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The SBS Atlas of Languages : The Origin and Development of Languages throughout the World by B. Comrie, S. Matthews, M. Polinsky (Eds)
75.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table Books
This edition is out of print. The SBS Atlas of Languagesprovides a detailed account of the language families of each region of the world, and identifies and explains interesting and sometimes unique features of grammar and vocabulary. It also examines the archeological, historical, cultural, social and ...Show more
The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup by Matt Weiland & Sean Wilsey (eds)
29.99 NZD
Category: Other Sports
THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP, as the title suggests, is a guide to the 2006 World Cup for the thinking fan. An almanac, a guide and a programme all rolled into one, the editors Matt Weiland (Granta) and Sean Wilsey (McSweeney's) have gathered together a remarkable team of 32 talents to writ ...Show more
The Total Txtmsg Dictionary by John Andrew & Stephen Blake (eds.)
9.99 NZD
Category: Computer
This most comprehensive directory of terms, acronyms, abbreviations and definitions ever devised means that you can communicate as fast as the fastest mobile phone or computer will allow. Text messaging and e-mail are cost effective too. Universal terms and specific market definitions are given for busi ...Show more
The Usborne Big Book of Picture Puzzles by eds.
29.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction
This bumper book contains four exciting titles from the Great Searches series, bound together in one great value volume. With over 100 objects to spot within each scene, and over 4,000 things to spot throughout. Snappy captions and fascinating facts featured throughout. The answers to all the puzzles ...Show more
The View From the Ground: A Farmer Perspective on Climate Change by Gavin Kenny / Mark Fisher (eds.)
9.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Toi Ora: Ancestral Maori Treasures by Huhata Smith & Arapata Hakiwai (eds)
44.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
This exceptional book highlights over 120 taonga tuku iho (ancestral Maori treasures) from Te Papa's collections. Rich images of these precious objects, are accompanied by stories from the artists who created the taonga, the people who used them in daily life, and their living descendants. Items include ...Show more
Waitakere Ranges: Ranges of Inspiration: Nature, History, Culture by Bruce & Trixie Harvey (eds)
89.99 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books | Reading Level: very good
The western edge of the city of Auckland is flanked by the forested Waitakere Ranges, with suburbs running into the park's foothills. In 30 minutes from the centre of the city one can be in the tranquility of wilderness. The primal forest had enormous kauti, a tangle of sub-trolical trees, smaller plant ...Show more
What More Philosophers Think by Julian Baggini & Jeremy Stangroom (eds)
35.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Following on from the success of the first edition of "What Philosophers Think", this second edition brings together a collection of interviews with some of the world's most important and influential philosophers and intellectuals and leading figures in the arts and politics, including: Bernard Williams ...Show more
What Philosophy Is by Havi Carel & David Gamez (eds)
35.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
What do we mean when we talk about philosophy today? How does philosophy relate to science, to politics, to literature? What methods does the modern philosopher use, and how does philosophy progress? Does philosophy differ from place to place? What can philosophy do for us? And what can it not do? ...Show more