New Titles Non-Fiction January 2019 (arrived in December 2018)

Art & Architecture

30-second great art: from Giotto to Warhol, 50 artworks that changed the way we see things, Lee Brand. 709 THI
Architectural lighting design: a practical guide, Admir Jukanovi. 729.28 JUK: Using real examples of successful lighting schemes, experienced designer Admir Jukanovic explains the fundamentals of lamps and luminaires, and how to meet the requirements of a design brief.
Art deco, Janet Stiles Tyson. 709.0401 TYS: Focusing on Art Deco graphic art and illustration, this book covers the movement in general, and fashion and advertising, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of work by talents such as Barbier, Erte, Cassandre and Colin. Sympathetic examples of other forms of Art Deco are also included.
Australian homes: 70 years well lived: architecture, interiors, gardens, people., Australian House and Garden. 728.0994 AUS
Botanical painting: with the Society of Botanical Artists, Margaret Stevens. 758.5 STE
Bruegel's winter scenes: historians and art historians in dialogue, Tine Luk Meganck. 759.9493 BRU: This focused volume presents a deep exploration and new interpretations of the winter paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-1569). By applying new methodological approaches and interdisciplinary research to these masterpieces of Flemish Renaissance art, including Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap (1565) and The Census at Bethlehem (1566), both at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the book offers an enhanced understanding of the painter's relationship to his time and the extent to which his winter landscapes were meant to reflect real-life situations.
Buckingham Palace: the interiors, Ashley Hicks. 728.82 HIC
Castles, Rosie Serdiville. 728.81 SER
Conversations about sculpture, Richard Serra. 730.92 SER: Drawn from talks between celebrated artist Richard Serra (b. 1938) and acclaimed art historian Hal Foster held over a fifteen-year period, this volume offers revelations into Serra's prolific six-decade career and the ideas that have informed his working practice. An intimate look at Serra's life and work, with candid reflections on personal moments of discovery, and a provocative examination of sculptural form from antiquity to today.
David Gill: designing art, David Gill. 708.2 GIL: In this lavishly illustrated book, the renowned London Gallerist David Gill reveals his personal perspective and influence on the world of design-art. He also presents the works of artists, sculptors, and designers he admires, champions, and nurtures, among them Barnaby Barford, Mattia Bonetti, the Campana brothers Zaha Hadid, Donald Judd, Jorge Pardo, Grayson Perry, and Fredrikson Stallard.
Draw, paint, sparkle: creative projects from an elementary art teacher, Patty Palmer. 700.71 PAL: Encourage and empower kids to make art! The 25 art lessons in this book present step-by- step drawing instructions paired with a range of painting techniques and styles for endless creative exploration.
Dynamo hum: Denys Watkins: selected paintings 2004 - 2016., Denys Watkins. 759.993 WAT: Dynamo Hum presents an enticing and rare glimpse into the practice of an artist whose work bridges several generations yet remains undeniably in the present. Completely resolved formally, yet liminal and mysterious, Denys Watkins' paintings are the result of endless curiosity and intense labour.
Endangered species: artists on the front line of biodiversity, Barbara C. Matilsky. 704.9432 MAT: Highlights sixty artists who celebrate biodiversity's beauty, interpret natural and human-induced extinctions, and focus on endangered species from diverse ecosystems. Includes the work of artists who spotlight human actions threatening biodiversity alongside art projects that revitalize habitats and reconnect people to the natural world, spanning the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries.
Gabriele Münter, 1877-1962: painting to the point, Isabelle Jansen. 759.3 MUN: Presents the paintings of Gabriele Münter in ten thematic sections that bring the artist's creative process to the fore. For the first time, Münter's paintings are accompanied by a large number of her photographs from North America, taken around the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century.
George Shaw: a corner of a foreign field, Mark Hallett. 759.2 SHA: George Shaw (b. 1966) is one of Britain's leading contemporary painters, best known for his painstakingly detailed, luminous, and often elegiac representations of the British suburban landscape. Beautifully designed and generously illustrated.
Georgia O'Keeffe: at home, Alicia Inez Guzmán. 759.13 OKE: Beginning with her teaching career in Texas, through her time in New York City and Lake George and ending at her two desert ranches in New Mexico, Georgia O'Keeffe at Home explores the influence of the various landscapes and cities Georgia inhabited; as well as the places she traveled to, on her life and artwork.
Hassan Fathy: earth & utopia, Salma Samar Damluji. 720.92 FAT: Hassan Fathy is Egypt's best-known 20th-century architect. He was also a man of contradictions. He came from a wealthy background and had a western-style training. Yet he embraced traditional, vernacular forms, techniques, and materials and throughout his career promoted their use as part of a campaign to improve the conditions of Egypt's rural poor. 'Earth & Utopia' chronicles this lifelong commitment through personal interviews conducted by the author, photographs, and drawings from the Hassan Fathy archives, and Fathy's own writings on the subject, many of which are published for the first time.
Heaven on earth: painting and the life to come, T.J. Clark. 701 CLA: T.J. Clark sets out to investigate the very different ways painting has given form to the dream of God's kingdom come.
Hilma af Klint: paintings for the future, Tracey Bashkoff. 759.85 KLI: When Swedish artist Hilma af Klint died in 1944 at the age of 81, she left behind more than 1,000 paintings and works on paper that she had kept largely private during her lifetime. Believing the world was not yet ready for her art, she stipulated that it should remain unseen for another twenty years. But only in recent decades has the public had a chance to reckon with af Klint's radically abstract painting. Her boldly colorful works, many of them large-scale, reflect an ambitious, spiritually informed attempt to chart an invisible, totalizing world order through a synthesis of natural and geometric forms, textual elements, and esoteric symbolism.
Hugh Lane: the art market and the art museum, 1893-1915, Morna O'Neill. 709.2 LAN: This book charts a geography of the art market and the art museum in the early 20th century through the legacy of one influential dealer. Born in Ireland, Hugh Lane (1875-1915) established himself in London in the 1890s. With little formal education or training, he orchestrated high-profile sales of paintings by the likes of Holbein, Titian, and Velázquez and described his life's work as 'selling pictures by old painters to buy pictures by living painters', a practice he called 'Good business'.
Landscapes: John Berger on art, John Berger. 700 BER: Through Berger's penetrating engagement with the writers and artists who shaped his own thought, Walter Benjamin, Rosa Luxembourg and Bertolt Brecht among them, Landscapes allows us to understand how Berger came to his own way of seeing.
Lessons in classical drawing: essential techniques from inside the atelier, Juliette Aristides. 741.2 ARI
Living in wood: architecture & interior design, Chris van Uffelen. 724.6 UFF: From one-story bungalows to multi-story dwellings, timber houses are at the forefront of the development of contemporary architecture and design. This volume presents the huge creative diversity of individual solutions from across the globe.
Looking at art with Alex Katz, Alex Katz. 701.1 KAT: Look at art through the eyes of a painter in this guide to the most significant artists in history. Alex Katz describes his best-loved works by Edvard Munch, Vincent van Gogh, Joan Mir=, Peter Doig, Francis Bacon, and Jackson Pollock, among others, all of which he has encountered during his long career.
Lorenzo Lotto: portraits, Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo. 759.5 LOT: Celebrated as one of the greatest portraitists of the Italian Renaissance, Lorenzo Lotto uniquely portrayed a cross section of middle-class sitters, among them clerics, merchants and humanists. Lotto depicted men, women and children in compositions rich in symbolism and imbued with great psychological depth.
Makeover: conversions and extensions of homes and residential spaces, Chris van Uffelen. 724.6 UFF: Presents architects who have caught the attention of the sector experts and opened the eyes of the general public to what is coming. They are focussing on the future, creating their own individual style and ideas while tackling the challenges of our times.
Mastering pastel, Alain Picard. 741.23 PIC
Movable architecture, Ross Gilbert. 720.47 MOV: Focusing on the requirement for energy-efficient sustainable architecture with a small carbon footprint, this book explores the many ways in which containers can be renovated to create housing and more.
No shenanigans!: mixed media painting, Mimi Bondi. 751.49 BON
Old houses made new, Macarena Abascal Valdenebro. 728 ABA: A compendium of homes, including apartments and single-family houses, that have been remodeled to suit contemporary lifestyle needs.
Paint alchemy: exploring process-driven techniques through design, pattern, color, abstraction, acrylic, and mixed media, Eva Marie Magill-Oliver. 751.4 MAG
Phulkari: the embroidered textiles of Punjab from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection, Darielle Mason. 709.5 PHU: Exquisite and labour-intensive, phulkari ("floral-work" or "flower-craft") embroideries were originally produced by women in towns and villages across the greater Punjab, a region that today straddles Pakistan and India, from at least the early 19th century into the first decades of the 20th. Phulkaris were made from brightly colored silk thread on rough, earth-toned fabric and this book focuses on a group of nineteen stunning works from the collection of Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz.
Romanticism in the North: from Friedrich to Turner, David Jackson. 759.05 ROM: The Groninger Museum presents Romanticism in the North: From Friedrich to Turner, the first international survey exhibition of northern European Romantic landscape painting - including 95 magnificent works from the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia and Great Britain.
Salvador Dalí at home, Jackie de Burca. 759.6 DAL: Explores the influence of Catalan culture and tradition, Dali's home life and the places he lived, on his life and work. Dalí was born in Figueres and was deeply connected to the area. Fully illustrated with over 150 illustrations of his iconic work, as well as less known pieces, archive imagery of contemporary landscapes and personal photographs.
Shoplifter!: new retail architecture and brand spaces, Robert Klante. 725.21 SHO: Shoplifters showcases the most outstanding concepts across a number of industries, introducing the most innovative brands with rich, in-depth case studies.
Sorolla and fashion, Eloy Martinez de la Pera. 759.6 SOR: The 'Sorolla and Fashion' exhibition, organized in collaboration between the Museo Sorolla and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza focused on the influence of fashion in the work of Joaquín Sorolla. Curated by Eloy Martínez de la Pera, presents paintings loaned from museums and private collections in Spain and abroad, together with a selection of clothing and accessories of the period.
The book of the horse: horses in art, Angus Hyland. 704.9432 HYL
The downtown pop underground: New York City and the literary punks, renegade artists, DIY filmmakers, mad playwrights, and rock 'n' roll glitter queens who revolutionized culture, Kembrew McLeod. 700.973 MCL: The 1960s to early 1970s was a pivotal time for American culture, and New York City was ground zero for seismic shifts in music, theater, art, and filmmaking. 'The Downtown Pop Underground' takes a kaleidoscopic tour of Manhattan during this era and shows how deeply interconnected all the alternative worlds and personalities were that flourished in the basement theaters, dive bars, concert halls, and dingy tenements within one square mile of each other.
The moon: from inner worlds to outer space, Laerke Rydal Jørgensen. 700.4 MOO: From painting to virtual reality, superstition to science, myths to missions, fantasies to space colonies, this large-scale exhibition at Louisiana highlights the role, the importance and the fascinating power of the moon.
The painted art journal: 24 projects for creating your visual narrative, Jeanne Oliver. 702.81 OLI: Tell your story as only you can, through a series of guided projects that culminate in a beautiful, autobiographical art journey worthy of passing along to future generations.
Tudors to Windsors, Tarnya Cooper. 757 TUD: The Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, embraces over 500 years of British history, more than 60,000 sitters and explores ideas of social change, power and influence.
Urban sanctuary: the new domestic outdoors, Anna Johnson. 728.37 JOH: Urban Sanctuary showcases outstanding contemporary houses from Australia and New Zealand situated in urban contexts that explore and demonstrate new inventive ways of living with the outdoors. Taking the form of vertical gardens, micro-green spaces, rooftop gardens, courtyards, borrowed landscapes and reworked traditional gardens, these projects reveal how a home can interact with garden spaces in whatever form they might take.
Veiled presence: body and drapery from Giotto to Titian, Paul Hills. 704.942 HIL
Versailles: landscape of power & pleasure, Colin Jones. 728.82 JON: First built as a hunting lodge by Louis XIII in the early seventeenth century, then radically repurposed by his absolutist son Louis XIV, Versailles became the focus of that king's centralised power.
Vitamin P3: new perspectives in painting, Rebecca Morrill. 759.07 VIT: Since the publication of the first Vitamin P in 2002, painting has continued to evolve and excite, with new generations responding to its historic importance and taking it in unexpected directions. Vitamin P3 takes the conversation forward, spotlighting more than 100 outstanding artists who are engaging with, and pushing the boundaries of, the medium of paint.

