The World According To Joan Didion by Evelyn McDonnell
$36.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigourous interrogation and beautiful style. Joan Didion was a writer's writer; not only a groundbre ...Show more
Wawata - Moon Dreaming by Hinemoa Elder
$30.00 NZD
Category: Maori culture and history
Hina, the Maori moon goddess, has 30 different faces to help illuminate life's lessons - a different face and a different energy for each day of the month. And with her changing light, new insights are revealed. This book gives us the chance to connect to the ancient wisdom of the old people, who reach ...Show more
A Concise History of New Zealand by Philippa Mein Smith
$20.00 NZD
Category: History
New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million years ago to the twenty-first century. Philippa Mein Smith highlights the effects of the country's smal ...Show more
A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from the School of Life by Alain de Botton
$42.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of Life: A Therapeutic Journey follows the arc from mental crisis and collapse to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is both a practical guide and a source of consolation and compani ...Show more
Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything by Julia Baird
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
From award-winning journalist Julia Baird, author of the acclaimed national bestseller Phosphorescence, comes Bright Shining, a luminously beautiful, deeply insightful and most timely exploration of that most mysterious but necessary of human qualities: grace. Grace is both mysterious and hard to defin ...Show more
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
$30.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Voyages Promotion Ser.
Adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas. ENDURANCE is the story of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board a ship called the Endurance. The object of t ...Show more
Land Rover - The Story of the Car that Conquered the World by Ben Fogle
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Reading Level: very good
Sunday Times Bestseller As quintessentially British as a plate of fish and chips or a British Bulldog, the boxy, utilitarian Land Rover Defender has become an iconic part of what it is to be British. It is said that for more than half the world's population, the first car they ever saw was a Land Rover ...Show more
New Zealand's Night Sky by Stardome Observatory Planetarium
$16.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
When you look up at the stars in the night sky it can be easy to think of them as lights glowing on a large dark ceiling. Can you identify the brightest stars and planets? Do you know which constellations are visible right now, and what their stories are? New Zealand's Night Skyby the Stardome Observato ...Show more
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "Not many books about writing manage to be both as practical and entertaining as this one. Even if you've never read a Stephen King novel, the insights he shares will change how you read and write (and maybe how you live)." ...Show more
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
$55.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ...Show more
The Forgotten Forest: In Search of the Lost Plants and Fungi of Aotearoa by Robert Vennell
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
A guide to the spectacular oddities of the New Zealand forest, by the bestselling author of The Meaning of Trees and Secrets of the Sea. Deep in the forest, in places you would never think to look, are some of the most remarkable creatures. Overlooked and unsung, this is the forgotten forest: a world ...Show more
The Meaning of Trees - The History and Use of New Zealand's Native Plants by Robert Vennell
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
A guide and gift book in equal measure, this treasure of a book pays homage to New Zealand's native plant species. The Meaning of Trees tells the story of plants and people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Beautifully illustrated with botanical drawings, paintings and photographs, it shows us how a globally uni ...Show more