New Titles Non-Fiction October 2018 (arrived in September)

Art & Architecture

A princely pursuit: the Malcolm D. Gutter collection of early Meissen porcelain, Maria L. Santangelo. 738.2 SAN
Abstract expressionism, Barbara Hess. 709.0405 HES: A short guide to Abstract Expressionism.
Acrylic expressions: painting authentic themes and creating your visual vocabulary, Staci Swider. 751.426 SWI
Afrikanische Kunst der Sammlung Mack = African art from the Mack Collection, David Zemanek. 709.6 MCK
Amazing architecture: marvel at the world's coolest constructions, and where to see them, Oliver Bennett. 720 BEN: Discover and visit more than 120 brilliant buildings around the world, featuring contemporary marvels, must-see classica and quirky constructions to appeal to every architecture fan.
Atmospheric flowers in watercolour: painting with energy and life, Jean Haines. 751.422 HAI
Ben Nicholson, Virginia Button. 759.2 NIC: Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) was considered to be one of the greatest British artists of the 20th century, first coming to international prominence with his famous 'white reliefs' of the 1930s. A pioneer of abstract art in Britain, he played a significant role in the European avant-garde.
Books do furnish a painting, Jamie Camplin. 758.9 CAM: A comprehensive look at books as the subject matter of paintings.
Botanical sketchbooks: with 275 illustrations, William Bynum. 704.9434 BOT: An introduction to botanical illustration by 80 different artists.
California crazy: American pop architecture, Jim Heimann. 720.973 HEI: Discover the roadside structures of California.
European porcelain: in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jeffrey Munger. 738.2 MUN
Frida Kahlo: making her self up, Claire Wilcox. 759.972 KAH: This book gives readers a unique window into Kahlo's life. It will focus on the personal, combining her prosthetics, jewelry, and clothes with self-portraits, diary entries, and letters to build an intimate portrait of the artist through her possessions, setting this in the context of her political and social beliefs.
From the edge of spaces, Barbara Garrie. 709.93 EDW: Essays and imagery on New Zealand's/Aotearoa's collaborative artists Edwards+Johann.
Georgia O'Keeffe: visions of Hawai'i, Joanna L. Groake. 759.13 OKE: Discover the artist's little-known depictions of the Hawaiian Islands - and the plants and landscapes that inspired them.
How do we look: the body, the divine, and the question of civilisation, Mary Beard. 704.942 BEA: From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity.
John Constable, William Vaughan. 759.2 CON: Looking beyond the myths that have grown up around the artist, and drawing on a close reading of both his work and letters, William Vaughan provides a fresh understanding of the scope of Constable's achievement.
Looking at pictures, Susan Woodford. 701.18 WOO: Exploring the origins, designs and themes of over one hundred pictures from different periods and places.
Madam & Eve: women portraying women, Liz Rideal. 704.9424 RID: Liz Rideal and Kathleen Soranio explore half a century of practice from over 200 artists in an effort to decode the woman- on-woman gaze.
Mikala Dwyer: a shape of thought, Wayne Tunnicliffe,. 709.94 DWY: Described as one of Australia's most inventive artists, Mikala Dwyer creates objects and installations that are both playful and provocative.
Mudgirls manifesto: handbuilt homes, handcrafted lives, Mudgirls Natural Building Collective. 728.047 MUD: On North America's West Coast, there's a group of rebel women who ten years ago chose to break free from a rigged economic and social system. They decided to teach themselves how to build houses using the most abundant material on earth; mud.
My chosen path: painting in the landscape, Kieron Williamson. 759.2 WIL
Oceanic art, Nicholas Thomas. 709.9 THO
Paint watercolor flowers, Birgit O'Connor. 751.422 OCO
Painting with Bob Ross, Bob Ross. 751.45 ROS: Introduces you to the tools and materials you need to paint beautiful landscapes, as well as basic painting techniques, such as how to load your brush and how to paint with a knife.
Perspective, Tim Fisher. 742 FIS: A comprehensive guide to mastering perspective in your drawing.
Starry night: Van Gogh at the asylum, Martin Bailey. 759.9492 GOG: A fully illustrated account of Van Gogh's time at the asylum in Saint-Remy.
The art of buying art: how to evaluate and buy art like a professional collector, Alan Bamberger. 708 BAM
The eye: an insider's memoir of masterpieces, money, and the magnetism of art, Philippe Costamagna. 709.2 COS: The Eye lifts the veil on the rarified world of connoisseurs devoted to the authentication and discovery of Old Master artworks.
The museum of lost art, Noah Charney. 709 CHA: True tales of lost art, built around case studies of famous works, their creators, and stories of disappearance and recovery.
This is New Zealand, Robert Leonard. 709.93 THI: 'This is New Zealand' reflects on who we thought we were, who we think we are. Taking a critical look at stories we've told ourselves and others, it asks: Who and what have been included and excluded? And who is this mythical 'we'?
Traces of Vermeer, Jane Jelley. 759.9492 VER: A fascinating exploration of how Johannes Vermeer achieved his extraordinary, luminous paintings, following a practical exploration by a practicing painter into the secrets of Vermeer's studio.

Biographies

A little piece of light: a memoir of hope, prison, and a life unbound, Donna Hylton. 365.973 HYL: The story of Donna Hylton, a woman who spent more than two decades in prison, enduring terrible conditions and brutality along the way, only to emerge in 2012 with two college degrees as a leading advocate for criminal justice reform.
A Spitfire girl: one of the world's greatest female ATA ferry pilots tells her story, Mary Ellis. 358.4 ELL: Serving as a ferry pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary, Ellis transported aircraft for the RAF, including fast fighter planes and huge four-engine bombers. On one occasion Mary delivered a Wellington bomber to an airfield and as she climbed out of the aircraft the RAF ground crew ran over to her and demanded to know where the pilot was.
Adam Smith: what he thought, and why it matters, Jesse Norman. 330.15 SMI: Explores the life and thinking of Adam Smith, the father of modern economics.
Ants among elephants: an untouchable family and the making of modern India, Sujatha Gidla. 305.568 GID: The stunning true story of an untouchable family who become teachers, and one, a poet and revolutionary.
Are you somebody?: the accidental memoir of a Dublin woman, Nuala O'Faolain. 070.92 OFA: O'Faolain was saved from a harrowing childhood by her love of books and reading. Though she ultimately became one of Ireland's best-known columnists, her professional success did little to ease her loneliness and longing for a deep connection to the world.
Birgit Nilsson 100: an homage, Mary Lou Falcone. 782.1092 NIL: This book is an homage in appreciation of countless glorious performances. Her career lasted almost forty years. For some twenty-five years — from the late Fifties to the early Eighties — she was the dominant force in the dramatic / heroic soprano repertoire and the undisputed "Queen of Wagnerians" of her generation, one of the all time greats in the history of opera.
Bruce Lee: a life, Matthew Polly. 796.8 LEE: Bruce Lee made martial arts a global phenomenon. He bridged the divide between Eastern and Western cultures. He smashed long-held stereotypes of Asians and Asian Americans. This is an honest, revealing, and long overdue look at an impressive yet imperfect man.
Brutus: the noble conspirator, Kathryn Tempest. 937.05 BRU: A portrait of Marcus Brutus delves behind the ancient evidence to set aside the myths that surround the ancient world's most famous assassin.
Cut short, James Taylor. 796.358 TAY: 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.
Don't worry, he won't get far on foot, John Callahan. 362.43 CAL: On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Fashion climbing: a New York life, Bill Cunningham. 746.92 CUN: The "New York Times" photographer presents a sophisticated, visual account of his early education in New York City's high- fashion circles.
From Normandy to the hell of Ravensbrück: life and escape from a concentration camp: the true story of 44667, Francis Pitard. 940.5318 VIR: Aline Virmoux and her husband were active members of the French Resistance. After three years of successful activities, they were caught in 1944 by the Gestapo. He was deported to Dachau. She was deported to the womens concentration camp of Ravensbrck.
From the corner of the oval office: one woman's true story of her accidental career in the Obama White House, Beck Dorey-Stein. 651.37 DOR: One woman's true story of her accidental career in the Obama White House.
Halfway to paradise: the life of Billy Fury, David Stafford. 781.66 FUR: Tells the full story with the compassion and affection due to an artist who, decades after his death, still has the power to command admiration and adoration.
In the presence of greatness: my sixty-year journey as an actress, Patty Duke. 791.45028 DUK: Shortly before her death in 2016 at age 69, actress Patty Duke (with coauthor William J. Jankowski) surveyed her six-decade career on TV, film.
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: the women of Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli. 973.922 KEN: They were three ordinary women who married into one of America's most famous families – and their lives were changed forever.
Jeff Buckley: from Hallelujah to the last goodbye, Dave Lory. 781.66 BUC: For the first time since Jeff Buckley's untimely death on May 29, 1997, Dave Lory reveals what it was like to work alongside one of rock's most celebrated and influential artists
Jimmy Page: the definitive biography, Chris Salewicz. 781.66 PAG: Salewicz unravels the enigma that is Jimmy Page, presenting a complete portrait of the man and his work.
Landwhale: on turning insults into nicknames, why body image is hard, and how diets can kiss my ass, Jes Baker. 362.196398 BAK: Baker delves into her coming-of-age; including her 6 ways to hate your body (#2: Worship teen periodicals), her top tactics for reframing the malicious animal comparisons hurled repeatedly at fat women (see "Elephant: Everyone knows elephants are basically the coolest animals ever. Try again."), and as a bonus, Jes answers the Internet's most pressing question of all time: "So, have you ever thought about dieting?"
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.
Leonard Bernstein, Humphrey Burton. 780.92 BER: A new edition of Humphrey Burton's celebrated biography of Leonard Bernstein, published to coincide with the centenary of his birth.
Live long and..: what I learned along the way, William Shatner. 791.45028 SHA: Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in work, and living well whatever your age.
Long shadows, high hopes: the life and times of Matt Johnson & The The, Neil Fraser. 781.66 JOH: From life in an East End pub to fame on a global stage, Matt Johnson - founder, songwriter and visionary lynchpin of iconic band The The - created some of the most vital music of his era. Then he walked away from it all.
Ma'am darling: 99 glimpses of Princess Margaret, Craig Brown. 941.085 MAR: 'Ma'am Darling is, as you would expect, very funny; also, full of quirky facts and genial footnotes. Brown has managed to ingest huge numbers of royal books and documents without losing either his judgment or his sanity. He adores the spectacle of human vanity' Julian Barnes, Guardian
Marilyn Monroe: the private life of a public icon, Charles Casillo. 791.43028 MON: Based on new interviews and research, this groundbreaking biography explores the secret selves behind Marilyn Monroe's public façades.
Me & Lee: how I came to know, love and lose Lee Harvey Oswald, Judyth Vary Baker. 364.1524 BAK: Vary was once a promising science student who dreamed of finding a cure for cancer; this expose is her account of how she strayed from a path of mainstream scholarship at the University of Florida to a life of espionage in New Orleans with Lee Harvey Oswald.
Minefields: a life in the news game, Hugh Riminton. 070.433 RIM: Over nearly 40 years as a journalist and foreign correspondent, Riminton has been shot at, blown up, threatened with deportation and thrown in jail. He has reported from nearly 50 countries, witnessed massacres in Africa, wars and conflicts on four continents, and every kind of natural disaster. It has been an extraordinary life.
Mother American night: my life in crazy times, John Perry Barlow. 781.66 BAR: John Perry Barlow's wild ride with the Grateful Dead was just part of a Zelig-like life that took him from a childhood as ranching royalty in Wyoming to membership in the Internet Hall of Fame as a digital free speech advocate.
Mountains beyond mountains, Tracy Kidder. 610.92 FAR: The book traces the life of physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer with particular focus on his work fighting tuberculosis in Haiti, Peru and Russia.
Murdoch: the All Black who never returned, Ron Palenski. 796.333 MUR: The story of Keith Murdoch, who passed away in March 2018. The All Black who was sent home from the tour of the British Isles in 1972 and who exiled himself to the vastness of the Australian outback remains a banner headline in rugby memories.
My grandfather's son: a memoir, Clarence Thomas. 347.014 THO: Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest this is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words.
My house of sky: the life and work of J.A. Baker, Hetty Saunders. 508 BAK: This new book showcases the most compelling parts of the Baker Archive, containing previously unknown elements of Baker's life, many photographs and unpublished poems.It provides an invaluable new insight into both his sensitive and passionate character.
My life, my fight, Steven Adams. 796.323 ADA: Steven Adams shares the story behind his meteoric rise from the streets of Rotorua to his emerging stardom in the NBA.
No country woman, Zoya Patel. 305.8 PAT: Zoya Patel is an Fijian-Indian, who came to Australia when she was three. These circumstances have combined to generate her profound sense of not truly belonging to any of the categories they indicate. She calls this sense of estrangement "a hyphenated life".
Olivia de Havilland and the golden age of Hollywood, Ellis Amburn. 791.43028 DE: This is classic Hollywood history as told through the life and career of one of its most iconic actresses.
On the road & off the record with Leonard Bernstein: my years with the exasperating genius, Charlie Harmon. 780.92 BER: An intimate and detailed look at the public and private life of the Maestro written by his former assistant.
Orson Welles. [Volume 2], Hello Americans, Simon Callow. 791.43023 WEL: The second volume of Simon Callow's compelling biography tells the story Orson Welles complex and protracted descent from grace.
Playing to the gods: Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and the rivalry that changed acting forever, Peter Rader. 792.028 BER: Bernhardt and Duse seduced each other's lovers, stole each other's favorite playwrights, and took to the world's stages to outperform their rival in her most iconic roles. Playing to the Gods is the page-turning account of the feud that changed theater forever.
Poppies of Iraq, Brigitte Findakly. 741.5 FIN: Findakly's nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq. A poignant family portrait that covers loss, tragedy, love, and the loneliness of exile.
Quant by Quant: the autobiography of Mary Quant., Mary Quant. 746.92 QUA: Originally published in 1966, Quant by Quant is the hugely entertaining story of Mary Quant's early career and life with husband and business partner Alexander Plunket Greene.
Renaissance woman: the life of Vittoria Colonna, Ramie Targoff. 851.3 COL: A biography of Vittoria Colonna, a confidante of Michelangelo, the scion of one of the most powerful families of her era, and a pivotal figure in the Italian Renaissance.
Revolution française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation, Sophie Pedder. 944.084 MCR: He emerged from nowhere to seize the presidency, defeat populism and upend French party politics. Who is Emmanuel Macron? How far can he really change France?
Rosie: scenes from a vanished life, Rose Tremain. 823.914 TRE: Tremain's account of her unhappy upper-class childhood, from postwar London to Swiss finishing school.
Samuel Pepys: the unequalled self, Claire Tomalin. 942.06 PEP: This biography casts new light on the remarkable diaries of Pepys and brings his story vividly to life once more.
Sibougo: born in a pig's hut, Paul Titus. 995.3 TIT: A story of an orphan who grew up in a remote village of New Guinea Highlands in Papua New Guinea. He receives a scholarship to study in New Zealand and shares his experience of studying, working and living there. He appreciates the two different cultures and way of life.
Sinatra! the song is you: a singer's art, Will Friedwald. 791.092 SIN: This account of Frank Sinatra's career provides only sporadic glimpses of the singer's personal life, focusing instead on the music.
Siren song: (my life in music), Seymour Stein. 781.64 STE: The autobiography of America's greatest living record man: the founder of Sire Records and spotter of rock talent from the Ramones to Madonna.
Small fry, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. 818.6 BRE: A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs. The Apple founder's daughter has the last word in this book detailing years of neglect and controlling behaviour.
The astronaut maker: how one mysterious engineer ran human spaceflight for a generation, Michael Cassutt. 629.4 ABB: A highly detailed history of the American space program focusing on the contributions of George Abbey (b. 1932), who held various key administrative positions at NASA.
The girl on the balcony: Olivia Hussey finds life after Romeo & Juliet, Olivia Hussey. 791.43028 HUS: Immortalized as the definitive Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, Hussey beautifully sketches the life that followed her memorable turn as "that girl on the balcony."
The great flowing river: a memoir of China, from Manchuria to Taiwan, Chi Pang-yuan. 895.1 QI: Chi Pang-yuan recounts her youth in mainland China and adulthood in Taiwan.
The happiest refugee: the extraordinary true story of a boy's journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia's best-loved comedians, Anh Do. 792.7 DO: Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. Tragedy, humour, heartache and unswerving determination; a big life with big dreams. Anh's story will move and amuse all who read it.
The hard stuff: dope, crime, the MC5 & my life of impossibilities, Wayne Kramer. 781.66 KRA: The first memoir by Wayne Kramer, legendary guitarist and cofounder of quintessential Detroit proto-punk legends The MC5.
The only girl: my life and times on the masthead of Rolling Stone, Robin Green. 070.92 GRE: A raucous and vividly dishy memoir by the only woman writer on the masthead of Rolling Stone Magazine in the early Seventies.
The restless wave: good times, just causes, great fights, and other appreciations, John McCain. 328.73 MCC: In this candid new political memoir from Senator John McCain, an American hero reflects on his life—and what matters most.
This is hip: the life of Mark Murphy, Peter Jones. 781.65 MUR: Murphy was the last of his kind, a hipster of the Kerouac generation, who rejected the straight life of prosperity and numb consumerism. With a catalogue of more than 40 albums under his own name, Mark Murphy was a consummate improviser, who never sang a song the same way twice.
We can make a life, Chessie Henry. 993.83 HEN: Hours after the 2011 Christchuch Earthquake, Kaikoura-based doctor Chris Henry crawled through the burning CTV building to rescue those who were trapped. Six years later, his daughter Chessie interviews him in an attempt to understand the trauma that led her father to burnout, in the process unravelling stories and memories from her own remarkable family history.
Whatever happened to Margo?, Margaret Durrell. 941.082 DUR: A humorous account of Durrell's experiences as a Bournemouth landlady in the late 1940s and includes details about the lives of her family, particularly Leslie, Gerald, and Louisa Durrell following their time on Corfu.
Wilhelm Furtwängler: art and the politics of the unpolitical, Roger Allen. 780.92 FUR: Furtwängler has entered the historical memory as a renowned interpreter of the canon of Austro-German musical masterworks. His extensive legacy of recorded performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and Wagner is widely regarded as unsurpassed.
You're on an airplane: a self-mythologizing memoir, Parker Posey. 791.43028 POS: The actor's new memoir is an extended acting role, which gets uncomfortable when the material gets real.

Business & Management

Building brand experiences: a practical guide to retaining brand relevance, Darren Coleman. 658.827 COL
Clockwork: design your business to run itself, Mike Michalowicz. 658.022 MIC
Costovation: innovation that gives your customers exactly what they want - and nothing more, Stephen Wunker. 658.51 WUN
Fearless performance reviews: coaching conversations that turn every employee into a star player, Jeffrey Russell. 658.3125 RUS
HBR guide to performance management. 658.3125 HBR
Influencer: building your personal brand in the age of social media, Brittany Hennessy. 658.872 HEN
Leap: how to thrive in a world where everything can be copied, Howard Yu. 658.401 YU: How can companies achieve long-term success? Through learning to leap: building a system of reinvention into their organization that will stave off competition and keep them at the top of their industry.
Lessons in leadership: the 12 key concepts, John Adair. 658.409 ADA
Never split the difference: negotiating as if your life depended on it, Chris Voss with Tahl Raz. 658.405 VOS: A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations whether in the boardroom or at home.
Off the clock: feel less busy while getting more done, Laura Vanderkam. 650.11 VAN
Performance reviews: evaluate performance, offer constructive feedback, discuss tough topics. 658.3125 PER
Six billion shoppers: the companies winning the global e-commerce boom, Porter Erisman. 381.14 ERI
Start your own business, Jennifer Merritt. 658.022 STA: Start Your Own Business will guide you through your first three years of business.
Switchers: how smart professionals change careers– and seize success, Dawn Graham. 650.14 GRA
TEDtalks storytelling: 23 storytelling techniques from the best TED talks, Akash P. Karia. 658.452 KAR
The 1 minute commute, Robert Gerrish. 658.041 GER: Reveals how to take creative charge of your career and be your own boss.
The definitive guide to strategic content marketing: perspectives, issues, challenges and solutions, Lazar Dzamic. 658.8 DZA
The green bundle: pairing the market with the planet, Magali A. Delmas. 658.8 DEL: The green bundle is a strategy that combines the public good of benefiting the environment with a private benefit for the consumer.
Way of the wolf: straight line selling: master the art of persuasion, influence, and success, Jordan Belfort. 658.85 BEL
Work stronger: habits for more energy, less stress, and higher performance at work, Pete Leibman. 658.3125 LEI

Cartoons

The art of Jim Starlin: a life in words and pictures, Jim Starlin. 741.5 STA

Computing & Digital

Adobe Audition CC. 621.3893 ADO
Adobe Premiere Pro CC: 2018 release, Maxim Jago. 777.5 JAG
Blockchain: transforming your business and our world, Mark van Rijmenam. 005.74 VAN
Exploding data: reclaiming our cyber security in the digital age, Michael Chertoff. 005.8 CHE: A powerful argument for new laws and policies regarding cyber-security, from the former US Secretary of Homeland Security.

Crafts, Hobbies & Collecting

Åsa Tricosa Ziggurats: 16 elegantly seamless knits, Åsa Söderman. 746.432 SOD
A modern guide to knifemaking: step-by-step instruction for forging your own knife from expert bladesmiths, including making your own handle, sheath and sharpening, Laura Zerra. 621.93 ZER
A year in crafts: 52 seasonal projects to delight and inspire, Clare Youngs. 745.5 YOU: A new chair seat, a container full of herbs, an outdoor garland, a recycled luggage label and more.
Aran design: the creative knitter's handbook, Rita Taylor. 746.432 TAY
Arne & Carlos favorite designs: greatest hits & new inspirations, Arne Nerjordet. 746.432 NER: 70 techniques and patterns, including balls, dolls, birds, slippers, sweaters, scarves, mittens and more, in a sourcebook that has something for everyone.
Birdhouses, boxes & feeders for the backyard hobbyist: 19 fun-to-build projects for attracting birds to your backyard, Paul Meisel. 690.892 MEI
Cat lady embroidery: 380 ways to stitch a cat, Applemints. 746.44 CAT
Color me floral: stunning monochromatic arrangements for every season, Kiana Underwood. 745.92 UND
Easy-to-make statement jewelry: bold necklaces to dress up or down, Colleen Dorsey. 739.27 EAS
Extreme bricks: spectacular, record-breaking, and astounding LEGO projects from around the world, Sarah Herman. 688.725 HER
Fairy house: how to make amazing fairy furniture, miniatures, and more from natural materials, Mike Schramer. 745.5928 SCH
Guerrilla kindness & other acts of creative resistance: making a better world through craftivism, Sayraphim Lothian. 745.5 LOT: Sayraphim shows you how to make and use various crafts for political and social protest purposes including embroidery, baking, stenciling, decoupage, knitting and crocheting, stamping and much more.
Hand spinning: technical and creative skills, Pam Austin. 746.12 AUS
Homemade perfume: creat exquisite, naturally scented products to fill your life with botanical aromas, Anya McCoy. 668.54 MCC
Inspired shawls: 15 creative patterns for year-round knitting, Laura Zukaite. 746.432 ZUK
Knitting in Antarctica: 28 beautiful hat patterns with stories of life 'on the ice', Lynn Harmann. 746.432 HAM
Natural soap at home: how to make felted soap, wine soap, fruit soap, goat's milk soap, and much more, Liz McQuerry. 668.12 MCQ
Nature art workshop: tips, techniques, and step-by-step projects for creating nature-inspired art, Stephanie Carbajal. 745.59 NAT
Outdoor woodworking games: 20 fun projects to make, Alan Goodsell. 684.08 GOO
Reinventing print: technology and craft in typography, David Jury. 686.22 JUR
Rowan: 40 years, 40 iconic hand-knit designs., Rowan yarns. 746.432 ROW
Summertime crochet: 30 tops, bags, wraps, hats & more for sunny days & balmy nights, Helgrid van Impelen. 746.434 IMP
The complete photo guide to soap making, David Fisher. 668.12 FIS
The handmade quilt: a complete skill-building sampler, Carolyn Forster. 746.46 FOR
The reclaimed woodworker: 21 one-of-a-kind projects to build with recycled lumber, Chris Gleason. 684.08 GLE
Wildlife intarsia woodworking: patterns & techniques for making 3-D wooden animals, Judy Gale Roberts. 745.51 ROB
Wiring projects for your model railroad, Larry Puckett. 625.19 PUC

Crime & Espionage

Cyber wars: hacks that shocked the business world, Charles Arthur. 364.168 ART: Gives you the dramatic inside stories of some of the world's biggest cyber attacks.
Gorgeous girl, Mary K. Pershall. 364.1523 PET: Pershall details her heart-rending personal experience of raising a beloved child who couldn't cope with reality, and ends up in a maximum- security prison convicted of murder.
Inside the Lindt Café siege: the powerful and uncompromising story of what happened and why the police response went so tragically wrong, Deborah Snow. 364.154 SNO
Journey through genocide: stories of survivors and the dead, Raffy Boudjikanian. 364.151 BOU: Boudjikanian travels to communities that have survived genocide to understand the legacy of this most terrible of crimes against humanity.
Judas: how a sister's testimony brought down a criminal mastermind, Astrid Holleeder. 364.1 HOL: Chronicles Astrid's terrifying experience working as a double agent, preserving her brother's trust just so that she could get enough information to put him away for life.
Life after darkness: finding healing and happiness after the Cleveland kidnappings, Michelle Knight. 364.154 KNI
Not that bad: dispatches from rape culture, Roxane Gay. 364.1532 NOT: This anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on.
Signature killers, Robert D. Keppel. 364.1523 KEP: From The Lonely Hearts Killer who haunted the most desperate of women in 1950s America, to the infamous symbols of evil as Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy and John Gacy.
The desert and the sea: 977 days captive on the Somali pirate coast, Michael Scott Moore. 364.154 MOO
The lost chapters: finding recovery and renewal one book at a time, Leslie Schwartz. 365.4 SCH: Schwartz's memoir of redemption and reading, as told through the list of books she read as she served a 90 day jail sentence.
The onion field, Joseph Wambaugh. 364.1523 WAM: This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one march night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field.
The shooting of Nancy Howard: a journey back to shore: a true story, Alice Mathews. 364.15 MAT

Customs & Etiquette

Christmas: a candid history, Bruce David Forbes. 394.266 FOR
Teatimes: a world tour, Helen Saberi. 394.12 SAB: Saberi takes us on a journey into the fascinating history of teatimes, from elegant afternoon teas, hearty high teas and delicious cream teas, to cricket and tennis teas, the funeral teas of Britain and much more.

Design

Design as an attitude, Alice Rawsthorn. 745.4 RAW: Explains how design is responding to an age of intense economic, political, and ecological instability.

Education

Developing number knowledge: assessment, teaching and intervention with 7-11 year olds, Robert J. Wright,. 513.071 WRI
Engaging children with print: building early literacy skills through quality read-alouds, Laura M. Justice. 372.4 JUS
Engaging teens with story: how to inspire and educate youth with storytelling, Janice M. Del Negro. 372.67 ENG
Homeschooling: you can do it!, Kirsten McTernan. 371.04 MCT
How schools work: an inside account of failure and success from one of the nation's longest-serving secretaries of education, Arne Duncan. 379.73 DUN
Smart skills: mastering the numbers, Anne Hawkins. 510 HAW
Storymaking: the maker movement approach to literacy for early learners, Michelle Kay Compton. 372.4 COM
Why knowledge matters: rescuing our children from failed educational theories, E. D. Hirsch, Jr. 372 HIR

Electronics

A first lab in circuits and electronics, Yannis Tsividis. 621.3815 TSI

Engineering

Audio wiring guide: how to wire the most popular audio and video connectors, John Hechtman. 621.3828 HEC
Exactly: how precision engineers created the modern world, Simon Winchester. 620 WIN
The graphene revolution: the weird science of the ultrathin, Brian Clegg. 620.11 CLE
The history of the Channel Tunnel: the political, economic and engineering history of an heroic railway project, Nicholas Faith. 385.31 FAI

Environment

Carbon ideologies. Volume II, No good alternative, William T. Vollmann. 363.7387 VOL: An eye-opening look at the consequences of coal mining and oil and natural gas production.
Fk plastic: 101 ways to free yourself from plastic and save the world. 363.728 FUC

Farming

Making small farms work: a pragmatic whole systems approach to profitable regenerative agriculture, Richard Perkins. 631.58 PER

Fashion & Beauty

Darlings of dress: children's costume 1860-1920, Norma Shephard. 391.3 SHE
Glow: your complete four-week guide to healthy, radiant skin, Kate O'Brien. 646.726 OBR
Jewelry for gentlemen, James Sherwood. 391.7 SHE
Made for walking: a modest history of the fashion boot, Andy Peake. 391 PEA
The wedding dress, Oleg Cassini. 392.5 CAS

Film, Television & Theatre

Ballet: the definitive illustrated story, Viviana Durante. 792.8 BAL
Doctor Who: impossible worlds: a 50-year treasury of art and design, Stephen Nicholas. 791.457 NIC
Inside HBO's Game of thrones. seasons 3 and 4, C.A. Taylor. 791.457 TAY
Open mic night in Moscow : and other stories from my search for black markets, Soviet architecture, and emotionally unavailable Russian men, Audrey Murray. 792.7 MUR: The story of a young, Russia-obsessed American writer and comedian who embarked on a solo tour of the former Soviet Republics, never imagining that it would involve kidnappers, garbage bags of money, and encounters with the weird and wonderful from Mongolia to Tajikistan.
Performing Hamlet: actors in the modern age, Jonathan Croall. 792.028 CRO: Contains Croall's interviews with five actors who have played the Prince this century: Jude Law, Simon Russell Beale, David Tennant, Maxine Peak and Adrian Lester.
Star Wars: the essential reader's companion, Pablo Hidalgo. 809.3876 HID: A comprehensive overview of these sweeping 'Star Wars' adventures is presented in one beautifully illustrated volume.
Star Wars: the new essential guide to vehicles and vessels, W. Haden Blackman. 791.437 BLA
Star Wars costumes: the original trilogy, Brandon Alinger. 791.437 ALI

Finance & Economics

Antipodean empire: the New Zealand and Australian Land Company in New Zealand, Noel Crawford. 338.763 CRA: Describes each of the company's properties, and there is a brief account of its operations in Australia where, as in NZ, it was the nation's largest farmer in the late 19th century.
Blockchain, Tiana Laurence. 332.178 LAU: Find out what Blockchain is, how it works, and what it can do for you.
Crashed: how a decade of financial crises changed the world, Adam Tooze. 332.04 TOO
Edge of chaos: why democracy is failing to deliver economic growth – and how to fix it, Dambisa Moyo. 338.92 MOY
Guide to financial markets: why they exist and how they work, Marc Levinson. 332.6 LEV
Money well spent: a strategic plan for smart philanthropy, Paul Brest. 658.401 BRE
Private oceans: the enclosure and marketisation of the seas, Fiona McCormack. 338.3727 MCC: McCormack opens a window into contemporary fisheries quota systems, laying bare how neoliberalism has entangled itself in our approach to environmental management.
Quantum economics: the new science of money, David Orrell. 330 ORR
Sacred economics: money, gift, & society in the age of transition, Charles Eisenstein. 332.4 EIS: Traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth.
Temp: how American work, American business, and the American dream became temporary, Louis Hyman. 331.257 HYM: The untold history of the surprising origins of the "gig economy" - how deliberate decisions made by consultants and CEOs in the 50s and 60s upended the stability of the workplace and the lives of millions of working men and women in postwar America
The barefoot investor: the only money guide you'll ever need, Scott Pape. 332.024 PAP
The millionaire fastlane: crack the code to wealth and live rich for a lifetime, MJ Demarco. 332.024 DEM
Wall Street: a history, Charles R. Geisst. 332.642 GEI
Where the wild coffee grows: the untold story of coffee from the cloud forests of Ethiopia to your cup, Jeff Koehler. 338.1737 KOE

Folklore

Fantastic creatures in mythology and folklore: from medieval times to the present day, Juliette Wood. 398.24 WOO
Japanese folktales: classic stories from Japan's enchanted past, Yei Theodora Ozaki. 398.20952 JAP
The edge of memory: ancient stories, oral tradition and the post-glacial world, Patrick Nunn. 398.2 NUN

Food & Drink

175 best small-batch baking recipes: treats for 1 or 2, Jill Snider. 641.815 SNI
Autumn & winter cookbook, Anna Valentine. 641.5636 VAL: Vegetarian family-friendly food, that is nutritionally balanced and infused by world cuisine that has influenced the author over the past 20 years during her travels as a health conscious vegetarian chef.
Cauliflower is king, Leanne Kitchen. 641.6535 KIT
Chefs eat melts too: a pro's guide to reinventing your sandwich game, Darren Purchese. 641.84 PUR
Cooking on a bootstrap: over 100 simple, budget recipes, Jack Monroe. 641.552 MON
Deliciously Ella: the plant-based cookbook: 100 simple vegan recipes to make every day delicious, Ella Mills. 641.56362 WOO
Dinner with Justine: delicious recipes to make every day a little more gourmet, Justine Schofield. 641.54 SCH
Eat at home tonight: 101 simple busy-family recipes for your slow cooker, sheet pan, Instant Pot, and more, Tiffany King. 641.555 KIN
Gordon Ramsay's playing with fire, Gordon Ramsay. 641.5 RAM
Joe's 30-minute meals: 100 quick and healthy recipes, Joe Wicks. 641.555 WIC
Just a French guy cooking: easy recipes and kitchen hacks for rookies, Alexis Gabriel Aïnouz. 641.5944 AIN
Last-minute kitchen secrets: 128 ingenious tips to survive lumpy gravy, wilted lettuce, crumbling cake, and other cooking disasters, Joey Green. 641.5 GRE
Lose weight for good: full-flavour cooking for a low-calorie diet, Tom Kerridge. 641.5635 KER
Mexicana!: for the love of tacos, nachos and all things fiesta, Esther Clark. 641.84 CLA
Milkwood: real skills for down-to-earth living, Kirsten Bradley. 640 BRA: Milkwood is all you need to start living a more home-grown life. From DIY projects to wild fermented recipes, the in- depth knowledge and hands-on instruction contained in these pages will have your whole family fascinated and inspired to get growing, keeping, cooking and making.
Multicooker perfection: cook it fast or cook it slow–you decide, America's Test Kitchen. 641.587 MUL
Nadiya's family favourites: over 100 easy recipes for every kind of day, Nadiya Hussain. 641.5 HUS
Now & again: go-to recipes, inspired menus + endless ideas for reinventing leftovers, Julia Turshen. 641.5 TUR
Porto: stories and recipes from northern Portugal's historic Bolhão Market, Gabriella Opaz. 641.59469 OPA
Simple every day: easy meals and time-saving tips for every night of the week, Justine Schofield. 641.555 SCH
Step-by-step delicious: learn to cook your favorite dishes in 7 steps or less, Catrine Kelty. 641.555 KEL
The book of tea: growing it, making it, drinking it, the history, recipes and lots more, Louise Cheadle. 641.337 CHE
The easy Asian cookbook for slow cookers: family-style favorites from East, Southeast, and South Asia, Nancy Cho. 641.588 CHO
The Korean kimchi cookbook: 78 fiery recipes for Korea's legendary pickled and fermented vegetables, Kim Man-Jo. 641.59519 KIM
The new art of cooking: a modern guide to preparing and styling delicious food, Frankie Unsworth. 641.5 UNS
The Staub cookbook: modern recipes for classic cast iron, Amanda Frederickson. 641.589 FRE
The wicked healthy cookbook: free. from. animals., Chad Charno. 641.56362 SAR
Tom Kitchin's fish and shellfish, Tom Kitchin. 641.692 KIT
Vegan reset: the 28-day plan to kickstart your healthy lifestyle, Kim-Julie Hansen. 641.56362 HAN
Wild delicious: nourishing, simple, satisfying, Amber Rose. 641.563 ROS: Dishes made with simple, natural ingredients gathered from the gardens, orchards, farms and ocean of New Zealand.

Gardens & Gardening

Complete hydrangeas, Glyn Church. 635.93 HYD: Hydrangea species and cultivars, with their history in cultivation, their growing requirements, and their landscaping potential.
Garden problem solver: a visual guide to easy diagnosis and practical remedies. 632 GAR
Gardening under lights: the complete guide for indoor growers, Leslie F. Halleck. 631.583 HAL
How to grow roses: a comprehensive illustrated directory of types and techniques, Andrew Mikolajski. 635.93 ROS
Remarkable case of Dr Ward & other amazing garden innovations, Abigail Willis. 635.09 WIL
Simple steps to gardening, John Manry. 635 MAN
The Lazy Gardener's guide to easy edibles: 25+ edible plants anyone can grow, Trey Watson. 635 WAT
The Lazy Gardener's guide to easy fruits and berries: fruits and berries anyone can grow, Trey Watson. 634 WAT
War gardens: a journey through conflict in search of calm, Lalage Snow. 712.6 SNO: A journey through the most unlikely of gardens: the oases of peace people create in the midst of war.

Health

30-second anatomy: the 50 most important structures and systems in the human body, each explained in half a minute, Gabrielle M. Finn. 612 THI
8 weeks to wow, Emilie Brabon-Hames. 613.7 BRA: Transform your life with the ultimate workout, nutrition and motivational plan.
A five element legacy, Nora Franglen. 613 FRA: Franglen reflects on a lifetime of practising five element acupuncture, offering advice and insights into developing patient-practitioner relationships.
A guide to living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hypermobility type): bending without breaking, Isolbel Knight. 616.77 KNI
Active: workouts that work for you, Holly Davidson. 613.71 DAV
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine: roots of modern practice, Charles Buck. 615.892 BUC
Animal viruses and humans, a narrow divide: how lethal zoonotic viruses spill over and threaten us, Warren A. Andiman. 614.56 AND
Befriending your body: a self-compassionate approach to freeing yourself from disordered eating, Ann Saffi Biasetti. 616.8526 BIA
Big gal yoga: poses and practices to celebrate your body and empower your life, Valerie Sagun. 613.7046 SAG
Birthing in good hands: holistic massage for pregnancy, labor, and babies, Christine Sutherland. 618.24 SUT
Brain-powered weight loss: the 11-step behavior-based plan that ends overeating and leads to dropping unwanted pounds for good, Eliza Kingsford. 613.25 KIN
Complete wellness, Susan Curtis. 615.321 CUR: Targeted instructions allow you to tap into the restorative powers of herbs and plants and their therapeutic essential oils and use tried and tested, centuries' old herbal remedies to treat a raft of common ailments.
Embracing a new vision of aging, Sheryl Towers. 612.67 TOW
Heal me: in search of a cure, Julia Buckley. 616.047 BUC: Julia Buckley needs a miracle. Like a third of the UK population, she has a chronic pain condition. According to her doctors, it can't be cured. She doesn't believe them.
Hip-healthy asana: the yoga practitioner's guide to protecting the hips and avoiding SI joint pain, Charlotte Bell. 613.7046 BEL
How to change your mind: what the new science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression, and transcendence, Michael Pollan. 615.788 POL
I can beat obesity!: finding the motivation, confidence and skills to lose weight and avoid relapse, Nicola Davies. 613.25 DAV
Inner ear infections cure: natural home remedies for ear infections, treatment and prevention, Kim Hilton. 618.9209 HIL
Learning to cope with CRSP/RSD: putting life first and pain second, Karen Rodham. 616.047 ROD
Let go of emotional overeating and love your food: a five-point plan for success, Arlene B. Englander. 616.8526 ENG
Living beyond Lyme: reclaim your life from Lyme disease and chronic illness, Joseph J. Trunzo. 616.924 TRU
Living with a black dog, Matthew Johnstone. 616.8527 JOH: Millions of people will suffer from depression at some stage in their life. When the Black Dog comes to live with them, it also moves in with their loved ones who may not have the tools to help support the sufferer while looking after their own wellbeing.
Menopause: the change for the better, Henpicked. 618.175 MEN
Pilates for pregnancy: a safe and effective guide for pregnancy and motherhood, Anya Hayes. 618.24 HAY
Play on: the new science of elite performance at any age, Jeff Bercovici. 613.7044 BER
Pregnancy brain: a mind-body approach to stress management during a high-risk pregnancy, Parijat Deshpande. 618.3 DES
Quench: beat fatigue, drop weight, and heal your body through the new science of optimum hydration, Dana Cohen. 613.2 COH
Rebuilding your life after stroke: positive steps to wellbeing, Reg Morris. 616.81 MOR
Reverse thyroid disease naturally, Michelle Honda. 616.44 HON
Running is my therapy: relieve stress and anxiety, fight depression, ditch bad habits, and live happier, Scott Douglas. 613.717 DOU
Sex and the seasoned woman: pursuing the passionate life, Gail Sheehy. 613.954 SHE: Combines interviews and research in an exploration of the sexual habits of a wide range of women– married and single–over fifty.
Superbugs: an arms race against bacteria, William Hall. 616.9 HAL
The archetype diet: reclaim your self-worth and change the shape of your body, Dana James. 613.25 JAM
The beauty guide: your body, biochemistry & beliefs, Libby Weaver. 613.0424 WEA
The change: women, ageing, and menopause, Germaine Greer. 618.175 GRE
The clever guts diet, Michael Mosley. 616.33 MOS
The female brain, Louann Brizendine. 612.82 BRI: The main thesis of the book is that women's behavior is different from that of men due, in large measure, to hormonal differences.
The flexible body: work out anywhere, anytime in 10 minutes a day, Roger Frampton. 613.718 FRA
The gift of recovery: 52 mindful ways to live joyfully beyond addiction, Rebecca E. Williams. 616.8584 WIL
The keystone approach: healing arthritis and psoriasis by restoring the microbiome, Rebecca Fett. 616.97 FET
The me in medicine: reviving the lost art of healing, Patrick Roth. 610.696 ROT: Based on his vast experience, Roth discusses his current conflicted view of medicine, one filled with awe and a sense that medicine is broken. With a critical eye and an open heart, this book discusses today's medical industry issues and what can be done to fix them.
The omega principle: seafood and the quest for a long life and a healthier planet, Paul Greenberg. 613.28 GRE
The survival doctor's complete handbook: what to do when help is not on the way, James Hubbard. 616.0252 HUB
The vitamin solution: two doctors clear the confusion about vitamins and your health, Arielle Levitan. 615.854 BLO
Urban calisthenics, Tee Major. 613.714 MAJ
Vaccines: a reappraisal, Richard Moskowitz. 614.47 MOS
Vaccines, autoimmunity, and the changing nature of childhood illness, Thomas Cowan. 614.47 COW
Weight expectations: one man's recovery from anorexia, Dave Chawner. 616.8526 CHA
Yoga therapy for digestive health, Charlotte Watts. 613.7046 WAT
You have the right to remain fat, Virgie Tovar. 613.0424 TOV: Tovar delves into unlearning fatphobia, dismantling sexist notions of fashion, and how to reject diet culture's greatest lie: that fat people need to wait before beginning their best lives.
Your brain on plants: improve the way you think and feel with safe–and proven–medicinal plants and herbs, Nicolette Perry. 615.321 PER
Your workout perfected, Nick Tumminello. 613.7 TUM

History, Geography & Travel

A dictionary of family history: the genealogists' ABC, Jonathan Scott. 929.1 SCO
Algeria is beautiful like America, Olivia Burton. 965.04 BUR: Burton's ode to her family's history and an homage to Algeria's beauty.
Ancient Egypt: an illustrated history, Lorna Oakes. 932 OAK
Athelstan: the making of England, Tom Holland. 942.01 ATH
Barcelona: top sights, authentic experiences, Andy Symington. 946.72 SYM: Lonely Planet Guidebook
Blood Papa: Rwanda's new generation, Jean Hatzfeld. 967.571 HAT
Cruise ports Alaska: a guide to perfect days on shore, Brendan Sainsbury. 979.8 SAI: Lonely Planet
Cruise ports Caribbean: a guide to perfect days on shore, Joshua Kinser. 972.9 KIN: Lonely Planet
Cruise ports Scandinavia & Northern Europe: a guide to perfect days on shore, Andy Symington. 948 SYM: Lonely Planet
Destroying Yemen: what chaos in Arabia tells us about the world, Isa Blumi. 953.3 BLU
Diana inquest: the untold story. Part 2, How & why did Diana die, John Morgan. 941.085 DIA
Discovering the Boyne Valley, Noel French. 941.8 FRE
Echoes of our past: proceedings of the 2018 Conference of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists: held at Christchurch Boys High School, 1 June - 4 June 2018. 929.1 NEW
Eleanor Roosevelt: in her words: on women, politics, leadership, and lessons from life, Nancy Woloch. 973.917 ROO: A collection of excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt's newspaper columns, radio talks, speeches, and correspondence.
Gaza: an inquest into its martyrdom, Norman G. Finkelstein. 953.1 FIN
Going to the mountain: life lessons from my grandfather, Nelson Mandela, Ndaba Mandela. 968.065 MAN
Greece in the ancient world, Jeremy McInerney. 938.01 MCI
Hell ship: the true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history, Michael Veitch. 994.02 VEI
Icy graves: exploration and death in the Antarctic, Stephen Haddelsey. 998.9 HAD
In good faith, Stephanie Davidson. 993.82 DAV: A true story, set in Canterbury during the earthquake years of the 2010s. An earthquake recovery expert herself, Stephanie allows readers a peek into the world of those affected by the earth's movement, and she adds insight through her own extended period of living in reduced circumstances.
Inside Iran: the real history and politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Medea Benjamin. 955.05 BEN
Into the raging sea: thirty-three mariners, one megastorm and the sinking of El Faro, Rachel Slade. 910.9163 SLA
Israel, Ilan Pappé. 956.94 PAP: This book seeks to update analysis of the political history, contemporary politics, economics and foreign policy of this unique state.
Kobane calling: greetings from northern Syria, Zerocalcare. 956.91 ZER: The memoir of a young Italian cartoonist, writing and drawing under the nom-de-plume Zerocalcare, who volunteers with the Rojava Calling organization and heads into the Middle East to support and observe the Kurdish resistance in Syria as they struggle against the advancing forces of the Islamic State.
London: top sights, authentic experiences, Emilie Filou. 942.1 FIL: Lonely Planet Guidebook
Losing small wars: British military failure in the 9/11 Wars, Frank Ledwidge. 956.7044 LED
Mallorca, Menorca & Ibiza, Grzegorz Micula. 946.75 MIC: DK Eyewitness travel
Mexico, Brendan Sainsbury. 972 SAI: Lonely Planet Guidebook
New York City: top sights, authentic experiences, Ali Lemer. 974.71 LEM: Lonely Planet Guidebook
New Zealand (Aotearoa), Charles Rawlings-Way. 993 RAW: Lonely Planet Guidebook
On the Ganges: encounters with saints and sinners on India's mythic river, George Black. 954.1 BLA: A lively journey down the Ganges River via off-the-beaten-path destinations and historical moments.
Pacific exploration: voyages of discovery from Captain Cook's endeavour to the Beagle, Nigel Rigby. 910.9182 RIG
Paris: top sights, authentic experiences, Catherine Le Nevez. 944.36 LE: Lonely Planet Guidebook
Ribbons among the Rajahs: a history of British women in India before the Raj, Patrick Wheeler. 305.420954 WHE
Rick Steves' Greece: Athens & the Peloponnese, Rick Steves. 949.5 STE: Guidebook
Rick Steves Scandinavian & northern European cruise ports, Rick Steves. 948 STE: Guidebook
Roller-coaster: Europe, 1950-2017, Ian Kershaw. 940.55 KER: This is the definitive history of a divided Europe, from the aftermath of the Second World War to the present.
Rome: top sights, authentic experiences, Duncan Garwood. 945.632 GAR: Lonely Planet Guidebook
The abolition of Britain: from Winston Churchill to Theresa May, Peter Hitchens. 303.4 HIT
The beekeeper of Sinjar, Dunya Mikhail. 956.7044 MIK: Mikhail tells the harrowing stories of women from across Iraq who have managed to escape the clutches of ISIS.
The briefing: politics, the press, and the president, Sean Spicer. 973.933 SPI: A first-hand, behind-the-scenes account of Sean Spicer's tenure as President Trump's press secretary.
The canal guide: Britain's 50 best canals, Stuart Fisher. 941 FIS
The Colosseum from AD80 to the present day: operations manual, Nigel Rodgers. 937.06 ROD
The Israelis: ordinary people in an extraordinary land, Donna Rosenthal. 956.94 ROS
The last Englishmen: love, war and the end of empire, Deborah Baker. 941.084 AUD: A retelling of the last 20 years of British rule in India is peopled with animated characters, their dreams and despair.
The last governor: Chris Patten and the handover of Hong Kong, Jonathan Dimbleby. 951.25 PAT
The Rhine: following Europe's greatest river from Amsterdam to the Alps, Ben Coates. 943.4 COA
The rivers of Britain: estuaries, tideways, havens, lochs, firths and kyles, Stuart Fisher. 941 FIS
The rough guide to Chile & Easter Island, Nick Edwards. 983 EDW
The third revolution: Xi Jinping and the new Chinese state, Elizabeth C. Economy. 951.06 XI
This dark business: the secret war against Napoleon, Tim Clayton. 940.27 CLA: Tells the story of the British government's determination to destroy Napoleon Bonaparte by any means possible.
Touché, Agnès Catherine Poirier. 942 POI: A French woman's take on the English and Left Bank, arts, passion and the rebirth of Paris 1940-1950.
Tudor & Stuart seafarers: the emergence of a maritime nation, 1485-1707, James Davey. 382.094 TUD: Tells the compelling story of how a small island positioned on the edge of Europe transformed itself into the world's leading maritime power.
Unhinged: an insider's account of the Trump White House, Omarosa Manigault Newman. 973.933 TRU: A memoir by Omarosa Manigault Newman, who served as the Director of Communication for the Office of Public Liaison in the Trump administration from 2017 through 2018, that recalls her time working for Donald Trump.
Walls: a history of civilization in blood and brick, David Frye. 909 FRY: Frye tells the epic story of history's greatest manmade barriers, from ancient times to the present.
Women, equality, power: selected speeches from a life of leadership, Helen Clark. 993.04 CLA

House & DIY

Design for CNC: furniture projects and fabrication technique, Anne Filson. 684.104 FIL
Discovering Japanese handplanes: why this traditional tool belongs in your modern workshop, Scott Wynn. 684.082 WYN
Eco home: smart ideas for sustainable New Zealand homes, Melinda Williams. 720.47 WIL
Less: a visual guide to minimalism, Rachel Aust. 640 AUS: Simplify life and amplify living by mastering the fundamentals of minimalism through this visual guide to embracing a minimalist lifestyle.
Rescue, restore, redecorate: Amy Howard's guide to refinishing furniture and accessories, Amy Howard. 684.1044 HOW
Simple matters: a Scandinavian's approach to work, home, and style, Jenny Mustard. 646.7 MUS
The alchemy of things: interiors shaped by curious minds, Karen McCartney. 747 MCC
The home extension manual, Ian Rock. 690.8 ROC
The smart approach to design bathrooms: complete design ideas to modernize your bathroom., Creative Homeowner Press. 643.52 SMA

Journalism

Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies: how to find trustworthy information in the digital age, Donald A. Barclay. 070.43 BAR

Language

In other words: an illustrated miscellany of the world's most intriguing words and phrases, Christopher J. Moore. 422.4 MOO
Reader, come home: the reading brain in a digital world, Maryanne Wolf. 418 WOL: Wolf considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy and reflection as we become increasingly dependent upon digital technologies.
Word to the wise: untangling the mix-ups, misuse and myths of language, Mark Broatch. 428.1 BRO

Library Science

Archives: principles and practices, Laura A. Millar. 027 MIL
Digital curation, Gillian Oliver. 027 OLI
Librarian's guide to online searching: cultivating database skills for research and instruction, Christopher C. Brown. 025.04 BRO

Literature

30 before 30: how I made a mess of my 20s, and you can too, Marina Shifrin. 818.6 SHI: A charming, relatable and hilarious collection of essays documenting a young woman's attempt to accomplish thirty life goals before turning thirty.
Attention: dispatches from a land of distraction, Joshua Cohen. 814.6 COH
Best-loved Swift: being a selection of verses & prose and notes historical and explanatory, Jonathan Swift. 828.5 SWI
Bonsai: best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand, Michelle Elvy. 820.8 BON
Grey is the colour of hope, Irina Ratushinskaya. 891.7144 RAT: An account of the author's experiences in a brutal Soviet labour camp.
In the shadow of King Saul: essays on silence and song, Jerome Charyn. 814.54 CHA
Inventing Ruritania: the imperialism of the imagination, Vesna Goldsworthy. 820.99496 GOL
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: the story of Little Women and why it still matters, Anne Boyd Rioux. 813.4 ALC
Not ready to adult yet: a totally ill-informed guide to life, Iain Stirling. 828.92 STI
She must be mad: a mental coming-of-age documented through poetry and prose written by someone who's still in the thick of it, Charly Cox. 828.92 COX
The bed of Procrustes: philosophical and practical aphorisms, Nassim Nicholas Taleb. 808.88 TAL
The landscapes of Anne of Green Gables: the enchanting island that inspired L.M. Montgomery, Catherine Reid. 813.52 MON
The private life of the diary: from Pepys to tweets, Sally Bayley. 809.9 BAY: An elegantly-told story of the evolution, and perhaps death, of the diary.
The traveling feast: on the road and at the table with my heroes, Rick Bass. 813.54 BAS: Bass takes on the roll of a roving wordsmith caterer, traveling the country to visit the writers who have inspired him and thanking them by preparing them home-cooked meals.
The unpunished vice: a life of reading, Edmund White. 813.54 WHI: An insightful account of the key role reading has played in the life of literary icon Edmund White.
The world only spins forward: the ascent of Angels in America, Isaac Butler. 812.54 BUT: An oral history of the play Angels in America.
To read aloud: a literary toolkit for wellbeing, Francesco Dimitri. 808.8 TO: Consists of 75 extracts of an average 1000 words each, from writers ranging from Cicero to Lewis Carroll to Robert Macfarlane (alongside less familiar names).
Writers: their lives and works 809 WRI: From Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Gabriel García Mérquez and Toni Morrison, delve into more than 100 biographies of the world's greatest writers.
Writing a novel: bring your ideas to life the Faber Academy way, Richard Skinner. 808.3 SKI

Music & Musicians

100 best-selling albums of the 70s, Hamish Champ. 781.64 CHA
100 best-selling albums of the 80s, Dan Auty. 781.64 AUT
100 best-selling albums of the 90s, Dan Auty. 781.64 AUT: Each album is featured with sleeve artwork and includes complete track listings, musician line-ups and production credits.
Ableton Live 10 power!: the comprehensive guide, Jon Margulies. 781.34 MAR
Chopin's piano: a journey through Romanticism, Paul Kildea. 780.92 CHO
Counting down Elvis: his 100 finest songs, Mark Duffett. 781.66 PRE
Fare thee well: the final chapter of the Grateful Dead's long, strange trip, Joel Selvin. 781.66 GRA
Grime kids: the inside story of the global grime takeover, DJ Target. 781.66 DJ
How Shostakovich changed my mind, Stephen Johnson. 780.92 SHO: Johnson explores the power of Shostakovich's music during Stalin's reign of terror, and writes of the extraordinary healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness.
Johnny Cash at Folsom & San Quentin, Scott B. Bomar. 781.642 CAS: Offers the definitive view of Johnny Cash's prison concerts at Folsom in 1968 and San Quentin in 1969.
Just a shot away: peace, love, and tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont, Saul Austerlitz. 781.66 ROL
Last night of the Proms: an official miscellany, Alison Maloney]. 780.78 MAL
Mars by 1980: the story of electronic music, David Stubbs. 786.7 STU
Memphis rent party: the blues, rock & soul in music's hometown, Robert Gordon. 781.64 GOR
Music by the numbers: from Pythagoras to Schoenberg, Eli Maor. 781.2 MAO
Playing changes: jazz for the new century, Nate Chinen. 781.65 CHI
Playing to the crowd: musicians, audiences, and the intimate work of connection, Nancy K. Baym. 781.64 BAY
Strange stars: David Bowie, pop music, and the decade sci-fi exploded, Jason Heller. 781.66 HEL: Explores the weird and wild story of science fiction's outsize impact on popular music and culture.
Swans: sacrifice and transcendence: the oral history, Nick Soulsby. 781.66 SWA
Twilight of the gods: a journey to the end of classic rock, Steven Hyden. 781.66 HYD: Offers an eye-opening exploration of the state of classic rock, its past and future, the impact it has had, and what its loss would mean to an industry, a culture, and a way of life.
We are the Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered, Mark Andersen. 781.66 CLA
Working for the man, playing in the band: my years with James Brown, Damon Wood. 781.644 WOO

Parenting

101 DIY baby food pouches: incredibly easy recipes for reusable pouches, Kawn Al-Jabbouri. 641.5622 ALJ
Addition facts that stick: help your child master the addition facts for good in just six weeks, Kate Snow. 372.7 SNO
Confessions of a learner parent: parenting like a boss. (An inexperienced, slightly ineffectual boss.), Sam Avery. 649.1 AVE
Division facts that stick: help your child master the division facts for good in just ten weeks, Kate Snow. 372.7 SNO
Free to learn: why unleashing the instinct to play will make our children happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life, Peter Gray. 155.418 GRA: Gray argues that our children, if free to pursue their own interests through play, will not only learn all they need to know, but will do so with energy and passion.
How to raise kind kids: and get respect, gratitude, and a happier family in the bargain, Thomas Lickona. 649.7 LIC
Multiplication facts that stick: help your child master the multiplication facts for good in just ten weeks, Kate Snow. 372.7 SNO
No more mean girls: the secret to raising strong, confident, and compassionate girls, Katie Hurley. 306.874 HUR
Now say this: the right words to solve every parenting dilemma: the 3-step approach to effective communication, Heather Turgeon. 649.1 TUR
Preschool math at home: simple activities to build the best possible foundation for your child, Kate Snow. 372.7 SNO
Small animals: parenthood in the age of fear, Kim Brooks. 306.8743 BRO: A riveting examination of the ways our culture of competitive, anxious, and judgmental parenting has profoundly altered the experiences of parents and children.
Subtraction facts that stick: help your child master the subtraction facts for good in just eight weeks, Kate Snow. 372.7 SNO
The baby-led feeding cookbook: a new healthy way of eating for your baby that the whole family will love!, Aileen Cox Blundell. 649.3 COX
The read-aloud family: making meaningful and lasting connections with your kids, Sarah Mackenzie. 372.4 MCK
The stepmoms' club: how to be a stepmom without losing your money, your mind, and your marriage, Kendall Rose. 306.8747 ROS
The trans generation: how trans kids (and their parents) are creating a gender revolution, Ann Travers. 306.768 TRA: Travers shows that from very early ages, some as young as two and three years old, trans kids find themselves to be different from the sex category that was assigned to them at birth.

Pasifika

False divides, Lana Lopesi. 303.482 LOP: Lopesi argues that globalising technologies and the adaptability of Moana peoples are now turning the ocean back into the unifying continent that it once was.
Tatau: a history of Sāmoan tattooing, Sean Mallon. 391.65 MAL

Personal Development

Brain tingles: the secret to triggering autonomous sensory meridian response for improved sleep, relaxation, and head-to-toe euphoria, Craig Richard. 152.18 RIC: With no special training or fancy equipment required, you'll learn the most common auditory, visual, and tactile triggers and how to create person-to-person ASMR scenarios that produce a calming, tingly euphoria.
Co-active coaching: The proven framework for transformative conversations at work and in life, Henry Kimsey-House. 158.3 KIM
Emotional intelligence: journey to the centre of yourself, Jane Wharam. 158.1 WHA: This is the layperson's guide to emotional intelligence using real, down to earth examples. Approachable style with EQ testing and practical exercises and visualizations to help readers address the way they think emotionally and live a happier, more authentic life.
Farsighted: how we make the decisions that matter the most, Steven Johnson. 153.83 JOH
Get the life you want, Richard Bandler. 158.1 BAN
Healing your heart: rewrite your story with awareness and intention, Tris Thorp. 152.4 THO
Mastering memory: techniques to turn your brain from a sieve to a sponge, Chester Santos. 153.12 SAN
Meditation for fidgety skeptics: a 10% happier how-to book, Dan Harris. 158.12 HAR
The body is not an apology: the power of radical self-love, Sonya Renee Taylor. 158.1 TAY
The easy way to mindfulness: free your mind from worry and anxiety, Allen Carr. 158.12 CAR
The now effect: how a mindful moment can change the rest of your life, Elisha Goldstein. 158.1 GOL
The science of stress management: a guide to best practices for better well-being, Amitava Dasgupta. 155.9042 DAS
The three questions: how to discover and master the power within you, Don Miguel Ruiz. 158 RUI
Unfckology: a field guide to living with guts and confidence, Amy Alkon. 158.1 ALK
Wabi sabi: Japanese wisdom for a perfectly imperfect life, Beth Kempton. 158.1 KEM: A whole new way of looking at the world, and your life, inspired by centuries-old Japanese wisdom.

Pets & Animals

A honeybee heart has five openings: a year of keeping bees, Helen Jukes. 638.1 JUK
As good as gold puppy training manual, Christine Baayen. 636.70887 BAA
Bodacious the shepherd cat: a charming tale of an extraordinary cat, Suzanna Crampton. 636.8 CRA
Dogs' dinners: the healthy, happy way to feed your dog, Debora Robertson. 636.7085 ROB
Engineering for cats: better the life of your pet with 10 cat-approved projects, Mac Delaney. 636.8083 DEL: Delaney shares ten DIY projects that address the quirks of cat behavior head- on.
Happily ever Esther: two men, a wonder pig, and their life-changing mission to give animals a home, Steve Jenkins. 636.4 JEN
Monk parakeet: monk parakeets as pets: monk parakeet book for pros and cons, housing, keeping, diet and health, Macy Peterson. 636.6865 PET
Peace, love, Goats of Anarchy: how my little goats taught me huge lessons about life, Leanne Lauricella. 636.39 LAU
Raise happy chickens: how to raise healthy chickens and other poultry in your outdoor space, Victoria Roberts. 636.5 ROB
Secrets of the snout: the dog's incredible nose, Frank Rosell. 636.73 ROS
The honey factory: inside the ingenious world of bees, Jürgen Tautz. 638.1 TAU
Till the cows come home: the story of our eternal dependence, Philip Walling. 636.2 WAL
Trust 'n horses: a guide to successful trust-based horsemanship and life, Franklin Levinson. 636.1083 LEV

Philosophy & Psychology

A guide to the good life: the ancient art of Stoic joy, William B. Irvine. 188 IRV
Deviate: the science of seeing differently, Beau Lotto. 152.14 LOT
From heartbreak to wholeness: the hero's journey to joy, Kristine Carlson. 155.937 CAR: A guidebook for discovering how heartbreak can become the doorway to profound meaning and joy.
I wasn't ready to say goodbye: surviving, coping, and healing after the sudden death of a loved one, Brook Noel. 155.937 NOE
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.
Sleeping with the lights on: the unsettling story of horror, Darryl Jones. 152.46 JON: Explores the constantly changing face of horror, across hundreds of years of theatre, literature, films, and internet.
The art of dying: a journey to elsewhere, Peter Fenwick. 306.9 FEN: A new book to help the dying, their loved ones and their health care workers better understand the dying process and to come to terms with death itself.
The art of logic: how to make sense in a world that doesn't, Eugenia Cheng. 160 CHE
The intelligence of the cosmos: why are we here?: new answers from the frontiers of science, Ervin Laszlo. 113 INT
The poetics of space, Gaston Bachelard. 114 BAC: Contemplated by philosophers, architects, writers, and literary theorists alike, Bachelard's lyrical, landmark work examines the places in which we place our conscious and unconscious thoughts and guides us through a stream of cerebral meditations on poetry, art, and the blooming of consciousness itself.
The practicing stoic, Ward Farnsworth. 188 FAR

Photography

Ctrl-X: a topography of e-waste, Kai Löffelbein. 779 LOF: In this book Kai Löffelbein follows the electronic-waste trails from Europe and the US to Agbogbloshie in Ghana, the e-waste city of Guiyu in China and the workshops of New Delhi.
Mexico: between life and death, Harvey Stein. 779 STE: Stein photographed in Mexico, primarily in small towns and villages and mostly during festivals (Day of the Dead, Easter, Independence Day) that highlight the country's unique relationship to death, myth, ritual and religion.

Plays & Screenplays

Allelujah!, Alan Bennett. 822.914 BEN
Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare. 822.33 SHA

Poetry

Lifted, Bill Manhire. 821.914 MAN
Louder, Kerrin P. Sharpe. 821.92 SHA
Luxembourg, Stephen Oliver. 821.914 OLI
Milk teeth, Rae White. 821.92 WHI
Pamper me to hell & back, Hera Lindsay Bird. 821.92 BIR
Perennial, Kelly Forsythe. 811.6 FOR: Forsythe's debut reckons with grief, senseless violence, compassion, and adolescent alienation centered on the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
Selected poems, Alfred Lord Tennyson. 821.8 TEN
The carrying: poems, Ada Limón. 811.6 LIM
The dream of reason, Jenny George. 811.6 GEO
The farewell tourist, Alison Glenny. 821.92 GLE
There's no place like the internet in springtime, Erik Kennedy. 821.92 KEN

Politics & Government

Blackkklansman: race, hate, and the undercover investigation of a lifetime, Ron Stallworth. 322.42 STA: How black detective Ron Stallworth infiltrated the Colorado Klan.
Healing the heart of democracy: the courage to create a politics worthy of the human spirit, Parker J. Palmer. 320.973 PAL
Inside the Arab State, Mehran Kamrava. 320.9 KAM: A comprehensive examination of contemporary Arab politics before and after the 2011 uprisings.
Principled spying: the ethics of secret intelligence, David Omand. 327.12 OMA
Resistance is futile!: how the Trump-hating left lost its collective mind, Ann Coulter. 320.51 COU
Rules for revolutionaries: how big organizing can change everything, Becky Bond. 324.7 BON: Lessons from the groundbreaking grassroots campaign that helped launch a new political revolution.
The darkening web: the war for cyberspace, Alexander Klimburg. 327 KLI
The Russia hoax: the illicit scheme to clear Hillary Clinton and frame Donald Trump, Gregg Jarrett. 324.973 JAR

Pounamu

Ko Taranaki te maunga, Rachel Buchanan. 993.488 BUC: Buchanan tells her own, deeply personal story of Parihaka. Beginning with the death of her father, a man with affiliations to many of Taranaki's eight iwi, she describes her connection to Taranaki, the land and mountain; and the impact of confiscation.
Pathway of the birds: the voyaging achievements of Māori and their Polynesian ancestors, Andrew Crowe. 996 CRO
Poūkahangatus, Tayi Tibble. 821.92 TIB: The poems map colonisation of many kinds through intergenerational, indigenous domesticity, sex, image and disjunction.

Religion & Ethics

A chronological tour through the Bible, Ron Rhodes. 220.6 RHO
A future of faith: the path of change in politics and society, Pope Francis. 282.092 FRA
Christianity in the twentieth century: a world history, Brian Stanley. 270.82 STA
Jihad: blood and slavery, from Muhammad to ISIS, M.A. Khan. 297.7 KHA: This book explains the origins of Islamic Jihad and its progress over the centuries in respect of the forced conversion of defeated 'infidels,' the enslavement of non-Muslims and the never-ending drive for the establishment of an imperial Islamic rule globally.
Smith Wigglesworth on manifesting the power of God., Smith Wigglesworth. 234.13 WIG
Swear!ng is god fr you: the amaz!ng sc!ence of bad language, Emma Byrne. 179.5 BYR: Byrne examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. With humour and colourful language, she explores every angle of swearing: why we do it, how we do it, and what it tells us about ourselves.
Tao te ching, Lao Tzu. 299.51 LAO
The Bible for everyone: a new translation, John Goldingay. 220.52 BIB
The God code: the secret of our past, the promise of our future, Gregg Braden. 299.93 BRA: Braden argues that every human being has the name of God literally embedded in his or her DNA.
The house of Islam: a global history, Ed Husain. 297 HUS
The lamb has won!: the revelation of Jesus Christ to John: Jesus' call to his disciples to follow him where ever he goes, Brenda Clark. 228 CLA
The rock, the road, and the rabbi: my journey into the heart of scriptural faith and the land where it all began, Kathie Lee Gifford. 248.3 GIF
When God doesn't fix it: lessons you never wanted to learn, truths you can't live without, Laura Story. 248.86 STO

Science

Around the world in 80 trees, Jonathan Drori. 582.16 DRO
Astronomy: a visual guide, Ian Ridpath. 520 RID
Houston, we have a narrative: why science needs story, Randy Olson. 501 OLS
Hubble's universe: greatest discoveries and latest images, Terence Dickinson. 522.2 DIC
Journeys to the other side of the world: further adventures of a young naturalist, David Attenborough. 591.9 ATT: The further adventures of a young David Attenborough; from Madagascar and New Guinea to the Pacific Islands and the Northern Territory of Australia.
Ngā uruora = the groves of life: ecology & history in a New Zealand landscape, Geoff Park. 577.0993 PAR
On the edge of infinity: uncovering the visible world's scientific beauty, Stefan Klein. 530 KLE: This book transforms a simple everyday thing such as a rose blossom, or a day of stormy weather, into a key to understanding the most complex ideas and theories in 21st century physics.
Rising: dispatches from the new American shore, Elizabeth Rush. 551.45 RUS: Obsessed with the rate of sea-level rise, environmental writer Elizabeth Rush traveled extensively along the US coasts and as far afield as Bangladesh, interviewing concerned scientists and coastal dwellers directly affected by devastating floods and catastrophic storms.
Science is beautiful: botanical life: under the microscope, Colin Salter. 571.2 SAL
Seaweed chronicles: a world at the water's edge, Susan Hand Shetterly. 579.8 SHE
Sloths: life in the slow lane, Rebecca Cliffe. 599.3 CLI
Spacesuit: fashioning Apollo, Nicholas de Monchaux. 629.47 DE: How the twenty-one-layer Apollo spacesuit, made by Playtex, was a triumph of intimacy over engineering.
Swifts in a tower, David Lack. 598.76 LAC
The beachcomber's companion: an illustrated guide to collecting and identifying beach treasures, Anna Marlis Burgard. 910.914 BUR: An illustrated guide to collecting shells and other beach objects.
The book of why: the new science of cause and effect, Judea Pearl. 501 PEA
The consolations of physics: why the wonders of the universe can make you happy, Tim Radford. 530 RAD
The genus Meconopsis: blue poppies and their relatives, Christopher Grey-Wilson. 583.3 GRE
The nature of autumn, Jim Crumley. 578.09411 CRU
The pebbles on the beach: a spotter's guide, Clarence Ellis. 910.914 ELL: This recently rediscoved book contains a spirited guide to the simple pleasure of pebble spotting.
The physics behind.., Russ Swan. 530 SWA: Takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the scientific principles that that make the modern world work.
The universe as it really is: Earth, space, matter, and time, Thomas R. Scott. 523.01 SCO
Third thoughts, Steven Weinberg. 500 WEI
Tree: a life story, David Suzuki. 582.16 SUZ
Urban arboreal: a modern glossary of city trees, Michael Jordan. 582.16 JOR

America: the farewell tour, Chris Hedges. 305.562 HED: Hedges argues that the United States shows unmistakable signs of a dying culture. Across the country Americans are suffering from chronic unemployment, declining wages, and a morbid despair that expresses itself through compulsive gambling, sadistic pornography, and a deadly opioid epidemic.
Amity and prosperity: one family and the fracturing of America, Eliza Griswold. 363.73 GRI: Tells the story of the energy boom's impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and one woman's transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist.
Burden, Courtney Hargrave. 305.8 HAR: A harrowing true story of the modern Ku Klux Klan and an act of grace that shook a community in the Deep South.
Did you ever love me?: abused by the ones who were supposed to keep her safe, Toni Maguire. 362.76 COO
Formerly known as food: how the industrial food system is changing our minds, bodies, and culture, Kristin Lawless. 363.8 LAW
Freemasons for dummies, Christopher Hodapp. 366.1 HOD
Genetics in the madhouse: the unknown history of human heredity, Theodore M. Porter. 363.92 POR
Give people money: the simple idea to solve inequality and revolutionise our lives, Annie Lowrey. 362.58 LOW
Healing well and living free from an abusive relationship: from victim to survivor to overcomer, Ramona Probasco. 362.829 PRO
Milk of paradise: a history of opium, Lucy Inglis. 362.293 ING
Moving into residential care: a practical guide for older people and their families, Colleen Doyle. 362.16 DOY
Mummy knew: a terrifying step-father, a mother who refused to listen, a little girl desperate to escape, Lisa James. 362.76 JAM
Natives: race and class in the ruins of empire, Akala. 306 AKA
Nothing to envy: love, life and death in North Korea, Barbara Demick. 306.09519 DEM: North Korea, run by a mad dictator, is cut off from the rest of the world, unknown and unknowable. But North Korea is also a place where ordinary people live, dream and learn to survive. Demick draws a powerful portrait of a bizzare society and the very real lives it affects.
On mother, Sarah Ferguson. 306.8743 FER: A mother's love over decades and across continents. The sudden death of Sarah's mother reveals their relationship with poignant clarity and shows her the individual who existed beyond motherhood. A reflection on mothers and daughters.
Phoenix zones: where strength is born and resilience lives, Hope Ferdowsian. 362.1968521 FER
Princess: stepping out of the shadows, Jean Sasson. 305.4209538 SUL: Revisits the Princess and her family again at a very different point in the country's history. Changes are afoot in Saudi Arabia, women can drive, but there are still many restrictions.
That F word: growing up feminist in Aotearoa, Lizzie Marvelly. 305.42 MAR: Marvelly tells the story of New Zealand's feminist roots, then traverses the modern landscape, tearing apart areas of gender imbalance and pervading attitudes to Kiwi women.
The girl who wanted to belong: the true story of a devastated little girl and the foster carer who healed her broken heart, Angela Hart. 362.733 HAR
The know-it-alls: the rise of Silicon Valley as a political powerhouse and social wrecking ball, Noam Cohen. 303.483 COH
The missing files: unsolved New Zealand missing persons cases, Scott Bainbridge. 363.2336 BAI
Unconditional love: a guide to navigating the joys and challenges of being a grandparent today, Jane Isay. 306.874 ISA
Where has mummy gone?: a young girl and a mother who no longer knows her, Cathy Glass. 362.733 GLA
White fragility: why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism, Robin DiAngelo. 305.8 DIA
Your end of life matters: how to talk with family and friends, Anne Finkelman Ziff. 306.9 ZIF

Sport & Recreation

A course called Scotland: searching the home of golf for the secret to its game, Tom Coyne. 796.352 COY
Coming on strong, Franco Columbu. 796.41 COL: Examines Columbu's private world of bodybuilding, as well as that of his sport, and treats both with insight, intelligence, and humor.
Cristiano and Leo: the race to become the greatest football player of all time, Jimmy Burns. 796.334 RON
Dancing with the stars: jive, samba, and tango your way into the best shape of your life, Guy Phillips. 793.33 PHI
New Zealand's great walks: the complete guide, Paul Hersey. 796.51 HER
Player's handbook, James Wyatt. 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.
Sport and the New Zealanders: a history, Greg Ryan. 796 RYA
The basic aerobatic manual: with spin and upset recovery techniques, William K. Kershner. 797.54 KER
The greatest: what sport teaches us about achieving success, Matthew Syed. 796 SYE
The runner: four years living and running in the wilderness, Markus Torgeby. 796.42 TOR
The sailing bible: the complete guide for all sailors from novice to experienced skipper, Jeremy Evans. 797.124 EVA
The sporting horse: in pursuit of equine excellence, Nicola Jane Swinney. 798.2 SWI
Ventoux: sacrifice and suffering on the giant of Provence, Jeremy Whittle. 796.62 WHI: A fascinating and evocative history of the legendary Mont Ventoux; the most daunting and extreme mountainous portion of the Tour de France cycling race.

Supernatural

Animal communication made easy: strengthen your bond and deepen your connection with animals, Pea Horsley. 133.82 HOR: This book covers the essentials of animal communication, otherwise known as interspecies communication, and will teach you the skills to make a telepathic connection with your animals.
Bloodline of the gods: unravel the mystery of the human blood type to reveal the aliens among us, Nick Redfern. 001.942 RED
Chicken soup for the soul: dreams and the unexplainable: 101 eye-opening stories about premonitions and miracles, Amy Newmark. 135 CHI
Conspiracies declassified: the Skeptoid guide to the truth behind the theories, Brian Dunning. 001.9 DUN
How to hear your angels, Doreen Virtue. 133.93 VIR
Light magic for dark times: 100 spells, rituals, & practices for coping in a crisis, Lisa Marie Basile. 133.43 BAS
Modern guide to energy clearing, Barbara Moore. 131 MOO
The Anunnaki Chronicles: a Zecharia Sitchin Reader, Janet Sitchin. 001.942 SIT

Transport

Adlard Coles book of diesel engines, Mel Bartlett. 623.87 BAR
Automotive rust repair & prevention, Dennis W. Parks. 629.26 PAR
Barons of the sea: and their race to build the world's fastest clipper ship, Steven Ujifusa. 387.54 UJI
Boeing 707: 1957 to present: insights into the design, construction and operation of the all-American jet airliner that became the face of 1960s air travel, Charles Kennedy. 629.13334 BOE
Carpathia: the extraordinary story of the ship that rescued the survivors of the Titanic, Jay Ludowyke. 387.5 LUD
Chasing the demon: a secret history of the quest for the sound barrier, and the band of American aces who conquered it, Dan Hampton. 629.1323 HAM
Civil aircraft: 300 of the world's greatest civil aircraft, Robert Jackson. 629.13334 JAC
Cops & robbers: the story of the British police car, Ant Anstead. 629.225 ANS
How to restore & improve classic car suspension, steering & wheels: repair, restoration, maintenance, Julian Parish. 629.243 HOW
Jaguar from the shop floor: Foleshill Road and Browns Lane - 1949 to 1978, Brain James Martin. 338.762 MAR: Martin tells the story of his life as a long-time employee at Jaguar, giving a first-hand account of the development and production processes, and the ups and downs of factory life through the eyes of someone who was actually there.
Mazda MX-5 Miata Roadster: design & development: the inside story told by Mazda's designers & engineers, Toshihiko Hirai. 629.2222 MAZ
NASA Skylab 1969 to 1979 (all modules): an insight into the history, design, development and operation of the first US manned space station, David Baker. 629.442 BAK
Qf32, Richard de Crespigny. 363.124 DE: 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.
Spacecraft: 100 iconic rockets, shuttles, and satellites that put us in space, Giuseppe De Chiara. 629.4 DE
The Ducati story: racing and production motorcycles from 1945, Ian Falloon. 629.2275 DUC
The Moto Guzzi story, Ian Falloon. 629.2275 MOT
Tom Cotter's best barn-find collector car tales., Tom Cotter. 629.222 COT
Umberto Nobile and the Arctic search for the airship Italia, Garth Cameron. 629.1309 NOB: This is the story of the search for Nobile, the 'Italia', and his crew, and the many men from many countries who searched for them.

War & Defence

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
Beyond the beach: the Allied war against France, Stephen Alan Bourque. 940.5421 BOU: Examines the Allied air war against France in 1944.
Five chimneys: the story of Auschwitz, Olga Lengyel. 940.5318 LEN: Memoir of a Hungarian woman who was imprisoned for several years in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.
Grumman F-14 Tomcat: all models 1970-2006, Tony Holmes. 623.7464 HOL
Indianapolis: the true story of the worst sea disaster in US naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man, Lynn Vincent. 940.5426 VIN
Into the abyss: the story of the First World War. Volume one, G. J. Meyer. 940.3 MEY
Losing military supremacy: the myopia of American strategic planning, Andrei Martyanov. 355.0332 MAR
Military aircraft, tanks & warships: visual encyclopedia: more than 850 illustrations, Jim Winchester,. 623.74 WIN
Napoleon's other war: bandits, rebels and their pursuers in the age of revolutions, Michael Broers. 940.27 BRO
On the natural history of destruction, W. G. Sebald. 940.544 SEB: The book consists of a long essay on postwar German reaction, or lack of it, to the Allied bombing campaign in the final years of the war, based on lectures delivered by Sebald in Zurich in 1997, and three shorter pieces on the German-language authors Alfred Andersch, Jean Améry and Peter Weiss.
Saving Mona Lisa: the battle to protect the Louvre and its treasures from the Nazis, Gerri Chanel. 940.53 CHA
Spitfire: a very British love story, John Nichol. 623.7464 SPI
SS-Major Horst Kopkow: from the Gestapo to British intelligence, Stephen Tyas. 940.5487 KOP
The bell of treason: the 1938 Munich Agreement in Czechoslovakia, P.E. Caquet. 940.531 CAQ
The escape artists: a band of daredevil pilots and the greatest prison break of the Great War, Neal Bascomb. 940.472 BAS
The French Resistance, Olivier Wieviorka. 940.5344 WIE
The lost battalions: a battle that could not be won, an island that could not be defended, an ally that could not be trusted, Tom Gilling. 940.5425 GIL: A little known story of two Australian battalions abandoned in Java during World War II and the heroes who kept them alive.
The twentieth train: the true story of the ambush of the death train to Auschwitz, Marion Schreiber. 940.5318 SCH
The Wehrmacht's last stand: the German campaigns of 1944-1945, Robert M. Citino. 940.5421 CIT
Warplanes of World War II: fighters, bombers, ground-attack aircraft, Robert Jackson. 623.746 JAC
Witnessing the Holocaust: six literary testimonies, Judith M. Hughes. 940.5318 HUG

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