Going Mainstream: How extremists are taking over by Julia Ebner
$39.99 NZD
Category: Political
The internationally bestselling author of Going Dark: the secret social lives of extremists (A Telegraph Book of the Year) returns to explore why radical ideas are increasingly infiltrating politics, popular culture and our everyday lives. Incels. Anti Vaxxers. Conspiracy theorists. Neo-Nazis. Once, th ...Show more
Don't Dream It's Over: The remarkable life of Neil Finn by Jeff Apter
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Don't Dream It's Over is the first biography to focus exclusively on Neil Finn, the man who wrote the timeless hits of Split Enz and Crowded House. In February 1980, 21-year-old Neil Mullane Finn wrote 'I Got You', which became the signature song, and the biggest hit, for the Kiwi band Split Enz, co-fo ...Show more
The Forgotten Prophet: Tāmati Te Ito and his Kaingārara Movement by Jeffrey Sissons
$49.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Te Ito’s vision was one of pan-tribal unity; he wanted to bring together all the people of Taranaki ‘from Mokau to Pātea’. Tāmati Te Ito Ngāmoke led the prophetic Kaingārara movement in Taranaki from 1856. Te Ito was revered by tribal leaders as a prophetic tohunga matakite; but others, including many s ...Show more
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022 by Katherine Rundell
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography
‘Masterly.’ Observer ‘Wonderful, joyous.’ Maggie O'Farrell‘Frankly brilliant.’ Sunday Times‘Unmissable.’ Simon Jenkins ‘Every page sparkles.’ Claire Tomalin ‘A triumph.’ Matt Haig ‘Stylish, scholarly and gripping.’ Rose Tremain John Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disas ...Show more
King Charles III by Gill Knappett
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography
An illustrated celebration of the new King of the United Kingdom, His Royal Highness King Charles III This is the story of the boy born into a royal dynasty and his journey from schoolboy to eligible young bachelor, from fatherhood to beloved grandfather, and now Accession of the throne itself. A fascin ...Show more
A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 by John le Carré
$40.00 NZD
Category: General
A collection of letters from John le Carré, one of the greatest British novelists of our time, and a fabulous letter writer, spanning decades from his childhood, to the Cold War to his final years John le Carré was one of the greatest novelists of his generation. He also had an extraordinary life. A Pr ...Show more
All Sorts of Lives - Katherine Mansfield and the Art of Risking Everything by Claire Harman
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Published to celebrate Katherine Mansfield's centenary, this is a compact but comprehensive new portrait of her life, work, relevance and wonderfully inspiring personality. Restless outsider, masher-up of form and convention, Katherine Mansfield's short but dazzling career was characterised by struggle, ...Show more
Bibliomaniac by Robin Ince
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
In this warm and witty celebration of the written word, the popular comedian and presenter takes the reader on a journey across Britain as he explores his lifelong love of books and bookshops. Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with Professor Bri ...Show more
The Utopians: Six Attempts to Build the Perfect Society by Anna Neima
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography
'Fascinating and richly documented . . . Few books manage to be so informative and so entertaining.' - Sunday Times' Thanks to Neima's rigorous research, each chapter offers something new.' - Spectator'Neima ranges with impressive confidence across the world'. - Literary Review Santiniketan-Sriniketan ...Show more
Here For a Good Time - Organised thoughts from a disorganised mind by Chris Parker
$36.99 NZD
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: very good
Comedian Chris Parker brings his brilliant comic wit to the page. Star of stand-up, winner of Celebrity Treasure Island and lockdown Instagram sensation, Chris Parker shares a series of short stories, essays and musings. Chris has made a name for himself as an outspoken, witty and charming personality w ...Show more
The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
$24.99 NZD
Category: Entertainment
The global icon, award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress, mother, daughter, sister, storyteller and artist finally tells the unfiltered story of her life in <i>The Meaning of Mariah Carey</i>. It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to ...Show more
Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector
$39.99 NZD
Category: Entertainment
Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the true story of how Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector carved out a space for herself against tremendous odds amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene and beyond. Ronnie Spector’s first collaborat ...Show more