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The Book of Angst - Understand and Manage Anxiety by Gwendoline Smith (Dr Know)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Teenage Issues | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of international bestsellers The Book of Knowing and The Book of Overthinking. There's a lot of angst around these days. This heightened sense of fear, concern, insecurity and uncertainty can be overwhelming. Bestselling author of The Book of Overthinking and The Book of Knowing Gwen ...Show more
Spell-Write: An Aid to Writing and Spelling by Cedric Croft & Lia Mapa
$10.00 NZD
Category: Educational Books
This revised edition replaces the original edition published in 1983. The revision is based on research designed by the author of the original edition. Contains an alphabetical list of words, a list of 290 essential words most often used, a list of groups of words, and commonly misspelt words.
Egg and Spoon - An Illustrated Cookbook by Alexandra Tylee & Giselle Clarkson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Cook Books/Party Books
Egg and Spoon is a beautiful illustrated cookbook for children—and adults—that celebrates imagination, confidence and the fun of cooking. A scrumptious collection for anyone who loves good healthy food— and an occasional indulgence. Here are after-school snacks, breakfast on a stick, cakes, slices and ...Show more
Grab Ya Boots! We're Going A-Hunting by Marion Day; Jason Day
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Marion teams up with her hunting-mad son, Jason, and young Kiwi hunters to present an exciting collection of sporting and adventure stories, poems and 'a million things hunters should know'. Grab ya Boots will suit any intermediate child who loves the outdoors and loves adventure but who doesn't like to ...Show more
North And South: A Tale Of Two Hemispheres by Sandra Morris
$30.00 NZD
Category: Animals
This beautiful non-fiction picture book contrasts, month-by-month, some of the world’s most-loved Northern and Southern Hemisphere animals and the ways the climates in those regions affect the way they breed, feed, adapt, hide and survive. In the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, animals deal with cha ...Show more
A High Country Life by Pip Cameron
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A High Country memoir of life through the seasons on a large sheep station, with delicious recipes. Life on Otematata Station, a 40,000 hectare high country station in Otago, is busy and varied. Philippa Cameron and her husband, Joe, who is the fifth generation to work the farm, help care for this vast ...Show more
Silver Linings: Kiwi Success Stories in the Time of Covid by David Downs; Joe Davis
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The Covid-19 lockdown in New Zealand caused fear, hardship and loss. Through this time of unprecedented national hardship, however, there emerged incredible stories of hope and optimism. Businesses innovated and found new ways to create value, communities came together in new ways online, and families ...Show more
New Zealand Coastlines by Darryl & Gillian Torckler
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A pictorial book of New Zealand’s coastlines, featuring the stunning images of innovative photography of Darryl Torckler, with text commentary from Gillian Torckler. Divided geographically, the photographed areas include: North: Bay of Islands to the Cape, down to 90-mile beach and Hokianga. East: from ...Show more
Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC and Bar by Tom Scott
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more. The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has i ...Show more
Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Over a thousand years ago, the wind, sea currents and stars brought people to the islands that became known as Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. Navigate your way through this sumptuously illustrated story of New Zealand. Explore the defining moments of our history, captured by celebrated chil ...Show more
Shining Land - Looking for Robin Hyde by Paula Morris; Haru Sameshima
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A UNIQUE STORY BOOK FOR GROWN-UPS. Shining Land brings together award-winning novelist Paula Morris and distinguished photographer Haru Sameshima. It is the second in the kōrero series of picture books edited by Lloyd Jones, written and made for grown-ups, and designed to showcase leading New Zealand w ...Show more
The Healthy Kiwi Student - A Food, Fitness & Lifestyle Guide from the Tasty Twins by Sophie & Emily Martin
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A practical handbook for university, tech or senior high school students containing healthy, budget-conscious recipes; tips and strategies for tackling anxiety and depression; physical exercises to do at home; as well as general advice for young people as they leave home and enter the wide world of tert ...Show more