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Lessons on Living: Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from the respected New Zealand psychologist and bestselling author

by Nigel Latta ...

Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs.What do you do when you're told you only have months to live?If you're like Nigel Latta, first, you're going to eat a lot of ice cream. Then, you're going to assemble a mental toolbox to deal with every conceivable conundrum the world could throw at you (the small ones and the big ones).After three decades ... Read more

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Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs.What do you do when you're told you only have months to live?If you're like Nigel Latta, first, you're going to eat a lot of ice cream. Then, you're going to assemble a mental toolbox to deal with every conceivable conundrum the world could throw at you (the small ones and the big ones).After three decades
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The Infinity Machine

Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence

by Sebastian Mallaby ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Extraordinary... beautifully written, clear-eyed and engaged in the deepest ethical questions of our day' Rory Stewart'Mallaby has done full justice to his kaleidoscopically interesting subject ... expertly structured and vividly reported, the book presents the most insightful portrait of Hassabis to date' Financial Times**A revelatory portrait of the ... Read more

$26.99 NZD

**A NEW YORK TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Extraordinary... beautifully written, clear-eyed and engaged in the deepest ethical questions of our day' Rory Stewart'Mallaby has done full justice to his kaleidoscopically interesting subject ... expertly structured and vividly reported, the book presents the most insightful portrait of Hassabis to date' Financial Times**A revelatory portrait of the
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The Traveller

The Revolutionary Life of George Forster and his Search for Humanity

by Andrea Wulf ...

'Andrea Wulf belongs to the small, splendid canon of writers unafraid to render fact with feeling' Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian and author of FiguringAn inspiring biography of the remarkable naturalist, explorer and revolutionary, by the bestselling author of The Invention of NatureGeorge Forster was a man out of time: he journeyed to the far reaches of the known world and challenged t ... Read more

$26.99 NZD

'Andrea Wulf belongs to the small, splendid canon of writers unafraid to render fact with feeling' Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian and author of FiguringAn inspiring biography of the remarkable naturalist, explorer and revolutionary, by the bestselling author of The Invention of NatureGeorge Forster was a man out of time: he journeyed to the far reaches of the known world and challenged t
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist

by Lori Gottlieb ...

A TIME magazine Must-Read Book of the YearEver wonder what your therapist is thinking? Now you can find out, as therapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice — where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).When a personal crisis causes her world to come crashing down, Lori Gottlieb — an experienced therapist with a thriving ... Read more

$32.30 NZD

A TIME magazine Must-Read Book of the YearEver wonder what your therapist is thinking? Now you can find out, as therapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice — where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).When a personal crisis causes her world to come crashing down, Lori Gottlieb — an experienced therapist with a thriving
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Magnificent Rebels

The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

by Andrea Wulf ...

'A witty, gossipy, sparkling history, full of bright jewels of anecdote... Magnificent Rebels is a triumph' THE TIMES, Book of the Week'Extraordinary... A thrilling intellectual history that reads like a racy, intelligent novel, with a cast of unforgettable characters' SUNDAY TIMES'Magnificent Rebels is a magnificent book: a revelation which could easily become an obsession' SPECTATOR... ... Read more

$16.99 NZD

'A witty, gossipy, sparkling history, full of bright jewels of anecdote... Magnificent Rebels is a triumph' THE TIMES, Book of the Week'Extraordinary... A thrilling intellectual history that reads like a racy, intelligent novel, with a cast of unforgettable characters' SUNDAY TIMES'Magnificent Rebels is a magnificent book: a revelation which could easily become an obsession' SPECTATOR...
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Autonomy

The Quest to Build the Driverless Car - And How It Will Reshape Our World

by Lawrence Burns ...

’A fascinating hybrid. Part freewheeling history of the rise of the modern autonomous vehicle, part intimate memoir from an insider who was on the front lines for much of that history, Autonomy will more than bring readers up to speed on one of today’s most closely watched technologies’ Brian Merchant, author of The One DeviceFrom the ultimate insider – a former General Motors executive and ... Read more

$18.99 NZD

’A fascinating hybrid. Part freewheeling history of the rise of the modern autonomous vehicle, part intimate memoir from an insider who was on the front lines for much of that history, Autonomy will more than bring readers up to speed on one of today’s most closely watched technologies’ Brian Merchant, author of The One DeviceFrom the ultimate insider – a former General Motors executive and
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Black is the Body

Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine

by Emily Bernard ...

