Peter the Great - His Life and World by Robert K. Massie
$16.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
Secondhand. This superbly told story brings to life one of the most remarkable rulers--and men--in all of history and conveys the drama of his life and world. The Russia of Peter's birth was very different from the Russia his energy, genius, and ruthlessness shaped. Crowned co-Tsar as a child of ten, a ...Show more
Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World by Frank McLynn
$17.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
Secondhand. Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Cae ...Show more
A High Country Life by Sandy Wigley
$32.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. This entertaining book follows the full and varied life of A. G. Wigley and his family, from the time of the arrival of his grandfather, the Hon. Thomas Wigley, in New Zealand from Australia in the 19th century, to the present day. It shows a strong South Canterbury connections and evokes ...Show more
Phar Lap - The Story of Australia's Greatest Ever Racehorse by Geoff Armstrong; Peter Thompson
$16.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
Secondhand. Every champion Australian racehorse since 1930 has been called 'the best since the Phar Lap'. So will the next record breaker, because Phar Lap captured the imagination of the sporting public like no other thoroughbred ever has or ever will. This was in part because of his remarkable backst ...Show more
Reading with Feeling - The Aesthetics of Appreciation by Susan L. Feagin
$32.50 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Feelings and other affective responses to a work of fiction are an important part appreciation and the capacity to inspire such responses is part of what is valuable about literary works of art. Susan L. Feagin's philosophical exploration of appreciation, focusing specifically on its emotional or affect ...Show more
Kierkegaard: The Difficulty of Being Christian by Edited by Jacques Colette
$19.50 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Philosophy of Language: a contemporary introduction by Aldiss Brian W
$18.50 NZD
Category: Philosophy
We Need To Talk About Xi: What we need to know about the world's most powerful leader by Michael Dillon
$30.00 NZD
Category: Politics and Economics
A short, urgent book that sorts the fact from the fiction about Xi Jinping - one of the world's most powerful political leaders - to truly understand how he came to power, his hold on China and why we should care. Meet the most powerful leader in the world. Chinese premier Xi Jinping graces our televisi ...Show more
Into the White: Scott's Antarctic Odyssey by Joanna Grochowicz
$23.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Together, they have taken on the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success; never giving up, and never giving up on each other. This is the story of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica and the memorable characters, who with a band of shaggy ponies and savage dogs ...Show more
A Song Flung Up to Heaven (#6) by Maya Angelou
$27.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
A memoir of politics and activism, from the bestselling and beloved author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA It is 1964 and Maya Angelou is on her way back home, leaving behind her beloved - and now seriously teenage son Gu ...Show more