Because a Woman's Heart is Like a Needle at the Bottom of the Ocean by Wilson Sugar Magnolia
$27.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Through fun and gore, love and monsters, Sugar Magnolia Wilson's riveting first collection takes readers inside a world where past and present, fiction and fact, author and subject collide. Playful and yet not so sunny, these poems invite you in with extravagant and surprising imagery, only to reveal th ...Show more
Tail of the Taniwha by Meredith Courtney Sina
$32.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Tail of the Taniwha is a collection of short stories by writer, poet and playwright Courtney Sina Meredith that builds on the themes and ideas of her signature publications, Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipstick and the award-winning play, Rushing Dolls. Tail of the Taniwha pushes at the boundaries of writ ...Show more
Bonsai by Michelle Elvy
$39.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
'Slippery, and exciting ... The stories come at you directly, and then turn askance, and then slap you in the face' Allan Drew'Bonsai' brings together a pioneering collection of flash fiction and associated forms (prose poetry and haibun) from 165 writers in Aotearoa New Zealand, along with intriguing e ...Show more
Trees of History and Romance by Pembroke Michael
$34.95 AUD
Category: Literature
Provides fascinating insights into trees drawn from history, literature, poetry, mythology, botan and folklore.
That Derrida Whom I Derided Died - Poems 2013-2017 by C.K. Stead
$32.95 AUD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
" All his life he¿d measured the worth of a work by its cost in effort. Only at the last came this `certainty of execution¿ costing him next-to-nothing, receiving his all. In his eighty-sixth year, C. K. Stead¿s new collection leads us deep inside the life of the poet. He looks back at his younger self, ...Show more
The Mathematics Book by Prochazka Helen
$69.95 AUD
Category: General
Finally a mathematics book that has been written especially for people who have not found mathematics easy. The Mathematics Book is unique in that it is a beautiful how to do it book blended into a lavishly illustrated coffee table book created specifically for those who have not found learning mathemat ...Show more
Short Poems of New Zealand by Jenny Bornholdt
$38.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
"I've begun to think of short poems as being the literary equivalent of the small house movement. Small houses contain the same essential spaces as large houses do. Both have places in which to eat, sleep, bathe and sit; they're the same, except small houses are, well, smaller." —Jenny Bornholdt Funny, ...Show more
Fully Clothed and So Forgetful by Hannah Mettner
$27.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A Winner in Ockhams New Zealand Book Awards - Best First Book Award for Poetry 2018 Fully Clothed and So Forgetful is an intimate, intelligent first book by Hannah Mettner. Moving through love, motherhood, sexuality, family and anxiety, these poems infuse universal themes with wit and sudden, even shock ...Show more
Milk & Honey by Leggott Michele
$30.95 AUD
Category: Science & Technology
ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂNo brief review can hope to do justice to this dense, intricate and vivid collection. Not to be consumed rapidly like verbal takeaways, but sipped and savoured; soul food, mind food.ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂà- NZ Herald Canvas Magazi ...Show more
Psychology for a Better World by Niki Harre
$32.95 AUD
Category: Health & Psychology | Reading Level: very good
Can you save the planet and have some fun along the way? Aimed at the teacher who updates students on the latest climate change negotiations, the conservationist who works to protect endangered species, the office manager who buys fair-trade coffee, or the city counselor who lobbies for cycle lanes, thi ...Show more
House in Little Chelsea by Hastings Claire
$38.95 AUD
Category: General
A story of social change and the evolution of a neighbourhood, full of human interest and the richness and sadness of the passing of time - I loved the irrepressible character who combined the skills of barrister, chef and advertising genius, and the poor first owner with her aesthetic aspirations and h ...Show more