Biographies

A foreigner's tale, Mick Jones. 781.66 JON: Mick Jones, the founder of Foreigner and composer of their greatest hits, among them Feels Like the First Time, I Want to Know What Love Is, Cold As Ice and Waiting for a Girl Like You. The story of his life, which includes performing with the Beatles in 1964, with Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding in 1967, with Johnny Hallyday, Spooky Tooth, George Harrison; and, of creating one of rock music's biggest bands. Illustrated throughout with classic and previously unseen photos from Mick's own collection, this lavish book is published as Foreigner celebrate their 40th anniversary.
A mighty heart: the brave life and death of my husband, Daniel Pearl, Mariane Pearl. 070.92 PEA: The tragic murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is well known. Why he was in Karachi; how he saw his role as an international journalist: why he was singled out for kidnapping; and where the incredible search effort led, are the subject of Mariane Pearl's book.
Almost nothing: the 20th century art and life of Józef Czapski, Eric Karpeles. 759.38 CZA: Józef Czapski (1896-1993) lived many lives; as a soldier, public figure, historical witness, memoirist, essayist, and painter. His ninety-six years nearly span the twentieth century in its entirety. He was a student in St. Petersburg during the Russian Revolution and a painter in Paris in the Roaring Twenties. As a Polish reserve officer fighting against the invading Nazis in the opening weeks of the Second World War, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets and survived the Katyn Massacre. He never returned to Poland, working tirelessly in Paris to keep awareness of the plight of his homeland alive, overrun by totalitarian powers.
Always look on the bright side of life: a sortabiography, Eric Idle. 792.7 IDL: Best known for his unforgettable roles in Monty Python, from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life, Eric Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in this brilliantly entertaining memoir that takes us on an unforgettable journey from his childhood in an austere boarding school through his successful career in comedy, television, theatre and film. Coming of age as a writer and comedian during the Sixties and Seventies, Eric stumbled into the crossroads of the cultural revolution and found himself rubbing shoulders with the likes of George Harrison, David Bowie and Robin Williams, all of whom became lifelong friends.
Beastie Boys book, Michael Diamond. 781.66 BEA: Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hip hop superstardom. Here is their story, told for the first time in the words of the band. Adam "ADROCK" Horovitz and Michael "Mike D" Diamond offer revealing and very funny accounts of their transition from teenage punks to budding rappers.
Becoming, Michelle Obama. 973.932 OBA: An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America; the first African-American to serve in that role, she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world. Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her; from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world's most famous address.
Bernard who?: 75 years of doing just about everything, Bernard Cribbins. 791.45028 CRI: Bernard Cribbin's CV has been an A-Z of the best entertainment that Britain has to offer, and, thanks to programmes as the aforementioned Jackanory, The Wombles, and, more recently, Old Jack's Boat, he has become the voice of many millions of childhoods. In 1943, he left school aged fourteen and joined Oldham Repertory Company. After being called up for National Service in 1946 he became a paratrooper and spent several months in Palestine. On returning home he recorded two hit singles; 'The Hole in the Ground' and 'Right Said Fred'. These, together with appearances in now classic films such as Two Way Stretch and The Wrong Arm of the Law catapulted him to stardom and, by the time he started filming The Railway Children in 1970, he was already a national treasure.
Bill Duke: my 40-year career on screen and behind the camera, Bill Duke. 791.43023 DUK: Dating back to the 1970s, Duke has appeared in a number of popular films, including Car Wash, American Gigolo, Commando, Predator, and X-Men: The Last Stand. Duke's extraordinary accomplishments off-screen—as a talented director, producer, entrepreneur, and humanitarian are also outlined.
Bomberg, Sarah MacDougall. 759.2 BOM: This new monograph on the important and influential 20th-century British artist David Bomberg (1890-1957) accompanies a major new exhibition curated by the authors. The monograph is a comprehensive yet succinct account, providing an informed and accessible overview of Bomberg's career and achievements, combining a biographical narrative with an analytical and interpretative approach.
Brutally honest, Melanie Brown. 781.64 BRO: The tell-all memoir from the loudest, proudest Spice Girl, and the truth behind the headlines. As one-fifth of the iconic Spice Girls and judge on X Factor and America's Got Talent, Melanie Brown, a.k.a Scary Spice, has been an international star since her twenties. Brutally Honest is an exposé of the struggles and acute pain that lay behind the glamour and success. With deep personal insight, remarkable frankness and trademark Yorkshire humour, the book removes the mask of fame and reveals the true story behind the Spice Girls, as well as the horror of her most recent marriage and her 10 year struggle to be free.
Carter, David Schiff. 780.92 CAR: Elliott Carter (1908-2012) was the foremost composer of classical music in America during the second half of the 20th century. This critical overview of Carter's life and work explores aspects of the composer's life about which he was usually reticent, and occasionally misleading, such as his complicated relationships with Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Nicolas Nabokov, and his own parents. Schiff's study of Carter's complete oeuvre; from his politically charged Depression-era ballets to the deeply personal and reflective late works, is based on extensive study of the composer's personal sketches and letters.
Chalk: the art and erasure of Cy Twombly, Joshua Rivkin. 709.73 TWO: The first book to explore the life of Cy Twombly, one of the most important and influential artists of the twentieth century. Cy Twombly was a man obsessed with myth and history; including his own. Shuttling between his stunning homes in Italy and the United States, where he perfected his room-size canvases.
Charles at seventy: thoughts, hopes and dreams, Robert Jobson. 941.085 CHA: Robert Jobson's biography provides a definitive insight into the extraordinary life of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales as he approaches his seventieth birthday at a watershed in the history of the modern British monarchy. Exploring beyond the banal newspaper headlines that have caricatured Charles over the years, the book debunks the myths about the man who will be King, telling his full, true story; exploring his complex character, his profoundly held beliefs and deep thinking about religion; including Islam, politics, the armed services, monarchy and the constitution, providing an illuminating portrait of what kind of monarch Charles III will be.
Dalí, Edmond Baudoin. 759.6 DAL: Genius, eccentric, exhibitionist: There is no shortage of adjectives to describe the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí (1904–1989). Yet this iconic artist and controversial thinker remains a figure shrouded in mystery. Plunging into the Spanish painter's unbridled, fantastical universe, graphic novelist Edmond Baudoin takes us on the trail of a man known as much for his talent for self-promotion as for his bold and extraordinary work.
Dean & me: (a love story), Jerry Lewis. 791.092 MAR: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were a national craze, an American institution and then, ten years from the day when the two men joined forces, it all ended. The two wouldn't speak again for twenty years. In a memoir by turns moving, tragic, and hilarious, Lewis recounts a fifty-year friendship, and makes a case for Dean Martin as one of the great, and most underrated, comic talents of our era.
Dear Dudley: a celebration of the much-loved comedy legend, Barbra Paskin. 791.43028 MOO: Barbra Paskin provides an affectionate celebration of Dudley Moore's comic and musical talent, perhaps the best-loved major star of his or any generation. It rehearses his extraordinary life and career from Beyond the Fringe with the Cambridge Footlights, followed by his long association with Peter Cook that produced such immortal programmes as Not Only But Also, to Hollywood stardom with films like 10 and Arthur.
Driven, Rosemary Smith. 796.72 SMI: The inspirational story of the female motorsport pioneer who broke through the gender barrier to compete in and win some of the most iconic rallies in the world. Rosemary Smith is recognised internationally for her outstanding achievements in the world of motorsport. A female pioneer in a notoriously male-dominated sport, she drove in the Monte Carlo rally eight times, winning the Coupe des Dames on numerous occasions as well as competing in most other iconic rallies all over the world, including the London to Sydney in 1968, the World Cup London to Mexico in 1970 and the East African Safari Rally in the 1970s. She also writes with honesty about her early life, about a disastrous marriage and money troubles, and how she overcame it all.
Eddie Jones: rugby maverick, Mike Colman. 796.333 JON: From his school days playing alongside the legendary Ella brothers to his masterminding of Japan's jaw-dropping victory over South Africa in the 2015 World Cup, Eddie Jones has always been a polarising figure, known for his punishing work ethic. Constantly controversial, never complacent, Jones has truly shaken up English rugby. Drawing on over a hundred interviews with former teammates, players, administrators and coaching colleagues, veteran rugby writer Mike Colman brings a rare level of insight to his biography of this singular man.
Emmylou Harris: songbird's flight, Jay Orr. 781.642 HAR: From her harmony vocals on key 1970s sessions with Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan to her more than forty years of recording distinctive solo albums, Harris has remained one of country music's most vital and satisfying artists. This book complements the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibition Emmylou Harris: Songbird's Flight, and contains commentary from Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Rodney Crowell and infamous "Road Manager" Phil Kaufman, along with rare photos not included in the exhibit.
Germaine: the life of Germaine Greer, Elizabeth Kleinhenz. 305.420994 GRE: As one of the first researchers permitted to trawl through the Germaine Greer Archive housed at the University of Melbourne, Elizabeth Kleinhenz found evidence of a brilliant teacher, serious scholar, flamboyantly attired hippie TV presenter, provocative magazine columnist and editor, real estate investor, domestic goddess, creator of extravagant gardens and preserves, shelterer of strays and waifs, libertarian, bohemian, anarchist, working journalist, correspondent, traveller and adventurer, international celebrity and performer, wag and ratbag, mentor and icon.
Gloucester Crescent: me, my dad and other grown-ups, William Miller. 942.1 MIL: Gloucester Crescent is a curving, leafy street, tucked between Camden Town and Primrose Hill. Written through the eyes of a growing child, this is the story of a very particular family and their circle of brilliant, idealistic and intellectual friends in London in the 60s, 70s and 80s. We follow William through the ups and downs of childhood, as he explores the back gardens and homes of his famous neighbours, attends dramatic rehearsals with his dad Jonathan Miller, fails exams and is bullied at school, gets drugs from the philosopher A. J. Ayer's wife, and tries to watch the moon landing with Alan Bennett and a room full of writers. Not only a picture of an extraordinary time in Britain's cultural history, and a hitherto unseen portrait of some of the brightest minds of a generation, this book tells the funny, tender and moving story of a young boy trying to find his own identity.
Grandma Gatewood's walk: the inspiring story of the woman who saved the Appalachian Trail, Ben Montgomery. 796.51 GAT: Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person; man or woman, to walk it twice and three times. Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail.
Handel in London: the making of a genius, Jane Glover. 780.92 HAN: Handel in London tells the story of a young German composer who in 1712, followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life. Here, Jane Glover, who has conducted Georg Friederich Handel's work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel's story. It is a story of music-making and musicianship, of practices and practicalities, but also of courts and cabals, of theatrical rivalries and of eighteenth-century society.
Heavy: an American memoir, Kiese Laymon. 813.6 LAY: In this powerful and provocative memoir, genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception does to a black body, a black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse. Kiese Laymon is a fearless writer. In his essays, personal stories combine with piercing intellect to reflect both on the state of American society and on his experiences with abuse, which conjure conflicted feelings of shame, joy, confusion and humiliation.
Henry VIII and the men who made him, Tracy Borman. 942.052 HEN: Henry VIII is well known for his tumultuous relationships with women, and he is often defined by his many marriages. But what do we see if we take a different look? When we see Henry through the men in his life, a new perspective on this famous king emerges. Henry's relationships with the men who surrounded him reveal much about his beliefs, behaviour and character.
Hindsight: & all the things I can't see in front of me, Justin Timberlake. 781.64 TIM: In his first book, Justin Timberlake creates a characteristically dynamic experience, one that combines an intimate, remarkable collection of anecdotes, reflections, and observations on his life and work with hundreds of candid photographs from his personal archives that range from his early years to the present day, in locations around the world, both on and off the stage.
Hobbo: motor racer, motor mouth: the autobiography of David Hobbs, David Hobbs. 796.72 HOB: Englishman David Hobbs is one of motor racing's most remarkable all-rounders. In a 41-year driving career he raced in almost every imaginable category: endurance sports racers, touring cars, Formula 1, Formula 5000, Indycars, IMSA, Trans-Am, Can-Am and even NASCAR. He has also been a television commentator in America for nearly 40 years, bringing wit and wisdom to the screen, presently as part of NBC's Formula 1 team. Now, at last, he has put down all his experiences in this highly readable memoir that will be welcomed by racing enthusiasts.
I am dynamite!: a life of Friedrich Nietzsche, Sue Prideaux. 193 NIE: Friedrich Nietzsche's work blasted the foundation of western thinking. The death of God, the UEbermensch, and the slave morality permeate our culture, high and low, and yet he is one of history's most misunderstood philosophers. Nietzsche himself thought that all philosophy was autobiographical and in this myth-shattering book, Sue Prideaux brings readers into the world of a brilliant, eccentric and deeply troubled man, illuminating the events and people that shaped his life and work.
In extremis: the life of war correspondent Marie Colvin, Lindsey Hilsum. 070.433 COL: Marie Colvin reported from the most dangerous places in the world, going in further and staying longer than anyone else. Like her hero, the legendary reporter Martha Gellhorn, she sought to bear witness to the horrifying truths of war, to write `the first draft of history' and to shine a light on the suffering of ordinary people. Marie covered the major conflicts of our time: Israel and Palestine, Chechnya, East Timor, Sri Lanka; where she was hit by a grenade and lost sight in her left eye, resulting in her trademark eye-patch, Iraq and Afghanistan.
In pieces: a memoir, Sally Field. 791.43028 FIE: For more than five decades, beginning with her first TV role at the age of seventeen. From Gidget's sweet-faced "girl next door" to the dazzling complexity of Sybil to the Academy Award-worthy ferocity and depth of Norma Rae and Mary Todd Lincoln, Field has stunned audiences time and time again with her artistic range and emotional acuity. Field brings readers behind-the-scenes for not only the highs and lows of her star-studded early career in Hollywood, but deep into the truth of her lifelong relationships, including her complicated love for her own mother.
Johnathan Thurston: the autobiography, James Phelps. 796.3338 THU: Johnathan Thurston is widely regarded as rugby league's greatest player. This autobiography follows Thurston's journey from a Brisbane kid who was written off as too skinny, too slow and too wild to play professionally, to his debut with the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2003, to State of Origin star, to Dally M and Clive Churchill Medal winner, and the fairytale premierships.
Jolly lad, John Doran. 781.66 DOR: Music critic and mauvais vivant John Doran is turning his popular and long running MENK column for VICE into a book. Jolly Lad concerns the author's attempts to deal with his life as a recovering alcoholic, to calm his enthusiasm for narcotics, to take control of his wildly fluctuating mental health issues and to curb a tendency toward bleakness in order to become a better father to his young son and less of a meff'.
Journey towards justice, Kim Workman. 361.25 WOR: Kim Workman grew up in the Wairarapa, son of a Pākehā mother and Māori father. His whakapapa comes from Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne; Pāpāwai Marae near Greytown is the place to which he always returns. Jazz musician, policeman, public servant, prison manager, prominent campaigner for restorative justice - Kim's life is full of passion and spirit, research and writing, action and commitment. Working as a police officer in the 1960s prompted his engagement with justice reform. His career in prison management strengthened his commitment to prisoners' welfare. Kim's visionary work in justice reform began when he became director of Prison Fellowship New Zealand, and ultimately found expression in the Rethinking Crime and Punishment project and in supporting the activist group JustSpeak. His thinking draws on both his Christian faith and his Māori heritage: he was instrumental in establishing one of the first faith-based prison units, and his understanding of restorative justice draws strongly on Māori customary practice.
Just kids, Patti Smith. 781.66 SMI: Patti's Smith's exquisite prose is generously illustrated in this full-colour edition of her classic coming-of-age memoir, Just Kids. New York locations vividly come to life where, as young artists, Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met and fell in love: a first apartment in Brooklyn, Times Square with John and Yoko's iconic billboard, Max's Kansas City, or the gritty fire escape of the Hotel Chelsea. The extraordinary people who passed through their lives are also pictured: Sam Shepard, Harry Smith, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg. Along with never-before-published photographs, drawings, and ephemera, this edition captures a moment in New York when everything was possible.
Lady sings the blues, Billie Holiday. 781.65 HOL: Lady Sings the Blues is the inimitable autobiography of one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century. Born to a single mother in 1915 Baltimore, Billie Holiday had her first run-in with the law at aged 13. Her memoir tells the story of her life spent in jazz, smoky Harlem clubs and packed-out concert halls, her love affairs, her wildly creative friends, her struggles with addiction and her adventures in love. Billie Holiday is a wise and aphoristic guide to the story of her unforgettable life.
Let her fly: a father's journey and the fight for equality, Ziauddin Yousafzai. 371.1 YOU: Let Her Fly is Ziauddin's journey from a stammering boy growing up in a tiny village high in the mountains of Pakistan, through to being an activist for equality and the father of the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and now one of the most influential and inspiring young women on the planet. This biography shows what it means to love, to have courage and fight for what is inherently right.
Let's go (so we can get back): a memoir of recording and discording with Wilco, etc., Jeff Tweedy. 781.66 TWE: Wilco singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy tells stories about his childhood in Belleville, Illinois; the St. Louis record store, rock clubs, and live-music circuit that sparked his songwriting and performing career; and the Chicago scene that brought it all together. He discusses his collaborators in Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, and more; and writes lovingly about his parents, wife Susie, and sons, Spencer and Sammy.
Loretta Lynn: Blue Kentucky girl, Jay Orr. 781.642 LYN: A Country Music Hall of Fame member for her groundbreaking work as a singer and songwriter, Lynn has been a major source of inspiration for artists ranging from Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, and Kacey Musgraves to Jack White and Exene Cervenka. Lynn's well-documented humble beginnings are the stuff of legend, and as she emerged in the 1960s, her powerfully penned songs not only dominated the country charts, they challenged social norms, often addressing such controversial topics as broken marriages, divorce, birth control, and domestic violence, in ways both natural and defiant.
Made in Scotland: my grand adventures in a wee country, Billy Connolly. 792.7 CON: Billy Connolly grew up in the tenements of post-war Glasgow and is very proud to be working class, and especially a working-class Glaswegian who has worked in the shipyards. I come from the working class. "Scotland is a unique and wonderful place and this book is about why I will always be happy and proud that this is where I come from."
Mbappé, Luca Caioli. 796.334 MBA: Kylian Mbappe's meteoric rise to footballing stardom has been one of the major talking points of recent seasons. Having only made his professional debut for Monaco in 2015, aged just sixteen, by summer 2017 he had already seen a é200m price tag placed on his head; one that Paris Saint-Germain were eager to meet. In his brief career to date he has broken records at a rate matched only by the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with many pundits tipping him to rival their legendary legacies in the years to come.
Michael O'Leary: turbulent times for the man who made Ryanair, Matt Cooper. 387.7 OLE: Based on extensive research; including with close associates of O'Leary, the book examines O'Leary's personality, beliefs and obsessions and describes how these have moulded the business he runs. Written by a multi-award-winning journalist and broadcaster, with a thirty-year career covering business and current affairs, it is a fascinating insight into the business behind the man, and the man behind the business.
My diarrhe, Miranda Sings. 792.7 SIN: This is the humorous diary of YouTube personality Miranda Sings, alter ego of comedian Colleen Ballinger. Taped together so the world can read all about her life through her eyes, this book includes pages from Miranda's baby book, poems from her years as an emotional teen, secrets from her dating life, and stories from her rise to fame.
My love story, Tina Turner. 781.66 TUR: Tina Turner; the long-reigning queen of rock 'n' roll and living legend, sets the record straight about her illustrious career and complicated personal life in this eye-opening and compelling memoir. From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner, to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history; her trials, her triumphs, and everything in between.
My polar dream, Jade Hameister. 910.92 HAM: At sixteen, Jade Hameister became the youngest person in history to complete the Polar Hat Trick.This is the story of an adventurer who never gave up; who set herself incredible challenges beyond her years and experience. An adventurer who endured extremes of cold and blizzards; treacherous terrain where one wrong step could be fatal; struggled through sastrugi, ice rubble and emotional lows to achieve an extraordinary goal.
Napoleon: the man behind the myth, Adam Zamoyski. 944.05 NAP: The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyski's portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at its finest. Napoleon inspires passionately held and often conflicting visions. Was he a god-like genius, Romantic avatar, megalomaniac monster, compulsive warmonger or just a nasty little dictator? Whilst he displayed elements of these traits at certain times, Napoleon was none of these things. He was a man, and as Adam Zamoyski presents him in this landmark biography, a rather ordinary one at that. He exhibited some extraordinary qualities during some phases of his life but it is hard to credit genius to a general who presided over the worst (and self-inflicted) disaster in military history and who single-handedly destroyed the great enterprise he and others had toiled so hard to construct.
Natalie and Romaine, Diana Souhami. 818.5 BAR: This is a double biography of Natalie Barney and Romaine Brooks who were both rich, American and grandly lesbian. They met in Paris in 1915 and their tempestuous affair lasted more than fifty years. By the end of their lives together, Natalie and Romaine had entertained, slept with, fallen in love with, tutored or tortured a range of figures including Gertrude Stein, Colette, Edith Sitwell, Gabriele d'Annunzio and the ballerina Ida Rubinstein. But among this tumult there was an enduring and loving relationship that supported a liberating spirit of culture, style and candour.
Never grow up, Jackie Chan. 791.43028 CHE: A candid, thrilling memoir from one of the most recognizable, influential, and beloved cinematic personalities in the world. In Never Grow Up, Jackie Chan reflects on his early life, including his childhood years at the China Drama Academy (in which he was enrolled at the age of six), his big breaks and setbacks in Hong Kong and Hollywood, his numerous brushes with death (both on and off film sets), and his life as a husband and father.
Once in a house on fire, Andrea Ashworth. 941.085 ASH: For Andrea Ashworth, home was not a place of comfort and solace, but of violence and fear. Her father died when she was five, leaving her close-knit, loving family to battle with poverty, abuse and the long shadow of depression. But from the ashes of 1970s Manchester and the hardships of her coming-of-age in the late 1980s, Andrea finds the courage to rise. Written with eye-opening honesty, rare beauty and intense power, this is a ground-breaking memoir, endearing in its humour and compassion, and life-affirming in its portrait of terrible circumstances triumphantly overcome.
Portrait of an addict as a young man: a memoir, Bill Clegg. 362.298 CLE: What makes one of the most gifted, charismatic and successful literary agents in New York fall into full-blown crack- addiction: a collapse that would cost him his business, his home, many of his friends and, very nearly, his life? In his utterly compulsive narrative, Bill Clegg leads us through the grimiest back-rooms of Manhattan's underbelly, through scenes of blank-eyed sex and squalor, into the febrile paranoia of a mind gone out of control.
Pulpit radical: the story of New Zealand social campaigner Rutherford Waddell, Ian Dougherty. 285.2 WAD: Pulpit Radical tells the story of one of New Zealand's most influential social campaigners. From his base as a minister at the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Dunedin, Rutherford Waddell immersed himself in all manner of causes, most notably in campaigning against the miserable plight of women in the clothing industry, which led to major changes to labour legislation. Although Waddell's views on subjects such as eugenics and prohibition find little contemporary favour, his campaigning on issues such as poverty and inequality remains relevant today
Reversed: a memoir, Lois Letchford. 649.15 LET: Can a child's fate be sealed by the age of seven? Every parent has high hopes for their children. When Lois Letchford learns her son, Nicholas, has been diagnosed with a low IQ at the end of grade one, she refuses to give up on his future. After thorough testing, Nicholas proves to have no spatial awareness, limited concentration, and can only read ten words. Although discouraged, Lois knows things have to improve. But once Nicholas is labeled "learning disabled," a designation considered more derogatory than "dyslexia," the world of education is quick to cast him aside.
Saboteur: the untold story of SOE's youngest agent at the heart of the French Resistance, Mark Seaman. 940.5486 BRO: Tony Brooks was unique. He was barely out of school when recruited in 1941 by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the wartime secret service established by Churchill to 'set Europe ablaze'. After extensive training he was parachuted into France in July 1942 - being among the first (and youngest) British agents sent to support the nascent French Resistance. Brook's success was primarily due to his exceptional qualities as a secret agent, although he was aided by large and frequent slices of luck.
Sam Hunt: off the road, Colin Hogg. 821.914 HUN: From the far side of the room, an intimate, off-the-road journey into the life of New Zealand's best-known poet, Sam Hunt. Thirty years after Hogg and Hunt collaborated on the now-legendary Angel Gear: Off the Road with Sam Hunt, the pair have decided to throw caution to the wind and proceed without doctors' certificates, to create an older, possibly wiser twin to that earlier book. Part conversation, part story-telling, part poems, it's also a book about friendship, solitude, love, death, self-destruction and endurance. With photographs and poems, some old, some new.
'Sam' Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Lord Elworthy, KG, GCB, CBE, DSO, LVO, DFC, AFC, MA: a biography, Richard Mead. 358.400941 MEA: Sam Elworthy's career was remarkable by any standards. Born in New Zealand in 1911 and educated in England, he was called to the Bar. After learning to learning to fly he joined the RAAF. During the Second World War he won the DFC, DSO and AFC and, after commanding 82 Squadron, worked closely with 'Bomber' Harris and General Eisenhower. He became an air commodore aged 33. Switching to Fighter Command he saw service in India, Pakistan, and the UK before becoming Commandant of the RAF Staff College. By 1960 he was tri-service C-in-C Middle East and his actions prevented the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. As Chief of Air Staff and Chief of Defence Staff in the 1960s he fought the Services' corner at a difficult political and economic time.
Simon Mannering: Warrior, Angus Gillies. 796.3338 MAN: Simon Mannering is one of elite sport's great enigmas. Since 2005 he has been a regular fixture in the Warriors and Kiwis rugby league teams and has captained both sides. He is, in short, the ultimate warrior, who will always put the good of the team before his own wishes and ambitions. He has played close to 300 games in the NRL, one of the most taxing and physically demanding competitions in world sport, but very few people know anything about him. He shuns the celebrity lifestyle, is never implicated in controversy and hardly ever does interviews. But his career is a blueprint for how young people with only average natural abilities (his words) can force their way to the top.
Slippery Jim or patriotic statesman?: James Macandrew of Otago, R.J. Bunce. 993.92 MCA: This is a biography of one of New Zealand's most colourful and persuasive politicians. When James Macandrew arrived in Dunedin from Scotland in 1851, other settlers were impressed by his energy and enthusiasm for new initiatives. With his finger in a lot of commercial pies, he set about making himself a handsome income which he eventually lost, declaring himself bankrupt and ending up in a debtors' prison for a time. Politics became another enterprise at which he threw himself with a passion. Macandrew was a member of Otago Provincial Council for 10 years, during which time he held almost all the elected positions in that body. He was superintendent of Otago for a further decade, and at the same time he was a member of parliament for 29 years. This re-examination of his life and political work reveals a man who both inspired and infuriated the citizens of Otago, and New Zealand, for almost four decades.
Slowhand: the life and music of Eric Clapton, Philip Norman. 781.66 CLA: For half a century Eric Clapton has been acknowledged to be one of music's greatest virtuosos, the unrivalled master of an indispensable tool, the solid-body electric guitar. His career has spanned the history of rock, and often shaped it via the seminal bands with whom he's played: the Yardbirds, John Mavall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes. Winner of 17 Grammys, the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame's only three- time inductee, he is an enduring influence on every other star soloist who ever wielded a pick. Packed with new information and critical insights, Slowhand finally reveals the complex character behind a living legend.
Some old bloke: recollections, obsessions and the joys of blokedom, Robert Llewellyn. 791.45028 LLE: We take a meandering route through Robert's life and career, from the sensitive young boy at odds with his ex-military father, through his stint as a hippy and his years of arrested development spent in the world of fringe comedy, all the way up to the full-body medicals and hard-won insights of middle age. Robert presents a refreshingly open and un-cynical look at the world at large and, of course, the joys of being a bloke.
Steve's story: the life of a Polish orphan, Jackie Van Dyke. 973 CHA: A young woman and a young man left their villages in Poland in 1907 and joined the throng of immigrants pouring into the United States at that time. They met in Philadelphia and married soon after. Within fifteen years, hard times and a houseful of seven children led to a family breakdown, bootlegging, and arrests, which culminated with the children being placed in an orphanage. This is the story of how one of those children, Steve, after an adventurous life, raising five children, and overcoming heartbreaking circumstances, made a trip to Poland to discover his Polish family and true Polish roots at eighty years old.
Still life with chickens: starting over in a house by the sea, Catherine Goldhammer. 974.4 GOL: In this beautifully written and frequently funny memoir, Catherine Goldhammer, newly separated, along with her twelve-year-old daughter, starts life anew in a cottage by the sea, in a rustic town where live bait is sold from vending machines. Partly to please her daughter and partly for reasons not clear to her at the time, she begins this year of transition by purchasing six baby chickens; whose job, she comes to suspect, is to pull her and her daughter forward out of one life and into another.
The beginning of everything, Andrea J. Buchanan. 617.48 BUC: One morning, cold winter air triggered a coughing fit, and Andrea Buchan began to choke. When she coughed that morning, a small tear ripped through her dura mater, the membrane covering the brain and spinal cord. Andrea was unaware that her cerebrospinal fluid was already beginning to leak out of that tiny opening. What followed was nine months of pain and confusion as her brain, no longer cushioned by a healthy waterbed of fluid, sank in her skull. She was plagued by cognitive impairment and constant pain. Andrea reveals the astonishing story of her fraught search for treatment; how patients, especially women, fight to be seen as reliable narrators of their own experiences; and how her life-altering recovery process affected both her and her family.
The book of Daniel: from Silverchair to dreams, Jeff Apter. 781.66 JOH: The highs, lows and incredible life of the enigmatic Daniel Johns, from Silverchair to Dreams.Drawing on more than fifteen years of documenting the life and times of Daniel Johns, author Jeff Apter has brought his story to life, revealing the struggles and triumphs of one of Australia's most distinctive and dazzling talents. The book also includes a collection of exclusive photographs of Johns by eminent rock photographer Tony Mott.
The children's house of Belsen, Hetty E Verolme. 940.5318 VER: During the Holocaust the young Hetty was rounded up by the Nazis and sent for 14 long months to Belsen Concentration Camp. Hetty and her two little brothers were forcefully separated from their parents. This is her story; how she as one of the eldest children had to become the 'Little Mother' not only taking care of her two brothers but also forty young children living in Barrack 211 known as 'The Children's House of Belsen'. At fourteen-years-old, an unimaginable task amidst the inhumane conditions of hunger, cold, sickness death and despair, she kept up her spirits. A truly remarkable story of a young girl's determination.
The fabulous Bouvier sisters: the tragic and glamorous lives of Jackie and Lee, Sam Kashner. 920.72 ONA: Kashner and Schoenberger draw on candid interviews with Jackie Kennedy Onassis' sister, Lee, to share insights into the close relationship the two shared. One became the most iconic woman of her time, while the other lived in her shadow. In discussing their artistic interests and the rivalries that complicated their bond, we learn the complete story of the sisters' private and public lives, and that of the Bouvier family itself.
The life of Saul Bellow: love and strife, 1965-2005, Zachary Leader. 813.52 BEL: When this second volume of The Life of Saul Bellow opens, Bellow, at forty-nine, is at the pinnacle of American letters; rich, famous, critically acclaimed. The expected trajectory is one of decline: volume 1, rise; volume 2, fall. Bellow never fell, producing some of his greatest fiction (Mr Sammler's Planet, Humboldt's Gift, all his best stories), winning two more National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize. At eighty, he wrote his last story; at eighty-five, he wrote Ravelstein. In this volume, his life away from the desk, including his love life, is if anything more dramatic than in volume 1.
The price of fortune: the untold story of being James Packer, Damon Kitney. 338.7 PAC: James Packer tells his biographer, journalist Damon Kitney, of the heady days of 2016 when he broke up with pop star Mariah Carey, abandoned living in Hollywood and Israel, left the global casino stage, and divided the family fortune in a bitter separation from his sister. 'I flew too close to the sun'. With these words, Packer delves for the first time into the story behind his stunning public revelation in mid-March 2018 of his battle with mental health issues, which forced him to resign from the board of the Crown casino company he owns and loves.
The songaminute man: how music brought my father home again, Simon McDermott. 616.831 MCD: When Simon McDermott first noticed his dad Ted's sudden flares of temper and fits of forgetfulness, he couldn't have guessed what lay ahead. Then came the devastating, inevitable diagnosis. As Ted retreated into his own world, Simon and his mum Linda desperately tried to reach him until at last: an idea to reach him through the music he loved. His Dad; the storyteller of his childhood and his best friend, couldn't tell his own story, so Simon would tell it for him. The Songaminute Man recalls a boy who became a gutsy and fiercely loyal man. It remembers a childhood of sleeping top-to-toe, rationing, adventure in the woods and making-do-and-mending, a close-knit community, and a life-long passion for music. Full of poignant moments, the ups and downs of family life and treasured memories, and a powerful and moving account of caring for a loved one.
Theo Schoon: a biography, Damian Skinner. 709.93 SCH: Emigre artist Theo Schoon was fascinating, unorthodox, controversial, pioneering and at times reckless. His life intersected with important cultural periods and places, where what it meant to be modern in New Zealand were being debated and articulated in art, literature, music and theatre. The art he pioneered and promoted - Māori rock drawings, the drawings of a psychiatric patient, Māori moko and kowhaiwhai, the abstract patterns of geothermal activity in Rotorua - were decisive for many other New Zealand artists, including Gordon Walters. This superb, highly illustrated biography by one of New Zealand's best art writers corrects that imbalance and examines Schoon's claims on the development of art and culture in Aotearoa in the twentieth century.
There's no bones in ice cream: Sylvain Sylvain's story of the New York Dolls, Sylvain Sylvain. 781.66 SYL: The New York Dolls were called many things; glam, proto-punk, hard rock, but are probably best understood as a dirty rock & roll band. Combining an aggressively androgynous style with street smart New York attitude and campy humour, the New York Dolls ushered in the era of CBGBs, heroin chic, loud guitars and referential lyrics which gave rise to Patti Smith, The Ramones, Television and many more.Taking in his early life in New York, the rise, fall and rise again of the New York Dolls, and all his misadventures between, There's No Bones in Ice Cream is the true story of one of rock's greatest, told in his own authentic voice.
This will only hurt a little, Busy Philipps. 791.45028 PHI: Busy Philipps's autobiographical book offers the same unfiltered and candid storytelling that her Instagram followers have come to know and love, from growing up in Scottsdale, Arizona and her painful and painfully funny teen years, to her life as a working actress, mother, and famous best friend. Busy is the rare entertainer whose impressive arsenal of talents as an actress is equally matched by her storytelling ability, sense of humour, and sharp observations about life, love, and motherhood.
Will to live, Matthew Ames. 362.43 AME: For a couple of weeks, Matthew Ames didn't feel well. The busy father of four young children knew things were not quite right but suddenly he was in the emergency room with a severe case of toxic shock syndrome; the common bacteria Strep A had entered his bloodstream and his body had gone into shutdown. He was put into an induced coma and the only way he could be kept alive was to have all his limbs amputated. Diane Ames knew exactly what her husband would want and that he would cope; he had always been optimistic and practical. Despite a one percent chance of survival, she asked the doctors to go ahead with the radical operation. And so began the inspiring story of an ordinary family's courage and determination to make the most of a terrible situation.

