New Titles Non-Fiction June 2019 (arrived in May)

Art & Architecture

10 stories: writing about architecture, editor, John Walsh. 824.9208 TEN
101 things I learned in architecture school, Matthew Frederick. 720 FRE
Adding the blue, Chrissie Hynde. 759.13 HYN: In 2015, Chrissie Hynde, the singer, songwriter and leader of The Pretenders, produced an oil painting of a ceramic vase. It proved to be the starting point for Chrissie Hynde's first body of work, nearly 200 canvases in all.
Airports: Stantec, Trevor Boddy,. 725.39 AIR
Art nouveau, Norbert Wolf. 709.034 WOL
Castles of the world, Phyllis G. Jestice. 728.81 JES
Contemporary drawing: key concepts and techniques, Margaret Davidson. 741.2 DAV
Finding Frances Hodgkins, Mary Kisler. 759.993 HOD: When Frances Hodgkins, our most celebrated artist, first left New Zealand in 1901, location became a key factor in her determination to succeed as an artist. In this engaging book, curator Mary Kisler follows in Hodgkins' footsteps through England, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain and Wales to discover the locations in which Hodgkins constantly pushed her exploration of modernism.
Florence Broadhurst: her secret & extraordinary lives, Helen O'Neill. 709.94 BRO
Garage, Olivia Erlanger. 728.98 ERL: A secret history of the garage as a space of creativity, from its invention by Frank Lloyd Wright to its use by start-ups and garage bands.
Gouache: an artist's guide to painting with gouache on the go!, Agathe Singer. 751.422 SIN
Harryhausen: the movie posters, Richard Holliss; foreword by John Landis. 741.67 HOL
Heaven & earth in Chinese art: treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Yin Cao. 709.51 HEA
Neverlasting miracles, Todd Schorr. 759.13 SCH: Neverlasting Miracles is an exquisite career retrospective, presenting the best works of artist Todd Schorr.
Nora Heysen: a portrait, Anne-Louise Willoughby. 759.994 HEY: The life of artist Nora Heysen was defined by an all-consuming drive to draw or paint. The first woman to win the Archibald Prize, and Australia's first female painter to be appointed an official war artist, Heysen's post-war portraiture and still lifes sustained a lifelong career.
Northern comfort: the Nordic art of creative living, [edited by Robert Klanten]. 709.48 NOR: Northern Comfort shows where this way of life comes from, profiling interior designers, photographers, and experts to give compelling insights into the happiest people in the world.
Oscar Murillo, Anna Schneider. 759.2 MUR: Published on the occasion of Murillo's 2017 solo exhibition at Haus der Kunst in Munich, this volume; the first dedicated overview of his career to date, presents the artist's multifaceted practice from every angle.
Practical mixed-media printmaking, Sarah A. Riley. 760 RIL
Ships of heaven: the private life of Britain's cathedrals, Christopher Somerville. 726.6 SOM
The 50 greatest castles and palaces of the world, Gilly Pickup. 728.81 PIC
The illuminated life of Maud Lewis, text, Lance Woolaver. 759.11 LEW: The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis is an invitation to share once again with the world the perceptions of this celebrated Nova Scotia folk artist in prose, photographs, and reproductions of her works.
The last Leonardo: the secret lives of the world's most expensive painting, Ben Lewis. 759.5 LEO
The rose window: splendour and symbol, Painton Cowen. 748.5 COW
The word is art, Michael Petry. 700.4 PET: What value can text hold in the sphere of visual art? How is such text different from poetry? Can the poetic itself be visual art, or is text in this context consigned to the realms of gimmick and catchphrase?
Townhouse design: urban layered living, Chris van Uffelen. 728.31 UFF
Trans-Europe Express: tours of a lost continent, Owen Hatherley. 720.94 HAT: A searching, timely account of the condition of contemporary Europe, told through the landscapes of its cities.
Ways of seeing, a book made by John Berger [and four others]. 701.15 BER: Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of the Penguin on Design series in Penguin Modern Classics.

