Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us by Charan Ranganath
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
A radical re-examination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here's a surprising twist: we aren't supposed to remember everything. In fact, we're designed to forget. Over the course of ...Show more
100 Letters That Changed the World by Colin Salter
$35.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
A collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time. The written word has the power to inspire, astonish and entertain, as this collection of 100 letters that changed history will show. Ordered chronologically, the letters range from ink-inscribed tablets that vividly describe life in th ...Show more
A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI by Max Bennett
$38.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
A Brief History of Brains bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the evolutionary story of how the brain came to be. The entirety of the human brain's 4-billion-year story can be summarised as the culmination of five evolutionary breakthroughs, starting from the very first brains, all t ...Show more
A Business Revolution: The First two decades of National Business Review, 1970—1991 by Hugh Rennie
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
A Maori Phrase A Day: 365 Phrases to Kickstart your Reo by Hemi Kelly
$30.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo language
A Māori Phrase a Day offers a simple, fun and practical entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 Māori phrases, you will learn the following: Everyday uses English translations Factoids and memory device Handy word lists Presenting the most common, relevant and useful phrases today, A Māori Phrase ...Show more
A Māori Word a Day by Hemi Kelly
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
A Māori Word a Day offers an easy, instant and motivating entry into the Māori language. Through its 365 Māori words, you will learn the following- - English translations - Word category, notes and background information - Sample sentences, in both te reo Māori and English. Exploring the most common, mo ...Show more
A Short History Of The World According To Sheep by Sally Coulthard
$25.00 NZD
Category: History
'This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful' Julian Norton From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have been central to the human story. Since ou ...Show more
A Street Through Time: A 12,000 Year Journey Along the Same Street (HB) by Steve Noon
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Discover how one street has changed throughout history in this update to the illustrated classic. Have you ever wondered what your street was like thousands of years ago? This illustrated history book for children takes you on a 12,000-year journey to find out the story of a single street. Think of th ...Show more
After Dark - Walking into the nights of Aotearoa by Annette Lees
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Every 24 hours, the Earth rolls into its own vast shadow and darkness floods across the land and sea. In a 1600-kilometre-long gliding plumb-line down the length of New Zealand, our beaches, towns, cities, farms, forests, lakes and mountains sink into shadow. Annette Lees takes us walking into the night ...Show more
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish and other Sea Life by Helen Scales
$60.00 NZD
Category: Environment
This is an inspiring tour of the world's oceans and 80 of its most notable inhabitants. Beautifully illustrated, the book includes fascinating stories of the fish, shellfish and other sea life that have somehow impacted human life - whether in our medicine, culture or folklore - in often surprising and ...Show more
Art =: Discovering Infinite Connections in Art History by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
$150.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
An entirely new approach to exploring global art history, presented through the lens of one of the world's leading art museums Featuring more than 800 artworks from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this groundbreaking book - organized by thematic keywords rather than the usua ...Show more
Berlin: Life and Loss in the City That Shaped The Century by Sinclair McKay
$50.00 NZD
Category: History
The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - Berlin Throughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world. This history is often viewed as separate acts: the suffering of the First World ...Show more