After the Tampa by Abbas Nazari
28.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
When the Taliban were at the height of their power in 2001, Abbas Nazari's parents were faced with a choice: stay and face persecution in their homeland, or seek security for their young children elsewhere. The family's desperate search for safety took them on a harrowing journey from the mountains of A ...Show more
The Plough, The Chalice and the Sword by Hugh McBain
140.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
The Plough, the Chalice and the Sword tells stories of the Williams family from their arrival in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1823. It tells the story of the family's involvement with agriculture and horticulture - through all the changes that have taken place over 200 years. It tells the story of those who ...Show more
On Call - The Anatomy of My Life As a Surgeon, a Daughter, a Mother by Ineke Meredith
40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
Frank, sharp-witted and heart-rending, On Call is a stunning memoir by a female Samoan-New Zealand general surgeon about life, death, and the human limits of care As soon as she could, Ineke Meredith left her family home in Samoa for New Zealand, filled with determination not to be like her mother: lov ...Show more
The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisation by Richard Shaw
40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
WHAT IT MEANS TO OWN YOUR PAST After Richard Shaw published his acclaimed memoir The Forgotten Coast in 2021, he made contact with Pakeha with long settler histories who were coming to grips with the truth of their respective families' 'pioneer stories'. They were questioning the foundation of aggressi ...Show more
Te Ata o Tū: The Shadow of Tumatauenga by Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald and Rebecca Rice (editors)
70.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
The New Zealand Wars of 1845-72 were a series of bitter and bloody conflicts between Maori and Pakeha that extended from Wairau to the Bay of Islands, and from Taranaki to the East Cape. They are as important to New Zealand as the civil wars were to England and to the United States. Land and sovereignty ...Show more
Mainland : New Zealand's South Island
70.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
From the snow-covered peaks and topaz blue lakes, through her deep, dark forests full of mystery, with valleys cut deep by rock strewn rivers, to her coastline edged with fjords worn smooth by glaciers amid miles of magnificent unspoilt coastline, this Mainland, the South Island of New Zealand, was sure ...Show more
Mad on Meth - How New Zealand Got Hooked on P by Benedict Collins
40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
The eye-opening evolution of crystal meth in New Zealand and what can be done about it Only fifty years ago in New Zealand, methamphetamine was a publicly prescribed drug used as widely as by housewives, shift workers, students, and anybody looking to party. Legal for decades, meth was about to undergo ...Show more
Iconic Kiwi Pubs: From Mangonui to Bluff by George Lockyer
45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
If you really want to know what makes a town tick, look no further than the local pub.To create this tribute to that integral part of our culture - the Kiwi pub - George Lockyer has travelled the length and breadth of New Zealand visiting the country's public houses, bars and hotels. Along the way, he h ...Show more
Big Fat Brown Bitch by Tusiata Avia
30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Admire my big fat brown body, bitches! Admire it! The Big Fat Brown Bitch runs, sleeps, cries, laughs, splits open. She is sitting in a garage in South Auckland with her two brothers and discussing the majestic architecture of atoms. She is playing an audio book of The Power of Positive Thinking at hers ...Show more
Native Shells of Aotearoa by Bruce Marshall; Kerry Walton
27.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
This handy and accessible introduction to shells found along New Zealand's coastline is aimedat the general public, museum visitors and tourists, with a 1950s-inspired giftable design anddelightful illustrations. It provides insights into the museum's fieldwork and collections, and is thefourth in a ser ...Show more
Bird Life by Anna Smaill
38.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
Bird Life, the second novel by Booker Prize-longlisted author Anna Smaill, is a lyrical and ambitious exploration of madness and what it is like to experience the world differently. In Ueno Park, Toyko, as workers and tourists gather for lunch, the pollen blows, a fountain erupts, pigeons scatter, and ...Show more