Still: The Slow Home by Natalie Walton
$65.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Still invites readers to take on the philosophy of the SLOW movement: Living Sustainable. Local. Organic. And Whole. Our homes are ideally placed to support and promote this philosophy, through everything from the materials we source in construction to how we fit-out and furnish them. The choices we mak ...Show more
Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life by Ryan Holiday
$24.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
The #1 New York Times Bestseller that shows why slowing down is the key to getting ahead.
Stitch! by Cath Kidston
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Cath Kidston has turned her unique designer's eye to Stitch! Reinventing the arts of needlepoint and cross stitch for today's crafter, she has injected her own distinctive style of cheery, heartwarming, homemaking prints into these traditional crafts. Her blossom rose floral design worked in needlepoint ...Show more
Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair by Anne Lamott
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
What do we do when life lurches out of balance? How can we reconnect to one another and to what's sustaining, when evil and catastrophe seem inescapable? These questions lie at the heart of Stitches, Anne Lamott's follow-up to her New York Times-bestselling work, Help, Thanks, Wow. In this book, she exp ...Show more
Stitches in Time: The Story of the Clothes We Wear by Lucy Adlington
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Riffling through the wardrobes of years gone by, costume historian Lucy Adlington reveals the rich stories underlying the clothes we wear in this stylish tour of the most important developments in the history of fashion, from ancient times to the present day. Starting with underwear - did you know Eliza ...Show more
Stoicism for Inner Peace by Fleur Vaz (General Editor); Einzelgänger
$28.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
The ancient Stoics were deeply concerned with the virtue of equanimity. Equanimity or 'inner peace' is a prerequisite for being a happy and flourishing person according to Stoic philosophy. Therefore, it's no surprise that ancient Stoic texts contain invaluable wisdom on how to calm the mind. The challe ...Show more
Stolen by Grace Blakeley
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
A must-read polemic about why the 'recovery' from the 2007-08 crash mostly benefited the 1%, and how democratic socialism can save us from a new crash and climate catastrophe. For decades, it has been easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. In the decade leading up to the 2008 ...Show more
Stone Me : The wit and wisdom of Keith Richards by Keith Richards (compiled Mark Blake)
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
He is the Human Riff, guitarist with The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World - and a man of Wildean sagacity and trenchancy...'I wouldn't warm to Chuck Berry if he was cremated next to me.''I've never had problems with drugs. Only with policemen.' On Elton John singing 'Candle in the Wind': 'Writes ...Show more
Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
From the author of the phenomenal No.1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea, the continuing story of this determined humanitarian's efforts to promote peace through education. In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, on ...Show more
Stop Surviving Start Fighting by Jazz Thornton
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Reading Level: near fine
Jazz Thornton first attempted to take her own life at the age of 12. Multiple attempts followed and she spent time in psychiatric wards and under medical supervision as she rode the rollercoaster of depression and anxiety through her teenage years - yet the attempts continued. Find out what Jazz learned ...Show more
Stop the Train! I want to get on: Rediscovering New Zealand Railway Journeys by Graham Hutchins
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Graham Hutchins fell in love with trains at an early age. Living in the railway town of Te Kuiti, he often gazed on the steaming monsters as they thundered through the King Country. Before long train travel became more than a pastime, more than a fascination: he was hooked. In his new book he recounts a ...Show more
Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees by Malcolm T. Sanford
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Everyone is buzzing about bees! Urban beekeeping is on the rise as swarms of people do their part to help nurture local food systems, make gardens more productive, connect with nature, and rescue honey bee populations from colony collapse disorder. Honey bee hives now grace the White House Lawn, the roo ...Show more