The Book of Sisters: Biographies of Incredible Siblings Through History by Olivia Meikle & Katie Nelson
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children
Biographies of Incredible Siblings Through History Queens. Warriors. Witches. Revolutionaries. History is full of sisters making their mark. Meet incredible women in this non-fiction book for kids, from Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret to tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams. Podcasters ( ...Show more
There's a Cure for This - A Memoir by Emma Wehipeihana [Emma Espiner]
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography
The striking debut memoir from award-winning doctor and writer, Emma Wehipeihana [Emma Espiner]. "I graduated as a doctor in 2020 and arrived into the Covid-19 pandemic with my ta moko on my arm, my hospital lanyard, my stethoscope and a purpose. I don't know why medicine felt like coming home. I had no ...Show more
Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised by Alice Te Punga Somerville
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A first book of poetry from acclaimed Māori writer and scholar Alice Te Punga Somerville. Shrink-wrapped, vacuum-packed, disassembled, sold for parts,butt of jokes, scapegoats, too this for that, too that for this,gravy trains, too angry, special treatment, let it go . . . ‘Always italicise foreign wor ...Show more
Robin White: Something Is Happening Here by Sarah Farrar; Nina Tonga; Jill Trevelyan
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Robin White: Something is happening here is the first book to be devoted to Robin White's art in 40 years. Its assessment of her remarkable 50 years as an artist includes fresh perspectives by 24 writers and interviewees from Australia, the Pacific, and Aotearoa New Zealand and celebrates her status as ...Show more
Jumping Sundays - The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Award-winning writer Nick Bollinger’s deep history of the transformation of New Zealand life wrought by the counterculture in the 1960s and ’70s.On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1969, thousands of people defied Auckland city bylaws and came to party in Albert Park. A rock band played on the rotund ...Show more
Ocean for Kiwi Babies (Board) by Fraser Williamson
$15.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books, Early Learning
This beautiful, brightly illustrated board book introduces babies to the sea creatures of Aotearoa in English and in Maori.Let's go exploring under the sea in English and Maori.From the beaches and rocky coastline to under the waves around Aotearoa New Zealand, vibrant pictures introduce Kiwi babies to ...Show more
Phosphorescence by Julia Baird
$32.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The national bestseller, Phosphorescence is a beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness - the 'light within' - which will sustain us even through the darkest times. WINNER OF THE ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR ...Show more
Iris and Me by Philippa Werry
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
One woman. One journey. One true friend. 'I reckon Iris would've approved' - Tina Shaw So begins the story of Iris Wilkinson, who wrote poetry, novels and journalism under the pen name Robin Hyde. In January 1938 she left New Zealand for England. On the way, intrigued by glimpses of China, she ventured ...Show more
Daring Duck by Heather Hunt
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children
Ignoring advice from the older ducks, a young female leaves the safety of her wetland sanctuary for a day of adventure. Beautifully illustrated, it is a classic story, full of action and scary adventures before a safe return and a big welcome home.
The Doctors Wife by Fiona Sussman
$37.99 NZD
Category: Crime, Thrillers
Nothing in Stan Andino's unremarkable life could prepare him for the day he discovers his wife in the living room, naked except for a black apron, bleaching out a stain in the carpet that only she can see. A CT scan one week later explains the seemingly inexplicable; Carmen Andino has a brain tumour. A ...Show more
Kawai: For Such a Time As This by Monty Soutar
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
This epic historical adventure tells the story of pre-colonial Aotearoa New Zealand like it's never been told before. A young Māori man, compelled to learn the stories of his ancestors, returns to his family marae on the east coast of the North Island to speak to his elderly grand-uncle, the keeper of t ...Show more
Pike River: The Crime and Cover Up
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
On November 19, 2010, an explosion rocked the underground Pike River mine in New Zealand. After a second explosion five days later, the 29 workers underground were declared dead. This was not a random accident: it was a crime caused by capitalism. Despite overwhelming evidence that Pike River Coal’s man ...Show more