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New Titles Non-Fiction November 2018 (arrived in October)
Art & Architecture
- American originals: creative interiors, William Abranowicz with Zander Abranowicz. 747 ABR
- Animal: exploring the zoological world. 704.9432 ANI
- Architecture and theology: the art of place, Murray A. Rae. 720.1 RAE
- Art deco: the golden age of graphic art & illustration, Michael Robinson & Rosalind Ormiston. 709.0401 ROB
- Arts & crafts, Michael Robinson. 745.0941 ROB
- Arts & Crafts is a celebration of the design movement that started in Britain and spread around the world at the end of the nineteenth century.
- Botanical art with scientific illustration, Sarah Jane Humphrey. 743.7 HUM
- California captured: mid-century modern architecture: Marvin Rand, Emily Bills, Sam Lubell, Pierluigi Serraino. 778.94 RAN
- Château de Villette: the splendor of French decor, text, Guillaume Picon. 747 PIC
- Draw people in 15 minutes: the super-fast drawing technique anyone can learn, Jake Spicer. 743.4 SPI
- Elegy landscapes: Constable and Turner and the intimate sublime, Stanley Plumly. 759.2 CON
- Everything is connected: art and conspiracy, Douglas Eklund and Ian Alteveer. 700.103 EKL
- Hudson modern: residential landscapes, David Sokol. 728.37 SOK
- Hudson Modern showcases stunning new houses in the Hudson River Valley that embrace the dramatic settings and cultural bounty of this popular region.
- Inspired design: the 100 most important interior designers of the past 100 years, Jennifer Boles. 747 BOL
- New Zealand art at Te Papa, Mark Stocker. 708.993 NEW
- Ninth Street women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: five painters and the movement that changed modern art, Mary Gabriel. 709.0405 GAB
- Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to enter the male-dominated world of twentieth-century abstract painting; not as muses but as artists.
- Orientalist lives: Western artists in the Middle East, 1830-1920, James Parry. 709.034 PAR
- Painting imaginary flowers: beautiful blooms and abstract patterns in mixed media, Sandrine Pelissier. 758.42 PEL
- Pink: the history of a punk, pretty, powerful color, Valerie Steele. 701.85 PIN
- Rodin and the art of ancient Greece, Celeste Farge, Bénédicte Garnier and Ian Jenkins. 730.92 ROD
- Romanticism in the North: from Friedrich to Turner, with essays by David Jackson, Werner Busch, Jenny Reynaerts. 759.05 ROM
- Scrapers, Zack Scott. 720.48 SCO
- Zack Scott explores in stunning detail the majestic constructions that humans have created on the surface of our own planet. This is Scrapers, a visual history of man's endeavours to reach higher and higher, through the construction of mind-blowing new buildings.
- The McCulloch collection: paintings, sculptures & tapestries of a Broken Hill 'silver king': George McCulloch, Lawrence Robert McCallum. 709.034 MCC
- The world of Apartamento. 747 WOR
- Apartamento is widely recognized as today's most influential interiors magazine.
- Understanding painting: from Giotto to Warhol, Patrick de Rynck & Jon Thompson. 750.1 RYN
- Why art?, Eleanor Davis. 701.1 DAV
Biographies
- A chill in the air: an Italian war diary, 1939-1940, Iris Origo. 945.58 ORI
- Iris Origo, one of the twentieth century's great diarists, was born in England in 1902. As a child, she moved between England, Ireland, Italy and America, never quite belonging anywhere. It was only when she married an Italian man that she came to rest in one country. Fifteen years later, that country would be at war with her own.
- A long way from Wyandra: my story: from the bush to Black Caviar, Peter Moody with Trevor Marshallsea. 798.4 MOO
- Peter Moody is best-known to the Australian public as the trainer of legendary race horse Black Caviar. His story is a classic, a boy from the bush who worked his way from outback Queensland all the way to Royal Ascot. As a kid growing up in Wyandra, a tiny bush town in Western Queensland, Peter learned to ride almost before he could walk.
- A mother's choice, Elle Halliwell. 362.196994 HAL
- In May 2016 Elle Halliwell, the young, dynamic and hugely popular Daily Telegraph Fashion and Entertainment Reporter, was diagnosed with leukaemia. A few days later, just as she was telling friends and family about the grim diagnosis, she found out she was four weeks pregnant.
- After Emily: two remarkable women and the legacy of America's greatest poet, Julie Dobrow. 811.4 TOD
- The untold story of the mother and daughter who opened the door to Emily Dickinson's poetry. Emily Dickinson may be the most widely read and beloved of all American poets, but the story behind her work's initial, posthumous publication in 1890 and the mother-and-daughter team most responsible for her enduring legacy are barely known.
- An Iranian metamorphosis, Mana Neyestani. 955.054 NEY
- Neyestani exposes the complex interplay between art, law, politics, ethnic sensitivities, and authoritarian elements inside of Iran's Islamic Republic. In his journey to escape imprisonment, the artist travels from Iran to Dubai, Turkey, Malaysia, all the way to China. Along the way he shines a light on the dangerous and convoluted measures taken by refugees in their attempts to find safety and freedom.
- At home with Muhammad Ali: a memoir of love, loss and forgiveness, Hana Ali. 796.83 ALI
- At Home with Muhammad Ali is an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of a legend, a man admired and respected as the greatest sporting icon of our age, written by Ali's daughter Hana.
- Been so long: my life and music, Jorma Kaukonen. 781.66 KAU
- From the man who made a name for himself as a founding member and lead guitarist of Jefferson Airplane comes a memoir that offers a rare glimpse into the heart and soul of a musical genius; and a vivid journey through the psychedelic era in America.
- Between stone and sky: memoirs of a waller, Whitney Brown. 331.76 BRO
- Whitney Brown was midway through her Master's thesis and on the verge of accepting a job as a curator at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington when a chance meeting with a Welsh dry-stone waller at a folklife festival changed the course of her life. Within weeks Whitney had left behind her secure world in the States and was living with him in rural Wales, learning the craft of dry-stone walling.
- Challenge accepted!, Celeste Barber. 792.7 BAR
- Funny woman, Instagram star and international comedy sensation, Celeste Barber's Challenge Accepted! is a hilarious and outspoken guide to life, unwanted gas and how to rock a sexy scar.
- Churchill: walking with destiny, Andrew Roberts. 941.082 CHU
- Confessions of a political maverick, Austin Mitchell. 328.41 MIT
- Confessions of a Political Maverick succeeds in uncovering the realities behind the pretentious parliamentary facade of tradition and the stuffy complacency of Britain's failing political class. Dissenting from the peculiar and highly particular conformity of career politicians dedicated to climbing the greasy pole can be a lonely role, but it can also be fun. It certainly was for Austin Mitchell.
- Cristiano and Leo: the race to become the greatest football player of all time, Jimmy Burns. 796.334 RON
- Ask any football fan who's better, Ronaldo or Messi and they'll have an opinion. Football is a team game. It's virtually unheard of to have the sort of focused, one on one rivalries that dominate individual sports. But for the best part of the last decade football has seen a personal rivalry unlike any seen before. Cristiano and Leo. This is their definitive story, from children kicking a ball halfway around the world from each other to their era-defining rivalry.
- Cut short, James Taylor with John Woodhouse. 796.358 TAY
- James Taylor has an amazing story to tell, from battling through the junior ranks where he faced constant negativity about his height: to the pinnacle of his career as one of England's top batsmen and elders in international cricket. Tragically, his career was cut short due to a serious heart condition which forced him to retire in 2016 at the age of 26.
- Desert sniper: how one ordinary Brit went to war against ISIS, Ed Nash. 956.91 NAS
- What makes an ordinary but highly educated Englishman, with no previous military training, decide to travel and fight in one of the most brutal conflicts on the planet? Desert Sniper is an extraordinary, true account of one man's journey from well-meaning volunteer to battle-scarred combat sniper, placing himself daily in the line of fire to fight one of the greatest evils of this new century.
- Dior by Dior: the autobiography of Christian Dior. 746.92 DIO
- Christian Dior (1905-1957) rocketed to fame with his first collection in 1947 when the 'New Look' took the world by storm. This charming and modest autobiography gives a fascinating and detailed insight into the workings of a great fashion house, while revealing the private man behind the high-profile establishment.
- Don't stop believin', Olivia Newton-John. 781.64 NEW
- My mantra is simple; Don't stop believin'! For more than five decades Olivia Newton-John has been one of our most successful and adored entertainers. A four-time Grammy Award winner, she is one of the world's best-selling recording artists of all time, with more than 100 million albums sold.
- Drinking from the trough: a veterinarian's memoir, Mary Carlson. 636.089 CAR
- Mary Carlson didn't start out to become a veterinarian, let alone the owner and caretaker of cats, dogs, and horses in Colorado. She was a suburban Chicago girl; all she knew of the American West came from the stories her uncle, who had settled in northern Colorado, told her during his annual visits.
- Elizabeth Jennings: "the inward war", Dana Greene. 821.914 JEN
- Elizabeth Jennings was one of the most popular, prolific, and widely anthologized lyric poets in the second half of the twentieth century. This biography, based on extensive archival research and interviews with Jennings's contemporaries, integrates her life and work and explores the 'inward war' the poet experienced as a result of her gender, religion, and mental fragility.
- Empress: the astonishing reign of Nur Jahan, Ruby Lal. 954.02 NUR
- In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and most cherished wife of the Emperor Jahangir. While other wives were secluded behind walls, Nur ruled the vast Mughal Empire alongside her husband, and governed in his stead as his health failed and his attentions wandered from matters of state.
- Every day is extra, John Kerry. 973.931 KER
- Every Day Is Extra is John Kerry's personal story. The title comes from a saying he and his buddies had in Vietnam. A child of privilege, Kerry went to private schools and Yale, then enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He commanded river patrols – swift boats – and was highly decorated, but he discovered that the truth about what was happening in Vietnam was different from what the government was reporting.
- Flocks, L. Nichols. 306.768 NIC
- L. Nichols, a trans man, artist, engineer and father of two, was born in rural Louisiana, assigned female and raised by conservative Christians. Flocks is his memoir of that childhood, and of his family, friends and community, the flocks of Flocks, that shaped and re-shaped him.
- From A to Biba: the autobiography of Barbara Hulanicki, Barbara Hulanicki. 746.92 HUL
- Barbara Hulanicki tells the story of the rise and fall of the tiny, chaotic boutique that grew into a vast emporium and epitomised Swinging London.
- Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire: the face without a frown, Iris Leveson-Gower. 941.073 DEV
- Georgiana's story is surely one of the most compelling and dramatic in late Georgian society. Love affairs, tragedy, high society, gambling and a host of illegitimate children are shared between herself, her best friend, her lover and her husband. A young emotionally demonstrative girl is married to an elderly reserved duke.
- Heydrich: dark shadow of the SS, Max Williams. 943.086 HEY
- The holocaust will remain a stain on the history of mankind in perpetuity, long after the recollection of many of the perpetrators
has faded. Some names will remain, however, indelibly printed in the records and the memories of future generations.
- House of Nutter: the rebel tailor of Savile Row, Lance Richardson. 746.92 NUT
- The story of Tommy Nutter is the story of a man who climbs up from nothing to reshape the silhouette of British
fashion. It is the story of a visionary tailor in the bespoke tradition who dresses everybody from Lord Montagu of Beaulieu to Twiggy, who outfits three of the Beatles for the cover of Abbey Road, who puts Mick Jagger in a white suit for his wedding to Bianca and who dresses Elton John for years.
- How to produce comedy bronze, Jon Plowman. 791.45023 PLO
- Legendary TV producer Jon Plowman lifts the hood on the comedy industry so you can peer inside and wonder how any of it ever got made in the first place. In a career spanning 30 years Jon has learned almost everything there is to know about comedy and now wants to share his wealth of knowledge, before he becomes completely demented and forgets how to do it.
- I have loved me a man: the life & times of Mika, Sharon Mazer; foreword by Witi Ihimaera. 791.0993 MIK
- From the Old Mill Disco in Timaru to San Francisco's ACT UP protests, through Jazzercise and drag, AIDS and homosexual law reform, I Have Loved Me a Man takes readers inside the social revolution that has moved New Zealand from the 1960s to the present day through the story of the one, the only, queer Māori performance artist: Mika.
- In pieces: a memoir, Sally Field. 791.43028 FIE
- One of the most celebrated, beloved, and enduring actors of our time, Sally Field has an infectious charm that has captivated the nation for more than five decades, beginning with her first TV role at the age of seventeen. In Pieces is an inspiring and important account of life as a woman in the second half of the twentieth century.
- Jackie, Ethel, Joan: the women of Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli. 973.922 KEN
- Over the years there have been many books published about the Kennedy family, individually and collectively.
But only this book provides a powerful and detailed look at the complex relationships shared between the three women who were not born Kennedy but who married into the family.
- Jimmy Page: the definitive biography, Chris Salewicz. 781.66 PAG
- Drawing upon his extensive research and conversations with the guitarist and his entourage, Chris Salewicz unravels the enigma that is Jimmy Page, presenting a complete portrait of the man and his work. Covering everything from the early days as one of London's leading session players to the decades-long power struggle with sorcerer's apprentice Robert Plant.
- Katharina and Martin Luther: the radical marriage of a runaway nun and a renegade monk, Michelle DeRusha. 284.1 LUT
- Their revolutionary marriage was arguably one of the most scandalous and intriguing in history. Against all odds, the unlikely union worked, blossoming over time into the most tender of love stories.
- Lee Krasner: a biography, Gail Levin. 759.13 KRA
- Perhaps best known as the long-suffering wife of Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner is now, finally, being recognized as one of the 20th century's modernist masters. In Lee Krasner, author Gail Levin gives us an engrossing biography of the painter; a firebrand and trailblazer for women's rights as well as an exceptional artist who led a truly fascinating life.
- Louis XIV: the real sun king, Aurora von Goeth & Jules Harper. 944.033 LOU
- Innovator. Tyrant. Consummate showman. Passionate lover of women. After the death of King Louis XIII in 1643, the French crown went to his first-born son and heir, four-year old Louis XIV. In the extraordinary seventy-two years that followed, Louis le Grand; France's self-styled Sun King, ruled France and its people, leaving his unique and permanent mark on history and shaping fashion, art, culture and architecture like none other before.
- Mao: the unknown story, Jung Chang, Jon Halliday. 951.05 MAO
- Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before, and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him, this is the most authoritative life of Mao ever written.
- Me and the table: my autobiography, Stephen Hendry. 794.735 HEN
- Stephen Hendry became the youngest professional snooker player in 1985 aged 16 and, in 1990, he was the youngest ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21.Widely regarded by fans and pundits alike as one of the greatest of all times in the sport, over a 27-year career, Hendry went on to win the World Championship seven times.
- Memory pieces, Maurice Gee. 823.914 GEE
- Maurice Gee is New Zealand's leading living writer.
- MI5 and me: a coronet among the spooks, Charlotte Bingham. 327.12 BIN
- When Lottie is summoned to her father's office at the age of eighteen, she is astonished to learn that this aloof, unexciting parent is a spy. Even more perturbing is his view that she should stop drifting around and get a proper job, something patriotic and worthwhile.
- Michael: my brother, the lost boy of INXS, Tina Hutchence with Jen Jewel Brown. 781.66 HUT
- He died at only 37 but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated frontman of a band that was the biggest in the world. Tina's intimate and detailed telling of her brother's story; from faltering teenager with a lisp to raging rock star.
- Miles & me, Quincy Troupe. 781.65 DAV
- Poet, activist and journalist Quincy Troupe's candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an engrossing chronicle of the author's own artistic and personal growth.
- My book of Genesis, Richard Macphail with Chris Charlesworth; foreword by Peter Gabriel. 781.66 MCP
- School friend, aide-de-camp and tour manager, Richard Macphail was for almost five years the glue that held Genesis together, and in his affectionate memoir My Book of Genesis he tells his own unique story of the group's early years.
- My dearest, dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's life through her letters and journals, compiled by Karen Dolby. 941.081 VIC
- No spin, Shane Warne with Mark Nicholas. 796.358 WAR
- Everyone knows the story, or thinks they do. The leg-spinner who rewrote the record books. One of Wisden's five cricketers of the twentieth century. A sporting idol across the globe. A magnet for the tabloids. But the millions of words written and spoken about Shane Warne since his explosive arrival on the Test cricket scene in 1992 have only scratched the surface. The real story has remained untold.
- Parallel motion: a biography of Nevil Shute Norway, John Anderson. 823.914 SHU
- The first thorough and in depth biography of Nevil Shute, covering his life from childhood to his last years in Australia. Nevil Shute was the world famous and best-selling author of "A Town Like Alice," "On the Beach," and over 20 other novels.
- Patriot or traitor: the life and death of Sir Walter Ralegh, Anna Beer. 942.055 RAL
- Sir Walter Ralegh was a writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer. He lived more lives than most in his own time, in any time. We do not even know when this fifth son of a Devonshire gentleman was born, yet he went on to 'climb full high' in the England of Queen Elizabeth I.
- Queen Victoria: daughter, wife, mother, widow, Lucy Worsley. 941.081 VIC
- Renegade: the lives and tales of Mark E. Smith, Mark E. Smith with Austin Collings. 781.66 SMI
- A major influence on bands such as The Smiths and The Happy Mondays, Mark E. Smith's The Fall are still going after over 30 years. In this book, Smith gives his candid take on an often tumultuous - but never bland - career in music.
- Runaway Amish girl: the great escape, Emma Gingerich. 289.7 GIN
- Growing up Amish and leaving the fold, Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, Missouri, at the age of eighteen. Disagreeing with the beliefs of Amish traditions and upbringing, the pressure became too much for her to bear. Forced to make a personal decision, Emma found the courage to leave the only life she had ever known.
- Shimmersea: what ever happened to Miss New Zealand 1949?: a memoir, Mary Woodward. 791.66 WOO
- As a cash-strapped student recruited by the local Lions Club and lured by prize money of two hundred pounds, Mary ended up becoming Miss New Zealand 1949 - to her astonishment. She describes herself as "short and with few pretensions to glamour". Back then she was able to avoid those humiliating swimsuit episodes now associated with such events and was clearly chosen for her potential as an ambassador for New Zealand.
- Step by step: the life in my journeys, Simon Reeve. 791.45028 REE
- He is well known for his extraordinary journeys across jungles, deserts, mountains and oceans, and to some of the most
beautiful, dangerous and remote regions of the world. But what most people don't know is that Simon's own journey started in a rough area of Acton, West London where he was brought up and left school with no qualifications.
- Tessa & Scott: our journey from childhood dream to gold, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir as told to Steve Milton. 796.91 VIR
- Now updated and expanded with a new introduction, over 100 dazzling new photographs, and three all-new chapters covering the pair's stunning performances at the Sochi and PyeongChang Olympic Games and beyond. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the world's most decorated ice dancing duo, share the incredible and inspiring story of their path to gold.
- The beautiful struggle: a memoir, Ta-Nehisi Coates. 975.2 COA
- Powerfully evocative, Coates recalls life of struggle on the edge of chaos, and what is was like to be a young black man in desperate times. Ta Nehisi grew up in 1980s Baltimore when the city was on the verge of chaos: drugs, gangs and the constant threat of violence haunted the young black man's life wherever he went.
- The girl in the back: a female drummer's life with Bowie, Blondie, and the '70s rock scene, Laura Davis-Chanin. 786.9 DAV
- Seventeen-year old Laura, quaking within her skin while the bursting punk rock revolution explodes around her, starts a band with her teenage friends called the Student Teachers. She's the drummer. In comes Jimmy Destri from Blondie. He thinks the Student Teachers are terrific! And then he falls in love with Laura.
- The gospel according to Luke, Steve Lukather; with Paul Rees. 781.66 LUK
- The Gospel According To Luke is the outrageous and hilarious autobiography of Steve Lukather, leader of the multi-million selling band Toto.
- The heart of Jesús Valentino: a mother's story, Emma Gilkison. 155.937 GIL
- During a routine 12-week scan, Emma Gilkison thinks it looks as though her unborn baby has a marble rolling on his chest. In fact, it is his heart growing outside his body - an extremely rare and fatal condition called ectopia cordis. Emma and her partner Roy now face two heartbreaking options. Should they end the pregnancy? Or continue in the knowledge their baby will die?
- The life of Henrietta Anne: daughter of Charles I, Melanie Clegg. 942.062 ORL
- Henrietta Anne Stuart, youngest child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, was born in June 1644 in the besieged city of Exeter at the very height of the English Civil War. The hostilities had separated her parents and her mother was on the run from Parliamentary forces when she gave birth with only a few attendants on hand to give her support.
- The longest trip home: a memoir, John Grogan. 070.92 GRO
- With his trademark blend of humor and pathos that made "Marley & Me" beloved by millions, John Grogan tells the powerful story of a son in the making; a universal journey of love, faith, and family that explores what it means to break away and find the way home once again.
- The lost war horses of Cairo: the passion of Dorothy Brooke, Grant Hayter-Menzies. 636.1083 BRO
- In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil and misery. Grant Hayter-Menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scale.
- The Queen's marriage, Lady Colin Campbell. 941.085 ELI
- In this new book royal historian Lady Colin Campbell covers The Queen's Marriage in intimate detail. Using her connections and impeccable sources she recounts details of the inside story of the monarch's relationship with the Duke of Edinburgh and her close family.
- The quest for Queen Mary, James Pope-Hennessy. 941.083 MAR
- Queen Mary, the widow of George V, and grandmother of the Queen, died at Marlborough House on 24 March 1953, a few months before the Coronation. She was eighty-five years old. Unusually for a Queen consort, an official biography was commissioned.
- The shoemaker and his daughter: one ordinary family's remarkable journey from Stalin's Soviet Union to Putin's Russia, Conor O'Clery. 947.085 OCL
- The Soviet Union, 1962. Shoemaker Stanislav Suvorov is imprisoned for five years. His crime? Selling his car for a profit, contravening the Kremlin's strict laws of speculation. Laws which, thirty years later, his daughter Zhanna helps to unravel.
- The three escapes of Hannah Arendt: a tyranny of truth, Ken Krimstein. 320.5 ARE
- One of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a hero of political thought is the largely unsung and often misunderstood Hannah Arendt. This is her biography in graphic novel format.
- The world in thirty-eight chapters; or, Dr Johnson's guide to life, Henry Hitchings. 824.63 JOH
- Samuel Johnson was a critic, an essayist, a poet and a biographer. He was also, famously, the compiler of the first good English dictionary, published in 1755. A polymath and a great conversationalist, his intellectual and social curiosity were boundless. Yet he was a deeply melancholy man, haunted by dark thoughts, sickness and a diseased imagination.
- Vet on a mission, Gillian Hick. 636.089 HIC
- With the imminent arrival of her third child, veterinary surgeon, Gillian Hick, decides to abandon the perils of mixed animal practice, in a favour of setting up a small animal practice from home. When neighbouring farmer, John Armstrong, drops in for a cup of tea and stays to build the new veterinary clinic, the dream becomes a reality.
- Waiting to derail: Ryan Adams and Whiskeytown, alt-country's brilliant wreck, Thomas O'Keefe with Joe Oestreich. 781.642 ADA
- Long before the Grammy nominations, sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall, and Hollywood friends and lovers, Ryan Adams fronted a Raleigh, North Carolina, outfit called Whiskeytown. Lumped into the burgeoning alt-country movement, the band soon landed a major label deal and recorded an instant classic: Strangers Almanac.
- Where the ashes are: the odyssey of a Vietnamese family, Nguyen Qui Duc. 959.7043 NGU
- In 1968 Nguyen Qui Duc was nine years old, his father was a high-ranking civil servant in the South Vietnamese government, and his mother was a school principal. Then the Viet Cong launched their Tet offensive, and the Nguyen family's comfortable life was destroyed.
- Winsor McCay: his life and art, John Canemaker; foreword by Maurice Sendak. 741.5 MCC
- This volume is the only existing biography of one of America's greatest and most influential cartoonists. Winsor McCay (1867-1934) is universally acknowledged as the first master of both the comic strip and the animated cartoon.
Books about books
- 1,000 books to read before you die: a life-changing list, James Mustich. 028.9 MUS
- Shakespeare's library: unlocking the greatest mystery in literature, Stuart Kells. 822.33 KEL
- Millions of words of scholarship have been expended on the world's most famous author and his work. And yet a critical part of the puzzle, Shakespeare's library, is a mystery. For four centuries people have searched for it: in mansions, palaces and libraries; in riverbeds, sheep pens and partridge coops; and in the corridors of the mind. Yet no trace of the bard's manuscripts, books or letters has ever been found.
- The lost art of reading: books and resistance in a troubled time, David L. Ulin. 028.9 ULI
- Weird things customers say in bookshops, Jen Campbell. 381.45002 CAM
Business & Management
- Anything you want: 40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur, Derek Sivers. 658.42 SIV
- Bond with your heart, train with your brain: techniques for training & motivating humans & other animals, Joel Silverman. 658.3124 SIL
- Mr. Silverman reminds us that humans are animals, too, and offers pearls of wisdom gained over 40 years of animal training; that the very same principles he uses with animals can increase your effectiveness in the workplace, as a parent, and in school.
- Bring your human to work: 10 sure-fire ways to design a workplace that's good for people, great for business, and just might change the world, Erica Keswin. 658.312 KES
- Business storytelling for dummies, Karen Dietz and Lori L. Silverman. 658.45 DIE
- Consulting Drucker: principles and lessons from the world's leading management consultant, William A. Cohen. 658 COH
- Creating a customer service mindset, Jaquie Scammell. 658.812 SCA
- Engaging the workplace: using surveys to spark change, Sarah R. Johnson. 658.406 JOH
- Frenemies: the epic disruption of the advertising industry and why this matters., Ken Auletta. 659.1 AUL
- How business works: a graphic guide to business success. 658 HOW
- How to lead: the definitive guide to effective leadership, Jo Owen. 658.409 OWE
- How to lead others: eight lessons for beginners, John Adair. 658.409 ADA
- Outside-in downside-up leadership: 50 insights from a remarkable true story of organisational change, Jason T. Smith. 658.406 SMI
- Project management for the unofficial project manager, Kory Kogon, Suzette Blakemore and James Wood. 658.404 KOG
- Smart business: what Alibaba's success reveals about the future of strategy, Ming Zeng. 658.872 ZEN
- Start now. Get perfect later: how to make smarter, faster & bigger decisions & banish procrastination, Rob Moore. 658.403 MOO
- The game of work, Charles A. Coonradt, with Lee Nelson. 658.314 COO
- The sustainable enterprise fieldbook: building new bridges, Jeana Wirtenberg, with Linda M. Kelley, David Lipsky, and William G. Russell. 658.408 SUS
- With deep thought and inspiring examples, this updated book engages readers by increasing their understanding and awareness of what sustainability means conceptually, practically, personally, and professionally.
Cartoons
- Munro: a cat, a mouse, a crossword clue, Sharon Murdoch. 741.5 MUR
- Munro is a collection of this crossword cat's cartoons from Sharon Murdoch, New Zealand's Cartoonist of the Year for
the last three years.
- The complete Peanuts, 1950 to 1952, Charles M. Schulz. 741.5 SCH
- The language of graphic design: an illustrated handbook for understanding fundamental design principles, Richard Poulin. 741.6 POU
Computers
- C++ programming in easy steps, Mike McGrath. 005.133 C
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Crafts, Hobbies & Collecting
- Adorable pom pom animals: dogs, cats and other woolly friends, Kazuko Ito. 745.5 ITO
- Boheme, Debbie Bliss. 746.432 BLI
- New for Autumn Winter 2015 this 12 design booklet uses Boheme, a beautiful tweedy chainette yarn, with ten shades where flecks of colour contrast against a dark centre, evoking landscapes of vivid sunsets, heathery moors and deep lakes of teal and green.
- Calligraphy style: 65 beautiful writing projects for every occasion, Veronica Halim. 745.61 HAL
- Classic kicks for little feet: 16 knitted shoe styles for baby's first year, Helga Spitz. 746.432 SPI
- Color me floral: stunning monochromatic arrangements for every season, Kiana Underwood. 745.92 UND
- Creative wood letters: simple craft projects for decorating your home, Krista Aasen. 745.593 AAS
- Fine Donegal, Debbie Bliss. 746.432 BLI
- A fine tweed, it is perfect for delicate shawls and cosy cowls and mixed with my Angel mohair it creates soft sumptuous sweaters.
- Handmade houseplants: remarkably realistic plants you can make with paper, Corrie Beth Hogg. 745.54 HOG
- Happy hand lettering: simple calligraphy techniques to bring your words to life, Jen Wagner. 745.61 WAG
- Hot Wheels: from 0 to 50 at 1:64 scale, Kris Palmer. 629.221 PAL
- In 1968, Mattel introduced the first 16 Hot Wheels cars and revolutionized the world of toy cars. Fifty years and a few billion cars later, Hot Wheels are still number one. These die-cast cars are a hot collectible and a favorite toy for kids of all ages.
- Joints: a woodworker's guide, Ralph Laughton. 684.08 LAU
- Kaffe Fassett's quilts in America: designs inspired by vintage quilts from the American Museum in Britain, featuring Liza Prior Lucy and Brandon Mably. 746.46 FAS
- Knitlandia: a knitter sees the world, Clara Parkes. 746.432 PAR
- Knitted tanks & tunics, Angela Hahn. 746.432 HAH
- Knitting for the fun of it, Frida Pontén. 746.432 PON
- Knockout knit hats and hoods: 30 engaging designs for beanies, tams, slouches, and more, Diane Serviss. 746.432 SER
- Lara, Debbie Bliss. 746.432 BLI
- A beautiful blend of alpaca and wool, my new yarn, Lara produces a boucle style textured fabric, perfect for simple styles and collars and cuffs. Think Dr Zhivago and Russian Romance. Find these 12 patterns in my new Lara booklet.
- Launchers, lobbers, and rockets engineer: make 20 awesome ballistic blasters with ordinary stuff, Lance Akiyama. 745.5 AKI
- Learn to turn: a beginner's guide to woodturning techniques and 12 projects, Barry Gross. 684.08 GRO
- Make ink: a forager's guide to natural inkmaking, Jason Logan. 667.4 LOG
- Delves into the history of inkmaking and the science of distilling pigment from the natural world.
- My doll, my style: sewing fun fashions for your 18-inch doll, Anna Allen. 745.5922 ALL
- Paloma Tweed, Debbie Bliss. 746.432 BLI
- Paloma Tweed is a beautiful addition to my Paloma yarn, a chainette in a super soft blend of baby alpaca and merino wool. The contrasting flecks on deep sorbet pastels and natural shades create a subtle tweed.
- Paper Christmas: 16 papercrafting projects for the festive season, Emily Dawe. 745.5941 DAW
- Paper crafts: a maker's guide. 745.54 PAP
- Patchwork animals: 12 adorable animals made using worsted-weight yarn, Sheila Leslie. 746.434 LES
- Pattern design, Elizabeth Wilhide. 745.4 PAT
- Play-of-color quilting: 24 designs to inspire freehand color play, Bernadette Mayr. 746.46 MAY
- Pompom Noël: 33 festive pompoms to make for Christmas, Alistair Macdonald. 745.5941 MCD
- Riva, Debbie Bliss. 746.432 BLI
- Riva is a beautiful colour shaded yarn, shown to perfection in this collection of casual sweaters and jackets, a tailored cardigan and a simple knit shoulder cape.
- Rowan: 40 years, 40 iconic hand-knit designs. 746.432 ROW
- Rustic knits: five knits in Winter Garden, Debbie Bliss. 746.432 BLI
- Cosy tops and accessories knitted in Winter Garden, a stunning tweedy blend of merino wool, baby llama, linen and silk. A chunky weight that produces beautifully light knits.
- Sew luxe leather: over 20 stylish leather craft accessories, Rosanna Clare Gethin. 646.48 GET
- Sewing lampshades, Joanna Heptinstall. 745.593 HEP
- The backyard blacksmith: traditional techniques for the modern smith, Lorelei Sims. 682 SIM
- The cat lover's craft book. 745.5 CAT
- Cute cats, fat and fluffy cats, crabby cats, funny cats. Cats to decorate your home, your cat-loving self, or your cat-loving friends.
- The practical encyclopedia of beading & ribbonwork: craft techniques, materials, projects, Lisa Brown and Isabel Stanley, with Christine Kingdom. 745.594 BRO
- Tilly and the buttons: stretch!: make yourself comfortable sewing with knit fabrics, Tilly Walnes. 646.404 WAL
- Tiny Christmas toys to knit, Sachiyo Ishii. 746.432 ISH
Crime & Espionage
- Agent Jack: the true story of MI5's secret Nazi hunter, Robert Hutton. 940.5486 HUT
- Billion dollar whale: the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world, Tom Wright & Bradley Hope. 364.16 WRI
- An epic true-tale of hubris and greed from two Pulitzer-finalist Wall Street Journal reporters, Billion dollar whale reveals how a young social climber pulled off one of the biggest financial heists in history; right under the nose of the global financial industry, exposing the shocking secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood, and politics.
- Double agent Celery: MI5's crooked hero, Carolinda Witt. 940.5486 DIC
- With Britain braced for a German invasion in 1940, MI5 recruited an ex-RNAS officer, come confidence trickster, called Walter Dicketts as a double agent. Codenamed Celery, Dicketts was sent with the seemingly impossible mission of persuading the Germans he was a traitor in order to extract their secrets.
- Gorgeous girl, Mary K. Pershall. 364.1523 PET
- On the 10th of February 2017, there was a sentencing hearing for murder in the Victorian Supreme Court. The young woman in the dock, who sat quietly with her hands in her lap, had perfect skin and light-brown hair tied back as neatly as a private school prefect's. When the judge asked her to confirm her plea, the young woman answered in a clear and polite voice. 'Guilty, your Honour.'
- Kidnapped: the tragic life of J. Paul Getty III, Charles Fox. 364.154 GET
- Life after darkness: finding healing and happiness after the Cleveland kidnappings, Michelle Knight, now known as Lily Rose Lee. 364.154 KNI
- Michelle Knight; now known as Lily Rose Lee, captured the world's attention in May 2013, when she and two fellow kidnapping victims were found and freed after being held for more than a decade by notorious Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro. But many people are still asking: What happened after her escape?
- Mummy knew: a terrifying step-father, a mother who refused to listen, a little girl desperate to escape, Lisa James. 362.76 JAM
- On the run: fugitive life in an American city, Alice Goffman. 364.34 GOF
- Forty years in, the War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonetheless created a little-known surveillance state in America's most disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Arrest quotas and high-tech surveillance techniques criminalize entire blocks, and transform the very associations that should stabilize young lives.
- The real Lolita: the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world, Sarah Weinman. 364.154 WEI
- Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner.
- The foundling: the true story of a kidnapping, a family secret, and my search for the real me, Paul Joseph Fronczak and Alex Tresniowski. 364.154 FRO
- In 1964, a woman pretending to be a nurse kidnapped an infant boy named Paul Fronczak from a Chicago hospital. Two years later, police found a boy abandoned outside a variety store in New Jersey. The FBI tracked down Dora Fronczak, the kidnapped infant's mother, and she identified the abandoned boy as her son. The family spent the next fifty years believing they were whole again; but Paul was always unsure about his true identity.
- Where we live: a benefit for the survivors in Las Vegas, Will Dennis; assisted by Michael Perlman. 364.1523 WHE
- On October 1, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada suffered the worst mass shooting
in modern American history, resulting in 58 deaths and over 500 injured.
Education
- How to become a straight-A student: the unconventional strategies real college students use to score high while studying less, Cal Newport. 378.17 NEW
- My child's different: the lessons learned from one family's struggle to unlock their son's potential, Elaine Halligan with contributuons from Melissa Hood. 371.94 HAL
Engineering
- 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.
- Science and the city: the mechanics behind the metropolis, Laurie Winkless. 307.76 WIN
- Cities are built using some of the most creative and revolutionary science and engineering ideas; from steel structures that scrape the sky to glass cables that help us communicate at the speed of light, but most of us are too busy to notice. Science and the City is your guidebook to that hidden world, helping you to uncover some of the remarkable technologies that keep the world's great metropolises moving.
Environment
- Dirty gold: how activism transformed the jewelry industry, Michael John Bloomfield. 382.4 BLO
- Gold mining can be a dirty business. It creates immense amounts of toxic materials that are difficult to dispose of. Mines are often developed without community consent, and working conditions for miners can be poor. Income from gold has funded wars.
- The world without us, Alan Weisman. 304.2 WEI
- In his revelatory, bestselling account, Alan Weisman draws on every field of science to present an environmental assessment like no other, the most affecting portrait yet of humankind's place on this planet.
Fashion & Beauty
- Be dazzling: simple projects to make your wardrobe sparkle, Rachel Burke. 646.3 BUR
- Great hair days & how to have them, Luke Hersheson. 646.724 HER
- Painted faces: a colourful history of cosmetics, Susan Stewart. 646.72 STE
- Pretty gentlemen: macaroni men and the eighteenth-century fashion world, Peter McNeil. 391.1 MCN
- The term "macaroni" was once as familiar a label as "punk" or "hipster" is today. In this handsomely illustrated book devoted to notable 18th-century British male fashion, award-winning author and fashion historian Peter McNeil brings together dress, biography, and historical events with the broader visual and material culture of the late 18th century.
- sARTorial: the art of looking like an artist. 746.92 PAN
- Ever wondered why Yayoi Kusama dresses in dots or dreamt of asking Picasso: why the Breton tee? Enter sARTorial, a fun guide to the signature looks of 60 key artists from the 19th century to today.
- Stays and corsets: historical patterns translated for the modern body, Mandy Barrington. 391.42 BAR
- Stays and corsets. Volume 2: historical patterns translated for the modern body, Mandy Barrington. 391.42 BAR
- In this second volume of Stays and Corsets, Mandy Barrington continues to create historical patterns for a modern body shape. This book contains all new corset patterns with a range of silhouettes that span over 300 years, from the late 16th century to the early 20th century.
- The skin nerd, Jennifer Rock. 646.726 ROC
- TTT tattoo, TTISM & Nick Schonberger. 391.65 TTT
- A survey of over 300 of the best international tattoo artists working today. The book examines how the historical styles of this most enduring art form blend into new ones.
- Walk this way: footwear from the Stuart Weitzman collection of historic shoes, Edward Maeder. 391.41 MAE
Film, Television & Theatre
- Mel Brooks FAQ: all that's left to know about the outrageous genius of comedy, Dale Sherman. 791.43023 BRO
- Steven Spielberg FAQ: all that's left to know about the films of Hollywood's best known director, Barry Monush. 791.43023 SPI
- Television series of the 1990s: essential facts and quirky details, Vincent Terrace. 791.457 TER
- The predator: the art and making of the film, James Nolan. 791.437 NOL
- Official companion book to the new blockbuster sci-fi movie from Shane Black, containing stunning concept art and behind-the-scenes photography from the filming process.
- The world of Vanity Fair, Emma Marriott; foreword by Michael Palin. 791.457 MAR
Finance & Economics
- Fake silk: the lethal history of viscose rayon, Paul David Blanc. 338.4767 BLA
- When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protective steps are
taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns.
- Money and government: a challenge to mainstream economics, Robert Skidelsky. 339 SKI
- None of my business: P.J. explains money, banking, debt, equity, assets, liabilities, and why he's not rich and neither are you, P. J. O'Rourke. 332 ORO
- Rocket billionaires: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the new space race, Tim Fernholz. 338.762 FER
- Smart skills: mastering the numbers, Anne Hawkins. 510 HAW
- This book is designed to give any professional from a non-financial background the skills and confidence to add that critical financial dimension to their skillset.
- The barefoot investor for families: the only kids' money guide you'll ever need, Scott Pape. 332.024 PAP
- The end of poverty: how we can make it happen in our lifetime, Jeffrey D. Sachs. 339.46 SAC
- The robot in the next cubicle: what you need to know to adapt and succeed in the automation age, Larry Boyer. 338.06 BOY
- The war on normal people: the truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future, Andrew Yang. 362.58 YAN
- Your money or your life: 9 steps to transforming your relationship with money and achieving financial independence, Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez. 332.024 ROB
Folklore
- The Poetic Edda: stories of the Norse gods and heroes. 839.6 EDD
- The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last.
Food & Drink
- 15 minute vegan comfort food: simple & satisfying vegan recipes, Katy Beskow. 641.56362 BES
- Always delicious: favourite recipes from the New Zealand Listener, Lauraine Jacobs. 641.5 JAC
- Beautifully real food: guilt-free, meat-free recipes to indulge in, Sam Murphy. 641.56362 MUR
- Better than a bought one: clever recipes and ideas for home-grown celebrations, Jo Seagar. 641.5 SEA
- Cuba: the cookbook, Madelaine Vézquez Gélvez and Imogene Tondre. 641.597291 VAZ
- Feed me vegan for all occasions, Lucy Watson. 641.56362 WAT
- Gordon Ramsay's healthy, lean & fit: mouthwatering recipes to fuel you for life. 641.563 RAM
- Happy food: fast, fresh, simple vegan, Bettina Campolucci Bordi. 641.56362 BOR
- Hassle free, gluten free, Jane Devonshire in association with Coeliac UK. 641.563 DEV
- Home made Christmas, Yvette van Boven. 641.568 BOV
- Israeli soul: easy, essential, delicious, Michael Solomonov, Steven Cook. 641.595694 SOL
- Kitchen brewing, Jakob Nielsen and Mikael Zetterberg. 641.873 NIE
- Kiwi baker at home, Dean Brettschneider. 641.815 BRE
- Mastering pizza: the art and practice of handmade pizza, focaccia, and calzone, Marc Vetri and David Joachim. 641.824 VET
- New York: capital of food, Lisa Nieschlag, Lars Wentrup. 641.5973 NIE
- Part recipe book, part foodie travel experience, New York: Capital of Food brings the flavours of the Big Apple into your
kitchen, immersing you in the hustle and bustle and taste experience that is New York.
- NZ rugby stars cookbook: cooking from the heart. 641.5 NZ
- Ottolenghi simple: a cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi with Tara Wigley and Esme Howarth. 641.555 OTT
- Prue: my all-time favourite recipes, Prue Leith. 641.5 LEI
- Quintessential Filipino cooking: more than 75 authentic and classic recipes of the Philippines, Liza Agbanlog. 641.59599 AGB
- Real life dinners, Rachel Hollis. 641.54 HOL
- Simply bento: delicious box lunch ideas for healthy portions to go, Yuko and Noriko. 641.5952 YAG
- Superiority Burger cookbook: the vegetarian hamburger is now delicious, Brooks Headley. 641.5636 HEA
- The modern Italian cook, Joe Trivelli. 641.5945 TRI
- The modern multi-cooker cookbook: 101 recipes for your Instant Pot, Jenny Tschiesche. 641.587 TSC
- The new Filipino kitchen: stories and recipes from around the globe, Jacqueline Chio-Lauri. 641.59599 NEW
- The pasta bible: over 150 inspirational recipes shown in 800 step-by-step photographs, Jeni Wright. 641.822 WRI
- The Ritz London: the cookbook, John Williams with James Steen. 641.5 WIL
- The sourdough school: the ground-breaking guide to making gut-friendly bread, Vanessa Kimbell. 641.815 KIM
- The vineyards of Central Otago: a passion for winemaking on the edge, text by Viv Milsom. 641.22 MIL
- Thrive foods: 200 plant-based recipes for peak health, Brendan Brazier. 641.56362 BRA
- Unicorn food: beautiful plant-based recipes to nurture your inner magical beast, Kat Odell. 641.5636 ODE
- Vintage tea party, Carolyn Caldicott. 641.53 CAL
- A guide to the traditions and etiquette of afternoon tea provides recipes for a variety of savory treats, pastries, cakes, and cookies along with information on the technique of making a perfect pot of tea.
Gardens & Gardening
- Aesthetica botanica: a life with plants. 635.965 AES
- Beyond the garden gate: private gardens of the Southern Highlands, Jaqui Cameron. 712.60994 CAM
- Gardening under lights: the complete guide for indoor growers, Leslie F. Halleck. 631.583 HAL
- Gardening Under Lights is a highly-detailed, accessible guide for seed starters, plant collectors, houseplant fans, and anyone who wants to successfully garden indoors any time of the year.
- Gardens on the edge: Australian landscapes, from desert to rainforest, ocean to plains, Christine Reid. 712.60994 REI
- Glasshouse, greenhouse, India Hobson and Magnus Edmondson. 635.98 HOB
- Living on one acre or less: how to produce all the fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and eggs your family needs, Sally Morgan. 640 MOR
- Starting & saving seeds: grow the perfect vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers for your garden, Julie Thompson-Adolf. 635 THO
- The community food forest handbook: how to plan, organize, and nurture edible gathering places, Catherine Bukowski and John Munsell. 635 BUK
- The complete gardener, Monty Don. 635.0484 DON
- The damp garden, Beth Chatto. 635.955 CHA
- The dry garden, Beth Chatto. 635.955 CHA
- The generous gardener: private paradises shared, Caroline Donald. 712.60941 DON
- The new organic grower: a master's manual of tools and techniques for the home and market gardener, Eliot Coleman. 635.0484 COL
Genealogy
- A dictionary of family history: the genealogists' ABC, Jonathan Scott. 929.1 SCO
Health
- A guide to living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hypermobility type): bending without breaking, Isolbel Knight. 616.77 KNI
- A sporting life in pictures, Helen J. Bate. 616.83 SPO
- Full of energy, action and excitement, this book will remind readers of the joys and disappointments experienced in a sporting life. Our books are designed to provide enjoyment, improve communication and enable you to spend quality time with the person with dementia.
- Acupuncture and Chinese medicine: roots of modern practice, Charles Buck. 615.892 BUC
- Adaptogens: harness the power of superherbs to reduce stress & restore calm, Paula Grainger. 615.321 GRA
- An unquiet mind: a memoir of moods and madness, Kay Redfield Jamison. 616.895 JAM
- Anatomy trains: myofascial meridians for manual and movement therapists, Thomas W. Myers. 612.75 MYE
- Animal viruses and humans, a narrow divide: how lethal zoonotic viruses spill over and threaten us, Warren A. Andiman. 614.56 AND
- Brain-powered weight loss: the 11-step behavior-based plan that ends overeating and leads to dropping unwanted pounds for good, Eliza Kingsford with Debora Yost. 613.25 KIN
- Chris beat cancer: a comprehensive plan for healing naturally, Chris Wark. 616.994 WAR
- Colon cancer survivor who opted against chemotherapy and radiation provides the toxin-free diet, lifestyle, and therapy guidelines he used to help himself heal.
- Complete wellness, Susan Curtis. 615.321 CUR
- Conceivability: what I learned exploring the frontiers of fertility, Elizabeth Katkin. 618.178 KAT
- A gripping account of one woman's journey through the global fertility industry that exposes eye-opening information about the medical, financial, legal, scientific, emotional, and ethical issues at stake.
- Coping with pregnancy loss, Petra Boynton. 618.39 BOY
- Dealing with doctors, denial, and death: a guide to living well with serious illness, Aroop Mangalik. 616.044 MAN
- Dear boobs: one hundred letters to breasts from women affected by breast cancer, compiled by Emily Searle. 362.196994 DEA
- Embracing a new vision of aging, Sheryl Towers. 612.67 TOW
- FAB health: understanding why we become ill so we can get better: healing Lyme disease and other illnesses without antibiotics, Paulette Agnew. 616.924 AGN
- Family life in pictures, Helen J Bate. 616.83 FAM
- When someone has dementia, traditional books can become incomprehensible and meaningless. This title from the popular range of Pictures
to Share books is designed to be accessible and entertaining for anyone with mid to later stage dementia who has an interest in family life.
- Feel great & live longer: a New Zealand handbook for exceptional health, Jason Shon Bennett. 613 BEN
- Flu hunter: unlocking the secrets of a virus, Robert G. Webster. 614.518 WEB
- Health your self: the one-stop handbook to a healthier, more energetic you, Dr Nic Gill with Sue Page PHD. 613 GIL
- Heart: a history, Sandeep Jauhar. 612.17 JAU
- Learn to self heal: a personal and practical approach towards wholeness, Christina Richter. 615.53 RIC
- Learning to cope with CRSP/RSD: putting life first and pain second, Karen Rodham. 616.047 ROD
- Low tox life: a handbook for a healthy you and a happy planet, Alexx Stuart. 640.41 STU
- Ever stopped to read the list of ingredients in the products you use every day? In Low Tox Life, activist and educator Alexx Stuart gently clears a path through the maze of mass-market ingredient cocktails, focusing on four key areas: Body, Home, Food and Mind.
- Make your health great again: find out how to achieve epic wellbeing and a more vibrant, longer life, Bruno Marevich. 613 MAR
- Move, nourish, believe: the fit woman's secret revealed, Lorna Jane Clarkson. 613.2 CLA
- NPTI's fundamentals of fitness and personal training, Tim Henriques. 613.71 HEN
- Oestrogen matters, Avrum Bluming and Carol Tavris. 618.175 BLU
- Scoliosis, yoga therapy, and the art of letting go, Rachel Krentzman. 616.73 KRE
- The 30-day thyroid reset plan: disarming the 7 hidden triggers that are keeping you sick, Becky Campbell. 616.44 CAM
- The anti-anxiety diet: a whole-body program to stop racing thoughts, banish worry and live panic-free, Ali Miller. 616.8522 MIL
- The best possible you: a unique nutritional guide to healing your body, Hannah Richards. 613.2 RIC
- The disordered mind: what unusual brains tell us about ourselves, Eric R. Kandel. 616.89 KAN
- The easy way to control alcohol, Allen Carr. 613.81 CAR
- The mindful way through depression: freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness, Mark Williams… et al. 616.8527 MIN
- The reducetarian solution: how the surprisingly simple act of reducing the amount of meat in your diet can transform your health and the planet, Brian Kateman recipes by Pat Crocker. 613.2 RED
- The survival doctor's complete handbook: what to do when help is not on the way, James Hubbard. 616.0252 HUB
- The weighted blanket guide: everything you need to know about weighted blankets and deep pressure for autism, chronic pain, and other conditions, Eileen Parker and Cara Koscinski. 615.851 PAR
- Yoga therapy for digestive health, Charlotte Watts. 613.7046 WAT
History, Geography & Travel
- 21 lessons for the 21st century, Yuval Noah Harari. 909.83 HAR
- How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today's most urgent issues.
- A people's history of Scotland, Chris Bambery. 941.1 BAM
- A travel junkie's diary: searching for mare's milk and other far-flung pursuits, Dina Bennett. 910.4 BEN
- A wavering grace: a Vietnamese family in war and peace, Gavin Young. 959.7043 YOU
- A Wavering Grace is a personal account of how one ordinary family survived the horrors of war and a political process that was beyond their control.
- Amazing train journeys: 60 unforgettable rail trips and how to experience them. 910.4 AMA
- Amsterdam, main contributors, Robin Gauldie, Robin Pascoe, Christopher Catling. 949.23 GAU
- Dorling Kindersley.
- Auschwitz: a doctor's eyewitness account, Miklos Nyiszli. 940.5318 NYI
- Australia in 100 places, Chrissie Goldrick. 994 AUS
- Awatere: portrait of a Marlborough valley, Harry Broad. 993.75 BRO
- Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia through time, Brian Girling. 942.142 GIR
- Brazil: a biography, Lilia M. Schwarcz and Heloisa M. Starling. 981 SCH
- British river navigations: inland cuts, fens, dikes, channels and non-tidal rivers, Stuart Fisher. 941 FIS
- Cape Town & the Garden Route, Simon Richmond, James Bainbridge, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Lucy Corne. 968.73 RIC
- Lonely Planet.
- Chile & Easter Island, Carolyn McCarthy. 983 MCC
- Lonely Planet.
- Commanders of Auschwitz: the SS officers who ran the largest Nazi concentration camp, 1940-1945, Jeremy Dixon. 940.5318 DIX
- Costa Rica, Ashley Harrell, Jade Bremner, Brian Kluepfel. 972.86 HAR
- Lonely Planet.
- Diana inquest: the untold story. Part 2, How & why did Diana die, John Morgan. 941.085 DIA
- Discovering China: art, culture, landscape, lifestyle. 951 DIS
- Everyday life in Tudor London, Stephen Porter. 942.1 POR
- Georgia: the Bradt travel guide, Tim Burford. 947.58 BUR
- Greenland by the Polar sea: the story of the Thule expedition from Melville Bay to cape Morris Jesup, Knud Rasmussen. 998.2 RAS
- History of the world: map by map. 911 HIS
- Into the hands of the soldiers, David D. Kirkpatrick. 962.05 KIR
- In 2011, Egyptians of all sects, ages and social classes shook off millennia of autocracy, then elected a Muslim Brother as president. New York Times correspondent David D. Kirkpatrick arrived in Egypt with his family less than six months before the uprising first broke out in 2011. As revolution and violence engulfed the country, he lived through Cairo's hopes and disappointments alongside the diverse population of his new city.
- Lady of the house: elite 19th century women and their role in the English country house, Charlotte Furness. 305.420942 ISH
- This book tells you the true stories of three genteel women who were born, raised, lived and died within the world of English country houses. This is not the story of 'seen and not heard' women, these are women who endured tremendous tragedy and worked alongside their husbands to create a legacy that we are still benefiting from them today.
- Lands of lost borders: a journey on the Silk Road, Kate Harris. 958 HAR
- London, main contributors, Matt Norman, Michael Leapman, Alice Park. 942.1 NOR
- Dorling Kindersley.
- Machete season: the killers in Rwanda speak: a report, Jean Hatzfeld. 967.571 HAT
- Maldives, Tom Masters. 954.95 MAS
- Lonely Planet.
- Mongolia: the Bradt travel guide, Jane Blunden. 951.7 BLU
- New Zealand settlers and soldiers, or, The war in Taranaki: being incidents in the life of a settler, Thomas Gilbert. 993.022 GIL
- Nursing Churchill: wartime life from the private letters of Winston Churchill's nurse, Jill Rose. 941.082 CHU
- Parallel lives: four seasons in the French Pyrenees, Jennifer Andrewes. 944.87 AND
- Paris: an inspired wander through the city of lights, Alexandra Carroll. 944.36 CAR
- Pasta, pane, vino: deep travels through Italy's food culture, Matt Goulding. 945 GOU
- Pay no heed to the rockets: life in contemporary Palestine, Marcello Di Cintio. 956.9405 DI
- Prague, main contributors, Marc Di Duca, Vladimir Soupkup. 943.71 DI
- Dorling Kindersley.
- Preventing Palestine: a political history from Camp David to Oslo, Seth Anziska. 956.9405 ANZ
- Rival queens: the betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots, Kate Williams. 942.055 ELI
- River town: two years on the Yangtze, Peter Hessler. 951 HES
- San Francisco, Alison Bing, John A Vlahides, Sara Benson, Ashley Harrell. 979.461 BIN
- Lonely Planet.
- Slow boats home, Gavin Young. 910.45 YOU
- Tells of the author's return voyage from the China Seas to England, via the South Seas, Cape Horn and West Africa.
- Slow boats to China, Gavin Young. 910.45 YOU
- Seven months and twenty-three agreeably ill-assorted vessels are what were required to transport Gavin Young, by slow boat, from Piraeus to Canton. His odyssey teemed with excitement, adventure and colour.
- Southeast Asia on a shoestring, Brett Atkinson. 959 ATK
- Lonely Planet.
- The British in India: three centuries of ambition and experience, David Gilmour. 954.03 GIL
- The canal guide: Britain's 50 best canals, Stuart Fisher. 941 FIS
- The day the world came to town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, Jim DeFede. 971.8 DEF
- The death of Hitler: the final word on the ultimate cold case: the search for Hitler's body, Jean-Christophe Brisard and Lana Parshina,. 943.086 HIT
- The history of England. Volume V, Dominion, Peter Ackroyd. 941.081 ACK
- The last palace: Europe's extraordinary century through five lives and one house in Prague, Norman Eisen. 943.71 EIS
- The people of the polar north: a record, Knud Rasmussen. 998.2 RAS
- Recollections from winter spent among Polar Eskimos as a member of the Danish Literary Expedition to Greenland, 1902-04. Has chapter on fables and legends.
- The Prague book: highlights of a fascinating city, Robert Fischer. 943.71 FIS
- The restless kings: Henry II, his sons and the wars for the Plantagenet crown, Nick Barratt. 942.031 BAR
- The Rhine: following Europe's greatest river from Amsterdam to the Alps, Ben Coates. 943.4 COA
- The Sarpedon krater: the life and afterlife of a Greek vase, Nigel Spivey. 930.1 SPI
- The taking of K-129: how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history, Josh Dean. 910.91649 DEA
- The world's greatest places: the most amazing travel destinations on earth. 910.2 WOR
- This is my South: the essential travel guide to the Southern States, Caroline Eubanks. 975 EUB
- Tibet: the Bradt travel guide, Michael Buckley. 951.5 BUC
- To the wilderness: French settlers in Akaroa 1840-1920, Angela Pyke and Kevin Clark. 929.2 LIB
- Torn from the world: a guerrilla's escape from a secret prison in Mexico, John Gibler. 972 GIB
- Trial of strength: adventures and misadventures on the wild and remote Subantarctic Islands, Shona Riddell. 993.99 RID
- Vietnam: an epic tragedy: 1945-1975, Max Hastings. 959.704 HAS
- What lies beyond!: travel ventures into curious and other worlds, Kynsléy Nazareth. 910.4 NAZ
- Wild journeys, Bruce Ansley. 993 ANS
- In Wild Journeys Bruce Ansley retraces the path of the doomed surveyor John Whitcombe and tracks our most unlikely hero, the prison escaper George Wilder.
House & DIY
- Chair anatomy: design and construction, James Orrom. 749.3 ORR
- Classic cottages, Cindy Smith Cooper. 747.88 COO
- Country Living tiny homes: living big in small spaces, Caroline McKenzie. 747.88 COU
- Dior and his decorators: Victor Grandpierre, Georges Geffroy, and the New Look, Maureen Footer. 747 GRA
- French vintage décor: easy & elegant DIY projects for any home, Jamie Lundstrom. 747 LUN
- Homes with soul: designing with heart, Orly Robinzon. 747 ROB
- House of fashion: haute couture and the modern interior, Jess Berry. 747 BER
- Maison: Parisian chic at home, Ines de la Fressange, Marin Montagut. 747 LA
- May I come in?: discovering the world in other people's houses, Wendy Goodman. 747 GOO
- One-day room makeovers: how to get the designer look for less with three easy steps, Martin Amado. 747 AMA
- Repurposed: New Zealand homes using upcycled materials and spaces, Catherine Foster. 728.3 FOS
- Simple matters: a Scandinavian's approach to work, home, and style, Jenny Mustard. 646.7 MUS
- Smart homes in easy steps, Nick Vandome. 643.6 VAN
- Sustainable home: practical projects, tips and advice for maintaining a more eco-friendly household, Christine Liu. 640 LIU
- The contemporary house, Jonathan Bell, Ellie Stathaki. 728.37 BEL
- The natural home: tips, ideas & recipes for a sustainable life, Wendyl Nissen. 640 NIS
- In The Natural Home Wendyl shares how easy it is to lead a much healthier life just by making some small changes and remembering the simple way that people used to live.
- Whiskey in a teacup: what growing up in the South taught me about life, love, and baking biscuits, Reese Witherspoon. 646.7 WIT
- Wonder plants: your urban jungle interior, Irene Schampaert; Judith Baehner. 747.98 SCH
- Green in your interior is the new trend. Not only growing plants and flowers but also using them as a stylish element in your interior to create the perfect atmosphere.
- Wonder plants 2: your urban jungle interior, Irene Schampaert & Judith Baehner. 747.98 SCH
- The green interiors trend is here to stay. The sequel to bestselling title Wonder Plants, this second volume features even more inspiring ideas for a greener interior.
Humour
- Parsnips, buttered, Joe Lycett. 827.92 LYC
- "I, Joe Lycett, comedian, wordsmith, and professional complainer, am here to help. During my short life of doing largely nothing I've discovered solutions to many of life's problems, which I impart to you, dear Reader."
- The bloke-a-saurus: jokes for blokes, fair dinkum funnies and true blue Aussie wisdom, Gus Worland; Steve Worland. 827.92 WOR
Language
- Focus on IELTS: teacher's book, Sue O'Connell. 428.2 OCO
- With its focus on academic skills, this updated version of Focus on IELTS equips students for both the IELTS examination, and the tools that they need for academic life.
Law
- The autobiography of an execution, David R. Dow. 345.077 DOW
- Near the beginning of The Autobiography of an Execution, David Dow lays his cards on the table. "People think that because I am against the death penalty and don't think people should be executed, that I forgive those people for what they did. Well, it isn't my place to forgive people."
- Trade marks in practice, Paul Sumpter. 346.048 SUM
- We the peoples: a UN for the 21st century, Kofi Annan. 341.23 ANN
- During his time as Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Annan played a decisive role in launching the Millennium Development Goals, establishing the International Criminal Court, and articulating the Responsibility to Protect as a guiding principle for international action.
Library Science
- Creating the sustainable public library: the triple bottom line approach, Gary L. Shaffer. 025.1 SHA
- Transform any public library into a truly sustainable organization-not just environmentally sustainable.
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Literature
- Charlotte Bronte revisited, Sophie Franklin. 823.8 BRO
- How to read a poem, Malcolm Hebron with Andrew Hodgson and Caroline Moore. 808.1 HEB
- Impossible owls: essays, Brian Phillips. 814.6 PHI
- In his highly anticipated debut essay collection, Impossible Owls, Brian Phillips demonstrates why he's one of the most iconoclastic journalists of the digital age, beloved for his ambitious, off-kilter, meticulously reported essays that read like novels.
- In my mind's eye: a thought diary, Jan Morris. 828.914 MOR
- 'I have never before in my life kept a diary of my thoughts, and here at the start of my ninth decade, having for the moment nothing much else to write, I am having a go at it. Good luck to me'. So begins this extraordinary book, a collection of diary pieces that Jan Morris wrote for the Financial Times over the course of 2017.
- Life in culture: selected letters of Lionel Trilling, Adam Kirsch. 813.54 TRI
- In the mid-twentieth century, Lionel Trilling was America's most respected literary critic.
- Mrs Gaskell and me: two women, two love stories, two centuries apart, Nell Stevens. 828.92 STE
- In 1857, after two years of writing The Life of Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell fled England for Rome on the eve of publication. The project had become so fraught with criticism, with different truths and different lies, that Mrs Gaskell couldn't stand it any more. She threw her book out into the world and disappeared to Italy with her two eldest daughters.
- Oliver Jeffers: the working mind & drawing hand. 823.92 JEF
- Oliver Jeffers takes a dive into Oliver's own origin story, inspirations, art evolution, and passion for storytelling: from growing up loving art and creating stories as a young boy in Belfast, Ireland; to finding a huge audience for his loveable stories.
- Reading the landscape: a celebration of Australian writing. 828.92 REA
- The writer's map: an atlas of imaginary lands, Huw Lewis-Jones. 809.933 WRI
- Maps have the power to transport us, filled as they are with wonder and possibility. Here, internationally acclaimed writers and illustrators share their personal insights, encompassing not only the maps that appear in their books, but also the maps that have inspired them and the sketches they create in writing.
- Why will no-one publish my novel?: a handbook for the rejected writer, Fay Weldon. 808.3 WEL
- A collection of tips and advice for budding writers from literary lioness, Fay Weldon. As the author of over thirty novels, stories and screenplays, as well as a tutor on the prestigious creative writing course at Bath Spa, Fay Weldon has a lifetime of wisdom to impart on the art of writing.
Music & Musicians
- Amy Winehouse, Blake Wood. 781.66 WIN
- When 22-year-old American photographer Blake Wood moved to London in 2007, a mutual friend introduced him to Amy Winehouse. Wood and Winehouse developed a close friendship and would become inseparable for the next two years.
- Imagine John Yoko, John Lennon & Yoko Ono. 781.66 LEN
- Imagine John Yoko is the definitive inside story, told in revelatory detail, of the making of the legendary album and all that surrounded it: the locations, the creative team, the artworks and the films, in the words of John & Yoko and the people who were there.
- Iron Maiden: album by album, Martin Popoff with Blaze Bayley. 781.66 IRO
- Lament from Epirus: an odyssey into Europe's oldest surviving folk music, Christopher C. King. 781.62 KIN
- Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin, editor, Dave Brolan. 781.66 LED
- Led Zeppelin live: 1975-1977, Terry O'Neill, Michael Brennan, Baron Wolman. 781.66 LED
- Logic Pro X 10.4, David Nahmani. 781.34 NAH
- Record, arrange, mix, produce, and polish your audio files with this best-selling, Apple-certified guide to Logic Pro X 10.4. Veteran producer and
composer David Nahmani uses step-by step, project-based instructions and straightforward explanations to teach everything from basic music creation to sophisticated production techniques.
- Major dudes: a Steely Dan companion, Barney Hoskyns. 781.66 STE
- Making money with music: generate over 100 revenue streams, grow your fan base, and thrive in today's music environment, Randy Chertkow & Jason Feehan. 780.23 CHE
- Morrissey: alone and palely loitering. 781.66 MOR
- This is Morrissey as you've never seen him before. Featuring many previously unpublished photographs, a portrait of Morrissey at his creative peak.
- Speaking the piano: reflections on learning and teaching, Susan Tomes. 786.2 TOM
- Strange stars: David Bowie, pop music, and the decade sci-fi exploded, Jason Heller. 781.66 HEL
- That jealous demon, my wretched health: disease, death and composers, Jonathan Noble. 780.92 NOB
- This book, by a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, charts the disturbed physical and mental health of 70 great composers. It attempts to unpick the evidence forensically and to define the cause of death based on the legal paradigm of a balance of probabilities.
- Twentieth-century classical music, Fiona Maddocks. 781.68 MAD
- 20th Century Classical Music will take you on an acoustic journey through history with a curated playlist on each page.
- We are the Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered, Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki. 781.66 CLA
- The Clash was a paradox of revolutionary conviction, musical ambition, and commercial drive. We Are The Clash is a gripping tale of the band's struggle to reinvent itself as George Orwell's 1984 loomed. This bold campaign crashed headlong into a wall of internal contradictions and rising right-wing power.
Parenting
- Deliberate self-harm in adolescence, Claudine Fox and Keith Hawton. 616.8582 FOX
- This book provides guidance for professionals and parents caring for children and young people at risk of self-harm and suicide.
- How to nourish your child through an eating disorder: a simple, plate-by-plate approach to rebuilding a healthy relationship with food, Casey Crosbie and Wendy Sterling. 618.9285 CRO
- Little big rooms: new nurseries and rooms to play in, texts by Shonquis Moreno. 747.7 MOR
- The self-driven child: the science and sense of giving your kids more control over their lives, William Stixrud and Ned Johnson. 155.413 STI
- Time to parent: organizing your life to bring out the best in your child and you, Julie Morgenstern. 649.1 MOR
- What your ADHD child wishes you knew: working together to empower kids for success in school and life, Sharon Saline. 618.9285 SAL
- Your baby, your birth: hypnobirthing skills for every birth, Hollie de Cruz. 618.2 DE
Pasifika
- Marking indigeneity: the Tongan art of sociospatial relations, Tēvita O. Ka'ili. 305.899482 KAI
- This book explores how Tongan cultural practices conflict with and coexist within Hawaiian society.
Pets & Animals
- 101 chicken keeping hacks from Fresh eggs daily, Lisa Steele. 636.5 STE
- Join Lisa Steele, chicken-keeper extraordinaire and founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, on a behind-the-coop tour like you've never seen. Lisa has spent years figuring out the best ways to keep chickens healthy, the natural way, and she's collected more than just your average tips.
- Barbet dog: a purebred sporting dog: Barbet dog complete owners manual: Barbet dog book for care, costs, feeding, grooming, health and training, George Hoppendale and Asia Moore. 636.73 BAR
- Dog training: the soft-handed approach: a step-by-step guide, show secrets, training solutions, and more!, Rebecca Brown. 636.70887 BRO
- Pig: tales from an organic farm, Helen Browning with Tim Finney. 636.4 BRO
- In a frosty field on the longest night of the year, eight little piglets snuffle their first breaths, and jostle close to their mother to feed. Over the six months that follow, lifelong farmer Helen Browning and her partner Tim Finney record their adventures to show how pigs become the mischievous, competitive, intelligent and inventive animals that we know them to be.
- Second-chance dogs: true stories of the dogs we rescue and the dogs who rescue us, Callie Smith Grant, ed. 636.7083 SEC
- The complete book of horses: breeds, care, riding, saddlery: a comprehensive encyclopedia of horse breeds and practical riding techniques with 1500 photographs, Debby Sly, Sarah Muir and Judith Draper..
636.1083 SLY
Philosophy & Psychology
- Positive psychology coaching in practice, Suzy Green and Stephen Palmer. 158.9 POS
- The art of dying: a journey to elsewhere, Peter Fenwick and Elizabeth Fenwick. 306.9 FEN
- Peter Fenwick is an eminent neuropsychiatrist, academic and expert on disorders of the brain. His
most compelling and provocative research has been into the end of life phenomena, including near-death experiences and deathbed visions of the dying person, as well as the experiences of hospice and palliative care workers and relatives of dying people.
- Think again: how to reason and argue, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. 168 SIN
- Penis envy and other bad feelings: the emotional costs of everyday life, Mari Ruti. 128.3 RUT
- Mari Ruti combines theoretical reflection, cultural critique, feminist politics, and personal experience to analyze the prevalence of bad feelings in contemporary everyday life.
Photography
- Chroma: a photographer's guide to lighting with color, Nick Fancher. 778.7 FAN
- The enthusiast's guide to travel photography: 55 photographic principles you need to know, Jordana Wright. 778.9991 WRI
- I am New Zealand: Aotearoa through many eyes. 779 I
- This book collects a range of personal views of Aotearoa from photographers, both amateur and professional, along with their thoughts on what makes New Zealand.
- Nothing personal, photographs by Richard Avedon and text by James Baldwin. 779 BAL
- In 1964, Richard Avedon, at the time the world's most famous fashion photographer, and James Baldwin, a leading literary voice in the black struggle in America, collaborated on a searing portrait book, Nothing Personal.
- Paper promises: early American photography, Mazie M. Harris. 770.9 HAR
Plays
- King John, Shakespeare. Edited by Jesse M. Lander and J.J.M. Tobin. 822.33 SHA
- King John tells the story of John's struggle to retain the crown in the face of alternative claims to the throne from France and is one of the earlier history plays.
Poetry
- Are friends electric?, Helen Heath. 821.92 HEA
- Helen Heath delves into liminal spaces, finding points of connection and revealing a complex and layered understanding of our place in the world and what we could become. These new poems offer a vivid and unsettling vision of a past, present and possible future mediated through technology.
- Injury time, Clive James. 821.914 JAM
- The publication of Clive James's Sentenced to Life was a major literary event. Facing the end, James looked back over his life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty to produce his finest work: poems of extraordinary power that spoke to our most elemental emotions.
- Off the shelf: a celebration of bookshops in verse, Carol Ann Duffy. 821.008 OFF
- Running upon the wires, Kate Tempest. 821.92 TEM
- Running Upon The Wires is Kate Tempest's first book of free-standing poetry since the acclaimed Hold Your Own. In a beautifully varied series of formal poems, spoken songs, fragments, vignettes and ballads.
- That Derrida whom I derided died: poems 2013-2017, C.K. Stead. 821.914 STE
- In his eighty-sixth year, C. K. Stead's new collection leads us deep inside the life of the poet. He looks back at his younger self, remembering old loves and cringing at his 'lugubrious rhyming'.
- The half-finished heaven: selected poems, Tomas Transtroemer. 839.7 TRA
- Over the course of his career, Tomas Transtr+mer; a poet who could look on the barren isolation of Sweden's landscapes and seascapes like no other, and find in them something hauntingly transcendent, emerged as one of the 20th century's essential global voices.
Politics & Government
- Crowds and party, Jodi Dean. 320.532 DEA
- Crowds and Party channels the energies of the riotous crowds who took to the streets in the past five years into an argument for the political party. Rejecting the emphasis on individuals and multitudes, Jodi Dean argues that we need to rethink the collective subject of politics.
- Fear: Trump in the White House, Bob Woodward. 973.933 TRU
- God's chaos candidate: Donald J. Trump and the American unraveling, Lance Wallnau. 324.973 TRU
- Hoodwinked: how Pauline Hanson fooled a nation, Kerry-Anne Walsh. 324.294 HAN
- Kissinger the negotiator: lessons from dealmaking at the highest level, James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin; foreword by Henry A. Kissinger. 973.924 KIS
- Liars, leakers, and liberals: the case against the anti-Trump conspiracy, Judge Jeanine Pirro. 973.933 PIR
- Under fire: reporting from the front lines of the Trump White House, April Ryan. 320 RYA
- Nervous states: how feeling took over the world, William Davies. 320.019 DAV
- In the murky new space between mind and body, between war and peace, lie nervous states: with all of us relying increasingly on feeling rather than fact. In a book of profound insight and astonishing breadth, William Davies reveals the origins of this new political reality. Nervous States is a compelling and essential guide to the turbulent times we are living through.
- On the other side of freedom: the case for hope, DeRay Mckesson. 323 MCK
- On the Other Side of Freedom is a visionary's call to active citizenship, challenging us to take responsibility for imagining, and then building, the world we want to live in.
- The monarchy of fear: a philosopher looks at our political crisis, Martha C. Nussbaum. 306.2 NUS
- For decades Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar and humanist, earning dozens of honors for her books and essays. In The Monarchy of Fear she turns her attention to the current political crisis that has polarised American since the 2016 election.
- The soul of America: the battle for our better angels, Jon Meacham. 973 MEA
- We have been here before. In this timely and revealing book, author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.
- Women now: the legacy of female suffrage, Bronwyn Labrum. 324.62 WOM
- It's 125 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote. But the battle for the right to so much else is ongoing. This first volume in the Te Papa 'Thinking About' series is published to mark the 125th anniversary of suffrage, and brings together provocative, insightful and energetically argued essays by 12 leading New Zealand writers and thinkers.
Relationships
- Some thoughts about relationships, Colin Wright. 158.25 WRI
Religion & Ethics
- A chronological tour through the Bible, Ron Rhodes. 220.6 RHO
- Being human: bodies, minds, persons, Rowan Williams. 233.5 WIL
- Breakthrough prayer: where God always hears and answers, Guillermo Maldonado. 248.3 MAL
- Change your words, change your life: understanding the power of every word you speak, Joyce Meyer. 248.4 MEY
- Joyce provides a series of guidelines for making sure that our words are constructive, healthy, healing and used to good effect.
- Christ the heart of creation, Rowan Williams. 232 WIL
- Epic: the story God is telling and the role that is yours to play, John Eldredge. 231.7 ELD
- Exploring the Qur'an: context and impact, Muhammad Abdel Haleem. 297.12 HAL
- Just culture: restoring trust and accountability in your organization, Sidney Dekker. 174.4 DEK
- Learn to look at accountability in different ways and your impact on restoring trust, learning and a sense of humanity in your organization could be enormous.
- Limitless sky: life lessons from the Himalayas, David Charles Manners. 291.144 MAN
- The author was trekking in Nepal when he stumbled upon the mountain home of a jhankri, or Nepalese shaman. The jhankri accepted him as his pupil, and so began the next stage of David's extraordinary journey.
- Living with the gods: on beliefs and peoples, Neil MacGregor. 200.9 MCG
- Mind is the master: the complete James Allen treasury, James Allen. 289.98 ALL
- The classic books of the motivational visionary, collected for the first time in a single volume.
- My visit to the edge of paradise, Apostle Brian Tamaki. 133.9013 TAM
- Brian Tamaki and his wife Hannah are the leaders of Destiny Church International. This book discusses his experiences
when he was burnt in a rubbish fire that went out of control.
- Outrageous openness: letting the divine take the lead, Tosha Silver. 204 SIL
- Tao te ching: a new English version, with foreword and notes by Stephen Mitchell. 299.51 LAO
- The best Buddhist writing 2011, Melvin McLeod and the editors of the Shambhala Sun. 294.3 BES
- The foundation of Buddhist practice, Bhikṣu Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and Bhikṣuni Thubten Chodron. 294.3 BST
- The path to change: thoughts on politics and society, Pope Francis with Dominique Wolton. 282.092 FRA
- The science of sin: why we do the things we know we shouldn't, Jack Lewis. 291.5 LEW
- Understanding and loving a person with post-traumatic stress disorder: Biblical and practical wisdom to build empathy, preserve boundaries, and show compassion, Stephen Arterburn and Becky Johnson.
261.832 ART
- Uprising: a revolution of the soul, Erwin Raphael McManus. 248.4 MCM
- Walking each other home: conversations on loving and dying, Ram Dass & Mirabai Bush. 204.4 RAM
Science
- A naturalist's guide to the dangerous creatures of Australia, Peter Rowland & Scott Eipper. 591.65 ROW
- American Eden: David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic, Victoria Johnson. 580 HOS
- Astronomy: a visual guide, Ian Ridpath. 520 RID
- Beetles, Richard Jones. 595.76 JON
- Beetles are arguably the most diverse organisms in the world, with nearly half a million beetle species described and catalogued in our museums, more than any other type of living thing.
- Europe: a natural history, Tim Flannery with Luigi Boitani. 508.4 FLA
- Flora: inside the secret world of plants. 580 FLO
- Galápagos: life in motion, Walter Perez & Michael Weisberg. 591.9866 PER
- A lavish photographic celebration that captures the fascinating behaviors of land and sea animals in the Galápagos Islands.
- Gene machine: the race to decipher the secrets of the ribosome, Venki Ramakrishnan. 572.8 RAM
- Kākāpō: rescued from the brink of extinction, Alison Ballance. 598.71 BAL
- This book follows the fall and rise of one of the world's most unusual birds, from the brink of extinction, through a roller-coaster ride of hope and loss. One of New Zealand's most threatened species, these charismatic yet mysterious night parrots, are now found only on a small number of predator-free island sanctuaries in New Zealand.
- Liquid: the delightful and dangerous substances that flow through our lives, Mark Miodownik. 530.42 MIO
- Maths: the big ideas you should know, Julia Collins. 510 COL
- Minibeasts: true rulers of our world and the key to our survival, Alan Henderson. 595.7 HEN
- Mitochondria and the future of medicine: the key to understanding disease, chronic illness, aging, and life itself, Lee Know. 571.6 KNO
- Octopus, squid & cuttlefish: a visual scientific guide, Roger Hanlon, Mike Vecchione, Louise Allcock. 594.5 HAN
- Papa Goose: one year, seven goslings, and the flight of my life, Michael Quetting . 598.41 QUE
- Michael Quetting shares the heartwarming true story of how he became a father to seven rambunctious goslings and the surprising things he learned along the way.
- Physics II for dummies, Steven Holzner. 530 HOL
- Sloths: life in the slow lane, Rebecca Cliffe. 599.3 CLI
- Sloth expert Dr. Rebecca Cliffe has teamed up with world renowned wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas to produce this stunning coffee-table book which takes readers on an immersive journey through the jungles of South America to discover the secret lives of sloths.
- The book of humans: the story of how we became us, Adam Rutherford. 599.93 RUT
- The book of snakes: a life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world, Mark O'Shea. 597.96 OSH
- The dinosaur artist: obsession, betrayal, and the quest for Earth's ultimate trophy, Paige Williams. 560 WIL
- The Dinosaur Artist illuminates the history of fossil collecting; a wildly popular, yet
sometimes murky, risky business, populated by eccentrics and obsessives, where the lines between poacher and hunter, collector and smuggler, enthusiast and opportunist, can easily blur.
- The golden ratio: the divine beauty of mathematics, Gary B. Meisner. 516.2 MEI
- The hidden life of trees: the illustrated edition, Peter Wohlleben. 582.16 WOH
- The immortal yew, Tony Hall. 585.6 HAL
- Yew trees are some of the oldest living organisms in Europe, with particular individuals thought to be over 2,000 years old.
- The life scientific: explorers, Anna Buckley. 509.2 BUC
- The new book from the BBC Radio 4 hit series The Life Scientific. Inside the lives of the scientists who are exploring the world, our universe, the past and ourselves.
- The oceans: a deep history, Eelco J. Rohling. 551.46 ROH
- The origin of (almost) everything, introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking; words by Graham Lawton. 500 LAW
- The secret network of nature: the delicate balance of all living things, Peter Wohlleben. 508 WOH
- Through two doors at once: the elegant experiment that captures the enigma of our quantum reality, Anil Ananthaswamy. 530.12 ANA
- Underbug: an obsessive tale of termites and technology, Lisa Margonelli. 595.73 MAR
- What shape is space?: a primer for the 21st century, Giles Sparrow. 520 SPA
- Woo's wonderful world of maths, Eddie Woo. 510 WOO
Self Development
- 100 ways to motivate yourself: change your life forever, Steve Chandler. 158.1 CHA
- 50 ways to yay!: transformative tools for a whole lot of happy, Alexi Panos. 158.1 PAN
- Any ordinary day, Leigh Sales. 155.24 SAL
- As a journalist, Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media. But one particular string of bad news stories; and a terrifying brush with her own mortality, sent her looking for answers about how vulnerable each of us is to a life-changing event.
- Be your own dream interpreter: uncover the real meanings of your dreams and how you can learn from them, Tony Crisp. 154.63 CRI
- Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us, Daniel H. Pink. 153.8 PIN
- Farsighted: how we make the decisions that matter the most, Steven Johnson. 153.83 JOH
- Finley's footprints, Mel Scott. 155.937 SCO
- In the first few days after my son Finley was born, I started writing a journal. My husband Baz and I had just come home from hospital without our baby. We had left him with virtual strangers to face the ordeal of a post-mortem alone.
- Help me!: one woman's quest to find out if self-help really can change her life, Marianne Power. 158.1 POW
- Hyperfocus: how to be work less to achieve more, Chris Bailey. 153.73 BAI
- I wasn't ready to say goodbye: surviving, coping, and healing after the sudden death of a loved one, Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair. 155.937 NOE
- For those who face the challenges of sudden death, the classic guide I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye offers a comforting hand to hold, written by two authors who have experienced it firsthand.
- It's ok that you're not ok: meeting grief and loss in a culture that doesn't understand, Megan Devine. 155.937 DEV
- Joyful: the surprising power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happiness, Ingrid Fetell Lee. 158.1 LEE
- Life is full of sweet spots: an exploration of joy, Mary O'Connor. 152.42 OCO
- Mastering memory: techniques to turn your brain from a sieve to a sponge, Chester Santos. 153.12 SAN
- Notes for the everlost: a field guide to grief, Kate Inglis. 155.937 ING
- On the brink of everything: grace, gravity, and getting old, Parker J. Palmer. 155.67 PAL
- Drawing on eight decades of life; and his career as a writer, teacher, and activist, Palmer explores the questions age raises and the promises it holds. "Old," he writes, "is just another word for nothing left to lose, a time to dive deep into life, not withdraw to the shallows".
- Reading between the lines: what your handwriting says about you, Emma Bache. 155.28 BAC
- Self-therapy: a step-by-step guide to creating wholeness and healing your inner child using IFS, a new, cutting-edge psychotherapy, Jay Earley. 158.1 EAR
- The super-sensitive, Linda Hampton, Ben Taylor. 158.1 HAM
- Trust: mastering the four essential trusts, Iyanla Vanzant. 158.2 VAN
- Wake up: a woman's guide to transformation, prosperity, and health!, Steven E Schmitt. 158.1 WAK
Social Issues
- A very human ending: how suicide haunts our species, Jess Bering. 362.28 BER
- After the suicide: helping the bereaved to find a path from grief to recovery, Kari Dyregrov, Einar Plyhn and Gudrun Dieserud. 362.28 DYR
- American fix: inside the opioid addiction crisis–and how to end it, Ryan Hampton. 362.293 HAM
- Antisocial media: how Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy, Siva Vaidhyanathan. 302.23 VAI
- Assess, rebuild, connect: creating a new life beyond addiction, Adams Recovery Center. 362.29 ASS
- Dancing on a razor's edge: a mother's mission to rescue her meth-addicted son, Mandy Whyte. 362.299 WHY
- A mother decides to write the story of her son's long-term methamphetamine addiction as a means to understand why he became an addict and how she can help him. Discovering the true extent of his use and the likely result of permanent psychosis, prison or death, she launches a rescue mission to save his life.
- Dopesick: dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America, Beth Macy. 362.29 MCY
- Escaping war and waves: encounters with Syrian refugees, drawn and recorded by Olivier Kugler. 362.87 KUG
- Documents in graphic novel format the experiences of Syrian refugees housed in camps in Iraqi Kurdistan, Greece, France, Germany, Switzerland, and England. Based on interviews and photographs by the author during his work as Communication Officer for the organization Doctors Without Borders.
- For the living: coping, caring and communicating with the terminally ill, Mark Golubow. 362.175 GOL
- Hello world: how to be human in the age of machine, Hannah Fry. 303.483 FRY
- Little prisoners: a tragic story of siblings trapped in a world of abuse and suffering, Casey Watson. 362.733 WAT
- Mastering the addicted brain: building a sane and meaningful life to stay clean, Walter Ling. 362.29 LIN
- Mrs Pankhurst's purple feather: fashion, fury and feminism - women's fight for change, Tessa Boase. 305.420941 BOA
- Social science research in New Zealand, Martin Tolich and Carl Davidson. 300.72 SOC
- Sold to be a wife: only a determined foster carer can stop a terrified girl from becoming a child bride, Maggie Hartley. 362.733 HAR
- Stop staring at screens: a digital detox for the whole family, Tanya Goodin. 302.23 GOO
- Survive and thrive, choose life: a suicide prevention handbook for those at risk and those who want to help, written by Sylvia Huitson. 362.28 HUI
- The art of the argument: Western civilization's last stand, Stefan Molyneux. 303.484 MOL
- 'The Art of the Argument' shocks the dying art of rational debate back to life, giving you the essential tools you need to fight the escalating sophistry, falsehoods and vicious personal attacks that have displaced intelligent conversations throughout the world.
- The fourth age: smart robots, conscious computers, and the future of humanity, Byron Reese. 303.483 REE
- The mental load: a feminist comic, Emma. 305.42 EMM
- In her first book of comic strips, French artist Emma reflects on social and feminist issues by means of simple line drawings, dissecting the mental load, ie all that invisible and unpaid organizing, list-making and planning women do to manage their lives, and the lives of their family members.
- The progress paradox: how life gets better while people feel worse, Gregg Easterbrook. 303.44 EAS
- The rage: the vicious circle of Islamist and far-right extremism, Julia Ebner. 303.484 EBN
- By looking at extremist movements both online and offline, she shows how far right and Islamist extremists have succeeded in penetrating each other's echo chambers as a result of their mutually useful messages. Based on first-hand interviews, this book introduces readers to the world of reciprocal radicalisation and the hotbeds of extremism that have developed, with potentially disastrous consequences, in the UK, Europe and the US.
Sport & Recreation
- A boy in the water, Tom Gregory. 797.21 GRE
- Eltham, South London. 1984: the hot fug of the swimming pool and the slow splashing of a boy learning to swim but not yet wanting to take his foot off the bottom. Fast-forward four years. Photographers and family wait on the shingle beach as a boy in a bright orange hat and grease-smeared goggles swims the last few metres from France to England.
- Dancing with the stars: jive, samba, and tango your way into the best shape of your life, written by Guy Phillips and Tasha Brown. 793.33 PHI
- Dungeon master's guide. 793.93 DUN
- Eat sweat play: how sport can change our lives, Anna Kessel. 796 KES
- Epic hikes of the world: explore the planet's most thrilling treks and trails. 796.51 EPI
- Lonely Planet.
- Modern advancements in long range shooting. Volume 2, Bryan Litz. 799.31 LIT
- Player's handbook, writing, James Wyatt, Robert J. Schwalb, Bruce R. Cordell. 793.93 WYA
- An essential reference for every Dungeons & Dragons roleplayer, this text contains rules for character creation and advancement, backgrounds and skills, exploration and combat, equipment, spells, and much more.
- Sky runner: finding strength, happiness, and balance in your running, Emelie Forsberg. 796.425 FOR
- The ultimate outdoor woman, Emelie Forsberg captures the magic of a life spent amongst the mountaintops. She shares her passion for skyrunning and her accumulated expertise on how to thrive in this demanding sport.
- Snowdrift, Lisa McGonigle. 796.93 MCG
- Snowdrift documents the joyous, impoverished and injury-ridden life of a ski-bum who'll do almost anything for fresh lines and explores just what happens when you leave it all behind to follow the snow.
- The complete book of snooker shots, David Horrix. 794.735 HOR
- The language of the game: how to understand soccer, Laurent Dubois. 796.334 DUB
- Volo's guide to monsters. 793.93 VOL
- The esteemed loremaster Volothamp Geddarm is back! And never has his research been so dangerous; he's compiled a dissertation on iconic monsters! Elminster doesn't believe Volo got some the details quite right but you'll discover the stories and lairs of giants, mind flayers, orcs, goblinoids, and much more. They're monsters, but will they be your friends or your foes?
Supernatural
- Be your own astrologer: unlock the secrets of the signs and planets, Joanna Watters. 133.5 WAT
- The crystal bible: the definitive guide to crystals and their uses, Judy Hall. 133.25 HAL
Transport
- 50 airliners that changed flying, Matt Falcus. 629.13334 FAL
- Austin Healey 3000: the story of DD 300, Simon Ham. 629.2222 AUS
- Civil aircraft: 300 of the world's greatest civil aircraft, Robert Jackson. 629.13334 JAC
- Endeavour: the ship and the attitude that changed the world, Peter Moore. 623.822 MOO
- Qf32, Richard de Crespigny. 363.124 DE
- In 2010, what began as a routine long-haul flight from Singapore to Sydney came within a knife-edge of becoming one of the world's worst ever air disaster. When a sudden mid-air explosion shattered engine no.2 of the Qantas A380 shrapnel ripped through the wing and fuselage creating chaos as it destroyed vital flight systems.
- Remembering steam: the end of British rail steam in photographs, Paul Hurley and Phil Braithwaite. 625.26 HUR
- Speed read supercar: the history, technology and design behind the world's most exciting cars, Basem Wasef. 629.2221 WAS
- The history of space exploration: discoveries from the ancient world to the extraterrestrial future, Roger D. Launius. 629.4 LAU
- The history of the Channel Tunnel: the political, economic and engineering history of an heroic railway project, Nicholas Faith. 385.31 FAI
- The repair of vehicle bodies, Andrew Livesey. 629.26 LIV
- The science of supercars: the technology that powers the greatest cars in the world, Martin Roach, Neil Waterman and John Morrison. 629.222 ROA
- Triumph Bonneville: 60 years, Ian Falloon. 629.2275 TRI
- We had one of those too!, Stephen Barnett. 629.222 BAR
- A celebration of the cars commonly seen on New Zealand roads during the golden age of motoring, from 1950 through to 1970, and before cars started to all look and drive the same.
War & Defence
- 1918: how the First World War was won, Julian Thompson in partnership with Imperial War Museums. 940.4 THO
- Accessory to war: the unspoken alliance between astrophysics and the military, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang. 358.8 TYS
- Astute class nuclear submarine: 2010 to date: insights into the design, construction and operation of of the most advanced attack submarineever operated by the Royal Navy, Jonathan Gates. 623.8257 GAT
- Badge, boot, button: the story of Australian uniforms, Craig Wilcox. 355.14 WIL
- British battleships of the Victorian era, Norman Friedman. 623.8252 FRI
- D-Day: the soldiers' story, Giles Milton. 940.5421 MIL
- Fighting Auschwitz: the resistance movement in the concentration camp, Jozef Garlinski. 940.5472 GAR
- Forts: an illustrated history, Jeremy Black. 355.7 BLA
- Hell's bells and mademoiselles, J. Maxwell. 940.481 MAX
- Eyewitness account of the role of 18th Battalion AIF in the First World War by one of its most decorated soldiers, the irrepressible Joe Maxwell. Maxwell served at Gallipoli before being transferred to the Western Front. In just twelve months during 1917-1918 he was commissioned and awarded the DCM, Military Cross and Bar, and VC.
- How America won World War I: the US military victory in the Great World War–the causes, the course, and the consequences, Alan Axelrod. 940.41 AXE
- I, Rene Tardi, prisoner of war in Stalag IIB, Jacques Tardi. 940.5472 TAR
- An acclaimed cartoonist tells the story of his father, who was a WWII Prisoner of War.
- Losing military supremacy: the myopia of American strategic planning, Andrei Martyanov. 355.0332 MAR
- Reaching for the stars: a history of Bomber Command, Mark Connelly. 940.544 CON
- Sons of freedom: the forgotten American soldiers who defeated Germany in World War I, Geoffrey Wawro. 940.41 WAW
- Sword and scimitar: fourteen centuries of war between Islam and the West, Raymond Ibrahim. 355.02 IBR
- The Indian empire at war: from jihad to victory, the untold story of the Indian Army in the First World War, George Morton-Jack. 940.41 MOR
- The secret history of World War II: spies, code breakers & covert operations, Neil Kagan, Stephen G. Hyslop. 940.5485 KAG