The Mind Gym - Wake Your Mind Up
$10.00 NZD
Category: Self-help | Reading Level: good-very good
In much of our lives, our mind operates on autopilot. Rather like the tourist who repeats the same words louder each time the local doesn't understand, we often tend to think and behave in set ways, even if it doesn't get us what we want. However, once we can spot our mental habits, we can change them. ...Show more
Aids - Don't Die of Prejudice by Norman Fowler
$14.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
Eighteen million people around the world live with HIV but do not know they are infected. Endangering both themselves and countless others, they represent a public health challenge that affects not only Africa but every part of the world, including Europe and the United States. We stand at a tipping poi ...Show more
F**k It - Do What You Love by John C Parkin
$12.00 NZD
Category: Self-help | Reading Level: very good
A recent Gallup poll in the US found that 70% of those in work didn't enjoy their job. In his latest book, John C. Parkin brings the power of saying 'F**k It' to the subject of doing what we love. In this highly entertaining and motivational book, John sets out to prove that when we do what we love, we ...Show more
Trains and Railways of Australia by Jim Powe
$25.00 NZD
Category: railway | Reading Level: very good
Jim Powe has released his exclusive and unique photographic collection of Australian railways from the 1940s to the present day. There are over 300 pages and many colour photographs. Organised into states, each section includes an introduction, with images captioned in detail.
The Transformation of St Pancras Station by Alastair Lansley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good
At the end of 2007, St Pancras became the new London terminus for the high-speed channel tunnel rail link to continental Europe, taking over from Waterloo International. Central to this change, the entire structure and area around St Pancras have been renovated and transformed as one of the largest civi ...Show more
The Age of Edison - Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America by Ernest Freeberg
$18.00 NZD
Category: America | Series: Penguin History American Life | Reading Level: very good
The late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but arguably the most important invention of all was Thomas Edison's incandescent lightbulb. Unveiled in his Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory in 1879, the lightbulb overwhelmed the American public with the sense of the bir ...Show more
Drive - The surprising truth about what motivates us by Daniel H Pink
$12.00 NZD
Category: Psychology | Reading Level: very good
We've been conditioned to think that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is through external rewards like money or fame, or by the fear of punishment - the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, Daniel H. Pink says in his transformative new book. The key to high performance and satisfact ...Show more
This Idea Must Die - Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress by John Brockman (ed.)
$14.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Edge Question Series | Reading Level: very good
The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world’s most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org’s 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking human progress? Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org—”The world’s smartest website” (The Guardian)—c ...Show more
Be Kind to Your Mind - A Journey of Mental Health & Well-being with Practical Tools for the Wobbly Days by Julia Grace
$15.00 NZD
Category: Self-help | Reading Level: near fine
"More than a self-help book, it's an honest, interactive and well-researched resource. Combining her lived experience of depression and anxiety, with the mental health solutions she teaches worldwide, this book is for everyone, regardless of where they sit on the wellbeing spectrum. Using stories, scien ...Show more
The Fast - The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without by John Oakes
$16.00 NZD
Category: Health | Reading Level: near fine
A fascinating exploration of the unique history and biology of fasting - a practice resurging in popularity and an essential part of many health approaches, religions and philosophies. We fast all the time, even when we're not conscious of doing so. A fast manifests the idea of holding back, resisting t ...Show more
Hard Custom, Hard Dance - Social Organisation, (un)differentiation and Notions of Power in a Tabiteuean Community, Southern Kiribati by Petra M Autio
$25.00 NZD
Category: Pacific | Series: Research Series in Anthropology | Reading Level: very good