Books about books

Modern book collecting: a basic guide to all aspects of book collecting: what to collect, who to buy from, auctions, bibliographies, care, fakes, investments, donations, definitions, and more, Robert A. Wilson.. 002 WIL
The wonderful world of Ladybird books for grown-ups, Jason Hazeley. 741.64 HAZ
The world of the book, Des Cowley. 002 COW: This authoritatively written and lavishly illustrated work includes religious texts, great travel tomes, books that changed the world, typography and cover design and comics.
What is the history of the book?, James Raven. 002 RAV

Business & Management

#StandOutOnline, Natasha Courtenay-Smith. 658.872 COU: Using a combination of technical know-how, insider tips and interviews with prominent online influencers and business owners, entrepreneur and digital strategist Natasha Courtenay-Smith shows how anyone can build a strong personal brand and become the most visible expert in their industry.
Connect the dots: leadership lessons in a start-up world, John Chambers. 658.409 CHA
Digital transformation from the inside out: work smarter, increase productivity and create a vibrant culture, Marcus Dervin. 658.51 DER
Entrepreneur: building your business from start to success, Lars Tvede. 658.11 TVE
Fish!: a proven way to boost morale and improve results, Stephen C. Lundin. 658.314 LUN: Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude to the job every day. Imagine an environment in which people are truly connected to their work, to their colleagues, and to their customers. In this engrossing parable, a fictional manager is charged with the responsibility of turning a chronically unenthusiastic and unhelpful department into an effective team.
How to be successful without hurting men's feelings: non-threatening leadership strategies for women, Sarah Cooper. 650.1 COO
How to run a store, Harold Whitehead. 658.87 WHI
How to write a business plan, Brian Finch. 658.401 FIN
Roxy's little black book of tips & tricks: the no-bullsht guide to all things PR, social media, business and building your brand, Roxy Jacenko. 650.14 JAC
Secrets of business experts exposed, Dale Beaumont. 658.42 BEA
Silent selling: best practices and effective strategies in visual merchandising, Judy Bell. 659.157 BEL
Success through diversity: why the most inclusive companies will win, Carol Fulp. 658.3 FUL: Explores how investing in a racially and ethnically diverse workforce will help make contemporary businesses more dynamic, powerful, and profitable.
The 7 principles of conflict resolution: how to resolve disputes, defuse difficult situations and reach agreement, Louisa Weinstein. 658.405 WEI
The messy middle: finding your way through the hardest and most crucial part of any bold venture, Scott Belsky. 658.42 BEL: The Messy Middle argues that the real key to success is how you navigate the ups-and-downs after initial investment is secured. It gives insights to build and optimize your team, improve your product and develop your own capacity to lead.
The Toyota way: 14 management principles from the world's greatest manufacturer, Jeffrey K. Liker. 658.5 LIK
This is marketing: you can't be seen until you learn to see, Seth Godin. 658.8 GOD: This book teaches you how to identify your smallest viable audience; draw on the right signals and signs to position your offering; build trust and permission with your target market; speak to the narratives your audience tells themselves about status, affiliation, and dominance; spot opportunities to create and release tension; and give people the tools to achieve their goals.
Visual merchandising: window and in-store displays for retail, Tony Morgan. 659.157 MOR
You, incorporated: your career is your business, Ines Temple. 650.14 TEM: A no-nonsense guide for those new to the workforce, looking for a job, career-changers and career builders. Organized into five direct and digestible chapters, this is a practical guide to career success that zeros in on the three essential concepts that job-seekers, career builders and career changers need to know: no job is forever, employability equals options, your career is your business.

Cartoons

Herding cats: a "Sarah's scribbles" collection, Sarah Andersen. 741.5 AND: With characteristic wit and charm, Sarah Andersen's third collection of comics and illustrated personal essays offers a survival guide for frantic modern life: from the importance of avoiding morning people, to Internet troll defense 101, to the not-so-life-changing futility of tidying up.
The complete Peanuts, 1983 to 1984, Charles M. Schulz. 741.5 SCH
The little book of cartooning & illustration: more than 50 tips and techniques for drawing characters, animals, and expressions., . 741.5 LIT
The little book of Superman, Paul Levitz. 741.5 LEV

Computing & Digital

Android things quick start guide: build your own smart devices using the Android things platform, Raul Portales. 005.44 POR
Click here to kill everybody: security and survival in a hyper-connected world, Bruce Schneier. 005.8 SCH
Complete guide to test automation: techniques, practices, and patterns for building and maintaining effective software projects, Arnon Axelrod. 005.14 AXE
iOS 12 programming fundamentals with Swift: Swift, Xcode, and Cocoa basics, Matt Neuburg. 005.26 NEU
Microsoft Silverlight: practical tools for self-assessment, The Art of Service. 006.7 MIC
Photoshop restoration & retouching, Katrin Eismann. 006.68 EIS
Using your web skills to make money: secrets of a successful online course creator and other income strategies that really work, Azat Mardan. 005.1 MAR

Crafts, Hobbies & Collecting

African wax print textiles, Anne Grosfilley. 746.66 GRO: Anne Grosfilley traces the process of printing and dying the fabric, involving wax or indigo, to its West Indian roots. She also explores the differences of mass-produced and artisanally sourced fabrics, tracking where textiles go from the manufacturing centers to markets and cities throughout Africa and the world.
Amazing glaze: techniques, recipes, finishing, and firing, Gabriel Kline. 738.12 KLI
Bead embroidery, Shelley Cox. 746.5 COX
Better living through origami: 20 creative paper projects for a beautiful home, Nelliana van den Baard. 736.98 VAN
Big Wool knits: 8 stylish designs using rowan big wool., RowanYarns. 746.432 BIG
Calligraphic drawing: a how-to guide and gallery exploring the art of the flourish, Schin Loong. 745.61 LOO
Ceramics and print, Paul Scott. 738.15 SCO: From low-tech mono-prints to digital laser decal, it is now possible to employ a range of techniques to print on clay and vitreous surfaces. Scott explores photographic processes, as well as the new opportunities presented by digital technology, including digital and 3D printing. Illustrated with images of beautiful works by leading artists working in printed ceramics.
Emoji crochet: 20 easy-to-make projects expressing attitude & style, Charles Voth. 746.434 VOT
Felting fashion: creative and inspirational techniques for felt-makers, Lizzie Houghton. 746.0463 HOU
Foamsmith: how to create foam armor costumes, Bill Doran. 739.7 DOR
Guo Pei: couture beyond, Paula Wallace. 746.92 GUO: The premier China-based fashion designer to figure prominently on the world stage, Guo Pei produces ornate embroidery and intricate designs that derive from the ancient traditions and symbols of her Chinese heritage, rendered in glamorous silhouettes.
Hand built: a potter's guide: master timeless techniques, explore newx forms, dig and process your own clay, Melissa Weiss. 738.1 WEI
I love my dog embroidery: 380 stitch motifs for dog moms and dads, Oksana Kokovkina. 746.44 KOK
Knitting comfortably: the ergonomics of handknitting, Carson Demers. 746.432 DEM
Layered and stitched pictures: using free machine embroidery and appliqué to create textile art inspired by everyday life, Katie Essam. 746.445 ESS
Painted botanical collage: create flowers, succulents, and herbs from cut paper and mixed media, Tracey English. 745.54 ENG
Pat Albeck: queen of the tea towel, Matthew Rice. 746 RIC: Pat Albeck was a prolific and well-known textile and homewear designer, affectionately known as 'the Queen of the Tea Towel'. She started designing in the 1950s and is best known for her work with the National Trust, for whom she designed some 300 tea towels from the 1970s to the present day.
Patternalia: an unconventional history of polka dots, stripes, plaid, camouflage, & other graphic patterns, Jude Stewart. 745.4 STE
Rowan autumn accessories: 14 designs using Big Wool Silk and Big Wool, Marie Wallin. 746.432 WAL
Sew kraft-tex bags: 17 projects, tips & techniques for working with Kraft paper fabric, Betsy La Honta. 746 HON
Sue Stratford's knitted aviary: a flock of 21 beautiful birds to knit., Sue Stratford. 746.432 STR
The art of the fold: how to make innovative books and paper structures, Hedi Kyle. 736.98 KYL
The PVC pipe book: projects for the home, garden, and homestead, Chris Peterson. 745.57 PET
Treasures of the Mughals and the Maharajas: the Al-Thani collection, Amin Jaffer. 739.27 TRE: This book covers jewellery traditions of the Indian subcontinent, from the Mughal period to the modern day. The evolution of gem-setting and jewellery is shown through over two hundred and seventy exceptional pieces from The Al Thani Collection, together with major works on loan from prestigious institutions and private collections.
Weaving: contemporary makers on the loom, Katie Treggiden. 746.14 TRE
Woven in wire: dimensional wire weaving in fine art jewelry, Sarah Thompson. 739.27 THO
Wreaths: with how-to tutorials, Laura Dowling. 745.92 DOW

Crime & Espionage

A massacre in Mexico: the true story behind the missing forty-three students, Anabel Hernández. 364.132 HER: The definitive account of the mass disappearance of 43 Mexican male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College went missing in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico and the government that tried to cover it up.
An introduction to criminal psychology, Russil Durrant. 364.3 DUR
An unexplained death: the true story of a body at the Belvedere, Mikita Brottman. 364.152 BRO: When the body of a missing man is discovered in the Belvedere, an apparent suicide, resident Mikita Brottman becomes obsessed with the mysterious circumstances of his death. The Belvedere used to be a hotel dating back to Baltimore's Golden Age but is now converted into flats, and as Brottman investigates the perplexing case of the dead man, she soon becomes caught up in the strange and violent secrets of the Belvedere's past.
Murder by the book: a sensational chapter in Victorian crime, Claire Harman. 364.1523 HAR: Murder By the Book combines the thrilling true-crime story with an illuminating account of the rise of the novel form and the battle for its early soul between the most famous writers of the time. It is a superbly researched, vividly written, fascinating read from first to last.
Stalked: the human target: stories of people pursued by stalkers and the devastating effects on their lives, Rachel Cassidy. 364.15 CAS
The arsonist: a mind on fire, Chloe Hooper. 364.164 HOO: On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. The Arsonist takes readers on the hunt for this man, and inside the strange puzzle of his mind.
The crimes of Jack the Ripper: the Whitechapel murders re-examined, Paul Roland. 364.1523 JAC
The royal art of poison: fatal cosmetics, deadly medicines, and murder most foul, Eleanor Herman. 364.1523 HER: The Royal Art of Poison is a hugely entertaining work of popular history that traces the use of poison as a political and cosmetic tool in the royal courts of Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the Kremlin today.
What we talk about when we talk about rape, Sohaila Abdulali. 364.1532 ABD: Drawing on her own experience, her work with hundreds of survivors as the head of a rape crisis center in Boston, and three decades of grappling with rape as a feminist intellectual and writer, Abdulali tackles some of our thorniest questions about rape.

Customs & Etiquette

A Christmas cornucopia: the hidden stories behind our Yuletide traditions, Mark Forsyth. 394.266 FOR
Stories behind the great traditions of Christmas, Ace Collins. 394.266 COL

Education

After the education wars: how smart schools upend the business of reform, Andrea Gabor. 370.973 GAB: After the Education Wars explains how the market-based measures and carrot-and- stick incentives informing today's reforms are out of sync with the nurturing culture that good schools foster and–contrary to popular belief–at odds with the best practices of thriving twenty-first-century companies as well.
Posh boys: how the English public schools ruin Britain, Robert Verkaik. 373.222 VER
The coddling of the American mind: how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure, Greg Lukianoff. 378.198 LUK

Engineering

Arduino, John Nussey. 621.381 NUS: Arduino is an affordable and readily available hardware development platform based around an open source, programmable circuit board. You can combine this programmable chip with a variety of sensors and actuators to sense your environment around you and control lights, motors, and sound. This flexible and easy-to-use combination of hardware and software can be used to create interactive robots, product prototypes and electronic artwork.
Botanical inks: plant-to-print dyes, techniques and projects, Babs Behan. 667.3 BEH
Chromatopia: an illustrated history of colour, David Coles. 667 COL: Throughout history, artist pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dung, and even crushed insects. From grinding down beetles and burning animal bones to alchemy and serendipity, Chromatopia reveals the origin stories of over 50 of history's most extraordinary pigments
Digital systems: from logic gates to processors, Jean-Pierre Deschamps. 621.381 DES
Perfumes: the guide 2018, Luca Turin. 668.54 TUR
The world in a grain: the story of sand and how it transformed civilization, Vince Beiser. 620.191 BEI
Victorinox Swiss Army Knives: a collector's companion, Darek Jackson. 621.93 JAC
Wine revolution: the world's best organic, biodynamic & natural wines, Jane Anson. 663.2 ANS: This book explores what makes these wines different, how they are produced, and why they are enjoying such a boom. Featuring 250 tasting notes of wines from every corner of the world, as well as grower profiles and recommendations from some of the best sommeliers from around the world. Wine estates that grow biodynamic wines include many high-end, commercially successful producers who have converted to organic and biodynamic practices.

Environment

Vaquita: science, politics, and crime in the Sea of Cortez, Brooke Bessesen. 639.97 BES: In 2006, the last of China's Yangtze river dolphins; baiji, succumbed to extinction, and la vaquita marina, a diminutive porpoise endemic to the Upper Gulf of California, quietly and without fanfare inherited the title of world's most endangered marine mammal. Unlike many other critically endangered species, the vaquita is not hunted. Nor is its habitat disappearing or degraded. The species is even protected by law. Why then have its numbers plummeted to near extinction when few humans have seen it live in the wild? Brooke Bessesen sets out to Mexico's Upper Gulf region to untangle the intricacies of the biology, acoustical science, and international intrigues behind the vaquita's decline.

