Escape from Model Land - How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do about It by Erica Thompson
$29.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Shortlisted for Best Maths Book of 2022 by Chaulkdust Magazine 'A brilliant account of how models are so often abused and of how they should be used' John Kay How do mathematical models shape our world - and how can we harness their power for good? Models are at the centre of everything we do. Whether ...Show more
Greek Myths: A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Children’s Edition) by HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL
$35.00 NZD
Category: Mythology | Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Children's Classics
This book, from one of American literature s greatest authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne, offers a selection of Greek myths, retold to make them more accessible for children. It includes the Gorgon s Head, the Three Golden Apples and the Paradise of Children, among others. This edition, leatherbound and featu ...Show more
When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times by Haemin Sunim
$37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
How to find tranquillity in your life, from the author of the million-copy internationally-bestselling The Things You Can See Only When You Slow DownEvery person's life is a journey toward themselves.The School for Broken Hearts, founded by bestselling mega-monk Haemin Sunim, provides a safe and caring ...Show more
New Zealand the Way I want It by Bob Jones
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. 'In the best-selling Jones On Property Bob Jones pointed the way to financial success. Now he broadens his canvas and, in his outspoken style, he lets loose on a whole range of subjects concerning New Zealand today (1978). Here is Bob Jones in full flight on politics, the economy, inflation ...Show more
Prancing Pavonine Charlatans(...and other follies) by Bob Jones
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. The second collection of Bob Jones's newspaper columns.
My Property World by Bob Jones
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Hilarous anecdotes of Bob Jones New Zealand property's investment experiences.
Wowser Whacking by Bob Jones
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Selections from the 1992 columns of Sir Robert Jones. With introduction by Alan Duff.
Jones on Management by Bob Jones
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: new
Secondhand. For three decades Bob Jones has entertained and informed with his books, both fiction and non-fiction. Given his commercial success, Bob is well-placed to write on management, but this is no dry exposition as one might anticipate with such a subject. Rather, an eclectic range of topics, ind ...Show more
Thoroughly A Man of the World: A Biography of Sir David Monro by Rex E. Wright-St Clair
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. The biography of the early surgeon and politician Sir David Monro(1813-1877).
Algorithmic Thinking, 2nd Edition - A Problem-Based Introduction by Daniel Zingaro
$110.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Knowing how to design algorithms will take you from being a good programmer to a great programmer. This completely revised second edition teaches you how to design your own rocket-fast, right-for-the-task algorithms-minus the proofs and complex math. Forget the useless pseudocode and played-out examples ...Show more
Never Succumb to Beige by Frances Manwaring
$38.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Not succumbing to beige is about wearing your metaphorical high viz vest with flair and panache—being true to who you are and what you bring to the world. In extended essays drawn from her own colourful life, and traversing the joys of schadenfreude, strategic giftbuying, the value of teeth, and lessons ...Show more
Kippenberger - An Inspired New Zealand Commander by Glyn Harper
$32.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: good-very good
Secondhand. First edition. Major General Sir Howard Karl Kippenberger, KBE, CB, DSO and Bar, ED, was an exceptional New Zealander and one of the truly great military commanders of World War Two. Here Glyn Harper examines his formative years, including his WW1 experiences, and shows how they influenced ...Show more