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Art & Architecture
- 50 ways to draw your beautiful ordinary life: practical lessons in pencil and paper, Irene Smit. 741.2 SMI
- Arts & foods: rituals since 1851, Germano Celant. 704.94964 ART
- An exceptional iconographic exhibition, curated by Germano Celant, which explores the intimate relationship between art and food over the past 150 years.
- Berthe Morisot, Jean-Dominique Rey. 759.4 MOR
- Reproductions of the paintings and drawings of the artist, Berthe Morisot, are accompanied by a discussion of her life, artistic style, and role in the Impressionist movement.
- Celtic castles, Martin J. Dougherty. 725.18 DOU
- Chinese brush painting: a beginner's step-by-step guide, Mei Ruo. 751.425 MEI
- Creative me!: keys to creativity: a practical guide to the joy of paint, Helen Elliott. 751.4 ELL
- Draw 500 fabulous flowers: a sketchbook for artists, designers, and doodlers, Lisa Congdon. 743.73 CON
- Drawing birds, Andrew Forkner. 743.6 FOR
- Gluck: art and identity, Amy De La Haye. 759.2 GLU
- Hannah Gluckstein (who called herself Gluck; 1895-1976) was a distinctive, original voice in the early evolution of modern art in Britain.
- Gustav Klimt at home, Patrick Bade. 759.36 KLI
- Explores the influences of Vienna and other places Klimt travelled to and called home on his life and work.
- Healing spaces, modern architecture, and the body, Sarah Schrank. 725.51 HEA
- Brings together cutting-edge scholarship examining the myriad ways that architects, urban planners, medical
practitioners, and everyday people have applied modern ideas about health and the body to the spaces in which they live, work, and heal.
- How to draw farm animals: in simple steps, Susie Hodge. 743.6 HOD
- Klimt and Schiele drawings: from the Albertina Museum, Vienna, Katie Hanson. 759.36 KLI
- Left Bank: art, passion and the rebirth of Paris 1940-1950, Agnes Poirier. 700.944 POI
- A captivating portrait of those who lived, loved, fought, played and flourished in Paris between 1940 and
1950 and whose intellectual and artistic output still influences us today.
- Like life: sculpture, color, and the body, Luke Syson. 730.2 SYS
- This volume examines key sculptural works from 13th-century Europe to the global present, revealing new insights into the strategies artists deploy to blur the distinction between art and life.
- Lives of Giovanni Bellini, Giorgio Vasari. 759.5 BEL
- Born into the most influential artistic family in Venice, Bellini received his training in the studio of his father, Jacopo, along with his brother, Gentile, and through a long and fruitful career played a leading role in defining the Renaissance style in Venice.
- Madonnas & miracles: the holy home in Renaissance Italy, Maya Corry. 709.45 MAD
- Exposes a hidden world of religious devotion in the Italian Renaissance home.
- Mark Bradford, Anita Hill. 709.73 BRA
- Focuses on Mark Bradford, the Los Angeles-based artist best known for his large-scale abstract paintings that examine the class, race, and gender-
based economies that structure urban society.
- Modern art, Amy Dempsey. 709.04 DEM
- Dempsey unravels the all-too-often daunting language of modern art by mapping the styles, schools and movements that help us understand modern
and contemporary art, from Impressionism in the 19th century to Destination Art in the 21st.
- Monet & architecture, Richard Thomson. 759.4 MON
- In an innovative approach, Richard Thomson considers Claude Monet's paintings of buildings in their environment, offering a reappraisal of
an artist more often associated with landscapes, seascapes and gardens.
- Nefertiti's face: the creation of an icon, Joyce Tyldesley. 732.8 TYL
- Reflections: Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites, Alison Smith. 759.9493 EYC
- This book presents the Arnolfini Portrait with a selection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings it inspired.
- Renoir and friends: Luncheon of the boating party, Eliza E. Rathbone. 759.4 REN
- This volume reveals the fascinating characters in the painting and explores Renoir's technique.
- Sargent: the masterworks, Stephanie L. Herdrich. 759.13 SAR
- Strong-Cuevas drawings: ideas on paper, Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas. 743.49 STR
- A companion to Strong-Cuevas Sculpture, this volume is a beautifully presented retrospective of Strong-
Cuevas's drawings over the last 40 years.
- The golden age of botanical art, Martyn Rix. 758.5 RIX
- The jewelry design drawings of Trabert & Hoeffer-Mauboussin, Elizabeth Hamilton. 739.27 HAM
- The propaganda front: postcards from the era of world wars: the Leonard A. Lauder postcard archive, Anna Jozefacka. 700.4 JOZ
- Universe of stone: Chartres Cathedral and the invention of the gothic, Philip Ball. 726.6 BAL
- Ball makes sense of the visual and emotional power of Chartres and brilliantly explores how its construction, and the creation of other Gothic cathedrals, represented a profound and dramatic shift in the way medieval thinkers perceived their relationship with their world.
- Your art will save your life, Beth Pickens. 700.1 PIC
- Helps artists build a sustainable practice while navigating the world of MFAs, residencies, and institutional funding.
Biographies
- A clear blue sky, Jonny Bairstow. 796.358 BAI
- A memoir about family, loss and the will to overcome from the popular wicketkeeper and Captain of Yorkshire.
- A life in the day: a memoir of the sixties, writing, the Beatles and my beloved wife, Hunter Davies. 828.914 DAV
- Hunter now looks back across five decades of successful writing to reflect on his memories of the living in London during the height of the Swinging Sixties.
- A longing for wide and unknown things: the life of Alexander von Humboldt, Maren Meinhardt. 509.2 HUM
- A biography of a giant of the nineteenth century, explorer of Latin America and founder of biogeography.
- A time to risk all: the incredible untold story of Mary Elmes, the Irish woman who saved children from Nazi concentration camps, Clodagh Finn. 940.5318 ELM
- By 1942, it became evident that Jews, who were also held in the camps by the collaborationist Vichy authorities, were in danger of being deported to their death. Mary Elmes risked her life to help children and adults escape.
- Adamalui: a survivor's journey from civil wars in Africa to life in America, Joseph Kaifala. 966.4 KAI
- Author and survivor of the Sierra Leonean and Liberian civil wars, Joseph Kaifala recounts his journey to America with literary finesse and sincere recollection.
- Adrift in the fog: a journey of rediscovery, C. C. Johannes Peet. 920.71 PEE
- The true and honest story of how Hans Peet faced up the challenge of ongoing loss of vision, the friend who rescued him from depression and what happened to change him from winemaker to writer.
- Anthony Fokker: the Flying Dutchman who shaped American aviation, Marc Dierikx. 338.762 FOK
- Tells the larger-than-life true story of maverick pilot and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker.
- Astrid Lindgren: the woman behind Pippi Longstocking, Jens Andersen. 839.7 LIN
- Lindgren's sometimes turbulent life as an unwed teenage mother, outspoken advocate for the rights of women and children, and celebrated editor and author is chronicled in fascinating detail by Jens Andersen, one of Denmark's most popular biographers.
- Back of beyond, Jenny Old. 920.72 OLD
- At twenty-two, Jenny fell in love with Rick Old and went to live and work with him on his property, McAllister, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. There, she faced incredible hardship, living in a hut with not even basic necessities. Her only contact with the outside world was a two-way radio.
- Becoming Leonardo: an exploded view of the life of Leonardo Da Vinci, Mike Lankford. 759.5 LEO
- Lankford explodes every cliché about Da Vinci and then reconstructs him based on a rich trove of available evidence, bringing to life for the modern reader the man who has been studied by scholars for centuries, yet has remained as mysterious as ever.
- Belle: the slave daughter and the Lord Chief Justice, Paula Byrne. 941.073 BEL
- The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to live with her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, one of the most powerful men of the time and a leading opponent of slavery.
- Butterfly: from refugee to Olympian, my story of rescue, hope, and triumph, Yusra Mardini. 797.21 MAR
- The inspiring story of how one woman saved fellow refugees from drowning–and how she went on to become an Olympic swimmer.
- Common ground: a political life, Justin Trudeau. 971.07 TRU
- From his childhood at the prime ministerial residence of 24 Sussex up to his role as leader of the Liberal party, Trudeau captures
the formative moments of his upbringing, including the influence of his father, Pierre, who was prime minister before him, and the tragic death of his brother, Michel.
- Dynasty: a true story, Christina Oxenberg. 949.71 OXE
- n 2014 Christina Oxenberg visited Serbia for the first time on the trail of her family history. What she discovered was not only the astonishing story of her origins; a descendant of the Karadjordjevic dynasty who rose from shepherds to kings, but also the hair-raising history of Europe and its royals from the 18th century to the present day.
- Eisenhower: becoming the leader of the free world, Louis Galambos. 973.921 EIS
- Galambos follows the career of Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower, offering new insight into this singular man who guided America toward consensus at home and a peaceful victory in the Cold War.
- Elizabeth Macarthur: a life at the edge of the world, Michelle Scott Tucker. 994 MCA
- In 1788 a young gentlewoman raised in the vicarage of an English village married a handsome, haughty and penniless army officer. In any Austen novel that would be the end of the story, but for the real-life woman who became an Australian farming entrepreneur, it was just the beginning.
- Eunice: the Kennedy who changed the world, Eileen McNamara. 973.9 SHR
- McNamara brings Eunice Kennedy Shriver out from her brothers' shadows to reveal an officious, cigar-smoking, fast-driving, indefatigable woman who was a shrewd player in the careers of Jack, Bobby, and Ted.
- Form: my autobiography, Kieren Fallon. 798.4 FAL
- Kieren Fallon was one of the world's greatest jockeys, but his career was littered with controversial incidents.
- Have dog, will travel: a poet's journey, Stephen Kuusisto. 362.41 KUU
- In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.
- Henrietta Maria: the betrayed queen, Dominic Pearce. 941.062 HEN
- At the heart of the English Civil War stands the wife of Charles I, Henrietta Maria. She came to England in 1625 at the age of 15 ignorant of the language and institutions of her new country, undermined by her greedy French entourage, blocked by the forceful Duke of Buckingham, weighed down by instructions from the Pope to protect the Catholics of England.
- Jackie, Janet & Lee: the secret lives of Janet Auchincloss and her daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill, J. Randy Taraborrelli. 920.72 ONA
- A biography of three of the most glamorous women of the 20th Century: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, her mother Janet Lee Auchincloss, and her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill.
- Joan Rivers confidential: the unseen scrapbooks, joke cards, personal files, and photos of a very funny woman who kept everything, Melissa Rivers. 792.7 RIV
- The book contains scripts and monologues, letters from famous friends, exchanges with fans, rare photographs, as well as classic and never-before-heard jokes many simply scribbled on everything from hotel stationery to airplane boarding passes.
- John, Cynthia Lennon. 781.66 LEN
- When she was 18 years old, Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love. Their ten-year relationship coincided with the
start of the Beatles phenomenon.
- Just the funny parts: … and a few hard truths about sneaking into the Hollywood boys' club, Nell Scovell. 791.45023 SCO
- A fast-paced account of a nerdy girl from New England who fought her way to the top of the highly-competitive, male-dominated entertainment field.
- Lady M: the life and loves of Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne 1751-1818, Colin Brown. 941.073 MEL
- Based upon diaries, archives and extensive correspondence between Lady M and Lord Byron, Brown examines the Regency period and its pre-Victorian code of morals from the perspective of a powerful and influential woman.
- Life, loss, love: a memoir, Lorraine Downes. 791.66 DOW
- As well as the Miss Universe fairy-tale and her busy career, Lorraine shares details of her first marriage to All Black Murray Mexted, her delight in her two children, her success in Dancing with the Stars and her blissful relationship with cricketing legend Martin Crowe.
- Like a bat out of hell: the larger-than-life story of Meat Loaf, Mick Wall. 781.66 MEA
- Michael Lee Aday, better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
- Living with Leonardo: fifty years of sanity and insanity in the art world and beyond, Martin Kemp. 759.5 LEO
- Living with Leonardo takes us deep inside Leonardo da Vinci scholar Martin Kemp's lifelong passion for the genius who has helped define our culture.
- Looking at the stars: how incurable illness taught one boy everything, Lewis Hine. 362.196994 HIN
- "My illness may define the length of my life, but it won't define how I live it. My disability gave me the ability to understand and help others. And now I finally feel like I am living."
- Maker of patterns: an autobiography through letters, Freeman Dyson. 530 DYS
- Both recalling his life story and recounting many of the major advances in twentieth-century science, a renowned physicist shares his autobiography through letters.
- Maximum volume: the life of Beatles producer George Martin: the early years, 1926-1966, Kenneth Womack. 781.66 MAR
- Womack traces Martin's early years; his unlikely discovery of the Beatles, and his painstaking efforts to prepare their newfangled sound for the British music marketplace.
- Meghan: a Hollywood princess, Andrew Morton. 941.085 MAR
- Morton goes back to Meghan's roots to uncover the story of her childhood growing up in The Valley in Los Angeles, her studies
at an all-girls Catholic school, and her fraught family life; a painful experience mirrored by Harry's own background.
- Miss ex-Yugoslavia: a memoir, Sofija Stefanovic. 949.7 STE
- A funny, dark and tender memoir about growing up between the lunacy of Yugoslavia's civil war and suburban Australia.
- My days: happy and otherwise, Marion Ross. 791.45028 ROS
- In an autobiography as cheerful and straightforward as the author's character on Happy Days, Ross uncomplainingly recounts a
life filled with more melodrama than comedy.
- Napoleon: passion, death and resurrection, 1815-1840, Philip Dwyer. 944.05 NAP
- This meticulously researched study opens with Napoleon no longer in power, but instead a prisoner in a dressing-gown just off the English coast.
- Napoleon. Volume 2, The spirit of the age, 1805-1810, Michael Broers. 944.05 NAP
- Neruda: the poet's calling, Mark Eisner. 868.99331 NER
- The book depicts Neruda's monumental life, potent verse, and ardent belief in the "poet's obligation" to use poetry for social good.
- Paper cuts, Stephen Bernard. 616.8583 BER
- Each morning when he wakes, Bernard must literally reconstruct his self: every night he writes himself a letter to be read the next day. The fractured, intensely personal narrative of Paper Cuts follows a single day in his life as he navigates a course through the effects of mania, medication and memories.
- Picasso and the painting that shocked the world, Miles J. Unger. 759.6 PIC
- Traces the story of Picasso's rise from an obscure young painter to one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, documenting the events of his first visit to Paris, his emergence as a leader of a group of bohemian artists, his gradual recognition by collectors and the 1906 creation of the disturbing masterpiece, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon."
- President Carter: the White House years, Stuart E. Eizenstat. 973.926 CAR
- Eizenstat was at Jimmy Carter's side from his political rise in Georgia through four years in the White House, where he served as Chief Domestic Policy Adviser.
- Raw: my journey into the Wu-Tang, U-God. 781.66 UGO
- U-God is an American rapper and hip-hop artist and one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan.
- Richard the Lionheart: the crusader king of England, W. B. Bartlett. 942.032 RIC
- Whilst Richard I is one of medieval England's most famous kings he is also the most controversial. He has variously been considered a great warrior but a poor king, a man driven by the quest for fame and glory but also lacking in self-discipline and prone to throwing away the short-term advantages that his military successes brought him.
- Rosie: scenes from a vanished life, Rose Tremain. 823.914 TRE
- Rose Tremain grew up in post-war London where both food and affection were fiercely rationed. The girl known then as 'Rosie'
and her sister Jo spent their days longing for their grandparents' farm, buried deep in the Hampshire countryside where they could at last roam and dream. But when Rosie is ten years old, everything changes.
- Shores beyond shores: from Holocaust to hope: my true story, Irene Butter. 940.5318 BUT
- As Irene's Pappi fights to save his family during the Holocaust, Irene's childhood is lost. Play is restricted. Family and friends disappear. Finally, with the Dutch police at their door comes the reality that Irene's father has not moved his family far enough from Hitler's Germany.
- Somebody I used to know, Wendy Mitchell. 616.831 MIT
- Brave, illuminating and inspiring, Somebody I Used to Know is the first memoir ever written by someone living with dementia.
- Steve McQueen, Dwight Jon Zimmerman. 791.43028 MCQ
- This book explores and celebrates the memorable aspects of McQueen's life that, taken as a whole, defined the man and cemented his reputation as a Hollywood rebel and risk taker.
- Susan Sontag: a biography, Daniel Schreiber. 818.54 SON
- Schreiber portrays a glamorous woman full of contradictions and inner conflicts, whose life mirrored the cultural upheavals of her time. While known primarily as a cultural critic and novelist, Sontag was also a filmmaker, stage director, and dramatist.
- The elephant and the wasp, John McArdle. 340.092 MCA
- This is the story of a working-class boy destined to practice law at a time when working-class boys didn't become lawyers.
- The freewheeling John Dowie, John Dowie. 792.7 DOW
- Inspired by Spike Milligan, John Dowie embarked on his comedy career in a time when such a thing was virtually unheard of, and then,
just as alternative comedy began to be recognised by popular culture, he quit. And so began his next obsession; riding his bike.
- The girl who smiled beads, Clemantine Wamariya. 967.571 WAM
- Wamariya was 6 years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbours began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. In 1994, she and her 15 year-old sister, Clare, fled the Rwandan massacre and spent the next 6 years wandering through 7 African countries.
- The man who caught the storm: the life of legendary tornado chaser Tim Samaras, Brantley Hargrove. 551.553 SAM
- The saga of the greatest tornado chaser who ever lived: a tale of obsession and daring, and an extraordinary account of humanity's high-stakes race to understand nature's fiercest phenomenon.
- The reason you walk, Wab Kinew. 971.27 KIN
- When his father was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Kinew decided to spend a year reconnecting with the accomplished but distant aboriginal man who'd raised him.
- The street where I live: a memoir, Alan Jay Lerner. 782.14 LER
- This book is at once an intimate biography of three great shows – My Fair Lady, Gigi, and Camelot – and a candid account
of the life and times of Alan J. Lerner, one of America's most acclaimed and popular lyricists.
- The unexpected adventures of Martin Freeman, Neil Daniels. 791.43028 FRE
- Explores the rise to fame of this unassuming actor, how he has successfully managed to avoid the pitfalls of stardom, and how he has become one of the greatest actors of his generation.
- The wife's tale: a personal history, Aida Edemariam. 963.04 YET
- In this memoir that recalls the life of her remarkable ninety-five-year old grandmother, Edemariam tells the story of modern Ethiopia - a nation that would undergo a tumultuous transformation from feudalism to monarchy to Marxist revolution to democracy, over the course of one century.
- This is going to hurt: secret diaries of a junior doctor, Adam Kay. 610.92 KAY
- As soon as Adam Kay set foot on a hospital ward for the first time, he realized there's quite a lot they don't teach you at medical school. His diaries from the NHS front line scribbled in secret after long nights, endless days and missed weekends are hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking by turns.
- Tiger Woods, Jeff Benedict. 796.352 WOO
- An intriguing look at the stellar rise and lurid fall of golf legend Tiger Woods.
- Unmasked, Andrew Lloyd Webber. 782.14 LLO
- Published to coincide with his seventieth birthday, Unmasked is a candid memoir by the legendary composer of some of the most recognized musicals in history.
- Waking the spirit: a musician's journey healing body, mind, and soul, Andrew Schulman. 787.87 SCH
- Once fully recovered, Andrew resolved to dedicate his life to bringing music to critically ill patients at Mount Sinai-Beth Israel's ICU. In this book, you'll learn the astonishing story of the people he's met along the way both patients and doctors and of the people he has inspired in return.
- What you did not tell: a Russian past and the journey home, Mark Mazower. 940.5 MAZ
- It was a family that fate drove into the siege of Stalingrad, the Vilna ghetto, occupied Paris, and even into the ranks of the Wehrmacht.
- Will you take me as I am: Joni Mitchell's Blue period, Michelle Mercer. 781.64 MIT
- In extensive conversations with Mitchell, Michelle Mercer heard firsthand about Joni's internal and external journeys as she composed the largely autobiographical albums of what Mercer calls her Blue Period, which lasted through the mid-1970s.
Books about books
- A book of book lists, Alex Johnson. 011 JOH
- This is a book of book lists. From Bin Laden's bookshelf to the books most frequently left in hotels, from prisoners' favourite books to MPs' most borrowed books, these lists prove a person's bookcase tells you everything you need to know about them.
Business & Management
- 50 business classics: your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management, and strategy, Tom Butler-Bowdon. 658 BUT
- Ask a manager: how to navigate clueless colleagues, lunch-stealing bosses, and the rest of your life at work, Alison Green. 650.13 GRE
- CEO society: the corporate takeover of everyday life, Peter Bloom. 658.42 BLO
- Examines the rise of the CEO society, and how it has started to transform governments, culture, and the economy.
- Challenging the safety quo, Craig Marriott. 658.408 MAR
- Makes the case for change based on stagnating performance, identifies areas where there are problems and proposes alternative ways to progress.
- Developing the leader within you 2.0, John C. Maxwell. 658.409 MAX
- Digital Darwinism: survival of the fittest in the age of business disruption, Tom Goodwin. 658.406 GOO
- Takes an exhilarating look at disruptive thinking to inspire those who want to be the best at digital transformation.
- Disruptive selling: a new approach to sales, marketing and customer service, Patrick Maes. 658.81 MAE
- First mover: Jeff Bezos in his own words, Helena Hunt. 381.45 BEZ
- Offers a unique look into the mind of one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs by collecting more than 500 of Bezos's quotes on business, technology, customer service, e-commerce, innovation, entrepreneurship, and more.
- Get backed: craft your story, build the perfect pitch deck, launch the venture of your dreams, Evan Baehr. 658.152 BAE
- Lost and founder: a painfully honest field guide to the startup world, Rand Fishkin. 658.11 FIS
- Fishkin reveals the truth about startup culture with the transparency and humour. Fishkin's hard-
won lessons are applicable to any kind of business environment and this book can help solve your problems, and make you feel less alone for having them.
- Powered by change: how to design your business for perpetual success, Jonathan MacDonald. 658.406 MCD
- Questionnaire design: how to plan, structure and write survey material for effective market research, Ian Brace. 658.83 BRA
- The business of excellence: building high-performance teams and organizations, Justin Hughes. 658.402 HUG
- The efficiency paradox: what big data can't do, Edward Tenner. 658.51 TEN
- Tenner offers a smarter way to think about efficiency, showing how we can combine artificial intelligence and our own intuition, leaving ourselves and our institutions open to learning from the random and unexpected.
Cartoons
- A celebration of animation: the 100 greatest cartoon characters in television history, Marty Gitlin. 741.58 GIT
- Compulsive comics, Eric Haven. 741.5 HAV
- Compulsive Comics collects the very best of Eric Haven's singular brand of inverted-comic-book-consciousness and genre-bending short stories.
Civil Rights
- To shape a new world: essays on the political philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., Tommie Shelby. 323.1196073 KIN
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Computing & Digital
- Adobe Creative Cloud all-in-one, Jennifer Smith. 006.68 SMI
- Broad band: the untold story of the women who made the Internet, Claire L. Evans. 004 EVA
- Expert internet searching, Phil Bradley. 025.04 BRA
- Google Drive & Docs in 30 minutes: the unofficial guide to the Google Drive, Docs, Sheets & Slides, Ian Lamont. 005.5 LAM
- HTML5 in easy steps, Mike McGrath. 005.754 MCG
- The live-streaming handbook: how to create live-video for social media on your phone and desktop, Peter Stewart. 006.7 STE
- The truth machine: the blockchain and the future of everything, Michael J. Casey. 005.74 CAS
- Demystifies the blockchain and explains why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities; grant billions of excluded people access to the global economy; and shift the balance of power to revive society's faith in itself.
- Twitter in 30 minutes: how to connect with interesting people, write great tweets, and find information that's relevant to you, Ian Lamont. 006.7 LAM
Crafts, Hobbies & Collecting
- 100 days of lettering: a complete creative lettering course, Jay Roeder. 745.61 ROE
- 50 things to do with a penknife, Matt Collins. 736.4 COL
- 60 quick knits for beginners: easy projects for new knitters in 220 Superwash from Cascade yarns, Sixth & Spring Books. 746.432 SIX
- A book of knitting wisdoms, Eliza Carpenter. 746.432 CAR
- A passion for quilting: 35 step-by-step patchwork and quilting projects, Nicki Trench. 746.46 TRE
- Arne & Carlos greatest knits: favourite projects and new designs to knit and crochet, Arne Nerjordet. 746.43 NER
- Child's play quilts: make 20 stash-busting quilts for kids, Stacey Day. 746.46 DAY
- Craft the rainbow: 40 colorful paper projects from The house that Lars built, Brittany Watson Jepsen. 745.54 JEP
- Crafting a patterned home: painting, printing, and stitching projects to enliven every room, Kristin Nicholas. 745.5 NIC
- Cuddly animals to crochet: 28 cute toys to make and love, Lucia Förthmann. 746.434 FOR
- Flowerbomb!: 25 beautiful craft projects to blow your blossoms, Hannah Read-Baldrey. 745.594 REA
- With projects created using a combination of real flowers and various different crafting techniques including easy embroidery, simple papercraft, weaving, sugarcraft and embellishment for every skill level.
- Hoop dreams: modern hand embroidery, Cristin Morgan. 746.44 MOR
- Inspired bead embroidery: creative jewelry designs, Sherry Serafini. 745.58 SER
- Joyful stitching: transform fabric with improvisational embroidery, Laura Wasilowski. 746.44 WAS
- Knit your story in yarn: how to design and knit an heirloom quilt, shawl, bag, and more, Dee Hardwicke. 746.432 HAR
- Look what we made, Frankie Magazine. 745.5 LOO
- Inside you'll meet hatmakers and brewers, potters and jewellers. Plus textile artists, illustrators, musicians, weavers, cobblers and a whole
lot more creative folk doing what they love best.
- Macramé at home: add boho-chic charm to every room with 20 projects for stunning plant hangers, wall art, pillows and more, Natalie Ranae. 746.422 RAN
- Makes for mini folk, Lisa Stickley. 745.5 STI
- Covers a range of makes for children from newborn babies to older children with a wide range of original projects from homeware to toys and clothing.
- Making faces in fabric: workshop with Melissa Averinos: draw, collage, stitch & show, Melissa Averinos. 746.445 AVE
- Medieval-inspired knits: 20 projects featuring the motifs, colors, and shapes of the Middle Ages, Anna-Karin Lundberg. 746.432 LUN
- Millefiori quilts. 2, Willyne Hammerstein. 746.46 HAM
- Model villages, Tim Dunn. 745.5928 DUN
- Modern stencils: 35 colorful projects for furniture, textiles, floors, walls and more, Nicolette Tabram. 745.73 TAB
- Quilted throws, bags & accessories: 28 inspired projects made with patchwork, paper piecing & appliqué, Sanae Kono. 746.46 KON
- Rainbow knits: 20 colorful knitting patterns in stripes, ombré shades, and variegated yarns, Nicki Trench. 746.432 TRE
- Sewing clothes for Barbie: 24 stylish outfits for fashion dolls, Annabel Benilan. 745.5922 BEN
- Sewing made simple: from sewing box to sewing machine: fashion and furnishing techniques explained, Tessa Evelegh. 646.2 EVE
- Shibori: the art of indigo dyeing with step-by-step techniques and 25 projects to make, Nicola Gouldsmith. 746.66 GOU
- Stash statement: make the most of your fabrics with easy improv quilts, Kelly Young. 746.46 YOU
- Sunshine sewing, Tone Finnanger. 746.46 FIN
- Packed with gorgeous sewing and quilting projects to add a ray of sunshine into your spring decor.
- The art & craft of the blacksmith: techniques and inspiration for the modern smith, Robert Thomas. 682 THO
- The curse of the boyfriend sweater: essays on crafting, Alanna Okun. 746.432 OKU
- The sewing book, Alison Smith. 646.2 SMI
- Totally awesome tie-dye: fun-to-make fabric dyeing projects for all ages, Suzanne McNeill. 746.66 MCN
- Tula Pink coloring with thread: stitching a whimsical world with hand embroidery, Tula Pink. 746.44 PIN
- Ultimate woodwork bible: a complete reference with step-by-step techniques, Phil Davy. 684.08 DAV
- Vogue knitting: the ultimate knitting book 746.432 VOG
- Wood pallet wonders: 20 stunning DIY storage & décor designs made from reclaimed pallets, Samantha Hartman. 684.08 HAR
Crime & Espionage
- A wayward angel: the full story of the Hell's Angels, George Wethern. 364.177 WET
- Hunting El Chapo: the inside story of the American lawman who captured the world's most-wanted drug lord, Andrew Hogan. 364.177 HOG
- I let him go: a mother's heartbreaking true story of the murder that shocked the world, Denise Fergus. 364.1523 FER
- Written by the mother of James Bulgar who was tortured to death by two
10 year olds.
- I will find you: solving killer cases from my life fighting crime, Joe Kenda. 363.2 KEN
- Kenda shares his deepest, darkest, and never-before-revealed case files from his two decades as a homicide detective.
- Plundering beauty: a history of art crime during war, Arthur Tompkins. 364.162 TOM
- Stolen innocence: my story of growing up in a polygamous sect, becoming a teenage bride, and breaking free of Warren Jeffs, Elissa Wall. 364.1555 WAL
- The darkest web, Eileen Ormsby. 364.168 ORM
- Ormsby has spent the past five years exploring every corner of the Dark Web. She has shopped on darknet markets, contributed to forums, waited in red rooms and been threatened by hitmen on murder-for-hire sites.
- The name of death, Klester Cavalcanti. 364.1524 SAN
- The true-life story of a Brazilian boy who could have been a fisherman but instead became the biggest professional killer known to the world.
- The Vory: Russia's super mafia, Mark Galeotti. 364.1 GAL
- Tracking a serial killer: timelines of the world's most notorious murders, Chris McNab. 364.1523 MCN
Customs & Etiquette
- Celebrate your love: how to create a unique modern and personalised wedding ceremony, Jane Patmore. 392.5 PAT
- Is the cemetery dead?, David Charles Sloane. 393 SLO
- Gets to the heart of the tragedy of death, chronicling how Americans are inventing new or adapting old traditions, burial places, and memorials.
Economics
- A world of three zeros: the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net carbon emissions, Muhammad Yunus. 330 YUN
- The Marshall Plan: dawn of the Cold War, Benn Steil. 338.9173 STE
Education
- Being a teacher: teaching and learning in a global context, Lucy Cooker. 371.14 COO
- Music and singing in the early years: a guide to singing with young children, Zoe Greenhalgh. 372.87 GRE
- Right-brained addition & subtraction: a forget memorization book: effortless learning through images, stories, hands-on activities, and patterns, Sarah Major. 372.7 MAJ
- This book introduces
numbers including number recognition, counting, writing numbers, ordering numbers, number sense, and finally teaches addition and subtraction to ten.
Electronics
- Ham radio, H. Ward Silver. 621.38416 SIL
Engineering
- Bridges, David Ross. 624.2 ROS
- A pictorial celebration of 150 suspension bridges, iron bridges, stone bridges, aqueducts, viaducts, railway bridges, footbridges and rope bridges.
- Built: the hidden stories behind our structures, Roma Agrawal. 624.1 AGR
- Looks at the history of structural engineering, discusses the science behind the field, describes how engineers keep modern buildings from falling down and how a bridge can span distances, and compares modern solutions with those from ancient cultures.
- Graphene: the superstrong, superthin, and superversatile material that will revolutionize the world, Les Johnson. 620.11 JOH
- Introduction to rocket propulsion, James Ras. 621.435 RAS
- Make: high-power rockets: construction and certification for thousands of feet and beyond, Mike Westerfield. 621.435 WES
Environment
- Climate of hope: how cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet, Michael Bloomberg. 363.7387 BLO
- Energy and civilization: a history, Vaclav Smil. 333.79 SMI
- Our place: can we save Britain's wildlife before it is too late?, Mark Cocker. 333.95 COC
- The vanishing: India's wildlife crisis, Prerna Singh Bindra. 333.952 BIN
Family History
- How to use Evernote for genealogy: a step-by-step guide to organize your research and boost your genealogy productivity, Kerry Scott. 929.1 SCO
- Unearthing family tree mysteries, Ruth A. Symes. 929.2 SYM
Farming
- A place in the country: a guide to creating your patch of rural paradise, Chris Ferreira. 630 FER
- This is a no-nonsense guide to choosing, establishing and sustaining your patch of rural paradise in Australia or New Zealand.
Fashion & Beauty
- Denim: fashion's frontier, Emma McClendon. 746.92 MCC
- Geek ink: the world's smartest tattoos for rebels, nerds, scientists, and intellectuals, Inkstinct. 391.65 GEE
- Handmade spa: natural treatments to revive and restore, Juliette Goggin. 646.72 GOG
- A unique and comprehensive guide to replicating the luxury of a spa experience in your own home using
natural, botanical preparations.
- Inside the royal wardrobe: a dress history of Queen Alexandra, Kate Strasdin. 391 ALE
- Living the life more fabulous: beauty, style & empowerment for older women: a handbook, Tricia Cusden. 646.7 CUS
- Plant-powered beauty: the essential guide to using natural ingredients for health, wellness, and personal skincare with 50-plus recipes, Amy Galper. 646.72 GAL
- Tattoo street style, Alice Snape. 391.65 SNA
- The dandy at dusk: taste and melancholy in the twentieth century, Phillip Mann. 391.1 MAN
- The House of Worth 1858-1954: the birth of haute couture, Chantal Trubert-Tollu. 746.92 WOR
Film, Television & Theatre
- A book about the film Monty Python's Life of Brian: all the references from Assyrians to Zeffirelli, Darl Larsen. 791.437 LAR
- Anything you can imagine: Peter Jackson and the making of Middle-earth, Ian Nathan. 791.437 JAC
- Fast times and excellent adventures: the surprising history of the '80s teen movie, James King. 791.43652 KIN
- Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the making of a legendary American film, Don Graham. 791.437 GRA
- Hitler and film: the Führer's hidden passion, Bill Niven. 791.43658 HIT
- Hollywood and Hitler 1933-1939, Thomas Doherty. 791.430943 DOH
- Sunday in Hell: behind the lens of the greatest cycling film of all time, William Fotheringham. 791.437 FOT
- The age of Oprah: cultural icon for the neoliberal era, Janice Peck. 791.45028 WIN
- The art of Star Wars, the last Jedi, Phil Szostak. 791.437 SZO
- The big picture: the fight for the future of movies, Ben Fritz. 384.8 FRI
- Tomb Raider: the art and making of the film, Sharon Gosling. 791.437 GOS
Finance & Economics
- Growing pains: the future of democracy (and work), Gwynne Dyer. 330 DYE
- We are now living in a world where Brexit and Trump are daily realities. But how did this come about? And what does it mean for the future?
- Human + machine: reimagining work in the age of AI, Paul R. Daugherty. 331.25 DAU
- AI experts show how the future of business will be defined by "collaborative intelligence" between people
and machines.
- Ma Huateng & Tencent: a story of an online Chinese empire, Leng Hu. 338.7 MA
- Money: what it is, how it's created, who gets it, and why it matters, Sergio M. Focardi. 332.4 FOC
- Putin's oil: the Yukos affair and the struggle for Russia, Martin Sixsmith. 338.272 SIX
- Stock charts, Greg Schnell. 332.632 SCH
- Reveals the important stories charts tell, and how different parameters can impact what you see on the screen.
- The clean money revolution: reinventing power, purpose, and capitalism, Joel Solomon. 332.6 SOL
- This is the year I put my financial life in order, John Schwartz. 332.024 SCH
- John will walk you through his own journey to financial literacy, which he admittedly started a bit late. He covers everything from investments to retirement and insurance to wills (at fifty-eight, he didn't have one), medical directives, and more.
Folklore
- The encyclopedia of mythology: Norse, Classical, Celtic, Arthur Cotterell. 292.13 COT
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Food & Drink
- A grandfather's lessons: in the kitchen with Shorey, Jacques Pépin. 641.5 PEP
- The world renowned French cooking instructor teams up with his granddaughter to prepare plain but elegant dishes, including curly hot dogs with pickle relish, marinated Chinese mushroom salad, and blueberries in honey sauce.
- Afternoons in Ithaka, Spiri Tsintziras. 641 TSI
- A charming memoir of self-discovery, family, connection and the power of a tomato.
- Badditives!: the 13 most harmful food additives in your diet and how to avoid them, Linda Bonvie. 641.308 BON
- Barcelona: cult recipes, Stephan Mitsch. 641.5946 MIT
- BOSH!: simple recipes, amazing food, all plants, Henry Firth. 641.5636 FIR
- Cook share eat vegan: delicious plant-based recipes for everyone, Áine Carlin. 641.5636 CAR
- Dining in: highly cookable recipes, Alison Roman. 641.5 ROM
- Collects trendsetting, quality recipes for home cooks, including such dishes as crispy kimchi and cheddar omelette, clam pasta
with chorizo and walnuts, and cumin lamb chops with charred scallions and peanuts.
- Eat rich, live long: use the power of low-carb and keto for weight loss and great health, Ivor Cummins. 641.5638 CUM
- Eat up!, Ruby Tandoh. 394.12 TAN
- Tandoh celebrates the fun and pleasure of food, taking a look at everything from gluttons and gourmets in the movies, to the symbolism of food and sex.
- Edmonds everyday. 641.5 EDM
- The book is divided into 13 sections which cover baking, family meals and entertaining: cakes; biscuits; slices; muffins, scones, loaves and tartlets; breakfasts; salads and vegetables; finger foods; light meals; main meals and barbecues; desserts, special menus; preserves; and icings, pastries, dressings and sauces.
- Everyday Korean: fresh, modern recipes for home cooks, Kim Sunée. 641.59519 SUN
- Fertility foods cookbook: 100+ recipes to nourish your body, Elizabeth Shaw. 641.563 SHA
- Great vegan BBQ without a grill: amazing plant-based ribs, burgers, steaks, kabobs and more smoky favorites, Linda Meyer. 641.5636 MEY
- Grilling. 641.76 GRI
- Learn how to grill in a healthier way without sacrificing bold flavors. Gas, charcoal, and indoor grilling techniques are supplemented presented with a wide variety of recipes, from barbecue and smoked meats to burgers and vegetables.
- Happy gut: feel-good recipes and remedies for better gut health, Reece Carter. 641.5631 CAR
- Healthy thermo cooking for busy families, Olivia Andrews. 641.589 AND
- How to roast everything: a game-changing guide to building flavor in meat, vegetables, and more, America's Test Kitchen. 641.71 HOW
- Little Korea: iconic dishes & cult recipes, Billy Law. 641.59519 LAW
- Low-FODMAP and vegan: what to eat when you can't eat anything, Jo Stepaniak. 641.5631 STE
- Naturally vegetarian: recipes & stories from my Italian family farm, Valentina Solfrini. 641.5636 SOL
- One knife, one pot, one dish: simple French feasts at home, Stéphane Reynaud. 641.5944 REY
- Plant-strong: discover the world's healthiest diet–with 150 Engine 2 recipes, Rip Esselstyn. 641.5636 ESS
- Real food fake food: why you don't know what you're eating & what you can do about it, Larry Olmsted. 641.3 OLM
- Roots: recipes celebrating nature, seasons and the land, Tommy Banks. 641.5 BAN
- Shaya: an odyssey of food, my journey back to Israel, Alon Shaya. 641.595694 SHA
- These are stories of place, of people, and of the food that connects them, a memoir of one man's culinary sensibility, with food as the continuum throughout his journey–guiding his personal and professional decisions, punctuating every memory, choice, every turning point in his life.
- Sweet & savory fat bombs: 100 delicious treats for fat fasts, ketogenic, paleo, and low-carb diets, Martina Slajerova. 641.5638 SLA
- The art of flavour: practices and principles for creating delicious food, Daniel Patterson. 641.5 PAT
- The baker's kitchen: easy, impressive & indulgent: 150 great recipes. 641.865 BAK
- The beer bucket list: over 150 essential beer experiences from around the world, Mark Dredge. 641.23 DRE
- The bodybuilder's kitchen, Erin Stern. 641.5638 STE
- The busy mum's guide to weight loss, Rhian Allen. 641.5635 ALL
- The comfort food diaries: my quest for the perfect dish to mend a broken heart, Emily Nunn. 641.3 NUN
- A former "New Yorker" editor chronicles her quest to overcome the convergence of the
sudden loss of her brother, being dumped by her fiancé, and being evicted from her apartment by cooking her way across the country while staying with friends and family.
- The food medic for life: easy recipes to help you live well every day, Hazel Wallace. 641.563 WAL
- The Little Viet Kitchen, Thuy Diem Pham. 641.59597 PHA
- The pesto cookbook: 116 recipes for creative herb combinations and dishes bursting with flavor, Olwen Woodier. 641.814 WOO
- The potato hack: weight loss simplified, Tim Steele. 641.352 STE
- The story of food: an illustrated history of everything we eat, Josephine Bacon. 641.3 BAC
- Three ingredient baking, Sarah Rainey. 641.5 RAI
- Veganomicon: the ultimate vegan cookbook, Isa Chandra Moskowitz. 641.5636 MOS
- Vegetarian Việt Nam, Cameron Stauch. 641.59597 STA
- Will travel for beer: 101 remarkable journeys every beer lover should experience, Stephen Beaumont. 641.23 BEA
Gardens & Gardening
- Brilliant and wild: a garden from scratch in a year, Lucy Bellamy. 635 BEL
- Circle gardening: growing vegetables outside the box, Kenneth E. Spaeth Jr. 635 SPA
- Climate-wise landscaping: practical actions for a sustainable future, Sue Reed. 712 REE
- Ditch the dirt: grow edible hydroponic plants at home, Rob Laing. 635.0485 LAI
- DIY hydroponic gardens: how to design and build an inexpensive system for growing plants in water, Tyler Baras. 631.585 BAR
- Earth to earch: a natural history of churchyards, Stefan Buczacki. 718 BUC
- Garden style: inspirational styling for your outside space, Selina Lake. 635 LAK
- Gardenalia: creating the stylish garden, Sally Coulthard. 717 COU
- Gardening with junk: simple and innovative planting ideas using recycled pots and containers, Adam Caplin. 635.986 CAP
- Gardens of style: private hideaways of the design world, Janelle McCulloch. 712.6 MCC
- Gardens of the High Line: elevating the nature of modern landscapes, Piet Oudolf. 712.50973 OUD
- Grow what you love: 12 food plant families to change your life, Emily Murphy. 635 MUR
- Heirloom vegetable gardening: a master gardener's guide to planting, seed saving, and cultural history, William Woys Weaver. 635 WEA
- Indoor kitchen gardening: [turn your home into a year-round vegetable garden: microgreens, sprouts, herbs, mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers & more], Elizabeth Millard. 635 MIL
- Life in the garden, Penelope Lively. 635 LIV
- Low-maintenance vegetable gardening: bumper crops in minutes a day using raised beds, planning and plant selection, Clare Matthews. 635 MAT
- Niki Jabbour's veggie garden remix: 224 new plants to shake up your garden and add variety, flavor, and fun., Niki Jabbour. 635 JAB
- Raised row gardening: incredible organic produce with no tilling and minimal weeding, Jim Competti. 635.0484 COM
- Secret gardens, Matthew Cantwell. 712.60994 CAN
- The colorful dry garden: over 100 flowers and vibrant plants for drought, desert & dry times, Maureen Gilmer. 635.952 GIL
- The ever curious gardener: using a little natural science for a much better garden, Lee Reich. 635 REI
- The little book of small-space gardening: easy-grow ideas for balconies, window boxes & other outdoor areas, Kay Maguire. 712.6 MAG
- Vegetables love flowers: companion planting for beauty and bounty, Lisa Mason Ziegler. 635 ZIE
Generalities and the Unknown
- Randomistas: how radical researchers changed our world, Andrew Leigh. 001.4 LEI
- Randomised test are carried out on us every day; by supermarkets, search engines, online dating sites, political parties and direct marketers. But how do these tests work? Are there any ethical issues? And what do they reveal about our choices?
Graphics
- Motion graphics: 100 design projects you can't miss, Wang Shaoqiang. 776 MOT
- Combining artistic expression and design principles with dynamic storytelling, motion graphics evoke strong emotions and create a connection between the message and the viewer.
Health
- Alcohol recovery: the mindful way, Catherine G. Lucas. 362.292 LUC
- Anatomy of the voice: an illustrated guide for singers, vocal coaches, and speech therapists, Theodore Dimon. 612.2 DIM
- Better sex through mindfulness: how women can cultivate desire, Lori A. Brotto. 306.7 BRO
- Borderline personality disorder demystified: an essential guide for understanding and living with BPD, Robert O. Friedel. 616.8585 FRI
- Brainstorm: detective stories from the world of neurology, Suzanne O'Sullivan. 616.8 OSU
- Examines the stories of people whose symptoms are so strange even their doctor struggles to know how to solve them.
- Breasts: the owner's manual: every woman's guide to reducing cancer risk, making treatment choices, and optimizing outcomes, Kristi Funk. 616.994 FUN
- Core, Hollis Lance Liebman. 613.71 LIE
- Discover how working the core muscles in the trunk, lower back, abdomen, and hips will efficiently and effectively develop and maintain core stability and strength.
- Dynamic DNA: activating your inner energy for better health, Hari Sharma. 615.53 SHA
- Authors present their view that the ancient medicine of Ayurveda is the companion to epigenetics, the study of changes in gene activity not caused by altering the underlying DNA sequence.
- Eat better, live longer: understand what your body needs to stay healthy, Sarah Brewer. 612.68 BRE
- Elastic: flexible thinking in a constantly changing world, Leonard Mlodinow. 612.8 MLO
- Everything happens for a reason: and other lies I've loved, Kate Bowler. 362.196994 BOW
- 35 year old Kate was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. In the aftermath of her diagnosis she shares her story and thoughts.
- Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome: how to manage this painful condition and improve the quality of your life, Chris Jenner. 616.74 JEN
- Food: what the heck should I eat?, Mark Hyman. 613.2 HYM
- Hyman sorts through the conflicting research on food to give us the skinny on what to eat.
- Forks over knives: the plant-based way to health, Gene Stone. 613.262 FOR
- This guide provides the information you need to adopt and maintain a plant-based diet, with tips on transitioning, success stories from converts, and recipes for delicious, healthy, every-day meals.
- Genius foods: become smarter, happier, and more productive while protecting your brain for life, Max Lugavere. 612.82 LUG
- Get it done: my plan, your goal: 60 recipes & workout sessions for a fit, lean body, Bradley Simmonds. 613.2 SIM
- Healing back pain: the mind-body connection, John E. Sarno. 617.56 SAR
- How to be well: the six keys to a happy and healthy life, Frank Lipman. 613.2 LIP
- How to be yourself: quiet your inner critic and rise above social anxiety, Ellen Hendriksen. 616.8522 HEN
- Hype: a doctor's guide to medical myths, exaggerated claims and bad advice - how to tell what's real and what's not, Nina Shapiro. 610 SHA
- If at first you don't conceive: your friendly guide to tackling infertility, Liz Ellis. 616.692 ELL
- Lifestyle change with April: your guide to a healthier you, April Laugh. 613.25 LAU
- Living with bariatric surgery: managing your mind and your weight, Denise Ratcliffe. 617.43 RAT
- Lost connections: uncovering the real causes of depression and the unexpected solutions, Johann Hari. 616.8527 HAR
- Menopause: the one-stop guide: a practical guide to understanding and living with the menopause, Kathy Abernathy. 618.175 ABE
- Metabolism revolution: lose 14 pounds in 14 days and keep it off for life, Haylie Pomroy. 613.25 POM
- Naked at our age: talking out loud about senior sex, Joan Price. 306.7 PRI
- Navigating life with migraine and other headaches, William B. Young. 616.8491 YOU
- Photographic treatment: daily photo dose. 2, Laurence Aëgerter. 616.83 AEG
- All images in this series of books come from a photo database consisting of photographs selected by Aëgerter specifically for people with dementia.
- Self-care for the real world, Nadia Narain. 613 NAR
- Small achievable step towards self-care and how you can apply them to your life.
- Shinrin-yoku: the Japanese way of forest bathing for health and relaxation, Yoshifumi Miyazaki. 615.535 MIY
- Shopping in pictures, Helen J. Bate. 616.83 SHO
- This book is designed to be accessible and entertaining for anyone with mid to later stage dementia who may remember gazing in shop windows, nipping on the bus into town or popping down the road for a loaf of bread and need a prompt to help them talk about it.
- Song for Rosaleen, Pip Desmond. 362.19683 DES
- A memoir of a family coping with their mother's dementia, Song for Rosaleen is both a celebration of Rosaleen Desmond's life and an unflinching account of the practical and ethical dilemmas that faced her six children.
- The boy who was raised as a dog: and other stories from a child psychiatrist's notebook: what traumatized children can teach us about loss, love, and healing, Bruce D. Perry. 618.9289 PER
- The candida cure: the 90-day program to balance your gut, beat candida, and restore vibrant health, Ann Boroch. 616.969 BOR
- The clear skin diet: the six-week program for beautiful skin, Nina Nelson. 616.53 NEL
- The diabetes code: prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes naturally, Jason Fung. 616.462 FUN
- The diabetes code: prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes naturally, Jason Fung. 616.462 FUN
- The drugs that changed our minds: the history of psychiatry in ten treatments, Lauren Slater. 615.788 SLA
- The end of epidemics: the looming threat to humanity and how to stop it, Jonathan D. Quick. 614.4 QUI
- The health and beauty botanical handbook, Pip Waller. 615.88 WAL
- The longevity code: secrets to living well for longer from the front lines of science, Kris Verburgh. 613.2 VER
- The Model Method: recipes, HIIT and Pilates exercises for lifelong wellness, Hollie Grant. 613.71 GRA
- The mystery of sleep: why a good night's rest is vital to a better, healthier life, Meir Kryger. 154.6 KRY
- The neuroscientist who lost her mind: my tale of madness and recovery, Barbara K. Lipska. 616.994 LIP
- As a deadly cancer spread inside her brain, leading neuroscientist Lipska was plunged into madness–only to miraculously survive with her memories intact.
- The spark in the machine: how the science of acupuncture explains the mysteries of western medicine, Daniel Keown. 615.892 KEO
- The unmapped mind: a memoir of neurology, incurable disease and learning how to live, Christian Donlan. 616.834 DON
- Living with multiple sclerosis.
- This is how I save my life: from California to India, a true story of finding everything when you are willing to try anything, Amy B. Scher. 616.924 SCH
- When Amy B. Scher was struck with undiagnosed late-stage, chronic Lyme disease, the best physicians in America labeled her condition incurable and potentially terminal. Deteriorating rapidly, she went on a search to save her own life.
- Thought for food: why what we eat matters, John D. Potter. 613.2 POT
- What am I supposed to eat?: making sense of food confusion, Libby Weaver. 613.2 WEA
- What the fast?: how Monday and Tuesday will change your life, Grant Schofield. 613.28 SCH
- A practical guide to get you started with intermittent fasting (IF) or Super-Fasting (SF) as we now
call it. Plus it comes with all the science and the recipes too.
- What you must know about age-related macular degeneration: how you can prevent, stop, or reverse AMD, Jeffrey Anshel. 617.7 ANS
- Why we sleep: the new science of sleep and dreams, Matthew Walker. 612.821 WAL
- Wild foods: looking back 60,000 years for clues to our future survival, Vic Cherikoff. 581.632 CHE
- You are your own gym: the bible of bodyweight exercises, Mark Lauren. 613.713 LAU
History, Geography & Travel
- A line in the river: Khartoum, city of memory, Jamal Mahjoub. 962.404 MAH
- A moving portrait, part history, part memoir, of Sudan once the largest most diverse country in Africa and its self-
destruction.
- A little history of archaeology, Brian Fagan. 930.1 FAG
- Broadway: a history of New York City in thirteen miles, Fran Leadon. 974.71 LEA
- Caesar's footprints: a cultural excursion to ancient France: journeys through Roman Gaul, Bijan Omrani. 936.4 OMR
- City of oranges: an intimate history of Jews and Arabs in Jaffa, Adam LeBor. 956.948 LEB
- Cleopatra: fact and fiction, Barbara Watterson. 932 CLE
- Creators, conquerors, and citizens: a history of Ancient Greece, Robin Waterfield. 938 WAT
- Daughters of the Winter Queen: four remarkable sisters and the enduring legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots, Nancy Goldstone. 940.23 ELI
- Easter Island, earth island: the enigmas of Rapa Nui, Paul Bahn. 996.18 BAH
- Egypt, Christina Riggs. 932 RIG
- Riggs introduces the history, art and religion of Egypt from its earliest dynasties to its final fall to Rome and explores the influence ancient Egypt has had through the centuries.
- Fodor's essential Croatia, Vera Brljevic. 949.72 BRL
- Travel guide
- Fodor's essential South Africa, Claire Baranowski. 968 BAR
- Travel guide
- Forgotten!: the story of Ahaura and the Nelson south-west goldfields, Jo Keppel. 993.72 KEP
- Four queens and a countess, Jill Armitage. 942.055 ELI
- When Mary Stuart was forced off the Scottish throne she fled to England, a move that made her cousin Queen Elizabeth very uneasy.
Elizabeth had continued the religious changes made by her father and England was a Protestant country, yet ardent Catholics plotted to depose Elizabeth and put Mary Stuart on the English throne.
- Gervase Phinn's Yokshire journey, Gervase Phinn. 942.84 PHI
- The locations in this celebration of Yorkshire represent a personal tour of places and buildings that have been significant for Phinn, who is well-known for his books on life in the Dales.
- Harry & Meghan: an invitation to the royal wedding, Angela Peel. 941.085 HEN
- This highly illustrated, detailed account of Harry and Meghan's relationship celebrates the announcement of their wedding and tells the story of a thoroughly modern royal romance.
- Hellholes of the world: a love story, David G. Brown. 910.4 BRO
- Hellholes of the World compiles writings over three decades of travel until the author's untimely death. Part memoir, part travelogue, part reportage.
- In the boar's path: Brancepeth: a journey to the heart of a pastoral kingdom, Alex Hedley. 993.68 HED
- Brancepeth, located in the Wairarapa, was one of the largest sheep stations New Zealand had ever known.
- Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way: a guide to its historic treasures, Neil Jackman. 941.5 JAC
- Japan: traveler's companion, Rob Goss. 952 GOS
- Jefferson's daughters: three sisters, white and black, in a young America, Catherine Kerrison. 973.4 RAN
- Thomas Jefferson had three daughters: Martha and Maria by his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, and Harriet by his slave Sally Hemings. Kerrison recounts the remarkable journey of these three women–and how their struggle to define themselves reflects both the possibilities and the limitations that resulted from the American Revolution.
- Journey along the coast, Martin Warenczuk. 993.6 WAR
- The first book in a series of landscape photography collection titled "Wellington & Beyond" by landscape photographer Martin Warenczuk.
- Killing the Deep State: the fight to save President Trump, Jerome R. Corsi. 973.933 TRU
- Making the Arab world: Nasser, Qutb, and the clash that shaped the Middle East, Fawaz A. Gerges. 956.04 GER
- Meet the deplorables: infiltrating Trump America, Harmon Leon. 973.933 LEO
- Opening up hidden Burma: journeys with - and without - author Dr Bob Percival, Bob Percival. 959.1 OPE
- Anthology of travel writing and stories from Myanmar - formerly known as Burma -
spliced with reminiscences about the quirky Australian author, street walking guide and Burmaphile, the late Dr Bob Percival.
- Rick Steves Amsterdam & the Netherlands, Rick Steves. 949.23 STE
- Travel guide
- Rick Steves' Berlin, Rick Steves. 943.155 STE
- Travel guide
- Rick Steves' Budapest, Rick Steves. 943.912 STE
- Travel guide
- Rick Steves London 2018, Rick Steves. 942.1 STE
- Travel guide
- Rick Steves Paris 2018, Rick Steves. 944.36 STE
- Travel guide
- Rick Steves' Rome 2018, Rick Steves. 945.632 STE
- Travel guide
- Rome: portrait of a city = Porträt einer Stadt = Portrait d'une ville, Giovanni Fanelli. 945.632 FAN
- Rwanda: from genocide to precarious peace, Susan Thomson. 967.571 THO
- A sobering study of the troubled African nation, both pre- and post-genocide, and its uncertain future.
- Searching for the Secret River, Kate Grenville. 994.402 GRE
- The story of how Kate Grenville came to write her novel, The secret river.
- Secret Chicago: a guide to the weird, wonderful, and obscure, Jessica Mlinaric. 977.311 MLI
- Sundays in Paris: and every other day of the week: an insider's guide to the best places to eat, drink and explore, Yasmin Zeinab. 944.36 ZEI
- The ancient Celts, Barry Cunliffe. 936.4 CUN
- The Balfour declaration: empire, the mandate and resistance in Palestine, Bernard Regan. 956.9404 REG
- The battle for Syria: international rivalry in the new Middle East, Christopher Phillips. 956.91 PHI
- The Battle of Waireka: 28 March 1860: an anthology of first hand accounts, Graeme Kenyon. 993.482 KEN
- The children of Nazis: the sons and daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and others – living with a father's monstrous legacy, Tania Crasnianski. 943.086 CRA
- The China mission: George Marshall's unfinished war, 1945-1947, Daniel Kurtz-Phelan. 951.042 KUR
- The death of democracy: Hitler's rise to power, Benjamin Carter Hett. 943.085 HET
- The desert and the sown: travels in Palestine and Syria, Gertrude Bell. 956.9 BEL
- Born to transcend the social constraints of Victorian England, Gertrude Bell left the comforts of her privileged life for the unconventional, but thrilling, world of the Middle East.
- The English people at war in the age of Henry VIII, Steven Gunn. 942.052 GUN
- The epic voyages of Maud Berridge: the seafaring diaries of a Victorian lady, Sally Berridge. 910.45 BER
- Maud Berridge (1845–1907) was the wife of a Master Mariner, and she travelled with him on at least five occasions (1869, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1886), sailing to Melbourne with emigrants and cargo.
- The history of Hawke's Bay, Matthew Wright. 993.46 WRI
- The mark of the Scots: their astonishing contributions to history, science, democracy, literature, and the arts, Duncan A. Bruce. 909.049163 BRU
- The mysteries of history: unravelling the truth from the myths of our past, Graeme Donald. 909 DON
- The Mysteries of History is an entertaining romp through the centuries, uncovering the great mysteries surrounding some of the most inaccurate and misleading parts of our past.
- The New Zealand tour commentary: the handbook for tour drivers and guides, Peter Blakeborough. 993 BLA
- The Normans in Sicily. Volume I, The Normans in the South, 1016-1130, John Julius Norwich. 945.8 NOR
- The Normans in Sicily. Volume II, The kingdom in the sun, 1130-1194, John Julius Norwich. 945.8 NOR
- The Oxford illustrated history of the Third Reich, Robert Gellately. 943.086 OXF
- The perfect storm: a true story of men against the sea, Sebastian Junger. 910.45 JUN
- Junger explores the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and the candid accounts of the people whose lives the storm touched.
- The pull of the river: a journey into the wild and watery heart of Britain, Matt Gaw. 941 GAW
- In a homemade canoe Matt and his friend James delve into a watery landscape that invites us to see the world through new eyes.
- The road trip book: 1001 drives of a lifetime, Darryl Sleath. 910.2 ROA
- Complete with road trips varying in length and level of challenge, from an epic transglobal route inspired by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's Long Way Round documentary series to a two-mile blast around Monaco's F1 street circuit, there is something for any adventurer.
- The Third Reich in 100 objects: a material history of Nazi Germany, Roger Moorhouse. 943.086 MOO
- To the brink: true story of the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth, Jason Lewis. 910.41 LEW
- We rejoin The Expedition for its third and final instalment with Jason, now seasoned adventurer, and April, American schoolteacher at sea for the first time, battling to keep their pedal-powered boat Moksha from being dashed against Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
- To the edges of the Earth: 1909, the race for the three poles, and the climax of the age of exploration, Edward J. Larson. 998 LAR
- Trumpocracy: the corruption of the American republic, David Frum. 973.933 TRU
- USA's best trips: 51 amazing road trips, Simon Richmond. 973 RIC
- Victims of Ireland's Great Famine: the bioarchaeology of mass burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse, Jonny Geber. 941.5081 GEB
Hospitality & Tourism
- Ritz & Escoffier: the hotelier, the chef, and the rise of the leisure class, Luke Barr. 647.94 BAR
- In early August 1889, Cesar Ritz, a Swiss hotelier highly regarded for his exquisite taste, found himself at the Savoy Hotel in London. He had come at the request of Richard D'Oyly Carte, the financier of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operas, who had modernized theater and was now looking to create the world's best hotel.
House & DIY
- Beautiful Australian homes. Volume II. 747 BEA
- Showcases 40 more incredible abodes from Australia's leading architects and interior designers.
- Bookshelf, Alex Johnson. 749.3 JOH
- A title that will appeal to those interested in book culture as well as furniture and interior design, "Bookshelf" is the first publication to take bookshelf design as its subject.
- Cosy interiors: slow living inspirations, Francesc Zamora Mola. 747 COS
- This book brings the slow living concept to home design and shows a wide selection of relaxed home interiors, designed as a reaction to the discomforts of busy working lifestyles where work and commuting creates stress.
- DIY solar projects: small projects to whole-home systems: tap into the sun, Eric Smith. 690.83 SMI
- Henri Samuel: master of the French interior, Emily Evans Eerdemans. 747 SAM
- This book takes the reader inside some of Samuel's groundbreaking and inspiring interiors, beginning with his first job assisting Stephane Boudin of Jansen in the 1920s through postwar Paris society and into the go-go 80s.
- Home: the foundations of enduring spaces, Ellen S. Fisher. 747 FIS
- This interior design bible provides a comprehensive education on home design and décor, from colour theory principles to space-specific considerations and collaborating with architects and other professionals for the best results.
- Install your own solar panels: designing and installing a photovoltaic system to power your home, Joseph Burdick. 621.47 BUR
- Interiors now!, Ian Phillips. 747 PHI
- Flea-market romance or space-age bachelor pad, minimalist or neo-baroque; whatever your style, you'll find your fit of fresh, provocative interior design inspiration in this compilation of the world's most exquisite and original contemporary homes.
- My floral affair: whimsical spaces and beautiful florals, Rachel Ashwell. 747.98 ASH
- New Nordic colour: decorating with a vibrant modern palette, Antonia af Petersens. 747 PET
- Perfect English townhouse, Ros Byam Shaw. 747.88 BYA
- This is home: the art of simple living, Natalie Walton. 747 WAL
- Upcycling outdoors, Max McMurdo. 684.18 MCM
- Venice: the art of living, Toto Bergamo Rossi. 747.094531 BER
- This book invites us into the extravagant interiors and secret gardens via a tour of the grand apartments and private homes where Venetians have forged an inspiring approach to living and entertaining in grand Old World style.
Language
- Collins French dictionary essential edition. 443 COL
- Collins German dictionary essential edition. 433 COL
- Collins Spanish dictionary essential edition. 463 COL
- Sympathy for the traitor: a translation manifesto, Mark Polizzotti. 418 POL
- An engaging and unabashedly opinionated examintaion of what translation is and isn't.
Law
- Armed in America: a history of gun rights from colonial militias to concealed carry, Patrick J. Charles. 344.053 CHA
- Catching Thunder: the true story of the world's longest sea chase, Eskil Engdal. 341.44 ENG
- Captain Hammarstedt of the Bob Barker embarks on a voyage unlike any seen before. Across ten thousand miles of hazardous seas, Hammarstedt's crew will relentlessly pursue the 'Thunder', an infamous illegal fishing ship, for what will become the longest chase in maritime history.
- Stalinist perpetrators on trial: scenes from the Great Terror in Soviet Ukraine, Lynne Viola. 345.0231 VIO
Library Science
- Marketing your library's electronic resources: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians, Marie R. Kennedy. 025.17 KEN
- The collection all around: sharing our cities, towns, and natural places, Jeffrey T. Davis. 021.2 DAV
Literature
- 30-second Shakespeare: the 50 key aspects of his works, life & legacy, each explained in half a minute, Ros Barber. 822.33 THI
- Features 50 of the key moments, works and lasting influences of the Bard, all explained clearly and without the clutter.
- Age and the antique sideboard, Barbara Spencer. 828.92 SPE
- Spencer takes a fun-filled look at life, in which there are some extraordinary goings-on. Exhibiting a somewhat 'pithy' sense of humour, Barbara shares her travels, short stories and anecdotes from her successful writing career as well as her personal life.
- Dear zealots: letters from a divided land, Amos Oz. 892.436 OZ
- This collection of three new essays - all based on talks delivered by Amos Oz - was written out of a sense of urgency, concern, and a belief that a better future is still possible.
- Dreams must explain themselves and other essays, 1972-2004, Ursula K. Le Guin. 814.54 LE
- This selection of the best of Le Guin's non-fiction shows an agile mind, an unparalleled imagination and a ferocious passion to argue against injustice.
- Flash!: writing the very short story, John Dufresne. 808.3 DUF
- FLASH! identifies the qualities that make for excellent flash fiction, demystifies the writing process, and guides writers by exercise and example through the world of the very short story.
- Free woman: life, liberation and Doris Lessing, Lara Feigel. 305.42 FEI
- An intense exploration of the life and works of Doris Lessing and how their themes are reflected in the writer's own life.
- Harry Potter: a history of magic., British Library. 823.914 ROW
- The official book of the exhibition, a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between Bloomsbury, J.K. Rowling and the brilliant curators of the British Library.
- Kerouac on record: a literary soundtrack, Simon Warner. 813.54 KER
- In Kerouac on Record, we consider the writer's own recorded output, those rock tributes that have kept his memory alive
and the scores that have featured in a string of Hollywood adaptations of his fictional adventures.
- Look alive out there: essays, Sloane Crosley. 814.6 CRO
- Whether it's scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, playing herself on Gossip Girl, befriending swingers, or squinting down the barrel of the fertility gun, Crosley continues to rise to the occasion with unmatchable nerve and electric one-liners.
- Mapping Shakespeare: an exploration of Shakespeare's world through maps, Jeremy Black. 822.33 BLA
- Our Israeli diary: of that time, of that place 8-22 May 1978, Antonia Fraser. 828.914 FRA
- In May 1978, Antonia Fraser and playwright Harold Pinter boarded a flight destined for Tel Aviv. Despite a number of previous invitations, it was to be the first time either of them had travelled to Israel.
- Read this if you want to be a great writer, Ross Raisin. 808.02 RAI
- See what can be done: essays, criticism, and commentary, Lorrie Moore. 801.95 MOO
- Sharp: the women who made an art of having an opinion, Michelle Dean. 810.99287 DEA
- From Dean, a powerful portrait of ten women writers who managed to make their voices heard amid a culture of sexism.
- The Aeneid, Virgil. 873.1 VIR
- David Ferry has long been known as perhaps our greatest contemporary translator of Latin poetry. He brings to the Aeneid the same genius, rendering Virgil's formal metrical lines into an English that is familiar and alive.
- The cost of living, Deborah Levy. 828.914 LEV
- The Cost of Living reveals a writer in radical flux, considering what it means to live with value and meaning and pleasure.
- The life and death of Sherlock Holmes, Mattias Bostr+m. 823.8 DOY
- This is the fascinating and exciting tale of the man and people who created the Holmes legend. It is also the tragic story of
an author who tried to escape from his own invention and the inheritance that ruined a family dynasty.
- The Oxford companion to the Brontës, Christine Alexander. 823.8 BRO
- Provides both comprehensive and detailed information about the lives, works, and reputations of the Brontës the three sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, and their father and brother Branwell all of whom were published writers.
- Winnie-the-Pooh: exploring a classic, Annemarie Bilclough. 823.912 MIL
Music & Musicians
- Experiencing Alice Cooper: a listener's companion, Ian Chapman. 781.66 COO
- Leading tones: reflections on music, musicians, and the music industry, Leonard Slatkin. 784.2 SLA
- Step-by-step guitar making, Alex Willis. 787.87192 WIL
- The fifth Beatle: the Brian Epstein story, Vivek J. Tiwary. 781.66 EPS
- The yacht rock book: the oral history of the soft, smooth sounds of the 70s and 80s, Greg Prato. 781.66 PRA
- Wonderous stories: a journey through the landscape of progressive rock, Jerry Ewing. 781.66 EWI
- Jerry Ewing tells the in-depth history of Progressive Rock. From the origins of the genre, through the glory years of the late 60s and 70s, to its contemporary resurgence led by, amongst others, Steven Wilson and Opeth.
Parenting
- Achieving a healthy weight for your child: an action plan for families, Sandra G. Hassink. 618.923 HAS
- Anger management games for children, Deborah M. Plummer. 155.412 PLU
- Camping with kids: hundreds of fun things to do in the great outdoors, Simon McGrath. 796.54 MCG
- Happiness: the crooked little road to semi-ever after: a memoir, Heather Harpham. 618.3 HAR
- Parenting a sick child takes a couple to the edge and back.
- Man vs. baby: the chaos and comedy of real-life parenting, Matt Coyne. 306.8742 COY
- A hilarious, insightful and heartfelt take on parenting.
- My fussy eater: a real mum's easy everyday recipes for the whole family, Ciara Attwell. 641.563 ATT
- Rethinking school: how to take charge of your child's education, Susan Wise Bauer. 371.19 BAU
- You, your child and school: navigate your way to the best education, Ken Robinson. 371.19 ROB
Personal Development
- A book that takes its time: an unhurried adventure in creative mindfulness, Irene Smit. 158.1 SMI
- An introduction to coping with stress, Leonora Brosan. 155.9042 BRO
- Coming home to self: healing the primal wound, Nancy Newton Verrier. 155.44 VER
- A book that can help anyone who has experienced an early childhood trauma or feels the need to re-examine their life.
- Consciousness: confessions of a romantic reductionist, Christof Koch. 153 KOC
- Dear Madam President: an open letter to the women who will run the world, Jennifer Palmieri. 158.4 PAL
- An empowering letter from former Hillary Clinton Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri to the first woman president.
- Discovering yourself in New Zealand: inspiration for reinventing your life: a cultural quest & personal odyssey in Middle Earth, Pallas Hupé Cotter. 158.1 HUP
- Hide your goat: strategies to stay positive when negativity surrounds you, Steve Gilliland. 158.1 GIL
- How we work: live your purpose, reclaim your sanity, and embrace the daily grind, Leah Weiss. 158.7 WEI
- I feel you: the surprising power of extreme empathy, Cris Beam. 152.41 BEA
- Keeping it real: love your body, love your life, Makaia Carr. 158.1 CAR
- Life beyond shame: rewriting the rules, Connie Dawson. 152.44 DAW
- Live the let-go life: breaking free from stress, worry, and anxiety, Joseph Prince. 248.86 PRI
- Mindfulness and the art of managing anger: meditations on clearing the red mist, Mike Fisher. 152.47 FIS
- More than happiness: Buddhist and Stoic wisdom for a sceptical age, Antonia Macaro. 158.1 MCA
- Natural causes: life, death and the illusion of control, Barbara Ehrenreich. 155.2 EHR
- Resilient: find your inner strength, Rick Hanson. 158.1 HAN
- Soon: an overdue history of procrastination, from Leonardo and Darwin to you and me, Andrew Santella. 155.23 SAN
- Draws on the stories of history's most notable habitual postponers and on the insights of psychologists, philosophers, and behavioral economists to explain why procrastination happens and how it can help promote healthy priorities.
- The art of losing control: a philosopher's search for ecstatic experience, Jules Evans. 154.2 EVA
- The communication book: 44 ideas for better conversations every day, Mikael Krogerus. 302.224 KRO
- How to communicate better at work and in everyday life.
- The year of less: how I stopped shopping, gave away my belongings, and discovered life is worth more than anything you can buy in a store, Cait Flanders. 153.8 FLA
- This is it!: it's your life, live it, Amanda Mortimer. 158.1 MOR
- You do you: how to be who you are and use what you've got to get what you want, Sarah Knight. 158.1 KNI
Pets & Animals
- Cat facts: the pet parent's A-to-Z home care encyclopedia, Amy Shojai. 636.8 SHO
- Complete puppy care, Amy Shojai. 636.7 SHO
- Dog facts: the pet parent's A-to-Z home care encyclopedia, Amy Shojai. 636.7 SHO
- Stable lass: riding out and mucking in - tales from a yorkshire racing stable, Gemma Hogg. 636.1083 HOG
- The animals among us: the new science of anthrozoology, John Bradshaw. 636.0887 BRA
- The betta handbook, Robert J. Goldstein. 639.377 GOL
- Those interested in these brilliantly coloured beginners' fishes will learn how to keep them well-fed and healthy so they can continue to
brighten the aquarium tank.
Philosophy & Psychology
- Introducing Derrida, Jeff Collins. 194 DER
- Introducing Derrida introduces and explains his work, taking us on an intellectual adventure that disturbs some of our most comfortable habits of thought.
- The philosopher and the wolf: lessons from the wild on love, death and happiness, Mark Rowlands. 128 ROW
- This book charts the relationship between Mark Rowlands, a rootless philosopher, and Brenin, his extraordinarily well-travelled wolf.
- The philosophy book, Will Buckingham. 100 BUC
Photography
- Lost Japan: Felice Beato and nineteenth-century Yokohoma photography, Rossella Menegazzo. 779 BEA
- Smart phone smart photography: simple techniques for taking incredible pictures with iPhone and Android, Jo Bradford. 778.3 BRA
- The photographer's mind: creative thinking for better photos, Michael Freeman. 770 FRE
Poetry
- A Field Officer's notebook: selected poems, Dan Davin. 821.914 DAV
- After the cyclone, Gail Ingram. 821.9208 AFT
- How freakin' zeitgeist are you?: collected poems, Murray Lachlan Young. 821.92 YOU
- Love & misadventure, Lang Leav. 821.92 LEA
- Lullabies, Lang Leav. 821.92 LEA
- Memories, Lang Leav. 821.92 LEA
- Poems for a world gone to sht: the amazing power of poetry to make even the most fked up times feel better. 821.008 POE
- Poems from the pantry: 135 years of food in poetry from New Zealand, 1863-1998, Judith Haswell. 821.0080355 POE
- Rise like lions: poems for the many, Ben Okri. 808.81 RIS
- Okri has compiled a collection of poems that celebrate the many voices of politics, from polemics and rallying cries to lyrics and meditations.
- Sea of strangers: poetry & prose, Lang Leav. 821.92 LEA
- The butterfly effect, Susan Hawthorne. 821.92 HAW
- The shepherd's hut: poems, Jonathan Bate. 821.92 BAT
- The universe of us, Lang Leav. 821.92 LEA
- Planets, stars, and constellations feature prominently in this beautiful, original poetry collection from Lang Leav.
- Virgin: poems, Analicia Sotelo. 811.6 SOT
- Witch wife: poems, Kiki Petrosino. 811.6 PET
Politics & Government
- 1983: Reagan, Andropov, and a world on the brink, Taylor Downing. 327.73 DOW
- 30-second politics: the 50 most thought-provoking theories in politics, each explained in half a minute, Steven L. Taylor. 320.01 THI
- A higher loyalty: truth, lies, and leadership, James Comey. 363.25 COM
- Former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions.
- Alt-Right: from 4chan to the White House, Mike Wendling. 320.52 WEN
- Bet you didn't see that one coming: Obama, Trump, and the end of Washington's regular order, Bob Ehrlich. 324.2 EHR
- Counter-revolution: liberal Europe in retreat, Jan Zielonka. 320.51 ZIE
- A bold attempt to tackle the extraordinary problems facing present day Europe.
- Dictator literature: a history of despots through their writing, Daniel Kalder. 321.9 KAL
- History repeating: why populists rise and governments fall, Sam Wilkin. 320.011 WIL
- How to rig an election, Nic Cheeseman. 324.66 CHE
- The end of the liberal order?, Niall Ferguson. 320.12 FER
- Fears of a globalized world are rampant. Across the West, borders are being reasserted and old alliances tested to their limits. Could
this be the end of the liberal order or will the major crises of the twenty-first century strengthen our resolve?
- The people vs. democracy: why our freedom is in danger and how to save it, Yascha Mounk. 321.8 MOU
- The road to unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, Timothy Snyder. 320.53 SNY
- A chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America.
- What's left now?: the history and future of social democracy, Andrew Hindmoor. 320.941 HIN
Pounamu
- He rau mahara: to remember the journey of our Ngāi Tahu soldiers: from the Pā to the battlefields of the Great War. 940.41 HE
Relationships
- Breaking upwards: how to manage the emotional impact of separation, Charlotte Friedman. 306.89 FRI
- Happy together: using the science of positive psychology to build love that lasts, Suzann Pileggi Pawelski. 646.78 PAW
- Out there, Kerri Sackville. 646.77 SAC
- The essential book for any woman jumping on the rollercoaster of midlife dating.
Religion & Ethics
- Angels at my fingertips, Lorna Byrne. 248.22 BYR
- Angels in my hair, Lorna Byrne. 248.22 BYR
- Dying badly: New Zealand stories, David Barber. 179.7 DYI
- Contains relative's stories of bad deaths suffered by their loved ones, as submitted to the New Zealand Parliamentary inquiry into the issue of assisted dying for the terminally ill.
- Fair game: the incredible untold story of Scientology in Australia, Steve Cannane. 299.93 CAN
- Flunk, start: reclaiming my decade lost in Scientology, Sands Hall. 299.93 HAL
- Godsong: a verse translation of the Bhagavad-Gita, with commentary, Amit Majmudar. 294.59 BHA
- Hidden in plain view: undesigned coincidences in the Gospels and Acts, Lydia McGrew. 226 MCG
- Key words of Pope Francis, Joshua J. McElwee. 282.092 FRA
- Love is his meaning: understanding the teaching of Jesus, Keith Ward. 232.95 WAR
- Lying and truthfulness, Kevin DeLapp. 177 LYI
- This anthology provides a set of distinctive selections that explore both Western and Eastern views of lying and truthfulness.
- Prayers of boundless compassion, Joyce Rupp. 242.8 RUP
- Priest of nature: the religious worlds of Isaac Newton, Robert Iliffe. 230 NEW
- Seven types of atheism, John Gray. 211.8 GRA
- That's what the Old Ones say: pre-colonial revelations of God to Native America, Joseph RiverWind. 299.7 RIV
- The book of secrets: 112 meditations to discover the mystery within: an introduction to meditation, Osho. 299.93 OSH
- The complete illustrated encyclopedia of saints: an authoritative visual guide to the lives and works of over 500 saints, with expert commentary and over 500 beautiful paintings, statues & icons, Tessa Paul.
270.092 PAU
- The dawn of Christianity: people and gods in a time of magic and miracles, Robert Knapp. 270.1 KNA
- White hot truth: clarity for keeping it real on your spiritual path–from one seeker to another, Danielle LaPorte. 204.4 LAP
Science
- A journey through the Universe: a traveller's guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unknown, New Scientist. 520 NEW
- A shadow above: the fall and rise of the raven, Joe Shute. 598.86 SHU
- A wilder time: notes from a geologist at the edge of the Greenland ice, William E. Glassley. 559.82 GLA
- Beautiful owls: portraits of arresting species, Marianne Taylor. 598.97 TAY
- Behind more binoculars: interviews with acclaimed birdwatchers, Keith Betton. 598.072 BET
- Beyond weird: why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics is different, Philip Ball. 530.12 BAL
- Chasing the ghost: my search for all the wild flowers of Britain, Peter Marren. 582.13 MAR
- Curlew moon, Mary Colwell. 598.33 COL
- Curlews are Britain's largest wading birds.
- Does it fart?: the definitive field guide to animal flatulence, Nick Caruso. 591.5 CAR
- Gravitational waves: how Einstein's spacetime ripples reveal the secrets of the universe, Brian Clegg. 530.14 CLE
- Losing the Nobel Prize: a story of cosmology, ambition, and the perils of science's highest honor, Brian Keating. 523.18 KEA
- Maths hacks: 100 clever ways to help you understand and remember the most important theories, Rich Cochrane. 510 COC
- Maths in bite-sized chunks, Chris Waring. 510 WAR
- Menagerie: the history of exotic animals in England, 1100-1837, Caroline Grigson. 590.73 GRI
- Nature's fabric: leaves in science and culture, David Lee. 581.4 LEE
- Return of the sea otter: the story of the animal that evaded extinction on the Pacific Coast, Todd McLeish. 599.76 MCL
- Rocket men: the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon, Robert Kurson. 629.454 KUR
- Science hacks: 100 clever ways to help you understand and remember the most important theories, Colin Barras. 500 BAR
- Searching for stars on an island in Maine, Alan Lightman. 523.1 LIG
- Novelist and physicist Lightman mesmerizes in this collection of essays that explores the connections between scientific ideas and the wider world.
- Space oddities: our strange attempts to explain the universe, S.D. Tucker. 523.1 TUC
- Spaceport Earth: the reinvention of spaceflight, Joe Pappalardo. 629.4 PAP
- Ten great ideas about chance, Persi Diaconis,. 519.2 DIA
- This book tells the story of ten great ideas about chance and the thinkers who developed them, tracing the philosophical implications
of these ideas as well as their mathematical impact.
- The art of naming, Michael Ohl. 578 OHL
- Naming is the necessary next step after discovery; it is through the naming of species that we perceive and understand nature. Ohl explains the process, with examples, anecdotes, and a wildly varied cast of characters.
- The greatest lie on Earth: proof that our world is not a moving globe, Edward Hendrie. 525 HEN
- The order of time, Carlo Rovelli. 529 ROV
- The vulgar wasp: the story of a ruthless invader and ingenious predator, Phil Lester. 595.79 LES
- Wild moms: motherhood in the animal kingdom, Carin Bondar. 591.56 BON
- A fascinating and entertaining tour of motherhood in the animal kingdom that reveals a new perspective on the mother/child relationship.
- Woods: a celebration, Robert Penn. 634.9 PEN
- A tribute to the natural history of some of the most iconic British woods.
Social Issues
- Beauty sick: how the cultural obsession with appearance hurts girls and women, Renee Engeln. 306.461 ENG
- Broken: a traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret, Rosie Lewis. 362.734 LEW
- Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home.
- Childhood and death in Victorian England, Sarah Seaton. 304.668 SEA
- The reader is taken on a journey of real life accounts of Victorian children, how they lived, worked, played and ultimately died.
- Claxton: field notes from a small planet, Mark Cocker. 304.27 COC
- In a single twelve-month cycle of daily writings Mark Cocker explores his relationship to the East Anglian landscape, to nature and to all the living things around him.
- Curry: eating, reading and race, Naben Ruthnum. 305.8914 RUT
- No two curries are the same. Curry asks why the dish is supposed to represent everything brown people eat, read, and do.
- Down girl: the logic of misogyny, Kate Manne. 305.42 MAN
- This book explores the logic of misogyny, conceived in terms of the hostilities women face because they are living in a man's
world, or one that has been until recently.
- Everything is horrible and wonderful: a tragicomic memoir of genius, heroin, love, and loss, Stephanie Wittels Wachs. 362.293 WIT
- When Wittels Wachs's younger brother Harris died of a heroin overdose, she didn't know how to make sense of such a tragic end to a life of so much hilarious brilliance. Here she alternates between her brother's struggle with addiction, and the first year after his death.
- Factfulness: ten reasons we're wrong about the world– and why things are better than you think, Hans Rosling. 302.12 ROS
- Girlish: growing up in a lesbian home, Lara Lillibridge. 306.874 LIL
- Hara Hotel: a tale of Syrian refugees in Greece, Teresa Thornhill. 305.8927 THO
- A firsthand account of a Greek refugee camp–and the stories of the refugees staying in them.
- How could she?, Dana Fowley. 362.76 FOW
- At just five years old, Dana learned that there was no one she could trust. Most devastating of all, even her own mother betrayed her and in the most unimaginable way.
- I'm adopted, Alex Gilbert. 362.734 GIL
- The story of Alex Gilbert, who was adopted from an orphanage in Russia when he was just two years old, and brought to New Zealand to live with his adoptive parents in Whangarei.
- Post-truth: how bullshit conquered the world, James Ball. 303.375 BAL
- A British news anchor and economist turns a gimlet eye on the "post-truth era."
- Squadron: ending the African slave trade, John Broich. 326 BRO
- That's what she said: what men need to know (and women need to tell them) about working together, Joanne Lipman. 305.3 LIP
- The big ones: how natural disasters have shaped us (and what we can do about them), Lucy Jones. 363.34 JON
- The children money can buy: stories from the frontlines of foster care and adoption, Anne Moody. 362.733 MOO
- The silent female scream, Rosjke Hasseldine. 305.42 HAS
- How to believe that as a woman you have the right to be heard, valued and respected, and to know that anything less is just not okay.
- Welcome to our world: a collection of life writings by people living with dementia, Liz Jennings. 362.19683 WEL
Sport & Recreation
- 401: the extraordinary story of the man who ran 401 marathons in 401 days and changed his life forever, Ben Smith. 796.425 SMI
- A good walk spoiled: days and nights on the PGA tour, John Feinstein. 796.3526 FEI
- Feinstein's behind-the-scenes account of an unusually turbulent year (1993) in the punishingly competitive world of the US professional golf circuit.
- A world in conflict: the global battle for rugby supremacy, Geoff Parkes. 796.333 PAR
- Arlott, Swanton and the soul of english cricket, Stephen Fay. 796.358 FAY
- A fascinating account of how two BBC broadcasters battled for the soul of English cricket during a time of great social change.
- Baseball: steps to success, Kenny Thomas. 796.357 THO
- Chasing waves: a surfer's tale of obsessive wandering, Amy Waeschle. 797.32 WAE
- Waeschle shares her globe-trotting adventures and chronicles her evolution from a nervous newbie to a skillful surfer.
- Chess for hawks: improve your vision, sharpen your talons, forget your fear, Cyrus Lakdawala. 794.12 LAK
- Collins Scrabble dictionary. 793.73 COL
- Follow this thread: a maze book to get lost in, Henry Eliot. 793.73 ELI
- Examines dozens of real and historical mazes, and their uses in literature, art and film.
- Giro d'Italia: the story of the world's most beautiful bike race, Colin O'Brien. 796.62 OBR
- Go!: an inspirational guide to getting outside and challenging yourself, Tobias Mews. 796.42 MEW
- Whether you are looking to find a new challenge on your doorstep, tempt friends to race one another at the weekend or create an epic seven-day challenge, GO! Is the ultimate inspirational guide to getting outside and challenging yourself.
- Golf anatomy, Craig Davies. 796.352 DAV
- See what it takes to improve consistency and performance in your golf game as you never have before.
- Just a little run around the world: 5 years, 3 packs of wolves and 53 pairs of shoes, Rosie Swale Pope. 796.42 SWA
- After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved.
- Leonardo da Vinci's inventive puzzles: inspired by the Renaissance genius, Richard Wolfrik Galland. 793.73 GAL
- Lillee & Thommo: the deadly pair's reign of terror, Ian Brayshaw. 796.358 LIL
- Mixed martial arts fighting techniques, Danny Indio. 796.8 IND
- Re: cyclists: 200 years on two wheels, Michael Hutchinson. 796.6 HUT
- Ride: BMX glory, against all the odds, John Buultjens. 796.62 BUU
- Rugby: the afterlife: former All Blacks tell their stories, Wynne Gray. 796.333 GRA
- Running for peak performance, Frank Shorter. 796.42 SHO
- Secrets of sports psychology revealed: proven techniques to elevate your performance, Rick Wolff. 796 WOL
- Skybound: a journey in flight, Rebecca Loncraine. 797.55 LON
- In her mid-thirties Rebecca Loncraine was diagnosed with breast cancer. Two years later, and after months of gruelling treatment, she flew in a glider for the first time.
- Swim wild: dive into the natural world and discover your inner adventurer, Jack Hudson. 797.21 HUD
- In this book, we learn about the swimming feats of the Hudson brothers, from tackling the 145km River Eden to setting the world record for swimming in the Arctic. They take us through their preparation for these expeditions, including sourcing wild spots in the heart of sprawling cities in which to train.
- The bond: two epic climbs in Alaska and a lifetime's connection between climbers, Simon McCartney. 796.522 MCC
- The girl outdoors: the wild girl's guide to adventure, travel and wellbeing, Sian Anna Lewis. 796.5 LEW
- The pursuit of endurance: harnessing the record-breaking power of strength and resilience, Jennifer Pharr Davis. 796.51 DAV
- The secret surfer, Iain Gately. 797.32 GAT
- An alternative travel book about the author's quest to achieve his surfing dream before it's too late.
- The world according to Foggy, Carl Fogarty. 796.75 FOG
- This is a full-throttle, rip-roaring, white-knuckle pillion ride with motorcycle racing icon Carl Fogarty and is packed with hilarious tales from inside and outside the sport.
- Triathlon: the go faster guide: how to make yourself a quicker triathlete, Mark Barfield. 796.425 BAR
- Wanderlust: a history of walking, Rebecca Solnit. 796.51 SOL
- What it takes to become a Grandmaster, Andrew Soltis. 794.12 SOL
- Win: proven strategies for success in sport, life and mental health, Brent Pope. 796.01 POP
- World of Warcraft chronicle. Volume III, Chris Metzen. 793.932 MET
Supernatural
- Craft: how to be a modern witch, Gabriela Herstik. 133.43 HER
- From dark to light: a modern mystic's guide to healing the shadow & embracing the light, Belinda Davidson. 615.852 DAV
- A guide for the modern mystic and spiritual seeker, showing you how to become balanced, aligned, and in touch with your spiritual skills and purpose.
- Judy Hall's crystal companion: enhance your life with crystals. 133.25 HAL
- The crystal seer: power crystals for magic, meditation and ritual, Judy Hall. 133.25 HAL
- The dream handbook: the ultimate guide to interpreting your dreams, Jane Teresa Anderson. 154.63 AND
- The power of dreams: how to interpret & focus the energy of your subconscious mind, Joe H. Slate. 154.63 SLA
- The tarot companion: a portable guide to reading the cards for yourself and others, Liz Dean. 133.324 DEA
Transport
- A history of fairground transport: from horses to artics, Allan Ford. 629.049 FOR
- Aircraft systems for pilots, Dale De Remer. 629.134 DE
- Britain's lost railways: a commemoration of our finest railway architecture, John Minniss. 385.31 MIN
- Camper rehab: a guide to buying, repairing, and upgrading your travel trailer, Chris Peterson. 629.2876 PET
- Chicago trolleys, David Sadowski. 388.46 SAD
- Classic car electrics: tips, techniques & step-by-step repair, restoration & maintenance procedures, Martin Thaddeus. 629.254 THA
- Collision repair and refinishing: a foundation course for technicians, Alfred M. Thomas. 629.2872 THO
- Drive: the definitive history of motoring, Giles Chapman. 629.283 DRI
- Fast forward: the cars of the future, the future of cars, Robert Klanten. 629.23 FAS
- Ford Model T coast to coast: a slow drive across a fast country, Tom Cotter. 973 COT
- Documents the cross-country adventure of two brave drivers as they pilot a century-old Model-T on a 3,000-mile journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Coast.
- How to repair plastic bodywork: practical, money-saving techniques for cars, motorcycles, trucks, ATVs, and snowmobiles, Kurt Lammon. 629.26 LAM
- Iron roads in the outback: the legendary Commonwealth railways, Nick Anchen. 385.0994 ANC
- Lemon-aid: new and used cars and trucks: 2007-2018, Phil Edmonston. 629.222 EDM
- Magnificent motorcycle trips of the world: 38 guided tours from 6 continents, Colette Coleman. 910.4 COL
- Mercedes-Benz 190: all 190 models (W201 series) 1982 to 1993, Julian Parish. 629.2222 MER
- Mercedes-Benz SL and SLC 107-series 1971-1989: the complete story, Andrew Noakes. 629.2222 MER
- My dad had that car: a nostalgic look at the American automobile, 1920-1990, Tad Burness. 629.222 BUR
- Rails to Cromwell: the Otago Central Railway in stories and pictures, W.J. Cowan. 385.0993 COW
- RVing, Brent Peterson. 629.226 PET
- Swift caravans, Andrew Jenkinson. 629.226 JEN
- The droner's manual: a guide to the responsible operation of small unmanned aircraft, Kevin Jenkins. 623.7469 JEN
- The flight instructor's manual, William K. Kershner. 629.13252 FLI
- The Volvo estate car: design icon & faithful companion, Ashley Hollebone. 629.2222 VOL
- Three revolutions: steering automated, shared, and electric vehicles to a better future, Daniel Sperling. 303.483 SPE
- Vauxhall: Britain's oldest car maker, Ian Coomber. 629.2222 VAU
- Vintage camper trailer rallies, Paul Lacitinola. 629.226 LAC
War
- Military machines: combat vehicles for land, sea and air, technology, facts, history, Alexander Lüdeke. 623.74 LUD
- RAF 100: 1918-2018: the official story, James Holland. 358.400941 HOL
War & Defence
- 1941: politics, espionage and the secret pact between Churchill and Roosevelt, Marc Wortman. 940.532 WOR
- Battle of Britain 1940: the Luftwaffe's 'Eagle Attack', Douglas C. Dildy. 940.5421 DIL
- Behind the Lawrence legend: the forgotten few who shaped the Arab revolt, Philip Walker. 940.41 WAL
- Case red: the collapse of France, 1940, Robert Forczyk. 940.5421 FOR
- Desperate victories: from Dunkirk to the Battle of Britain: military despatches on operations against German forces in Western Europe 1940, G. H. Bennett. 940.541 BEN
- Gallipoli to the Somme: recollections of a New Zealand infantryman, Alexander Aitken. 940.42 AIT
- Hitler's tank destroyers, 1940-45: rare photographs from wartime archives, Paul Thomas. 623.7475 THO
- Imphal 1944: the Japanese invasion of India, Hemant Singh Katoch. 940.5425 KAT
- Long Tan: the start of a lifelong battle, Harry Smith. 959.7043 SMI
- Monash's masterpiece: the Battle of Le Hamel and the 93 minutes that changed the world, Peter FitzSimons. 940.43 FIT
- Odyssey of the unknown Anzac, David Hastings. 940.4 MCQ
- Ten years after the end of World War I, the Sydney Sun reported that an unknown Anzac still lay in a Sydney psychiatric hospital. He was finally identified and later reunited with his mother.
- Patriots: the Vietnam War remembered from all sides, Christian G. Appy. 959.7043 APP
- Postcards from Auschwitz: Holocaust tourism and the meaning of remembrance, Daniel P. Reynolds. 940.5318 REY
- Rescue board: the untold story of America's efforts to save the Jews of Europe, Rebecca Erbelding. 940.531 ERB
- Rolls Royce armoured car: 1915-44 (all models): owners' workshop manual, David Fletcher. 623.7475 FLE
- The Bulford Kiwi: the kiwi we left behind, Colleen Brown. 940.393 BRO
- The intriguing story of a 130m-tall Kiwi, carved into a hill in southern England by New Zealand troops waiting to go home at the end of the World War One.
- The crossbow, Mike Loades. 623.441 LOA
- The mistaken history of the Korean War: what we got wrong then and now, Paul M. Edwards. 951.9042 EDW
- The ragged edge: a US marine's account of leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion, Michael Zacchea. 956.7044 ZAC
- The secrets of the ANZACS: the untold story of venereal disease in the Australian Army, 1914-1919, Raden Dunbar. 616.951 DUN
- The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in France, 1917-1921: women urgently wanted, Samantha Philo-Gill. 940.3 PHI
- TSR2: Britain's lost Cold War strike jet, Andrew Brookes. 623.7463 BAC
- Westland Wessex manual: owners' workshop manual: 1958 onwards (all models), Lee Howard. 623.746047 WES