Art & Architecture
- Black: architecture in monochrome.720 BLA
- Canaletto & the art of Venice, Rosie Razzall and Lucy Whitaker759.5 CAN
- Cats in art, Desmond Morris704.9432 MOR
- Codex Seraphinianus, Luigi Serafini709.2 SER
- An extraordinary and surreal art book, this edition has been redesigned by the author and includes new illustrations.
- Contemporary landscapes in mixed media, Soraya French704.9436 FRE
- Egon Schiele: masterpieces from the Leopold Museum.759.36 SCH
- The Leopold Museum in Vienna houses the world's most comprehensive collection of works by Egon Schiele, which features a unique concentration of chief works by this Austrian artist.
- Fahrelnissa Zeid: painter of inner worlds, Adila Laïdi-Hanieh. 759.95695 ZEI
- Coinciding with a touring Tate exhibition of her work, this book is the first biography of influential abstract painter Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901-91), a pioneer of Turkish art whose rich life spanned the first 90 years of the 20th century.
- Frederick Walker and the Idyllists, Donato Esposito759.2 ESP
- This is the first book in over a century to examine the important work of the watercolour artist and illustrator Frederick Walker
(1840-75) and his closest artistic allies.
- Giuseppe Penone: matrice.730.945 PEN
- One of the most important living sculptors and a legendary figure associated with the revolutionary 1960s Arte Povera movement, Giuseppe Penone
has combined radicality and classicism in a personal style that has been admired for half a century.
- Highland retreats: the architecture and interiors of Scotland's romantic North, Mary Miers with photography by Paul Barker, Simon Jauncey and Country Life728.8 MIE
- Kerry James Marshall: mastry, Helen Molesworth759.13 MAR
- This long-awaited volume celebrates the work of Kerry James Marshall, one of America's greatest living painters.
- Lee Mingwei and his relations: the art of participation: seeing, conversing, gift-giving, dining and getting connected to the world.709.51249 LEE
- LOT-EK: objects + operations, Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano with Thomas De Monchaux724.6 TOL
- LOT-EK is a design practice that believes in being unoriginal, ugly, and cheap. Also in being revolutionary, gorgeous, and completely luxurious.
- Matisse/Diebenkorn, Janet Bishop and Katherine Rothkopf759.4 MAT
- This sumptuously illustrated book brings together the work of Henri Matisse and Richard Diebenkorn as never before, illuminating unexpected resonances that connect the two artists across time and space.
- Pattern and ornament in the arts of India, Henry Wilson729 WIL
- Picturing the closet: male secrecy and homosexual visibility in Britain, Dominic Janes704.086 JAN
- Ten x ten: art at Te Papa, Athol McCredie708.993 TEN
- The art museum.709 ART
- Visit the world's most comprehensive and compelling museum in a book from pre-historic times to the present, over 1,600 artworks created with the expertise of 28
art world curators and historians.
- The artist project: what artists see when they look at art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art701.1 ART
- The book of black, Faye Dowling. 709.05 DOW
- Together!: the new architecture of the collective.720 TOG
- Tracey Emin: works 2007-2017, Essay by Jonathan Jones709.41 EMI
- Collects ten years of Tracey Emin's drawings, paintings, sculptures,appliqués and embroideries, neons, video stills, and installations.
- Vitamin C: clay + ceramic in contemporary art.738 VIT
Automobiles
- Math for the automotive trade, John C. Peterson, William J. deKryger629.287 PET
- Mercedes Benz SL 1971-2014, Colin Howar]629.2222 MER
- Untangling the mystery: New Zealand and the 250F Maserati, Terry Collier796.72 COL
Biographies
- A promise to Nadia: a true story of a British slave in the Yemen, Zana Muhsen with Andrew Crofts306.845 MUH
- Ten years previously Zana Muhsen escaped from the life of slavery in the Yemen into which her father had sold her as a child bride, leaving behind her baby son, her sister Nadia, and Nadia's two small children. As she described so powerfully in her internationally bestselling book Sold, Zana made a solemn vow to Nadia that she would do everything she possibly could to obtain their freedom as well.
- After Andy: adventures in Warhol land, Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni709.73 WAR
- A memoir of the influence that Andy Warhol exerted throughout his life and beyond. Fraser-Cavassoni met the artist when she was sixteen, and then on and off over the years before landing in New York City at the Andy Warhol Studio, or as she calls it, "Adventures in Warhol Land."
- Afterglow: (a dog memoir), Eileen Myles636.7 MYL
- The author writes an account of her relationship with her pit bull Rosie. Starting from the emptiness following Rosie's death, the author launches a heartfelt and fabulist investigation into the true nature of the bond between pet and pet owner.
- Ali: a life, Jonathan Eig796.83 ALI
- Based on more than 500 interviews, including Muhammad Ali's closest associates, and enhanced by access to thousands of pages of newly released FBI records, this is a thrilling story of a man who became one of the great figures of the twentieth century.
- Allen Curnow: simply by sailing in a new direction: a biography, Terry Sturm; edited by Linda Cassells821.91 CUR
- This major biography introduces readers to Allen Curnow's life and work: from a childhood in a Christchurch vicarage, through theological training, journalism and university life, marriages and children, and on to an international career as a writer of poetry, plays, satire and criticism.
- Balancing acts: reflections of a New Zealand diplomat, Gerald McGhie327.93 MCG
- This is Gerald McGhie'sfascinating and insightful account of some of the highlights of almost 40 years service as a New Zealand diplomat - most notably in the Soviet Union.
- Bobby Brown: a life in football, from goals to the dugout, Jack Davidson796.334 BRO
- This is Bobby Brown's remarkable life in and out of football, highlighting his debut as Scottish manager in the famous Wembley win over world champions England in 1967.
- Boyd: the fighter pilot who changed the art of war, Robert Coram358.43 BOY
- Boyd, more than any other person, saved fighter aviation from the predations of the Strategic Air Command. His manual of fighter tactics changed the way every air force in the world flies and fights.
- Charles Darwin: Victorian mythmaker, A. N. Wilson576.82 DAR
- Charles Darwin: the man who discovered evolution? The man who killed off God? Or a flawed man of his age, part genius, part
ruthless careerist who would not acknowledge his debts to other thinkers? In this bold new life the first single volume biography in twenty-five years A. N. Wilson, the acclaimed author of The Victorians and God's Funeral, goes in search of the celebrated but contradictory figure Charles Darwin. Darwin was described by his friend and champion, Thomas Huxley, as a 'symbol'. But what did he symbolize? In Wilson's portrait, both sympathetic and critical, Darwin was two men. On the one hand, he was a naturalist of genius, a patient and precise collector and curator who greatly expanded the possibilities of taxonomy and geology. On the other hand, Darwin, a seemingly diffident man who appeared A radical reappraisal of one of the great Victorians, a book which isn't afraid to challenge the Darwinian orthodoxy while bringing us closer to the man, his revolutionary idea and the wider Victorian age.
- Climbing the mountain, Allan Moffat; with John Smailes796.72 MOF
- Allan Moffat sits high in the pantheon of Australian motor sport. Through the heyday of touring car racing in the '70s and '80s his rivalry with Peter Brock was legendary. Now aged 76, Moffat is telling his story for the first time.
- Danger music, Eddie Ayres780.92 AYR
- Eddie Ayres has a lifetime of musical experience from learning the viola as a child in England and playing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic for many years, to learning the cello in his thirties and landing in Australia to present an extremely successful ABC Classic FM morning radio show. But all of this time Eddie was Emma Ayres.
- Dean Martin.791.092 MAR
- Dean Martin was an Italian-American singer, actor, comedian, and film producer. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed the "King of Cool" for his seemingly effortless charisma and self-assurance.
- Dear Reader: the unauthorized autobiography of Kim Jong Il, Michael Malice951.93 KIM
- Using over 60 books, hundreds of articles, and interviews, all translated into English, Michael Malice has constructed a picture of North Korea under the rule of Kim Jong Il. Fashioned in the form of an "unauthorized biography," this book illustrates the history of North Korea via the notorious leader's life story.
- Detour from normal, Ken Dickson616.895 DIC
- Ken Dickson lived a life indistinguishable from those of other residents of his Phoenix suburb. The normally healthy fifty-five year-old held a regular job and lived with his loving wife, two teenage daughters and an assortment of pets. On that mid-April day though, the course of his life forever changed when he learned he must undergo surgery to remove a damaged portion of his lower intestine.
- Don't let my past be your future, Harry Leslie Smith941 SMI
- Harry Leslie Smith is a great British stalwart. A survivor of the Great Depression, a Second World War veteran, a lifelong Labour supporter and a proud Yorkshire man, Harry's life has straddled two centuries.
