The Last Lions of Africa by Anthony Ham
$37.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
An incredible and moving account of one man's journey into the world of lions, why they are fast disappearing and what can be done to save them from extinction and thus save Africa, whose delicate ecosystem depends on these apex predators to keep everything in balance.
The Last Man Takes LSD: Foucault and the End of Revolution by Daniel Zamora & Mitchell Dean
$43.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
In May 1975, Michel Foucault took LSD in the desert in southern California. He described it as the most important event of his life which would lead him to completely rework his History of Sexuality. His focus now would not be on power relations but on the experiments of subjectivity, and the care of th ...Show more
The Last Narco: Hunting El Chapo, the World's Most-wanted Drug Lord by Malcolm Beith
$31.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of a pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped by the side of the road. Beside the corpses is a message on a scrap of paper: 'You'll never get El Chapo.' Such is the fate of many who have dared to try to catch El Chapo, ...Show more
The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter by Matthew Dennison
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Beatrice was the last child born to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her father died when she was four and as Matthew Dennison relates Victoria came to depend on her youngest daughter absolutely, but she also demanded from her complete submission. It is an enthralling story, not just of a mother/daught ...Show more
The Last Refuge by Gregory Johnsen
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
A gripping account of how al-Qaeda in Yemen rebounded from an initial defeat to once again threaten the United States.
The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada by Don Hollway
$25.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Reeds Marine Deck Ser.
"[A] riveting story... you owe it to yourself to pick up The Last Viking. It's that exciting, that good."--The Washington Post A rich and compelling account of the life of King Harald Hardrada of Norway, one of the greatest Viking warriors to have ever lived. Harald Sigurdsson burst into history ...Show more
The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog by Eugene O'Neill
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Those who have suffered the loss of a long-lived canine companion may take some solace in the classic prose poem by Eugene O'Neill - The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog. Here, the poem, written from the point of view of O'Neill's beloved Dalmatian Blemie, is accompanied by Mark ...Show more
The Last of the Human Freedoms by Keren M. Chiaroni; Yvette Patris; John Sanderson
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: Near Fine
When Kiwi airman John Sanderson was shot down over Laines-aux-Bois in May 1944, an ordinary French family chose to help. Tragically, a local doctor called in to treat his wounds betrayed them to the Gestapo. This absorbing, illustrated account presents a poignant and compelling view of our humanity, and ...Show more
The Laundromat: Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein
$26.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: politics
Now a major motion picture.The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Bernstien takes us inside the world revealed by the Panama Papers, illicit money, political corruption, and fraud on a global scale. A hidden circulatory system flows beneath the surface of global finance, carrying trillions ...Show more
The Law Book by DK
$48.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Series: Big Ideas Ser.
Discover the big ideas behind more than 90 of history's most important legal rulings and milestone laws - from the earliest civilizations to the 21st century. From the philosophical, religious, and moral codes of the world's earliest societies, such as the Law Code of Hammurabi and the Ten Commandments ...Show more
The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science by Siddhartha Mukherjee
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: TED | Reading Level: near fine
The Laws of Medicine follows Pulitzer-Prize-winning author, Dr Mukherjee as he investigates some of the most perplexing and illuminating cases of his career - the cases that ultimately led him to identify the three key principles that govern medicine. As a young medical student, Mukherjee discovered The ...Show more
The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda
$37.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Series: Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life Ser.
Ten laws of simplicity for business, technology, and design that teach us how to need less but get more.Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity. We're rebelling against technology that's too complicated, DVD players with too many menus, and software accompanied by 75-megabyte "read me" ma ...Show more