What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
30.00 NZD
Category: Science
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love h ...Show more
Malala's Magic Pencil (PB) by Malala Yousafzai
20.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil that she could use to redraw reality. She would use it to give gifts to her family, to erase the smell from the rubbish dump near her house, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. As she grew older, Malala wished for bigger and bigger things. ...Show more
Sesame Street Let's Cook Together! With 40 Fun, Healthy Recipes by DK, Sesame Street
38.00 NZD
Category: Cook Books/Party Books
A first cookbook for little chefs- and their grown-ups - who love Sesame Street and making food. Empower children to make healthy choices as they learn to prepare 40 child-friendly recipes. Elmo, Cookie Monster, and their friends from Sesame Street help make cooking fun by introducing 40 healthy and yum ...Show more
Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
26.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is not just a true story but also a piece of history. Written by Anne Frank for herself, at the age of 13, the diary contains candid and intimate details of Anne's thoughts and feelings during the two years of the Second World War she and her family and friends stay ...Show more
J. R. R. Tolkien (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
23.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
From the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, J. R. R. Tolkien tells the story of one of the most beloved fantasy writers of all time.
The Choice by Edith Eger
28.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
THE AWARDWINNING, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The Choice is a gift to humanity. One of those rare and eternal stories that you don't want to end and that leave you forever changed' DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize LaureateIn 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimagin ...Show more
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
30.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scien ...Show more
I Used to Know That: - Stuff You Forgot From School by Caroline Taggart
13.00 NZD
Category: Reference Books | Series: I Used to Know That ...
A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days. Now available in paperback, this great gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for anyone new to the series, and ...Show more
My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English by Caroline Taggart, J. A. Wines
13.00 NZD
Category: Language Tools | Series: I Used to Know That ...
A runaway hit and Sunday Times bestseller in 2008, My Grammar and I has continued to grow in popularity, becoming the go-to guide for grammar. Repackaged with a fresh jacket design, this much-loved gift title is now available in paperback, for new readers and fans of the series alike. My Grammar and I o ...Show more
Explore: How to explore everything, everywhere by Anita Ganeri
15.00 NZD
Category: Sport & Leisure | Series: Buster Know-How
Explore contains everything you will ever need to know to survive and thrive when traveling the four corners of the globe - from the ice caps of the poles to the dusty dunes of the Sahara. Kids can find out everything from: how to survive going over the Niagara Falls; how to paddle up the Zambezi; how t ...Show more
Illustrated Māori Dictionary: Maori-English Essentials by A.W. Reed
35.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
In compiling this dictionary A.W. Reed set out to entertain as well as educate. Its succinct entries encompass modern and traditional Māori language and customs, as do the fine illustrations by Roger Hart. These Māori to English definitions delve into a variety of associated meanings and derivations — ...Show more
Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour by Hona Black
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Following on from the successful He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes, Hona Black’s new book explores the rich vein of humour in Māori life. Want to know how to call a silly person a ‘roro hipi / sheep’s brain’, or tell someone to get stuffed in te reo Māori? The answers are all in Te Reo Kapeka ...Show more