- Driving to Treblinka: a long search for a lost father, Diana Wichtel940.5318 WIC
- Diana Wichtel was born in Vancouver. Her mother was a New Zealander, her father a Polish Jew who had jumped off a train to the Treblinka death camp and hidden from the Nazis until the end of the war. When Diana was 13 she moved to New Zealand with her mother, sister and brother. Her father was to follow. Diana never saw him again.
- Emergencies only: an Australian nurse's journey through natural disasters, extreme poverty, civil wars and general chaos, Amanda McClelland with Simone Ubaldi610.73 MCC
- The extraordinary true story of an Australian nurse's work at the forefront of global medical emergencies.
- First they killed my father: a daughter of Cambodia remembers, Loung Ung959.604 UNG
- From a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime comes an unforgettable narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit.
- From Battle of Britain airman to POW escapee: the story of Ian Walker, RAF, Angela Walker940.5472 WAL
- This is the Second World War story of a champion cyclist turned airman who lived to tell the tale against almost impossible odds. A New Zealander in the RAF, Ian Walker served as a member of Bomber Command during the Battle of Britain and survived three plane crashes in his Wellington bomber.
- Gone: a girl, a violin, a life unstrung, Min Kym787.2 KYM
- 'All my life my Stradivarius had been waiting for me, as I had been waiting for her.' At 7 years old Min Kym was a prodigy, the youngest ever pupil at the Purcell School of Music. At 11 she won her first international prize. She worked with many violins, waiting for the day she would play 'the one'.
- Gorbachev: his life and times, William Taubman947.0854 GOR
- A comprehensive biography of the final leader of the Soviet Union chronicles Gorbachev's rise from peasant to politician and describes how his liberal policies ended the Cold War and unintentionally provoked the breakup of the USSR.
- I read the the news today, oh boy: the short and gilded life of Tara Browne, the man who inspired The Beatles' greatest song, Paul Howard941.7 BRO
- Few people rode the popular wave of the sixties quite like Tara Browne. One of Swinging London's most popular faces, he lived fast, died young and was immortalized for ever in the opening lines of 'A Day in the Life', a song that many critics regard as The Beatles' finest.
- Infinite Tuesday: an autobiopgraphical riff, Michael Nesmith781.64 NES
- An idiosyncratic memoir by the Monkees icon, songwriter, and music video innovator traces his experiences as a wild
youth and celebrity before finding peace and creative wholeness through the teachings of Christian Science and his collaborations with like-minded fellow artists.
- Keegan and Dalglish, Richard T. Kelly796.334 KEE
- Keegan and Dalglish is a brilliant book that goes beyond the stories of the two men to ask broader questions about the changing nature of
the game, and the challenges that our sporting heroes have to face every day.
- Lady of the dance, Marie Duffy with Eddie Rowley793.31 DUF
- Marie Duffy is the undisputed queen of Irish dancing: she has trained more world champions than any other teacher, and has been Michael Flatley's right-hand woman for twenty years.
- Monet: the triumph of impressionism, Daniel Wildenstein759.4 MON
- A major biography of the artist, supported by a wealth of examples of his work.
- My festival romance, Thomas Brooman780.78 BRO
- Thomas Brooman was one of the organisers of the first Womad festival, held at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in 1982. That first event was an artistic triumph but a financial disaster. Womad survived, just, and Brooman went on to organise more than 150 Womad festivals around the world.
- No wall too high: one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison, Xu Hongci951.05 XU
- Originally published in Hong Kong, Xu Hongci's remarkable memoir recounts his life from childhood through his final prison break.
- Over hill and Dale, Gervase Phinn371.1 PHI
- The Other Side of the Dale continues the story of Gervase Phinn working as a schools inspector in the Yorkshire Dales.
- Rabbit: a memoir, Patricia Williams with Jeannine Amber792.7 WIL
- A remarkably bold and inspiring story of crime, motherhood, and redemption. You want to know about the struggle of growing up poor, black, and female? Ask any girl from any 'hood. You want to know what it takes to rise above your circumstances when all the cards are stacked against you? Ask me.
- Richard III: brother, protector, king, Chris Skidmore942.046 RIC
- The last Plantagenet king remains one of England's most famous and controversial monarchs. There are few parallels in English history that can match the drama of Richard III's reign, witnessed in its full bloody intensity.
- Road racer: it's in my blood, Michael Dunlop796.75 DUN
- Michael Dunlop is quite simply the greatest road racer on the planet. Brother of William, also an accomplished rider, son of the late Robert and nephew of the late great Joey Dunlop, Michael can fairly claim that racing is in his blood.
- Rowing for my life: two oceans, two lives, one journey, Kathleen Saville910.45 SAV
- Sargent's women: four lives behind the canvas, Donna M. Lucey920.72 MYE
- In this seductive, multilayered biography, based on original letters and diaries, Donna M. Lucey illuminates four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist John Singer Sargent.
- So much I want to tell you: letters to my little sister, Anna Akana792.028 AKA
- From Internet sensation Anna Akana comes a candid and poignant collection of essays about love, loss, and chasing adulthood.
- Sober: football. My story. My life, Tony Adams with Ian Ridley796.334 ADA
- Tony Adams's autobiography Addicted broke new ground in sports books back in 1998 with its searing honesty about life as Arsenal and England captain alongside his struggles with alcoholism. Almost 20 years on, Sober tells of what happened once Tony gave up the drink and how he won his life back.
- Stripped bare, Marnie Simpson791.45028 SIM
- From a young North-East girl to star of the small screen, Geordie Shore personality Marnie Simpson is here to lift the lid and reveal all.
- Supermac: the life of Harold Macmillan, D.R. Thorpe941.085 MCM
- Great-grandson of a crofter and son-in-law of a Duke, Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) was both complex as a person and influential as a politician.
- Taken on trust, Terry Waite956.92044 WAI
- Terry Waite's personal account of his harrowing experiences as a hostage in Beirut.
- The Black Prince, Michael Jones942.037 EDW
- Edward of Woodstock, eldest son and heir of Edward III of England, better known as 'the Black Prince', was England's pre-eminent military leader during the first phase of the Hundred Years War.
- The resilient farmer: weathering the challenges of life and the land, Doug Avery with Margie Thomson630.92 AVE
- 'I had a destroyed farm, a destroyed bank account and destroyed hopes. I couldn't afford to move, so I decided to make good of what I had.' And so begins Doug Avery's story of emotional resilience in the face of what at times seemed a hopeless situation.
- The wandering princess: Princess Hélène of France, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951), Edward Hanson945.09 ORL
- Helene was a strong-willed princess, raised in France but closely connected
with the court of Queen Victoria. After the premature end to a romance with Victoria's grandson, she married into the royal family of Italy.
- Things can only get worse?: twenty confusing years in the life of a Labour supporter 1997-2017, John O'Farrell941.085 OFA
- From the giddy heights of New Labour's landslide victory in 1997 to the shock result of the 2017 snap election, these are the frank and funny memoirs of one bewildered Labour activist who tried to carry on as usual long after politics had stopped making sense.
- Tragic magic: the life of Traffic's Chris Wood, Dan Ropek781.66 WOO
- Traffic was the most enigmatic British band of their day. Formed in early 1967 by Chris Wood, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason, they rejected the bright lights of London in favor of a run-down, supposedly haunted, cottage in the country a place to live communally and write music.
- Unstoppable: my life so far, Maria Sharapova with Rich Cohen796.342 SHA
- The five-time Grand Slam winner presents the remarkable story of how her father relocated her at the age of 7 from their native Russia to America to develop her tennis talents before she embarked on a record-setting career shaped by astonishing competitions, her provocative beliefs and her recent fight to return to the court.
- Up and down in the Dales, Gervase Phinn371.1 PHI
- Now in his fourth year as an Inspector for English in the Yorkshire Dales, Gervase Phinn still relishes visiting the schools whether an inner
city comprehensive fraught with difficulties or a small Dales primary school where the main danger is one of closure.
- Verdi: the man revealed, John Suchet780.92 VER
- Giuseppe Verdi remains the greatest operatic composer that Italy, the home of opera, has ever produced. Yet throughout his lifetime he claimed to detest composing and repeatedly rejected it. He was a landowner, a farmer, a politician and symbol of Italian independence; but his music tells a different story.
- Woman of substances: a journey into addiction and treatment, Jenny Valentish362.29 VAL
- Journalist Jenny Valentish investigates the female experience of drugs and alcohol, using her own
story to light the way.
