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200 WOM EN
$75.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781988516035
This magnificent landmark book is the realisation of an epic global journey to find two hundred women with diverse backgrounds, and to ask them what really matters to them. All were photographed against the same background and asked the same five fundamental questions. From well-known activists, artists and innovators to everyday women whose lives are no less exceptional, each woman shares her unique replies, revealing her deepest motivation, happiness, sadness and hope – and offering gifts of empowerment and strength, inviting us to bring positive change to our world. A coffee table book to be treasured and enjoyed by all.
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BOOKS THAT CHANGED HISTORY
$50.00 NZD
ISBN:
9780241289334
Over 75 of the world's most celebrated, rare, and seminal books are examined and explained in this stunning treasury. Books That Changed History is a unique encyclopedia spanning the history of the written word, from 3000 BCE to the modern day. Chronological chapters show the evolution of human knowledge and the changing ways in which books are made. Discover incredible coverage of history's most influential books including the Mahabharata, Shakespeare's First Folio, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Penguin's first ever paperbacks. From Darwin's groundbreaking On the Origin of Species to Louis Braille's conception of the Braille system that we still use today, these are world famous books that have had the biggest impact on history.
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DRAWN OUT: A Seriously Funny Memoir
$45.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781877505911
Riotous, ripping yarns from a polymath who can’t add or subtract but who has won numerous awards for cartooning, print journalism, documentary film-making and writing dramas. Drawn Out is an hilarious, heartbreaking, heart-warming, mostly true account of Tom Scott’s tragic-comic childhood, his manic student-newspaper days, his turbulent years stumbling through the corridors of power, his falling out with prime ministers, his collaborations with comic legends John Clarke, A.K. Grant and Murray Ball, his travels to the ends of the earth with his close friend Ed Hillary and much more…
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
$60.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781501139154
“To read this magnificent biography of Leonardo da Vinci is to take a tour through the life and works of one of the most extraordinary human beings of all time in the company of the most engaging, informed and insightful guide imaginable. Walter Isaacson is at once a true scholar and a spellbinding writer.” Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. This book – a sumptuous production full of colour illustrations – is one to be cherished forever.
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LIFE IN THE GARDEN
$40.00 NZD
ISBN:
9780241319628
The two central activities in Penelope Lively’s life – alongside writing – have been reading and gardening. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens: the large childhood garden in Cairo, her grandmother’s sloping Somerset garden, two of her own Oxfordshire gardens, and her current small urban garden in North London. It is also a wise, engaging and far-ranging exploration of gardens in literature, from Paradise Lost to Alice in Wonderland, and of other writers and the significance of their gardens, from Virginia Woolf to Philip Larkin. A treasure for gardeners and literature lovers alike.
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LONE WOLF: How Emirates Team New Zealand Stunned the World
$45.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781988516097
PUBLISHING 19 OCTOBER 2017 - so available after this date - This celebration of Emirates Team New Zealand’s winning the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda in June is written by one of the world’s most influential yachting photo-journalists, Richard Gladwell, whose images also appear in the book, including those withheld prior to the Cup as they were "too revealing" of the Kiwi boat and technology. Gladwell closely followed Emirates Team New Zealand through its highs and lows after the 2013 upset in San Francisco. He captured the first images of the “cyclers” on the morning the AC50 Aotearoa was first splashed in Auckland and broke that story to the sailing world. He was in Bermuda for the 28 days of the regatta and had a ringside view of the racing from a photography boat – a unique position to see the highs and lows of the New Zealand campaign and to relate how this remarkable victory unfolded.
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OUT OF THE WRECKAGE: A New Politics in an Age of Crisis
$30.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781786637451
A toxic ideology rules the world – of extreme competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. George Monbiot, acclaimed journalist and author of the international bestseller How Did We Get Into This Mess?, seeks out the best new ideas and streamlines them into a coherent, inspiring story that describes the present and shows the way to a better future. With urgency and passion, he explains how communities can be rebuilt, how economies can be recharged without destroying the living planet, and how politics can once more inspire and thrill.
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POSTMODERN DESIGN COMPLETE
$110.00 NZD
ISBN:
9780500519141
The definitive publication on the most exuberant design period of the 20th century, one of the most popular movements of international design, including architecture, furniture, ceramics, applied arts, graphics, and textiles. Incorporating the most knowledgeable sources and material in a single volume, Postmodern Design Complete is the authoritative overview of the movement’s seminal years, and one that the design-conscious of any persuasion will want.
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QUEEN VICTORIA’S MATCHMAKING: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe
$32.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781408852828
A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted most international power and influence: as the matchmaking grandmother to her thirty grandchildren. Her aim to maintain and increase her power in Europe was played out by manoeuvring them into dynastic marriages. It is at once an intimate portrait of the royal family and an examination of the conflict caused by the power, love and duty, weaving in scandals, political machinations and family tensions, to enthralling effect. At the heart of it all is Queen Victoria herself: doting grandmother one moment, determined manipulator the next.
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SUNLIGHT AND SEAWEED
$26.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781925498684
Acclaimed scientist Tim Flannery investigates exciting new technologies currently being developed to address our most pressing environmental threats. Climate change, food production and toxic pollution present huge challenges, but, as Flannery shows, we already have innovative, practical and inspiring solutions. New solar energy technology using concentrated sunlight to provide intense heat energy that can be effectively stored now provides clean renewable power around the clock. Further, the large amounts of power produced can be used to tackle the issue of feeding the world's growing population-by enabling energy-intense methods of purifying polluted land for agricultural production. Drawing carbon out of the atmosphere is an essential component in limiting climate change. Flannery explores the potential of kelp, a fast-growing sea algae, to be used on a large scale to convert carbon from the air to a non-gaseous form, reducing levels of atmospheric carbon. With accessible and engaging explanations of the fascinating science behind these technologies, as well as accounts of the systems already in operation around the world, Sunlight and Seaweed is an enlightening and uplifting view of the future.
