Inventing Elvis - An American Icon in a Cold War World by Mathias Haeussler
$44.00 NZD
Category: World History
Elvis Presley stands tall as perhaps the supreme icon of 20th-century U.S. culture. But he was perceived to be deeply un-American in his early years as his controversial adaptation of rhythm and blues music and gyrating on-stage performances sent shockwaves through Eisenhower's conservative America and ...Show more
Jokowi and the New Indonesia - A Political Biography by Darmawan Prasodjo; Tim Hannigan (Translator)
$49.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
In 2014, Joko Widodo--popularly known as Jokowi--was elected the seventh president of the Republic of Indonesia, going on to win a second five-year term in 2019. Raised amid poverty in a riverside slum and with a background in the furniture export trade, Jokowi broke the mold for political leaders in th ...Show more
Kia Kaha: A Storybook of Maori Who Changed the World by Stacey Morrison, Jeremy Sherlock
$45.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
A powerful illustrated storybook for the tamariki and rangatahi of Aotearoa New Zealand celebrating Maoritanga! KIA KAHA is a collection of true stories about amazing Maori who have achieved incredible things. Each of them blazed a trail in their own way, and this pukapuka was written to show that with ...Show more
Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China by Jing Tsu
$30.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
A riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world, transforming China into a superpower in the processWhat does it take to reinvent the world's oldest living language?China today is one of the world's most powerful nations, yet just a ...Show more
Lilibet: The Girl Who Would be Queen by A. N. Wilson
$22.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
A celebration of HRH, Queen Elizabeth II: one of the most remarkable rulers of our age.
Little Bird of Auschwitz by Jacques Peretti
$29.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
'That nickname . . .''"Little bird." It wasn't mine. I found out later he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected. "Little Bird" didn't mean anything. It was a trick. There were thousands of "little birds", just like me, all thinking they were the only one.'As a reporter, Jacques Perett ...Show more
Madhouse at the End of the Earth - The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
$19.50 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A new classic of extreme endurance - Into Thin Air meets The Perfect Storm in 19th century Antarctica 'The next great contribution to polar literature' -- Hampton Sides 'An unforgettable tale brilliantly told' -- Scott Anderson 'It grips from first sentence to last' -- Lawrence Osborne The harrowing, su ...Show more
Manhood - A Book about Setting Men Free by Steve Biddulph
$12.50 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Mantel Pieces by Hilary Mantel
$22.49 NZD
$44.99 (50% off)
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three dec ...Show more
Maui Street (Māui Street) (BWB Texts) by Morgan Godfery
$15.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Everyone lives a messy, unusual life. There is no normal. The sooner our politics understands this, the better off we will all be.' Morgan Godfery is one of New Zealands most energising young thinkers. In just a few years he has become a leading voice in the countrýs social and political life. Starting ...Show more
Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land by Rachel Cockerell
$40.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
On June 7th 1907, a ship packed with Russian Jews sets sail into the Atlantic. It is heading not to Jerusalem or New York, as many on board have dreamt, but to Texas. The man who persuades the passengers to go is David Jochelmann, Rachel Cockerell's great-grandfather. It marks the beginning of the Galve ...Show more
Miller's Collectables Handbook and Price Guide 2021-2022 by Judith Miller
$30.00 NZD
$60.00 (50% off)
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
All entries new for each edition. Miller's Collectables Handbook & Price Guide 2021-2022 is the up-to-date guide to the collectables market no dealer, collector or auctioneer should be without. Featuring more than 4,000 objects in full colour, each with a detailed description and price range, the b ...Show more