- Wrecking ball: a big lad from a small island: my story so far, Billy Vunipola; with Gershon Portnoi796.333 VUN
- Wrecking Ball is a captivating and humorous memoir by Billy Vunipola, one of
the stars of England's recent rugby renaissance, and will be enjoyed by those who have read the recent autobiographies by Jonny Wilkinson, Brian O'Driscoll, Dan Carter and Paul O'Connell.
Books about books
- Printer's error: irreverent stories from book history, J. P. Romney and Rebecca Romney002 ROM
Business & Management
- Blue ocean shift: beyond competing: proven steps to inspire confidence and seize new growth, W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne658.8 KIM
- Business boutique: a woman's guide for making money doing what she loves, Christy Wright658.022 WRI
- Coaching for performance: the principles and practice of coaching and leadership, John Whitmore658.3124 WHI
- Find your why: a practical guide to discovering purpose for you or your team, Simon Sinek with David Mead and Peter Docker658.409 SIN
- Get smarter marketing: the small business owner's guide to building a savvy business, Jill Brennan658.8 BRE
- How to prepare a business plan: your guide to creating an excellent strategy, forecasting your finances and producing a persuasive plan, Edward Blackwell658.401 BLA
- Innovative B2B marketing: new models, processes and theory, Simon Hall658.8 HAL
- Marketing, Jeanette McMurtry, with Alexander Hiam658.8 MCM
- Marketing principles, William M. Pride658.8 PRI
- Oh snap! My career is in crisis: craft a strategy to get your career back on track, Maggie Huffman650.1 HUF
- PMP certification: a beginner's guide, George G. Angel658.404 ANG
- This accessible guide bridges the gap between being a project manager and becoming a globally recognized Project Management Professional (PMP).
- Purpose driven leadership: building and fostering effective teams, Brigette Tasha Hyacinth658.409 HYA
- The grid: the decision-making tool for every business (including yours), Matt Watkinson658.403 WAT
- The mindful leader: 7 practices for transforming your leadership, your organisation and your life, Michael Bunting658.409 BUN
- The off-switch: leave work on time, relax your mind but still get more done, Mark Cropley650.1 CRO
- The score takes care of itself: my philosophy of leadership, Bill Walsh with Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh658.409 WAL
Cartoons
- Monograph, Chris Ware741.5 WAR
- For the first time in his twenty-five-year career, multi-award winning cartoonist and graphic novelist Chris Ware presents a comprehensive, behind-the-
scenes autobiographical visual monograph, and opens a revealing window into the worlds he inhabits.
Commerce
- How the Internet became commercial: innovation, privatization, and the birth of a new network, Shane Greenstein384.3 GRE
Computers
- Coding for parents, Frazer Wilson005.1 WIL
- Offers a practical guide to elementary and intermediate computer programming intended to give parents enough background to help their children with their coding homework.
- Creative projects with Raspberry Pi: build gadgets, cameras, tools, games and more, Kirsten Kearney & Will Freeman005.1 KEA
- Designing platform independent mobile apps and services, Rocky Heckman005.2 HEC
- Introducing regular expressions: JavaScript and TypeScript, Jörg Krause005.133 JAV
- It's alive!: artificial intelligence from the logic piano to killer robots, Toby Walsh006.3 WAL
- Learning Node: moving to the server side, Shelley Powers005.133 NOD
- Mastering Drupal 8: a comprehensive and advanced practical guide to master Drupal 8, Chaz Chumley, William Hurley006.7 CHU
- Mastering Windows Server 2016: a comprehensive and practical guide to Windows Server 2016, Jordan Krause005.446 MIC
- Ransomware: defending against digital extortion, Allan Liska and Timothy Gallo005.8 LIS
- Swift in the cloud, Leigh Williamson005.133 SWI
- Written by the team of developers that has helped bring the Swift language to Cloud computing, this is the definitive guide to writing and running Swift language programs for cloud environment.
- The language of SQL, Larry Rockoff005.756 ROC
- Windows 10 step by step, Joan Lambert, Steve Lambert005.446 MIC
Crafts & Collecting & Hobbies
- Collecting vintage plastic model airplane kits, Craig Kodera629.1331 KOD
- Complete dressmaking: essential skills and techniques for beginners, Jules Fallon646.404 FAL
- Creating couture embellishment, Ellen W. Miller646.404 MIL
- Gradient knits: 10 lessons and projects using Ombré, stranded colourwork, slip stitch and textures, Tanis Gray746.432 GRA
- Hand carving your own walking stick, David Stehly736.4 STE
- Japanese knitting stitch bible: 260 exquisite patterns by Hitomi Shida, Gayle Roehm746.432 SHI
- Make softies: 11 cuddly toys to sew.745.5924 MAK
- Modelling signal boxes for railway layouts, Terry Booker625.19 BOO
- Rainbow quilts for scrap lovers: 12 projects from simple squares: choosing fabrics & organizing your stash, Judy Gauthier746.46 GAU
- Secondary designs, Judi Madsen746.46 MAD
- Make every inch of a quilt jaw-dropping with Judi Madsen's book on secondary quilting.
- Simply stitched with appliqué: embroidery motifs and projects with linen, cotton and felt, Yumiko Higuchi746.445 HIG
- Stitched sewing organizers: pretty cases, boxes, pouches, pincushions & more, Aneela Hoey646.2 HOE
- Stylish wraps sewing book: ponchos, capes, coats and more fashionable warmers that are easy to sew, Yoshiko Tsukiori646.45 TSU
- The world of Wade: figurines and miniatures II, Ian Warner & Mike Posgay738.0942 WAD
- Traditional Swedish knitting patterns: 40 motifs and 20 projects, Maja Karlsson; photography, Maria Rosenlöf746.432 KAR
- Warm glass: a complete guide to kiln-forming techniques: fusing, slumping, casting, Philippa Beveridge, Ignasi Doménech, Eva Pascual748 BEV
Crime
- Operation Relentless: the world's most-wanted criminal: the elite forces hunt to catch him, Damien Lewis364.133 BOU
- The man from the train: the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery, Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James364.1523 JAM
Economics
- Capital in the twenty-first century, Thomas Piketty332.041 PIK
- Factory girls: from village to city in a changing China, Leslie T. Chang331.4 CHA
- How to research trends: move beyond trend watching to kick start innovation, Els Dragt338 DRA
- Innovate!: transforming New Zealand's technology-based economy, Richard Bentley338.06 BEN
- Precarity: uncertain, insecure and unequal lives in Aotearoa New Zealand, Shiloh Groot, Clifford van Ommen, Bridgette Masters-Awatere and Natasha Tassell-Matamua331.54 PRE
- The great deception: can the European Union survive?, Christopher Booker and Richard North337.142 BOO
- What we owe: truths, myths, and lies about public debt, Carlo Cottarelli336.34 COT
Education
- A teacher's inside advice to parents: how children thrive with leadership, love, laughter, and learning, Robert Ward371.19 WAR
- Great minds and how to grow them: high performance learning, Wendy Berliner and Deborah Eyre370.152 BER
- In defense of read-aloud: sustaining best practice, Steven L. Layne372.4 LAY
- Rhythms of learning: what Waldorf education offers children, parents and teachers, Roberto Trostli; selected lectures by Rudolf Steiner371.39 STE
Engineering
- Power from the wind: achieving energy independence: a practical guide to small-scale energy production, Dan Chiras621.312136 CHI
Environment
- Drawdown: the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming, Paul Hawken363.7387 DRA
- Nuclear power: a very short introduction, Maxwell Irvine333.7924 IRV
- Following the increasing cost of fossil fuels and concerns about the security of their future supply. However, the term 'nuclear power' causes anxiety in many people and there is confusion concerning the nature and extent of the associated risks.
Farming
- Call of the Reed Warbler: a new agriculture: a new earth, Charles Massy630.994 MAS
- This ground-breaking book will change the way we think of, farm and grow food. Author and radical farmer Charles Massy explores transformative and regenerative agriculture and the vital connection between our soil and our health.
- Life on Muzzle: three generations on New Zealand's most remote station, Fiona Redfern; photography by Derek Morrison. 636.301 RED
Fashion
- Betak: fashion show revolution.746.92 BET
- Enter the world of high fashion with the creative legend who designed and directed the greatest spectacles in fashion with hundreds of unpublished behind-the-scenes images.
- Christie's: the jewellery archives revealed, Vincent Meylan739.27 MEY
- Dress Scandinavian, Pernille Teisbaek646.34 TEI
- Get Scandi-cool with the Danish queen of minimal Scandinavia has long been the home of outstanding interior design and classic fashion brands like Acne Studios, Rains and Filippa K.
