Martha's Vineyard: New Island Homes by Keith Moskow, Robert Linn
$140.00 NZD
Category: Architecture & Design
Each year the pristine beaches, lush pine forests, and picturesque New England towns of Martha's Vineyard draw tens of thousands of admirers to this beautiful island. Some of these visitors have become part-time residents, building contemporary homes alongside the traditional Victorian cottages, sea ca ...Show more
Nature Crafts - Japanese Style Plant & Leaf Projects by Yukinobu Fujino; Yuji Miura; Hiroyuki Oka; Takanori Shimizu
$30.00 NZD
Category: Arts & Crafts | Reading Level: near fine
Interior decorating just got a green thumb Harness the beauty of plants, leaves and foliage--green decor--in this unique collection of 40 nature projects that are fun, easy and inexpensive to make. Six of Japan's leading floral and plant designers offer a range of ideas to turn found and foraged materia ...Show more
Of Cabbages and Things- by Shona McFarlane
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists
Secondhand. Here is Shona McFarlane at her effervescent best, whether extrolling the virtues of the humble spud or paying tribute to a neglected seventeenth-century painter. For readers familiar with her earlier 'Mixed Media' this new pot-pourri of words and paintings will be a further delight; for tho ...Show more
Clare Reilly: Eye of the Calm by Clare Reilly
$55.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
Clare Reilly: Eye of the Calm is an exploration of New Zealand painter Clare Reilly's life and work. The mixture of autobiographical writing and gorgeous paintings subtly shows how Reilly's art and experiences are entwined. Her themes cover the issues of habitat destruction and renewal, depicting native ...Show more
George D. Valentine: A 19th Century Photographer in New Zealand by Ken Hall
$37.50 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists | Reading Level: very good
George D. Valentine (1852-1890) was one of the foremost 19th-Century photographers to work in New Zealand. He was the leading photographer of the Pink and White Terraces, and also captured the aftermath of the Tarawera Eruption. His photographs have left an enduring legacy of our colonial past. Coincidi ...Show more
Contemporary New Zealand Art 4 by Elizabeth Caughey and John Gow
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists | Reading Level: very good
Contemporary New Zealand Art 4 is the final book in a series that offers readers a comprehensive view of New Zealand artists working at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries. This volume features over 100 artworks reproduced in full colour representing twenty artists, both establis ...Show more
The Birds Began to Sing - A Memoir of a New Zealand Composer by Dorothy Buchanan
$40.00 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness | Reading Level: near fine
Dorothy Buchanan is a prolific, much loved and much awarded composer, who pioneered the composer-in-schools scheme and has been a force in music and music-making in Aotearoa for over half a century. Born in 1945 on the West Coast, she grew up as one of six sisters in a musical family in Christchurch. Do ...Show more
Tussock by Bruce Hunt
$69.99 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
"Tussock is the colour of my country. It is, for me, a coming home.” Over the course of nearly 40 years, artist Bruce Hunt has explored the ridgelines, hills and valleys of Otago and Canterbury, photographing the quiet grandeur of undulating foothills, observing braided rivers growing and gathering mom ...Show more
Bruce Springsteen: Live in the Heartland by JANET MACOSKA
$89.99 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Five decades of blue-jeans, down-to-earth rock 'n' roll. Five decades of poetic, authentic performances, political commentary, global tours and even a Broadway show. Bruce Springsteen hasn't just left an impact on the surface of modern music, he helped shape its foundations. From the early beginnings in ...Show more
French Knitting: 40 Fast and Fun i-cord Creations with a Mini Knitting Mill by KARINE THIBOULT-DEMESSENCE
$39.99 NZD
Category: Arts & Crafts
Create unique i-cord words and shapes with this modern guide to French knitting! French knitting, also sometimes called spool knitting or i-cord knitting, has been around for centuries. The technique traditionally involves knitting with a handheld 'dolly' or spool with four pins around the edge, to prod ...Show more
Gay Talese. Phil Stern. Frank Sinatra Has a Cold by Gay Talese; Phil Stern (Photographer)
$115.00 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness
"Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel--only worse. For the common cold robs Sinatra of that uninsurable jewel, his voice, cutting into the core of his confidence." -- Gay TaleseIn the winter of 1965, writer Gay Talese set out for Los Angeles with an assignment from Esquire ...Show more