30.00 NZD
Category: Crime/Thriller
In the last three years more than 23,000 people have been murdered in Amexica - the area of land that forms the border between the US and Mexico. This is both the busiest and most deadly frontier in the world, studded with guard-posts, infra-red searchlights and heavily armed patrols. Across it unfolds ...Show more
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
30.00 NZD
Category: Animals/Agriculture
**SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST, SPECTATOR, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT and NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARThe Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed withi ...Show more
Apache by Ed Macy
26.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
Ed Macy is an elite pilot, one of the few men qualified to fly Apache helicopters, the world's deadliest fighting machines. This is his account of a fearless mission behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. After a brutal accident forced him out of the Paras, Ed Macy refused to go down quietly. He bent every ...Show more