The Anarchy: The Rise and Fall of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
$22.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India - A book of beauty' Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by English merchants who collected ...Show more
New Zealand Gardening A-Z. A Practical Handbook by W. G. Sheat
$20.00 NZD
Category: Gardening
A Modern Herbal; How to Grow, Cook and Use Herbs by Violet W. Stevenson
$12.00 NZD
Category: Gardening
Practical tips and advice on all aspects of successful herb growing, cooking and other uses.
Killer Elite by Michael Smith
$14.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Forces Unit The unit so secret it doesn't even have a name. America's most secret Special Forces unit was formed as the 'Intelligence Support Activity' and has had a succession of innocuous titles to hide its purpose: operating undercover in the worl ...Show more
Philip and Elizabeth by Gyles Brandreth
$10.00 NZD
Category: Autobiography/Biography/Memoir
This is the first biography of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh - both royal, both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but, in temperament and upbringing, two very different people. The Queen's childhood was loving and secure, the Duke's was turbulent: his grandfather assassinated, his fathe ...Show more
Experience New Zealand (Lonely Planet) by Lonely Planet
$12.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand History & Non-Fiction | Series: Experience Ser.
Inside Lonely Planet's Experience New Zealand: Unique experiences to string together an unforgettable trip Inspiring full-colour travel photography and maps throughout Highlights and trip builders to help tailor a trip to your personal needs and interests Fresh perspectives to surprise you with things y ...Show more
Primary School Confidential: Confessions from the Classroom by Woog
$10.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Popular columnist and blogger Mrs Woog lifts the lid on a world that's part jungle, part nursery, a place both sweet and feral, where the rule of law is tenuous at best and primitive desires hold sway over order and discipline. And wait till you see the children!..We're talking about primary school, tha ...Show more
Real Fast Food : 350 recipes ready-to-eat in 30 minutes by Nigel Slater
$8.00 NZD
Category: Cooking & Baking, Food & Wine | Reading Level: very good
A re-release of a Nigel Slater classic, now in paperback form. A collection of over 350 recipies that can be prepared in 30 minutes or under, from simple snacks to dinner-party desserts . . . and all are delicious! Nobody writes about food as well as Nigel, his evocative, informative style drips with im ...Show more
BIG HISTORY by DORLING KINDERSLEY STAFF
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
From the formation of the Universe to today, countless major events have changed the course of life on Earth. Aligned with the online Big History Project supported by Bill Gates, Big History puts a wide-angle lens on 13.8 billion years of remarkable history and shows you how and why we got where we are ...Show more
Circle Is Sacred by Scout Cloud Lee; Carol Ann Washburn
$14.00 NZD
Category: New Age
Ceremony is the most powerful agent of change. Any time you bring yourself to the Circle, your problems begin to dissipate. You are part of larger whole, and that is heal-ing. Beginning with the aboriginal knowledge that "each thing has a 'medicine, ' 'skan, ' or 'power, '" Scout Cloud Lee shows readers ...Show more
Blooming Meadows - World of Irish Traditional Musicians by Fintan Vallely; Charlie Piggott; Charlie Piggot
$18.00 NZD
Category: Music
Interviews with over thirty singers and musicians who have helped shape the revival of traditional music since the 1950s, and today's new generation of talented, articulate players. Photographs by Nutan convey the personalities, lives, the community of musicians, and the soul of the nation of Ireland it ...Show more
From Beginning to End: The Rituals of Our Lives by Robert Fulghum
$10.00 NZD
Category: Spiritual & Religion
Why "rituals"? My thinking was set in motion by those who, knowing I was a parish minister for many years, have asked me for advice about ceremonies and celebrations. They wanted words to use at graduations, funerals, and the welcoming of children. They inquired about grace at family meals, the reaffir ...Show more