Stuck in the Middle by Tom Tinn-Disbury
$18.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Divorce and separation can be hard on any family and a difficult topic for children to understand, including Tilly. Tilly lives in the mountains with her mummy and daddy. She loves it - there are beautiful views and lots of space to play. The only downside is that she lives some of the time with Mummy o ...Show more
Student Political Action in New Zealand (BWB Texts) by Sylvia Nissen
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Exploring the terrain between activism and apathy, Sylvia Nissen considers what it means to be a political actor from the perspective of students today. Drawing on in-depth interviews with New Zealand tertiary students, she traces their 'desires' for different types of politics, the 'demands' they exper ...Show more
Stuff Parisians Like : Discovering the Quoi in the Je Ne Sais Quoi by Olivier Magny
$21.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
To be mistaken for a Parisian, readers must buy the newspaper Le Monde, fold it and walk. They must then sit at a cafe and make phone calls. Be sure to order San Pellegrino - not any other kind of fizzy water. Stuff Parisians Like is a hilarious collection of witty observations on Parisian life, guarant ...Show more
Stuffed and Starved : Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System by Raj Patel
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
The hidden complexities and terrifying simplicities of a planet squeezing itself dry in order to make half its citizens obese and the other half malnourished.This work is for lovers of Fast Food Nation, No Logo and Not on the Label, and of Supersize Me and Jamie's Dinners.We have so much choice over wha ...Show more
Stuffocation - Living More with Less by James Wallman
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
In this groundbreaking book, trend forecaster James Wallman reveals the world's growing sense of Stuffocation - and how we can move away from it 'Like The Tipping Point meets Freakonomics - but with a huge idea at its heart' Sunday Times We have more stuff than we could ever need - clothes we don't we ...Show more
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
In this fascinating and often hilarious work, pre-eminent psychologist Daniel Gilbert shows how - and why - the majority of us have no idea how to make ourselves happy. We all want to be happy, but do we know how? When it comes to improving tomorrow at the expense of today, we're terrible at predicting ...Show more
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
In this fascinating and often hilarious work - winner of the Royal Society of Science Prize 2007 - pre-eminent psychologist Daniel Gilbert shows how - and why - the majority of us have no idea how to make ourselves happy. We all want to be happy, but do we know how? When it comes to improving tomorrow a ...Show more
Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty, and Everything Glamour by Rachel Zoe
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
From red carpet premieres to hot nights, Rachel Zoe personally decides what Hollywood's 'it' crowd is wearing. Now, she offers full access to the style secrets that skyrocketed clients such as Lindsay Lohan, Cameron Diaz, and Mischa Barton to the top of best dressed lists worldwide. Readers will discove ...Show more
Su Doku Challenge Book 3: 200 Testing Su Doku Puzzles by Collins Puzzles
$15.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Are you up to the challenge of 200 new Su Doku puzzles, arranged in easy, medium and difficult categories?Keep your mind sharp and test your powers of deductive reasoning. Ideal for whiling away those long commutes, travelling on holiday or relaxing at home.
Su Doku : The number-placing puzzle by Wayne Gould (ed)
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
A collection of 200 previously unpublished puzzles, from easy to fiendishly difficult.
Subprime Attention Crisis - Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet by Tim Hwang
$31.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Series: FSG Originals X Logic Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
In Subprime Attention Crisis, Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how digital advertising--the beating heart of the internet--is at risk of collapsing, and that its potential demise bears an uncanny resemblance to the housing crisis of 2008. From ...Show more
Subterranea by Chris Fitch
$60.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Reading Level: near fine
If you were to peel back the Earth's surface like an orange, then take a sly peek underneath, what extraordinary things would you see? Subterranea is where the world's remaining mysteries are yet to be found. For millennia, across nations and cultures, it has been a hotbed of fantastical stories. It's w ...Show more