Words of Comfort: How to Find Hope by Rebekah Ballagh
$24.99 NZD
Category: Health, Wellbeing, Medicine
Grief comes in all shapes and sizes. Grief comes in many different forms. You may have lost a loved one, you may be experiencing a separation or relationship breakup, you may have had a major change in your life, you may be battling through health issues, you may have a friend or loved one who is grievi ...Show more
The Tao of Pooh by HOFF, BENJAMIN
$24.99 NZD
Category: Personal Development | Series: Winnie-The-Pooh Ser.
For Taoists everywhere, the New York Times bestseller from the author of The Te of Piglet. The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh? In which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese--or a venerable philosopher--but is in fact none other than that effortlessly c ...Show more
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World by Laura Spinney
$28.00 NZD
Category: Health, Wellbeing, Medicine
With a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was the greatest human disaster, not only of the twentieth century, but possibly in all of recorded history. And yet, in our popular conception it exists largely as a footnote to World War I. In Pale ...Show more
New Pandemics, Old Politics - Two Hundred Years of War on Disease and Its Alternatives by Alex de Waal
$34.93 NZD
Category: Health, Wellbeing, Medicine
New Pandemics, Old Politics explores how the modern world adopted a martial script to deal with epidemic disease threats, and how this has failed - repeatedly. Europe first declared 'war' on cholera in the 19th century. It didn't defeat the disease but it served purposes of state and empire. In 1918, in ...Show more
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth
$36.99 NZD
Category: Health, Wellbeing, Medicine
Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.
Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
$39.99 NZD
Category: Psychology
The foundational and wildly popular go-to resource for influence and persuasion-a renowned international bestseller, with over 5 million copies sold-now revised adding: new research, new insights, new examples, and online applications.In the new edition of this highly acclaimed bestseller, Robert Cialdi ...Show more
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown
$45.00 NZD
Category: Personal Development
This major new work from the international bestselling author of Gifts of Imperfection and Dare to Lead examines the 87 emotions and experiences that define us, and provides a compelling framework to help us all become more emotionally fluent and connected. In her latest book, five-time #1 New York Time ...Show more
A Human History of Emotion: How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know by Richard Firth-Godbehere
$39.99 NZD
Category: Health, Wellbeing, Medicine
A sweeping exploration of the ways in which emotions shaped the course of human history, and how our experience and understanding of emotions have evolved along with us. We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, who, as a species, have relied on calculation and intellect to survive. Bu ...Show more
The Simplest Gift by Stefanos Xenakis
$32.99 NZD
Category: Personal Development
The international bestseller sensation - a collection of delightfully human stories that reveal the ways compassion and empathy can bring out the best in us. 'Every day is a Gift. Open it. Do not throw it away.' To many, success is wealth and a fancy title. For entrepreneur Stefanos Xenakis, it is about ...Show more
Pottering - A Cure for Modern Life by MCGOVERN, ANNA
$29.99 NZD
Category: Personal Development
This little book is both a discussion and practical guide to one of the most British of pastimes - pottering.Author Anna McGovern writes with charm about the joy and practicality of living in the meandering moment, not asking too much of yourself and yet still getting things done in the gentlest of ways ...Show more
The Creative Nudge: Simple Steps to Help You Think Differently by Mick Mahoney, Kevin Chesters
$29.99 NZD
Category: Personal Development
Creative thinking is something everyone can do. It's a way of looking at the world afresh, doing new things in new ways, taking risks. With The Creative Nudge, use nudge theory to unleash your innate originality. A new behavioral science that reveals how small actions can have big impacts on our thinkin ...Show more
Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World (PB) by Neil Gaiman
$19.99 NZD
Category: Personal Development
Seize the day in the name of art. This creative call to arms from the mind of Neil Gaiman combines his extraordinary words with deft and striking illustrations by Chris Riddell. 'Like a bedtime story for the rest of your life, this is a book to live by. At its core, it's about freeing ideas, shedding fe ...Show more