This Is a Book for People Who Love Mushrooms by Meg Madden
30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: This Is a Book for People Who Love Ser.
A celebratory compendium of nature's weirdest and most wonderful fungi, with gorgeously illustrated profiles of notable mushrooms and information on foraging, understanding, and appreciating these magnificent living thingsFor amateur mycologists and experienced foragers alike, this delightful guide acts ...Show more
Bodies - Life and Death in Music by Ian Winwood
25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
A DAILY TELEGRAPH and IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARThe must-read music book of the year, now with a brand new chapter covering the death of Taylor Hawkins and his massive Wembley memorial concert.In Bodies, author Ian Winwood explores the music industry's many failures, from addiction and mental health i ...Show more
Into the Groove - The Story of Sound from Tin Foil to Vinyl by Jonathan Scott
43.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
The story of recorded sound--the technological developments, the humans that made them happen and their impact on society, from the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl. In Into the Groove, vinyl collector and music buff Jonathan Scott dissects a mind-blowing feat that we all take ...Show more
The Matter of Everything: Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World by Suzie Sheehy
25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
The astonishing story of twentieth-century physics, told through the twelve experiments that changed our world*SELECTED AS ONE OF WATERSTONES' BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOKS OF 2022*'A splendid idea, vividly carried out- I enjoyed this book enormously' PHILIP PULLMAN'A rich history of beautiful discoveries' ...Show more
Landlines: The remarkable story of a thousand-mile journey across Britain by Raynor Winn
30.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Raynor knows that her husband Moth's health is declining, getting worse by the day. She knows of only one cure. It worked once before. But will he - can he? - set out with her on another healing walk?Being one with nature saved them in their darkest hour and their hope is that it can work its magic agai ...Show more
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World by Helen Czerski
40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
A timely and powerful examination of ocean physics. All of the Earth's ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a blue machine. Human history has been dictated by the ocean- the location of cities, access to resources and the gateways to new lands have all revolve ...Show more
Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative an ...Show more
Sure To Rise: The Edmond's Story by Peter Alsop, Kate Parsonson, Richard Wolfe
60.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Edmonds is one of New Zealand's best-known brands - its radiant sun and 'Sure to Rise' promise have embellished baking powder labels and the much-loved Edmonds Cookery Book for over a hundred years and are now embedded in our popular culture. The man behind the company, Thomas Edmonds, came to New Zeala ...Show more
Resilience: a Story of Persecution, Escape, Survival and Triumph by Inge Woolf
35.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Resilience is a Holocaust story and a New Zealand story. Born to a prosperous Jewish family, Inge Woolf witnessed the Nazis marching into Vienna in March 1938. To escape certain death, the family audaciously boarded a train to the heart of Nazi Germany – Berlin – and from there caught a plane to England ...Show more
Rat King Landlord (Renters United edition) by Murdoch Stephens
2.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
A special A3 newsprint edition of this NZ novel, featuring illustrations from Kiwi artists including Toby Morris (The Spinoff), Danz (YeeHawTheBoyz and the band Dartz) and Hannah Salmon (Daily Secretion). Colossal rats invade from the town belt. Your rent is going up but everyone is calling it a summer ...Show more
Guitar Family Trees: The History of the World's Most Iconic Guitars by Terry Burrows
50.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
Discover the rich history behind the world's favorite musical instrument in Guitar Family Trees. This striking visual catalog charts the histories of the most prominent and sought after guitars and their manufacturers, including such household names as Gibson, Martin, Rickenbacker, and Fender. From the ...Show more
Numbercrunch by Oliver Johnson
40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
This is a mathematician's toolkit for cutting through wall-to-wall informationoverload and making sense of our modern world. In our hyper-modern world we are bombarded with more facts, stats and information than ever before. Often these statistics can seem contradictory and say wildly different things d ...Show more