Cassavetes On Cassavetes by Carney Ray
$83.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
John Cassavetes is the godfather of American independent cinema, saluted by virtually every US maverick who's followed in his stead, from Martin Scorsese to Sean Penn. Since his death in 1989, Cassavetes has become increasingly renowned as a cinematic hero - a loner who fought against the iniquities of ...Show more
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World by Giles Milton
$39.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
'Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny. Berlin was in ruins when Soviet forces fought their way towards the Re ...Show more
Cleo: How a Small Black Cat Helped Heal a Family by Helen Brown
$28.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
For all those people who say they aren't cat people, but deep down know they are.Helen Brown wasn't a cat person, but her nine-year-old son Sam was. So when Sam heard someone mention that her cat had just had a litter, he pleaded to go and see them. Helen was powerless to resist and the deal was done - ...Show more
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage. Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless ci ...Show more
Dad, You've Got Dementia by Kristen Phillips
$27.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
Dad, You’ve Got Dementia shows people living with dementia and their whānau that it’s possible to stay connected with those they love. When Kristen’s father, Don, was diagnosed with dementia the signs had been there for five years. He’d gone out less and less, given up driving and table tennis and rel ...Show more
Days of Darkness: Taranaki, 1878-1884 by Hazel Riseborough
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: 1st
The narrative of the Parihaka community sheds light on a critical period in Aotearoa’s colonial past. As the government seized their land, Māori communities across the region engaged in non-violent resistance, with Parihaka emerging as a powerful symbol of defiance under the leadership of Te Whiti o Ron ...Show more
Depression Explained : How You Can Help When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Gwendoline Smith
$33.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
Depression is a common disorder, but it is surrounded by ignorance, fear and prejudice. As a clinical psychologist, Gwendoline Smith has worked with many depressed people, but it wasn't until she suffered depression herself that she fully appreciated how these factors can prevent effective treatment. In ...Show more
Diddly Squat by Jeremy Clarkson
$52.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
Welcome to Jeremy's Farm- Jeremy Clarkson takes us into the pitfalls (and pratfalls) of his new life as gentleman farmer in this thigh-slapping collection. It's nature writing as you've never read it before . . . Welcome to Jeremy's farm. It's an idyllic spot, offering picturesque views across the Cots ...Show more
Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
'Islanders must do everything together. We painted ngatu together. We crossed the ocean together. We settled on isles together. We took up Christianity together. We entered into new citizenships together. We became wage workers together. We lived with generations upon generations stacked in fibro houses ...Show more
Disobedient Teaching: Surviving and creating change in education by Welby Ings
$35.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
This book is about disobedience. Positive disobedience. Disobedience as a kind of professional behaviour. It shows how teachers can survive and even influence an education system that does staggering damage to potential. More importantly it is an arm around the shoulder of disobedient teachers who trans ...Show more
Doctors in Denial - The Forgotten Women in the 'Unfortunate Experiment' by Ronald W Jones
$39.95 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
When Dr Ron Jones joined the staff of National Women's Hospital in Auckland in 1973 as a junior obstetrician and gynaecologist, Professor Herbert Green's study into the natural history of carcinoma in-situ of the cervix (CIS) - later called 'the unfortunate experiment' - had been in progress for seven y ...Show more
Don't Puke on Your Dad by Morris Toby
$29.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
Taking the words out of every father's mouth, Toby Morris' Don't Puke on Your Dad is a hilarious and heart-warming first-hand account of the first year of parenthood. Featuring his charming illustrations, and penned in his own quirky hand, this innovative graphic novel invites the reader to share in Mor ...Show more