In Code: A Mathematical Journey by Sarah Flannery
$8.00 NZD
Category: Mathematics | Reading Level: good
Sarah Flannery is a cryptographer and mathematician. She is also a sport-loving Co. Cork teenager who takes her Leaving Certificate next year. In this book, written with her father, her first maths teacher, she writes about her life, mathematics and making codes - and this year.
Prosperity without Growth - Economics for a Finite Planet by Tim Jackson
$35.99 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
Is more economic growth the solution? Will it deliver prosperity and well-being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? In this explosive book, Tim Jackson, a top sustainability adviser to the UK government, makes a compelling case against continued economic growth in developed nations. ...Show more
The Best American Science Writing 2011 by Rebecca Skloot (ed.); Floyd Skloot (ed.)
$10.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
""The Best American Science Writing" series has been hailed as, contemporary science's best answers to ...eternal riddles". ("Fortune"); "praised for its breadth - It is rare to be offered such a diverse collection of science writing, ("Nature"); and appreciated for its intelligence and insight - The en ...Show more
Being Mortal - Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
$10.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: good
The Parrot's Lament and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity by Eugene Linden
$8.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: good
A gorilla shrewdly sells back a missing key chain to the highest bidder. An orangutan picks a lock to let himself out of his zoo enclosure and two elephants adopt a tag-team strategy to keep their handlers from putting them back into theirs. In The Parrot's Lament, noted environmentalist Eugene Linden o ...Show more
The Parrot Who Owns Me -The story of a relationship by Joanna Burger
$6.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: good
Seventeen years ago, when she adopted a neglected, orphaned thirty-year-old parrot named Tiko, the internationally renowned ornithologist Joanna Burger entered one of the most complex relationships of her life. Sullen and hostile when he entered Dr. Burger
Wind Gardens - How to Create Beautiful Gardens in Exposed Places by Jacob De Ruiter
$20.00 NZD
Category: Gardening | Reading Level: good-very good
How to Create Beautiful Gardens in Exposed Places
Megafauna -Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America by Richard A. Farina; Sergio F Vizcaino; Gerry De Iuliis
$60.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animal ...Show more
Gardening with New Zealand Plants, Shrubs & Trees by Muriel Fisher; E Satchell; Janet Watkins
$30.00 NZD
Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good
Creepiest Crawly Critters (Explore Your World) by Tim Flannery; Emma Flannery
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-fiction | Series: Explore Your World | Reading Level: near fine
Get ready to get up close and personal with the creepiest crawly critters with real-life explorer and scientist, Professor Tim Flannery. You may think you know all that's around you, but look closer and dig deeper -you'll discover a cast of the scariest (but very cool!) background characters in your lif ...Show more
Better - A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande
$12.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: good-very good
The struggle to perform well is universal, but nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores grippingly how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountabl ...Show more
Snake Oil Science - The truth about complementary and alternative medicine by R Barker Bausell
$16.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
Every year millions of people flock to complementary and alternative therapists offering a vast array of treatments ranging from acupuncture to biofeedback to urine injections. Millions more purchase over-the-counter alternative medications, such as glucosamine, herbs, and homeopathic remedies. While co ...Show more