The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 19 ...Show more
How to Have a Beer by Alice Galletly
$26.00 NZD
Category: Just for Fun
Beer — it’s the world’s favourite alcoholic drink and its popularity is soaring. It has only four key ingredients but fearless brewers are adding countless others, from chocolate and coconut to beard-grown yeast, seaweed and stag semen. As Alice Galletly surveys the growing array in a supermarket, she m ...Show more
Return to Harikoa Bay by Owen Marshall
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
New work from the master of the short story and author of the story 'Coming Home in the Dark' made into a major feature film. 'Whenever I think of coming to punish my father, it's always in a strong wind, and that's blowing now as I drive up the long, unsealed track to the house and sheds.' So begins on ...Show more
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger
$38.00 NZD
Category: Science & Environment
The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX-and Elon Musk-from a shaky startup into the world's leading edge rocket company. In 2006, SpaceX-a brand-new venture with fewer than 200 employees-rolled its first, single-engine rocket onto a launch pad at Kwajalein Atoll ...Show more
Norwegian Wood - Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way by Lars Mytting; Robert Ferguson (Translator)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
THE BRITISH BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 Whether you're a seasoned woodcutter, or your passion is yet to be kindled, NORWEGIAN WOOD is the perfect fireside read, and an ideal seasonal gift. Chopping and stacking wood is a pastime where the world makes sense once more. Because o ...Show more
Ralph Hotere - The Dark is Light Enough - A Biographical Portrait by Vincent O'Sullivan
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Vincent O'Sullivan's compelling, nuanced portrait of the great New Zealand artist Ralph Hotere brings the man and his art to life. Ralph Hotere (Te Aupouri and Te Rarawa; 1931-2013) was one of Aotearoa's most significant modern artists. Hotere invited the poet, novelist and biographer Vincent O'Sullivan ...Show more
Bike Book: Complete Bicycle Maintenance by James Witts
$44.99 NZD
Category: Outdoors
Now in its 23rd year of publication, The Bike Book continues to be a bestseller. Compiled by a new author, this seventh edition is a major update to include all new developments in the cycling world along with a thorough check and revision of all existing material. New photography together with a refres ...Show more
The Big Bike Trip by Freddie Gillies
$45.00 NZD
Category: Outdoors
'When you're hurting and coughing on a steep incline, it's hard to see or even think of the top, but you just gotta push a pedal at a time and keep pushing.' At Auckland Airport, three young Kiwis began an audacious - some would say crazy - journey, huddled together and wiping tears from their eyes. Fo ...Show more
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z
Two brothers venture across 1950s America to New York in the absorbing new novel by the author of the bestselling A Gentleman in Moscow. In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involunta ...Show more
Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller by James Clear
$40.00 NZD
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Reading Level: 15
A revolutionary system to get 1 per cent better every day. People think when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions - doing two p ...Show more
Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia by Peter Pomerantsev
$28.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators and oligarch revolutionaries. ...Show more
The Rodchenkov Affair by Grigory Rodchenkov
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Can one man take down an empire? The Rodchenkov Affair is a breathtaking real-life political thriller. As a leading chemical scientist and Director of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, Dr Grigory Rodchenkov was at the forefront of global efforts to detect drugs cheats in sport. Yet he was simultaneous ...Show more