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THE KINFOLK ENTREPRENEUR,
$80.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781579657581
Following on the huge success of The Kinfolk Table author Nathan Williams offers an inspiring, in-depth look behind the scenes of 35 creative business owners around the globe - their lives and their companies. Pairing insightful interviews with striking images of these men and women and their workspaces, making business personal. The book profiles both budding and experienced entrepreneurs across a broad range of industries (from fashion designers to hoteliers). Readers will learn how today's industry leaders handle both their successes and failures, achieve work-life balance, find motivation in the face of adversity, and so much more.
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THE END OF THE LIBERAL ORDER?
$19.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781786073105
‘No civilisation, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible’ states Niall Ferguson.Across the Western world more and more countries are looking inwards – national borders reasserted, national interests re-emphasised and nationalism on the rise once again. Fears of a globalised world are rampant. Could this be the end of the liberal international order? Is it time to reaffirm our liberal values? Or are we seeing the birth-pangs of a new era? Two great thinkers debate the question burning behind current headlines across the world.
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THE PLACE TO BE
$40.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781787011250
This beautiful book features 240 travel destinations around the world that will move you emotionally, whether it’s euphoria or serenity, awe or enlightenment ... Each of the 12 chapters explores a single feeling, with 20 places and experiences for each emotion and state of mind. Destinations range from wild and natural spaces to modern and ancient cities, from chocolate indulgences, remote islands, calm oases, to Renaissance paintings and religious pilgrimages; it also explains when is the best time to go and how to get there. Perfect for the jaded traveller, the first-time adventurer or the armchair explorer.
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THE RIVER OF CONSCIOUSNESS
$38.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781447263661
Acclaimed neurologist Oliver Sacks takes on evolution, botany, chemistry, medicine, neuroscience and the arts, and calls upon his great scientific and creative heroes – above all, Darwin, Freud and William James. For Sacks, these thinkers were constant companions from an early age; the questions they explored – the meaning of evolution, the roots of creativity, and the nature of consciousness –lie at the heart of science and of this remarkable book. The River of Consciousness demonstrates Sacks’ unparalleled ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless endeavour to understand what makes us human.
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THE RUNAWAY SPECIES: How Creativity Remakes the World
$37.00 NZD
ISBN:
9780857862075
Weaving together the arts and sciences, neuroscientist David Eagleman and composer Anthony Brandt take us on a tour of human creativity from Picasso to concept cars to umbrellas to lunar travel, to understand what creative acts have in common. By viewing them through the lens of cutting-edge neuroscience, they uncover the essential elements of this critical human ability to innovate. This thoroughly enjoyable narrative encourages a more creative future for all of us, exploring how individuals, organisations and educational institutions can benefit from fostering creativity, to meet the challenge of remaking our constantly shifting world.
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THE SQUARE AND THE TOWER: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power
$40.00 NZD
ISBN:
9780241298985
Many old towns have the same central structure: a large square where people gather and a tower where the town’s elite ruled from. Throughout history you can express the struggles between the two as a battle of networks. Whether in the Renaissance or in the present day, what makes the world work is an astonishing tangle of networks. Conflicts of the past already have unnerving parallels today, in this time of Facebook, Islamic State and Trumpworld. In this immensely entertaining book, Niall Ferguson celebrates the myriad ways in which the battle between rival networks makes history happen.
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TINKERING: The Complete Book of John Clarke
$40.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781925603194
The sudden death of John Clarke in April cut short the life of a man who was not only a great and much loved entertainer and satirist but a wonderful writer. This collection represents his work since the 1970s, in both Australia and New Zealand, and includes his writing for radio, television, stage and screen, as well as previously unpublished pieces. Included are the irresistible commentaries of Fred Dagg, the hilarious and unforgettable absurdities of farnarkeling, a selection of his famous quizzes where he gave the answers and readers had to guess the questions, and some moving recollections of people and places. Tinkering is the perfect way to remember the genius who made us all laugh at ourselves and our society for so many years.
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WHY DYLAN MATTERS
$32.00 NZD
ISBN:
9780008245498
When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, the literary world was up in arms. How could the world’s most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famously cantankerous singer-songwriter in his seventies. This witty, personal volume from the leading academic voice in all matters Dylanological makes a compelling case for moving Dylan out of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and into the pantheon of classical poets. The most original and enthralling Dylan book in decades, Why Dylan Matters will amaze and astound everyone from the first-time listener to the lifetime fan.
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WORKING CLASS MAN
$55.00 NZD
ISBN:
9781460752142
Australian icon Jimmy Barnes has lived many lives – from Glaswegian migrant kid to celebrated front man, from solo superstar to proud father of his own musical clan. Focusing on his life as he leaves Adelaide with an unknown band called Cold Chisel, this is a spellbinding, searingly honest reflection on success, fame and addiction; how the fuel of childhood trauma helped to ignite and propel his rock’n’roll story. But beyond this combustible merry-go-round, across the Cold Chisel, solo and soul years – this is a story about how it’s never too late to try and put things right.
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