- Out of fashion: one photographer's impression of Christchurch's fashion 1970s to 1980s, Kevin Hill391 HIL
- Tudor fashion, Eleri Lynn391 LYN
- Yves Saint Laurent accessories, Patrick Mauriès746.92 SAI
- An exclusive homage to and retrospective of the iconic fashion designer's couture accessories.
Film, Television & Theatre
- Bollywood: the films! The songs! The stars!791.430954 BOL
- Star Wars. Death Star: Imperial DS-1 Orbital Battle Station: owner's technical manual, Ryder Windham; illustrated by Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas791.437 WIN
- Tarantino: a retrospective, Tom Shone791.43023 TAR
- The Disneyland encyclopedia: the unofficial, unauthorized, and unprecedented history of every land, attraction, restaurant, shop, and major event in the original Magic Kingdom, Chris Strodder791.068 STR
- The worlds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson: the story behind International Rescue, Ian Fryer791.450941 FRY
- Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, UFO and
Space:1999 just some of the TV series produced by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson that have thrilled generations of people worldwide from the 1960s right into the 21st Century.
- Twentieth Century Fox: a century of entertainment, Michael Troyan, Jeffrey Paul Thompson, Stephen X. Sylvester791.430973 TRO
Food & Wine
- 100 great New Zealand wineries, Douglas Renall641.22 REN
- 5 ingredients: quick & easy food, Jamie Oliver,. 641.555 OLI
- A thirst for empire: how tea shaped the modern world, Erika Rappaport641.337 RAP
- At my table: a celebration of home cooking, Nigella Lawson641.5 LAW
- Baby food universe: raise adventurous eaters with a whole world of flavorful purées and toddler foods, Kawn Al-Jabbouri, with Gemma Bischoff641.5622 ALJ
- Carol Vorderman's detox for life: the 28-day detox diet and beyond, Carol Vorderman with Ko Chohan; written by Anita Bean641.563 VOR
- Chloe's kitchen: 125 easy, delicious recipes for making the food you love the vegan way, Chloe Coscarelli641.5636 COS
- Chloe's vegan Italian kitchen: 150 pizzas, pastas, pestos, risottos, & lots of creamy Italian classics, Chloe Coscarelli641.5636 COS
- Eat, Chelsea Winter641.5 WIN
- Eat up New Zealand, Al Brown641.5993 BRO
- Everyday baby food: 200 delicious, nutritious and simple baby food recipes that you can use everyday to keep your little one happy and healthy!, Sophia Hamilton641.5622 HAM
- Fast and fresh: quick recipes for busy lives, Louise Pickford with photography by Peter Cassidy641.555 PIC
- Gluten-free and vegan holidays: celebrating the year with simple, satisfying recipes and menus, Jennifer Katzinger641.563 KAT
- Healthy baking: nourishing breads, wholesome cakes, ancient grains and bubbling ferments, Jordan Bourke641.815 BOU
- How to eat better: how to shop, store & cook to make any food a 'superfood', James Wong; nutritional consultant, Dr Emma Derbyshire641.563 WON
- Jamie's dinners, Jamie Oliver641.54 OLI
- Keeping it off, Michelle Bridges641.5638 BRI
- Lola's: a cake journey around the world: 70 of the most delicious and iconic cake recipes discovered on our travels, Photography by Steve Painter641.8653 LOL
- Los Angeles cult recipes, Victor Garnier641.5973 GAR
- Low carb, healthy fat: the simplest way to achieve + maintain a healthy weight: with more than 130 low-carb, keto-friendly recipes, Pete Evans641.5638 EVA
- Maggie's recipe for life, Maggie Beer with Ralph Martins; photography by Dragan Radocaj641.563 BEE
- Make it easy cookbook: foolproof, stylish and delicious make-ahead recipes, Jane Lovett641.555 LOV
- Mary Berry's complete cookbook.641.5 BER
- Meet your matcha: over 50 irresistible recipes packed with the power of green tea, Joanna Farrow641.6372 FAR
- New Zealand restaurant cookbook, Delaney Mes; photography by Liz Clarkson641.5 NEW
- Pizzazzerie: entertain in style, Courtney Dial Whitmore793.2 WHI
- Courtney provides how-to instructions for more than a dozen occasions (from simple backyard gatherings to special celebrations), each complemented with full tablescape details; decor tips; and recipes for each party covering appetizers, desserts, and drinks.
- Raw cake, Daisy Kristiansen, Leah Garwood-Gowers641.563 KRI
- Recipes from an Italian butcher: roasting, stewing, braising, The Silver Spoon Kitchen641.66 REC
- Sabor: flavours from a Spanish kitchen, Nieves Barragán Mohacho; photography by Chris Terry641.5946 BAR
- The cocktail garden: botanical cocktails for every season, Illustrations, Adriana Picker; recipes, Ed Loveday. 641.874 LOV
- The desserts of New York: and how to eat them all, Yasmin Newman641.86 NEW
- The easiest slow cooker book ever!, Kim McCosker641.588 MCC
- The Juice Truck, The Juice Truck Zach Berman and Ryan Slater with health coach Colin Medhurst641.875 BER
- The little library cookbook: 100 recipes from your favourite stories, Kate Young; photographs by Lean Timms641.5 YOU
- The Palestinian table, Reem Kassis641.595694 KAS
- Vivek Singh's Indian festival feasts, Vivek Singh641.5954 SIN
Gardens and Gardening
- Get plants: how to bring green into your life, Katherine Price with photography by Sarah Cuttle635.965 PRI
- Grow. Food. Anywhere, Mat Pember and Dillon Seitchik-Reardon635 PEM
- High-value vegetables, Mel Bartholomew635 BAR
- Hortus Mirabilis: discovering the world's oldest botanical garden.580.73 HOR
- How to grow: a guide for gardeners who can't garden yet, Hollie Newton635 NEW
- Japanese stone gardens: origins, meaning, form, Stephen Mansfield635.9672 MAN
- Making a garden: successful gardening by nature's rules, Carol Klein; photography by Jonathan Buckley635 KLE
- Movement and meaning: the landscapes of Hoerr Schaudt, Written with Douglas Brenner712.0973 HOE
- Rhododendron, Richard Milne635.97 RHO
- The Rockefeller family gardens: an American legacy712.0973 ROC
Genealogy
- Mastering genealogical documentation, Thomas W. Jones929.1 JON
Graphic Arts
- Screenprinting, Jane Sampson764.8 SAM
- The American dream: pop to the present, Stephen Coppel, Catherine Daunt, Susan Tallman769.973 COP
- 'The American Dream: From Pop to present' presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol.
Health & Medicine
- A leg to stand on, Oliver Sacks362.19748 SAC
- Sacks examines the specific neuropsychological and existential phenomena associated with peripheral nerve injuries, based on his own experience when he sustained a severe leg injury in an accident.
- A life. A finger. A pea up a nose: baby and child first aid, Sarah Hunstead616.0252 HUN
- Another day in the frontal lobe: a neurosurgeon exposes life on the inside, Katrina Firlik617.48 FIR
- Anticancer: a new way of life, David Servan-Schreiber616.994 SER
- Black flu 1918: the story of New Zealand's worst public health disaster, Geoffrey W. Rice614.518 RIC
- Breathing as a tool for self-regulation and self reflection, Minna Martin613.19 MAR
- Catching breath: the making and unmaking of tuberculosis, Kathryn Lougheed616.995 LOU
- Cognitive therapy for chronic pain: a step-by-step guide, Beverly E. Thorn616.047 THO
- Complete guide to prescription & nonprescription drugs, H. Winter Griffith, M.D.; revised and updated by Stephen W. Moore, M.D615.1 GRI
- Core light healing: my personal journey and advanced healing concepts for creating the life you long to live, Barbara Ann Brennan615.852 BRE
- Deep end of the pool workouts: no-impact interval training and strength exercises, Melisenda Edwards, Katalin Wight613.716 EDW
- Doctoring data: how to sort out medical advice from medical nonsense, Dr Malcolm Kendrick610.72 KEN
- How to be human, Graham Lawton & Jeremy Webb; illustrations by Jennifer Daniel612 LAW
- Immunization: how vaccines became controversial, Stuart Blume614.47 BLU
- Inside out: the essential women's guide to pelvic support, Michelle Kenway, Dr Judith Goh617.55 KEN
- Interval weight loss, Dr Nick Fuller613.25 FUL
- Into the gray zone: a neuroscientist explores the border between life and death, Adrian Owen616.849 OWE
- Lifelong yoga: maximizing your balance, flexibility, and core strength in your 50s, 60s, and beyond, Sage Rountree and Alexandra DeSiato613.7046 ROU
- Medical medium life-changing foods: save yourself and the ones you love with the hidden healing powers of fruits & vegetables, Anthony William613.2 WIL
- Out of the woods: a journey through depression and anxiety, Brent Williams616.8527 WIL
- Out of the Woods is a graphic memoir to help people understand and overcome depression and anxiety. Although the format is an autobiographical comic, it is primarily an educational self-help book, using the author's own life story.