A New Statesman essential non-fiction read of 2021'Everybody should read [this]' Stylist"Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of my life, and therefore black is the body of this book."In twelve ... Read more

$20.99 NZD

A New Statesman essential non-fiction read of 2021'Everybody should read [this]' Stylist"Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of my life, and therefore black is the body of this book."In twelve
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Sick

A Memoir

by Porochista Khakpour ...

BuzzFeed's 33 Most Exciting New BooksBustle's 28 Most Anticipated Non-fiction Books of 2018Nylon's 50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018Huffington Post's 60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018Electric Literature’s 46 Books to Read By Women of Colour in 2018For as long as Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that time, she didn’t know why. A story of... ... Read more

$19.77 NZD

BuzzFeed's 33 Most Exciting New BooksBustle's 28 Most Anticipated Non-fiction Books of 2018Nylon's 50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018Huffington Post's 60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018Electric Literature’s 46 Books to Read By Women of Colour in 2018For as long as Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that time, she didn’t know why. A story of...
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Ask Me Why I Hurt

The Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor Who Heals Them

by Randy Christensen M.D. ...

An unforgettable and inspiring memoir of an extraordinary doctor who is saving lives in a most unconventional way.Ask Me Why I Hurt is the touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor’s office on wheels. His ... Read more

$12.41 NZD

An unforgettable and inspiring memoir of an extraordinary doctor who is saving lives in a most unconventional way.Ask Me Why I Hurt is the touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor’s office on wheels. His
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The Secret Language of Flowers

by DK ...

Series series DK Secret Histories
Discover the uses and symbolic meanings of flowers over the centuries and across the globe.Flowers have been depicted as objects of beauty and wonder in countless paintings and poems, exchanged as tokens of love and affection, and displayed as symbols of both celebration and remembrance - "saying it with flowers" is truly part of the human experience.But how does the significance of flowers vary ... Read more

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Discover the uses and symbolic meanings of flowers over the centuries and across the globe.Flowers have been depicted as objects of beauty and wonder in countless paintings and poems, exchanged as tokens of love and affection, and displayed as symbols of both celebration and remembrance - "saying it with flowers" is truly part of the human experience.But how does the significance of flowers vary
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And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?

A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks

by Lawrence Weschler ...

"A wonderful portrayal of a brilliant, eccentric man," this biographical memoir by an award-winning author is the untold story of Dr. Oliver Sacks ( People).Lawrence Weschler began spending time with Oliver Sacks in the early 1980s, when he was profiling the neurologist for The New Yorker. Almost a decade earlier, Dr. Sacks had published Awakenings—the account of his long-dormant patients' ... Read more

$21.61 NZD

"A wonderful portrayal of a brilliant, eccentric man," this biographical memoir by an award-winning author is the untold story of Dr. Oliver Sacks ( People).Lawrence Weschler began spending time with Oliver Sacks in the early 1980s, when he was profiling the neurologist for The New Yorker. Almost a decade earlier, Dr. Sacks had published Awakenings—the account of his long-dormant patients'
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National Identity: Confessions of an outsider

by Simon Bridges ...

An open, honest and at times intensely personal memoir about race, fatherhood, marriage, masculinity, fitting in, and the things that shape our national character.Simon Bridges grew up as the son of a working-class Baptist preacher in Te Atatu, as the youngest of six children. In many ways he had a typical Kiwi upbringing, at a time when having little didn't seem to matter much. Yet for Bridges, ... Read more

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An open, honest and at times intensely personal memoir about race, fatherhood, marriage, masculinity, fitting in, and the things that shape our national character.Simon Bridges grew up as the son of a working-class Baptist preacher in Te Atatu, as the youngest of six children. In many ways he had a typical Kiwi upbringing, at a time when having little didn't seem to matter much. Yet for Bridges,
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The Unlikely Doctor

From gang life and prison to becoming a doctor at 56 - the incredible story of Dr Timoti Te Moke

by Timoti Te Moke ...

The extraordinary story of Dr Timoti Te Moke who — having endured a horrific childhood of beatings and abuse, then gang life, stints in prison and an unsupported manslaughter charge — became a doctor at the age of 56 and is a staunch advocate for Māori.Born into love but then thrust into violence, and shaped by struggle, Timoti Te Moke was never destined to be a leader. After an early start as a ... Read more

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The extraordinary story of Dr Timoti Te Moke who — having endured a horrific childhood of beatings and abuse, then gang life, stints in prison and an unsupported manslaughter charge — became a doctor at the age of 56 and is a staunch advocate for Māori.Born into love but then thrust into violence, and shaped by struggle, Timoti Te Moke was never destined to be a leader. After an early start as a
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Lab Girl

by Hope Jahren ...

Lab Girl is a book about work and about love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories: about the discoveries she has made in her lab, as well as her struggle to get there; about her childhood playing in her father's laboratory; about how lab work became a sanctuary for both her heart and her hands; about Bill, the ... Read more

$13.99 NZD

Lab Girl is a book about work and about love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories: about the discoveries she has made in her lab, as well as her struggle to get there; about her childhood playing in her father's laboratory; about how lab work became a sanctuary for both her heart and her hands; about Bill, the
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My Story

A spiritual and intellectual autobiography

by John C. Lennox ...

From his humble beginnings in Belfast to debating the world's most prominent atheists on the global stage, John C. Lennox has spent a lifetime showing how faith and reason can stand together.In My Story, Lennox - one of today's most respected Christian thinkers - invites readers into his remarkable journey: growing up in Northern Ireland, studying at Oxford and Cambridge, teaching mathematics at ... Read more

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From his humble beginnings in Belfast to debating the world's most prominent atheists on the global stage, John C. Lennox has spent a lifetime showing how faith and reason can stand together.In My Story, Lennox - one of today's most respected Christian thinkers - invites readers into his remarkable journey: growing up in Northern Ireland, studying at Oxford and Cambridge, teaching mathematics at
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A Place to Stand

by Clare Ward ...

A country doctor's life in remote Hokianga, spanning more than thirty years.Clare Ward is a country doctor living and working in the Hokianga Harbour area in the far north of Aotearoa New Zealand, a sparsely populated area where there are many health challenges.This thoughtful memoir tells the story of Clare's thirty-year working life, the people she works with and the remote and isolated ... Read more

$22.99 NZD

A country doctor's life in remote Hokianga, spanning more than thirty years.Clare Ward is a country doctor living and working in the Hokianga Harbour area in the far north of Aotearoa New Zealand, a sparsely populated area where there are many health challenges.This thoughtful memoir tells the story of Clare's thirty-year working life, the people she works with and the remote and isolated
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How Death Becomes Life

Notes from a Transplant Surgeon

by Joshua Mezrich ...

Gripping and evocative, How Death Becomes Life takes us inside the operating room and presents the stark dilemmas that transplant surgeons must face daily:How much risk should a healthy person be allowed to take to save someone she loves?Should a patient suffering from alcoholism receive a healthy liver?The human story behind the most exceptional medicine of our time and it is a poignant reminder ... Read more

$13.21 NZD

Gripping and evocative, How Death Becomes Life takes us inside the operating room and presents the stark dilemmas that transplant surgeons must face daily:How much risk should a healthy person be allowed to take to save someone she loves?Should a patient suffering from alcoholism receive a healthy liver?The human story behind the most exceptional medicine of our time and it is a poignant reminder
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Coming of Age at the End of History

by Lea Ypi ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE ONDAATJE PRIZE'The best book I read last year by a mile. . . so beautifully written that anyone would be hooked' Laura Hackett, Sunday Times, Best Summer Books'Wonderfully funny and poignant. . . a tale of family secrets and political awakening amid a crumbling regime' Luke Harding, Observer'We never lose our inner freed... ... Read more

$20.99 NZD

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE ONDAATJE PRIZE'The best book I read last year by a mile. . . so beautifully written that anyone would be hooked' Laura Hackett, Sunday Times, Best Summer Books'Wonderfully funny and poignant. . . a tale of family secrets and political awakening amid a crumbling regime' Luke Harding, Observer'We never lose our inner freed...
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Exactly

How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

by Simon Winchester ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.Precision is the key to everything. It is an integral, unchallenged and essential component of our modern social, mercantile, scientific, ... Read more

$20.99 NZD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.Precision is the key to everything. It is an integral, unchallenged and essential component of our modern social, mercantile, scientific,
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Against the Odds

New Zealand's first women doctors

by Cynthia Farquhar, Michaela Selway ...

In 2025, the year Otago Medical School celebrates 150 years, 50 per cent of graduates are women. Back in 1891, by contrast, when Emily Siedeberg, who would go on to become the school's first woman graduate, applied for entrance it was not at all clear that it would be granted.This book traces the paths of the women who, between the 1890s and 1967, battled indifference and chauvinism — and later ... Read more

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In 2025, the year Otago Medical School celebrates 150 years, 50 per cent of graduates are women. Back in 1891, by contrast, when Emily Siedeberg, who would go on to become the school's first woman graduate, applied for entrance it was not at all clear that it would be granted.This book traces the paths of the women who, between the 1890s and 1967, battled indifference and chauvinism — and later
... Read more
Going Remote

A Teacher's Journey

by Adam Bessie, Peter Glanting ...

**A searingly honest graphic memoir dispatch from a community college professor who cares deeply for his students and family while also combating personal health issues from the frontlines of public education during the pandemic.Going Remote is a joint production of The Censored Press and Seven Stories Press.**With Peter Glanting’s powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor ... Read more

$19.77 NZD

**A searingly honest graphic memoir dispatch from a community college professor who cares deeply for his students and family while also combating personal health issues from the frontlines of public education during the pandemic.Going Remote is a joint production of The Censored Press and Seven Stories Press.**With Peter Glanting’s powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor
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Why Fish Don't Exist

A Story of Finding Our Way in a Chaotic World

by Lulu Miller ...

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025. The profound and life-affirming memoir about finding our way in a chaotic world. 'A sumptuous, surprising, dark delight' Carmen Maria Machado 'Her book took me to strange depths I never imagined, and I was smitten' NYT As the daughter of a scientist, Lulu Miller was taught that chaos will come for us all. There is no cosmic destiny, no grand ... Read more

$13.67 NZD

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025. The profound and life-affirming memoir about finding our way in a chaotic world. 'A sumptuous, surprising, dark delight' Carmen Maria Machado 'Her book took me to strange depths I never imagined, and I was smitten' NYT As the daughter of a scientist, Lulu Miller was taught that chaos will come for us all. There is no cosmic destiny, no grand
... Read more
I'll Fly Away

Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison

by Wally Lamb, I'll Fly Away contributors ...

“Powerful . . . In I’ll Fly Away, the women have penned well-drawn evocative pieces about their experiences . . . . Healing is happening through writing.”—Lisa Ko, author of The LeaversThe #1 New York Times bestselling author offers an inspiring new collection of writings from the members of his acclaimed program in Connecticut’s York Correctional FacilityIn 2003 Wally Lamb, published Couldn’t ... Read more

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“Powerful . . . In I’ll Fly Away, the women have penned well-drawn evocative pieces about their experiences . . . . Healing is happening through writing.”—Lisa Ko, author of The LeaversThe #1 New York Times bestselling author offers an inspiring new collection of writings from the members of his acclaimed program in Connecticut’s York Correctional FacilityIn 2003 Wally Lamb, published Couldn’t
... Read more
Rule of Lies

My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in Putin's Russia

by Jamison R. Firestone ...

'This book is NUTS! – in the best possible way. A relentless roller coaster ride through the heaven and hell of modern Russia' PETER POMERANZEV'Written with all the pace and energy of a John Grisham novel … An incredible true story and a great read!' BILL BROWDER'An astonishing glimpse into a rollercoaster life. A real page-turner' CATHERINE BELTON'If you want to know how Putin ruined Russia and ... Read more

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'This book is NUTS! – in the best possible way. A relentless roller coaster ride through the heaven and hell of modern Russia' PETER POMERANZEV'Written with all the pace and energy of a John Grisham novel … An incredible true story and a great read!' BILL BROWDER'An astonishing glimpse into a rollercoaster life. A real page-turner' CATHERINE BELTON'If you want to know how Putin ruined Russia and
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