Katherine Mansfield in Picton by Julie Kennedy
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
Katherine Mansfield, at 19 and 'bored with Wellington', left New Zealand to be a writer. She never returned. Shortly before her death at 34 in 1923, she wrote (in a story fragment): 'It was one of those days so clear, so still, so silent you almost feel the earth itself has stopped in astonishment at it ...Show more
Lebanon: Impressions of a UNESCO Conference by M.H. Holcroft
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Looking for Trouble: Behind the Scenes of the New Zealand Media by Glenda Hughes
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
How do we know that what we are being told in the media is true? Why do celebrities choose to speak at certain times but refuse at others? What are the signs that we are being told half-truths, being presented with one side of a story only? How do people present the truth if the media is determined to s ...Show more
Mercy Mistress Mercy: The Plumley Walker Saga by Christopher Harder
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
My Body My Business: New Zealand Sex Workers in An Era of Change by Caren Wilton
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
In My Body, My Business, 11 former and current New Zealand sex workers speak frankly, in their own voices, about their lives in and out of the sex industry. Their stories are by turns eye-opening, poignant, heartening, disturbing and compelling. Based on a series of oral history interviews by Caren Wilt ...Show more
New Zealand Abroad by Bruce Connew
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ History
Finalist - 2003 Montana NZ Book Awards, Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture category. Tanzania's president Julius Nyerere once remarked: 'whilst other people can aim at reaching the moon. ..our present aim must be directed at reaching the villages. ' Volunteer Service Abroad was formed in 1962, and in th ...Show more
Old Heroes by Warwick Roger
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
The story of the 1956 Springbok tour, a year that left a lasting impression on New Zealanders.
Report on Experience by John Mulgan
$16.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Report on Experience is a compelling memoir written by a quietly heroic author. This brilliantly written work provides insight both into the mind of the author and the prevailing attitudes of wartime Britain and Europe.
Roaring Forties by Sam Hunt; Gary McCormick
$37.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
The story of the 'Roaring Forties' tours of poets Hunt and McCormick around every corner of New Zealand in the early '70s - popularising verse in pubs, prisons, theatres and schools.
Shrek: The Story of a Kiwi Icon by John Perriam
$24.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Shrek's strong personality has meant that he's a favourite with children and adults alike. This book tells his story and it's handsomely illustrated with many excellent photographs. It's a classic Kiwi story.