A Life on Gorge River - New Zealand's Remotest Family by Robert Long
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robyn (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside wo ...Show more
Patched by Jarrod Gilbert
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
From 'bikie' gangs to skinheads, the Mongrel Mob to Black Power, gangs have had a massive impact on our society. Based on intensive research within gangs, Patched is the first major history of gang life in New Zealand. Jarrod Gilbert traces the story from the early bodgies and widgies, the rise of Hell' ...Show more
Urban Aotearoa: The Future for Our Cities (BWB Text) by David Batchelor, Bill McKay
17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts
Despite our agrarian mythology, Aotearoa New Zealand is overwhelmingly a country of urban dwellers.’ Urban Aotearoa: The Future for Our Cities takes a critical look at the evolution of New Zealand’s cities. Moving past the country’s rural image, the book addresses the realities of its urban majority, q ...Show more
The Fight for Freshwater by Mike Joy
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Mike Joy is recognised in New Zealand as a leading freshwater ecologist and a fervent advocate for the preservation of waterways. However, the journey that led him to these influential roles is as winding and unique as the rivers he strives to protect. His story is not just about academic success and pu ...Show more
Vikings of the Sunrise by Te Rangi Hiroa; Paora Tapihana (Foreword by)
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
One of the greatest books ever written about the peopling of the Pacific, Te Rangi Hiroa's masterpiece interweaves oral history, scholarship and personal reflections to recount the movements of seafarers from East Asia to the furthest corners of Polynesia. Out of print for many decades, Vikings of the S ...Show more
Big Fat Brown Bitch by Tusiata Avia
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Admire my big fat brown body, bitches! Admire it! The Big Fat Brown Bitch runs, sleeps, cries, laughs, splits open. She is sitting in a garage in South Auckland with her two brothers and discussing the majestic architecture of atoms. She is playing an audio book of The Power of Positive Thinking at hers ...Show more
Far North by David White; Angus Gillies
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
June 2016, Far North, New Zealand. The job seemed simple: leave Auckland, pick up 500kg of meth from Ninety-Mile Beach and drive it back south, keeping a low profile. How hard could that be? This is the true story of one of New Zealand's biggest ever drugs bust, and how those responsible almost got away ...Show more
Decolonizing Social Work by John Coates; Tiani Hetherington; Mel Gray (Editor)
123.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: Contemporary Social Work Studies
Riding on the success of Indigenous Social Work Around the World, this book provides case studies to further scholarship on decolonization, a major analytical and activist paradigm among many of the world's Indigenous Peoples, including educators, tribal leaders, activists, scholars, politicians, and ci ...Show more
Meet You At The Main Divide 12 Copy Pack NZ by Geoff Ross, Justine Ross
599.88 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction