New Titles Non-Fiction January 2018 (arrived in December 2017)

Art & Architecture

Britain's 100 best railway stations, Simon Jenkins. 725.31 JEN
Delirious: art at the limits of reason, 1950-1980, Kelly Baum. 709.04 BAU: Addressing the maniacal, eccentric, and disorienting in artworks made between 1950 and 1980,
Ezio Gribaudo: the man in the middle of modernism, Victoria Surliuga. 709.45 GRI: Ezio Gribaudo is an Italian artist, collector, and publisher whose life and work took him to the very center of European modern art in the twentieth century.
Georgia O'Keeffe: living modern, Wanda M. Corn. 759.13 OKE: This fresh and carefully researched study brings O'Keeffe's style to life, illuminating how this beloved American artist purposefully proclaimed her modernity in the way she dressed and posed for photographers, from Alfred Stieglitz to Bruce Weber.
Jasper Johns, Roberta Bernstein. 759.13 JOH: Jasper Johns's art unites mastery, mystery, simplicity, and contradiction. His methodical working process combines intense deliberation and experimentation, obsessive craft, cycles of revision and repetition, and decisive shifts of direction. His work occupies a key position in the art of the second half of the twentieth century.
Lost interiors: beauty in desolation, Michael Kerrigan. 720 KER: This book explores the half-life of abandoned buildings from cities around the world and the sad beauty of desolation.
Love: contemporary art meets amour, Danilo Eccher. 709 LOV
Mosques: splendors of Islam, General editor: Jai Imbrey. 726.2 MOS
Rock the boat: boats, cabins and homes on the water, Alisa Kotmair. 728.78 KOT
Signac: reflections on water, Marina Ferretti Bocquillon. 759.4 SIG: Through a selection of over 140 works, this catalogue offers a first approach to Paul Signac's colour harmonies along with an invitation to travel. It illustrates his creative journey from his early impressionist paintings until his final watercolours from the Ports de France series, also including the heroic years of neo-impressionism, the splendor of Saint-Tropez, and the shimmering images of Venice, Rotterdam, and Constantinople.
Some aesthetic decisions: a centennial celebration of Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain", Bonnie Clearwater. 700.4 CLE
Strangers arrive: emigrés and the arts in New Zealand, 1930-1980, Leonard Bell. 700.993 BEL
The art of drawing optical illusions: how to draw mind-bending illusions and three-dimensional trick art in graphite and colored pencil, Jonathan Stephen Harris. 741.2 HAR
The history of art, Marcello Jori. 709 JOR
The long dream of waking: new perspectives on Len Lye, Paul Brobbel. 709.93 LYE
Thomas Banks, 1735-1805: Britain's first modern sculptor, Julius Bryant. 730.92 BAN

Automobiles

Automotive upholstery & interior restoration, Fred Mattson. 629.26 MAT
BMW Z3 and Z4: the complete story, James Taylor. 629.2222 BMW
Build your own electric bicycle, Matthew Slinn. 629.2272 SLI
Car design: the history, principles and concepts behind modern car design, Tony Lewin. 629.23 LEW
Ford Escort RS Cosworth & world rally car, Graham Robson. 629.2222 FOR
Ford in New Zealand: putting the car before the horse, John Stokes. 629.2222 FOR
My dad had that car: a nostalgic look at the American automobile, 1920-1990, Tad Burness. 629.222 BUR
Pilot's handbook of aeronautical knowledge: 2016, U.S. Department of Transporation Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards Service. 629.13252 UNI
Supercars, Richard Gunn. 629.2221 GUN: Supercars looks in detail at 75 of the most celebrated vehicles from Europe, Japan and America.
The hovercraft: photographs from the archives of the world's only hovercraft museum, Jim Gray. 629.32 GRA
Vintage trucks and commercials: Kiwi collections, Steve Reid. 629.224 REI

Biographies

A life of my own, Claire Tomalin. 941.085 TOM: Now married to playwright Michael Frayn, Claire reflects on an extraordinary life filled with love, loss and literature.
A vision splendid: the influential life of William Jellie, a British Unitarian in New Zealand, Wayne Facer. 289.1 JEL: This is a fascinating account of how unitarian values were articulated in his own life and the lives of those he came into contact with in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
After Kathy Acker: a biography, Chris Kraus. 813.54 ACK: Twenty years after her untimely death aged just 50, Acker's legend has faded, making her writing more legible. In this first, fully authorized biography, Kraus approaches Acker both as a writer, and as a member of the artistic communities from which she emerged.
Aiden, 19: so far, Aiden Cahill. 362.59 CAH: Aidan was one of dozens and possibly hundreds of young men and women on New Zealand's streets. Aidan's unconventional life story, so far, is a revelation for anyone interested in an aspect of life that is rarely, if ever, revealed with such candour.
Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow. 973.4 HAM: Traces the life of Alexander Hamilton, an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean, who rose to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.
Ascent: a life spent climbing on the edge, Chris Bonington. 796.522 BON: Ascent charts not only his many triumphs in the climbing world, such as the Eiger, and the Himalaya, but also the struggles he has faced in his life bringing up a family, and maintaining a successful and loving marriage over the decades of travelling the world to conquer mountains. inspirational tale.
Becoming Hitler: the making of a Nazi, Thomas Weber. 943.086 HIT: The story of the making of Adolf Hitler that we are all familiar with is the one Hitler himself wove in his 1924 trial, and then expanded upon in Mein Kampf. It tells of his rapid emergence as National Socialist leader in 1919, and of how he successfully rallied most of Munich and the majority of Bavaria's establishment to support the famous beer-hall putsch of 1923.
Beyoncégraphica: a graphic biography of Beyoncé, Chris Roberts. 781.64 BEY: In this innovative graphic biography, Beyoncé's genius is explored and celebrated like never before, with fun infographics looking at the highlights and successes of her career; from costume changes to record sales, her impressive vocal range to her work off-stage.
Bowie: the illustrated story, Pat Gilbert. 781.66 BOW: This sharply written and gorgeously designed retrospective follows Bowie's career from the folkie baroque rock of his debut, to his breakthrough single "Space Oddity," and on to his flamboyant glam rock alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. Author Pat Gilbert continues through Bowie's soul phase, his electronic Berlin trilogy, his massive pop success in the 1980s, and his turn to electronica in the 1990s, as well as subsequent tours, notable performances, collaborations, and accolades.
Burning bridges: life with my father Glen Campbell, Debby Campbell. 781.64 CAM: In her frank family memoir Debby Campbell sets the record straight on a daughter's love for her talented father, with the full knowledge that she is about to start burning some bridges of her own.She discusses the marriages, the drink and the drugs, the illness and her sacking, as well as Glen Campbell's many successes.
Codename Suzette, Anne Nelson. 940.5318 SPA: Suzanne Spaak and women from the Jewish and Christian resistance groups 'kidnapped' hundreds of Jewish children to save them from the gas chambers.Codename Suzette is one of the untold stories of the Holocaust, an account of outstanding courage in the face of evil.
Confessions of a cartel hitman, Martin Corona. 364.1524 COR
Crazy: my road to redemption, Chris Lewis. 796.358 LEW: 'Crazy' Chris Lewis played in 32 Test Matches and 53 One-Day Internationals for England. In Crazy, Lewis recounts his remarkable, redemptive story, firstly as a child arriving in England from Guyana with his parents, through to his burgeoning cricketing career, international recognition, his arrest and subsequent trial, his time in prison, and how he finally put his life back together.
Daring to drive: a Saudi woman's awakening, Manal al-Sharif. 320.56 SHA: A memoir by a Saudi Arabian woman who became the unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights describes how fundamentalism influenced her radical religious beliefs until her education, a job, and legal contradictions changed her perspectives.
Darling Pol: the letters of Mary Wesley and Eric Siepmann 1944-1967, Mary Wesley and Eric Siepmann. Edited by Patrick Marnham. 823.914 WES: 'They met by chance in the Palm Court of the Ritz Hotel on the evening of 26 October 1944. By the time she eventually caught the train back to Penzance two days later they had fallen in love and Eric had declared that he was determined to marry her.' One of the great surviving post-war correspondences.
Driving to Treblinka: a long search for a lost father, Diana Wichtel. 940.5318 WIC: Diana Wichtel was born in Vancouver. Her mother was a New Zealander, her father a Polish Jew who had jumped off a train to the Treblinka death camp and hidden from the Nazis until the end of the war. When Diana was 13 she moved to New Zealand with her mother, sister and brother. Her father was to follow. Diana never saw him again. Many years later she sets out to discover what happened to him.
Eleanor Marx: a life, Rachel Holmes. 335.4 MAR: Rachel Holmes has gone back to original sources to tell the story of the woman who did more than any other to transform British politics in the nineteenth century, who was unafraid to live her contradictions.
Elizabeth's rival: the tumultuous tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester, Nicola Tallis. 942.055 LEI: The remarkable story of Lettice Knollys, who angered Queen Elizabeth I by marrying her favourite, Robert Dudley, and whose son rebelled against the Queen.
Endurance: a year in space, a lifetime of discovery, Scott Kelly. 629.45 KEL: The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for most consecutive days spent in space. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humour, and passion shine as he describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal.
First man: the life of Neil A. Armstrong, James R. Hansen. 629.45 ARM: Hansen recreates Armstrong's flying career, from his combat missions over North Korea to his transatmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 to the first-ever docking in space.
First time ever: a memoir, Peggy Seeger. 781.62 SEE: Peggy Seeger is one of folk music's most influential artists and songwriters. Born in New York City in 1935, she enjoyed a childhood steeped in music and left-wing politics they remain her lifeblood. Peggy writes of a roller-coaster life of birth and abortion, sex and infidelity, devotion and betrayal in a luminous, beautifully realized account.
Get a life!: the diaries of Vivienne Westwood 2010-2016, Vivienne Westwood. 746.92 WES: Vivienne Westwood began this online diary in 2010 with an impassioned post about Native American activist Leonard Peltier. Since then, she has written two or three entries each month, discussing her life in fashion and her involvement with art, politics and the environment.
Get me the urgent biscuits: an assistant's adventures in theatreland, Sweetpea Slight. 792 SLI: A keenly observed memoir about the vanishing world of London's West End in the 1980s and 1990s, in which a young woman is swept into the orbit of a theatrical impresario.
Gold: my autobiography, Nick Skelton. 798.25 SKE: With a show-jumping career spanning over forty years, Nick Skelton is a legend in the equestrian world.He has competed in eight Olympic Games, was part of the gold medal-winning Great Britain team at London 2012 and made history by winning the individual Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016. Now he tells the full story of his eventful life and matchless achievements.
Good things happen slowly: a life in and out of jazz, Fred Hersch. 786.2 HER: Good Things Happen Slowly is his memoir. It's the story of the first openly gay, HIV-positive jazz player; a deep look into the cloistered jazz culture that made such a status both transgressive and groundbreaking; and a profound exploration of how Hersch's two-month-long coma in 2007 led to his creating some of the finest, most direct, and most emotionally compelling music of his career.
Help, Simon Amstell. 792.7 AMS: Simon Amstell did his first stand-up gig at the age of thirteen. His parents had just divorced and puberty was confusing. Trying to be funny solved everything. HELP is the hilarious and heartbreaking account of Simon's ongoing compulsion to reveal his entire self on stage. From a complicated childhood in Essex to an Ayahuasca-led epiphany in the Amazon rainforest, this story will make you laugh, cry and then feel happier than you've ever been.
Jane Addams:spirit in action, Louise W. Knight. 361 ADD: Jane Addams (1860-1935) was one of the leading figures of the Progressive era. Her rhetorical skills as both speaker and writer made her internationally recognized as a supporter of civil rights, woman suffrage, and labor reform.
King of spies: the dark reign of America's spymaster in Korea, Blaine Harden. 951.9042 NIC: The untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War, and its legacy In 1946. Though he lacked education and pedigree of most spies, Donald Nichols quickly metamorphosed from army mechanic to black ops phenomenon. He insinuated himself into the affections of South Korea's first president, Syngman Rhee, and became a key player in the American war effort, warning months in advance about the North Korean invasion, breaking enemy codes, and identifying most of the bombing targets used throughout the war.
L'appart: the delights and disasters of making my Paris home, David Lebovitz. 641.5 LEB: Bestselling author and world-renowned chef David Lebovitz continues to mine the rich subject of his evolving ex-pat life in Paris, using his perplexing experiences in apartment renovation as a launching point for stories about French culture, food, and what it means to revamp one's life.
Legacy: my story, Sir Gordon Tietjens. 796.33307 TIE: Gordon 'Titch' Tietjens, pioneer of the global sevens game, is one of New Zealand's greatest ever rugby coaches. His many accolades - including 12 IRB World Series, two IRB Rugby World Cups and four Commonwealth Games gold medals - easily place him alongside the likes of Fred Allen, Brian Lochore, Graham Henry and Steve Hansen.
Moscow calling: memoirs of a foreign correspondent, Angus Roxburgh. 070.433 ROX: From the dark, fearful days of communism and his adventures as a correspondent as the Soviet Union collapsed into chaos, to his frustrating work as a media consultant in Putin's Kremlin, this is a unique,fascinating and often hilarious insight into a country that today, more than ever, is of global political significance.
Obama: an intimate portrait, Pete Souza. 973.932 OBA: The definitive visual biography of Barack Obama's historic presidency, captured in unprecedented detail by Pete Souza, his Chief White House photographer.Pete Souza was with President Obama during more crucial moments than anyone else and he photographed them all - from the highly classified to the disarmingly candid.
On edge: a journey through anxiety, Andrea Petersen. 616.8522 PET: Woven into Petersen's personal story is a fascinating look at the biology of anxiety and the groundbreaking research that might point the way to new treatments. She compares psychoactive drugs to non-drug treatments, including biofeedback and exposure therapy and explores the role that genetics and the environment play in mental illness.
Only fools and stories, David Jason. 791.45028 JAS: David Jason - from his early years training as an electrician through to making it as one of Britain's greatest actors.
Oxygen, William Trubridge. 797.23 TRU: The incredible under-water world of New Zealander William Trubridge. A memoir of an aquatic affinity, the power of the subconscious mind and testing the limits of human physiology. William Trubridge has reached depths never thought possible on the precipice of low oxygen.
Passage across the Mersey, Robert Bhatia. 920.72 FOR: Previously, Helen wrote a ground-breaking series of memoirs, starting with Twopence to Cross the Mersey, which told the harrowing account of her family's struggles in Depression-era Liverpool. Now her son Robert recounts the unexpected life that Helen went on to live; of the remarkable love story with a young man from a background a million miles away from everything a Lancashire Lass like Helen would have known and of the astonishing lengths she went to in order to achieve happiness.
President McKinley: architect of the American century, Robert W. Merry. 973.8 MCK: Acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley, which loses out to the brilliant and flamboyant Theodore Roosevelt who succeeded him after his assassination.
Promise me, Dad: a year of hope, hardship, and purpose, Joe Biden. 973.932 BID: The former vice-president of the United States chronicles the difficult final year of his son's battle with cancer, his efforts to balance his responsibilities to the country and his family, and the lessons he learned.
Renoir's dancer: the secret life of Suzanne Valadon, Catherine Hewitt. 759.4 VAL: In 1880's, Suzanne Valadon was considered the Impressionists' most beautiful model. Then one day Renoir caught her indulging in a secret passion: the model was herself a talented artist. Some found her vibrant still lifes and frank portraits as shocking as her bohemian lifestyle.
Run or die, Kilian Jornet. 796.42 JOR: Kilian Jornet is a world champion ultra-runner, and before age 25 had conquered some of the toughest physical tests on the planet. He has run the great Mt. Kilimanjaro faster than any other human being, and struck down world records in every challenge that has been proposed.
Shine like it does: the life of Michael Hutchence, Toby Creswell. 781.66 HUT: The real story of a complex man whose star is still shining two decades after his death. Born into an eccentric and difficult marriage, Hutch grew up in different countries before settling into suburban Sydney. He made friends with Andrew Farriss who provided a surrogate family. Andrew's musicality and Michael's charisma was from the start till the end the basis of INXS. Michael then felt the need to move away from a strictly pop life and he pushed himself into more challenging areas.
Smashing it up: a decade of chaos with The Damned, Kieron Tyler. 781.66 DAM: Putting The Dammed in context for the first time, Smashing It Up is the history of this important band and their original members. It's also packed with their encounters with Marc Bolan, America, members of Pink Floyd, and their always strained relationship with the music business.
The Bettencourt affair: the world's richest woman and the scandal that rocked Paris, Tom Sancton. 338.766 BET: This riveting narrative tells the real-life, shocking story behind the cause celebre that has captivated both France and the world. Liliane Bettencourt is the world's richest woman and the eleventh wealthiest person on the planet, as of 2016. But at ninety-four, she's embroiled in an incredible controversy that has dominated the headlines and ensnared a former president of France in the controversy. The Bettencourt Affair is part courtroom drama; part upstairs-downstairs tale; part business narrative of a glamorous global company with past Nazi connections; and part character-driven story of a complex, fascinating family and the intruder who nearly tore it apart.
The boy in 7 billion: a true story of love, courage and hope, Callie Blackwell. 362.196994 BLA: This is the true story of the extraordinary lengths that a mother went to, to help her dying son who has leukaemia and Langerhan's cell syndrome.
The boy with the perpetual nervousness: a memoir of an adolescence, Graham Caveney. 362.76 CAV
The Commando: the life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG, Ben Mckelvey. 356.167 BAI
The currency of love: a courageous journey to finding the love within, Jill Dodd. 746.92 DOD: This modern memoir with a feminist fairy tale twist reveals how one woman chose to live her life without forfeiting her independence, ambition, creative expression, and free spirit, all while learning one invaluable lesson: nothing is worth the sacrifice of her integrity, inner peace, and spirit.
The first Iron Lady: a life of Caroline of Ansbach, Matthew Dennison. 941.072 CAR: History has forgotten Caroline of Ansbach, yet in her lifetime she was compared frequently to Elizabeth I and considered by some as 'the cleverest queen consort Britain ever had'. The intellectual superior of her buffoonish husband George II. The First Iron Lady uncovers the complexities of Caroline's multifaceted life.
The French exception: Emmanuel Macron: the extraordinary rise and risk, Adam Plowright. 944.084 MAC: British journalist Adam Plowright presents the inside story of Macron's sudden rise to power, delving into his personal and political background, his vision for the future, and how he is perceived inside France and throughout the rest of the world - especially from within Westminster.
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot. 616.027 LAC: The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
The Kardashians: an American drama, Jerry Oppenheimer. 791.45028 KAR: Reveals the untold, definitive story based on two years of investigative reporting and scores of candid, on-the-record interviews, ranging from childhood friends to powerful business associates, who break their silence for the first time.
The last girl: my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State, Nadia Murad. 956.7044 MUR: Today, Nadia's story; as a witness to the Islamic State's brutality, a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidi, has forced the world to pay attention to the ongoing genocide in Iraq. It is a call to action, a testament to the human will to survive, and a love letter to a lost country, a fragile community, and a family torn apart by war.
The museum of words: a memoir of language, writing, and mortality, Georgia Blain. 823.92 BLA: In late 2015, Georgia Blain was diagnosed with a tumour sitting right in the language centre of her brain. After the shock of a bleak prognosis and a long, gruelling treatment schedule, she immediately turns to writing to rebuild her language and herself. This idiosyncratic and deeply personal memoir is a writer's take on how language shapes us, and how often we take it for granted, until we are in danger of losing it.
The power of good people: surviving Sri Lanka's civil war: a refugee's remarkable journey, and those who made it possible, Para Paheer. 954.93 PAR: Para was barely five years old when civil war erupted in Sri Lanka. Nearly three decades later it ended in appalling horror and bloodshed. Tens of thousands of innocent civilians died. Survival required courage, ingenuity and the kindness of strangers. This is Para's story of survival against all odds.
The sky below, Scott Parazynski. 629.45 PAR: Re-creates some of the most unforgettable adventures of our time. From dramatic, high-risk spacewalks to author Scott Parazynski's death-defying quest to summit Mount Everest'his body ravaged by a career in space'readers will experience the life of an elite athlete, physician, and explorer.
The undiscovered Paul Robeson: quest for freedom, 1939-1976, Paul Robeson, Jr. 305.896 ROB: The Undiscovered Paul Robeson traces the dramatic arc of one of the nation's most distinguished performing artists and passionate leaders in the fight for universal human rights.
The Vanity Fair diaries: 1983-1992, Tina Brown. 070.92 BRO: The story of an Englishwoman barely out of her twenties who arrives in Manhattan and is immediately plunged into the maelstrom of the competitive New York media world and the backstabbing rivalries at the court of the planet's slickest, most glamour-focused magazine company.
Tracker: stories of Tracker Tilmouth, Alexis Wright. 994.29 TIL: A collective memoir of the charismatic Aboriginal leader, political thinker and entrepreneur Tracker Tilmouth, who died in Darwin in 2015 at the age of 62. Tracker Tilmouth worked tirelessly for Aboriginal self-determination, creating opportunities for land use and economic development in his many roles, including Director of the Central Land Council of the Northern Territory.
What is it all but luminous: notes from an underground man, Art Garfunkel. 781.64 GAR: A memoir artful, moving, lyrical impressions of a life that reveal the making of a musician, the evolution of a man; a portrait of a lifelong friendship and of a collaboration that became the most successful singing duo in the roiling age that embraced, and was defined by their pathfinding music.

Books about books

The illustrated dust jacket 1920-1970, Martin Salisbury. 741.64 SAL: The Illustrated Book Jacket explores the pictorial dust jacket through a selection of more than 300 key works and artists that influenced the course of book jacket design.

Business & Management

Capital Gaines: smart things I learned doing stupid stuff, Chip Gaines. 650.1 GAI
Excuse me: the survival guide to modern business etiquette, Rosanne J. Thomas. 395.5 THO
Futureproof: How to get your business ready for the next disruption, Minter Dial and Caleb Storkey. 658.406 DIA
Great answers to tough interview questions, Martin John Yate. 650.144 YAT
How to be happy at work: the power of purpose, hope and friendships, Annie McKee. 650.1 MCK
How to work with and lead people not like you: practical solutions for today's diverse workplace, Kelly McDonald. 658.3 MCD
HR manager: a New Zealand handbook, Richard Rudman. 658.3 RUD
Institutional intelligence: how to build an effective organization, Gordon T. Smith. 658 SMI
Make elephants fly: the process of radical innovation, Steven S. Hoffman. 658.406 HOF: Innovation is no longer an option-it's the price of admission into the business world. Make Elephants Fly is designed to help you implement the same innovation methodologies and processes as Silicon Valley startups.
Payroll: a practical guide to New Zealand payroll administration, Warick Heads. 658.32 HEA
Quickbooks 2018 for dummies, Stephen L. Nelson. 657.0285 NEL
The asshole survival guide: how to deal with people who treat you like dirt, Robert I. Sutton. 650.13 SUT
The leadership gap: what gets between you and your greatness, Lolly Daskal. 658.409 DAS

Cartoons

The best American comics 2015, Jonathan Lethem. 741.5 BES: An anthology of top-selected graphic pieces published in American periodicals in 2013 and 2014 showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors.
The best American comics. 2017, Ben Katchor. 741.5 BES: The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors and highlights both fiction and nonfiction from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, in galleries, minicomics, and the web.

Commerce

Jewel of knightsbridge: the origins of the Harrods empire, Robin Harrod. 381.14 HAR
Straight talk on trade: ideas for a sane world economy, Dani Rodrik. 382.7 ROD
The diary of a bookseller, Shaun Bythell. 381.45002 BYT

Computers

Designing data-intensive applications: the big ideas behind reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems, Martin Kleppmann. 005.3 KLE
Google Apps, Luke Johnson. 006.7 JOH
Learn Java the easy way: a hands-on introduction to programming, Bryson Payne. 005.133 JAV
Make great art on your iPad: paint, draw, share, Alison Jardine. 776 JAR
Managing the digital you: where and how to keep and organize your digital life, Melody Condron. 004.5 CON
Mobile app development with Ionic, revised edition: cross-platform apps with Ionic, Angular, and Cordova, Chris Griffith. 005.3 GRI
Modern Java recipes: simple solutions to difficult problems in Java 8 and 9, Ken Kousen. 005.133 JAV
Raspberry Pi, Sean McManus. 005.1 MCM
The four: the hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, Scott Galloway. 338.761004 GAL
The official BBC micro:bit user guide, Gareth Halfacree. 006 HAL
WordPress for dummies, Lisa Sabin-Wilson; foreword by Matt Mullenweg. 006.7 SAB

Crafts & Collecting

All things paper: 20 unique projects from leading paper crafters, artists, and designers, Ann Martin. 736.98 MAR
Animal quilts: 12 paper piecing patterns for stunning animal quilts designs, Juliet van der Heijden. 746.46 VAN
Bold & beautiful paper flowers: more than 50 easy paper blooms and gorgeous arrangements you can make at home, Chantal Larocque. 745.594 LAR
Cræft: how traditional crafts are about more than just making, Alexander Langlands. 306.46 LAN
Crafty little things to sew: 20 clever sewing projects using scraps & fat quarters, Caroline Fairbanks-Critchfield. 646.2 FAI
Creative folk art & beyond: inspiring tips, projects, and ideas for creating cheerful folk art inspired by the Scandinavian concept of hygge. 745.5 CRE
Easy-to-make trend jewelry: bohemian-inspired designs with tassels, stones & cord. 739.27 EAS
Edgy embroidery: transform conventional stitches into 25 unconventional designs, Renee Rominger. 746.44 ROM
Fat quarter Christmas: 25 projects to make from short lengths of fabric, Jemima Schlee. 745.5941 SCH
Fauna: the art of jewelry, Patrick Mauries. 739.27 MAU
Garlands, Natalie Wright. 745.5 WRI
Knits for girls and young juniors: 17 contemporary designs for sizes 6 to 12, Lee Gant. 746.432 GAN
Leatherworks: traditional craft for modern living, Otis Ingrams. 745.53 ING
Macramé: the craft of creative knotting for your home, Fanny Zedenius. 746.422 ZED
Make: fabric and fiber inventions: sew, knit, print, and electrify your own designs to wear, use, and play with, Kathy Ceceri. 746 CEC
Makers ware: ceramic, wood and glass for the tabletop.. 738 MAK
Making steampunk jewellery, Nikki Druce. 739.27 DRU
Mastering wirework jewelry: 15 intricate designs to create, Rachel Norris. 745.594 NOR
May Morris: arts & crafts designer, Anna Mason. 745.4 MOR
Modern tapestry crochet: techniques, projects, adventure, Alessandra Hayden. 746.434 HAY
Nicky Epstein knits for dolls: 25 fun, fabulous outfits for 18-inch dolls, Nicky Epstein. 746.432 EPS
Pottery you can use: an essential guide to making plates, pots, cups and jugs, Jacqui Atkin. 738 ATK
Quilted symphony: a fusion of fabric, texture & design, Gloria Loughman. 746.46 LOU
Snitte: the Danish art of whittling: make beautiful wooden birds, Frank Egholm. 736.4 EGH
Super-cute felt: 35 step-by-step projects to make and give, Laura Howard. 746.0463 HOW
The art of quilling paper jewelry: techniques & projects for metallic earrings & pendants, Ann Martin. 739.27 MAR
The big book of jewelry making: 75 projects to make.. 739.27 BIG
The fine art of paper flowers: a guide to making beautiful and lifelike botanicals, Tiffanie Turner. 745.594 TUR
The wild dyer: a guide to natural dyes & the art of patchwork & stitch, Abigail Booth. 746.13 BOO
The wood carver's dozen: a collection of 12 beautiful projects for complete beginners, Celina Muire. 736.4 MUI
Ultimate papercraft bible: a complete reference with step-by-step techniques, Marie Clayton. 745.54 ULT

Crime

Decades behind bars: a 20-year conversation with men in America's prisons, Gaye D. Holman. 365.6 HOL
Genetics, crime and justice, Debra Wilson. 614.1 WIL: This timely book examines the use of genetic information both in criminal investigations and during the trial process.
Heart full of lies: a true story of desire and death, Ann Rule. 364.1523 RUL
Last king of the X, John Ibrahim. 364.373 IBR

Crime & Espionage

Mindhunter, John Douglas & Mark Olshaker. 363.2 DOU: Retired FBI Special Agent John Douglas let us inside the FBI elite serial crime unit and into the disturbed minds of some of the most savage serial killers in the world.
Smuggler nation: how illicit trade made America, Peter Andreas. 364.133 AND
The woman who fooled the world: Belle Gibson's cancer con, Beau Donelly & Nick Toscano. 364.163 DON: Belle Gibson convinced the world she had healed herself from terminal brain cancer with a healthy diet. She built a global business based upon her claims. There was just one problem; she'd never had cancer. In 2015, journalists uncovered the truth.

Customs

Everything Valentine: heartwarming stories of love, Tonya Lambert. 394.26 LAM

Economics

Digital gold: bitcoin and the inside story of the misfits and millionaires trying to reinvent money, Nathaniel Popper. 332.4 POP
Economics for the Common Good, Jean Tirole. 330 TIR: This is a passionate manifesto for a world in which economics is a positive force for the common good.
Talking to my daughter about the economy: a brief history of capitalism, Yanis Varoufakis. 330 VAR
The art of business, Greg Clydesdale. 338.951 CLY: Clydesdale explains Chinese business in history: the strategies and practices through which Chinese merchants became rich. He also provides valuable insights into how Chinese business has evolved and continues to evolve.
The art of loading brush: new agrarian writings, Wendell Berry. 338.1 BER: American cultural problems are nearly always aligned with their agricultural problems, and recent events have shone a terrible spotlight on the divides between our urban and rural citizens.
The death of homo economicus: work, debt and the myth of endless accumulation, Peter Fleming. 330 FLE
The Kinfolk entrepreneur: ideas for meaningful work, Nathan Williams. 338.04 WIL
The next factory of the world: how Chinese investment is reshaping Africa, Irene Yuan Sun. 338.4 SUN
The world after GDP: economics, politics and international relations in the post-growth era, Lorenzo Fioramonti. 339.3 FIO

Education

Education a la carte: choosing the best schooling options for your child, Dr. Kevin Leman. 371 LEM
Explore like a pirate: engage, enrich, and elevate your learners with gamification and game-inspired course design, Michael Matera. 371.3 MAT
The gift of dyslexia: why some of the brightest people can't read and how they can learn, Ronald D. Lewis. 371.914 DAV: Written from personal experience of dyslexia, this book offers insights into the learning problems and stigmas faced by those with the condition, and provides tried and tested techniques for overcoming and correcting it.

Engineering & Technology

Be that engineer: inspiration and insight from accomplished women engineers.. 620 BE: ead what some of the top women engineers in their field have to say about taking risks, creating change, being a leader, creating balance in your life and other inspiring topics.
Building a sectional layout, Pelle K. Søborg. 625.19 SOE: How-to advice for railway modeling sections, building benchwork, and laying track.
Rise of the necrofauna: the science, ethics, and risks of de-extinction, Britt Wray. 660.65 WRA: By unpacking the many biological, technological, ethical, environmental, and legal questions raised by this fascinating new field, Wray offers a captivating look at the best and worst of resurrection science.

Environment

Marine conservation, P. Keith Probert. 333.916 PRO
Water rights for Ngāi Tahu: a discussion paper, Te Maire Tau. 333.91 TAU

Farming

Against the grain: a deep history of the earliest states, James C. Scott. 630 SCO: An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations that contradict the standard narrative.
Life on Muzzle: three generations on New Zealand's most remote station, Fiona Redfern. 636.301 RED
The minimalist gardener: low impact, no dig growing, Patrick Whitefield. 631.58 WHI: Explores a cutting edge of permaculture gardening that is practical and visionary. Patrick describes an evolving system that is totally chemical free, requiring little input from outside the garden gate. His minimalist approach uses techniques such as no-dig, raised beds, perennial vegetables and self-seeding salads as ground cover, There are also tips on fruit growing, from berries to fruit trees, including how to choose rootstocks and varieties.
The quiet forest: the case against aerial 1080, Fiona M.F. McQueen. 632.95 MCQ

Fashion

Kimono: vanishing tradition: Japanese textiles of the 20th century, Cheryl Imperatore. 391 IMP
Look book, Bernhard Roetzel. 391.1 ROE: Stylish combinations for every occasion from elegant to casual chic. Roetzel has summoned the best-dressed and most influential men from the fashion blogosphere to share their favorite looks. What should a man wear to a business lunch, over the weekend, or on special occasions. From the tie to the shoe, from the shirt to the tuxedo everything a man needs for a stylish appearance is shown in exquisite color photos and diverse, elegant outfits.
Making vintage 1920s clothes for women, Suzanne Rowland. 646.404 ROW
Making vintage 1940s clothes for women, Sarah Magill. 646.404 MAG: This book shows a range of 1940s outfits to recreate the look of those vintage years.
Schreiner: masters of twentieth-century costume jewelry, Carole Tanenbaum. 688.2 TAN
Sewing your perfect capsule wardrobe: 5 key pieces to tailor to your style, Arianna Cadwallader & Cathy McKinnon. 646.2 CAD
Silk: from the myths & legends to the Middle Ages, Priscilla Lowry. 677.39 LOW
The tattoo dictionary: an A-Z guide to choosing your tattoo, Trent Aitken-Smith. 391.65 AIT
Vogue: the gown, Jo Ellison. 391.4 ELL

Film, Television & Theatre

Balancing acts: behind the scenes at the National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner. 792.0941 HYT
Hank & Jim: the fifty-year friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart, Scott Eyman. 791.43028 FON
Live cinema and its techniques, Francis Ford Coppola. 791.43023 COP
Movie geek: the Den of Geek! guide to the movieverse, Simon Brew. 791.437 BRE
Performing dramaturgy, Fiona Graham. 792.0993 GRA
Slayers & vampires: the complete uncensored, unauthorized oral history of Buffy the vampire slayer & Angel, Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman. 791.457 GRO
Star Wars: the new essential guide to droids, Daniel Wallace. 791.437 WAL: In this updated and expanded nuts-and-bolts survey, each and every droid receives its due; from the simplist drones to the most sophisicated automatons, from heroic protocol model C-3PO and his multitaking sidekick R2-D2, to the insidious Separatist leader General Grievious.
The actor uncovered: a life in acting, Michael Howard. 792.028 HOW: Michael Howard uses a unique approach to teaching acting, reflecting on his own history and sharing his own experiences as an actor, director, and teacher.
The camera in the crowd: filming New Zealand in peace and war, 1895-1920, Christopher Pugsley. 791.430993 PUG
The disaster artist: my life inside The Room, the greatest bad movie ever made, Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell. 791.437 SES: In The Disaster Artist, Greg Sestero, Tommy's costar, recounts the film's bizarre journey to infamy, explaining how the movie's many nonsensical scenes and bits of dialogue came to be and unraveling the mystery of Tommy Wiseau himself.
The story of the Great British Bake Off, Anita Singh. 791.457 SIN
Warner Bros: the making of an American movie studio, David Thomson. 384.8 THO

Food & Wine

A beautiful mess: weekday weekend: how to live a healthy veggie life … and still eat treats, Emma Chapman. 641.5636 CHA: A narrative vegetarian cookbook for home cooks of all skill levels from the extremely popular blog A Beautiful Mess.
Ancient brews: rediscovered and re-created, Patrick E. McGovern. 641.23 MCG
Be good to your gut: the ultimate guide to gut health with 80 delicious recipes to feed your body and mind, Eve Kalinik. 641.5631 KAL
Catalonia: recipes from Barcelona and beyond, José Pizarro. 641.5946 PIZ
Cheese: the essential guide to cooking with cheese, over 100 recipes, Michel Roux. 641.673 ROU
Cocolat: extraordinary chocolate desserts, Alice Medrich. 641.6374 MED
Coffee art: creative coffee designs for the home barista, Dhan Tamang. 641.877 TAM
Cooking with kindness: over 70 recipes from Australia's best vegan chefs and restaurants, Pam Ahern. 641.5636 COO
Cravings: recipes for all the food you want to eat, Chrissy Teigen. 641.5 TEI
Cute Christmas cookies: adorable and delicious festive treats, Hannah Miles. 641.568 MIL
Downtime: deliciousness at home, Nadine Levy Redzepi. 641.5 RED: Inspired by her own childhood and life-long love of food, Nadine Levy Redzepi has created a personal and inviting notebook of recipes that bring her family together around the kitchen table.
East by West: simple ayurvedic recipes for ultimate mind-body balance, Jasmine Hemsley. 641.563 HEM
Everyday dinner ideas: 103 easy recipes for chicken, pasta, and other dishes everyone will love, Addie Gundry. 641.54 GUN
Food in Vogue, Taylor Antrim. 778.99641 FOO: Food in Vogue collects the most striking, mouthwatering food photography and finest food writing from one of the most respected magazines in the world.
French pâtisserie: master recipes and techniques from the Ferrandi School of Culinary Arts, Ferrandi School of Culinary Arts. 641.865 FER
Gino's Italian coastal escape: a taste of Italy from the Aeolian Islands to Elba, Gino D'Acampo. 641.5945 DAC
Handmade gifts from the kitchen: more than 100 culinary inspired presents to make and bake, Alison Walker. 641.5 WAL
Healing spices: 50 wonderful spices, and how to use them in health-giving foods and drinks, Kirsten Hartvig. 641.6383 HAR
Homemade pasta made simple: a pasta cookbook with easy recipes & lessons to make fresh pasta any night, Manuela Zangara. 641.822 ZAN
Hong Kong food city, Tony Tan. 641.5951 TAN
In a jam: jams, marmalades, curds, jellies and cordials, Kirsten Day. 641.852 DAY
Kai and culture: food stories from Aotearoa, Emma Johnson. 641.5993 KAI
Kirstie's real kitchen, Kirstie Allsopp. 641.5 ALL
Kitchen conundrums, Robert J. Stordy. 641.5 STO: Provides an depth understanding of the processes involved in cooking and easy to understand information about a broad range of food and cooking issues.
Lagom: the Swedish art of eating harmoniously, Steffi Knowles-Dellner. 641.59485 KNO
Les abats: recipes celebrating the whole beast, Michael Roux Jr. 641.66 ROU: Brains, organs, intestines, hooves are traditionally viewed with distaste in our society but are an integral part of French and world cuisine. Two-star Michelin chef hopes to change the way we think about offal and demonstrate that, with a little time and effort, it can be used to produce enticing and delicious food.
Lisboeta: recipes from Portugal's City of Light, Nuno Mendes. 641.59469 MEN
Nikau Cafe, Kelda Hains. 641.5 HAI: Cooking with fresh, seasonal produce. Kelda Hains shares lessons learnt over the last twenty years so the home cook can make simple, elegant food the Nikau way.
Nourished: 80 wholefood recipes, Libby Matthews. 641.5637 MAT
River Cottage much more veg, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 641.5636 FEA: Demonstrates how easy it is to make versatile, plentiful and delicious vegetables the bedrock of your diet.
Simply good food, Neil Perry. 641.5 PER: Renowned Australian chef Neil Perry presents a collection of the simple, produce-driven recipes he likes to cook for friends and family.
Tacos: authentic Mexican tacos the Playa Takeria way, Ricardo Amare del Castillo. 641.84 CAS
The Christmas chronicles: notes, stories & 100 essential recipes for midwinter, Nigel Slater. 641.568 SLA
The fearless baker: simple secrets for baking like a pro, Erin Jeanne McDowell. 641.865 MCD
The flexible vegetarian, Jo Pratt. 641.5636 PRA
The Hairy Bikers' Mediterranean adventure, Si King. 641.594 KIN: The Hairy Bikers' Mediterranean Adventure celebrates the culinary delights of France, Spain and Italy.
The healthy meal prep cookbook: easy and wholesome meals to cook, prep, grab, and go, Toby Amidor. 641.563 AMI
The how not to die cookbook, Michael Greger. 641.563 GRE
The Moosewood Restaurant table: 250 brand-new recipes from the natural foods restaurant that revolutionized eating in America, Moosewood Collective. 641.5636 MOO
The road to Mexico, Rick Stein. 641.5972 STE: Rick Stein brings his unrivalled enthusiasm and trusted expertise to the fresh, flavourful food of Mexico and California.
The Sioux Chef's indigenous kitchen, Sean Sherman. 641.5973 SHE: A delectable introduction to modern indigenous cuisine of the Dakota and Minnesota territories, with a vision and approach to food that travels well beyond those borders.
The sous vide kitchen: techniques, ideas, and more than 100 recipes to cook at home, Christina Wylie. 641.587 WYL
The Sullivan Street Bakery cookbook, Jim Lahey. 641.5945 LAH
The Sunday night book: 52 recipes to make the weekend feel longer, Rosie Sykes. 641.5 SYK
The vegetable, Carline Griffiths. 641.5636 GRI: An essential collection of 130 plant-based recipes featuring fresh flavors and exciting combinations that will delight anyone looking to eat more vegetables.
Toast & jam: modern recipes for rustic baked goods and sweet & savory spreads, Sarah Owens. 641.815 OWE
Whiskies galore: a personal journey (of sorts, and a sort of a journey) around Scotland's island distilleries, Ian Buxton. 641.252 BUX
Yummy, easy, quick: 127 dinners that take 30 minutes or less to prepare, Matt Preston. 641.555 PRE

Gardens and Gardening

100 years, 100 landscape designs, John Hill. 712 HIL
Encyclopedia of landscape design, Chris Young. 712.6 ENC
Grow your own: how to be an urban farmer, Angus Stewart. 635 STE: Provides simple step-by-step methods and information enabling the average city dweller to grow food plants at whatever scale their time and resources permit and no matter their location, be it suburban backyard or apartment balcony.
Growing self-sufficiency: realize your dream and enjoy producing your own fruit, vegetables, eggs and meat, Sally Nex. 635 NEX
Head gardeners, Ambra Edwards. 635 EDW: Explores the livesand achievements of 12 very special head gardeners, examining the various roles of the head gardener today.
Life in the garden, Penelope Lively. 635 LIV
Success with succulents: choosing, growing, and caring for cactuses and other succulents, John Bagnasco. 635.952 BAG
The essential garden design workbook, Rosemary Alexander, Rachel Myers. 712 ALE
The wellness garden: grow, eat, and walk your way to better health, Shawna Coronado. 635 COR

Graphic Arts

Print making: traditional and contemporary techniques, Ann d'Arcy Hughes. 760.2 HUG

Health & Medicine

A woman's guide to living with heart disease, Carolyn Thomas. 616.12 THO
American Diabetes Association guide to nutrition therapy for diabetes, Alison B. Evert. 616.462 AME
Baby lost: a story of grief and hope, Hannah Robert. 618.39 ROB
Detecting & living with breast cancer, Marshalee George and Kimlin Tam Ashing. 616.994 GEO
Doctor you: revealing the science of self-healing, Jeremy Howick. 613 HOW
Epi-paleo Rx: the prescription for disease reversal and optimal health, Dr. Jack Kruse. 613 KRU
Everyday mindfulness for OCD: tips, tricks & skills for living joyfully, Jon Hershfield. 616.8522 HER: Two experts in OCD team up to teach readers how mindfulness, humour, and self-compassion can help them to stop dwelling on what's wrong and start enhancing life.
Faces from the front: Harold Gillies, The Queen's Hospital, Sidcup, and the origins of modern plastic surgery, Andrew Bamji. 617.51 BAM
Gasping for air: how breathing is killing us and what we can do about it, Kevin Glynn. 616.2 GLY
How to weep in public: feeble offerings on depression from one who knows, Jacqueline Novak. 616.8527 NOV
Juniper: the girl who was born too soon, Kelley and Thomas French. 618.9201 FRE
Kilted yoga: yoga laid bare, Finlay Wilson. 613.7046 WIL: Finlay introduces you to the fundamentals of yoga through four progressive sequences to help you develop your practice.
Myles textbook for midwives, Jayne E. Marshall, Maureen D. Raynor. 618.2 MYL
Only connect: poems and stories from New Zealand music therapy, Claire Molyneux. 615.851 ONL
Out of the woods: a journey through depression and anxiety, Brent Williams. 616.8527 WIL
Ready to run: unlocking your potential to run naturally, Kelly Starrett. 613.717 STA
Reflections on health: in our nakedness, who are we?, Bryan Hale. 615.534 HAL: The book is written from a chiropractor practitioner's viewpoint, with observations from treating patients over many years.
Sāmoan odyssey, Semisi Ma`ia`i. 610.6952 MAI: Semisi Ma`ia`i left his Sāmoan home to pursue a career in medicine in New Zealand.
Safe, Chris Ryan. 613.69 RYA: In today's increasingly hostile climate people are anxious about how to keep themselves safe. Chris Ryan is an expert in dangerous situations and here he tells you how to keep yourself and your family safe from the perils of modern urban life.
The accidental carer: a practical guide through uncertainty by palliative home carers, Ros Capper. 362.1 CAP
The butchering art: Joseph Lister's quest to transform the grisly world of Victorian medicine, Lindsey Fitzharris. 610.92 LIS: A dramatic account of how 19th-century Quaker surgeon Joseph Lister developed an antiseptic method that indelibly changed medicine, describes the practices and risks of early operating theaters as well as the belief systems of Lister's contemporaries.
The estrogen fix: the breakthrough guide to being healthy, energized, and hormonally balanced through perimenopause, menopause, and beyond, Mache Seibel, MD. 618.175 SEI
The fibromanual: a complete fibromyalgia treatment guide for you and your doctor, Ginevra Liptan. 616.74 LIP
The keto reset diet: reboot your metabolism in 21 days and burn fat forever, Mark Sisson with Brad Kearns. 613.25 SIS
The many faces of home birth: 25 honest, firsthand accounts from parents around the world, Shantel Silbernagel. 618.45 SIL
The Parkinson's playbook: a game plan to put your Parkinson's on the defense, Robert W. Smith. 616.833 SMI
The spectrum of hope: an optimistic and new approach to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Gayatri Devi. 616.831 DEV
Tonics & teas: traditional and modern remedies that make you feel amazing, Rachel de Thample. 615.321 DE
Treating depression naturally: how flower essences can help rebalance your life, Chris Phillips. 616.8527 PHI

History, Geography & Travel

199 cemeteries to see before you die, Loren Rhoads. 363.75 RHO
A bach for all seasons, Juliet Batten. 920.72 BAT: Spans a time period from the 1960s to 2006, covering various themes about the New Zealand Bach: its character, changing faces, and its promise of freedom, connection with nature, and leisure.
A disappearance in Damascus: friendship and survival in the shadow of war, Deborah Campbell. 956.7044 CAM: In the midst of an unfolding international crisis, renowned journalist Deborah Campbell finds herself swept up in the the compelling story of two women caught up in the shadowy politics behind today's most searing conflict,
Africa, Anthony Ham. 960 HAM: Lonely Planet
Aftershock: a journey into Eastern Europe's broken dreams, John Feffer. 947 FEF
Antarctica, Alexis Averbuck. 998.9 AVE: Lonely Planet.
Antiquity matters, Frederic Raphael. 938 RAP: Tackling a broad range of topics, from the presumed superiority of democracy to the momentum behind today's gay rights movement, the author presents an often daringly heterodox view of the Greek and Roman world that will provoke, surprise, and, at the same time, entertain readers. He shows how the interplay of fiction and reality, rhetorical aspiration and practical cunning, is threaded through modern culture.
Aotearoa: the New Zealand experience.. 993 AOT: Showcases both the extraordinary landscapes and key visitor hotspots, from Auckland, Rotorua and the North Island volcanoes, to Milford Sound, the Southern Lakes and Aoraki Mount Cook.
Australia, Jan Bowen. 994 BOW: Eyewitness travel guides.
Becoming China: the story behind the state, Jeanne-Marie Gescher. 951 GES
Becoming Madam Chancellor: Angela Merkel and the Berlin Republic, Joyce Marie Mushaben. 943.088 MER: Examines Merkel's achievements across six key policy domains, contextualizes these within broader German history before and after reunification, and uncovers the personal and political factors that have contributed to her success.
Berlin, Malgorzata Omilanowska. 943.155 OMI: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide
Berlin in the Cold War: 1959 to 1966, Allan Hailstone. 943.155 HAI
Bethlehem: biography of a town, Nicholas Blincoe. 956.94 BLI
Border: a journey along the edges of Russia, Maria Gruzdeva. 947 GRU: Border is a journey along the Russian border, the longest national border in the world, which spans over 60,000 km. 'Border' is more than merely a geographical expedition, but a comprehensive photographic study of Russia's most remote and often undiscovered areas.
Brazil, Alex Bellos. 981 BEL: DK Eyewitness travel guides.
Captain James Cook: claiming the Great South Land, John Molony. 910.9182 MOL
Coromandel: a personal history of South India, Charles Allen. 954.8 ALL
Dare not linger: the presidential years, Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa. 968.065 MAN: It tells the extraordinary story of the transition from decades of apartheid rule and the challenges Mandela overcome to make a reality of his cherished vision for a liberated South Africa.
Denmark, Monika Witkowska. 948.9 WIT: DK Eyewitness travel guides
Dunedin: founding a New World city, Ian Dougherty. 993.92 DOU: The book is concerned with the early European settlers of Dunedin from 1844 to 1860 - who they were, why they came, how they survived and mostly thrived - and with the decisions they made that continue to profoundly affect the appearance and personality of the city nearly a century and three-quarters later.
English: a story of Marmite, queuing and weather, Ben Fogle. 942 FOG: Ben Fogle takes us on a journey through the peculiarly English: a country of wax jackets, cricket, boat races and jellied eels, by way of national treasures such as the shipping forecast, fish and chips and the Wellington boot. This is a light-hearted yet touching tribute to all things English.
Excellent short walks in the North Island: 250 walks under 2 hours, Peter Janssen. 993.1 JAN
Excellent short walks in the South Island: 250 walks under 2 hours, Peter Janssen. 993.7 JAN
Explore Australia by camper trailer, Lee Atkinson. 994 ATK
Four Kiwis on the Silk Road, Jeanette Knudsen. 958 KNU
Franco's friends: how British intelligence helped bring Franco to power in Spain, Peter Day. 946.081 DAY
Genealogy, Matthew L. Helm. 929.1 HEL: A hands-on guide to start genealogical research using the latest tools and techniques, including DNA testing, leveraging social media networking sites, adding digital images to a family tree, and accessing public records and U.S. Census information.
Hawaii, Helen Townsend. 996.9 HAW: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide.
Hitler in Los Angeles: how Jews foiled Nazi plots against Hollywood and America, Steven J. Ross. 979.4 ROS
How is the river?: a Takaka Valley history, Jane McDonald. 993.77 MCD: A family-based history covering pioneering settlement in Golden Bay.
Icebreaker: a voyage far north, Horatio Clare. 910.45 CLA
Iceland, David Leffman. 949.12 LEF: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide.
In search of nice Americans: off the grid, on the road and state to state in Trump's America, Geoff Steward. 973 STE
Inglorious empire: what the British did to India, Shashi Tharoor. 954.03 THA
Islander: a journey around our archipelago, Patrick Barkham. 941 BAR: The British Isles are an archipelago made up of two large islands and 6,289 smaller ones. Some, like the Isle of Man, resemble miniature nations, with their own language and tax laws; others, like Ray Island in Essex, are abandoned and mysterious places haunted by myths, ghosts and foxes. A journey around these islands.
John Laurens and the American Revolution, Gregory D. Massey. 973.3 LAU: In this comprehensive biography Gregory D. Massey recounts the young Laurens's wartime record, a riveting tale in its own right, and finds that even more remarkable than his military escapades were his revolutionary ideas concerning the rights of African Americans.
Kaiser Wilhelm II: a life in power, Christopher M. Clark. 943.084 WIL: Through original research, Clark presents a fresh new interpretation of this contentious figure, focusing on how his forty- year reign from 1888 to 1918 affected Germany, and the rest of Europe, for years to come.
Korea, Simon Richmond. 951.9 KOR: Lonely Planet.
Life at the top: tales from Aoraki-Mt Cook, Genevieve Willoughby. 993.88 WIL: This book brings to life the stories of those who lived and worked in the Mt. Cook area and explored the magnificent mountains surrounding it.
Longbowman versus crossbowman: Hundred Years War 1337-60, David Campbell. 944.025 CAM
Lost kingdom: the quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present, Serhii Plokhy. 947 PLO
Nepal, Bradley Mayhew. 954.96 MAY: Lonely Planet.
Paradise in chains: the Bounty Mutiny and the founding of Australia, Diana Preston. 996.18 PRE
Provence & the Côte d'Azur, Roger Williams. 944.9 WIL: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide.
Queen Victoria's matchmaking: the royal marriages that shaped Europe, Deborah Cadbury. 941.081 CAD
Return to the Antarctic: the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition 1957-1958, H.J. Harrington. 998.9 HAR
Rooms with a view: the secret life of great hotels, Adrian Mourby. 910.46 MOU
Seoul, Trent Holden. 951.95 HOL: Lonely Planet Guide.
South American handbook, Ben Box. 980 BOX: The guide provides comprehensive coverage of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, the Guianas, and the Falkland Islands. Extensive coverage of the most famous and lesser-known sites, from the awe-inspiring Machu Picchu and iconic Christ the Redeemer to the wilderness of the Guianas and rolling hills of Uruguay. From spectacular carnivals to shuddering glaciers, this guide will open your way to the irresistible spirit of the world's greatest continent.
St Petersburg: three centuries of murderous desire, Jonathan Miles. 947.45 MIL: An epic history of St Petersburg. beginning with the homicidal megalomania of its founder, Peter the Great, and the sadism of its early rulers. It follows its tyrants, subjects, subversives, its artists, dancers, lovers and entrepreneurs as St Petersburg first turns itself into a vast work of art and then into the crucible for revolution.
The age of decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914, Simon Heffer. 941.08 HEF
The Battle of Agincourt, Anne Curry. 944.025 CUR
The Berlin Airlift: the relief operation that defined the Cold War, Barry Turner. 943.155 TUR
The Catlins and the southern scenic route, Neville Peat. 993.93 PEA
The face of nature: an environmental history of the Otago Peninsula, Jonathan West. 993.92 WES
The Family Tree cemetery field guide: how to find, record, & preserve your ancestors' graves, Joy Neighbors. 929.1 NEI
The ghost ship of Brooklyn: an untold story of the American Revolution, Robert P. Watson. 973.371 WAT: The surprising story of the most infamous prison ship of the American Revolution, the HMS Jersey, and its role in the fight for independence.
The harbour: a city's heart, a country's soul, Scott Bevan. 994.41 BEV: This is the ultimate story of Sydney Harbour; a city's heart and a country's soul
The Hauraki Gulf: an iconic Kiwi playground, Jane King. 993.24 KIN: Jane King explores the multitude of recreational activities, the rich history, the naturre and conservation success stories, and yarns from people who live, work and love spending time in the Gulf.
The hidden ways, Alistair Moffat. 941.1 MOF: Alistair Moffat traverses the lost paths of Scotland; its Roman roads tramped by armies, its warpaths and pilgrim routes, drove roads and rail roads, turnpikes and sea roads, in a bid to understand how our history has left its mark upon our landscape.
The High country stations of Lake Tekapo, Mary Hobbs. 993.88 HOB
The Mayflower generation: the story of the Winslow family and the fight for the new world, Rebecca Fraser. 974.4 FRA
The prisoner king: Charles I in captivity, John Matusiak. 941.06 CHA
The road to Sleeping Dragon: learning China from the ground up, Michael Meyer. 951.06 MEY
The rough guide to Belize with Tikal & Flores, Todd Obolsky. 972.82 OBO: Rough guides.
The rough guide to Costa Rica, Stephen Keeling. 972.86 KEE: Rough guides.
The rough guide to Iceland, David Leffman. 949.12 LEF: Rough guides.
The rough guide to Paris, Ruth Blackmore. 944.36 BLA: Rough guides.
The rough guide to South India & Kerala, Nick Edwards. 954.8 EDW: Rough guides.
The rough guide to the Dominican Republic, Matt Norman. 972.93 NOR: Rough guides.
The Sirdar and the Khalifa: Kitchener's reconquest of Sudan, 1896-98, Mark Simner. 962.403 SIM
The worst hard time: the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl, Timothy Egan. 978 EGA: The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression and the stories of those who stayed and survived.
Timeless journeys: travels to the world's legendary places, Ford Cochran. 910.4 TIM: From Machu Picchu to the Pyramids of Giza and beyond, this travel-lover's delight takes readers on a breathtaking visual journey to the world's most historic wonderlands.
Victoria & Albert: a royal love affair, Sara Sheridan. 941.081 VIC
Victorious century: the United Kingdom, 1800 - 1906, David Cannadine. 941.081 CAN
Voyage of the Southern Sun: an amazing solo journey around the world, Michael Smith. 910.41 SMI: Michael Smith spent 20 years restoring Melbourne's beloved Sun Theatre and becoming one of Australia's last independent cinema operators. He then set off on a rather different journey: to become the first person to fly solo around the world in an amphibious plane.
Where the wild winds are: walking Europe's winds from the Pennines to Provence, Nick Hunt. 940 HUN

Hospitality & Tourism

How to grow your hospitality business: a guide for owners and managers, Celia Hay. 647.95 HAY: Fully revised 3rd edition, looking at New Zealand's hospitality industry. Provides a framework for would-be owners as well as aspiring managers and students of hospitality.

House & Garden

Dutch interior design, Leonie Hendrikse. 747 HEN
Everyday chic: my secrets for entertaining, organizing, and decorating at home, Molly Sims. 640 SIM
Hidden Paris, Caroline Clifton-Mogg. 747 CLI: A photographic tour of a side of Paris few have ever seen, created from the vast archive of glorious imagery belonging to the French interiors magazine Côté Paris.
Making things right: a master carpenter at work, Ole Thorstensen. 694 THO: A master carpenter and builder with thirty years' experience, Thorstensen gives a matter-of-fact, reflective voice to the workers who construct our living spaces and our urban environment.
Making vintage wedding dresses: inspiring timeless style, Ciara Phipps and Claire Reed… 646.47 PHI
Mary's household tips & tricks: your guide to happiness in the home, Mary Berry. 640 BER
My tiny indoor garden: houseplant heroes and terrific terrariums in small spaces, Lia Leendertz. 635.965 LEE
Nørth: how to live Scandinavian, Brontë Aurell. 646.7 AUR: This is the ultimate insider's guide to the countries of the North, full of inspiration and ideas, how to's and recipes to help you experience the very best of Scandinavian design, cookery, philosophy, and culture.
Ottoman chic, Serdar Gülgü. 747 GUL
Plant society: create an indoor oasis for your urban space, Jason Chongue. 635.965 CHO
Renzo Mongiardino: a painterly vision, Mondadori Martina Sartogo. 747 MON: The work of Renzo Mongiardino (1916-1998), reinforcing his place as a legend in the field. Mongiardino has a background as an acclaimed set designer for stage and film, which had an effect on his work lush interiors with trompe l'oeil finishes, museum-quality antiques, sumptuous fabrics, and a bewitching theatricality.This is the most contemporary book on the creations of the modern master and will appeal to connoisseurs of beauty and interior design.
Small space workshops: how to create & use a downsized workshop, Larry Okrend. 684.08 OKR
So you think you are ready to retire?, Barry Lavalley. 646.79 LAV: Focusses on both the financial and non-financial aspects of retirement and is full of exercises that will help the reader to view retirement holistically, rather than focussing on just the financial aspects of retirement. Updated to reflect New Zealand statistics and legislation.
Superhero sewing: playful, easy-to-sew and no-sew designs for powering kids' big adventures, Lane Huerta. 646.478 HUE
Sustainable luxury: the new Singapore house solutions for a livable future, Paul McGillick. 728 MCG
The book of shed: designing, building and loving your shed, Joel Bird. 690.892 BIR
The new Bohemians handbook: come home to good vibes, Justina Blakeney. 747 BLA: Simple techniques for adding good vibes and style to living spaces.
Through the French door: romantic interiors inspired by classic French style, Carolyn Westbrook. 747 WES
Vogue living: country, city, coast, Hamish Bowles. 747 VOG

Humour

1002 funniest man facts: jaw-dropping nuggets of pub ammo to leave your mates speechless, Paul Merrill. 032.02 MER
Tinkering: the complete book of John Clarke, John Clarke. 827.914 CLA: Represents John Clarke's work from the 1970s in both Australia and New Zealand, and includes his writing for radio, television, stage and screen, and previously unpublished pieces.

Journalism

War and the death of news: reflections of a grade B reporter, Martin Bell. 070.433 BEL: Drawing on his experiences as a journalist and a soldier, the respected former BBC correspondent provides a moving, personal account of war.

Language

Egyptian hieroglyphs for complete beginners, Bill Manley. 493.1 MAN: Teaches how to translate Egyptian hieroglyphs into English using a step-by-step procedure that includes the use of photographs and line drawings.
Farsi-English, English-Farsi (Persian), A. M. Miandji. 491.553 MIA
How language began: the story of humanity's greatest invention, Daniel Everett. 401 EVE
Te rito: mai i te kākano ko: nā Hēni Jacob.. 499.442 JAC: Te Rito is the follow-up to Mai te kakano. Retaining the style and format of the earlier book, it offers an extensive range of sayings, vocabulary and example sentences.
The cabinet of linguistic curiosities: a yearbook of forgotten words, Paul Anthony Jones. 427 JON
Understanding hieroglyphic inscriptions: an introductory course to the Ancient Egyptian language, Bill Petty. 493.1 PET

Law

Criminal justice: a New Zealand introduction, Jarrod Gilbert. 345 CRI
Transforming workplace relations in New Zealand 1976-2016, Gordon Anderson. 344.012 TRA

Literature

Animals strike curious poses: essays, Elena Passarello. 814.6 PAS: Beginning with Yuka, a 39,000-year-old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each of the sixteen essays in Animals Strike Curious Poses investigates a different famous animal named and immortalised by humans.
Anthony Powell: dancing to the music of time, Hilary Spurling. 823.914 POW: Master novelist, well-connected socialite and keen-eyed social observer, Powell comes into focus as never before in this authoritative biography from one of our generation's greatest biographers.
Athens to Aotearoa: Greece and Rome in New Zealand literature and society, Diana Burton. 820.9358 ATH: Essays from some of New Zealand's most important artistic voices reflecting on their engagement with Greece and Rome, and shows literary and cultural critics taking aim at New Zealand's ongoing, sometimes fraught, and always complicated take on its classical heritage"
Better business speech: techniques, tricks, and shortcuts for public speaking at work, Paul Geiger. 808.51 GEI
Bird words: New Zealand writers on birds, Elisabeth Easther. 820.8036 BIR: A lively anthology of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, celebrating the birds of Aotearoa.
Harry Potter: a history of magic.. 823.914 ROW
Jacob's room is full of books, Susan Hill. 823.914 HIL: Susan Hill charts a year of her life through the books she has read, reread or returned to the shelf. She reflects on what her reading throws up, from writing and writers to politics and religion, as well as the joy of dandies or the pleasure of watching a line of geese cross a meadow.
Letters of Sylvia Plath. Volume I, 1940-1956, Peter K. Steinberg. 816.54 PLA: In Letters of Sylvia Plath, we discover the art of Plath's correspondence, most of which has never before been published and is here presented unabridged, without revision, so that she speaks directly in her own words. Refreshingly candid and offering intimate details of her personal life,
Living, thinking, looking: essays, Siri Hustvedt. 814.54 HUS: Essays that explore what it means to be a human being draw upon the author's personal experiences; thoughts on memory, emotion, and the imagination; and the visual arts.
Milk and honey, Rupi Kaur. 811.6 KAU: Milk and honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival - the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.
Now write! screenwriting: exercises by today's best writers and teachers, Sherry Ellis. 808.2 ELL
Outsiders: five women writers who changed the world, Lyndall Gordon. 823 SHE: Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists; Mary Shelley, Emily Bronté, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner, Virginia Woolf, and their famous novels.
Poetry and exile: letters from New Zealand 1938-1948, Karl Wolfskehl. 831.912 WOL: German-Jewish poet Karl Wolfskehl spent the last years of his life, from 1938 to 1948, in Auckland. As a refugee from Nazi Germany, the conditions of his life forced him to consider the very nature of human existence, and many of his letters from New Zealand were to friends and associates exiled around the globe.
The art of the pulps: an illustrated history, Douglas Ellis. 741.65 ART: Experts in the ten major Pulp genres, from action Pulps to spicy Pulps and more, chart for the first time the complete history of Pulp magazines--the stories and their writers, the graphics and their artists, and, of course, the publishers, their market, and readers.
The best of A.A. Gill, A.A. Gill. 828.92 GIL: This book collects A. A. Gill's Sunday columns giving examples of the very best of his work: the peerlessly funny criticism, the extraordinarily knowledgeable food writing, assignments throughout the world, and reflections on life, love, and death.
The Pony Club: a New Zealand Book Council Lecture, Owen Marshall. 808.31 MAR: The New Zealand Book Council Lecture 2017 delivered by Owen Marshall examines the nature of the short story and challenges the traditional perceptions associated with this form of literature.
The world broke in two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the year that changed literature, Bill Goldstein. 823.912 GOL
Write to the point: how to be clear, correct and persuasive on the page, Sam Leith. 808.02 LEI

Manufacturing

The world of silk, Priscilla Lowry. 677.39 LOW: Explores both the similarities and differences between each country and.brings together some of the exciting scientific developments, including fluorescent silkworms and exotic food products and concludes with a review of the future for silk and a practical section on sewing with silk.

Military

Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: defeat into victory, Michael Korda. 940.54 KOR
Armor camouflage & markings of the 2nd New Zealand Division. Part 2, Italy, Jeffrey Plowman. 940.5421 PLO
Camouflage & markings of the Shermans in New Zealand service 1943-45, Jeffrey Plowman. 940.5421 PLO
Camouflage & markings of the Stuarts in New Zealand service, Jeffrey Plowman. 940.541 PLO
Camouflage & markings of the Valentines in New Zealand service, Jeffrey Plowman. 940.541 PLO
Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal: the World War II battle that turned the tide of war, Joseph Wheelan. 940.5426 WHE
SAS ghost patrol: the ultra-secret unit that posed as Nazi stormtroopers, Damien Lewis. 940.5423 LEW

Music & Musicians

AC/DC: album by album, Martin Popoff. 781.66 ACD
Good booty: love and sex, black & white, body and soul in American music, Ann Powers. 781.64 POW
Maestros and their music: the art and alchemy of conducting, John Mauceri. 781.45 MAU
Punk avenue: inside the New York City underground, 1972-1982, Phil Marcade. 781.66 MAR
The great jazz and pop vocal albums, Will Friedwald. 781.64 FRI
The new electronic guitarist: new technologies and techniques for the modern guitar player, Marty Cutler. 787.87 CUT
The Rickenbacker electric bass: 50 years as rock's bottom, Paul D. Boyer. 787.87 BOY
When Ziggy played the Marquee: David Bowie's last performance as Ziggy Stardust, Terry O'Neill. 781.66 BOW

Natural Science

11 explorations into life on Earth: Christmas lectures from the Royal Institution, Helen Scales. 590 SCA
Animal, David Burnie. 590 ANI: Bringing animals, habitats, and up-to-date research to life for readers around the world.
Birding without borders: an obsession, a quest, and the biggest year in the world, Noah Strycker. 598.072 STR
Birdmania: a remarkable passion for birds, Bernd Brunner. 598 BRU
Encyclopedia of whales, dolphins and porpoises, Erich Hoyt. 599.5 HOY
Hippopotamus, Edgar Williams. 599.635 WIL
Sharks and rays of Australia, Peter R. Last. 597.3 LAS
Spineless: the science of jellyfish and the art of growing a backbone, Juli Berwald. 593.5 BER
The robin: a biography: a year in the life of Britain's favourite bird, Stephen Moss. 598.84 MOS
The secret life of the owl, John Lewis-Stempel. 598.97 LEW
The unexpected truth about animals: a menagerie of the misunderstood, Lucy Cooke. 590 COO

Occult

Afterlife: what really happens on the other side: true stories of contact and communication with spirits, Barry R. Strohm. 133.9013 STR
The afterlife revealed: what happens after we die, Michael Tymn. 133.9013 TYM
Wisdom from your spirit guides: a handbook to contact your soul's greatest teachers, James Van Praagh. 133.9 VAN

Painting

Abstract painting: a celebration of contemporary art, Jamie Markle. 759.07 ABS
Color: a practical guide to color and its uses in art.. 701.85 COL
Gerhard Richter: the life of images, Rosemary Hawker. 759.3 RIC: For more than 50 years, Gerhard Richter has proven his remarkable command of almost every style & genre of painting. From tender personal portraits to visceral overpainted photographs, romantic landscapes to monumental abstracts, this exhibition gives a detailed insight into the work of one of the world's most influential living artists.
Monet: the triumph of impressionism, Daniel Wildenstein. 759.4 MON
Painting tools & materials: a practical guide to paints, brushes, palettes and more.. 751.2 PAI
Pure watercolour painting: classic techniques for creating radiant landscapes, Peter Cronin. 751.422 CRO

Parenting

Being 14, Madonna King. 305.235 KIN
Only dead on the inside: a parent's guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse, James Breakwell. 817.6 BRE: Raising kids can sometimes feel like society has ended, so why not go one further, and actually plan for it? From James Breakwell, who Buzzfeed called 'the funniest dad on Twitter', this hilarious book will help you through the rise of the undead, with helpful hints and tips on raising healthy, entirely human, offspring.
Parenting is forever: a paediatrician's tips for parents, teachers and carers, Elizabeth Green. 649.1 GRE
Parenting strategies to help adopted and fostered children with their behaviour: trauma-informed guidance and action charts, Christine Gordon. 306.874 GOR
Stop, think, engage: rethinking child discipline - methods that work, Dr Anna Martin, PhD. 649.64 MAR
The co-parenting handbook: raising well-adjusted and resilient kids from little ones to young adults through divorce or separation, Karen Bonnell with Kristin Little. 649.1 BON
The grown-up's guide to teenage humans: how to decode their behavior, develop unshakable trust, and raise a respectable adult, Josh Shipp. 306.874 SHI

Pets & Animals

Epic eggs: the poultry enthusiast's complete and essential guide to the most perfect food, Jennifer Sartell. 636.5 SAR
Horses of the world, Élise Rousseau. 636.1 ROU: A beautifully illustrated and detailed guide to the world's horses, Horses of the World is a comprehensive, large-format overview of 570 breeds of domestic and extant wild horses, including hybrids between the two and between domestic breeds and other equids, such as zebras.
The chicken chick's guide to backyard chickens: simple steps for healthy, happy hens, Kathy Shea Mormino. 636.5 MOR
The horse: its nature, revealed, Emmanuelle Brengard. 636.1 BRE
The panther in my kitchen, Brian Blessed. 636.083 BLE: A life affirming book about the joy animals bring and why we should care for them.
The secret life of cows, Rosamund Young. 636.2 YOU: Cows are as varied as people. They can be highly intelligent or slow to understand, vain, considerate, proud, shy or inventive. Although much of a cow's day is spent eating, they always find time for extra-curricular activities such as babysitting, playing hide and seek, blackberry-picking or fighting a tree. This is an affectionate record of a hitherto secret world.
The supposedly enlightened person's guide to raising a dog, Kac Young. 636.7 YOU
Total cat mojo: the ultimate guide to life with your cat, Jackson Galaxy. 636.8 GAL

Philosophy & Psychology

The stoics: a guide for the perplexed, M. Andrew Holowchak. 188 HOL: M. Andrew Holowchak sketches, from Zeno to Aurelius, a framework that captures the tenor of Stoic ethical thinking in its key terms .Providing ancient and modern-day examples to illustrate Stoic principles, the author guides the reader through the main themes and ideas of Stoic thought.

Philosophy and psychology

What love is: and what it could be, Carrie Jenkins. 128.4 JEN

Photography

Annie Leibovitz: portraits: 2005-2016., Annie Leibovitz. 778.92 LEI: Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005-2016 is the photographer's follow-up to her two landmark books, Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990 and A Photographer's Life 1990-2005. The photographs document contemporary culture with an artist's eye, wit, and uncanny ability to personalize even the most recognizable and distinguished figures.
Birds in pictures, Markus Varesvuo. 778.932 VAR
Bystander: a history of street photography, Colin Westerbeck & Joel Meyerowitz. 770.9 WES
Drone photography & video masterclass, Fergus Kennedy. 778.35 KEN
Fashion & lifestyle photography: succeed in the commercial world and become a stand-out photographer, Dixie Dixon. 778.99746 DIX
Firecrackers: female photographers now, Fiona Rogers. 779 ROG: This book brings together the work of more than thirty of the most talented contemporary female photographers from around the world.The images encompass an eclectic variety of styles, techniques, and locations from German Alma Haser's futuristic series of portraits that use origami to create 3D sculptures within the frame, to Egyptian Laura El-Tantawy's filmic and intensely personal series on political protest in Cairo.
Girls standing on lawns, Maira Kalman. 770 HAN: Girls standing on lawns puts on display the creators' shared fascination with anonymous snapshots and the rich lives, memories, and stories they evoke.
In the eighties: portraits from another time, Derek Ridgers. 779 RID
Insecta, Charles Nesbit. 778.932 NES: Insecta presents a spectacular array of super high-resolution, "hyper-real" colour photographs of bugs and insects, magnified by 500% or more.
JR: inside out, JR. 779 JR: Artist and activist JR exhibits freely in the streets of the world, catching the attention of people who are not typical museum visitors.
New Zealand, Rob Suisted. 993 SUI: Rob Suisted is one of New Zealand's most established and best known photographers, with 16 books published of his work and his photos visible in many different, high profile settings, including New Zealand Post postage stamps and New Zealand bank notes. This latest book, New Zealand is a tribute to the quality and depth of his landscape photography, a collection of his best work that reflects a lifetime of interest in, and deep concern for, the remarkable diversity of the New Zealand landscape.
The paper time machine: colouring the past, Wolfgang Wild. 779 WIL
The photographer's handbook, Michael Freeman. 771 FRE
Understanding color in photography: using color, composition, and exposure to create vivid photos, Bryan Peterson. 778.6 PET

Plays

Harry Potter and the cursed child. Parts one and two, Jack Thorne. 822.92 THO: This updated edition includes the final dialogue and stage directions, a conversation piece between director John Tiffany and playwright Jack Thorne, the Potter family tree, and a timeline of events in the wizarding world leading up to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Talanoa: four Pacific plays, Vela Manusaute, Lolo Fonua, Leki Jackson-Bourke, `Amanaki Prescott-Faletau, Louise Tu`u. 822.9208 TAL: A collection from five playwrights who interweave Pacific languages with English. Masters in the art of comedy and real-life theatre, these contemporary voices shine a light on the lives of Pacific peoples, their culture and identity in New Zealand.

Poetry

Anchor stone, Tony Beyer. 821.914 BEY: A collection of substantial new work by a senior and critically successful New Zealand writer. Many address issues relevant to contemporary concepts of New Zealand identity and culture. There is a strong Māori element, as for example in "At Ratana", a vivid depiction of events at a Labour Party Māori caucus hui.
Collected poems,1981-2016, Michael O'Leary. 821.914 OLE: NZ Poetry.
Kinds of hunger, Jan Hutchison. 821.914 HUT: NZ Poetry.
Mr Lear: a life of art and nonsense, Jenny Uglow. 759.2 LEA: Edward Lear's poems follow and break the rules. They abide by the logic of syntax, the linking of rhyme and the dance of rhythm, and these 'nonsenses' are full of joy yet set against darkness. Where do these human-like animals and birds and these odd adventures some gentle, some violent, some musical, some wild come from? This is what Jenny Uglow has set sail to find out.
The poetry pharmacy: tried-and-true prescriptions for the heart, mind and soul, William Sieghart. 808.81 POE
Who reads poetry: 50 views from Poetry magazine, Fred Sasaki. 808.1 WHO

Politics & Government

A tangled web: Mata Hari: dancer, Courtesan, spy, Mary W. Craig. 327.12 MAT
Antifa: the anti-fascist handbook, Mark Bray. 320.533 BRA
National at 80: the story of the New Zealand National Party, Colin James. 324.293 JAM
Sea change: climate politics and New Zealand, Bronwyn Hayward. 363.7387 HAW
The ghosts of Langley: into the CIA's heart of darkness, John Prados. 327.12 PRA: The Ghosts of Langley is a provocative and panoramic new history of the Central Intelligence Agency that relates the agency's current predicament to its founding and earlier years, telling the story of the agency through the eyes of key figures in CIA history, including some of its most troubling covert actions around the world.
This realm of New Zealand: the sovereign, the Governor-General, the Crown, Alison Quentin-Baxter. 320.993 QUE

Pounamu

The balance destroyed, Ani Mikaere. 305.488 MIK: The consequences for Māori women of the colonisation of Tikanga Māori.

Relationships

The mask of masculinity: how men can embrace vulnerability, create strong relationships, and live their fullest lives, Lewis Howes. 158 HOW
The surrendered wife: a practical guide to finding intimacy, passion, and peace with your man, Laura Doyle. 306.7 DOY

Religion & Ethics

A jihad for love, Mohamed El Bachiri. 291.172 BAC
Awaken: 90 days with the god who speaks, Priscilla Shirer. 242.6 SHI
Christmas: a biography, Judith Flanders. 263.915 FLA: In Christmas: A Biography, acclaimed social historian and best-selling author Judith Flanders casts a sharp and revealing eye on the myths, legends and history of the season.
Curing affluenza: how to buy less stuff and save the world, Richard Denniss. 178 DEN
Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version: containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books.. 220.52 BIB: The NRSV is the Bible translation most widely used for both private study and public reading in churches throughout the English-speaking world.
How should we live?: everyday ethics in Aotearoa New Zealand, Stephen Chadwick. 170 HOW
Indigenous spiritualities at work: transforming the spirit of enterprise, Chellie Spiller. 204 IND
Light for life: bringing the Bible to the South Pacific, Maurice and Lorraine Harvey. 220.06 HAR
Light warrior: connecting with the spiritual power of fierce love, Kyle Gray. 204.4 GRA
Martin Luther: the man who rediscovered God and changed the world, Eric Metaxas. 270.6 LUT
Passing through shadows, Ken Gartner. 248.24 GAR: Traces the journeys of a cross-section of ex-inmates from aimless, often violent lives before imprisonment, through time spent behind bars, and back into the community as transformed Christian citizens.
Science and spiritual practices, Rupert Sheldrake. 215 SHE
The bushman's bible, Dave Baldwin. 204 BAL: This looks at "beyond the material world" issues for the average free-spirited Mr and Mrs Bushman who generally attend the "big blue" temple in the mountains rather than conventional churches and temples in the big city.
The God molecule: my journey to 5-MeO-DMT and the spiritual path to divine light, Gerardo Ruben Sandoval Isaac. 204 ISA
The ordinary virtues: moral order in a divided world, Michael Ignatieff. 170 IGN
The things you can see only when you slow down: how to be calm and mindful in a fast-paced world, Haemin Sunim. 294.3 HYE: Haemin Sunim, a renowned Buddhist meditation teacher born in Korea and educated in the United States, illuminates a path to inner peace and balance amid the overwhelming demands of everyday life.

Science

30-second chemistry: the 50 most elemental concepts in chemistry, each explained in half a minute, Nivaldo Tro. 540 THI
30-second genetics: the 50 most fundamental discoveries in genetics, each explained in half a minute, Jonathan Weitzman & Matthew Weitzman. 576.5 THI
Ad astra: an illustrated guide to leaving the planet, Dallas Campbell. 629.4 CAM: A collection for anyone who has looked up in wonder at the stars. And then wondered how to get there.
Ask an astronaut, Tim Peake. 629.45 PEA: From training to launch, from his historic spacewalk to re-entry, astronaut Tim Peake reveals the cutting-edge science behind his ground-breaking experiments, and the wonders of day-to-day life on board the International Space Station.
Astronomy, Stephen P. Maran. 520 MAR: From asteroids to black holes, this easy-to-understand guide takes you on a grand tour of the universe, and provides an easy-to-follow introduction to the night sky.
Before time began: the big bang and the emerging universe, Helmut Satz. 523.1 SAT
Blowfish's oceanopedia: 291 extraordinary things you didn't know about the sea, Tom Hird. 577.7 HIR
Blue planet II: a new world of hidden depths, James Honeyborne. 578.7 HON
College physics, Eugene Hecht. 530.076 HEC: More than 700 fully-solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills.
Collins stars & planets: the complete guide to the stars, constellations and the Solar system, Ian Ridpath & Wil Tirion. 523 RID
Cracking quantum physics, Brian Clegg. 530.12 CLE
Geometry: includes plane, analytic, and transformational geometries, Barnett Rich, Christopher Thomas. 516 RIC
Graphic science: seven journeys of discovery, Darryl Cunningham. 500 LAV
Mathematics rebooted: a fresh approach to understanding, Lara Alcock. 510 ALC: Explains how mathematicians think, and how ordinary people can understand and enjoy mathematical ideas and arguments.
Outposts on the frontier: a fifty-year history of space stations, Jay Chladek. 629.442 CHL
Replenish: the virtuous cycle of water and prosperity, Sandra Postel. 551.48 POS
Science(ish): the peculiar science behind the movies, Rick Edwards. 500 EDW
Statistics, Murray R. Spiegel. 519.5 SPI: Includes more than 500 fully-solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills.
The calculus story: a mathematical adventure, David Acheson. 515 ACH
The Cambridge photographic atlas of galaxies, Michael K+nig. 523.112 KON
The elements: a tour of the periodic table, Adrian Dingle. 546.8 DIN
The greatest story every told so far: why are we here?, Lawrence M. Krauss. 530 KRA
The joy of mathematics: marvels, novelties, and neglected gems that are rarely taught in math class, Alfred S. Posamentier. 510 POS
The maths behind: discover the mathematics of everyday events, Colin Beveridge. 510 BEV: This is a fascinating look at the mathematical forces that run beneath our everyday transactions.
The night watchers: New Zealand nightscapes, Grant Sheehan. 993 SHE
The number games, Adam Spencer. 513.2 SPE: Featuring hundreds of mind-bending, head-scratching, intelligence-testing number games, puzzles, and quizzes, plus tonnes of hilarious and fascinating number-based trivia.
The planet factory: exoplanets and the search for a second Earth, Elizabeth Tasker. 523.24 TAS
The planets: photographs from the archives of NASA, Nirmala Nataraj. 523.4 NAT
The practical astronomer, Will Gater. 523.8 GAT
The songs of trees: stories from nature's great connectors, David George Haskell. 577.3 HAS: The author repeatedly visits a dozen trees around the world to stop, listen, and look, exploring each tree's connections with webs of fungi, bacterial communities, cooperative and destructive animals, and other plants, and demonstrating how the lives of trees and people are deeply interwoven.
The telescope in the ice: inventing a new astronomy at the South Pole, Mark Bowen. 522.68 BOW: Located near the U. S. Amundsen-Scott Research Station at the geographic South Pole,The IceCube Observatory has been called the "weirdest" of the seven wonders of modern astronomy by Scientific American. Mark Bowen tells the amazing story of the people who built the instrument and the science involved.
The value of weeds, Ann Cliff. 581.65 CLI: This essential guide explores the virtues of good weeds, including how they can protect soil and add to soil fertility; act as companion plants in gardens; provide food for farm livestock; support wild life; provide herbal remedies for minor ailments; yield vegetable dyes; and give us weed cuisine: nutritious food and drink for free.
The zoomable universe: a step-by-step tour through cosmic scale, from the infinite to the infinitesimal, Caleb Scharf. 523.1 SCH
Trigonometry: with calculator-based solutions, Robert E. Moyer. 516.24 MOY
What's next?: even scientists can't predict the future or can they?, Jim Al-Khalili. 501 WHA

Self Development

Alive and thriving in old age, Ken Gartner. 305.26 GAR
Battle against the rulers of darkness: a memoir: a Kundalini and psychiatric experience, Anna Natusch. 154.4 NAT: The story of Anna's own struggle with the psychiatric system in New Zealand. It outlines her life with the children of Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital and how she fought for justice for them.
Before you know it: the unconscious reasons we do what we do, John Bargh. 154.2 BAR: Dr Bargh shows how the unconscious guides our behaviour, goals and motivations in areas like race relations, parenting, business, consumer behaviour and addiction. He reveals the pervasive influence of the unconscious mind in who we choose to date or vote for, what we buy, where we live, how we perform on tests and in job interviews, and much more.
Brain briefs: answers to the most (and least) pressing questions about your mind, Art Markman. 153 MAR
How to think: a guide for the perplexed, Alan Jacobs. 153.42 JAC
Life loves you: 7 spiritual experiments to heal your life, Louise Hay. 158 HAY
Mindful tech: how to bring balance to our digital lives, David M. Levy. 158.1 LEV
The climate swerve: reflections on mind, hope, and survival, Robert Jay Lifton. 155.9 LIF
The Lucifer effect: how good people turn evil, Philip Zimbardo. 155.96 ZIM
The luck factor, Richard Wiseman. 158.1 WIS: Wiseman identifies the four simple behavioural techniques to help attract good fortune, and how these methods revolutionise every area of life, including relationships, personal finances and career.
The mindful way through anxiety: break free from chronic worry and reclaim your life, Susan M. Orsillo. 152.46 ORS: The authors present a powerful new alternative that can help you break free of anxiety by fundamentally changing how you relate to it.
The power of meaning: crafting a life that matters, Emily Esfahani Smith. 158.1 SMI: Drawing on the latest research in positive psychology; on insights from George Eliot, Viktor Frankl, Aristotle, the Buddha and other great minds, Emily Esfahani Smith identifies four pillars upon which meaning rests: Belonging, Purpose, Storytelling and Transcendence. Emily Esfahani Smith explores how we can begin to build a culture of meaning into our families, our workplaces and our communities.

Age of discovery: navigating the storms of our second Renaissance, Ian Goldin. 303.49 GOL
Dark ecology: for a logic of future coexistence, Timothy Morton. 304.2 MOR
Death: a graveside companion, Joanna Ebenstein. 306.9 DEA: The ultimate death compendium, featuring the world's most extraordinary artistic objects concerned with mortality, together with text by expert contributors.
Don't panic, I'm Islamic: words and pictures on how to stop worrying and learn to love the alien next door, Lynn Gaspard. 305.697 DON
Linguist at work: festschrift for Janet Holmes, Meredith Marra. 306.44 HOL: Throughout her 45-year career at Victoria University of Wellington, Professor Janet Holmes has operated at the cutting edge of sociolinguistics. From treatments of folk linguistics to sociophonetics, from the language of consent to the language used in children's books, from humour and leadership to the methods and applications of workplace discourse, the range of material reflects Janet's own contribution to so many different parts of linguistics.
Representing trans, Evan Hazenberg and Miriam Meyerhoff. 306.768 REP
Shame nation: the global epidemic of online hate, Sue Scheff. 302.343 SCH
Tāngata Ngāi Tahu = People of Ngāi Tahu. Volume one, Helen Brown. 305.8994 TAN: Tāngata Ngāi Tahu remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngāi Tahu. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, some fifty biographies bring Ngāi Tahu history into the present.
Tell me how it ends: an essay in forty questions, Valeria Luiselli. 305.23 LUI: A searing, enlightening polemic about the tens of thousands of unaccompanied Mexican and Central American children arriving in the US without papers
The conscious caregiver: a mindful approach to caring for your loved one without losing yourself, Linda Abbit. 362.14 ABB
The 'D' word: rethinking dementia, Mary Jordan. 362.19683 JOR: The author based on her long experience of working together to support people affected by dementia, shows us how to understand the biological reality of dementia, readjust our thinking about the condition so that we can accept rather than fear it and gain the expertise to manage the problems we have now.
The expatriates, Martin Edmond. 305.906 EDM: This is a book about Harold Williams, journalist, linguist, Foreign Editor of The Times; Ronald Syme, spy, libertarian, historian of ancient Rome; John Platts-Mills, radical lawyer and political activist; and Joseph Burney Trapp, librarian, scholar and protector of culture. These were men, born in remote New Zealand, who achieved fame in Europe … even as they were lost sight of at home. Men who became, from the point of view of their country of origin, expatriates. A writer of penetrating insight, Martin Edmond explores the intersections of past and present in the lives of these four extraordinary individuals.
The macho paradox: why some men hurt women and how all men can help, Jackson Katz. 362.88 KAT: A candid look at the cultural factors that lend themselves to tolerance of abuse and violence against women.
The patterning instinct: a cultural history of humanity's search for meaning, Jeremy Lent. 306.4 LEN: Explores key patterns of meaning underlying various cultures, from ancient times to the present, showing how values emerge from the ways in which cultures find meaning and how those values shape the future.
The square and the tower: networks, hierarchies and the struggle for global power, Niall Ferguson. 302.3 FER
Urban poverty and health inequalities: a relational approach, Darrin Hodgetts. 362.108 HOD
We were eight years in power: an American tragedy, Ta-Nehisi Coates. 305.896 COA: In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, the author explores the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America's 'first white president.' This book also examines the new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged over this period.
World without mind: the existential threat of big tech, Franklin Foer. 303.483 FOE
WTF: what's the future and why it's up to us, Tim O'Reilly. 303.49 ORE: To survive, every industry and organisation will have to transform itself in multiple ways. O'Reilly explores what the next economy will mean for the world and every aspect of our lives and what we can do to shape it

Sport & Recreation

40: love: forty years of Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.. 796.342 FOR
Aikido weapons techniques: the wooden sword, stick, and knife of aikido, Sensei Phong Thong Dang. 796.8154 DAN
Basketball now!: the stars and stories of the NBA, Adam Elliott Segal. 796.323 SEG
Bike boom: the unexpected resurgence of cycling, Carlton Reid. 796.6 REI
Epic bike rides of the world: explore the planet's most thrilling cycling routes.. 796.64 EPI: Discover 200 of the best places to ride a bike. From family-friendly, sightseeing urban rides to epic adventures off the beateen track.
Exposed: the dark side of the America's Cup, Alan Sefton. 797.14 SEF: Exposed: The Dark Side of the America's Cup lifts the lid on this unique contest for the oldest trophy in sport and on the powerful men who have made it 'the toughest game in town'. It is a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of one of the most compelling and controversial contests in the whole of sport.
In the line of fire: the inside story of the remarkable 2017 Lions tour to New Zealand, Warren Gatland. 796.3336 GAT
Mastering small stakes no-limit hold'em, Jonathan Little. 795.412 LIT: Constructs a basic strategy to crush small stakes games and also identifies the adjustments that need to be made when facing more competent opposition.
NZ surf: the collection. Vol.1, Warren Hawke. 797.32 HAW: Coffee table style book featuring over 500 photos.
Relentless spirit: the unconventional raising of a champion, Missy Franklin. 797.21 FRA: The four-time Olympic Gold medalist and her parents trace the inspirational story of how she became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, achievements that were accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family.
Rugby: the game of my life: battling for England in the professional era, Rob Andrew. 796.333 AND
Shooting Times guide to accuracy: how to be a top shot with rifle, shotgun, or handgun, Editors of Shooting Times. 799.31 SHO
The Kiwi cyclist's guide to life, Jane King. 796.6 KIN: The Kiwi cyclists guide to life takes an inquisitive peek into the lives, minds, adventures and bike sheds, of many Kiwis from different walks of life, who love nothing better than experiencing freedom, fun, adventures and misadventures on two wheels.
The man who cycled the world, Mark Beaumont. 796.64 BEA: From Paris to Istanbul, through Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India and south-east Asia to Singapore, then across Australia, New Zealand and the United States before the final legs in Europe all at hundred miles a day, this is the story of a quite remarkable adventure, by a quite remarkable man.
The official history of the FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Football Museum. 796.3346 FIF
The road to Smellibait Beach, Graham Clifford. 799.1 CLI: A two-part book of 34 fishing and seascape related stories plus 5 ocean adventures gleaned from the author's 44-year career at sea as a Bay of Islands fishing and cruising skipper.
The title: the story of the First Division, Scott Murray. 796.334 MUR

Trains, Boats, Planes

Electric boats and ships: a history, Kevin Desmond. 623.82 DES
Picture history of the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth, William H. Miller, Jr. 387.542 MIL: Maritime authority William Miller pays tribute to the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth, describing their heralded launchings, amenities, maritime rivalry, and contributions during World War II. Also covered are their grand royal successors-Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Mary 2.
QE2: a 50th anniversary celebration, Chris Frame. 387.243 FRA: With stories from captains, crew and passengers, and an unparalleled collection of photographs.
Royal yachts, Alan Major. 387.22 MAJ

War

Armageddon and paranoia: the nuclear confrontation, Rodric Braithwaite. 355.0217 BRA
Attack on the Scheldt: the struggle for Antwerp 1944, Graham A. Thomas. 940.5421 THO
Bombing the Marshall Islands: a Cold War tragedy, Keith M. Parsons. 623.45119 PAR
Britain's victory, Denmark's freedom: Danish volunteers in Allied Air Forces during the Second World War, Mikkel Plannthin. 940.544 PLA
Eleventh month, eleventh day, eleventh hour: Armistice Day, 1918, World War I and its violent climax, Joseph E. Persico. 940.439 PER
Escaping Hitler: stories of courage and endurance on the freedom trails, Monty Halls. 940.53 HAL
Johnny: the legend and tragedy of General Sir Ian Hamilton, John Philip Jones. 940.42 JON: The Gallipoli campaign was launched in April 1915 in an effort to knock Turkey out of the war but the force that was deployed was too small to achieve its aim. This book examines why the campaign commander, General Sir Ian Hamilton, failed at Gallipoli.
Make her praises heard afar: New Zealand women overseas in World War One, Jane Tolerton. 940.31 TOL
Military aircraft: visual encyclopedia.. 623.746 MIL
P-51 Mustang: seventy-five years of America's most famous warbird, Cory Graff. 623.7464 MUS
Pacific Thunder: the US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943-October 1944, Thomas McKelvey Cleaver. 940.5426 CLE
Survivor café: the legacy of trauma and the labyrinth of memory, Elizabeth Rosner. 940.5318 ROS: As survivors of many of the twentieth century's most monumental events--the Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Killing Fields--begin to pass away, Survivor Café addresses urgent questions: How do we carry those stories forward? How do we collectively ensure that the horrors of the past are not forgotten?
Templar knight versus Mamluk warrior, David Capbell. 940.18 CAM
The battle for North Africa: El Alamein and the turning point for World War II, Glyn Harper. 940.5423 HAR
The fear and the freedom: how the Second World War changed us, Keith Lowe. 940.531 LOW
The lightning boys: true tales from pilots of the English Electric Lightning, Richard Pike. 623.7464 LIG
The Spitfire: an icon of the skies, Philip Kaplan. 623.7464 SPI
World War II abandoned places, Michael Kerrigan. 940.53 KER: Explores more than 100 bunkers, pillboxes, submarine bases, forts and gun emplacements from the North Sea to Okinawa. A brilliant pictorial examination of both the military and nonmilitary legacy of the conflict.

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