- Prozac nation: young and depressed in America, Elizabeth Wurtzel616.8527 WUR
- Resistance band workout: illustrated step-by-step guide to stretching, strengthening and rehabilitative techniques, Dr. Karl Knopf613.71 KNO
- Sleep: the myth of 8 hours, the power of naps and the new plan to recharge your body and mind, Nick Littlehales612.821 LIT
- The 4-hour body: an uncommon guide to rapid fat-loss, incredible sex and becoming superhuman, Timothy Ferriss613.7 FER
- The A to Z of eating disorders, Emma Woolf616.8526 WOO
- The arts apothecary: a vital prescription for health, happiness and wellbeing, Jill Rivers615.5 RIV
- The breast reconstruction guidebook: issues and answers from research to recovery, Kathy Steligo618.19 STE
- The clever guts diet, Dr. Michael Mosley616.33 MOS
- The complete book of isometrics: the anywhere, anytime fitness plan, Erin O'Driscoll. 613.7149 ODR
- The journey: a practical guide to healing your life and setting yourself free, Brandon Bays615.852 BAY
- The lean: a revolutionary (and simple!) 30-day plan for healthy, lasting weight loss, Kathy Freston613.25 FRE
- The mystery gut, Kerryn Phelps616.3 PHE
- The new superpower for women: trust your intuition, predict dangerous situations, and defend yourself from the unthinkable, Steve Kardian with A. Clara Pistek613.66 KAR
- The power of when: learn the best time to do everything, Michael Breus, PhD612.02 BRE
- The raw food digestive tune-up, Andrew Perlot613.26 PER
- The raw food healing bible, Christine Bailey613.26 BAI
- Tripping over the truth: how the metabolic theory of cancer is overturning one of medicine's most entrenched paradigms, Travis Christofferson616.994 CHR
- Undoctored: why health care has failed you and how you can become smarter than your doctor, William Davis615.535 DAV
- What made Maddy run: the secret struggles and tragic death of an all-American teen, Kate Fagan616.8584 HOL
- Wireless-wise families: what every parent needs to know about wireless technologies, Lyn McLean612.0144 MCL
- Your brain knows more than you think: the new frontiers of neuroplasticity, Niels Birbaumer with Jorg Zittlau612.82 BIR
History, Geography & Travel
- 1917: war, peace and revolution, David Stevenson940.43 STE
- Alaska, Deanna Swaney979.8 SWA
- DK Eyewitness Travel Guide.
- China at war: triumph and tragedy in the emergence of the new China 1937-1952, Hans van de Ven951.042 VAN
- Collapse of a country: a diplomat's memoirs of South Sudan, Nicholas Coghlan962.4 COG
- Cuba, Brendan Sainsbury, Carolyn McCarthy972.91 SAI
- Lonely Planet.
- Curiosities of Paris: an idiosyncratic guide to overlooked delights hidden in plain sight, Dominique Lesbros944.36 LES
- Dominican Republic, Ashley Harrell, Kevin Raub972.93 HAR
- Lonely Planet.
- Eastern Europe, Mark Baker947 BAK
- Lonely Planet.
- Ekaterinburg: the last days of the Romanovs, Helen Rappaport947.083 NIC
- Europe, Alexis Averbuck940 AVE
- Lonely Planet.
- Folly and malice: the Habsburg Empire, the Balkans and the start of World War One, John Zametica327.436 ZAM
- Ghana: the Bradt travel guide, Philip Briggs966.7 BRI
- Gibraltar: the greatest siege in British history, Roy and Lesley Adkins946.89 ADK
- History of a disappearance: the story of a forgotten Polish town, Filip Springer943.852 SPR
- India, Abigail Blasi954 BLA
- Lonely Planet.
- India.954 IND
- DK Eyewitness Travel Guide.
- Jamaica, Paul Clammer, Anna Kaminski972.92 CLA
- Loney Planet.
- John and Charles Enys: Castle Hill runholders, 1864-1891, Jenny Abrahamson. 993.85 ENY
- John and Charles Enys: Castle Hill Runholders (1864-1891) records the story of two Cornish brothers who ran the Castle Hill sheep run for more than 25 years in the late 19th century. Extracts from letters by both brothers and paintings by Charles that they sent to their family at Enys in Cornwell give a fascinating insight into a lost way of life.
- Journey through the Philippines: an unforgettable journey from Manila to Mindanao, Kiki Deere959.9 DEE
- Kathmandu, Thomas Bell954.96 BEL
- Asia expert Thomas Bell recounts his experiences from his many years in the city exploring in the process the rich history of Kathmandu and its many instances of self-reinvention.
- Kingdoms in the air: dispatches from the far away, Bob Shacochis910.4 SHA
- Bob Shacochis brings together the very best of his culture and travel essays.
- Long road from Jarrow: a journey through Britain then and now, Stuart Maconie941.082 MCO
- National parks of Europe, Abigail Blasi940 BLA
- New Zealand between the wars, Rachael Bell993.032 NEW
- Nowherelands: an atlas of vanished countries 1840 - 1975, Bjorn Berge909.8 BER
- An original history of the lost countries of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, examined and illustrated with the countries' postage stamps.
- Partition: the story of Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Barney White-Spunner954 WHI
- Puerto Rico, Liza Prado, Luke Waterson972.95 PRA
- Lonely Planet.
- Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra, Lindsay Brown, Abigail Blasi954 BRO
- Lonely Planet.
- Red Famine: Stalin's war on Ukraine, Anne Applebaum947.7 APP
- In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died of starvation, having been deliberately deprived of food. It is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the twentieth century.
- Sydney, Ken Brass, Kirsty McKenzie & Deborah Soden994.41 BRA
- DK Eyewitness travel guide.
- Tasmania's convicts: how felons built a free society, Alison Alexander994.6 ALE
- The 50 greatest prehistoric sites of the world, Barry Stone930 STO
- The 9th floor: conversations with five New Zealand prime ministers, Guyon Espiner and Tim Watkin993.038 ESP
- Based on the acclaimed RNZ podcast series. Geoffrey Palmer, Mike Moore, Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark reflect on their time occupying the prime ministerial offices on the 9th floor of the Beehive.
- The annotated Malay Archipelago, Alfred Russel Wallace; edited by John van Wyhe959.8 WAL
- Wallace's Malay Archipelago is a classic account of the travels of a Victorian naturalist through island Southeast Asia.
- The Cold War: a new oral history of life between East and West, Bridget Kendall327.1 KEN
- The full transcripts of the Putin interviews: with substantial material not included in the documentary: Oliver Stone interviews Vladimir Putin947.086 PUT
- The Great War and the remaking of Palestine, Salim Tamari940.35694 TAM
- The happy traveler: unpacking the secrets of better vacations, Jaime Kurtz910 KUR
- The House of Government: a saga of the Russian Revolution, Yuri Slezkine947.0841 SLE
- On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction. The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment.
- The National Trust tour of Britain, Sally Palmer and Anna Groves941 PAL
- The prisoner in his palace: Saddam Hussein, his American guards, and what history leaves unsaid, Will Bardenwerper956.7044 BAR
- The rough guide to Fiji, Ian Osborn and Martin Zatko996.11 OSB
- The travel book: a journey through every country in the world.910.2 TRA
- Today in New Zealand history, Neill Atkinson, David Green, Gareth Phipps and Steve Watters993 ATK
- Umbria: the heart of Italy, Patricia Clough945.65 CLO
- When Patricia Clough bought a house in Umbria, she knew that buying her dream home did not mean that life would become a dream.
- Under the Himalayan sky: establishing Sagarmatha National Park - a New Zealand family's experience, Margaret Jefferies954.96 JEF
- Viking Britain: an exploration, Thomas Williams941.01 WIL
- Viking warrior versus Anglo-Saxon warrior: England 865-1066, Gareth Williams942.01 WIL
- Wild Auckland: 125 natural places in the Auckland region, Peter Janssen993.2 JAN
House & Garden
- 150 best interior design ideas, Francesc Zamora Mola747 ZAM
- 150 best new eco home ideas, Francesc Zamora Mola720.47 ZAM
- A beginner's guide to making curtains, shades, pillows, cushions, and more: 50 step-by-step projects, plus practical advice on hanging curtains, choosing fabric, and measuring up, Vanessa Arbuthnott with Gail Abbott646.21 ARB
- Blue & white and other stories: a personal journey through colour, William Yeoward747.94 YEO
- Hand made home, Mark & Sally Bailey747 BAI
- Handmade Home shows how living with handcrafted pieces is a joyful experience that awakens the senses and brings simple, tactile pleasure to every day.
- Inside Utopia: visionary interiors and futuristic homes.747 INS
- Making house: designers at home, Dominic Bradbury; photography by Richard Powers747 BRA
- Modern retro home, Mr Jason Grant; photography by Lauren Bamford747 GRA
- Never stop designing spaces: an emotional journey through ten places of italian life, Daniele Lago747 LAG
- The art of the natural home: a room by room guide, Rebecca Sullivan; photography by Nassima Rothacker640 SUL
- Upgrade: home extensions, alterations and refurbishments, Tim Abrahams720.286 ABR
- Urban botanics: an indoor plant guide for modern gardeners, Maaike Koster and Emma Sibley635.965 SIB
Language
- Collins Spanish dictionary.463 COL
- Revised and updated to cover all the latest vocabulary, making it ideal for intermediate to advanced learners of Spanish.
- Quid pro quo: what the Romans really gave the English language, Peter Jones422.471 JON
- Seriously funny and other oxymorons, Simon Brett with illustrations by Paul Thomas420 BRE
- The story of be: a verb's-eye view of the English language, David Crystal425.6 CRY
Law
- Copyright law made easy, Dennis Murray346.048 MUR
- GST law made easy, Colin De Freyne343.055 DE
- Human rights and privacy law made easy, Jillian Stewart342.085 STE
- Immigration and refugee law, Doug Tennent, Katy Armstrong, Peter Moses342.082 TEN
- International indigenous rights in Aotearoa New Zealand, Andrew Erueti342.087 INT
- James & Wells intellectual property law in New Zealand, Ian Finch, general editor346.048 JAM
- The attorney's handbook: information, checklists, precedents and examples for attorneys, Philip Dreadon346.029 DRE
- The case for impeachment, Allan J. Lichtman342.062 LIC
- Professor Allan J. Lichtman, who has correctly forecasted thirty years of presidential outcomes, makes the case for impeaching the 45th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
Library Science
- Getting started in service design: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians, Joe J. Marquez and Annie Downey025.5 MAR
- Library services for multicultural patrons: strategies to encourage library use, Carol Smallwood and Kim Becnel027.63 LIB
- The library: a catalogue of wonders, Stuart Kells027 KEL
- The LITA leadership guide: the librarian as entrepreneur, leader, and technologist, Carl Antonucci, Sharon Clapp023 LIT
Literature
- Flora of Middle-Earth: plants of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Walter S. Judd and Graham A. Judd823.912 TOL
- This book catalogs every plant found in J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium, showing how these plants influenced Tolkien's stories and characters.
- Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the making of Winnie-the-Pooh, Ann Thwaite823.912 MIL
- Innocence, Roald Dahl823.914 DAH
- What makes us innocent and how do we come to lose it? Featuring the autobiographical stories telling of Roald Dahl's boyhood and youth as well as four further tales of innocence betrayed, Dahl touches on the joys and horrors of growing up.
- Jane Austen and her world, Josephine Ross823.7 AUS
- Manderley forever: a biography of Daphne du Maurier, Tatiana de Rosnay823.912 DU
- De Rosnay pays homage to the writer who influenced her so deeply, following Du Maurier from a shy seven-year-old, a rebellious sixteen-year-old, a twenty-something newlywed, and finally a cantankerous old woman.
- Quarrels with himself: essays on James K. Baxter as prose writer, Peter Whiteford and Geoffrey Miles828.914 BAX
- The wisdom of the Middle Ages, Michael Kellogg809.02 KEL
- An overview and appreciation of medieval literature that takes account of major intellectual trends, various genres, and key historical figures of the period.
- The world of Laura Ingalls Wilder: the frontier landscapes that inspired the Little House books, Marta McDowell813.52 WIL
Military
- Fearless: the extraordinary untold story of New Zealand's Great War airmen, Adam Claasen940.44 CLA
- It's my country too: women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan, Jerri Bell & Tracy Crow355 ITS
- Small unmanned aircraft systems guide: exploring designs, operations, regulations, and economics, Brent Terwilliger623.7469 TER
- Spyplanes: the illustrated guide to manned reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft from World War I to today, Norman Polmar and John F. Bessette with Hal Bryan358.45 POL
- Western Europe, Oliver Berry940 BER
- Lonely Planet.
Music & Musicians
- Alabama: song of the south, Editor, Jay Orr781.642 ALA
- David Bowie and philosophy: rebel, rebel, Theodore G. Ammon781.66 BOW
- Good-bye Maoriland: the songs & sounds of New Zealand's Great War, Chris Bourke781.599 BOU
- Organs & organists: their inside stories: all you (n)ever wanted to know: a composting of organic material, Jenny Setchell786.5 SET
- Runnin' with the devil: a backstage pass to the wild times, loud rock, and the down and dirty truth behind the making of Van Halen, Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden781.66 VAN
- The Kiwi Pacific Records story, Tony Vercoe, talking with Tony Martin780.993 VER
- These interviews trace Kiwi Pacific Records from its beginnings as a division of publishers AH & AW Reed
Ltd, through its period as the subsidiary Reed Pacific Records Ltd, to its independence as Kiwi Pacific Records, all under the direction of Tony Vercoe.
Natural Science
- A naturalist's guide to the reptiles of Australia, Peter Rowland and Chris Farrell597.9 ROW
- Adventures of a young naturalist: the zoo quest expeditions, David Attenborough591.9 ATT
- An introduction to behavioural ecology, Nicholas B. Davies, John R. Krebs and Stuart A. West591.5 DAV
- Big Pacific, Rebecca Tansley591.77 TAN
- Bowland Beth: the life of an English hen harrier, David Cobham; illustrated by Dan Powell598.94 COB
- Mammals: a very short introduction, T.S. Kemp599 KEM
- The man who climbs trees, James Aldred634.9 ALD
- This is the story of a professional British tree climber, cameraman and adventurer, who has made a career out of travelling the world, filming wildlife for the BBC and climbing trees.
- Whales: their past, present and future, Philip Hammond599.5 HAM
- Wild man from Borneo: a cultural history of the orangutan, Robert Cribb, Helen Gilbert, Helen Tiffin599.883 CRI
Painting
- Classical painting atelier: a contemporary guide to traditional studio practice, Juliette Aristides751.4 ARI
Parenting
- 13 things mentally strong parents don't do: raising self-assured children and training their brains for a life of happiness, meaning, and success, Amy Morin649.1 MOR
- He's not lazy: empowering your son to believe in himself, Adam Price305.235 PRI
- Out of control: why disciplining your child doesn't work and what will, Shefali Tsabary649.64 TSA
- Parenting without anger, Renee Mill649.1 MIL
- Staying connected to your teenager: how to keep them talking to you and how to hear what they're really saying, Michael Riera306.874 RIE
- The prince boofhead syndrome, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg and Elly Robinson305.235 CAR
- Essential reading for everyone living with a teenage boy.
- Unplugged parenting: how to raise happy, healthy children in the digital age, Dr. Elizabeth Kilbey with Heather Bishop649.1 KIL
Pasifika
- Miss Ulysses from Puka-Puka: the autobiography of a South Sea trader's daughter, Florence (Johnny) Frisbie; edited and translated by her father, Robert Dean Frisbie996.23 FRI
- Miss Ulysses from Puka-Puka is the first book written by a Polynesian woman. It tells the amazing story of a young girl growing up on a remote island in the Cook Islands group.
Pets & Animals
- Bookstore cats, Brandon Schultz636.8 SCH
- Dog zen: everything you need to know to transform your dog, Mark Vette636.70887 VET
- Labradoodles, Joan Hustace Walker636.72 LAB
- Let dogs be dogs: understanding canine nature and mastering the art of living with your dog, the Monks of New Skete and Marc Goldberg636.70887 MON
- Old dog wisdom, Fiona Tomlinson636.7 TOM
- Saving the Snowy Brumbies: the Wilson sisters' adventures taming horses from Australia's Snowy Mountains, Kelly Wilson636.1083 WIL
- The grace of dogs: a boy, a black lab, and a father's search for the canine soul, Andrew Root636.7 ROO
- The mysterious world of cats: what magic, myth, shamanism and science teach us about their secret powers, Herbie Brennan636.8 BRE
- The New Zealand cat, Rachael Hale McKenna636.8 MCK
- Will's red coat: the story of one old dog who chose to live again, Tom Ryan636.7 RYA
Photography
- Abandoned: the most beautiful forgotten places from around the world, Mathew Growcoot778.94 GRO
- Alice's adventures, Alice Hawkins778.99746 HAW
- Avedon's France: old world, new look, Robert M. Rubin, Marianne Le Galliard779 AVE
- Beginner's guide to photography: no jargon just great photos, Haje Jan Kamps778.3 KAM
- Dora Maar: Paris in the time of Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Picasso, Louise Baring779 MAA
- Expressive nature photography: design, composition, and color in outdoor imagery, Brenda Tharp778.93 THA
- Firecrackers: female photographers now, Fiona Rogers & Max Houghton779 ROG
- Lauren Greenfield: Generation Wealth, Text edited with Susan Lynley Welsh778.92 GRE
- Roland Fischer: refugees, Essays by Stephan Lessenich, Bernhard Waldenfels778.92 FIS
- Small wonders: life portrait in miniature, Tatsuya Tanaka779 TAN
- The polaroid project: at the intersection of art and technology, William A. Ewing771.4 EWI
- Tina Barney, Tina Barney and Peter Galassi778.92 BAR
Poetry
- Collected poems, Allen Curnow; edited by Elizabeth Caffin & Terry Sturm821.91 CUR
- Allen Curnow (1911-2001) was at the time of his death regarded as one of the greatest of all poets writing in English.
- Hoard, Fleur Adcock821.914 ADC
- NZ poetry.
- Should auld acquaintance: discovering the woman behind Robert Burns, Melanie Murray821.6 ARM
- Two lagoons, Trevor Hayes821.92 HAY
- New Zealand Poetry.
Politics & Government
- A bark but no bite: inequality and the 2014 New Zealand general election, Jack Vowles, Hilde Coffé and Jennifer Curtin324.993 VOW
- Based on New Zealand Election Study (NZES) data from
a sample of 2,830 eligible voters.
- Asia's reckoning: China, Japan, and the fate of U.S. power in the Pacific century, Richard McGregor327.73 MCG
- Own your future, David Seymour324.293 SEY
- Written by ACT Party leader, David Seymour, in the lead-up to the 2017 general elections in New Zealand.
- Predicting the next president: the keys to the White House, Allan J. Lichtman324.973 LIC
- The Cold War: a world history, Odd Arne Westad327.1 WES
- The limits of neoliberalism: authority, sovereignty and the logic of competition, William Davies320.51 DAV
- What happened, Hillary Rodham Clinton324.973 CLI
- The former Secretary of State relates her experiences as the first woman candidate nominated for president by a major party, discussing the sexism, criticism, and double standards she had to confront, and how she coped with a devastating loss.
- What's your bias?: the surprising science of why we vote the way we do, Lee De-Wit324 DE
Pounamu
- Point of Order, Mr Speaker?: modern Maori political leaders, Selwyn and Rahui Katene324.22 POI
- Eight current or former Maori politicians from different political parties recount their leadership experiences and describe the significant events in their journeys from their early lives to Parliament.
Relationships
- Get the guy: use the secrets of the male mind to find, attract and keep your ideal man, Matthew Hussey with Stephen Hussey646.77 HUS
- Written by the hottest dating coach on the scene!
Religion & Ethics
- A place called heaven: 10 surprising truths about your eternal home, Dr. Robert Jeffress236.24 JEF
- A world ablaze: the rise of Martin Luther and the birth of the Reformation, Craig Harline270.6 LUT
- Hare Krishna transformed, E. Burke Rochford, Jr294.55 ROC
- Holy living: the Christian tradition for today, Rowan Williams248.4 WIL
- Saints and stirrers: Christianity, conflict and peacemaking in New Zealand, 1814-1945, Geoffrey Troughton261.87 SAI
- Sunday best : how the church shaped New Zealand and New Zealand shaped the church, Peter Lineham279.3 LIN
- Surprised by Oxford: a memoir, Carolyn Weber248.24 WEB
- This savvy, beautifully written, credible account of Christian conversion follows the calendar and events of the school year as it entertains, informs, and promises to engage even the most skeptical and unlikely reader.
- The Templars: the rise and spectacular fall of God's holy warriors, Dan Jones271.7 JON
- Why Buddhism is true: the science and philosophy of meditation and enlightenment, Robert Wright294.34 WRI
Science
- 101 problems for the armchair scientist: such as how do headphone wires get so tangled?, Joel Levy500 LEV
- 30-second maths: the 50 most mind-expanding theories in mathematics, each explained in half a minute, Editor, Richard Brown. 510 THI
- A big bang in a little room: the quest to create new universes, Zeeya Merali523.1 MER
- Agates: treasures of the earth, Roger Pabian553.87 PAB
- American eclipse: a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world, David Baron523.7 BAR
- Biochemistry demystified, Sharon Walker, David McMahon572 WAL
- Blooming marvellous: a wildflower hunter's year, Zoe Devlin582.13 DEV
- Caesar's last breath: the epic story of the air around us, Sam Kean551.51 KEA
- Closing the gap: the quest to understand prime numbers, Vicky Neale512.7 NEA
- Coasts in crisis: a global challenge, Gary Griggs551.45 GRI
- Almost half of the planet's population now lives in the coastal zone. The impacts of these people - three billion and rising - are increasingly affecting the most dynamic and constantly changing environments on Earth.
- Destination Mars: the story of our quest to conquer the Red Planet, Andrew May523.43 MAY
- Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, Carl Mehling567.91 DIN
- DNA: the story of the genetic revolution, James D. Watson with Andrew Berry and Kevin Davies572.8 WAT
- General, organic, and biochemistry, Katherine J. Denniston. 547 DEN
- How to count to infinity, Marcus du Sautoy513.2 DU
- How to understand E=mc(2), Christophe Galfard530.11 GAL
- In search of stardust: amazing micrometeorites and their terrestrial imposters, Jon Larsen523.51 LAR
- Life at the edge of sight: a photographic exploration of the microbial world, Scott Chimileski, Roberto Kolter579 CHI
- Life through time and space, Wallace Arthur; illustrations by Stephen Arthur576.83 ART
- Math for scientists: refreshing the essentials, Natasha Maurits, Branislava Curcic-Blake. 510 MAU
- Particle physics: a very short introduction, Frank Close539.72 CLO
- Physics in 50 milestone moments: a timeline of scientific landmarks, James Lee530 LEE
- Principles of biology, Robert J. Brooker570 BRO
- Quakeland: on the road to America's next devastating earthquake, Kathryn Miles551.22 MIL
- Rock and gem, Ronald Louis Bonewitz553.8 BON
- Sex, botany & empire: the story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks, Patricia Fara580.92 LIN
- Significant figures: lives and work of trailblazing mathematicians, Ian Stewart510.92 STE
- Solomon's organic chemistry, T.W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder547 SOL
- The fascinating world of graph theory, Arthur Benjamin, Gary Chartrand, Ping Zhang511.5 BEN
- The periodic table: a visual guide to the elements, Tom Jackson546.8 JAC
- The physical world: an inspirational tour of fundamental physics, Nicholas Manton, Nicholas Mee530 MAN
- Totality: the great American eclipses of 2017 and 2024, Mark Littmann and Fred Espenak523.7 LIT
- Universe: exploring the astronomical world.520 UNI
- Viewing and imaging the solar system: a complete guide for amateur astronomers, Jane Clark520 CLA
- While the fires burn: a glacier odyssey, Daniel Schwartz551.312 SCH
- Terrestrial and aerial photography combine with historic documents and computer-modeled drawings to capture the world's shrinking glaciers across four continents.
- Zapped: from infrared to X-rays, the curious history of invisible light, Bob Berman535 BER
Self Development
- Altered traits: science reveals how meditation changes your mind, brain, and body, Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson158.12 GOL
- Discover your hidden memory & find the real you, Menis Yousry158.1 YOU
- Dream therapy: dream your way to health and happiness, Dr Clare Johnson154.63 JOH
- Goodbye, things: the new Japanese minimalism, Fumio Sasaki; translated by Eriko Sugita158.1 SAS
- How emotions are made: the secret life of the brain, Lisa Feldman Barrett152.4 BAR
- How to change the world with one pitch: a blueprint for winning at life one conversation at a time, Daniel Batten153.85 BAT
- Splitting the arrow: understanding the business of life, Prem Rawat158 RAW
- Stress-proof: the scientific solution to protect your brain and body and be more resilient every day, Mithu Storoni155.9042 STO
- The compassionate mind workbook, Chris Irons and Elaine Beaumont152.4 IRO
- The decision book: fifty models for strategic thinking, Mikael Krogerus, Roman Tschäppeler153.83 KRO
- The happiness track: how to apply the science of happiness to accelerate your success, Emma Seppälä. 158 SEP
- The mastery of self: a Toltec guide to personal freedom, Don Miguel Ruiz Jr158.1 RUI
- The mother factor: how your mother's emotional legacy impacts your life, Stephan B. Poulter155.92 POU
- The power of habit: why we do what we do and how to change, Charles Duhigg152.33 DUH
Slavery
- Madeleine's children: family, freedom, secrets, and lies in France's Indian Ocean colonies, Sue Peabody342.087 PEA
Social Issues
- A cultural history of women in the middle ages, Kim M. Phillips305.42 CUL
- A great social experiment: the story of the Licensing Trusts in New Zealand, Bernard Teahan361.76 TEA
- A mighty boy, Sarah Pullen362.196994 PUL
- What would you do if a stranger told you your son was going to die? Silas is ten years old when the headaches start. When the diagnosis arrives, his parents are told they have until Christmas maybe. And so begins Sarah Pullen's battle to save her son, against doubting doctors and insurmountable odds.
- Adult fantasy: searching for true maturity in an age of mortgages, marriages, and other adult milestones, Briohny Doyle305.24 DOY
- Bread for all: the origins of the welfare state, Chris Renwick361.65 REN
- Can I keep drinking?: how you can decide when enough is enough, Cyndi Turner362.292 TUR
- Defining social work in Aotearoa: forty years of pioneering research and teaching at Massey University, Michael Dale, Hannay Mooney & Kieran O'Donoghue360.7 DAL
- Emergency response: life, death and helicopters, Dave Greenberg; with Adrienne Kohler363.348 GRE
- Emigrants: why the English sailed to the New World, James Evans304.873 EVA
- Entitled: a critical history of the British aristocracy, Chris Bryant305.52 BRY
- Everybody lies: big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz302.23 STE
- Inferior: how science got women wrong and the new research that's rewriting the story, Angela Saini305.4 SAI
- Living a feminist life, Sara Ahmed305.42 AHM
- Living sober.362.2928 LIV
- Tips on living sober.
- Megafire: the race to extinguish a deadly epidemic of flame, Michael Kodas363.37 KOD
- Mission to motherhood: a powerful story of infertility, surrogacy and the journey to becoming a parent, Amira Mikhail362.196692 MIK
- No is not enough: defeating the new shock politics, Naomi Klein303.61 KLE
- Remember when love was supposed to Trump hate? Remember when the oil companies and bankers seemed to be running scared? What the hell happened? And what can we do about it? Naomi Klein shows us how we got here, and how we can make things better.
- No logo: no space, no choice, no jobs, Naomi Klein303.484 KLE
- Analysis and exploration of the invasion of our personal lives by logo-wielding power-hungry corporations combines muckraking journalism with contemporary memoir to discuss current consumer culture and the dark side of the information age.
- Reflections: of the poll tax on Chinese in New Zealand.305.8951 HOP
- Risking their lives: New Zealand abortion stories, 1900-1939, Margaret Sparrow363.46 SPA
- Secret societies: the complete guide to histories, rites, and rituals, Nick Redfern366 RED
- Sensation: adventures in sex, love and laughter, Isabel Losada306.7 LOS
- Soil and soul: people versus corporate power, Alastair McIntosh361.8 MCI
- Streampunks: how YouTube and the new creators are transforming our lives, Robert Kyncl with Maany Peyvan302.23 KYN
- Suicide: aftermath & beyond: let's talk about suicide and how much it sucks, Paul Lynch362.28 LYN
- The devil that never dies: the rise and threat of global antisemitism, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen305.8924 GOL
- The Emoji code: the linguistics behind smiley faces and scaredy cats, Vyvyan Evans302.222 EVA
- The growth of New Zealand towns: a historical and current survey of the development of 64 towns and cities, with a glimse of future changes, Hugh Dickey. 307.76 DIC
- The honest body project: real stories and untouched portraits of women & motherhood, Natalie McCain306.461 MCC
- The optimistic environmentalist: progressing towards a greener future.363.7 BOY
- Universal basic income: pennies from heaven, Paul O'Brien362.58 OBR
- Possibly the most significant change to economic policy being debated in decades. This book gives the accessible history of a revolutionary idea.
Spacecraft
- NASA Mercury: 1956 to 1963 (all models): owners' workshop manual: an insight into the design and engineering of Project Mercury America's first manned space programme, David Baker629.47 BAK
Sport & Recreation
- 501 essential backgammon problems, Bill Robertie795.1 ROB
- A hole in the wind: a climate scientist's bicycle journey across the United States, David Goodrich796.62 GOO
- Alone on the wall, Alex Honnold with David Roberts796.5223 HON
- From Yosemite's famous Half Dome to the frighteningly difficult El Sendero Luminoso in Mexico, Alone on the Wall is structured around Alex's seven most extraordinary climbing achievements so far.
- Backgammon for winners: easy-to-read and informative, this is the best first and second book to buy on backgammon!, Bill Robertie795.1 ROB
- Capablanca x3, José Raúl Capablanca794.1 CAP
- One of the greatest chess prodigies of all time, he evolved the most perfect chess technique seen on a chessboard.
- Chasing the rainbow: the story of road cycling's World Championships, Giles Belbin796.62 BEL
- Coaching basketball successfully, Morgan Wootten, Joe Wootten796.32307 WOO
- Donald Campbell: 300+ a speed odyssey: his life with Bluebird, David de Lara796.72 CAM
- Forgotten years: helicopters and hunting stories /crecounted by Brian Conroy & friends.799.26 CON
- How to be better at basketball in 21 days: the ultimate guide to drastically improving your basketball shooting, passing & dribbling skills, James Wilson796.323 WIL
- It's all a game: the history of board games from Monopoly to settlers of Catan, Tristan Donovan794 DON
- Lasker's manual of chess, Emanuel Lasker794.1 LAS
- Le Tour de France: the official history, Serge Laget, Luke Edwardes-Evans, Andy McGrath; foreword by Bernard Hinault796.62 LAG
- Squash, Stafford Murray with Mike Hughes, Nic James and Goran Vukovic796.343 SQU
- The game of squash: 5 easy ways to improve your game and win more matches, James Ethan, John North796.343 ETH
- The New Zealand cycle trails Nga Haerenga: a guide to New Zealand's 22 great rides and introducing Tour Aotearoa, Jonathan Kennett. 796.64 KEN
- The total fishing manual, Joe Cermele and the editors of Field & stream799.1 CER
- The trail runner's companion: a step-by-step guide to trail running and racing, from 5ks to Ultras, Sarah Lavender Smith796.42 SMI
- Total aikido: the master course, Gozo Shioda with Yasuhisa Shioda796.8154 SHI
- Track & field coaching essentials, Will Freeman, editor796.42 TRA
Trains, Boats, Planes
- De Havilland Enterprises: a history, Graham M Simons629.13334 DE
- Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland was one of the world's true pioneers of powered flight, a man as important to British aviation as the Wright brothers were to America.
- The strangest aircraft of all time, Keith Ray629.133 RAY
- Time and tide: the story of the Pelorus mail boat, Lorain Day383.4 DAY
Transport
- A-Z of British trolleybuses, Stephen Lockwood388.41 LOC
- Bike repair manual, Chris Sidwells629.28772 SID
- The most up-to-date cycling guide on the market, this is the essential handy guide for beginners and experienced cyclists alike.
- North-West buses in the 1980s, Paul Williams388.322 WIL
- The National Bus Company: the middle years, Stephen Dowle388.322 NAT
War
- Our latest longest war: losing hearts and minds in Afghanistan, Aaron B. O'Connell, USMC958.1 OUR
- The fear and the freedom: how the Second World War changed us, Keith Lowe940.531 LOW
- The road to Passchendaele: the heroic year in soldiers' own words and photographs, Richard van Emden940.43 VAN
- The Vietnam War: an intimate history, Geoffrey C. Ward959.7043 WAR
- Zero Six Bravo: 60 special forces, 100,000 enemy, the explosive true story, Damien Lewis956.7044 LEW
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