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Busy Beaver by Nicholas Oldland (Illustrator)
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Life in the Wild Ser.
The busy but careless beaver spends his days following random impulses, rarely thinking things through and leaving in his wake a devastated forest filled with stumps, half-nibbled trees and injured, homeless animals. But then one day the beaver finds himself on the wrong side of a falling tree, which as ...Show more
How To Think More About Sex by Alain De Botton, The School of Life
$28.00 NZD
Category: Self-help | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
In this rigorous and supremely honest book Alain de Botton helps us navigate the intimate and exciting - yet often confusing and difficult - experience that is sex.Few of us tend to feel we're entirely normal when it comes to sex, and what we think we're supposed to be feeling rarely matches up with the ...Show more
How to Be a Leader (The School of Life series) by School of Life Staff (Compiled by); Martin Bjergegaard; Cosmina Popa
$25.00 NZD
Category: General | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
No one is born to lead. This is the idea at the heart of this thoughtful book on leadership. Popular culture feeds us images of the square-jawed, strong-armed leader - charismatic, powerful, decisive - but the truth is, with the right amount of self-knowledge and authenticity, anyone can be a good leade ...Show more
How to Deal with Adversity: The School Of Life by Christopher Hamilton
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
In How to Deal with Adversity, Christopher Hamilton explores how we face trials and tribulations in everyday life, and why adversity, from small setbacks to larger, more life-defining problems, affects and shapes us so fundamentally. In this book from The School of Life series, drawing upon history, phi ...Show more
Life Class by Pat Barker
$29.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: The\Life Class Trilogy Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Life Class is Pat Barker's powerful and unforgettable story of art and war. Spring, 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks' studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling, underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world. When ...Show more
Noonday by Pat Barker
$26.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: The Life Class Trilogy Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In Noonday, Pat Barker - the Man Booker-winning author of the definitive WWI trilogy, Regeneration - turns for the first time to WWII. 'Afterwards, it was the horses she remembered, galloping towards them out of the orange-streaked darkness, their manes and tails on fire...' London, the Blitz, autumn 19 ...Show more
The Life Vespa by Eric Dregni
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: The\Life Ser.
Since hitting the road in 1946, eighteen million Vespa motor scooters have buzzed the Earth.Vespa's success lies in the uniqueness of its design -- in the unmistakable sheet metal skin that, over the span of decades, has defined the concept of "motor scooter."The Life Vespa celebrates all aspects of the ...Show more
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? - Expanded Edition by Rick Warren, Rick Warren
$27.99 NZD
Category: Self-help | Series: The\Purpose Driven Life Ser.
Licensed in over eighty-five languages, The Purpose Driven Life is far more than just a book; it is a guide to a spiritual journey. Once you take this journey, you'll never be the same again. On your journey you'll find the answers to three of life's most important questions: The Question of Existen ...Show more
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