The Witch of Maketu and the Bleating Lambs by Anika Moa
$21.00 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things.
Aue! The Witch of Maketu is feeling grumpy and stink. The twelve juicy lambs she's kept for her winter kai are bleating all day and night. She can't get any beauty sleep! Uncle Hemi, a terrifying taniwha, helps the witch come up with a cunning and evil plan to keep those little lambs quiet. But will the ...Show more
You Don't Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious by Tim Minchin
$40.00 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things.
Charlie Mackesy meets Kurt Vonnegut, in the first non-fiction book from Tim Minchin - a beautifully idiosyncratic celebration of life, art, success, kindness, love and thriving in a meaningless universe, drawn from three iconic graduation speeches. 'Life will sometimes seem long and tough. And you wil ...Show more
The Invasion of Waikato — Te Riri ki Tainui by Vincent O'Malley
$39.99 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things.
The 1863 crossing of the Mangatāwhiri River was a pivotal moment, igniting a war between the Crown and the Waikato tribes that profoundly influenced New Zealand’s future. In The Invasion of Waikato: Te Riri ki Tainui, Vincent O’Malley introduces this critical period, presenting a conflict driven by op ...Show more
Home Truths by Charity Norman
$36.99 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things.
Livia Denby is on trial for attempted murder. The jury have reached a verdict. Two years earlier, Livia was a probation officer in Yorkshire, her husband Scott a teacher. Their children, Heidi and Noah, round out a happy family until the day Scott's brother dies. Grief and guilt leave Scott seeking answ ...Show more
Nine Girls by Stacy Gregg
$22.00 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things. | Reading Level: near fine
They dug a hole and they put the box filled with gold inside it. To keep it safe until they could return, one of them placed a tapu on it. A tapu so that anyone who tried to touch the gold would die. Titch is determined to find the gold buried somewhere on her family's land. It might be cursed but that ...Show more
Sam the Trap Man by Sam Gibson
$45.00 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things.
Sam the Trap Man: Cracking yarns and tall tales from the bush. Sam Gibson, aka Sam the Trap Man, is a bushman through and through: hunting, fishing, trapping and adventuring - he does it all. As an unruly teenager starting to get into mischief Sam's parents and teachers struck an unusual deal, letting h ...Show more
Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie by Shelley Burne-Field
$19.99 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things.
An exciting and action-packed animal story featuring two kāhu sisters who must save their injured baby brother - before a coming flood destroys their home. Poto is the perfect fledgling – the apple of her father's eye and a natural at hunting and flying. Anything a kāhu is supposed to be good at, Poto ...Show more
Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
$39.99 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things.
An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements. In the 1950s, a young Ngahuia is fostered by a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves more: she wants higher education and refined living. But whanau dismiss her ...Show more
Oh Miriam! by Miriam Margolyes
$39.99 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things.
Join us on another unforgettable adventure through the extraordinary life and strong opinions of Miriam Margolyes. 'My new book is called Oh Miriam! - something that has been said to me a lot over the years, often in tones of strong disapproval. It contains lots more revelations and stories and discove ...Show more
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
$30.00 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things. | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths | Reading Level: very good
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. ...Show more
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
$27.99 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things. | Series: Heartstopper Ser.
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fifth volume of the much-loved Heartstopper series. Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They've finally said those three little words, an ...Show more
Katherine Mansfield's Europe - Station to Station by Redmer Yska
$50.00 NZD
Category: A few of our favourite things. | Reading Level: very good
Beautifully written and illustrated with maps and stunning photography, Katherine Mansfield's Europe is part travelogue, part literary biography, part detective story and part ghost story. Guided by Mansfield's journals and letters, Redmer Yska traces her restless journey in Europe, seeking out the pla ...Show more