The Urban Potter - A Modern Guide to the Ancient Art of Hand-Building Bowls, Plates, Pots and More by Emily Proctor
60.00 NZD
Category: Art
An illustrated step-by-step guide to making 20 unique handcrafted ceramics with simple, natural shapes and neutral tones without a kiln. With more and more people turning towards a slower way of life, away from endless screen time, creative pursuits like hand-building pottery are having their own bo ...Show more
70s House - A Bold Homage to the Most Daring Decade in Design by Estelle Bilson (Contribution by)
50.00 NZD
Category: Design
From disco and glam to space age and psychedelic, there's no denying the huge impact the 70s had on style and design. But how do you bring the era's maximalism to your interior without it looking like a cluttered junk shop or a period pastiche? Estelle Bilson aka @70shousemanchester transformed her 3-be ...Show more
Dust: The Story of the Modern World in a Trillion Particles by Jay Owens
40.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
DUST is unmistakably a major book in the making. This is a book with an extraordinary global story to tell, but - and - also with an ethical argument to advance. - Robert Macfarlane Four-and-a-half billion years ago, Planet Earth was formed from a vast spinning nebula of cosmic dust, the detritus left ...Show more
Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground by Dylan Jones
40.00 NZD
Category: Music
Dylan Jones's definitive oral history of The Velvet Underground draws on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, film-makers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake, to celebrate not only their impact but their legacy, which burns brighter than ever int ...Show more
High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia's Haunted Hinterland by Tom Parfitt
40.00 NZD
Category: Travel
A wonderfully atmospheric memoir-cum-travel narrative about how British journalist Tom Parfitt walked a thousand miles across Russia's Caucasus mountains to lay to rest a ghost after witnessing the carnage of the Beslan school siege in 2004. 'A thrilling and beautiful book' Philip Marsden 'Tom Parfitt ...Show more
P.S. Burn This Letter Please by Craig Olsen
38.00 NZD
Category: History
With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha VelourTheir greatest act of resistance was simply existing In 1950s New York, a group of drag pioneers found work in a small number of Lower East Side clubs. They occupied the margins of society, determined to live authentically, despite the atte ...Show more
Biography of the Bike - The Ultimate History of Bike Design by Chris Boardman; Chris Sidwells (By (photographer)); Eddy Merckx (Foreword by)
30.00 NZD
Category: Sport
From the velocipede era to today's high-tech bikes, dive into the history of the bicycle. Former Olympic cycling gold medalist and world record holder Chris Boardman is among the most influential bicycle designers in the world. In Biography of the Bike, he examines the evolution of the modern bicycle f ...Show more
Botanical Style - Inspirational Decorating with Nature, Plants and Florals by Selina Lake
60.00 NZD
Category: Design
In Botanical Style, popular stylist and bestselling author Selina Lake shows how to tap into the current trend for bringing nature, plants, and florals into the heart of the home. The first chapter, Botanical Inspirations, sets out the ingredients of the look--antique botanical prints and artworks, ...Show more
A Spy in Plain Sight - The Inside Story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen--America's Most Damaging Russian Spy by Lis Wiehl
40.00 NZD
Category: History
A legal analyst for NPR, NBC, and CNN delves into the facts surrounding what has been called the "worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history" the case of Robert Hanssen--a Russian spy who was embedded in the FBI for two decades. As a federal prosecutor and the daughter of an FBI agent, Wiehl has a ...Show more
Warming Up Julia Child: The Remarkable Figures Who Shaped a Legend by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
40.00 NZD
Category: Food & Drink
A Pulitzer Prize finalist peels back the curtain on an unexplored part of Julia Child's life--the formidable team of six she collaborated with to shape her legendary career. Julia Child's monumental Mastering the Art of French Cooking and iconic television show The French Chef required a team of innova ...Show more
The Art of Risk: What we can learn from the world's leading risk-takers by Richard Harris
41.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
Diving doctor on the Thai Cave Rescue (now a Netflix series) and former joint Australian of the Year explores the stories of other people who regularly risk their lives and what we can learn from their expertise. ‘Harry’ Harris – Thai Cave Rescuer, joint Australian of the Year – does something for fun t ...Show more
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll
37.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Harvard's acclaimed geologist "charts Earth's history in accessible style" (AP) "A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED review How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds are, where you're standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of i ...Show more