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Smart Mothering: What science says about caring for your baby and yourself by Natalie Flynn
$39.99 NZD
Category: Parenting
Psychologist Dr Natalie Flynn has examined all the research on key baby topics such as feeding, sleeping and crying. The result? Smart Mothering, a revolutionary book that separates the facts from the opinions. Find out what research says about the dilemmas so many parents face: What if I can't b ...Show more
Unquiet Women - From the Dusk of the Roman Empire to the Dawn of the Enlightenment by Max Adams
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
Unquiet Womenis an exquisitely crafted patchwork of the forgotten lives of some of the most remarkable women in history. Wynflæd was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who owned male slaves and badger-skin gowns; Egeria a Gaulish nun who toured the Holy Land as the Roman Empire was collapsing; Gudrid an I ...Show more
The Beauty Guide by Libby Weaver
$39.99 NZD
Category: Health
In a world where so many women feel deflated by what they see in the mirror, tempted into the realm of ;enhancements; or drawn to anything that will help mask their flaws;, The Beauty Guide shines a spotlight on what it means to be beautiful and acts as a guide to help the reader feel and look their bes ...Show more
Close to the Wind by David Hill
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
In May 1940, a group of Auckland yachtsmen who were members of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve left for the war. Leonard Hill, a young Maori sailor, and his friends arrived in Singapore under siege. Playing to their strengths as small boat sailors, they manned fast motor launches, raiding and rescuing ...Show more
The Book of Humans - The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford
$34.99 NZD
Category: Science
'Charming, compelling and packed with information. I learned more about biology from this short book than I did from years of science lessons. A weird and wonderful read' PETER FRANKOPAN We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but is there really anything special about us that sets us apar ...Show more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
$38.00 NZD
Category: Science
The Number One Bestseller Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or ...Show more
Sea People: the Quest to Understand Who Settled the Islands of the Remote Pacific by Christina Thompson
$35.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
`Wonderfully researched and beautifully written' Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan `Succeeds in conjuring a lost world' Dava Sobel, author of Longitude For more than a millennium, Polynesians occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, an enormous triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand t ...Show more
Busy As F*@k by Karen Nimmo
$35.00 NZD
Category: Self Improvement
When did busy become a badge of honour? In 10 on-the-couch sessions, New Zealand clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo diagnoses, explains and treats Busy as F ck syndrome, the condition that's consuming us all, whether we realise it or not. If we are going to squeeze the most from ourselves and our all-too ...Show more
Women Our History by DK
$48.00 NZD
Category: History
Re-examining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the numerous important roles women have played in culture and society that are less often told.Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history - from early matriarchal societi ...Show more
The Book of Knowing: Know How You Think, Change How You Feel by Gwendoline Smith (Dr Know)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Self Improvement
Written in an accessible and humorous style, this book teaches you to know what's going on in your mind and how to get your feelings under control. It'll help you adapt and feel better about your place in the world. Psychologist Gwendoline Smith uses her broad scientific knowledge and experience to expl ...Show more
Government for the Public Good: The Surprising Science of Large-Scale Collective Action: 2018 by Max Rashbrooke
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
In this wide-ranging book, Max Rashbrooke goes beyond anecdote and partisanship, delving deep into the latest research about the sweeping changes made to the public services that shape our collective lives. What he unearths is startling: it challenges established thinking on the effectiveness of market- ...Show more
Living With the Gods by Neil MacGregor
$70.00 NZD
Category: History
A panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs over 40,000 years from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany, following the new BBC Radio 4 documentary and British Museum exhibition. One of the central facts of human existence is that every society shares a s ...Show more
