The Illustrated World of Couture by Megan Hess
$65.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
A stunning exploration of fashion's premier art form with internationally renowned illustrator Megan Hess. Hundreds of hours, many expert hands and unimaginable metres of fabric: couture is truly wearable art, where creativity and craftsmanship collide. Megan Hess has spent her career documenting fashi ...Show more
The Imaginary World of Keri Smith by Keri Smith
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
'What kind of world would you like to inhabit?' Here, Keri Smith begins with a list. Writing down everything the reader is drawn to, from things they love or collect to things that fascinate and excite, including objects, colours, sounds, textures, memories, places and people, the list serves as the bui ...Show more
The Immeasurable World - Journeys in Desert Places by William Atkins
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
In the classic literary tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Geoff Dyer, a rich and exquisitely written account of travels in eight deserts on five continents that evokes the timeless allure of these remote and forbidding places. One-third of the earth's surface is classified as desert. Restless, unhappy ...Show more
The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death by John Gray
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
An obsession with the nature of death lies at the heart of the human experience. For most of our history religion provided a clear explanation for life and the afterlife. But in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries this framework came under relentless pressure as new ideas - from psychiatry ...Show more
The Impact of Climate Change : The World's Greatest Challenge in the Twenty-First Century by CAROLYN FRY
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
The Impatient Optimist: Bill Gates in His Own Words by Lisa Rogak
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
In the wake of Steve Jobs's recent death, the overwhelming interest in not only the details of Jobs's personal life, but also of his business philosophy, has naturally extended to other business titans, including to the one other person who is and always will be compared to Jobs: Microsoft Corporation f ...Show more
The Importance of Being Trivial by Mark Mason
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
If you're not remotely interested in the fact that Pete Conrad was the first man to fall over on the moon or that the stretch of road between the Strand and the Savoy is the only public highway in Britain where you are legally obliged to drive on the right, then "The Importance of Being Trivial" is very ...Show more
The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future by Victor Cha
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Much discussed and often maligned, precious little is known or understood about North Korea, the world's most controversial and isolated country. Victor Cha pulls back the curtain, providing an unprecedented insight into North Korea's history, the rise of the Kim family dynasty, and the obsessive person ...Show more
The Impulse Society - What's Wrong with Getting What We Want by Paul Roberts
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
What do soaring debt, endemic narcissism, road rage, political attack ads and killer drones share in common? All are symptoms of a society that moves, reflexively and relentlessly, to exploit the fastest, most efficient means to any end, without regard to cost. This is the 'impulse society' in which we ...Show more
The Inaugural Address, 2009 by Barack Obama
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Tying into the official theme for the 2009 Inauguration, 'A New Birth of Freedom' from Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address, Penguin presents a keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama with words of the two great thinkers and writers who have helped shape him politi ...Show more
The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's greatest explorer by Peter FitzSimons
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by Australia's greatest storyteller. Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived ...Show more
The Industries of the Future by Alec Ross
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
This book answers the question: 'What's next?' The Internet had a world-changing impact on businesses and the global community over the twenty years from 1994 to 2014. In the next ten years, change will happen even faster. As Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross travelled nearly a ...Show more