Farming

Animal, vegetable, miracle: our year of seasonal eating, Barbara Kingsolver. 630.973 KIN: Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, and filled with recipes, this book deals with putting the kitchen back at the centre of family life, and diversified farms at the centre of our diet.
Our land, our people: in search of farming excellence, Ross Hyland. 630.993 HYL: Not only do farmers and their families cope with everything nature throws at them, they have to meet the challenges presented by technology, the environment and the way society raises the bar on farming methods. Despite these obstacles and through innovation, courage and sheer commitment, farmers and their business continue to thrive in New Zealand. Author and photographer Ross Hyland toured New Zealand in search of the farms and farming families who are setting the standard for excellence.
The weed control handbook: how to identify and manage invasive plants in New Zealand, Weedbusters New Zealand. 632.5 CLE

Fashion & Beauty

Breaking the pattern: a modern way to sew, Saara Huhta. 646.4 HUH: Scandinavian fashion has long been admired for its stylish, clean-lined cuts and aesthetic. Breaking the Pattern is the first authentic dressmaking book that showcases the beauty of Scandinavian style. Complete with stunning photography, clear illustrations and instructions, this book shows you how to create a coherent capsule wardrobe - complete with a collection of 20 garments that are easy to make, wear and combine with each other.
How not to wear black: find your style, create your forever wardrobe, Anna Murphy. 646.34 MUR
Pretty as a peach, Janet Hayward. 646.72 HAY: Packed with homemade and eco-friendly recipes and tips, enjoy exploring the ingredients that previous generations used to pamper and perfect. Create delicious and effective treatments and products while knowing exactly what you are putting onto your body. Simple, natural beauty is easy when you know how!
The anatomy of fashion: dressing the body from the Renaissance to today, Susan J. Vincent. 746.92 VIN
The fashion shoe: a timeline of the twentieth century, Desire Smith Beatty. 391.41 BEA

Film, Television & Theatre

BBC Doctor Who: the visual dictionary, Jason Loborik. 791.457 LOB: Updated and expanded to include the latest Doctor Who facts including the Twelfth Doctor and Doctor Who season 8 storylines.
Darcey Bussell: evolved., Darcey Bussell. 792.8 BUS: Filled with remarkable images of the superstar ballerina Dame Darcey in various notable locations, such as a pod of the London Eye, on top of the Victoria and Albert memorial, and performing at worldwide events, like the Olympics opening ceremony. The collection includes rare and unseen moments of Darcey shot by some of the most famous photographers, including Lord Snowden, Mario Testing and Annie Liebovitz, in locations beyond the stage; including rehearsals, fashion shoots. These areaccompanied by behind-the-scenes stories and personal anecdotes.
I'll be there for you: the one about Friends, Kelsey Miller. 791.457 MIL: When Friends debuted in 1994, no one expected it to become a mainstay of NBC's 'Must See TV' lineup, let alone a global phenomenon. I'll Be There for You explores all aspects of the show from its unlikely origins to the elusive reasons why we still watch it.
Monsters of the week: the complete critical companion to the X-files, Zack Handlen. 791.457 HAN: In 1993, Fox debuted a strange new television show called The X-Files. It become one of the network's biggest hits and changed the landscape of television in the process. Handlen examines what made this genre-bending show so groundbreaking. Witty and insightful reviews of every episode of the series, and the two motion pictures, leave no mystery unsolved and no monster unexplained.
Spider-Man: into the Spider-Verse: the art of the movie, Ramin Zahed. 791.437 ZAH: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that's the first of its kind. Unmasking the artistry behind the hotly-anticipated movie, this book contains concept art, sketches, and storyboards.
Star Trek: the art of John Eaves, Joe Nazzaro. 791.457 EAV: John Eaves has had a major impact on the look of the Star Trek Universe and played a pivotal role in shaping Gene Roddenberry's vision. Starting with his work on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Eaves has worked as a production designer, illustrator, and model maker across the franchise. Featuring fascinating pencil sketches and stunning concept art, this visually dynamic book gives fans a unique in-depth look into Eaves' creative vision and the wealth of his remarkable work at the center of this spectacular franchise.
The archive of magic: the film wizardry of Fantastic beasts: the crimes of Grindelwald, Signe Bergstrom. 791.437 BER: This treasury offers an imaginative, close-up look at Newt Scamander and his colourful trove of cohorts; beasts and wizards alike, as they face off against the evil forces of Gellert Grindelwald, one of the world's most powerful dark wizards, in a story that travels from New York City to London and onto Paris. Brimming with film-making secrets, full-colour artwork, and stories from the cast and crew.
The art of Iron Man, John Rhett Thomas. 791.437 THO: A comprehensive, unique and privileged behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind the state-of-the-art technology used in the blockbuster motion picture. Follow the film's complete artistic evolution, from initial concept through armor design and on to the final rendering seen on screen.
The art of Solo: a Star Wars story, Phil Szostak. 791.437 SZO: This books reveals for the first time, the design evolution of each new fantastical set, otherworldly machine, and unforgettable character in the film. Packed with hundreds of spectacular images, including production paintings, concept art and sketches, storyboards, and matte paintings.
Whatever it takes: Pacific Films and John O'Shea 1948-2000, John Reid. 791.430993 REI: Pacific Films was founded on the belief that without locally made feature films, a country imperils its very identity. Led by its idiosyncratic producer John O'Shea, the story of Pacific Films begins at the emergence of a New Zealand national cinema in the second half of the twentieth century, when Pacific was virtually the only independent voice, beholden neither to the government nor the establishment, but determined to establish the value of its production with both. This book recounts the politics and process behind ground-breaking works including Broken Barrier, Runaway, Don't Let It Get You, Tangata Whenua, Leave All Fair and Ngati, and features a rollcall of cameos in Tony Williams, Kiri Te Kanawa, Howard Morrison, Barry Crump, Michael Seresin, Sam Neill and Barry Barclay, united by visionary producer John O'Shea. This is a story of entrepreneurs and dreamers, a disparate bunch bound together in pursuit of films that would define New Zealand cinema.

Finance & Economics

A crisis of beliefs: investor psychology and financial fragility, Nicola Gennaioli. 330.973 GEN
A finer future: creating an economy in service to life, L. Hunter Lovins. 338.92 LOV: A Finer Future demonstrates that humanity has a chance, just, to thread the needle of sustainability and build a regenerative economy through a powerful combination of enlightened entrepreneurialism, technology, and innovative policy.
Damaged goods: the inside story of Sir Philip Green, the collapse of BHS and the death of the High Street, Oliver Shah. 381.1 GRE: In March 2015, British businessman and the chairman of Arcadia Group Sir Philip Green sold BHS for £1 to Retail Acquisitions, owned by Dominic Chappell, a serial bankrupt who filed BHS for administration shortly after. By April 2016, BHS had debts of £1.3bn, including a pensions deficit of £571m. Damaged Goods follows Green's journey to the big time, the sale of BHS and the subsequent investigation that concluded with Green paying £363m to the Pensions Regulator.
Dark commerce: how a new illicit economy is threatening our future, Louise I. Shelley. 330 SHE: Though mankind has traded tangible goods for millennia, recent technology has changed the fundamentals of trade, in both legitimate and illegal economies. In the past three decades, the most advanced forms of illicit trade have broken with all historical precedents and, as Dark Commerce shows, now operate as if on steroids, tied to computers and social media.
Finance and philosophy: why we're always surprised, Alex J. Pollock. 332 POL: Finance and Philosophy provides a concise and witty account of how bankers and financial regulators think, of the alleged causes of the cycles of booms and busts, of the implicit and often un-thought-out assumptions shaping retirement finance, fiat money, corporate governance.
From global to local: the making of things and the end of globalisation, Finbarr Livesey. 382 LIV: For the past thirty years or more, the global economy has been run based on three big assumptions: globalisation will continue to increase; trade is the route to growth and development; and economic power is moving from West to East. But what if all these are wrong? This title shows how the world trading structure has already begun to shift, with irrevocable consequences for the global economy.
I can't remember the title but the cover is blue: stories from the other side of the bookshop counter, Elias Greig. 381.45002 GRE: Veteran bookseller Elias Greig collects the best, worst and most interesting customer encounters from his years as a Sydney bookseller.
Insane mode: how Elon Musk's Tesla sparked an electric revolution to end the age of oil, Hamish McKenzie. 338.76292 MCK: Hamish McKenzie, a former Tesla insider, tells how a Silicon Valley start-up's wild dream came true. Tesla is a car company that stood up against not only the might of the government-backed Detroit car manufacturers, but also the massive power of Big Oil and its benefactors, the infamous Koch brothers
Life after Google: the fall of big data and the rise of the blockchain economy, George Gilder. 338.476 GIL: The Age of Google, built on big data and machine intelligence, has been an awesome era. But it's coming to an end. In Life after Google, George Gilder explains why Silicon Valley is suffering a nervous breakdown and what to expect as the post-Google age dawns.
Meatonomics: how the rigged economics of meat and dairy make you consume too much– and how to eat better, live longer, and spend smarter, David Robinson Simon. 338.176 SIM
Nudge: improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness, Richard H. Thaler. 330.01 THA
Populism and economics, Charles Dumas. 330 DUM: Populism and Economics, Charles Dumas' latest book, examines the reasons for the rise in populism; Brexit and the election of Trump among other events, and how this discontent with the status quo has affected economics, both perceptions and reality.
Prosperity: better business makes the greater good, Colin Mayer. 338.51 MAY: Prosperity challenges the fundamentals of business thinking. It also sets out a positive new agenda, demonstrating that the corporation is in a unique and powerful position to promote economic and social wellbeing in its fullest sense, for customers, for future generations, as well as for shareholders.
Rich enough?: a laid-back guide for every Kiwi, Mary Holm. 332.024 HOL: Laid-back investing is not only easier, it can actually make you richer. Learn how to kill off debt, curb spending, find your best KiwiSaver fund, save painlessly, buy a house or be happy not buying one, and move confidently towards and through retirement.
Scenic playground: the story behind New Zealand's mountain tourism, Peter Alsop. 338.4791 SCE: The story behind the promotion of New Zealand's mountains - through posters, advertisements, hand-coloured photos and more. It explains how the country built its reputation as an alpine playground and how mountains became central to belonging to Aotearoa.
Supercharge your property portfolio: strategies that work in any market, Victor Kumar. 332.6324 KUM
The gift of global talent: how migration shapes business, economy & society, William R. Kerr. 331.6 KER
The inner voice of trading: eliminate the noise, and profit from the strategies that are right for you, Michael Martin. 332.645 MAR
The job: work and its future in a time of radical change, Ellen Ruppel Shell. 331 SHE
Women & money, Suze Orman. 332.024 ORM: At the center of this fully revised and updated edition, Suze presents an all-new Financial Empowerment Plan, designed to get you to a place of emotional and financial security as quickly as possible, because the most precious commodity women have is time. Divided into four essential components, the plan will teach you how to: protect yourself; spend smart; build your future; give to others.

Folklore

The Norse myths: stories of the Norse gods and heroes vividly retold, Tom Birkett. 398.20948 BIR: The greatest legends, battles and heroics of Norse Mythology, brought to life and explained in fascinating detail. A comprehensive study of their origins, survival and interpretations; as academically important as it is exhilarating.

Food & Drink

30-second wine: the 50 essential topics, each explained in half a minute, Gérard Basset. 641.22 THI: From terroir to the technicalities of winemaking, this book introduces the important grapes and iconic regions, offering an overview of the business of wine and how it works, and concluding with a section on the enjoyment of wine.
A culinary history of Taipei: beyond pork and ponlai, Steven Crook. 641.3 CRO
A year in cheese: a seasonal cheese cookbook, Alex Guarneri. 641.673 GUA
Ageless vegan: the secret to living a long and healthy plant-based life, Tracye McQuirter. 641.56362 MCQ
Argentinian street food: empanadas, helados & dulce de leche, Enrique Zazoni. 641.5982 ZAN
Baker & cook: the story and recipes behind the successful artisan bakery and food store, Dean Brettschneider. 641.815 BRE: Baker & Cook started out as a single bakery food store in a quiet suburban neighbourhood in Singapore. In a short span of five years, Baker & Cook is now a household name with 10 outlets in Singapore, including two sourdough pizzerias and a cooking school, and three outlets in the Philippines.
Basque country: a culinary journey through a food lover's paradise, Marti Buckley. 641.5946 BUC
Buttermilk graffiti: a chef's journey to discover Americas new melting-pot cuisine, Edward Lee. 641.59 LEE
Christmas & other winter feasts, Tom Parker Bowles. 641.568 PAR
Christmas feasts and treats, Donna Hay. 641.568 HAY
Community table: recipes for an ecological food future, Lindsey Bro. 641.302 BRO: This is a documentation of a year-long dinner series where passionate chefs were paired with dedicated farmers and demonstrated what was possible when we value all aspects of food. This book brings together in-depth conversations with farmers and chefs, alongside actionable tips for the home, garden, and community with recipes celebrating the abundance of our seasons.
Completely perfect: 120 essential recipes for every cook, Felicity Cloake. 641.5 CLO
Cooking in color: vibrant plant-forward recipes from the Food Gays, Adrian Harris. 641.563 HAR
Danielle Walker's eat what you love: everyday comfort food you crave: gluten-free, dairy-free and paleo recipes, Danielle Walker. 641.563 WAL
East West: a culinary journey through Malta, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey, Morocco, and Andalusia, Shane Delia. 641.5956 DEL
Eat feel fresh: a contemporary plant-based ayurvedic cookbook, Sahara Rose Ketabi. 641.5636 KET
Eat happy: gluten free, grain free, low carb recipes for a joyful life, Anna Vocino. 641.563 VOC
Eat your greens: new ways to celebrate vegetables with more than 130 easy plant-based recipes, Pete Evans. 641.65 EVA
Fermented vegetables: creative recipes for fermenting 64 vegetables & herbs in krauts, kimchis, brined pickles, chutneys, relishes & pastes, Kirsten K. Shockey. 641.4 SHO
Flavors of Africa: discover authentic family recipes from all over the continent, Evi Aki. 641.596 AKI
Francesca's Italian kitchen: delicious Italian recipes made in New Zealand, Francesca Voza. 641.5945 VOZ
From crook to cook, Snoop Dogg. 641.5 SNO: Delivering 50 recipes straight from his own collection, Snoop's cookbook features OG staples like Baked Mac & Cheese and Fried Bologna Sandwiches with Chips, and new takes on classic weeknight faves like Soft Flour Tacos and Easy Orange Chicken. The Doggfather's got you covered; complete with epic stories and behind-the-scenes photos that brings this masterpiece to life.
Good + simple, Jasmine Hemsley. 641.563 HEM
I quit sugar: simplicious flow, Sarah Wilson. 641.5638 WIL: Sarah reacquaints us with Flow, an intricately crafted kitchen process that shows us how to cook gut-healing, nutritionally dense, delicious food in less time, for less money and with virtually no waste.
In the restaurant: from Michelin stars to fast food: what eating out tells us about who we are, Christoph Ribbat. 647.95 RIB: The restaurant is where we go to celebrate, to experience pleasure, to show off, or, sometimes, just because we're hungry. But these temples of gastronomy hide countless stories. This is the tale of the restaurant in all its guises, from the first formal establishments in eighteenth-century Paris serving 'restorative' bouillon, to today's new Nordic cuisine, via grand Viennese cafés and humble fast food joints.
Lands of the curry leaf: a vegetarian food journey from Sri Lanka to Nepal, Peter Kuruvita. 641.5636 KUR
Meat: the ultimate companion: on the farm - at the butcher - in the kitchen, Anthony Puharich. 641.36 PUH
Radiant: the cookbook, Mafalda Pinto Leite. 641.563 PIN: In this A to Z guide and cookbook of the world's most nutrient-dense foods, chef and nutritionist Mafalda Pinto Leite will illuminate how nature provides everything you need to achieve radiant health.
Red Truck Bakery cookbook: gold-standard recipes from America's favorite rural bakery, Brian Noyes. 641.815 NOY
Ripe recipes: a third helping, Angela Redfern. 641.563 RED: This all-new collection of recipes celebrates 15 years of business for the Ripe Deli crew and includes all-time favourites as well as exciting new dishes. From salads and vegan dishes to curries and baking, A Third Helping is filled with over 150 recipes for food that soothes, comforts, and feeds the soul.
Simple green meals: 100+ plant-powered recipes to thrive from the inside out, Jen Hansard. 641.5636 HAN
Taste Waikato, Jan Bilton. 641.5993 BIL: More than 80 easy, appealing, innovative recipes provide gourmet delights that capture the true taste of the Waikato.
The art of food: a collection of illustrated recipes created for the passionate home cook, Paul Marshall. 641.5 MAR
The beginner's guide to dehydrating food: how to preserve all your favorite vegetables, fruits, meats, and herbs, Teresa Marrone. 641.44 MAR
The bread and salt between us: recipes and stories from a Syrian refugee's kitchen, Mayada Anjari. 641.595691 ANJ
The chickpea revolution cookbook: 85 plant-based recipes for a healthier planet and a healthier you, Heather Lawless. 641.56362 LAW
The cook's apprentice: tips, techniques and recipes for new foodies, Stephanie Alexander. 641.5 ALE
The Cuba Street project, Beth Brash. 641.5 BRA: Cuba Street has iconic status in Wellington – its colour and character over the last few decades have made it a favourite spot for locals and visitors alike. Beth Brash is a Wellington-based foodie and blogger. With her photographer sister, Alice Lloyd, she spent a summer capturing the essence of Cuba Street, interviewing and gathering recipes.
The food and cooking of Argentina: 65 traditional recipes from the heart of South America, Cesar Bartolini. 641.5982 BAR
The Geeky Chef cookbook: unofficial recipes from Doctor Who, Game of thrones, Harry Potter, and more: real-life recipes for your favorite fantasy foods, Cassandra Reeder. 641.5 REE
The Geeky Chef drinks: unofficial cocktail recipes from Game of Thrones, Legend of Zelda, Star Trek, and more, Cassandra Reeder. 641.874 REE
The Hairy Bikers' British classics, Si King. 641.5941 KIN: In this brand-new collection of the finest classic recipes, Si King and Dave Myers, AKA the Hairy Bikers, celebrate the riches and delights of great home cooking.
The happy cookbook: a celebration of the food that makes America smile, Steve Doocy. 641.5973 DOO
The naked vegan: 140+ tasty raw vegan recipes for health and wellness, Maz Valcorza. 641.56362 VAL
The Real Meal Revolution: low carb cooking, Jonno Proudfoot. 641.5638 PRO
The seven culinary wonders of the world: pork, honey, salt, chilli, rice, cacao and tomato, Jenny Linford. 641.3 LIN
Topp country: a culinary journey through New Zealand with the Topp Twins, Arani Cuthbert. 641.5993 CUT: Well-loved New Zealand entertainers, Dames Lynda and Jools Topp go on a culinary journey around New Zealand meeting passionate food producers, home cooks and lovers of life. Based on the first two series of their award-winning TV series, the Topp Twins bring us tales from the countryside through the universal pleasure of food and love.
Vegetables all'Italiana, Anna Del Conte. 641.5945 DEL
Wholefood for children: nourishing young children with whole and organic foods, Jude Blereau. 641.563 BLE
Wholefood simply: natural indulgence, Bianca Slade. 641.86 SLA
Wine food: new adventures in drinking and cooking, Dana Frank. 641.013 FRA: "Wine food" is the new way to talk about wine pairing, coined by the evolving breed of wine drinker and cook who wants to discover a wider range of wines and match them to the rustic, casual, global food they love to eat.

Gardens & Gardening

A gardener's guide to topiary: the art of clipping, training and shaping plants, Jenny Hendy. 715.1 HEN
Dry gardens: high style for low water gardens, Daniel Nolan. 635.952 NOL
Gardening across the pond: Anglo-American exchanges from the settlers in Virginia to prairie gardens in England, Richard Bisgrove. 635 BIS: Richard Bisgrove explores four centuries of translantic influences, from the Tradescants plant-hunting in seventeenth century Virginia, to the prairie landscapes of the 2012 London Olympic Park, and attempts to answer that thorny question; is the English cottage garden an American invention?
Gardenlust: a botanical tour of the world's best new gardens, Christopher Woods. 635 WOO
Happy orchid: help it flower, watch it flourish, Sara Rittershausen. 635.93 ORC
Living with air plants: a beginner's guide to growing and displaying Tillandsia, Yoshiharu Kashima. 635.9 KAS
Monsters under glass: a cultural history of hothouse flowers from 1850 to the present, Jane Desmarais. 635.98 DES
Orchids handbook: a practical guide to the care and cultivation of 40 popular orchid species and their hybrids, Michael Tibbs. 635.93 ORC
The gardens of Bunny Mellon, Linda Jane Holden. 712.6 HOL: Bunny Mellon and her husband Paul, one of the wealthiest men in America, maintained homes in New York, Cape Cod, Nantucket, Antigua, and Upperville, Virginia, and she designed the gardens at all of them. She also designed gardens for some of her dearest friends, including the Rose Garden and the East Garden at the White House, at the request of President Kennedy, and the gardens at both the Paris home and the château of couturier Hubert de Givenchy. All of these gardens are featured.
The ten-minute gardener, Val Bourne. 635 BOU: This handbook is full of tried-and-tested tips from a seasoned old hand. It offers practical month-by-month suggestions for making the most of the little time you can spare and focuses on the essentials needed to produce a great crop,.
Top 50 indoor plants and how not to kill them!, Angie Thomas. 635.965 THO
Urban farming: sustainable city living in your backyard, in your community, and in the world, Thomas J. Fox. 635.977 FOX

Health

Anatomy of an epidemic: magic bullets, psychiatric drugs, and the astonishing rise of mental illness in America, Robert Whitaker. 616.89 WHI: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the past two decades? Every day, 1,100 adults and children are added to the government disability rolls because they have become newly disabled by mental illness, with this epidemic spreading most rapidly among our nation's children. What is going on? Anatomy of an Epidemic challenges readers to think through that question themselves.
Beneath the skin: great writers on the body, 611 BEN: FIfteen writers each explore a different body part. Moving, comical and often unexpected, this is an awe-inspiring voyage through the mysterious landscape of our bodies.
Coconuts & kettlebells: a personalized 4-week food and fitness program for long-term health, happiness, and freedom, Noelle Tarr. 613.25 TAR
Cooking to cure: a nutritional approach to anxiety and depression, Angela Dailey. 616.8522 DAI
Crystal reiki: a handbook for healing mind, body, and soul, Krista N. Mitchell. 615.852 MIT
Face to face: true stories of life, death and transformation from my career as a facial surgeon, Jim McCaul. 617.52 MCC: Face to Face takes us on a journey which includes the most high-tech and complex of microsurgical procedures as well as the facial reconstruction techniques pioneered during the First World War. But at its heart are the human stories of the patients for whom this treatment is often quite literally a matter of life and death.
Faith and the pursuit of health: cardiometabolic disorders in Samoa, Jessica Hardin. 616.398 HAR
Feel better fast and make it last: unlock your brain's healing potential to overcome negativity, anxiety, anger, stress, and trauma, Daniel G. Amen. 612.82 AME
Food over medicine: the conversation that could save your life, Pamela A. Popper. 616.39 POP
Healing herbs handbook: recipes for natural living, Barbara Brownell Grogan. 615.321 BRO
Herbal remedies made simple: a beginner's guide to using plants, herbs, and flowers for health and well-being, Stacey Dugliss-Wesselman. 615.321 DUG
Magic medicine: a trip through the intoxicating history and modern-day use of psychedelic plants & substances, Cody Johnson. 615.788 JOH
Medical medium liver rescue: answers to eczema, psoriasis, diabetes, strep, acne, gout, bloating, gallstones, adrenal stress, fatigue, fatty liver, weight issues, SIBO & autoimmune disease, Anthony William.. 616.362 WIL
Mindfulness and hypnosis: the power of suggestion to transform experience, Michael D. Yapko. 615.851 YAP
Mindfulness for children: 150+ mindfulness activities for happier, healthier, stress-free kids, Tracy L. Daniel. 618.9289 DAN
Mindsight: the new science of personal transformation, Daniel J. Siegel. 616.891 SIE: Inspiring and informative, "Mindsight" offers exciting new proof that people aren't hardwired to behave in certain ways, but instead have the ability to harness the power of their minds to resculpt the neural pathways of their brains.
Nine pints: a journey through the money, medicine, and mysteries of blood, Rose George. 612.11 GEO: Rose George, author of The Big Necessity, is renowned for her intrepid work on topics that are invisible but vitally important. In Nine Pints, she takes us from ancient practices of bloodletting to the breakthough of the "liquid biopsy," which promises to diagnose cancer and other diseases with a simple blood test.
Overdiagnosed: making people sick in the pursuit of health, H. Gilbert Welch. 616.075 WEL: Examining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, the author makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs.
Parenting children with mental health challenges: a guide to life with emotionally complex kids, Deborah Vlock. 618.9289 VLO
Polio: the odyssey of eradication, Thomas Abraham. 616.835 ABR: In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a twelve-year campaign to wipe out polio. Thirty years and several billion dollars over budget later, the campaign grinds on, vaccinating millions of children and hoping that each new year might see an end to the disease. But success remains elusive, against a surprisingly resilient virus, an unexpectedly weak vaccine and the vagaries of global politics, meeting with indifference from governments and populations alike.
Stronger than before: take charge of your healing to survive and thrive with breast cancer, Alison Porter. 616.994 POR
Take control of your depression: strategies to help you feel better now, Susan J. Noonan. 616.8527 NOO
That terrible time: eye-witness accounts of the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand, Geoffrey Rice. 614.518 THA
The anxiety epidemic: the causes of our modern day anxieties, Graham Davey. 616.8522 DAV
The atlas of disease: mapping deadly epidemics and contagion from the plague to the zika virus, Sandra Hempel. 614.42 HEM
The breakthrough: immunotherapy and the race to cure cancer, Charles Graeber. 616.994 GRA: For decades, scientists have puzzled over one of medicine's most confounding mysteries: Why doesn't our immune system recognize and fight cancer the way it does other diseases, like the common cold? The answer to that question can be traced to a series of tricks that cancer has developed to turn off normal immune responses; tricks that scientists have only recently discovered and learned to defeat. This is the story of the game-changing scientific discoveries that unleash our natural ability to recognize and defeat cancer, as told through the experiences of the patients, physicians, and cancer immunotherapy researchers who are on the front lines.
The mystery of the exploding teeth: and other curiosities from the history of medicine, Thomas Morris. 610 MOR: This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of Victorian medicine in all its grisly weirdness. A puzzling series of dental explosions beginning in the nineteenth century, with the most recent case in the 1960s, is just one of many strange tales that have long lain undiscovered in the pages of old medical journals.
The parent's guide to self-harm: what parents need to know, Jane Smith. 618.9285 SMI
The truth about carpal tunnel syndrome: finding answers, getting well, Jill Gambaro. 616.856 GAM
The ultimate volumetrics diet: smart, simple, science-based strategies for losing weight and keeping it off, Barbara Rolls. 613.25 ROL
The way of the Iceman: how the Wim Hof method creates radiant, longterm health– using the science and secrets of breath control, cold-training and commitment, Wim Hof. 613.11 HOF: Science has now proved that the legendary Wim Hof Method of breath control and cold-training can dramatically enhance energy levels, improve circulation, reduce stress, boost the immune system, strengthen the body and successfully combat many diseases. This book documents how anyone can use Wim's methods to transform their health and strength, quickly and safely.
Unnatural causes, Richard Shepherd. 614.1 SHE: Dr Richard Shepherd is the UK's foremost forensic pathologist, his job to understand the deaths which may have no natural cause. From crime scene to court room, his findings are crucial to the pursuit of justice. His work has seen killers put behind bars, exonerated the innocent, and turned open and shut cases on their heads.
Whole body barefoot: transitioning well to minimal footwear, Katy Bowman. 613.4 BOW

History, Geography & Travel

A slow walk across Spain: walking the Camino de Santiago, Karen Manwaring. 946 MAN: The author has twice walked the Camino de Santiago across northern Spain. This is the book she and her partner wish they'd had when they were planning their first walk. Includes maps, kit lists, diary excerpts, local recipes and beautiful images.
Across an angry sea: the SAS in the Falklands War, Cedric Delves. 997.1 DEL
And then it was 50: the fifth decade of The New Zealand Society of Genealogists 2008-2017, Peter Gibson. 929.2 GIB
Another fine mess: across Trumpland in a Ford Model T, Tim Moore. 973 MOO: Lacking even the most basic mechanical knowhow, Tim Moore sets out to cross Trumpland USA in an original Model T Ford. Armed only with a fan belt made of cotton, wooden wheels and a trunkload of 'wise-ass Limey liberal gumption', his route takes him exclusively through Donald-voting counties, meeting the everyday folks who voted red along the way.
Aotea, Great Barrier: land and people, Peter Malcouronne. 993.24 MOR
Arabia: a journey through the heart of the Middle East, Levison Wood. 956 WOO: Following in the footsteps of great explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, Arabian Journey is Levison Wood's account of his most complex expedition yet: circumnavigating the Arabian Peninsula. Travelling through some of the harshest and most beautiful environments on earth, he seeks to challenge our perceptions of an often misunderstood part of the world, seeing how the region has changed and examining the stories we don't often hear about in the media.
Atlas of the unexpected: haphazard discoveries, chance places and unimaginable destinations, Travis Elborough. 909 ELB: From the fortuitous discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls, to the wonderfully bizarre beginnings that led to the aptly named Just Enough Room Island and even the royal romance that led shipwrecked lovers to discover Madeira, Travis Elborough takes you on a voyage to some of the world's most wondrous, improbable and, most of all, unexpected of places.
Barcelona, Sally Davies. 946.72 DAV: Lonely Planet.
Best in travel 2019, Louise Bastock. 910.2 BAS: 10 countries, 10 regions and 10 cities that travellers must visit in the year ahead. Each destination is chosen for its topicality, unique experiences and 'wow' factor and the book also includes the world's best-value destinations, the most exciting family adventures, and the most incredible places to stay.
Black flags, blue waters: the epic history of America's most notorious pirates, Eric Jay Dolin. 910.45 DOL
Blunder: Britain's war in Iraq, Patrick Porter. 956.7044 POR
Churchill: military genius or menace?, Stephen Napier. 941.082 CHU: Stephen Napier shows how Churchill's strategies and his desire not to be the first British prime minister to surrender the nation, brought the war effort to the brink of ruin and back again. Did his series of retaliatory raids in response to a German accidental bombing help cause the Blitz? Were plans already at large for the US to join the war, with Churchill as the primary puppet master? Napier explores all this and more in a shocking examination of Churchill's leadership using first-person accounts from his peers and his electorate.
Costa Rica: top sights, authentic experiences, Ashley Harrell. 972.86 HAR: Lonely Planet.
Crossfire: the plot that killed Kennedy, Jim Marrs. 973.922 KEN: What really happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963? Was the assassination of John F. Kennedy simply the work of a warped, solitary young man, or was something more nefarious afoot? Pulling together a wealth of evidence, including rare photos, documents, and interviews, veteran Texas journalist Jim Marrs reveals the truth about that fateful day.
Crucible: thirteen months that forged our world, Jonathan Fenby. 909.824 FEN: This is the page-turning story of the pivotal changes which were forged in the space of thirteen months of 1947- 48.
Favona: its history and stories, Val Payne. 993.25 PAY: Val Payne QSM is a long-time member of the Mangere Historical Society and has spent the last few years writing about Mangere, its people and its past. Favona is an area of land between the surrounding Tararata and Harania Creeks, to the east of the Mangere Bridge on the south side of Manukau Harbour; a part of Mangere that is often overlooked.
Heimat: a German family album, Nora Krug. 943.086 KRU: A revelatory, visually stunning graphic memoir by award-winning artist Nora Krug, telling the story of her attempt to confront the hidden truths of her family's wartime past in Nazi Germany and to comprehend the forces that have shaped her life, her generation, and history.
In praise of blood: the crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, Judi Rever. 967.571 REV
Let's get lost: great New Zealand road trips, Nicola McCloy. 993 MCC
Living with Hitler: accounts of Hitler's household staff, Karl Wilhelm Krause. 943.086 HIT
Milan & the lakes, Monica Torri. 945.21 TOR: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide.
Mutiny on the Bounty, Peter FitzSimons. 996.18 FIT: The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories; a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order, and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. It is a sprawling, dramatic tale of intrigue, bravery and sheer boldness, told with the accuracy of historical detail and total command of story that are Peter FitzSimons' trademarks.
Navigators & naturalists: French exploration of New Zealand and the Pacific, 1769-1824, Michael Lee. 910.92 LEE
New Orleans, Adam Karlin. 976.335 KAR: Lonely Planet.
Ocean: tales of voyaging and encounter that defined New Zealand, Sarah Ell. 993 ELL: Ocean tells the stories of pioneers and trail-blazers, from the big names who left their mark on our history to everyday folk whose fates were dictated by time and tide. These are chancers and entrepreneurs, exploiters and environmentalists, war-makers and lifesavers.
On the edge: Ireland's offshore islands: a modern history, Diarmaid Ferriter. 941.5 FER
Our little corner of the world: a photographic history of a Christchurch Central City neighbourhood, Marjorie Manthei. 993.835 MAN: This book was the result of a project started in 2000 by the Victoria Neighbourhood Association to celebrate the millennium by photographing every house in the immediate neighbourhood before more workers' cottages and other historic houses were replaced by modern townhouses and apartment complexes. It includes donated historic photographs dating back to the 1800s as well as those taken during the 2010-2011 earthquakes and beyond, as well as the history of the area, street names, notable houses, interesting residents and socio-economic influences.
Paris was a woman: portraits from the Left Bank, Andrea Weiss. 944.36 WEI: Originally published more than twenty years ago and winner of a Lambda Literary Award, Paris Was a Woman is a rare profile of the female literati in Paris at the turn of the century. Now with a new preface and illustrations, this "scrapbook" of their work, along with Andrea Weiss' lively commentary, highlights the political, social, and artistic lives of the renowned lesbian and bisexual Modernists, including Colette, Djuna Barnes, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Sylvia Beach, and many more.
Places we swim: exploring Australia's best beaches, pools, waterfalls, lakes, hot springs and gorges, Caroline Clements. 994 CLE
Rediscovering travel: a guide for the globally curious, Seth Kugel. 910.2 KUG: In a book with widespread cultural reverberations, Kugel takes the modern travel industry to task, determined to reignite humanity's age-old sense of adventure that has virtually been vanquished by the spontaneity-obliterating likes of Google Maps, TripAdvisor, and Starwood points. Woven throughout with vivid tales of his perfectly imperfect adventures, Rediscovering Travel explains how to make the most of new digital technologies without being shackled to them.
Sacred sites of ancient Egypt: an illustrated guide to the temples and tombs of the pharaohs, Lorna Oakes. 932 OAK
Saigon calling: London 1963-75, Marcelino Truong. 959.7043 TRU: In this sequel to Such a Lovely Little War, young Marco and his family move from Saigon to London in order to escape the war following the assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem, for whom Marcelino's diplomat father was a personal interpreter. For Marco and his siblings, swinging London is an exciting place to be, but at the same time, the news from their grandparents in Vietnam grows ever grimmer as the war intensifies and American involvement becomes increasingly muddied.
Sicilian splendors: discovering the secret places that speak to the heart, John Keahey. 945.8 KEA
Silk and the sword: the women of the Norman Conquest, Sharon Bennett Connolly. 942.02 CON: Silk and the Sword traces the fortunes of the women who had a significant role to play during the Norman Conquest; wives, lovers, sisters, mothers, leaders.
Soho in the eighties, Christopher Howse. 942.132 HOW
South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland, James Bainbridge. 968 BAI: Lonely Planet.
Spain, Gregor Clark. 946 CLA: Lonely Planet.
Spain: top sights, authentic experiences, Anthony Ham. 946 HAM: Lonely Planet.
Sydney, Andy Symington. 994.41 SYM: Lonely Planet.
Tasmania, Charles Rawlings-Way. 994.6 RAW: Lonely Planet.
The apprentice: Trump, Russia and the subversion of American democracy, Greg Miller. 973.933 TRU: Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post national security reporter Greg Miller investigates the truth about the Kremlin's covert attempt to destroy Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump win the presidency, Trump's steadfast allegiance to Vladimir Putin, and Robert Mueller's ensuing investigation of the president and those close to him.
The best moment of your life: 100 life-changing travel experiences. . 910 BES: Discover 100 life-changing travel experiences. Familiar faces from the world of travel, plus Lonely Planet writers, share their most remarkable, poignant and memorable experiences from the road; moments that changed them as individuals and reshaped their perspective on the world.
The Cotswolds town and village guide: the definitive guide to places of interest in the Cotswolds, Peter Titchmarsh. 942.417 TIT
The crossing: Sir Vivian Fuchs, Sir Edmund Hillary and the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58, John Knight. 998.9 KNI
The French way: trekking the 40-day El Camino de Santiago, Lorraine Thomson. 946 THO: There has been a 1000% increase in the number of pilgrims walking the Camino over the past 20 years. This is Lorraine Thomson's epic story of her solo 800km trek from St Pied de Port in France, over the relentless Pyrenees, across Spain and to the ancient burial place of St James – Santiago de Compostela. There is drama, challenge and exaltation throughout the 40-days traversing varying terrain, altitudes and weather conditions.
The invisible emperor: Napoleon on Elba, Mark Braude. 944.05 NAP: Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, and yet the Emperor's ten-month exile on the small island of Elba is virtually unexplored. Now, for the first time, we have a window into this critical moment when the most powerful man on earth turns defeat into one final challenge.
The king's war, Mark Logue. 941.084 GEO: The broadcast that George VI made to the nation on the outbreak of war in September 1939; which formed the climax of the multi Oscar-winning film The King's Speech, was the product of years of hard work with Lionel Logue, his iconoclastic Australian-born speech therapist. Yet the relationship between the two men did not end there. Far from it: in the years that followed, Logue was to play an even more important role at the monarch's side. The King's War follows this relationship through the dark days of Dunkirk and the drama of D-Day to eventual victory in 1945, and beyond.
The new Pearl Harbor revisited: 9/11, the cover-up, and the exposé, David Ray Griffin. 973.931 GRI: In 2004, David Ray Griffin published The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11. Translated into several languages, it helped spark a worldwide movement demanding "9/11 truth." Even as it became increasingly outdated, it continued to be widely cited as the best introduction to the issues. Griffin has now written The New Pearl Harbor Revisited, which provides a chapter-by- chapter updating of the information provided in that earlier book. I
The rough guide to New Zealand, Gerard Hindmars. 993 HIN: Rough Guide (10th edition)
The slave girls of Baghdad: the Qiy?n in the early Abbasid era, Fuad Matthew Caswell. 956.747 CAS
The travel atlas: the ultimate atlas for globetrotters., Lonely Planet. 910.2 TRA: The staff at Lonely Planet combine their destination knowledge and mapping expertise to help readers locate the highlights locations around the world.
The vanlife companion, Ed Bartlett. 910.2 BAR: Lonely Planet's The Vanlife Companion is a great introduction to the global #vanlife phenomenon and is geared to helping you have amazing adventures of your own, whether you're building a van from the inside out or renting one for the trip of a lifetime. 20 classic campervan routes are featured as well as peoples accounts of how they got started and life on the road.
The Vikings: from Odin to Christ, Martyn Whittock. 948.02 WHI
The white darkness, David Grann. 998.9 WOR: Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honour and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed, spending his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the nineteenth-century polar explorer, who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole, and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot.
These truths: a history of the United States, Jill Lepore. 973 LEP
Victory at Gate Pā: the battle of Pukehinahina-Gate Pā: 1864, Buddy Mikaere. 993.022 MIK: The Battle of Pukehinahina-Gate Pā was a defining moment in New Zealand history. It brought together forces representing the British Empire's military machine, political manoeuvering and settler land hunger, Māori notions of sovereignty and self-determination, Christian ideals, and blood and death on a rainy afternoon in Tauranga in 1864. The battle had immediate repercussions for Māori land ownership and brought into question the value of the Treaty of Waitangi and the idea that New Zealanders were now One people.
Washington, DC, Karla Zimmerman. 975.3 ZIM: Lonely Planet.
When women ruled the world: six queens of Egypt, Kara Cooney. 932 SOB

House & DIY

101 case studies in construction management, Len Holm. 690 HOL
Hand sewing magic: essential know-how for hand stitching: with pro tips, tricks, and troubleshooting; master tension and other techniques; 10 easy, creative projects, Lynn Krawczyk. 646.2 KRA
Homebody: a guide to creating spaces you never want to leave, Joanna Gaines. 747 GAI
Imaginarium: a compendium of inspiration, Sibella Court. 747 COU: Immersing you in a world of travel, nature, interiors, art, oddities and curiosities, Imaginarium will open your eyes to the world around you and fuel your imagination for your own creativity, design and adventures. Themed by colour and featuring more than 300 beautifully shot and curated photographs, Imaginarium is the ultimate picture book for lovers of design and interior styling, and anyone looking for fresh ideas or inspiring daydreams.
L'art de la liste: simplify, organise, enrich your life, Dominique Loreau. 640.43 LOR
Play structures & backyard fun: how to build: playsets, sports courts, games, swingsets, more., Black and Decker Corporation. 690.89 PLA

Humour

The Spectator book of wit, humour and mischief, Marcus Berkmann. 827.92 SPE: The Spectator Book of Wit, Humour and Mischief collects some of the magazine's drollest contributions of the past twenty-five years, bringing a sharp eye to bear on the strangenesses of modern life.

Journalism

Must I repeat myself…?: unpublished letters to The Daily Telegraph, Iain Hollingshead. 070.44 MUS

Language

Babel: around the world in twenty languages, Gaston Dorren. 417 DOR: Gaston Dorren delves deep into the linguistic oddities and extraordinary stories of these global tongues, tracing their origins and tracking their rise to greatness. He listens to their distinctly un-English sounds and deciphers their bewildering array of scripts, presents the gems and gaps in their vocabularies and charts their inventive coinages and surprising loans.
Collins FLTRP English-Mandarin Chinese dictionary. . 495.13 COL
Have you eaten grandma?, Gyles Brandreth. 428.2 BRA: It can be much harder than it seems; commas, colons, semi-colons and even apostrophes can drive us all mad at times, but it riles no one more than the longest-serving resident of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, grammar guru Gyles Brandreth. In this brilliantly funny tirade and guide, Gyles anatomizes the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us where we've been going wrong (and why) and shows us how, in future, we can get it right every time.
Passionate readers: the art of reaching and engaging every child, Pernille Ripp. 428.4 RIP
Talk on the wild side: the untameable nature of language, Lane Greene. 410 GRE
That doesn't mean what you think it means: the 150 most commonly misused words and their tangled histories, Ross Petras. 428.1 PET

Law

The case for impeaching Trump, Elizabeth Holtzman. 342.062 TRU: Elizabeth Holtzman has been a principled leader and a persistent voice for equality and accountability since she became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress in 1973, which she remained for forty-two years. But she sees American democratic ideals, and the rule of law in the United States, eroding under President Trump. And as a member of the House Judiciary Committee that voted to impeach Nixon, and one of the members of the Homeland Security advisory council who resigned in protest of President Donald Trump's policy of separating families at the border, former Congresswoman Holtzman knows that of which she speaks: "President Donald Trump threatens our democracy.

Library Science

1001 books you must read before you die, Peter Boxall. 028.1 ONE: People have always shared stories, whether to teach moral lessons, to entertain, or to record important events in history. Today the range of excellent fiction available to read is truly breathtaking and choosing the right novel to read can appear a little daunting. This ground-breaking volume makes the task much easier. Whether you're trying to broaden your literary horizons, find the perfect book for a friend, or simply select a good read for yourself, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is the only guide you will need to make the right choice.
Bibliophile: an illustrated miscellany, Jane Mount. 028.9 MOU: We all have a pile of "to be read" books, and Mount is determined to introduce you to more jewels you didn't know you needed to read: books that you will hugging to you chest and telling everyone how they changed your life. But she provides more than a list of books: Mount introduces you to her favorite bookstores; her favorite non-author book people; an array of bookstore cats; her favorite "Books made into great TV" and so much more!

Literature

Angry people in local newspapers, Alistair Coleman. 826.008 ANG: Packed with the best that UK regional journalism can offer, there are chapters on antisocial behaviour, transport hell and fast-food nightmares. Local issues may not be worthy of national headlines, but they certainly make people very, very angry.
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of science fiction, Alec Nevala-Lee. 809.3876 NEV: Astounding is the landmark account of the extraordinary partnership between four controversial writers; John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard, who set off a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world.
Barking with the big dogs: on writing and reading books for children, Natalie Babbitt. 810 BAB
Comedy writing secrets: the best-selling guide to writing funny & getting paid for it, Mark Shatz. 808.7 SHA
Exposure, Olivia Sudjic. 824.92 SUD: A personal essay on exposure, auto-fiction, internet feminism and the anxiety epidemic. In this incisive personal essay, Olivia Sudjic draws on her experience to examine the damaging expectations that attend any young female artist, as well the strategies by which they might be evaded.
Frankenstein's brain: puzzles and conundrums in Mary Shelley's monstrous masterpiece, John Sutherland. 823.7 SHE: Two hundred years on from the first publication of Frankenstein, John Sutherland delves into the deepest, darkest corners of Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece to see what strange and terrifying secrets lie within. Homing in on the puzzles and conundrums the book throws up, we consider the difficulties of obtaining (or assembling) an eight-foot human skeleton; the apocryphal Igor and what he might have brought to the story; and why Victor fails to notice the Revolution in 1790s France.
Girl logic: the genius and the absurdity, Iliza Shlesinger. 818.6 SHL: Girl Logic: a characteristically female way of thinking that appears contradictory and circuitous but is actually a complicated and highly evolved way of looking at the world. You end up considering every repercussion of every choice (about dating, career, clothes, lunch) before making a move toward what you really want. And why do we attempt these mental hurdles? Well, that's what this book is all about.
Gmorning, gnight!: little pep talks for me & you, Lin-Manuel Miranda. 811.6 MIR: Before he inspired the world with Hamilton and was catapulted to international fame, Lin-Manuel Miranda was inspiring his Twitter followers with words of encouragement at the beginning and end of each day. Now Miranda has gathered the best of his daily greetings into a beautiful collection illustrated by acclaimed artist (and fellow Twitter favorite) Jonny Sun. Full of comfort and motivation, Gmorning, Gnight! is a touchstone for anyone who needs a quick lift.
How fiction works, James Wood. 808.3 WOO: The 10th anniversary edition of the canonical How Fiction Works ncludes a new introduction and writers James Woods has discussed between 2006 and 2017. These include Alejandro Zambra, Lydia Davis, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Elena Ferrante, and Teju Cole.
Inadvertent, Karl Ove Knausgaard. 839.8 KNA: "Why I Write" may prove to be the most difficult question Karl Ove Knausgaard has struggled to answer yet it is central to the project of one of the most influential writers working today. To write, for the Norwegian artist, is to resist easy thinking and preconceived notions that inhibit awareness of our lives. An accessible guide to the creative process of one of our most prolific and ingenius artists.
Mad, bad, dangerous to know: the fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce, Colm Tóibín. 820.9 TOI: From Wilde's doctor father, a brilliant statistician and amateur archaeologist, who was taken to court by an obsessed lover in a strange premonition of what would happen to his son; to Yeats' father, an impoverished artist and brilliant letter-writer who could never finish a painting; to John Stanislus Joyce, a singer, drinker and story-teller, a man unwilling to provide for his large family, whom his son James memorialised in his work. Colm Tóibín illuminates not only the complex relationships between three of the greatest writers in the English language and their fathers, but also illustrates the surprising ways they surface in their work.
Masterclass: writing comedy, Lesley Bown. 808.2 BOW
Paper gardens: a stroll through French literature, Evelyne Bloch-Dano. 840 BLO: From Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Marcel Proust, from Marguerite Duras to George Sand, from Colette to Patrick Modiano, gardens appear in novels as representations of the real world, but also as reflections of the imagination. Evelyne Bloch-Dano contemplates the role of the garden in the work of great prose writers, ruminating on how the garden can variously symbolize a reflection of the soul, a well-earned rest, an improving form of work, a nostalgia for childhood, and the dream of an ideal world.
Paperback crush: the totally radical history of '80s and '90s teen fiction, Gabrielle Moss. 813.54 MOS
Red thread: on mazes and labyrinths, Charlotte Higgins. 809.915 HIG: Charlotte Higgins, tracks the origins of the story of the labyrinth in the poems of Homer, Catullus, Virgil and Ovid. She follows the idea of the labyrinth through the Cretan excavations of Sir Arthur Evans, the mysterious turf labyrinths of Northern Europe, the church labyrinths of medieval French cathedrals and the hedge mazes of Renaissance gardens. Along the way, she traces the labyrinthine ideas of writers from Dante and Borges to George Eliot and Conan Doyle, and of artists from Titian and Velázquez to Picasso and Eva Hesse.
So far so good: final poems: 2014-2018, Ursula K. Le Guin. 811.54 LE: In this clarifying and sublime collection; written shortly before her death in 2018, Le Guin immerses herself in the natural world, ruminating on the mysteries of dying, and considering the simple, redemptive lessons of the earth.
The dawn watch: Joseph Conrad in a global world, Maya Jasanoff. 823.8 CON: A visionary exploration of the life and times of Joseph Conrad, his turbulent age of globalization and our own, from one of the most exciting young historians writing today. Migration, terrorism, the tensions between global capitalism and nationalism, and a communications revolution: these forces shaped Joseph Conrad's destiny at the dawn of the twentieth century.
The definitive guide to screen writing, Syd Field. 808.2 FIE
The end of the end of the Earth: essays, Jonathan Franzen. 814.54 FRA: A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The Corrections. In The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigour to the themes; both human and literary, that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle, recounting his young adulthood in New York, or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird crisis, these pieces contain wit and disabused realism.
The letters of Sylvia Plath. Volume II, 1956-1963, Peter K. Steinberg. 816.54 PLA: The second volume in the definitive, complete collection of the letters of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Sylvia Plath, from the early years of her marriage to Ted Hughes to the final days leading to her suicide in 1963, many never before seen. One of the most talented and beloved poets, Sylvia Plath continues to fascinate and inspire the modern literary imagination.
The library of ice: readings from a cold climate, Nancy Campbell. 828.92 CAM: The Library of Ice is a fascinating and beautifully rendered evocation of the interplay of people and their environment on a fragile planet, and of a writer's quest to define the value of her work in a disappearing landscape.
The panza monologues, Virginia Grise. 812.6 GRI: The Panza Monologues is an original solo performance piece based on women's stories about their panzas-tú sabes; that roll of belly we all try to hide. Written, compiled, and collected by Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga and fashioned into a tour-de-force solo performance. The Panza Monologues features the words of Chicanas speaking with humour and candour. Their stories boldly place the panza front and center as a symbol that reveals the lurking truths about women's thoughts, lives, loves, abuses, and living conditions.
The patch, John McPhee. 814.6 MCP: An artful assortment of nonfiction writings by John McPhee that have not previously appeared in any book.
The traveling feast: on the road and at the table with my heroes, Rick Bass. 813.54 BAS: Now at a turning point; in his midfifties, with his long marriage dissolved and his grown daughters out of the house, Bass strikes out on a journey of thanksgiving. His aim: to make a memorable meal for each of his mentors, to express his gratitude for the way they have shaped not only his writing but his life. The result, an odyssey to some of America's most iconic writers, is also a record of self-transformation as Bass seeks to recapture the fire that drove him as a young man.
The writing life: twelve New Zealand authors, Deborah Shepard. 820.9993 SHE: A unique and intimate survey of the lives and work of 12 of our most acclaimed writers: Patricia Grace, Tessa Duder, Owen Marshall, Philip Temple, David Hill, Joy Cowley, Vincent O'Sullivan, Albert Wendt, Marilyn Duckworth, Chris Else, Fiona Kidman and Witi Ihimaera.
We begin in gladness: how poets progress: essays, Craig Morgan Teicher. 808.1 TEI: We Begin in Gladness considers how poets start out, how they learn to hear themselves, and how some offer us that rare, glittering thing: lasting work. Teicher traces the poetic development of the works of Sylvia Plath, John Ashbery, Louise Glück, and Francine J. Harris, among others, to illuminate the paths they forged–by dramatic breakthroughs or by slow increments, and always by perseverance.
Who is Dracula's father?: and other puzzles in Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece, John Sutherland. 823.8 STO: Critic John Sutherland, a Dracula fan since childhooh, explores the enigmas and puzzles of this towering giant of gothic novels such as: Who was Dracula's father? Why does the Count come to England? Does the Count actually give Jonathan a love bite? Why does every country we know of have a vampire legend? and finally, How long is it before we're all vampires?
Writing comedy, John Byrne. 808.7 BYR
Written in history: letters that changed the world, Simon Sebag Montefiore. 808.86 SEB: Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the twenty-first century: some are noble and inspiring, some despicable and unsettling; some are exquisite works of literature, others brutal, coarse and frankly outrageous; many are erotic, others heartbreaking. The writers vary from Elizabeth I, Rameses the Great and Leonard Cohen to Emmeline Pankhurst, Mandela, Stalin, Michelangelo, Suleiman the Magnificent and unknown people in extraordinary circumstances from love letters to calls for liberation, declarations of war to reflections on death.

Music & Musicians

Diary of a rock'n'roll star, Ian Hunter. 781.66 HUN: Ian Hunter's Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star has received a litany of plaudits and been described as "an enduring crystallization of the rock musician's lot, and a quietly glorious period piece" by The Guardian. A brutally honest chronicle of touring life in the 1970s, and a classic of the rock writing genre, Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star remains the gold standard for rock writing.
Help!: the Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the magic of collaboration, Thomas Brothers. 781.65 ELL: Through his fascinating examination of these two musical legends, Brothers delivers a portrait of the creative process at work, demonstrating that the cooperative method at the foundation of these two artist-groups was the primary reason for their unmatched musical success. While clarifying the historical record of who wrote what, with whom, and how, Brothers brings the past to life with a lifetime of musical knowledge that reverberates through every page, and analyses of songs from Lennon and McCartney's Strawberry Fields Forever to Billy Strayhorn's Chelsea Bridge.
How to play guitar: essential skills, Tony Skinner. 787.87193 SKI
Michael Jackson: all the songs: the story behind every track, Richard Lecocq. 781.66 JAC: The full story behind every single song that Michael Jackson recorded and released during his long and remarkable career. With fascinating stories and detailed information on every track; as well as key early songs with The Jackson Five, and his legendary dance moves and videos,
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: any road will get us there (if we don't know where we're going), Sharon Latham. 781.66 GAL: This is the behind-the-scenes story of Noel's biggest ever world tour with his band The High Flying Birds and the making of his critically-acclaimed album Who Built The Moon? Noel has had a momentous year, with his third number one solo album, a Mercury Prize nomination and a 72-date tour across the globe, and this book documents every step of the journey.
Queen: album by album, Martin Popoff. 781.66 QUE: In this new installment in Voyageur Press's Album by Album series, rock journo Martin Popoff convenes a cast of 19 Queen experts and superfans to discuss all 15 of the band's studio albums (including their soundtrack for the 1980 film Flash Gordon).The results are freewheeling discussions delving into the individual songs, the circumstances that surrounded the recording of each album, the band and contemporary rock contexts into which they were released.
Should I stay or should I go?: and 87 other serious answers to questions in songs, James Ball. 781.64 BAL: What is love? How soon is now? Is there life on Mars? How do you solve a problem like Maria? They're some of the most famous questions ever asked. But do you know the answer to them? In Should I Stay or Should I Go?, award-winning journalist James Ball travels from the economic status of doggies in windows, to what war is good for and what becomes of the broken hearted to find out the definitive, fascinating and hilarious answers. In doing so he uncovers what we have always known; pop music is the key to life itself.
The 10 commandments: the rock star's guide to life: in their own words, Ted Kessler. 781.66 TEN: A surprising, informative, enlightening and at times outrageous must have guide to life from the world's most famous rock stars. Together with the finest selection from the Qmagazine archives and new unseen material, Ten Commandments presents ten rules for life from fifty musicians.

Parenting

Beyond the checkup from birth to age four: a pediatrician's guide to calm, confident parenting, Luke Voytas. 649.1 VOY
Boys of few words: raising our sons to communicate and connect, Adam J. Cox. 649.132 COX
Parental guidance recommended: how to raise emotionally healthy children, Louise Porter. 649.1 POR
Positive discipline for today's busy (and overwhelmed) parent: how to balance work, parenting, and self for lasting well-being, Jane Nelsen. 649.1 NEL
The power of presence: be a voice in your child's ear even when you're not with them, Joy Thomas Moore. 649.1 MOO: What does 'presence' mean to a parent? It's being available when you are needed the most. It's showing support through trial and triumph, even when separated by miles. It's equipping your kids with the tools they'll need to become successful adults. It's not possible to be physically nearby for every decision or every important moment of a child's life. Presence is about finding ways to express your love, your support, and your expectations using the time and resources available.
Toddler tactics, Pinky McKay. 649.122 MCK: A practical guide to providing for the needs of toddlers their sleep, play, eating and socialisation, and for managing their often unpredictable behaviour of toddlers. For Pinky, understanding how children develop is the first step to improving your relationship with your child.

Pasifika

In Cook's wake: tapa treasures from the Pacific., Nat Williams. 746.045 WIL: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the National Library of Australia's Treasures Gallery between the 23rd of August 2018 and the 3rd of February 2019.

Personal Development

Chicken soup for the soul: think, act & be happy: how to use Chicken Soup for the Soul stories to train your brain to be your own therapist, Amy Newmark. 158.1 NEW
Exactly where to start: the practical guide to turn your big idea into reality, Phil M. Jones. 153.8 JON
I'm a joke and so are you: a comedian's take on what makes us human, Robin Ince. 150 INC
Mindfulness for anger management: transformative skills for overcoming anger and managing powerful emotions, Stephen Dansiger. 152.47 DAN
Out of the maze: a simple way to change your thinking & unlock success, Spencer Johnson. 158.1 JOH
Personality hacker: harness the power of your personality type to transform your work, relationships, and life, Joel Mark Witt. 155.28 WIT
Psychology: 50 ideas in 500 words, Jeremy Stangroom. 150 STA
Stop look breathe create, Wendy Ann Greenhalgh. 153.35 GRE: Stop Look Breathe Create is a simple four-step process for exploring mindfulness through creativity, and in turn, developing creativity through mindful practice. The book engages the reader with ten everyday subjects, from 'The Ground Beneath Our Feet' to 'Returning Home' and for each of these there are three projects: one drawn, one photographic, one written. All are based on the effective mindfulness techniques that Wendy Ann has developed in her successful workshops and courses.
The 5 AM club: own your morning, elevate your life, Robin Sharma. 158.1 SHA: Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity.
The dead moms club: a memoir about death, grief, and surviving the mother of all losses, Kate Spencer. 155.937 SPE: Kate Spencer lost her mom to cancer when she was 27. In The Dead Moms Club, she walks readers through her experience of stumbling through grief and loss, and helps them to get through it, too. This is a frank, up-front look at what it means to go through gruesome grief and come out on the other side.
The IQ trainer: boost your IQ with a variety of trial tests, Jack van Minden. 153.93 MIN
The kindness challenge: thirty days to improve any relationship, Shaunti Feldhahn. 158.2 FEL
The mindful and effective employee: an acceptance & commitment therapy training manual for improving well-being and performance, Paul E. Flaxman. 158.7 FLA
The secret lives of introverts: inside our hidden world, Jenn Granneman. 155.23 GRA
The secure child: helping our children feel safe and confident in a changing world, Stanley I. Greenspan. 155.418 GRE
What's your type?: the strange history of Myers-Briggs and the birth of personality testing, Merve Emre. 155.26 EMR

Pets & Animals

(Definitely) the best dogs of all time, Jadan Carroll. 636.7 CAR
All the Queen's corgis: corgis, dorgis and gundogs: the story of Elizabeth II and her most faithful companions, Penny Junor. 636.7 ELI
Beyond the track: retraining the thoroughbred from racecourse to riding horse, Anna Morgan Ford. 636.13 FOR
Chicken DIY, Daniel Johnson. 636.5 JOH
The dog: a natural history, Adam Miklosi. 636.7 MIK: There are plenty of books out there about living with and training a dog. The Dog: A Natural History is something much wider-ranging: an in-depth look at every aspect of the species, from prehistoric origins to its biology, its behaviour, and its relationship with humankind. An initial chapter on Evolution & Development looks at dogs' ancestors. Chapters on Anatomy & Biology, Society & Behaviour, and Dogs & Humans follow, accessing the most recent studies on everything canine.
The handbook of horses and donkeys: introduction to ownership and care, Chris J. Mortensen. 636.1083 MOR
The New Zealand native freshwater aquarium, Stella McQueen. 639.34 MCQ: New Zealand's unique native freshwater fish which are difficult to observe in the wild are much more accessible and tangible in the aquarium, immedialy becoming advocates for the conservation of their freshwater habitats. This book discusses the species most suited to aquaria, with a strong focus on conservation and ethical fish keeping; covers how to find, catch and look after native fish.
The secret language of cats: how to understand your cat for a better, happier relationship, Susanne Schötz 636.8 SCH
The travelling vet: from pets to pandas: my life with animals, Jonathan Cranston. 636.089 CRA: Jonathan Cranston is no ordinary vet. In addition to his day job in the Oxfordshire countryside treating cows, dogs, pigs and cats, he's also worked with an astonishing range of species around the world, including crocodiles, rhinos and pandas. In this charming collection he introduces us to some of his favourite patients, ranging from beloved family pets through to magnificent creatures of the wild.

Philosophy & Psychology

A beginner's guide to reality, Jim Baggott. 110 BAG
A short history of Western ideology: a critical account, Rolf Petri. 190 PET
Go together: how the concept of Ubuntu will change how you live, work, and lead, Shola Richards. 199 RIC: The African philosophy of Ubuntu embraces the belief that we are universally connected to each other. Richards suggests it could transform the way we treat others, making us kinder and more respectful to others, on and off the job. He believes that the illusion that we are more different than similar is eroding our ability to truly live a productive and satisfying life. Discover how this simple concept could change our own behaviour, and the world around us.
Purpose rising: a global movement of transformation and meaning, Emanuel Kuntzelman. 128 PUR: The universe is full of purpose. Many of us are discovering that aligning our own lives, our organizations, and even our global civilization with purposeful intent can have transformative effects. In this anthology, you'll learn from leading thinkers and actors in the field of purpose. Gain insight and wisdom from Ken Wilber, Ervin Laszlo, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Duane Elgin, Bill Plotkin, Cassandra Vieten, Dustin DiPerna, Terry Patten, Emanuel Kuntzelman, and many others.

Photography

Born to dance: celebrating the wonder of childhood, Jordan Matter. 779 MAT: Jordan Matter is known to millions for his 10 Minute Photo Challenge YouTube videos. Now, in one dazzling photo after another, he portrays children in ordinary and extraordinary pursuits; from sleepovers to selfies, from leaping for joy to feeling left out. The subjects include TV and Internet starts like Chloe Lukasiak, Sofie Dossi, Kalani Hilliker, and Tate McRae, as well as children famous only in their own neighbourhoods.
Infinite wonder: an astronaut's photographs from a year in space, Scott Kelly. 779 KEL: The first photo book by the Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking Year in Space. This is an awe-inspiring collection of the photos Scott took himself while on board the International Space Station, many of which have never been seen before.
InstaStyle: curate your life, create stunning photos, elevate your Instagram influence, Tezza. 770.2 TEZ
Ireland, Susan Wood. 779 WOO: This full-colour kaleidoscope of over 150 photographs by one of North America's leading photographers evokes a pre-Celtic Tiger Ireland, recording a world on the cusp of radical change: a time-capsule of personalities and landscapes, professions and activities.The work ranges across the Irish countryside. Departing from Dublin and Wicklow, it extends to Roscommon and the Shannon estuary, recording street scenes, Travellers, the hunt, cattle marts and pub, cottage and country- house interiors.
Posing for portrait and glamour photography: techniques for digital photographers, Joe Farace. 778.92 FAR
Steve McCurry: a life in pictures, Bonnie McCurry. 779 MCC: The largest collection of Steve McCurry's images in one single volume and the final word on forty years of McCurry's incredible work. Written and compiled by Bonnie McCurry, Steve's sister. The book brings together all of McCurry's key adventures, from his very first journalistic images taken in the aftermath of the 1977 Johnstown floods, to his first breakthrough journey into Afghanistan hidden among the Mujahideen, his many travels across India and Pakistan, his coverage of the destruction of the 1991 Gulf War and the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, up to his most-recent work.
Wallace W. Abbey: a life in railroad photography, Kevin P. Keefe. 779 ABB: From the late 1940s onward, Wallace W. Abbey masterfully combined journalistic and artistic vision to transform everyday transportation moments into magical photographs. Abbey, a photographer, journalist, historian, and railroad industry executive, helped people from many different backgrounds understand and appreciate what was taken for granted: a world of locomotives, passenger trains, big-city terminals, small-town depots, and railroaders.

Plays & Screenplays

Orestes and other plays, Euripedes. 882 EUR: In these four plays Euripides explores ethical and political themes,contrasting the claims of patriotism with family loyalty, pragmatism and expediency with justice, and the idea that 'might is right' with the ideal of clemency.

Poetry

An open book, David Malouf. 821.914 MAL: An Open Book celebrates the power of poetry and reaffirms David Malouf as one of Australia's most celebrated and beloved writers. This is only David Malouf's third new poetry volume in nearly 40 years. As one of Australia's greatest living poets, Malouf continues to meditate and reflect on themes of mortality and memory.
Dante's Divine comedy: a journey without end, Ian Thomson. 851.1 DAN: One of the masterpieces of world literature, completed in 1320, Dante's Divina Commedia describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory and his eventual arrival in Heaven. In this new, fully illustrated version of Dante's masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in prosaic English rhyme. Accessible, modern and sublimely illustrated, this remarkable edition yokes two great literary minds, seven hundred years apart, and brings the classic text alive for the twenty-first century.
Dante's Divine Comedy. Part One, Hell, Alasdair Gray. 851.1 DAN: One of the masterpieces of world literature, completed in 1320, Dante's Divina Commedia describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory and his eventual arrival in Heaven. In this new, fully illustrated version of Dante's masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in prosaic English rhyme. Accessible, modern and sublimely illustrated, this remarkable edition yokes two great literary minds, seven hundred years apart, and brings the classic text alive for the twenty-first century.
Dulce et decorum est, Wilfred Owen. 821.912 OWE: Award winning illustrator, Martin Impey's artistic interpretation of one of Wilfred Owen's most renowned poems. Impey skilfully executes not only the imagery that Owen creates in words, but also illustrates the sentiment; that there is no glory in war, or in death.
One hundred poems and a year, Bob Orr. 821.914 ORR: One Hundred Poems and a Year is Bob Orr's ninth poetry collection, and was mostly written when he was Writer in Residence at the University of Waikato in 2017.
Rainwoman & snake, Gary Langford. 821.914 LAN: A collection of new poetry divided into two quite separate sections, Rainwoman, and Snake. Gary Langford was born in Christchurch in 1947. He lived in Australia for 30 years where he worked as a teacher and a writer. He now lives in Christchurch and Melbourne.
Shakespeare's sonnets, retold, William Shakespeare & James Anthony. 821.3 SHA: Shakespeare's sonnets are some of the nation's favourite lines of verse, but the Elizabethan language can make it difficult to really understand them. Many guides offer to clarify the meaning, but lose the magic of the words by explaining them away. James Anthony has done something boldly different. He has rewritten the whole series of poems as sonnets using modern language, while retaining the rhythm and rhyme patterns that gives them such power.
Short poems of New Zealand, Jenny Bornholdt. 821.008 SHO
The cat in the treble clef, Louis de Bernières. 821.914 DE: The Cat in the treble clef focuses on family and the connections we make, and break, with other people. There are moving poems to and about his family: his great grandmother, his mother and father and his children and about places near and far, about the passing of time, music and about love in its various forms.
The Friday poem: 100 New Zealand poems, Steve Braunias. 821.91408 FRI: An anthology of new New Zealand verse, which first appeared in the popular Friday Poem slot in The Spinoff website. It features some of the most well-known and established names in New Zealand poetry as well as new, exciting writers. It is a showcase of New Zealand poetry.
The perseverance, Raymond Antrobus. 821.92 ANT: An extraordinary debut from a young British-Jamaican poet, The Perseverance is a book of loss, language and praise. One of the most crucial new voices to emerge from Britain, Raymond Antrobus explores the d/Deaf experience, the death of his father and the failure to communicate. Ranging across history, time zones and continents, The Perseverance operates in the in betweens of dual heritages, of form and expression emerging to show us what it means to exist, and to flourish.
The poems of T.S. Eliot. Volume I, Collected and uncollected poems, Christopher Ricks. 821.912 ELI: It provides a fully scrutinized text of Eliot's poems, carefully restoring accidental omissions and removing textual errors that have crept in over the full century in which Eliot has been so frequently printed and reprinted. The edition also presents many poems from Eliot's youth which were published only decades later, as well as others that saw only private circulation in his lifetime, of which dozens are collected for the first time.
Time to sing before the dark, Helen Bascand. 821.92 BAS: Flight, song, darkness and light, history, fable and furniture. From the botanist to the birdcage, from rescue to ruin, Helen Bascand's fifth poetry collection charts a tilting world with her customary elegance, wit and intelligence.
When the straitjacket fits, Stephen Ryan. 821.914 RYA: Stephen lives with bi-polar disorder. His days are filled with the highest of highs and the deepest of lows. Modern medicine and support means he can mostly function 'normally' and go about his day-to-day activities, but life has not always been this way. The poems inside were written in the 1980s and 1990s, a time when life for Stephen was determined by institutions, hard-line psychotropic medication and electro-convulsive therapy. His writing proved to be an outlet for his frustration and anger as well as a portal for his creativity.

Politics & Government

BRIXMIS: the last Cold War mission, Steve Gibson. 327.12 GIB: The only first-hand account of BRIXMIS, the British Army's most secret unit of the Cold War. BRIXMIS (British Commander-in- Chief's Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind 'enemy lines' ten months after the Second World War had ended and continued with their intelligence-gathering missions until fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
Half in, half out: Prime Ministers on Europe, Andrew Adonis. 327.41 ADO: Born out of a series of Oxford University lectures devised by the former director of the Number 10 Policy Unit, Andrew Adonis, Half in, Half Out presents a comprehensive and enlightening look at Britain's Prime Ministers of the past seven decades - and explores their often hugely differing attitudes towards our neighbours on the other side of the Channel.
How fascism works: the politics of us and them, Jason Stanley. 321.94 STA
Imagined communities: reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism, Benedict Anderson. 320.54 AND
Information and institutions of government accountability, Len Cook. 352.88 COO
Māui Street, Morgan Godfery. 320.993 GOD: Morgan Godfery is one of New Zealand's most energising young thinkers. In just a few years he has become a leading voice in the country's social and political life. Starting out under his own banner, 'Māui Street', his writing now appears across national and international publications. This curated selection brings together the best of Godfery's writing.
Proof of collusion: how Trump betrayed America, Seth Abramson. 327.73 TRU: The stories coming in from across the globe have often seemed fantastical: clandestine meetings in foreign capitals, secret recordings in a Moscow hotel, Kremlin agents infiltrating the Trump inner circle. Seth Abramson has tracked every one of these far-flung reports, and now in, Proof of Collusion, he finally gives us a record of the unthinkable—a president compromising American foreign policy in exchange for financial gain and covert election assistance.
Spygate: the attempted sabotage of Donald J. Trump, Dan Bongino. 324.973 BON: The comprehensive story of how the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton campaign, and foreign entities tried to sabotage the Trump campaign in the 2016 presidential election. Everyone has an opinion about whether or not Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. Spygate bypasses opinion and brings facts together to expose the greatest political scandal in American history.

Religion & Ethics

A nearly infallible history of Christianity, Nick Page. 270 PAG: From Abelard to Zwingli, via a multitude of saints and sinners, Nick Page guides us through the creeds, the councils, the buildings and the background of the Christian church in an illuminating, and perhaps ever so slightly irreverent way.
A nearly infallible history of the Reformation: commemorating 500 years of Popes, Protestants, reformers, radicals and other assorted irritants, Nick Page. 270.6 PAG
Adorned: living out the beauty of the gospel together, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth. 248.84 WOL: Known for her wisdom, warmth, and knowledge of Scripture, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth has encouraged millions through her books, radio programs, and conferences. Now she's back with a legacy work on Titus 2 and its powerful vision for women.
Aging for beginners, Ezra Bayda . 294.34 BAY
Arthur Prior, a 'young progressive': letters to Ursula Bethell and to Hugh Teague, 1936-1941, Mike Grimshaw. 230 PRI: Arthur Prior (1914–69), the founder of 'tense logic', is regarded as New Zealand's greatest 20th-century philosopher. It is commonly believed that the philosopher J.N.D. Findlay lured a young Prior away from theology and his training for the ministry to the world of philosophy. However, as Prior's letters to the poet Ursula Bethell and to his communist cousin Hugh Teague now make clear, he did not simply abandon theological study in order to immerse himself in philosophy – nor does it seem that it was a matter of his disbelieving in theology one minute and believing in philosophy the next.
Evolution of goddess: a modern girl's guide to activating your feminine superpowers, Emma Mildon. 291.21 MIL
God in the Qur'an, Jack Miles. 297.21 MIL
Heroes, Stephen Fry. 292.13 FRY: Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes.Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of; at our worst and our very best.
Hope heals: a true story of overwhelming loss and an overcoming love, Katherine Wolf. 248.86 WOL
Inner engineering: a Yogi's guide to joy, Sadhguru. 204.3 VAS
Pure: inside the Evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how I broke free, Linda Kay Klein. 261.835 KLE: From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity's purity culture has had on a generation of young women in a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir.
Quaker roots and branches, John Lampen. 289.6 LAM
Seven ways of looking at pointless suffering: what philosophy can tell us about the hardest mystery of all, Scott Samuelson. 204.4 SAM
The awesome power of blessing, Richard Brunton. 264.1 BRU: Blessing is speaking God's intentions or favour over someone or some situation.When we do that in faith, we activate God's power to change a person (ourselves included), or a situation, from where they are now to where God wants them to be. Every Christian has the authority and power to bless others in the name of the Lord and see lives and situations transformed.
The Book of Revelation: a biography, Timothy Beal. 228 BEA: Few biblical books have been as revered and reviled as Revelation. Many hail it as the pinnacle of prophetic vision, the cornerstone of the biblical canon, and, for those with eyes to see, the key to understanding the past, present, and future. Timothy Beal provides a concise cultural history of Revelation and the apocalyptic imaginations it has fueled.
The history of jihad: from Muhammad to ISIS, Robert Spencer. 297.7 SPE
The Islamic world: a history in objects, Ladan Akbarnia. 909.09767 AKB
The prodigal prophet: Jonah and the mystery of God's mercy, Timothy Keller. 224.9 KEL: Most people, even those who are nonreligious, are familiar with the book of Jonah: a rebellious prophet defies God and is swallowed by a whale. Less familiar to most people is the second half of this Biblical story; what happens after Jonah is released from the belly of the fish. Yet it is in this second half of the story that one of the most powerful and important lessons of the Bible is hidden. The famous story shows how, if we would understand the mercy of God, it will always take us in directions we would rather not go, toward people we would rather not care about, and ultimately into the deepest counsels of God.
Wonders of creation: design in a fallen world, Stuart Burgess. 213 BUR: If the universe came into existence 'by chance', it did so against immeasurable odds. It follows that if every living thing evolved step by step over millions of years into the intricate, complex and kaleidoscopic beauty, order and design that we see around us, this also was against these incalculable odds. We may go further and claim that the vital interrelationship of the universe; the precise movements of the planets, the regular seasons of the year, the reliance of all living things upon each other, also evolved against the same unimaginable odds. We must conclude either that everything; each individual detail, in the known universe, and especially planet earth, evolved against a series of unimaginable, unbelievable and infinitesimal odds or we should look for an alternative and more reasonable explanation.
WTF: when there's faith: a new interpretation, Malik Samnani. 234.2 SAM: WTF explores various areas where faith or a belief has impacted the way we understand the seen, the unseen, and our relationship within and outside of us. It also discusses matters both of the physical and the spiritual.
Zen: the path of paradox, Osho. 299.93 OSH: In Zen: The Path of Paradox, Osho suggests Zen as a possible bridge between East and West, and between the scientific and the spiritual. "Without science, the East has lost much; without meditation, the West has lost much." Osho encourages the reader to throw off the accumulated "knowing" of a lifetime, to let go of physical, mental, and emotional tensions, to relax into the flow of an extraordinary discourse and become receptive to the present moment and the potential within.

Science

A field guide to carnivores of the world, Luke Hunter. 599.7 HUN
A little book of Latin for gardeners, Peter Parker. 580 PAR
A year with nature: an almanac, Marty Crump. 508 CRU: A Year with Nature is an almanac like none you've ever seen: combining science and aesthetics, it is a daily affirmation of the extraordinary richness of biodiversity and our enduring beguilement by its beauty.
Alice and Bob meet the wall of fire: the biggest ideas in science from Quanta, Thomas Lin. 530 ALI: These stories reveal the latest efforts to untangle the mysteries of the universe. Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories appearing in Quanta Magazine over the past five years, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge.
All over the map: a cartographic odyssey, Betsy Mason. 526 MAS: Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today.
An educational guide on Monarch butterflies, Maria Romero. 595.78 ROM
Biometrics: a very short introduction, Michael Fairhurst. 570.1 FAI: Biometrics; the scientific discipline of identifying individuals by means of the measurement of unique personal attributes, provides a reliable means of establishing or confirming an individual's identity. These attributes include facial appearance, fingerprints, iris patterning, the voice, the way we write, or even the way we walk. The new technologies of biometrics have a wide range of practical applications, from securing mobile phones and laptops to establishing identity in bank transactions, travel documents, and national identity cards.
Bird photographer of the year. Collection 3, Chris Packham. 598 BIR
Birdstories: a history of the birds of New Zealand, Geoff Norman. 598.0993 NOR
Brief answers to the big questions, Stephen Hawking. 500 HAW: Professor Hawking was a brilliant theoretical physicist, an influential author and thinker, and a great popular communicator. Throughout his career he was asked questions by business leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs, academics and the general public on a broad range of subjects, from the origins of the universe to the future of the planet. For both the scientific and the intellectually curious, this book celebrates the mind, humour, and achievements of one of the most inspiring figures in recent history.
Darwin's most wonderful plants: Darwin's botany today, Ken Thompson. 580 DAR
Did you just eat that?: two scientists explore double-dipping, the five-second rule, and other food myths in the lab, Paul Dawson. 579.1 DAW: In Did You Just Eat That? food scientists Paul Dawson and Brian Sheldon take readers into the lab to show, for example, how they determine the amount of bacteria that gets transferred by sharing utensils or how many microbes live on restaurant menus. The authors list their materials and methods (in case you want to replicate the experiments), guide us through their results, and offer in-depth explanations of good hygiene and microbiology.
Dinomania: why we love, fear and are utterly enchanted by dinosaurs, Boria Sax. 567.91 SAX
Dreaming in turtle: a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures, Peter Laufer. 597.92 LAU
Dynasties: the rise and fall of animal families, Stephen Moss. 591.56 MOS
End of the megafauna: the fate of the world's hugest, fiercest, and strangest animals, Ross D. E. MacPhee. 591.4 MCP: Paleomammologist Ross D. E. MacPhee explores that question, examining the leading extinction theories, weighing the evidence, and presenting his own conclusions. He shows how theories of human overhunting and catastrophic climate change fail to explain critical features of these extinctions, and how new thinking is needed to elucidate these mysterious losses.
Evolutions: fifteen myths that explain our world, Oren Harman. 576.8 HAR
Eyes to see: the astonishing variety of vision in nature, Michael Land. 573.8 LAN: A leading expert on the evolution of vision describes the astonishing diversity of eyes in the animal kingdom. He explains how different kinds of eyes evolved to allow animals to catch prey, and the adaptations that also enable animals to hide from watching predators.
Gaining ground: the origin and evolution of tetrapods, Jennifer A. Clack. 566 CLA
How to be a good creature: a memoir in thirteen animals, Sy Montgomery. 590 MON: A naturalist and adventurer discusses the personalities and quirks of thirteen animals who have profoundly affected her, exploring themes of learning to become empathetic, creating families, coping with loss, and the otherness and sameness of people and animals.
How to speak science: gravity, relativity, and other ideas that were crazy until proven brilliant, Bruce Benamran. 502 BEN
It all adds up: the story of people and mathematics, Mickael Launay. 510 LAU
Math with bad drawings: illuminating the ideas that shape our reality, Ben Orlin. 510 ORL: A hilarious reeducation in mathematics; full of joy, jokes, and stick figures, that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world. In Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is; its myriad uses, its strange symbols, and the wild leaps of logic and faith that define the usually impenetrable work of the mathematician.
Millions, billions, zillions: defending yourself in a world of too many numbers, Brian W. Kernighan. 512.7 KER: Brian Kernighan teaches anyone—even diehard math-phobes—how to demystify the numbers that assault us every day. With examples drawn from a rich variety of sources, including journalism, advertising, and politics, Kernighan demonstrates how numbers can mislead and misrepresent. In chapters covering big numbers, units, dimensions, and more, he lays bare everything from deceptive graphs to speciously precise numbers. And he shows how anyone; using a few basic ideas and lots of shortcuts, can easily learn to recognize common mistakes.
Mycelium running: how mushrooms can help save the world, Paul Stamets. 579.5 STA
Never home alone: from microbes to millipedes, camel crickets, and honeybees, the natural history of where we live, Rob Dunn. 570 DUN
Owls of the world, James Duncan. 598.97 DUN
Quantum space: loop quantum gravity and the search for the structure of space, time, and the universe, Jim Baggott. 531.14 BAG
Reptiles and amphibians of New Zealand: a field guide, Dylan van Winkel. 597.9 VAN
The brief life of flowers, Fiona Stafford. 582.13 STA: This beautifully written collection is at once enchanting and intriguing, weaving together art, science, history and horticulture to offer a fresh perspective on the world around us. The Brief Life of Flowers reveals how even the most ordinary of flowers have extraordinary stories to tell.
The complete guide to Australian birds: featuring 'in the field' images from Australia's best wildlife photographers, George Adams. 598.0994 ADA
The eastern curlew, Harry Saddler. 598.33 SAD: Every year around August, large flocks of Eastern Curlews leave their breeding grounds in the Arctic and embark on a perilous 10,000km journey to the coast of Australia. The birds cannot swim; if they become exhausted and fall into the ocean, they die. But it's a journey they have taken for tens of thousands of years, tracing invisible flyways in the sky in what is one of the most spectacular mass migrations in the animal kingdom.
The empire of the eagle: an illustrated natural history, Mike Unwin. 598.94 UNW
The glorious life of the oak, John Lewis-Stempel. 583.6 LEW
The hedgehog handbook, Sally Coulthard. 599.33 COU
The life-changing magic of numbers, Bobby Seagull. 513.5 SEA
The light in the dark: a winter journal, Horatio Clare. 508.2 CLA: Horatio Clare raises a torch against the darkness, illuminating the blackest corners of the season, and delving into memory and myth to explore the powerful hold that winter has on us. By learning to see, we can find the magic, the light that burns bright at the heart of winter: spring will come again.
The mathematics of everyday life, Alfred S. Posamentier. 510 POS: This book shows how maths is deeply embedded in almost every aspect of daily life; from managing your personal finances, making consumer purchases, and sharpening your computational skills, to learning to apply mathematical concepts that will give you a better grasp of both ordinary and extraordinary events and help you better appreciate the world we live in.
The prime number conspiracy: the biggest ideas in math from Quanta, Thomas Lin. 510 PRI
The red squirrel book, Jane Russ. 599.36 RUS
The rise and fall of the emerald tigers: ten years of research in Panna National Park, Raghu Chundawat. 599.75 CHU
The tales teeth tell: development, evolution, behavior, Tanya M. Smith. 599.94 SMI
The tangled tree: a radical new history of life, David Quammen. 591.38 QUA: Ever since Darwin, we have used the metaphor of the 'tree of life' to explain evolution, but this metaphor no longer holds up. Genes don't just move vertically, they can also pass laterally across species boundaries, known as 'horizontal gene transfer' or 'HGT' and some have come sideways into our own primate lineage. In this book, the author chronicles these discoveries through the lives of the researchers who made them.
The Universe today ultimate guide to viewing the cosmos: everything you need to know to become an amateur astronomer, David Dickinson. 520 DIC
The wolf within: the astonishing evolution of the wolf into man's best friend, Bryan Sykes. 599.77 SYK
The wren: a biography: the secret life of Britain's most common bird, Stephen Moss. 598.83 MOS
When humans nearly vanished: the catastrophic explosion of the Toba volcano, Donald R. Prothero. 551.21 PRO
Your place in the universe: understanding our big, messy existence, Paul M. Sutter. 523.1 SUT

A boy without hope: the heartbreaking true story of a troubled boy with a terrible past, Casey Watson. 362.733 WAT: A boy without hope is the heart-breaking story of a boy who didn't know the meaning of love. A history of abuse and neglect has left Miller destined for life's scrap heap. But in this turbulent story of conflict and struggle, Casey Watson is determined to help Miller overcome his demons, show him love and give him hope.
After the honeymoon: why treating women badly ends badly, Robin Parry. 362.829 PAR: After the Honeymoon is a practical manual to help abusive men understand why they behave so aggressively, how they drive women away, what needs to change and the skills required to achieve a loving, violence-free relationship.
Daughters of shame, Jasvinder Sanghera. 362.829 SAN: Jasvinder Sanghera knows what it means to flee from your family under threat of forced marriage - and to face the terrible consequences that follow. As a young girl that was just what she had to do. Having overcome terrible odds and rebuilt her life, she now works to help those in similar circumstances, often at great personal risk. She reveals the previously hidden stories of some of these women, and tells of how she helped them to escape not just oppression but in some cases great danger.
Empowering women: a history of Zonta International in New Zealand, 1965-2016, Jennifer A. Loughton. 369.5 LOU
Fruit of knowledge: the vulva vs. the patriarchy, Liv Strömquist. 305.42 STR: In this graphic nonfiction book, drawn in chunky, punky pen, Swedish cartoonist Liv Strömquist traces how different cultures and traditions have shaped women's health and beyond.
Girl unbroken: a sister's harrowing story of survival from the streets of Long Island to the farms of Idaho, Regina Calcaterra. 362.733 MAL: They were five kids with five different fathers and an alcoholic mother who left them to fend for themselves for weeks at a time. Yet through it all they had each other. Rosie, the youngest, is fawned over and shielded by her older sister, Regina. But when Regina discloses the truth about her abusive mother to her social worker, she is separated from her younger siblings Norman and Rosie.
Guys like me: five wars, five veterans for peace, Michael A. Messner. 303.66 MES: The actual experiences of war veterans are rarely visible to the general public, except perhaps in occasional human-interest profiles of vets as jobless, limbless victims. Least audible still have been the voices of combat veterans who become advocates for peace. In this time of apparently permanent warfare, it is as important as ever for the general public to engage in informed discussions of past, current and future wars. Guys Like Me illuminates the intergenerational stories and voices of five men; veterans of five wars, who became lifelong advocates of peace.
How we're f***ing up our planet, Tony Juniper. 304.28 JUN: This book charts the dramatic explosion of human population and consumption. Using the latest scientific evidence and simple graphics, this wide-ranging and accessible book reveals how our growing use of energy, our increasing demand for food and water, and the rapid expansion of our cities are affecting the planet. It examines the threats and pressures facing the natural world, including Earth's climate, oceans, and biodiversity.
Last days of the Concorde: the crash of Flight 4590 and the end of supersonic passenger travel, Samme Chittum. 363.124 CHI
Laugh out loud: a user's guide to workplace humor, Barbara Plester. 302.35 PLE
Mastering the addicted brain: building a sane and meaningful life to stay clean, Walter Ling. 362.29 LIN
Mountains to sea: solving New Zealand's freshwater crisis, Mike Joy. 363.7394 MOU
My body, my business: New Zealand sex workers in an era of change, Caren Wilton. 306.74 WIL
Parent and child: the two-person family, Kathleen M. Waddington. 306.856 WAD
Poverty safari: understanding the anger of Britain's underclass, Darren McGarvey. 305.562 MCG
Recovery rising: a retrospective of addiction treatment and recovery advocacy, William L. White. 362.29 WHI
So you want to talk about race, Ijeoma Oluo. 305.8 OLU: A current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today's racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide. Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word.
Still counting: wellbeing, women's work and policy-making, Marilyn Waring. 305.43 WAR
Te ahi kā: the fires of occupation, Martin Toft. 305.8994 TOF: In 1996 Toft spent six months in the middle and upper reaches of the Whanganui River in an area known as the King Country. Here he met Māori who were in the process of reversing the colonisation of their people and returning to their ancestral land, Mangapapapa which is on the steep banks of the river inside Whanganui National Park. At the end of his journey Toft was given the Māori name Pouma Pokai-Whenua. Returning twenty years later to rekindle the spiritual kinship he had experienced, Toft began to work on this book.
Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now, Jaron Lanier. 302.23 LAN
The children of Harvey Milk: how LGBTQ politicians changed the world, Andrew Reynolds. 323.3 REY: Part political thriller, part meditation on social change, part love story, The Children of Harvey Milk tells the epic stories of courageous men and women around the world who came forward to make their voices heard during the struggle for equal rights. Featuring LGBTQ icons from America to Ireland, Britain to New Zealand; Reynolds documents their successes and failures, heartwarming stories of acceptance and heartbreaking stories of ostracism, demonstrating the ways in which an individual can change the views and voting behaviors of those around them.
The female lead: women who shape the world, Edwina Dunn. 305.4 DUN
The guilty feminist: from our noble goals to our worst hypocrisies, Deborah Frances-White. 305.42 FRA: A funny, joyful, frank and inspiring book about embracing both feminism and our imperfections, from the creator of the hit comedy podcast, Deborah Frances-White.
The handy forensic science answer book: reading clues at the crime scene, crime lab and in court, Patricia Barnes-Svarney. 363.25 BAR
The obesogen effect: why we eat less and exercise more but still struggle to lose weight, Bruce Blumberg. 362.196398 BLU
The secret life of language: discover the origins of global communication, Simon Pulleyn. 306.44 PUL
Why mothering matters, Maddie McMahon. 306.8743 MCM
Win bigly: persuasion in a world where facts don't matter, Scott Adams. 303.342 ADA
Winners take all: the elite charade of changing the world, Anand Giridharadas. 303.4 GIR: Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can; except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it. We see how they rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor; how they lavishly reward "thought leaders" who redefine "change" in winner-friendly ways; and how they constantly seek to do more good, but never less harm.

Sport & Recreation

Aoraki-Tai Poutini: a mountaineering guide to Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park, Rob Frost. 796.522 FRO
Black boots: New Zealand's rugby legends, Phil Gifford. 796.3336 GIF
Driven: the men who made Formula One, Kevin Eason. 796.72 EAS: Driven: The Men Who Made Formula One tells how a small group of extraordinary men transformed Formula One from a niche sport played out on primitive tracks surrounded by hay bales and grass verges into a é1 billion circus performing in vast theatres of entertainment all over the world. This colourful and compelling account of the extraordinary flourishing of Formula One explores the quirks and extravagances of the men who converged, in one generation, to shape their sport; disparate characters with a common impulse: they were racers, and they were driven.
Fear!: extreme athletes on how to reach your highest goals and overcome stress and self-doubt, Roanne van Voorst. 796.046 VOO
How to catch fish and where. 2, Mike Rendle. 799.1 REN: Drawing from more than four decades of fishing experience throughout New Zealand and the Pacific, this book is packed-full of colour, description, diagrams and detail.
Icons: my inspiration. My motivation. My obsession, Bradley Wiggins. 796.62 WIG: The world of professional cycling is fraught with fierce competition, fervent dedication and unerring ambition, and only a handful of competitors reach iconic status. Among them is Sir Bradley Wiggins; a man uniquely placed to reflect on the history of this remarkable sport and its unforgettable titans. In Icons, Wiggins takes the reader on an extraordinarily intimate journey through the sport, presenting key pieces from his never- before-seen collection of memorabilia.
Marvel Contest of Champions: the art of the Battlerealm, Paul Davies. 794.8 DAV: Marvel Contest of Champions: The Art of the Battlerealm is the ultimate visual companion for a true collector. Capturing the intensity of Kabam's extraordinary game, this book features incredible concept art, sketches, and storyboards. Discover more about Marvel's vast Battlerealm; the cosmic arena for the Contest of Champions, and your favorite Super Heroes and Villains, with exclusive commentary from the creators and fascinating insights into the creative process.
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.
Second Time Lucky: One man's journey the length of New Zealand, Erik Westra. 796.64 WES: Tour Aotearoa is a 3,000-kilometre journey from Cape Reinga to Bluff. Erik Westra, an avid cyclist, raced past beaches, native birds and friendly locals until a dream-shattering fall forced him to withdraw.
Sport development in action: plan, programme and practice, Alec Astle. 796.069 AST
Steve Smith's men: behind Australian cricket's fall, Geoff Lemon. 796.358 LEM: He was top of the world, with numbers bettered only by Don Bradman, then captain Steve Smith led his Australian team into a cheating scandal that stunned cricket. Media exploded and million-dollar contracts were torn up. A tangle of personality, politics and culture had led them to this point. This is a frank, fearless and often humorous account of the path from Ashes high to Cape Town low, from someone who watched it all unfold.
The fascinating history of toys & games around the world, Warwick Henderson. 688.72 HEN
The great cave rescue: the extraordinary story of the Thai boy soccer team trapped in a cave for 18 days, James Massola. 796.525 MAS
The mad and the bad: boxing tales of mayhem, menace and murder, Thomas Myler. 796.83 MYL
Thorny encounters: a history of England v the All Blacks, Matt Elliott. 796.3336 ELL
Women on the move: the forgotten era of women's bicycle racing, Roger Gilles. 796.62 GIL: Women on the Move tells the full story of America's most popular arena sport during the 1890s, giving these pioneering athletes the place they deserve in history.

Supernatural

Everyday tarot: unlock your inner wisdom and manifest your future, Brigit Esselmont. 133.324 ESS
From shaman to scientist: essays on humanity's search for spirits, James Houran. 133.1 FRO
How to use a crystal: 50 practical rituals and spiritual activities for inspiration and wellbeing, Richard Webster. 133.25 WEB
Kitchen witchcraft: garden magic, Rachel Patterson. 133.43 PAT
Synchronicity: an acausal connecting principle, C.G. Jung. 133.8 JUN: To Jung, synchonicity is a meaningful coincidence in time, a psychic factor which is independant of space and time. This revolutionary concept of synchronicity both challenges and complements the physicist's classical view of casualty. It also forces us to a basic reconsideration of the meaning of chance, probability, coincidence and the singular events in our lives.
The complete book of auras: learn to see, read, strengthen & heal auras, Richard Webster. 133.89 WEB
The only astrology book you'll ever need, Joanna Martine Woolfolk. 133.5 WOO
The stars within you: a modern guide to astrology, Juliana McCarthy. 133.5 MCC
Written in the stars: discover the language of the stars and help your life shine, Debbie Frank. 133.5 FRA

Transport

American classic cars: 300 classic marques from 1914-2000, Richard Nicholls. 629.222 NIC
Apollo to the moon: a history in 50 objects, Teasel Muir-Harmony. 629.454 MUI
Automotive mascots: a collector's guide to British marque, corporate & accessory mascots, David Kay. 629.26 KAY: The authoritative and invaluable guide for automotive mascot collectors. Covers metal and glass mascots. Features the radiator mascots of British marques from 1896. Covers corporate and accessory mascots, including foreign mascots, such as Lalique, which were sold in Britain. Tells the fascinating stories behind individual mascots, including Rolls-Royce's famous Flying Lady.
BAe I46 'Whisperjet': Britain's most successful airliner, David Oliver. 629.13334 BAE
Columbus in space: Europe's voyage of discovery on the International Space Station, Julien Harrod. 629.442 HAR: In 2008 Europe's first space laboratory was launched to the International Space Station. Ten years later the Columbus lab is still circling 400 km above our heads at 28 800 km/h and providing scientists a place to run out-of-this-world experiments. To celebrate a decade of European science and technology in space this book recounts the story of the Columbus laboratory: from vision to mission and from daily operations to science.
Heathrow after dark, Vin Man. 629.13334 MAN: Vin Man, creator of social media's LHR:airside, works rampside at Heathrow, always with a camera close to hand to create this stunning album of airliner portraits. This book brings rampside life at the world's most famous international airport into focus, with over 150 stunning images of the airlines after dark; global airline megabrands and obscure names from small countries side by side with VIP head of state luxury liners and cargo haulers.
Jaguar Mark 1 & 2: a celebration of Jaguar's classic sporting saloons, Nigel Thorley. 629.2222 JAG
Morris Minor: 70 years on the road, Ray Newell. 629.2222 MOR
Nissan Navara & Pathfinder: [2005-2013]: automotive repair manual, Geoff Wilson. 629.2873 NIS
Scottish buses during deregulation, Kenny Barclay. 388.322 BAR
Seashaken houses: a lighthouse history from Eddystone to Fastnet, Tom Nancollas. 387.1 NAN
Space stations: the art, science, and reality of working in space, Gary Kitmacher. 629.442 KIT
Sunset to sunrise: an illustrated history of New Zealand's lighthouses, Timothy Nicol. 387.155 NIC
Supersonic: the design and lifestyle of Concorde, Lawrence Azerrad. 629.13334 CON
Suzuki motorcycles: the classic two-stroke era 1955 to 1978, Brian Long. 629.2275 SUZ
The Smithsonian history of space exploration: from the ancient world to the extraterrestrial future, Roger D. Launius. 629.4 LAU

War & Defence

1945: the Second World War at sea in photographs, Phil Carradice. 940.545 CAR
A short history of Europe: from Pericles to Putin, Simon Jenkins. 940 JEN
A world on edge: the end of the Great War and the dawn of a new age, Daniel Schönpflug. 940.31 SCH
Airborne in 1943: the daring Allied air campaign over the North Sea, Kevin Wilson. 940.544 WIL
Ballistic performance of rifle bullets, Bryan Litz. 623.51 LIT
Big Week: the biggest air battle of World War II, James Holland. 940.544 HOL
Coffin corner boys: one bomber, ten men, and their harrowing escape from Nazi-occupied France, Carole Engle Avriett. 940.544 STA: As a young band of brothers flies over German-occupied France, they come under heavy fire. Their B-17 is shot down and the airmen; stumbling through fields and villages, scatter across Europe. Some struggled to flee for safety. Others were captured immediately and imprisoned. Now, for the first time, their incredible story of grit, survival, and reunion is told.
D-Day: the battle for Normandy, Antony Beevor. 940.5421 BEE
Fight to the finish: the First World War - month by month, Allan Mallinson. 940.3 MAL
Fire and ice: the Nazis' scorched earth campaign in Norway, Vincent Hunt. 940.5421 HUN
General Jack's diary 1914-18: the trench diary of Brigadier-General J. L. Jack, D. S. O., John Terraine. 940.42 JAC: At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 Captain J. L. Jack was serving with the First Cameronians, one of the earliest British regiments to arrive in France. Almost every day while serving in France and Flanders, Jack kept a secret diary. This diary is unique. It presents the detail of a regular officer's life at war during virtually the whole of the First World War on the Western Front.
Lorenz: breaking Hitler's top secret code at Bletchley Park, Jerry Roberts. 940.5486 ROB
Never forget: six extraordinary World War II stories of courage, survival and hope, Jo Bailey. 940.5481 BAI
Not forgotten: the Great War and our modern memory, Neil Oliver. 940.341 OLI
Popski's private army, Vladimir Peniakoff. 940.5423 PEN: In October 1942, with the sanction of the army, Vladimir Peniakoff (nicknamed Popski) formed his own elite fighting force. By befriending and enlisting desert Arabs, he was able to penetrate deep into German territory without being detected; over the next year, 'Popski's Private Army' carried out a series of raids behind the German lines that were truly spectacular.
Postcards from the trenches: a German soldier's testimony of the Great War, Irene Guenther. 940.3 SCH: German art student Otto Schubert was 22 years old when he was drafted into the Great War. As the conflict unfolded, he painted a series of postcards that he sent to his sweetheart, Irma. During the battles of Ypres and Verdun, Schubert filled dozens of military-issued 4" x 6" cards with vivid images depicting the daily realities and tragedies of war. Beautifully illustrated with full-colour reproductions of his exquisite postcards, as well as his wartime sketches, woodcuts, and two lithograph portfolios.
Presidents of war, Michael Beschloss. 355.00973 BES: Presidential historian Michael Beschloss uses original letters, diaries, declassified documents, and interviews to bring us into the room and into the minds of a procession of Chief Executives who took the nation into major conflicts, mobilized Americans for victory, and seized greater power for themselves. From James Madison and the War of 1812 to Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam.
Short Stirling: 1939-48 (all marks): owners' workshop manual, Jonathan Falconer. 358.42 STI: The mighty Short Stirling was the first four-engine heavy bomber to enter RAF service in the Second World War. It was at the forefront of the night bombing offensive against Germany before high losses forced its relegation to second-line duties.
The allies: Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the unlikely alliance that won World War II, Winston Groom. 940.53 ROO
The fury of battle: a D-Day landing as it happened, Robert Kershaw. 940.5421 KER
The imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War, Mark E. Stille. 940.545 STI
The new Vichy syndrome: why European intellectuals surrender to barbarism, Theodore Dalrymple. 940.561 DAL
The pendulum: a granddaughter's search for her family's forbidden Nazi past, Julie Lindahl. 940.5318 LIN: This powerful memoir traces Brazilian-born American Julie Lindahl's journey to uncover her grandparents' roles in the Third Reich as she is driven to understand how and why they became members of Hitler's elite, the SS. Out of the unbearable heart of the story; the unclaimed guilt that devours a family through the generations, emerges an unflinching will to learn the truth.
The Western Front companion: the complete guide to how the armies fought for four devastating years, 1914-1918, Mark Adkin. 940.41 ADK
Through the maelstrom: a Red Army soldier's war on the Eastern Front, 1942-1945, Boris Gorbachevsky. 940.5421 GOR
Under fire: women and World War II, Eveline Buchheim. 940.53 UND: Since the 1970s women have come to play an increasingly important role in mainstream stories about the Second World War. The perspectives on women that arose have nevertheless in many respects remained limiting; although in new ways. Women have been portrayed as carers and as victims, but rarely as agents of their own fate. This volume focuses on some of the women who did act to change their own and others' wartime lives.
Victory 1918: celebrating the armistice in photographs, Mirrorpix. 940.43 MIR
We also served: the forgotten women of the First World War, Vivien Newman. 940.3 NEW: We Also Served is a social history of women's involvement in the First World War. Dr Vivien Newman disturbs myths and preconceptions surrounding women's war work and seeks to inform contemporary readers of countless acts of derring-do, determination, and quiet heroism by British women, that went on behind the scenes from 1914-1918. I
X, Y & Z: the real story of how Enigma was broken, Dermot Turing. 940.5486 TUR: X, Y & Z describes how French, British and Polish secret services came together to unravel the Enigma machine. It tells of how, under the very noses of the Germans, Enigma code-breaking continued in Vichy France. And how code-breakers from Poland continued their work for Her Majesty's Secret Service, watching the USSR's first steps of the Cold War. The people of X, Y and Z were eccentric, colourful and caught up in world events that they could watch not control. This is their story.

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