We Will Not Cease by Archibald Baxter
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
To oppose the military machine means to accept the possibility that one may be destroyed by it. - Archibald BaxterWe Will Not Cease is the unflinching account of New Zealander Archibald Baxter's brutal treatment as a conscientious objector during World War I.In 1915, when Baxter was 33, he was arrested, ...Show more
Rants in the Dark: From One Tired Mama to Another by Emily Writes
35.00 NZD
Category: Parenting & Teaching
Popular blogger Emily Writes gives words of encouragement to sleep-deprived parents everywhere. With two small boys, both non-sleepers, Emily finds herself awake in the wee small hours night after night. Her writing is often done then, and she offers her own often hilarious and always heart-warming expe ...Show more
Niho Taniwha: Improving Teaching and Learning for Ākonga Māori by Melanie Riwai-Couch
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Niho Taniwha equips educators with culturally responsive practices to better serve and empower Māori students and their whānau. The book is centred around the Niho Taniwha model in which both the learner and the teacher move through three phases in the teaching and learning process: Whai, Ako and Mau. E ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Trees of New Zealand by Lawrie Metcalf
28.00 NZD
Category: Plants & Trees
A reprint under a new ISBN, A Photographic Guide to Trees is a compact yet comprehensive guide to identifying and learning about New Zealand's trees.
The New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: 1st
The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nations history. Fought between the Crown and various groups of Maori between 1845 and 1872, the wars touched many aspects of life in nineteenth century New Zealand, even in those regions spared actual ...Show more
Everything I Know About Books: An insider look at publishing in aotearoa by Edited by Odessa Owens and Theresa Crewdson
35.00 NZD
Category: Gift Books
A wide range of publishers, illustrators, poets, publicists, designers and award-winning authors such as Ashleigh Young, Anahera Gildea, Michael Bennett, Paula Morris, Selina Tusitala Marsh discuss their writing. Covering a blend of genres, including advice, poems, listicles, creative insights, graphi ...Show more
Excommunicated - A multi-generational story of leaving the Exclusive Brethren by Craig Hoyle
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A heart-wrenching multigenerational family memoir by an excommunicated member of the Exclusive Brethren. After coming out as gay as a teenager, Craig Hoyle was excommunicated from the New Zealand Exclusive Brethren. The conservative sect was everything he'd ever known - a childhood where television, po ...Show more
Great Tales from New Zealand History by Gordon McLauchlan
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
An intriguing collection of tales plucked from the byways of our country's history by a master storyteller who recognises a good yarn when he sees it. Gordon McLauchlan tempts our imagination with 46 little-known tales from New Zealand¿s past. Here you will discover: - that Auckland applied twice to the ...Show more
The Life-Size Guide to Native Trees: and Other Common Plants of New Zealand's Native Forest by Andrew Crowe
28.00 NZD
Category: Plants & Trees | Series: The Life-Size Guide to...
Identifying native trees and other common plants of New Zealand's native forest can be fun for all the family with this new pictorial guide. Match leaves, flowers, seeds, berries and bark against beautiful, life-sized photographs for fast, accurate identification. Written by one of New Zealand's foremos ...Show more
One of Them by Shaneel Lal
37.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
'Shaneel is not like anyone you have ever met. An absolute must-read.' - Ruby TuiWhat would you do if you were told by the people you loved the most that the way you were born was evil and wrong?For Shaneel Lal, this was their reality from the time they were five. Growing up in a tiny, traditional villa ...Show more
Kainga - People, Land and Belonging (BWB Texts) by Paul Tapsell
15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts
Is New Zealand ready to not just tick the Treaty partnership box, but actually open it and accept that Māori community-driven world views concerning their whenua is equally valid science, capable of underpinning, guiding and reshaping agricultural science and farming practices? This book calls for poli ...Show more
ANZAC Animals (HB) by Maria Gill
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Who knew our soldiers had such a variety of animal companions in the two world wars? Apart from the beasts of burden that one might expect, such as horses, mules, donkeys and camels, many battalions had mascots as well: kangaroos, monkeys, dogs, chickens, tortoises, cats... all of whom provided comfort, ...Show more