Biographies

A field guide to getting lost, Rebecca Solnit. 814.6 SOL: A series of autobiographical essays draws on key moments and relationships in the author's life to explore such issues as trust, loss, and desire, in a volume that focuses on a central theme of losing oneself in the pleasures of experience.
Anna, Duchess of Cleves: the king's 'beloved sister', Heather R. Darsie. 942.052 ANN: Anna was the `last woman standing' of Henry VIII's wives and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it?
Devices & desires: Bess of Hardwick and the building of Elizabethan England, Kate Hubbard. 942.05 SHR: The remarkable story of Bess of Hardwick, her ascent through Elizabethan society and the houses she built that shaped British architectural history.
Falling leaves return to their roots; Luo ye gui gen: the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter, Adeline Yen Mah. 951.05 MAH: Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth and position could not shield Adeline from a childhood of appalling emotional abuse at the hands of a cruel and manipulative Eurasian stepmother.
Forgotten royal women: the king and I, Erin Lawless. 941 LAW: Bringing thirty royal women out of the shadows, along with the footnotes of their families, this collection of bite-sized biographies will tell forgotten tales and shine much needed light into the darkened corners of women's history.
Into the mountain: a life of Nan Shepherd, Charlotte Peacock. 823.912 SHE: Long overdue, this first biography, unravels some of the mysteries, dispels some of the rumours and gives insight into the life and work of this perceptive author and intensely private woman.
Lincoln: the biography of a writer, Fred Kaplan. 973.7 LIN: For Abraham Lincoln, whether he was composing love letters, speeches, or legal arguments, words mattered. In Lincoln, acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan explores the life of America's sixteenth president through his use of language as a vehicle both to express complex ideas and feelings and as an instrument of persuasion and empowerment.
Louis XIV: the power and the glory, Josephine Wilkinson. 944.033 LOU: Louis XIV's story had legendary beginnings, beguiling women, court intrigue, a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask, lavish court entertainments, the scandal of a mistress who was immersed in the dark arts, and a central character who is handsome and romantic, but with a frighteningly dark side to his character.
Madonna: an intimate biography, J. Randy Taraborrelli. 781.66 MAD
Margaret Tudor: the life of Henry VIII's sister, Melanie Clegg. 941.104 MAR: When the thirteen year old Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York, married King James IV of Scotland in a magnificent proxy ceremony held at Richmond Palace in January 1503, no one could have guessed that this pretty, redheaded princess would go on to have a marital career as dramatic and chequered as that of her younger brother Henry VIII.
Matilda: empress, queen, warrior, Catherine Hanley. 940.1 MAT: A life of Matilda; empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages.
My life and fortunes: the autobiography of one of the world's wealthiest men, J. Paul Getty. 338.0973 GET
Never a lovely so real: the life and work of Nelson Algren, Colin Asher. 813.52 ALG: This definitive biography reclaims Nelson Algren as a towering literary figure and exposes how his radical politics sabotaged his career.
Nicholas Hilliard: life of an artist, Elizabeth Goldring. 759.2 HIL: This illustrated biography follows Nicholas Hilliard's long and remarkable life (c. 1547-1619) from the West Country to the heart of the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts.
Out of Egypt: a memoir, André Aciman. 962.1 ACI: Set in Alexandria, this classic and much-loved memoir chronicles the exploits of André Aciman's colourful Sephardic Jewish family from its arrival in Egypt at the turn of the century to its forced departure three generations later.
Shirley Smith: an examined life, Sarah Gaitanos. 340.092 SMI: Shirley Smith was one of the most remarkable New Zealanders of the 20th century, a woman whose lifelong commitment to social justice, legal reform, gender equality and community service left a profound legacy.
Storm in a D-cup: the autobiography of June Kenton, the driving force behind Rigby & Peller, June Kenton. 646.42 KEN: June Kenton transformed London's Rigby & Peller into one of the leading lingerie retailers in the world. Royally-appointed as the corsetiere to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, she has been in the lingerie industry for over 60 years.
The political years, Marilyn Waring. 993.037 WAR: This is an autobiographical account of Waring's extraordinary years in parliament. She tells the story of her journey from being elected as a new National Party MP in a conservative rural seat to being publicly decried by the Prime Minister for her 'feminist anti-nuclear stance' that threatened to bring down his government.
The queen mother: the untold story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, who became Queen Elizabeth the queen mother, Colin Campbell. 941.084 ELI
The triumph of Henry Cecil: the authorised biography, Tony Rushmer. 798.4 CEC: The Triumph of Henry Cecil shows how Cecil emerged from his slump, displayed relentless strength in the face of a cruel disease and trained the magnificent Frankel; as brilliant a racehorse as the sport has ever known.
The woman who saved the children: a biography of Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children, Clare Mulley. 362.7 JEB
Winning is not enough: the autobiography, Jackie Stewart. 796.72 STE: Sir Jackie Stewart is one of the most highly regarded names in global sport - winner of three F1 World Championships, 27 Grands Prix and ranked in the top five drivers of all time.

Books about Books

The lost Gutenberg, Margaret Leslie Davis. 090 DAV: Margaret Leslie Davis recounts five centuries in the life of one copy, from its creation by Johannes Gutenberg, through the hands of monks, an earl, the heir to the Worcestershire sauce empire and a nuclear physicist to its ultimate resting place, a steel vault in Tokyo.

Business & Management

Being you: how to build your personal brand and confidence, Maggie Eyre. 650.1 EYR
Building an inclusive organization: leveraging the power of a diverse workforce, Stephen Frost, Raafi-Karim Alidina. 658.3 FRO
Storynomics: story-driven marketing in the post-advertising world, Robert McKee and Thomas Gerace. 658.8 MCK
Success and luck: good fortune and the myth of meritocracy, Robert H. Frank. 650.1 FRA
The genius habit: how one habit can radically change your work and your life, Laura Garnett. 650.1 GAR
The speaker's coach: 60 secrets to make your talk, speech or presentation amazing, Graham Shaw. 658.452 SHA
The tyranny of metrics, Jerry Z. Muller. 658.401 MUL: Today, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human performance, publicizing the results, and dividing up the rewards based on the numbers. But in our zeal to instil the evaluation process with scientific rigor, we've gone from measuring performance to fixating on measuring itself.
Trillion dollar coach: the leadership playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell, Eric Schmidt. 658.407 CAM

Cartoons

Pretending is lying, Dominique Goblet. 741.5 GOB: Pretending Is Lying is a memoir unlike any other. The first book to appear in English by the acclaimed Belgian artist Dominique Goblet, it is at once an intimate account of love and familial dysfunction and an audacious experiment in graphic storytelling.
Spectrum 25: the best in contemporary fantastic art, John Fleskes. 741.6 SPE

Computing & Digital

Breaking and entering: the extraordinary story of a hacker called 'Alien', Jeremy N. Smith. 005.8 ALI
Google Flutter mobile development quick start guide: get up and running with iOS and Android mobile app development, