May is NZ Music Month
This month is all about the music - it's
NZ Music Month. We invite you to sweet gigs across the city by local musicians - from music for kids, to brass bands, from rock to chamber music.
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Art & Architecture
- Blubberland : the dangers of happiness
Elizabeth Farrelly
720.1 FAR
- Blubberland is a witty and engaging critique of the way we live now. Leading architecture critic and writer Elizabeth Farrelly asks why we find it so hard to abandon habits we know to be destructive.
- Collaborative art in the twenty-first century
Sondra Bacharach709.05 COL
- Collaboration in the arts is no longer a conscious choice to make a deliberate artistic statement, but instead a necessity of artistic survival.
- Enlightened princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the shaping of the modern world
Joanna Marschner700.941 ENL
- Fulvio Bianconi at Venini
Marino Barovier748 BIA
- The refined output of vases, bowls, and animals by the great graphic artist, illustrator, and designer for the long- standing Venetian glasshouse.
- Hans Hofmann : works on paper
Karen Wilkin759.13 HOF
- Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) was an acclaimed Abstract Expressionist and one of the most influential art teachers of the 20th century.
- How to draw with a ballpoint pen : sketching instruction, creativity starters, and fantastic things to draw
Gecko Keck
741.26 KEC
- Ode to color : the ten essential palettes for living and design
Lori Weitzner701.85 WEI
- Each chapter combines diverse imagery-evocative fine art and photography, environmental interiors, details of Weitzner's gorgeous designs as well as her sketches and watercolors-with excerpts from literature and her own essays on a wide array of topics relating to the palette.
- Origins of classical architecture : temples, orders and gifts to the gods in ancient Greece
Mark Wilson Jones
720.938 WIL
- Otto Dix : the evil eye = der bose blick
Francesco Manacorda759.3 DIX
- This richly illustrated book features paintings, watercolors, and graphic works that mark the artist's transformation from Dadaism to New Objectivity.
- People cities : the life and legacy of Jan Gehl
Annie Mattan724.6 GEH
- "A good city is like a good-party, you stay for longer than you plan", says Danish architect Jan.
- Perspective made easy : a step-by-step guide
Robbie Lee
742 LEE
- Acomplete guide to understanding drawing in perspective and how to apply it.
- Peter Beaven architect
Peter Beaven720.993 BEA
- Peter Beaven completed this work on his architectural career in the last months of his life. It is a record of his simple, straightforward, yet elegant buildings.
- Revolution in the making : abstract sculpture by women, 1947-2016
Emily Rothrum730 REV
- The catalogue accompanies the most comprehensive exhibition of postwar abstract sculpture by women artists.
- Rural modern : American art beyond the city
Amanda C. Burdan759.13 BUR
- Paintings of New England coastlines, small-town Pennsylvania, Southwestern canyons, Midwestern farms, and other evocative landscapes fill the pages of Rural Modern.
- Sigmar Polke
759.3 POL
- The book reproduces over eighty-five of Polke's works (including photographs and sculptures, along with numerous paintings), giving a full account of Polke's reflections and studies made over his fifty-year career.
- Small architecture
Philip Jodidio
728.37 JOD
- From world-famous names to the freshest new talent, come discover architectural invention .
- The art of the Italian Renaissance : architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing
Rolf Toman
709.45 ART
- The complete guide to anatomy for artists & illustrators
Gottfried Bammes
704.942 BAM
- Toile de Jouy : printed textiles in the classic French style
Melanie Riffel667.3 RIF
- Toile de Jouy has become increasingly popular among designers and decorators, who incorporate its classic patterns in upholstery, wallpaper, bed linens, tablecloths, napkins, and stationery.
Automobiles
- Bedford buses and coaches
Nigel R.B. Furness
629.2223 BED
- BMW Group : 100 meisterstucke = 100 masterpieces
Andreas Braun
629.2222 BMW
- Cuba's car culture : celebrating the island's automotive love affair
Tom Cotter629.222 COT
- How to paint your car on a budget
Pat Ganahl
629.26 GAN
- McQueen's motorcycles : racing and riding with the King of Cool
Matt Stone791.43028 MCQ
- Focuses on the bikes that Steve McQueen raced and collected.
Biographies
- A land without borders : my journey around East Jerusalem and the West Bank
Nir Baram956.94 BAR
- An honest and troubling snapshot of Israel - both Palestinian and Israeli - that reveals the creeping realization that a two-state solution may no longer be possible.
- A splendid savage : the restless life of Frederick Russell Burnham
Steve Kemper
910.41 BUR
- A life of adventure and military daring on violent frontiers across the American West, Africa, Mexico, and the Klondike.
- A thousand hills to Heaven : love, hope, and a restaurant in Rwanda
Josh Ruxin
967.571 RUX
- One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven.
- African Kaiser : General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918
Robert Gaudi
940.41 LET
- The incredible true account of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his exploits in World War I Africa with the legendary "Schutztruppe."
- Anne Boleyn in London
Lissa Chapman
942.052 ANN
- This book looks at the evidence both for the effect London and its people had on the course of Anne Boleyn s life and death, and the effects she had, and continues to have, on them.
- Becoming Queen Victoria : the unexpected rise of Britain's greatest monarch
Kate Williams
941.081 VIC
- A smart, gripping account of the rise to the throne and the early life of Queen Victoria, and the tragic, little-known story of Princess Charlotte, the queen who never was.
- Being Elvis : a lonely life
Ray Connolly
781.66 PRE
- Taking a fresh look at the twentieth-century icon who fundamentally transformed American culture, a veteran rock journalist explores the extravagance and irrationality inherent in the Elvis mythology, offering a thoughtful celebration of an immortal life.
- Bells Junction : where's that? : a memoir
Gordon Collier
635.092 COL
- A Taihape man has published a memoir that captures the social history of provincial New Zealand in his lifetime.
- Border : a journey to the edge of Europe
Kapka Kassabova
949.9 KAS
- A scintillating, immersive travel narrative that is also a shadow history of the Cold War, a sideways look at the migration crisis troubling Europe, and a deep, witchy descent into interior and exterior geographies.
- Born both : an intersex life
Hida Viloria
306.768 VIL
- A candid, provocative, and eye-opening memoir of life, love, and gender identity as an intact intersex person, as well as a call to action for justice for intersex people.
- Change of seasons : a memoir
John Oates781.66 OAT
- Amiable memoir by the shorter, quieter partner in the renowned duo Hall & Oates.
- Claretta : Mussolini's last lover
R. J. B. Bosworth
945.091 PET
- This provocative book is the first to mine Clara's extensive diaries, family correspondence, and other sources to discover how the last in Mussolini's long line of lovers became his intimate and how she came to her violent fate at his side.
- Cnut the Great
Timothy Bolton
942.01 CAN
- A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire.
- Fragile lives : a heart surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table
Stephen Westaby
617.41 WES
- An incredible memoir from one of the world's most eminent heart surgeons and some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he's worked on.
- From highways to the high country : the Dawn Andrews story
Deborah Walton-Derry636.301 AND
- The story of a woman from humble beginnings who, in the face of tragedy, went on to own and manage two businesses that were very much the domain of men.
- Her : a memoir
Christa Parravani
306.875 PAR
- This haunting memoir depicts Christa Parravani's struggle to survive the death of her identical twin, Cara, from an accidental heroin overdose at 28.
- Here comes the clown : a stumble through show business
Dom Joly
791.450941 JOL
- Dom Joly is a British comedian and journalist who has enjoyed an extraordinarily eventful fifteen years in show business. He tells his story.
- I am dogboy
Karl Hyde
781.66 HYD
- Hyde handpicks a selection of diary entries and rearranges them to create an autobiographical narrative that takes Hyde from childhood through to the exploratory early years of Underworld, an electronic act who have been peerless for the last twenty five years.
- I, me, mine
George Harrison
781.66 HAR
- This new volume has been significantly updated since the 1980 original, it covers the full span of George Harrison's life and work exploring his upbringing in Liverpool, the growth of Beatlemania, his love of India, gardening, and racing cars.
- Insomniac city : New York, Oliver, and me
Bill Hayes
818.6 HAY
- A moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls "the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected" of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks.
- Isabella of Castile : Europe's first great queen
Giles Tremlett
946.03 ISA
- Chronicles the life of Isabella of Castile as she led her country out of the murky middle ages and harnessed the newest ideas and tools of the early Renaissance to turn her ill-disciplined, quarrelsome nation into a sharper, truly modern state with a powerful, clear-minded, and ambitious monarch at its centre.
- Island on the edge : a life on Soay
Anne Cholawo
941.154 CHO
- Anne Cholawo was a typical 80s career girl working in a busy London advertising agency, when in 1989, holidaying in Skye, she noticed an advert for a property on the Isle of Soay 'Access by courtesy of fishing boat'. She had never heard of Soay before, let alone visited it, but something inexplicable drew her there.
- Judas! : from Forest Hills to the Free Trade Hall, a historical view of the big boo
Clinton Heylin
781.64 DYL
- Heylin combines fast-paced narrative with forensic detective work to lift the lid on the incredible music Dylan and his backing group, The Hawks (soon to become known as The Band), made on stage-and on record-during 1965-66.
- Lion: A long way home
Saroo Brierley362.734 BRI
- The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home but an identity long-since left behind.
- Living like a runaway
Lita Ford
781.66 FOR
- The legendary lead guitarist of The Runaways presents a brutally honest memoir in which she opens up about her violently abusive marriage to a metal rocker and how her escape and freedom cost her the sons she stayed in the marriage to protect.
- Man of iron : Thomas Telford and the building of Britain
Julian Glover
624 TEL
- The enthralling biography of the shepherd boy who changed the world with his revolutionary engineering and whose genius we still benefit from today.
- Masao : a Nisei soldier's secret and heroic role in World War II
Sandra Vea
940.53 ABE
- He couldn't speak of his secret role in World War II for thirty years after the war ended. Now in his nineties, the elderly soldier narrates his unique and untold story about World War II.
- Midnight Oil : the power and the passion
Michael Lawrence
781.66 MID
- The greatest account of the the greatest Aussie rock band.
- Montaigne : a life
Philippe Desan844.3 MON
- Revisiting the public and private life of the extraordinary humanist in light of religious divisions.
- Not without a fight : the autobiography
Helen Zille
968.06 ZIL
- This book is as frank, honest and unflinching as Helen Zille herself, and will appeal to anyone interested in the story of South African politics over the past fifty years.
- One leg over : having fun mostly in peace and war
Robin Dalton
070.52 DAL
- At the age of ninety-five, Robin Dalton looks back on her life, particularly on her love life. This is a story of love and romance, of fun and glamour, and of loss and great sadness. But above all it's a celebration of a wonderful life.
- Provided you don't kiss me : 20 years with Brian Clough
Duncan Hamilton
796.334 CLO
- Hamilton was there through all the madness, the success, the failures, the fall- outs, the drink, and the crumbling of Brian Clough's years as manager of Nottingham Forest.
- Queen bees : six brilliant and extraordinary society hostesses between the wars
Sian Evans
941.08 AST
- The story of the six extraordinary hostesses who shaped British society in the inter-war years.
- Richard Nixon : the life
John A. Farrell
973.924 NIX
- An enthralling tour de force biography of America's darkest president, one that reviewers will hail as a defining portrait, and the full life of Nixon readers have awaited.
- Scourge of Henry VIII : the life of Marie de Guise
Melanie Clegg
941.104 MAR
- A political power in her own right, Marie de Guise was born into the powerful and ambitious Lorraine family, spending her formative years at the dazzling and licentious court of Francois I. Although briefly courted by Henry VIII, she instead married his nephew, James V of Scotland, in 1538.
- Sheldrake : memories of a Second World War gunner
Richard Hughes940.5481 HUG
- Major Dick Hughes' personal account of his service with the guns artillery of the 53rd Welsh Division from Normandy to Hamburg.
- Shoot like a girl : one woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front
Mary Jennings Hegar
958.1 HEG
- A memoir from an Air National Guard pilot who was shot down on a search-and-rescue mission during her third tour of duty in Afghanistan.
- Size zero : my life as a disappearing model
Victoire Dauxerre746.92 DAU
- A memoir of a brief career as a top model and the brutally honest account of what goes on behind the scenes in a fascinating, closed industry.
- Soldier of Christ : the life of Pope Pius XII
Robert A. Ventresca
282.092 PIU
- Documents the life of the controversial pope, discussing his religious upbringing, his work as a papal diplomat, his reponses to the persecution of the Jews during World War II, and his appointment of church officials in China, India, and Africa.
- Songs of a war boy
Deng Thiak Adut355 ADU
- The true story of Deng Adut - Sudanese child soldier, refugee, man of hope.
- Stay strong : my story
Rhianna Boyd616.8526 BOY
- Though just 20, Rhianna Boyd has had more than her share of setbacks: dyspraxia, chronic pain, arthritis, depression, the death of a best friend and a seven-year battle with anorexia.
- T Bone Burnett : a life in pursuit
Lloyd Sachs
781.64 BUR
- T Bone Burnett is a unique, astonishingly prolific music producer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and soundtrack visionary. Renowned as a studio maven with a Midas touch, Burnett is known for lifting artists to their greatest heights.
- The afterlife of John F. Kennedy : a biography
Michael J. Hogan
973.922 KEN
- Hogan offers a new perspective on John Fitzgerald Kennedy, as seen not from his life and times but from his afterlife in American memory.
- The home that was our country : a memoir of Syria
Alia Malek
956.914 MAL
- A gripping memoir of home and history in a crumbling Damascus. A story of Syria, before and after civil war.
- The making of Donald Trump
David Cay Johnston
338.04 TRU
- Love him or hate him, Trump's influence is undeniable. Johnston takes a revealingly close look at the mogul's rise to prominence --- and, now, ultimate power.
- The men in my life : a memoir of love and art in 1950s Manhattan
Patricia Bosworth
070.92 BOS
- Bosworth delivers a tale of family, marriage, tragedy, Broadway, and art, featuring a rich cast of well-known literary and theatrical figures from a golden era New York in the 1950s.
- The new arrival : the heartwarming true story of a 1970s trainee nurse
Sarah Beeson
610.73 BEE
- Beeson's poignant memoir captures both the heartache and happiness of hospital life and 1970s London through the eyes of a gentle but determined young nurse.
- The price of illusion : a memoir
Joan Juliet Buck
070.41 BUC
- A fabulous account of four decades spent in the creative heart of London, New York, Los Angeles, and Paris, chronicling Buck's quest to discover the difference between glitter and gold, illusion and reality, and what looks like happiness from the thing itself.
- The remarkable education of John Quincy Adams
Phyllis Lee Levin
973.5 ADA
- A compelling look at the sixth president's international life, education, and his complicated and troubled marriage.
- Toast : the story of a boy's hunger
Nigel Slater
641.5941 SLA
- British cookbook author Slater takes an engrossing, revealing look back at his 1960s childhood through the foods that filled his family's kitchen.
- Traveling soul : the life of Curtis Mayfield
Todd Mayfield781.644 MAY
- Curtis Mayfield was one of the seminal vocalists and most talented guitarists of his era. He was also a social critic, and his music had a vital influence on the civil rights movement.
- Trump revealed : an American journey of ambition, ego, money, and power
Michael Kranish973.932 TRU
- Authoritative, timely, and provocative, this deeply researched biography of Donald Trump provides a complex portrait of the man who is now the President of the United States of America.
- When memory comes
Saul Friedlander940.5318 FRI
- Friedlander recalls his childhood during the Holocaust in this memoir. Forced to flee Czechoslovakia Friedlander's parents hid him in a Roman Catholic seminary.
- Where hummingbirds dance
Susi Prescott
306.89 PRE
- Susi Prescott had it all. A large family, a school teaching job she loved, a home on Sydney's North Shore. But with the sudden demise of her 30 year marriage, her world crumbles. Susi makes a momentous decision. She packs up her former life and moves to the city of Arequipa in Peru.
- Writer, sailor, soldier, spy : Ernest Hemingway's secret adventures, 1935-1961
Nicholas Reynolds
813.52 HEM
- A former CIA officer and curator of the CIA Museum reveals the untold story of Ernest Hemingway's secret life as a spy for both the Americans and Soviets before and during World War II, and explores how his espionage activities influenced his literary work.
- Young & damned & fair : the life and tragedy of Catherine Howard at the court of Henry VIII
Gareth Russell
942.052 CAT
- A riveting account of Catherine Howard's tragic marriage to one of history's most powerful rulers. It is a grand tale of the Henrician court in its twilight, a glittering but pernicious sunset during which the king's unstable behaviour and his courtiers' labyrinthine deceptions proved fatal to many, not just to Catherine Howard.
Business & Management
- Fit for growth : a guide to strategic cost cutting, restructuring, and renewal
Vinay Couto658.155 COU
- Leadership step by step : become the person others follow
Joshua Spodek
658.409 SPO
- Preparing for career selection tests : numeracy and general ability
Vera Joosten
513 JOO
- Product management for dummies
Brian Lawley658.5 LAW
- Prove it! : how to create a high-performance culture and measurable success
Stacey Barr
658.409 BAR
- Stand and deliver : leadership and the power of teamwork
Warren Hollings
658.404 HOL
- The presentation book : how to create it, shape it and deliver it
Emma Ledden
658.452 LED
- This book shows how you can easily put your nerves behind you and calmly and confidently deliver a clear, sharp and very influential presentation.
- The revenge of analog : real things and why they matter
David Sax
306.3 SAX
- An exploration of millennial fondness for old technologies and its implications for a competitive business landscape.
- Think and grow rich : teaching, for the first time, the famous Andrew Carnegie formula for money-making, based upon the thirteen proven steps to richies
Napoleon Hill650. 1 HIL
- You can win : winners don't do different things, they do things differently : a step by step tool for top achievers
Shiv Khera
650.1 KHE
Cartoons
- Adulthood is a myth : a "Sarah's scribbles" collection
Sarah Andersen
741.5 AND
- Do you love networking to advance your career? Is adulthood an exciting new challenge for which you feel fully prepared? Ugh. Please go away. These casually drawn, perfectly on-point comics by Sarah Andersen are for the rest of us.
- Drawing for the beginning artist : practical techniques for mastering light and shadow in graphite and charcoal
Gabriel Martin741.24 MAR
- Step-by-step techniques for the process of drawing light and shadow using graphite pencils and charcoal.
- Quimby the mouse
Chris Ware741.5 WAR
- Collects comic strips from the early 1990s organized around Quimby the mouse.
Civil Rights
- Freedom is a constant struggle : Ferguson, Palestine, and the foundations of a movement
Angela Y. Davis323 DAV
- Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world.
Computers
- Adobe Photoshop elements 15 : the official training workbook from Adobe
John Evans006.68 EVA
- Android tablets
Dan Gookin
004.165 AND
- Computer graphics programming in OpenGL with Java
V. Scott Gordon006.68 GOR
- Cyber security and policy : a substantive dialogue
Andrew Colarik005.8 CYB
- This book discusses cyber security and policy in an effort to improve the use and acceptance of security services. It argues that a dialogue around cyberspace, cyber security and cyber policy is critical to a better understanding of the serious security issues we face.
- Hacking wireless access points : cracking, tracking, and signal jacking
Jennifer Ann Kurtz005.8 KUR
- Provides readers with a deeper understanding of the hacking threats that exist with mobile phones, laptops, routers, and navigation systems.
- Introducing Elixir : getting started in functional programming
Simon St. Laurent005.11 ST
- iPad made easy
Roger Laing
004.165 IPA
- This new edition of the popular original book is updated to include iOS 10 and iPad Air and Pro versions.
- MacOS Sierra
Paul McFedries
005.446 MAC
- Murach's Python programming : beginner to pro
Michael Urban005.133 PYT
- My macOS
John Ray
005.446 MAC
- Operating systems : an introduction
R. Garg005.43 GAR
- Designed to provide a step-by-step approach to clarify all of the key concepts of operating systems, the book covers all the topics from basics to mobile device operating systems.
- Sams teach yourself C++ in one hour a day
Siddhartha Rao
005.133 C
Crafts & Collecting
- 180 doodle quilting designs : free-motion ideas for blocks, borders, and beyond
Karen M. Burns
746.46 ONE
- Discover how to use free-motion quilting to fill setting triangles, squares, and borders with a variety of beautiful traditional and modern quilting designs.
- 200 fun things to crochet : decorative flowers, leaves, bugs, butterflies and more!
Victoria Lyle
746.434 TWO
- 200 fun things to knit : decorative flowers, leaves, bugs, butterflies and more!
Victoria Lyle
746.432 TWO
- Caricature soldiers : from the Civil War to the World Wars and today : patterns and techniques for 12 woodcarving projects
Floyd Rhadigan
736.4 RHA
- Colour confident stitching : how to create beautiful colour palettes
Karen Barbe
746.44 BAR
- Crafting with cat hair : cute handicrafts to make with your cat
Kaori Tsutaya745.5 TSU
- Step-by-step, illustrated instructions for creating a variety of handicraft projects from cat fur. Requires no special equipment or training.
- Creative lampwork : techniques and projects for the art of melting glass
Joan Gordon748.2 GOR
- This book includes everything you need to know about lampwork, from the history of the craft, to safety and materials, to various bead shapes and decorative techniques.
- Crochet flowers step-by-step : 35 delightful blooms for beginners
Tanya Shliazhko
746.434 SHL
- English medieval embroidery : Opus Anglicanum
Clare Browne746.44 ENG
- Hot Wheels variations, 2000-2013 : identification & price guide
Michael Zarnock
629.221 ZAR
- It's a small world felted friends : cute and cuddly needle felted figures from around the world
Sachiko Susa746.0463 SUS
- It's all about the accessories : for the worlds most fashionable dolls 1959-1972
Hillary Shilkitus James
688.722 JAM
- Little knits for little feet
Jody Long
746.432 LON
- Everyone loves cute baby feet, so what could be more rewarding and enjoyable than knitting for those tiny toes? Patterns are suitable for both beginner and advanced knitters.
- Machining for hobbyists : getting started
Karl H. Moltrecht670.4 MOL
- If your hobby requires you to cut metal, Moltrecht provides the basics you need to learn machining and set up a small home workshop. He covers layout, space requirements, lighting, ventilation, and safety, as well as tips on some of the key tools and processes covered in the book.
- Making wooden puzzle playsets : 10 patterns to carve, scroll & woodburn
Carolea Hower
745.592 HOW
- Mister Finch : living in a fairy tale world
Mister Finch746 FIN
- This book is a gorgeous collection of the artist's fantastical, one-of-a-kind creatures.
- Silver for entertaining : the Ickworth collection
James Rothwell
739.23 ROT
- Stitch, fabric & thread : an inspirational guide for creative stitchers
Elizabeth Healey
746.4 HEA
- Experiment with stitch, fabric and thread to create your own unique textiles. This inventive book is a treasure trove of over 40 inspiring practical exercises, a rich and creative exploration of fabric and stitch, and a fascinating all-round read.
- Stitched textiles : birds
Rachel Sumner
746.4 SUM
- It contains a comprehensive techniques section, six beautiful step-by-step projects and galleries of inspirational pieces that are vibrant, contemporary, and beautifully executed.
- Sun shine spaces
Beci Orpin
745.5 ORP
- Orpin takes her cult design skills and shows us how to make and create a range of fun homewares and other fabulous ideas for your outdoor space.
- Terrific T-shirt quilts : turn tees into treasured quilts
Karen M. Burns
746.46 TER
- Transform your favorite tees into a fantastic quilt even tiny infant tees, sweatshirts, sports jerseys, and super-stretchy dance wear can be part of the mix!
- The art of stone painting : 30 designs to spark your creativity
F. Sehnaz Bac
745.72 BAC
- Transform ordinary stones into a colourful works of art. Full-color illustrations accompany step-by-step instructions for creating 30 different themes: trees, flowers, animals, mandalas, geometric patterns, marine and holiday motifs, and more.
- The collectible LEGO mini figure : values, investments, profits, fun facts, collector tips
Ed Maciorowski688.725 MCI
- The decorative stitch : 200 years of New Zealand embroidery
Felicity Willis746.44 WIL
- The flower book
Rachel Siegfried745.92 SIE
- Learn the art of floral design, make you own bouquet or learn to arrange flowers.
- The great pottery throw down
Liz Wilhide738.09 WIL
- The perfect companion for enthusiasts and newcomers alike, offering a complete introduction to ceramic history, culture, art, craft and manufacture, and celebrating its rich global heritage.
- Tie & dye
Lizzie King
746.66 KIN
- Transform your home and wardrobe with this fresh and modern take on tie-dye.
- Transfer embellish stitch : 16 textile projects for the modern maker
Jen Fox746.445 FOX
- Transferring a pretty motif to your sewing project is easy with 4 unique image- transfer methods: stencil, transfer paper, freezer paper, and fusible web.
Crime
- City of light, city of poison : murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris
Holly Tucker
363.2 TUC
- Gosnell : the untold story of America's most prolific serial killer
Ann McElhinney364.1523 GOS
- Mrs. Sherlock Holmes : the true story of New York's City's greatest female detective and the 1917 missing girl case that captivated a nation
Brad Ricca
363.289
- The axeman's accomplice : the true story of Margaret Reardon and the Snow family murders
Terry Carson
364.1523 REA
- The blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B. Tyson
364.134 TYS
- A new history of the most famous lynching in America provides context on how racism continues.
- The book thieves : the Nazi looting of Europe's libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance
Anders Rydell364.2 RYD
Customs
- Eat me : a natural and unnatural history of cannibalism
Bill Schutt
394.9 SCH
- Food fights & culture wars : a secret history of taste
Tom Nealon
394.12 NEA
- Revolution! Conflict! Gluttony! The gloriously illustrated history of food, including mythical origin stories, unusual recipes and more!
Economics
- A little history of economics
Niall Kishtainy
330 KIS
- Big world small planet : abundance within planetary boundaries
Johan Rockstrom338.92 ROC
- A profoundly original vision of an attainable future that ensures human prosperity by safeguarding our threatened planet.
- Dark emu : black seeds : agriculture or accident?
Bruce Pascoe
338.1 PAS
- Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial Aboriginal Australians.
- Doing it differently : life & work after 50
Geoff Pearman
331.398 PEA
- Longevity is changing everything about life and work. The crucial thing as you think about life and work after 50 is that you take charge and create for yourself a future that is purposeful and fulfilling.
- Doughnut economics : seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist
Kate Raworth
330 RAW
- Raworth identifies seven critical ways in which mainstream economics has led us astray, and sets out a roadmap for bringing humanity into a sweet spot that meets the needs of all within the means of the planet.
- Hammer that mortgage!
David Tillman
332.72 TIL
- This book will help you take years off your mortgage and save you many tens (even hundreds) of thousands of dollars in interest costs.
- Hopes dashed? : the economics of gender inequality
Prue Hyman
331.42 HYM
- Re-energises and brings fresh insights to contemporary debates on gender.
- How money works : the facts visually explained.
332.4 HOW
- I will teach you to be rich
Ramit Sethi
332.024 SET
- Presents the author's six-week personal finance program for adults ages 20-35.
- In the long run we are all dead : Keynesianism, political economy, and revolution
Geoff Mann
330.156 MAN
- Quicken 2017 : the official guide
Bobbi Sandberg
332.024 SAN
- Rich is not a four-letter word : how to survive Obamacare, trump Wall Street, kick-start your retirement, and achieve financial success
Gerri Willis
332.024 WIL
- Willis takes on the progressive mind-set championed by liberals that gives government bureaucrats the right to decide what's best for Americans, resulting in bigger government programs, more bureaucracy, and more wasted taxpayer money.
- Stop fixing women : why building fairer workplaces is everyone's business
Catherine Fox
331.41 FOX
- This searing book argues that insisting that women fix themselves won't fix the system, the system built by men. The book is an important tool for male leaders who say they want to make a difference.
- The 100 best stocks to buy in 2017
Peter Sander332.6322 SAN
- Shows how to protect your money with stock picks that have beaten the S&P average seven years./dd>
- The new geography of jobs
Enrico Moretti
331.1 MOR
- From the author, an economist, this book is an examination of innovation and success, and where to find them.
- Unconventional success : a fundamental approach to personal investment
David F. Swensen
332.6 SWE
- A guide for investors offers advice on how to overcome fees, taxes, and other portfolio-compromising factors by avoiding expensive investment management companies and working with not-for-profit groups.
- Unlikely partners : Chinese reformers, Western economists, and the making of global China
Julian Gewirtz
338.951 GEW
Education
- Arts in early childhood education : kia tipu te wairua toi : fostering the creative spirit
Beverley Clark372.5 ART
- This book captures the spirit of the New Zealand early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki.
- Beautiful failures
Lucy Clark
370.115 CLA
- Explores a broken education system that fails too many kids and puts terrible pressure on all kids, including those who 'succeed'. It challenges accepted wisdoms about schooling, calls on parents to examine their own expectations, and questions the purpose of education, and indeed the purpose of childhood.
- Disobedient teaching : surviving and creating change in education
Welby Ings
371.1 ING
- Move, play, and learn with smart steps : sequenced activities to build the body and the brain
Gill Connell372.8 CON
- Provides activities to help children (birth to age seven) develop physical, cognitive, social, and emotional foundations for early learning and school readiness.
Engineering
- Inside Enigma : the secrets of the Enigma and other historic cipher machines
Tom Perera
621.384 PER
Environment
- Scare pollution : why and how to fix the EPA
Steve Milloy
363.7 MIL
- Reveals the shockingly fraudulent science behind EPA's flagship regulatory program which has been used to destroy the coal industry, justify global warming rules, and assert EPA's control over our fossil fuel-dependent economy.
Etiquette
- Modern brides & modern grooms : a guide to planning straight, gay, and other nontraditional twenty-first-century weddings
Mark O'Connell395.22 OCO
- Weddiculous : an unfiltered guide to being a bride
Jamie Lee395.22 LEE
Farming
- Compact farms : 15 proven plans for market farms on 5 acres or less :
Josh Volk338.16 VOL
- Volk presents detailed farm layouts for productivity and efficiency for small farms on 5 acres or less.
- Hydroponics for the home grower
Howard M. Resh
631.585 RES
- Gives you step-by-step guidance on how to grow tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, arugula, bok choy, and various herbs year-round within your home or in a backyard greenhouse.
- Letter to a young farmer : how to live richly without wealth on the new garden farm
Gene Logsdon338.1 LOG
- In his final book of essays completed just weeks before he died self-described "contrary farmer" Gene Logsdon addresses the next generation of small-scale "garden farmers" seeking a better way of life.
- Livestock production in New Zealand
Kevin Stafford
636 LIV
- This book is an indispensable guide to the management of dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, deer, goats, pigs, poultry, horses and working dogs in New Zealand.
- Merino country: stories from the home of New Zealand's hardiest sheep
Paul Hersey636.301 HER
- Show time : the A&P Show for all New Zealanders
Stephen Robinson630.74 ROB
- Celebrating the A&P show and the unique role it continues to play in Kiwi culture
- The Mt Pisa Station story : a stroke of luck
Nicola McCloy
636.301 MCL
- The enlightening story of the one of New Zealand's most iconic high country stations.
Fashion
- Clothing art : the visual culture of fashion, 1600-1914
Aileen Ribeiro
391 RIB
- Edwardian ladies' hat fashions : 'where did you get that hat?' : an illustrated history of Edwardian ladies' hats and the feather industry of the period
Peter Kimpton391.43
- Magnificence of the Tsars : ceremonial men's dress of the Russian Imperial Court, 1721-1917 : from the collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums
Svetlana A. Amelekhina391.1 AME
- The case against fragrance
Kate Grenville
668.54 GRE
- An investigation of the science of scent and the power of the fragrance industry,
Film, Television & Theatre
- Powerhouse : the untold story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency
James Andrew Miller
792 MIL
- An oral history which chronicles the revolutionary role of the forefront Hollywood talent agency through the stories of its influence on major film, television, sports, music and business ventures throughout the past half century.
- We'll always have Casablanca : the life, legend, and afterlife of Hollywood's most beloved movie
Noah Isenberg
791.437 ISE
Folklore
- Norse mythology
Neil Gaiman
398.20948 GAI
Food & Wine
- Bake : 125 show-stopping recipes, made simple
Lorraine Pascal
641.815 PAS
- From Courgette, Lemon and Pistachio Drizzle Loaf to Coffee eclairs with Espresso and Hazelnut Cream, Bake by Lorraine Pascale is a delicious collection of simple and sophisticated recipes that will take your baking to the next level.
- Damn fine cherry pie : the unauthorized cookbook inspired by the TV show Twin Peaks
Lindsey Bowden
641.5 BOW
- Enjoy a taste of the cult classic TV series Twin Peaks with more than 100 recipes inspired by the show's scenes and characters.
- Food for life
Michelle Bridges
641.563 BRI
- Michelle shows us how to cook for a lifetime of wellbeing and fitness, and reminds us that we each have the power to choose better health through our food.
- Homegrown kitchen : everyday recipes for eating well
Nicola Galloway
641.5637 GAL
- Junk food Japan : addictive food from Kurobuta
Scott Hallsworth
641.5952 HAL
- Mary Berry everyday
Mary Berry641.5 BER
- It includes delicious family suppers, tempting food for sharing and plenty of sweet treats, all made with everyday ingredients and a clever twist.
- Small victories : recipes, advice + hundreds of ideas for home-cooking triumphs
Julia Turshen641.5 TUR
- Turshen believes you master one thing at a time, and take pleasure in each small victory. Her recipes and their variations will demystify the process of truly great cooking without flashy techniques.
- Sparkling : champagne, prosecco, cava & more
Andreas Kjorling
641.222 KJO
- Describes a wide variety of sparkling wines from around the world.
- Taste & technique : recipes to elevate your home cooking
Naomi Pomeroy641.5 POM
- Pomeroy's debut cookbook, featuring nearly 140 lesson-driven recipes designed to improve the home cook's understanding of professional techniques and flavour combinations in order to produce simple, but show-stopping meals.
- The Adriatic kitchen : recipes inspired by the abundance of seasonal ingredients flourishing on the Croation island of Korcula
Barbara Unkovic641.594972
- The food & cooking of Pakistan : traditional dishes from the home kitchen
Shehzad Husain
641.595491 HUS
- This beautiful new book explores biryanis, nehari, haleem, gol gappay, qormas, kunnas, tikas and more.
- The goodness of greens : 40 incredible nutrient-packed recipes
Claire Rogers
641.65 GOO
- The Moosewood cookbook
Mollie Katzen
641.5636 KAT
- Traditional cooking styles and eclectic cuisines are reflected in a collection of vegetarian recipes served at the Moosewood Restaurant.
- Ultimate slow cooker
Sally Wise
641.588 WIS
- These 100 new recipes include flavour-packed recipes for soups, mains beef, lamb, chicken, pork, goat, seafood and vegetarian and delectable desserts.
Gardens and Gardening
- 100 plants to feed the bees : provide a healthy habitat to help pollinators thrive
Eric Lee-Mader639.92 LEE
- Build a better vegetable garden : 30 DIY projects to improve your harvest
Joyce Russell690.89 RUS
- Hydroponics for houseplants : an indoor gardener's guide to growing without soil
Peter Loewer
635.0485 LOE
- Rooftops : islands in the sky
Philip Jodidio712.6 JOD
- Reinventing the rooftop. As the city landscape expands both outwards and upwards, the roof of a building, once a perfunctory structural element, has now become a city space in and of itself.
- The community gardening handbook : the guide to organizing, planning, and caring for a community garden
Ben Raskin
635 RAS
- The deckchair gardener : an improper gardening manual
Anne Wareham
635 WAR
- Rather than add to the pile of suggested drudgery, this book is instead dedicated to relieving you of pointless and unnecessary garden work, and suggests easy and pleasant ways to look after your little patch of paradise.
- The urban gardener
Matt Jame635 JAM
- James explores how to design an urban outdoor space, no matter the size or location from balconies and roof terraces to courtyards, basement areas and front gardens, factoring in areas for relaxation, play and growing your own produce.
Generalities and the Unknown
- UFOs over America : scariest cases
Joseph Flammer
001.942 FLA
- Flammer, a field investigator for eh Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), discusses over seventy important Ufology topics that gravely affect the US. You'll find out how ordinary citizens are involved with the Greys, insectoids, reptilians, and Nordics.
Graphic Arts
- The one-cent magenta : inside the quest to own the most valuable stamp in the world
James Barron
769.569881 BAR
Health & Medicine
- Antibiotic resistance : the end of modern medicine?
Siouxsie Wiles
615.329 WIL
- Wiles explores the looming crisis of antibiotic resistance and its threat to New
- Ballerina body : dancing and eating your way to a leaner, stronger, and more graceful you
Misty Copeland613.71 COP
- Belly fat breakthrough : transform your body with a 20-minute workout, 3 times a week
Steve Boutcher
613.71 BOU
- Brave girl eating : a family's struggle with anorexia
Harriet Brown
616.8526 BRO
- Change your genetic destiny
Peter J. D'Adamo612.68 DAD
- Reveals previously hidden genetic strengths and weaknesses and provides a precise diet and lifestyle plan for every individual.
- Depression in later life : an essential guide
Deborah Serani
616.8527 SER
- Dr. and Mrs. Guinea Pig present the only guide you'll ever need to the best anti-aging treatments
Heather Dubrow612.67 DUB
- Outlines all the best techniques and treatments, from the so-new-you-haven't-heard-of-them-yet to the tried-and-true; from the perfectly legal to the are-you-trying-to-get-me-arrested; from the simple to the outrageous; and from the cheapest drugstore creams to the most complicated surgeries.
- Dr. Gundry's diet evolution : turn off the genes that are killing you-and your waistline
Steven R. Gundry
613.25 GUN
- Does losing weight and staying healthy feel like a battle? Well, it's really a war. Your enemies are your own genes, backed by millions of years of evolution, and the only way to win is to outsmart them.
- Eat for life : the ultimate weight-loss breakthrough
Harvey Diamond
613.25 DIA
- Emergency admissions : memoirs of an ambulance driver
Kit Wharton
362.18 WHA
- A glimpse into the extraordinary world of ambulance driving from the man behind the wheel.
- Encyclopedia of herbal medicine
Andrew Chevallier
615.321 CHE
- Essential oils 101 : your guide to understanding and using essential oils
Kymberly Keniston-Pond
615.32 KEN
- Everyday health and fitness with multiple sclerosis : achieve your peak physical wellness while working with limited mobility
David Lyons616.834 LYO
- A program designed to help people living with Multiple Sclerosis maintain a healthy lifestyle through fitness and nutrition.
- Fertile : nourish and balance your body ready for baby making
Emma Cannon612.63 CAN
- A holistic approach to fertility, fusing Eastern and Western traditions with great success in her London clinic.
- Get control of sugar now!
Paul McKenna613.28 MCK
- Getting risk right : understanding the science of elusive health risks
Geoffrey C. Kabat
613 KAB
- Kabat shows how science works and sometimes doesn't and what separates these two very different outcomes. Kabat seeks to help us distinguish between claims that are supported by solid science and those that are the result of poorly designed or misinterpreted studies.
- Heal your pain now : the revolutionary program to reset your brain and body for a pain-free life
Joe Tatta
616.047 TAT
- Healing massage : an A-Z guide for more than forty medical conditions : for professional and home use
Maureen Abson
615.822 ABS
- I had a black dog : his name was depression
Matthew Johnstone616.8527 JOH
- Black Dog is shorthand for a disease the millions of people suffer from - depression. Artist and writer Johnstone, a sufferer himself, has written and illustrated this moving and uplifting insight into what it is like to have a Black Dog as a companion.
- Mad, bad and sad : a history of women and the mind doctors from 1800 to the present
Lisa Appignanesi
616.89 APP
- Medical medium : secrets behind chronic and mystery illness and how to finally heal
Anthony William
613 WIL
- Strength training for women : training programs, food, and motivation for a stronger, more beautiful body
Olga Ronnberg613.71 RON
- The back pain handbook
Francine St George
617.56 ST
- The body builders : inside the science of the engineered human
Adam Piore
660.6 PIO
- A tour of the current revolution in human augmentation explores how the world's most innovative engineers are helping people repair traumatic injuries while transcending physical and mental limitations.
- The complete guide to back rehabilitation
Christopher M. Norris
617.56 NOR
- The creative destruction of medicine : how the digital revolution will create better health care
Eric Topol
610 TOP
- A professor of medicine reveals how technology like wireless internet, individual data, and personal genomics can be used to save lives.
- The Hashimoto's thyroiditis healing diet : a complete program for eating smart, reversing symptoms and feeling great
Kate Barrington
641.5631 BAR
- By choosing "healthy" thyroid foods and knowing what's best avoided, patients can tame the symptoms of Hashimoto's and sometimes even heal the thyroid.
- The mind diet : a scientific approach to enhancing brain function and helping prevent alzheimer's and dementia
Maggie Moon616.831 MOO
- Offers a diet plan for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease, discussing the impact of healthy foods on brain function and presenting a collection of recipes for each meal of the day, along with snacks and sides.
- The modern art of high intensity training
Aurelien Broussal-Derval613.71 BRO
- Featuring 40 exercises, 127 workouts, and a full 15-week programme.
- The rejuvenation enzyme : reverse aging, revitalize cells, restore vigor
Hiromi Shinya
615.35 SHI
- Shinya introduces a remarkable enzyme and describes how this enzyme effects health and longevity. Included is a full Rejuvenation Weekend plan for switching on your miracle enzyme to reverse the damage done by zombie cells and revitalize your health.
- Understanding type 2 diabetes : fewer highs, fewer lows, better health
Merlin Thomas
616.462 THO
- Younger : a breakthrough program to reset your genes, reverse aging, and turn back the clock 10 years
Sara Gottfried
613.0438 GOT
History, Geography & Travel
- American sanctuary : mutiny, martyrdom, and national identity in the Age of Revolution
A. Roger Ekirch
973.4 EKI
- Answer book : 10,001 fast facts about our world
909 ANS
- Breaking ranks : three interrupted lives
James McNeish
920.71 MCN
- Three distinct stories about three distinct men, but with one thing in common - they all paid the price for standing up for what they believed - Dr John Saxby, Brigadier Reginald Miles and Peter Mahon.
- Civil war battlefields : walking the trails of history
David T. Gilbert973.7 GIL
- From the First Battle of Bull Run to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House four years later, this book celebrates the history and scenic beauty of these hallowed grounds.
- Dictators without borders : power and money in Central Asia
Alexander Cooley958 COO
- A penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealth throughout the West.
- Dolce vita confidential : Fellini, Loren, Pucci, paparazzi, and the swinging high life of 1950s Rome
Shawn Levy
945.632 LEV
- A romp through the worlds of fashion, film, and titillating journalism that made 1950s Rome the sexiest capital on the planet.
- Hit & run : the New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the meaning of honour
Nicky Hager958.1 HAG
- Ice ghosts : the epic hunt for the lost Franklin Expedition
Paul Watson
998 WAT
- The true story of the greatest mystery of Arctic exploration-and the rare mix of marine science and Inuit knowledge that led to the shipwreck's recent discovery.
- London : bombed, blitzed and blown up : the British capital under attack since 1867
Ian Jones
942.1 JON
- Lonely Planet's best in travel 2017.
910.2 LON
- Where is the best place to visit right now, at this very moment in travel history? This book will tell you.
- Lost Cornwall from magic lantern slides
Malcolm McCarthy942.37 MCC
- 287 superb professional photographs of bygone Cornwall from the later years of Queen Victoria and through the reign of Edward VII.
- Madame President : the extraordinary journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Helene Cooper
966.62 JOH
- The harrowing, but triumphant story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women's movement, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first democratically elected female president in African history.
- Maui revealed : the ultimate guidebook
Andrew Doughty996.921 DOU
- Now you can plan your best vacation ever to the island of Maui.
- Mexico.
972 MEX
- DK Eyewitness Travel Guide
- National Geographic guide to the national parks of Canada.
971 NAT
- New Zealand's prime ministers : from Dick Seddon to John Key
Michael Bassett
993 BAS
- Peru : top sights, authentic experiences
Phillip Tang985 TAN
- Lonely Planet Best of Peru is your passport to Peru's top sights and most authentic experiences.
- Portholes to the past : reflections on the early 20th century
Lloyd Geering
993.03 GEE
- At nearly 99 years old, Lloyd Geering is well qualified to look back over the last century, consider the massive social changes he has lived through, and evaluate such progress as the human race may be making.
- Poum and Alexandre : a Paris memoir
Catherine de Saint Phalle
944.36 SAI
- This is the story of two flawed eccentrics. Everything they do subverts their firm intention of keeping up appearances. They meet just after the war in liberated Paris but they cannot quite free themselves from the many strings attached to them the old aunts, the sisters, the cousins, the nuns and the ominous concierges who dog their footsteps.
- Red tape and white knuckles : one woman's adventure through Africa
Lois Pryce
960 PRY
- Unafraid of a challenge having already ridden her motorbike from Alaska to the southernmost tip of South America she decided she could never be one to settle for a last minute package holiday in Viva Espana. So, she began the kind of adventure most of us could only ever dream of.
- Return to Moscow
Tony Kevin
947.086 KEV
- 48 years ago Tony Kevin set off with his family on his first diplomatic posting, to Moscow at the height of the Cold War. In the Russian winter of 2016 he returns alone, a private citizen aged 73. What will he find? How has Russia changed since those grim Soviet days?
- Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
909 HAR
- How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consumerism?
- Surviving 7.8 : New Zealander's respond to the earthquakes of November 2016
Phil Pennington
993.78 PEN
- The Kaikoura earthquake.
- The Arctic : reflecting the landscape, wildlife, and people of the Far North
Sven-Olof Lindblad998 LIN
- Stunning scenery, magnificent wildlife, and native cultures bring the Arctic to life in this unparalleled collection of photography.
- The Crimean nexus : Putin's war and the clash of civilizations
Constantine Pleshakov
947.7 PLE
- Provides an account of the major international crisis in Crimea and explains the missteps made on all sides.
- The January Man : a year of walking Britain
Christopher Somerville
941 SOM
- The story of a year of walks that was inspired by a song, Dave Goulder's The January Man. Month by month, season by season and region by region, Christopher Somerville walks the British Isles, following routes that continually bring his father (who had died a month or two before) to mind.
- The killing wind : a Chinese county's descent into madness during the Cultural Revolution
Tan Hecheng951.215 TAN
- The lost story of the William and Mary : the cowardice of Captain Stinson
Gill Hoofs
910.45 HOF
- The new Panama Canal : a journey between two oceans
Angelo Ponta972.875 PON
- This highly visual book documents the progression and construction of the canal, retracing its history and important events to reveal in vivid color this colossal human intervention in nature.
- The New Yorker book of the 50s : story of a decade
Henry Finder909.825 NEW
- The Raqqa diaries : escape from 'Islamic State'
Samer956.912 SAM
- An incredibly brave account of life inside one of the most isolated and fear ridden cities.
- The Riviera set
Mary S. Lovell
944.9 LOV
- The Riviera Set is the story of the remarkable group of people who frequented the exquisite Chateau de l'Horizon in Cannes from 1930 to 1960.
- The rough guide to the Lake District
Jules Brown942.78 BRO
- The Seven : the lives and legacies of the founding fathers of the Irish Republic
Ruth Dudley Edwards
941.50821 EDW
- The six-day war : the breaking of the Middle East
Guy Laron
956.046 LAR
- This history examines the Six-Day War, its causes, and its enduring consequences against its global context.
- Three days in January : Dwight Eisenhower's final mission
Bret Baier973.921 EIS
- A sobering return to Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address.
- Voices of belonging : a history of Clevedon-Te Wairoa
Jessie Munro
993.25 MUN
- Walking the Americas
Levison Wood
972.8 WOO
- Beginning in the north-eastern tip of Mexico, Levison will walk the entire length of Central America, through eight countries before attempting to cross the treacherous Darien Gap into Colombia and South America.
- Walking to listen : 4,000 miles across America, one story at a time
Andrew Forsthoefel
973 FOR
- A memoir of one young man's coming of age on a cross-country trek, told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along the highways of America.
- When clouds fell from the sky : a disappearance, a daughter's search and Cambodia's first war criminal
Robert Carmichael
959.604 CAR
- Carmichael takes the reader on a compelling journey into the causes and consequences of the Khmer Rouge's savage rule during which two million people died, one in every four Cambodians. In describing one family's experience, his book illuminates the tragedy of a nation.
- Winston Churchill at The Telegraph
Warren Dockter941.082 CHU
- A collection of articles on Churchill from the archives of the Telegraph.
Hospitality & Tourism
- Running a food truck for dummies
Richard Myrick
647.95 MYR
House & Garden
- 150 best tiny home ideas
Manel Gutierrez728.37 GUT
- Down to earth : a guide to simple living
Rhonda Hetzel
646.7 HET
- Whether you want to learn how to grow tomatoes, bake bread, make your own soap and preserve fruit, or just be inspired to slow down and live more sustainably, Down to Earth will be your guide.
- Organised enough : the anti-perfectionist's guide to getting and staying organised
Amanda Sullivan
648.8 SUL
- If you're looking to clean up but not clean out, if you want to declutter but don't want to throw out eighty per cent of your stuff, if you want to be able to find matching socks in the morning but don't want a colour-coded sock drawer, you've come to the right place.
- Posh & proud : interior design deluxe
Chris van Uffelen
747 UFF
- Each page presents a balanced and harmonized cornucopia of high-quality interior design concepts. The selected contemporary interiors indulge in an exuberance of shapes, colours, materials, furniture, decorations and ideas.
- Space works : a source book of design and decorating ideas to create your perfect home
Caroline Clifton-Mogg747 CLI
- The art of discarding : how to get rid of clutter and find joy
Nagisa Tatsumi648 TAT
- The curated closet : a simple system for discovering your personal style and building your dream wardrobe
Anuschka Rees
646.3 REE
- Whole house reuse : deconstruction
Juliet Arnott690.8 WHO
- Nearly 400 objects have been created by reusing every single piece of 19 Admirals Way, a 1920s weatherboard home in New Brighton, Christchurch, which was scheduled for demolition in 2013.
Journalism
- Democracy's detectives : the economics of investigative journalism
James T. Hamilton
071 HAM
- Dying for the truth : the concise history of frontline war reporting
Paul L. Moorcraft
070.433 MOO
- Media easy : how to handle the news media with confidence and authority
Michael Brown302.23 BRO
- Reporting war : how foreign correspondents risked capture, torture and death to cover World War II
Ray Moseley
070.433 MOS
Language
- 100 words almost everyone confuses and misuses
Houghton Mifflin Company428.1 ONE
- Complete Japanese
Helen Gilhooly495.6834 GIL
- Guide to learning Japanese.
- Fucking apostrophes : a guide to show you where you can stick them
Simon Griffin
421.1 GRI
- Speaking easy : engage your audiences with confidence and personal authority : for meetings, presentations and speeches
Michael Brown
808.51 BRO
- The truth about language : what it is and where it came from
Michael C. Corballis
401 COR
Law
- Consumer law made easy
Dennis Murray
343.071 MUR
- Health and safety law made easy
Isaac Rosario
344.0465 ROS
- How the police generate false confessions : an inside look at the interrogation room
James L. Trainum
345.056 TRA
- This book takes you inside the interrogation room, exposing the tactics that law enforcement uses to make confessions happen.
- The principles of legal method in New Zealand
Richard Scragg
349.93 SCR
Library Science
- Linked data for cultural heritage
Ed Jones025.04 LIN
- Linked data is now essential for sharing collections on the open web.
Literature
- Alice in space : the sideways Victorian world of Lewis Carroll
Gillian Beer
823.8 CAR
- An examination of Carroll's books about Alice explores the contextual knowledge of the time period in which it was written, addressing such topics as time, games, mathematics, and taxonomies.
- Arthur & Sherlock : Conan Doyle and the creation of Holmes
Michael Sims
823.8 DOY
- Fault lines
David Pryce-Jones
828.914 PRY
- Born in Vienna in 1936, David Pryce-Jones grew up in a cosmopolitan mix of industrialists, bankers, soldiers, and playboys on both sides of a family, embodying the fault lines of the title: "not quite Jewish and not quite Christian, not quite Austrian and not quite French or English, not quite heterosexual and not quite homosexual, socially conventional but not quite secure."
- Molly Keane : a life
Sally Phipps
823.912 KEA
- Molly Keane (1904-96) was an Irish novelist and playwright (born in County Kildare) most famous for Good Behaviour which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
- Of Paekakariki : poetry, prose, pictures
Sylvia Bagnall820.8032 OF
- Poetry, stories and artwork by people with a connection to Paekakariki.
- The novel of the century : the extraordinary adventure of Les Miserables
David Bellos
843.7 HUG
- This enchanting biography of a classic of world literature is written for "Les Mis" fanatics and novices alike.
- The weird and the eerie
Mark Fisher
809.3 FIS
- In this new essay, Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes.
Manufacturing
- Crafted in Britain : the survival of Britain's traditional industries
Anthony Burton670 BUR
Military
- Ceremonial swords of Britain : state and civic swords
Edward Barrett623.441 BAR
- Hitler's stormtroopers : the SA, the Nazis' Brownshirts, 1922-1945
Jean-Denis Lepage
943.086 LEP
- New Zealand national security : challenges, trends and issues
William Hoverd355.033 NEW
- No friends but the mountains : dispatches from the world's violent highlands
Judith Matloff
355.009 MAT
- A veteran war correspondent journeys to remote mountain communities across the globe--from Albania and Chechnya to Nepal and Colombia to investigate why so many conflicts occur at great heights.
- The conscription conflict and the Great War
Robin Archer355.22 CON
Museum science
- Curators : behind the scenes of natural history museums
Lance Grande
069 GRA
- This beautifully written and richly illustrated book is a clear-eyed but loving account of natural history museums, their curators, and their ever-expanding roles in the twenty-first century
Music & Musicians
- Bowie A to Z
Steve Wide
781.66 BOW
- An illustrated alphabetical tribute that celebrates the many faces and facets of cultural icon David Bowie.
- Flyboy 2 : the Greg Tate reader
Greg Tate
781.64 TAT
- Since launching his career Tate has been one of the premiere critical voices on contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the past thirty years of Tate's influential work.
- Hamilton : the revolution : being the complete libretto of the Broadway musical, with a true account of its creation, and concise remarks on hip-hop, the power of stories, and the new America
Lin- Manuel Miranda782.14 MIR
- Offers a behind-the-scenes view of Hamilton the musical, detailing the many dramatic episodes in Alexander Hamilton's life.
- Hip hop raised me
DJ Semtex781.66 DJ
- Semtex examines the crucial role of hip hop in society. He reflects on the huge influence it has had on his own life and the lives of many others, providing inspiration to generation after generation of young people.
- Set your voice free : how to get the singing or speaking voice you want
Roger Love783 LOV
- Terminated for reasons of taste : other ways to hear essential and inessential music
Chuck Eddy
781.64 EDD
- Eddy writes that "rock'n'roll history is written by the winners. Which stinks, because the losers have always played a big role in keeping rock interesting." Rock's losers share top billing with its winners in this new collection of Eddy's writing.
- The Martin archives : a scrapbook of treasures from the world's foremost acoustic guitar maker
Jim Washburn787.87 WAS
Natural Science
- Animal behaviour : a very short introduction
Tristram D. Wyatt
591.5 WYA
- Wyatt discusses how animal behaviour has evolved, how behaviours develop in each individual (considering the interplay of genes, epigenetics, and experience), how we can understand animal societies, and how we can explain collective behaviour such as swirling flocks of starlings
- Badgers
James Lowen
599.76 LOW
- This book explores every aspect of their lives including their communal living co-operative behaviour, feeding habits, and the major threats and conservation support for Badgers.
- Bumblebees
Richard Comont
595.79 COM
- This book considers all 24 UK bumblebee species, examining what made the group so successful and how circumstances have led to the survival of some species but the precipitous decline of the majority, highlighting the dangers we all face if populations continue to plummet.
- Kingfishers
David Chandler
598.34 CHA
- Chandler celebrates their remarkable existence, studying their unique adaptations and their courtship, breeding and feeding.
- The incredible unlikeliness of being : evolution and the making of us
Alice Roberts
599.93 ROB
- Roberts takes you on the most incredible journey, revealing your path from a single cell to a complex embryo to a living, breathing, thinking person.
Occult
- The magpie & the wardrobe : a curiosity of folklore, magic & spells
Sam McKechnie133.43 MCK
- This is a lovingly curated compendium of time-honoured traditions and curious customs that have bewitched us for generations. Discover simple magic, heirloom recipes, and forgotten fairytales in this eclectic treasury.
- Time and time again : exploring past lives
Kayla Mackenzie-Kopp
133.9013 MCK
- Mackenzie-Kopp gives us remarkable insights into the fascinating world of the past.
Painting
- How to paint atmospheric landscapes in acrylics
Fraser Scarfe
751.426 SCA
- How to paint skies
Geoff Kersey
751.422 KER
- Pigments of your imagination : creating with alcohol inks
Cathy Taylor
751.425 TAY
- Sea & sky in acrylics : techniques & inspiration
Dave White
751.426 WHI
- The acrylic artist's bible : an essential reference for the practising artist
Marylin Scott
751.426 SCO
- The art of spray paint : inspirations and techniques from masters of aerosol
Lori Zimmer
751.494 ZIM
- Zimmer investigates the rise in popularity of spray paint and the explosion of mural festivals around the world, and she provides an intimate look at the work of some of the world's leading artists, who use spray for myriad reasons and styles.
Parenting
- Child development
John W. Santrock
305.231 SAN
- How to talk so little kids will listen : a survival guide to life with children ages 2-7
Joanna Faber649.12 FAB
- Let them eat dirt : saving your child from an oversanitized world
B. Brett Finlay616.9 FIN
- Little Pip eats the colours of the rainbow
Amie Harper
641.5622 HAR
- Harper offers a charming collection of recipes for breakfasts, snacks and dinners you and your little one will adore.
- Scummy mummies : a celebration of parenting failures, hilarious confessions, fish fingers and wine
Ellie Gibson306.8743 GIB
- The toddler brain : nurture the skills today that will shape your child's tomorrow : the surprising science behind your child's development from birth to age 5
Laura A. Jana
649.122 JAN
- Toddler taming : the guide to your child's behaviour from one to four
Christopher Green649.122 GRE
- Trauma-proofing your kids : a parents' guide for instilling confidence, joy and resilience
Peter A. Levine618.9285 LEV
- This book assists parents and other lay caregivers in the prevention and healing of trauma by serving as a practical guide to "stress-busting" and building resilience in kids so they can easily cope with our fast-changing world of mishaps, increasing pressures and turbulence.
- Your baby's microbiome : the critical role of vaginal birth and breastfeeding for lifelong health
Toni Harman649.3 HAR
Pasifika
- Touring Pacific cultures
Kalissa Alexeyeff338.4791 TOU
- Captures the central importance of tourism to the visual, material and performed cultures of the Pacific
- Unwrapping Tongan barkcloth : encounters, creativity and female agency
Fanny Wonu Veys
746.045 VEY
Pets & Animals
- Always by my side : life lessons from Millie and all the dogs I've loved
Edward Grinnan636.7 GRI
- Ginnan shares the heartwarming story of Millie, his beloved golden retriever, and how she taught him to be a more compassionate person, deepened his faith, and inspired him on his long-term path of recovery from addiction.
- Budgerigars : everything about purchase, care, nutrition, behavior, and training
Hildegard Niemann636.6864 NIE
- Fun & games for a smarter dog
Sophie Collins
636.70887 COL
- Dozens of options to help you build your bond wth your dog, work on his obedience, boost his thinking skills, and ramp up his fitness levels.
- Gizelle's bucket list : my life with a very large dog
Lauren Fern Watt
636.7 WAT
- The playful, epic adventure of a 160-pound English Mastiff and the twentysomething girl who grew up alongside her.
- Sam and Chester : how a mischievous pig transformed the life of my autistic son
Jo Bailey636.4 BAI
- The gift of pets : stories only a vet could tell
Bruce R. Coston
636.089 COS
Philosophy and psychology
- From bacteria to Bach and back : the evolution of minds
Daniel C. Dennett
128.2 DEN
- Dennett shows how culture enables reflection by installing a profusion of thinking tools, or memes, in our brains, and how language turbocharges this process. The result: a mind that can comprehend the questions it poses, which has emerged from a process of cultural evolution.
Photography
- Cecil Beaton at home : an interior life
Andrew Ginger779 BEA
- This book focuses on two homes dear to Beaton's heart Ashcombe House, near the Wiltshire village of Tollard Royal, and Reddish House, located in Broad Chalke, another village in the same county as well as London's Pelham Place and Beaton's New York hotel suites.
- Cindy Sherman, imitation of life
Philipp Kaiser779 SHE
- This magnificent book encompasses the full scope of Cindy Sherman's career, with a special focus on the cinematic quality of her oeuvre.
- Diverse beauty
Alexi Lubomirski779 LUB
- Lubomirski's photographs of beautiful women of every color, size, age and sexual orientation in a celebration of beauty that adds dimension to the standards so omniscient in Western fashion magazines and advertisements.
- Elliott Erwitt : home around the world
Jessica S. McDonald779 ERW
- Offers a timely and critical reconsideration of Erwitt's unparalleled life as a photographer.
- Moment by moment
John Loengard
779 LOE
- Loeongard's subjects include movie stars, writers, politicians, artists and other photographers, as well as normal people engaged in a host of extraordinary activities.
- Photography and humour
Louis Kaplan
770 KAP
- Kaplan gathers together ove100 images in a revealing look at the way photographers--from the very beginning of photography in the nineteenth century--have found so much amusement at the ends of their lenses.
- Provocateur
Tyler Shields779 SHI
- Within a decade, Shields went from a professional inline skater to 'Hollywood's favorite photographer'.
- Time-lapse photography : art and techniques
Mark Higgins
770 HIG
- Tony Northrup's DSLR book : how to create stunning digital photography.
Tony Northrup778.3 NOR
Plays
- A midsummer night's dream with a taste of Polensia : a play series
Helen Tau'au Filisi
822.92 TAU
- This play is an adaptation of the famous comedy play, by William Shakespeare, set in Polensia.
- Black faggot and other plays
Victor Rodger
822.914 ROD
- Plays exploring what it means to be gay and Samoan in contemporary New Zealand.
Poetry
- A fugitive presence
Peter Bland
821.914 BLA
- In this new collection Peter continues his search for "a lost sense of the sacred" and explores his "wanting to be a child
- Blood ties : new and selected poems, 1963-2016
Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
821.914 HOL
- Hill run
Don Franks821.92 FRA
- How to tour the world on a flying fox
Marisa Cappetta
821.92 CAP
- Manifesto Aotearoa : 101 New Zealand political poems
Philip Temple821.0080358 MAN
- Here NZ poets from diverse cultures, young and old, new and seasoned, from the Bay of Islands to Bluff, rally for justice on everything from a degraded environment to systemically embedded poverty; from the long, painful legacy of colonialism to explosive issues of sexual consent.
- RedEdits
Geoff Cochrane
821.914 COC
- Cochrane defies his own advice to disappear. Instead, he traces wry, darkly glittering lines from odd fragments, encounters, overheard conversations, and moments of absurdity and revelation.
- Some things to place in a coffin
Bill Manhire
821.914 MAN
- Tell me my name
Bill Manhire821.914 MAN
- A sequence of thirteen riddles by Manhire, set to music by composer Norman Meehan and sung by Hannah
- The chiming blue
Marilyn Duckworth
821.914 DUC
- The internet of things
Kate Camp
821.914 CAM
- The yield
Sue Wootton
821.92 WOO
- Wootton addresses subjects as various as the relationship between medical institutions and individual suffering, the disintegration of the polar icecaps, the energising power of solitude and the rewarding demands of creativity and love.
- The zoo of the new : poems to read now
Nick Laird821.008 ZOO
Politics & Government
- Age of folly : America abandons its democracy
Lewis H. Lapham
320.4 LAP
- America's leading essayist on the frantic retreat of democracy, in the fire and smoke of the war on terror.
- How the hell did this happen? : the election of 2016
P.J. O'Rourke
324.973 ORO
- Insane clown president : dispatches from the 2016 circus
Matt Taibbi
324.973 TAI
- Safeguarding the future : governing in an uncertain world
Jonathan Boston
320.993 BOS
- Boston sets out what 'anticipatory governance' might look like in New
- The accidental superpower : the next generation of American preeminence and the coming global disorder
Peter Zeihan
327.73 ZEI
- The decline and fall of the American republic
Bruce Ackerman
320.973 ACK
- Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness.
- The New Zealand project
Max Harris
320.993 HAR
- This book represents, from the perspective of a brilliant young New Zealander, a vision for confronting the challenges ahead. Unashamedly idealistic, The New Zealand Project arrives at a time of global upheaval that demands new conversations about our shared future.
Pounamu
- Maori weaving
Erenora Puketapu-Hetet
746.42 PUK
- The book gives a unique perspective into the art of Maori weaving from both a technical and cultural point of view.
- Te mauri o te whare
Agnes McFarland899.4424 MAU
- A collection of essays pertaining to Maori teaching, learning, place, history, and literature.
- The best of e-Tangata
Tapu Misa993 BES
- The celebrated digital magazine e-Tangata is home to some of the most incisive and profound commentary on life in New Zealand.
- The musket wars : a history of inter-iwi conflict, 1806-45
R.D. Crosby
993.01 CRO
- The Treaty on the ground : where we are headed, and why it matters
Rachael Bell323.11994 TRE
- Waiata Maori : wahanga tuatahi
H.T. Rikihana
781.62994 WAI
- A collection of waiata compiled for primary and secondary teachers.
Religion & Ethics
- Bearing false witness : debunking centuries of anti-Catholic history
Rodney Stark
282 STA
- Calling us home
Chris Luttichau
291.144 LUT
- A blueprint for happiness which interweaves practical teachings, history, anecdote and ancestral wisdom.
- God : the most unpleasant character in all fiction
Dan Barker212.7 BAR
- Barker combs through both the Old and New Testament (as well as thirteen different editions of the "Good Book"), presenting powerful evidence for why the Scripture shouldn't govern our everyday lives.
- Let there be science : why God loves science, and science needs God
David Hutchings215 HUT
- Pathways to bliss : mythology and personal transformation
Joseph Campbell292.13 CAM
- Campbell examines the personal, psychological side of myth.
- Pope Francis among the wolves : the inside story of a revolution
Marco Politi282.092 FRA
- Politi takes us inside the power struggle roiling the Roman Curia, beginning with Benedict XVI, the pope who famously resigned in 2013, and intensifying with the contested and unexpected election of Jorge Maria Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, now known as Pope Francis.
- Relig-ish : soulful living in a spiritual-but-not-religious-world
Rachelle Mee-Chapman
291.44 MEE
- The experience of God : being, consciousness, bliss
David Bentley Hart
211 HAR
- Hart pursues a clarification of how the word "God" functions.
- The people vs Muhammad : psychological analysis
J.K Sheindlin
297.63 SHE
- The rosary : the prayer that saved my life
Immaculee Ilibagiza242.7 ILI
- A survivor of the 1994 Rwanda genocide describes how praying the rosary has helped her in every aspect of her life, from saving her life to strengthening her faith, changing heartache into happiness, healing illnesses in herself and others, and landing a dream job.
- The surrender experiment : my journey into life's perfection
Michael A. Singer
204 SIN
- Singer tells the extraordinary story of what happened when, after a deep spiritual awakening, he decided to let go of his personal preferences and simply let life call the shots.
- Windows on a women's world : the Dominican Sisters of Aotearoa New Zealand
Susannah Grant
271.97 GRA
Science
- 15 million degrees : a journey to the centre of the Sun
Lucie Green
523.7 GRE
- A portable cosmos : revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, scientific wonder of the ancient world
Alexander Jones
681.111 JON
- The Antikythera Mechanism, now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze, was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it.
- Calculus for dummies
Mark Ryan
515 RYA
- This hands-on guide makes calculus manageable even if it makes you sweat! Ryan leads you step-by-step through each concept, operation, and solution, explaining the "how" and "why" in plain English.
- Dinosaurs : a concise natural history
David E. Fastovsky567.91 FAS
- Eclipse : journeys to the dark side of the moon
Frank Close
523.7 CLO
- Looks at the science of eclipses, reveals their role in culture, and focuses on people who travel around the world chasing these events.
- Essential cell biology
Bruce Alberts571.6 ALB
- A readily accessible introduction to the central concepts of cell biology.
- Essentials of the living world
George B. Johnson
570 JOH
- Exoplanets : diamond worlds, super Earths, pulsar planets, and the new search for life beyond our solar system
Michael Summers523.24 SUM
- Explorations : an introduction to astronomy
Thomas T. Arny520 ARN
- Hello, is this planet Earth? : my view from the International Space Station
Tim Peake
629.442 PEA
- A mesmerising collection of over 150 of Tim's stunning photographs that he took on board the International Space Station, many of which have not been seen before.
- Infinity : a very short introduction
Ian Stewart
510 STE
- Stewart discusses infinity in mathematics while also drawing in the various other aspects of infinity and explaining some of the major problems and insights arising from this concept.
- Know this : today's most interesting and important scientific ideas, discoveries, and developments
John Brockman
509 KNO
- Making sense of science : separating substance from spin
Cornelia Dean
500 DEA
- Dean draws on her 30 years as a science journalist to expose the flawed reasoning and knowledge gaps that handicap readers when they try to make sense of science. She calls attention to conflicts of interest in research and the price society pays when science journalism declines and funding dries up.
- Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel
Michio Kaku
530 KAK
- The book that changed America : how Darwin's theory of evolution ignited a nation
Randall Fuller
576.82 FUL
- Traces the impact of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" on a diverse group of writers, abolitionists, and social reformers against a backdrop of growing tensions and transcendental idealism in 1860 America.
- The emerald planet : how plants changed Earth's history
David Beerling
561 BEE
- The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world
Peter Wohlleben582.16 WOH
- A forester's fascinating stories, supported by the latest scientific research, reveal the extraordinary world of forests and illustrate how trees communicate and care for each other.
- The wondrous world of weeds : understanding nature's little workers
Pat Collins581.65 COL
- Void : the strange physics of nothing
James Owen Weatherall
530.01 WEA
- Volcanoes : encounters through the ages
David M. Pyle
551.21 PYL
- This book tells the stories of volcanic eruptions around the world, using original illustrations and first- hand accounts to explore how our understanding of volcanoes has evolved through time.
- Where the universe came from : how Einstein's relativity unlocks the past, present and future of the cosmos
New Scientist
530.11 WHE
- Worlds fantastic, worlds familiar : a guided tour of the Solar System
Bonnie J. Buratti
523.4 BUR
Self Development
- Anatomy of a secret life : are the people in your life hiding something you should know?
Gail Saltz
155.92 SAL
- Ask Wendy : straight-up advice for all the drama in your life
Wendy Williams
646.7 WIL
- Everything from knowing when your man is cheating to how to look ten pounds slimmer with the help of the right shape wear is fair game! Williams is not afraid to tackle any issue, whether big or small, serious or lighthearted, and the fabulous Wendy will not hold back in this entertaining book of womanly wisdom.
- Colour your life : with the colour code method
Sandra Quiggin
158.1 QUI
- Colour Your Life has a range of activities designed to improve the quality of your life. From de- cluttering to positive self-talk to overcoming obstacles, flick through until you find an activity that resonates.
- Coming to our senses
Jon Kabat-Zinn
158.12 KAB
- Kabat-Zinn shows how the power of mindfulness can bring profound changes to your personal life.
- Felt time : the science of how we experience time
Marc Wittmann153.75 WIT
- Flourish
Martin Seligman
158.1 SEL
- Seligman offers a new theory on what makes people flourish and how to truly get the most out of life.
- God never blinks : 50 lessons for life's little detours
Regina Brett
646.7 BRE
- Already an internet phenomenon, these wise and insightful lessons by popular newspaper columnist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Regina Brett will make you see the possibilities in your life in a whole new way.
- Learned optimism
Martin Seligman
155.23 SEL
- Shows us how to stop automatically assuming guilt; how to get out of the habit of seeing the direst possible implications in every setback; how to be optimistic.
- Life : a guide
Andrew Fuller
158.1 FUL
- This book is about making sense of the different stages of our lives and understanding the ups and downs of each.
- Mastery
Robert Greene
158.1 GRE
- Around the globe, people are facing the same problem that we are born as individuals but are forced to conform to the rules of society if we want to succeed. The author debunks the prevailing mythology of success and presents a radical new way to greatness.
- Professional practice of psychology in Aotearoa New Zealand
Waikeremoana W. Waitoki150.72 PRO
- The overflowing brain : information overload and the limits of working memory
Torkel Klingberg153 KLI
- The practicing mind : developing focus and discipline in your life
Thomas M. Sterner
153.15 STE
- Examines the process of practice as it relates to learning, and shows that it can build discipline and clarity, and be a fulfilling process in and of itself.
Social Issues
- Ayesha's gift : a daughter's search for the truth about her father
Martin Sixsmith
306.8742 RAH
- The true story of a young woman, born in Pakistan, living in Britain, whose life is thrown into desperate turmoil by the violent death of her father. The Pakistani authorities talk of suicide, but why would Ayesha's happy, gentle father kill himself?
- Build over there : understanding the government's role in shaping our cities
Hamish Barrell
307.76 BAR
- Easternisation : war and peace in the Asian century
Gideon Rachman
303.482 RAC
- A provocative analysis of how a new era of global instability has begun, as the flow of wealth and power turns from West to East.
- Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
J.D. Vance
305.562 VAN
- An account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.
- Hit makers : how things become popular
Derek Thompson
306 THO
- Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari
909.83 HAR
- Harari examines our future with his trademark blend of science, history, philosophy and every discipline in between. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century from overcoming death to creating artificial life.
- Humanitarians at war : the Red Cross in the shadow of the Holocaust
Gerald Steinacher
361.77 STE
- How the International Committee of the Red Cross emerged triumphant from the dark days of World War II to forge a new identity and a new role in the post-1945 world.
- North Korea's hidden revolution : how the information underground is transforming a closed society
Jieun Baek
302.23 BAE
- The story of North Korea's information underground and how it inspires people to seek better lives beyond their country's borders.
- One child : the true story of a tormented six-year-old and the brilliant teacher who reached out
Torey Hayden
362.76 HAY
- Hayden recounts her battle to uncover the keen intelligence and touch the emotions of a troubled, sexually molested six-year-old girl who abused a younger child and was placed in her class for retarded preadolescents while awaiting space in a state institution.
- Pennies from heaven : why cash works best to ensure all children thrive
Jess Berentson-Shaw362.7 BER
- Discusses the social outcomes of child poverty in New Zealand and explores the potential of an unconditional universal payment to families with young children as an alternative to current systems of support.
- Propaganda
Edward Bernay
303.375 BER
- A look at how government and corporations control how we think and act, Propaganda outlines Edward Bernays's vision for regimenting the collective mind. Originally published in 1928.
- The amazing story of the man who cycled from India to Europe for love
Per J Andersson305.5688 AND
- Would you cycle 7 000 miles for love? PK did to be with the woman he loved.
- The first signs : unlocking the mysteries of the world's oldest symbols
Genevieve von Petzinger
302.222 VON
- The good immigrant
Nikesh Shukla
305.906 GOO
- Explores why immigrants come to the UK, why they stay and what it means to be 'other' in a country that doesn't seem to want you, doesn't truly accept you - however many generations you've been here - but still needs you for its diversity monitoring forms.
- The new politics of class : the political exclusion of the British working class
Geoffrey Evans305.562 EVA
- This book explores the new politics of class in 21st century Britain. It shows how the changing shape of the class structure since 1945 has led political parties to change, which has both reduced class voting and increased class non-voting.
- They cannot take the sky : stories from detention
Michael Green325.21 THE
- An oral history project documenting the stories of men, women and children who have experienced Australian mandatory detention over the past 23 years.
- To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death
Mark O'Connell
306.461 OCO
- Meet the visionaries, billionaires, professors, and programmers who are using groundbreaking technology to push the limits of the human body our senses, intelligence, and our lifespans.
- Whiplash : how to survive our faster future
Joi Ito303.483 ITO
- Two cybergurus offer a "user's manual to the twenty-first century."
- Wicked & wise : how to solve the world's toughest problems
Alan Watkins303.484 WAT
- Explores hotly debated issues facing the planet and its people, and offering unique ways to tackle seemingly intractable social and cultural challenges.
- Wounds of the father : a true story of child abuse, betrayal, and redemption
Elizabeth Garrison
362.76 GAR
- Tells the story of Elizabeth Garrison's fractured childhood, descent into drug addiction, and the struggle to overcome nearly insurmountable odds.
Sport & Recreation
- Advanced rock climbing : expert skills and techniques
Topher Donahue796.5223 DON
- American triumvirate : Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the modern age of golf
James Dodson
796.352 DOD
- Don't stop me now
Vassos Alexander
796.42 ALE
- This is a celebration of running and what lots of us think about when we run.
- Karate science : dynamic movement
J. D. Swanson
796.8153 SWA
- Run : the mind-body method of running by feel
Matt Fitzgerald
796.42 FIT
- This is a fresh, sophisticated, and proven method of training that capitalises on running's growing rebellion against mainstream traditional approaches.
- The total bowhunting manual
Scott Bestul799.21 BES
- Total competition : lessons in strategy from Formula One
Ross Brawn796.72 BRA
Trains, Boats, Planes
- From Tiger Moths to test pilot
Bernie Lewis
629.13092 LEW
- Lewis always wanted to fly. After gaining his Private Pilots Licence on Tiger Moths he tried to join the RNZAF for pilot training. He was rejected and caught the next available boat to England to join the RAF.
- Swan : a unique story : through 50 years of evolution
Bianca Ascenti
623.822 SWA
- The activity of the most glorious sailing yacht company, founded in Finland in 1966, in the official book published on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary.
War
- Battle of the Bulge : the German view : perspectives from Hitler's High Command
Danny S. Parker
940.5421 BAT
- Brighton's secret agents : the Brighton & Hove contribution to Britain's WW2 Special Operations Executive (SOE)
Paul McCue
940.5486 MCC
- Castle of the eagles : escape from Mussolini's Colditz
Mark Felton
940.5472 FEL
- Churchill's army, 1939-1945
Stephen Bull940.5341 BUL
- Descent into the abyss : the Shoah, a philatelic retelling
Bruce Chadderton
940.5318 CHA
- An educational book, which uses philatelic material as illustrations, chronicles the erosion of Jewish civil rights under Nazi rule in Europe.
- Dreadnought : Britain, Germany, and the coming of the Great War
Robert K. Massie
940.31 MAS
- From the Marne to Verdun : the war diary of Captain Charles Delvert, 101st Infantry, 1914-1916
Charles Delvert940.481 DEL
- HMAS Canberra : casualty of circumstance
Kathryn Spurling
940.545 SPU
- Life in a jar : the Irena Sendler Project
Jack Mayer
940.5318 SEN
- During World War II Irena Sendler organized a rescue network of fellow social workers to save 2,500 Jewish children from certain death in the Warsaw ghetto. After the war her heroism was suppressed until three high school girls stumbled upon a tantalizing reference to Sendler's rescues, which they fashioned into a history project.
- Russia against Napoleon : the battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814
Dominic Lieven
940.27 LIE
- The German war : a nation under arms, 1939-45
Nicholas Stargardt
943.086 STA
- The Holocaust : a new history
Laurence Rees
940.5318 REE
- A magnificent new history that tracks the gradual evolution of the Final Solution.
- The illustrated history of the Nazis : the nightmare rise and fall of Adolf Hitler
Paul Roland
943.086 ROL
- The Lancaster and the Tirpitz : the story of the legendary bomber and how it sunk Germany's biggest battleship
Tony Iveson940.544 IVE
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