Mad on Meth - How New Zealand Got Hooked on P by Benedict Collins
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
The eye-opening evolution of crystal meth in New Zealand and what can be done about it Only fifty years ago in New Zealand, methamphetamine was a publicly prescribed drug used as widely as by housewives, shift workers, students, and anybody looking to party. Legal for decades, meth was about to undergo ...Show more
Meet You at the Main Divide - A family's story of life on Lake Hawea Station by Geoff Ross; Justine Ross
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
Authors of Every Bastard Says No on giving up their city life for a high-country station in Central Otago In Meet You at the Main Divide, innovators, disrupters, and authors of Every Bastard Says No share the challenge of a lifetime: leaving behind their Herne Bay mansion to farm 10,000 merino sheep on ...Show more
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "Not many books about writing manage to be both as practical and entertaining as this one. Even if you've never read a Stephen King novel, the insights he shares will change how you read and write (and maybe how you live)." ...Show more
Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde (Korero Series) by Paula Morris & Haru Sameshima
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: Korero Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
A UNIQUE STORY BOOK FOR GROWN-UPS. Shining Land brings together award-winning novelist Paula Morris and distinguished photographer Haru Sameshima. It is the second in the kōrero series of picture books edited by Lloyd Jones, written and made for grown-ups, and designed to showcase leading New Zealand wr ...Show more
The Trials Of Nurse Kerr by Scott Bainbridge
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
This story has never been told before. In 1992 some builders were demolishing a house in Devonport to build a new fancy one and came across a skeleton beneath the foundations. Forensic tests confirmed it belonged to a woman who died in the 1930s. There were rumours going around that she was a victim of ...Show more
A Business Revolution: The First two decades of National Business Review, 1970—1991 by Hugh Rennie
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand by Andrew Crowe
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A go-to, illustrated field guide of edible native New Zealand plants, including a section on poisonous plants. In this useful and attractive book, over 190 trees, shrubs, herbs, ferns, mushrooms, lichens and seaweeds are described in detail with information on which part is edible and when, how plants h ...Show more
A Māori Word a Day by Hemi Kelly
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
A Māori Word a Day offers an easy, instant and motivating entry into the Māori language. Through its 365 Māori words, you will learn the following- - English translations - Word category, notes and background information - Sample sentences, in both te reo Māori and English. Exploring the most common, mo ...Show more
An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays by Damon Salesa
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 1st
In this captivating collection of essays, acclaimed Pacific scholar Damon Salesa takes us on a journey through the rich cultural and historical tapestry of the Pacific. From the far-reaching indigenous civilisations that flourished in Oceania, to the colonial encounters that shaped Samoa's history, and ...Show more
Can't Get There from Here: New Zealand Passenger Rail Since 1920 by Andre Brett
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Urban passenger rail patronage in Auckland and Wellington is now booming after many years of decline. Outside these two centres, however, the situation is quite different: intercity and regional passenger rail services are scarce, and no other city possesses suburban rail. Can't Get There from Here tra ...Show more
Crossing the Lines - The story of three homosexual New Zealand soldiers in world war II by Brent Coutts
$49.95 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: near fine
In Crossing the Lines, Brent Coutts brings to light the previously untold history of New Zealand homosexual soldiers in World War II, drawing on the experiences of ordinary men who lived through extraordinary times. At the centre of the story are New Zealand soldiers Harold Robinson, Ralph Dyer and Doug ...Show more
Day Walks in New Zealand: 100 Best Short Tracks by Shaun Barnett
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
New Zealand has un unparalleled selection of superb day walks, ranging from the easiest short strolls to more strenuous full-day tramps. These encompass all of New Zealand¿s landscape diversity, from, Cape Reinga to Stewart Island. Day Walks in New Zealand is a guide to the best of them, with short trac ...Show more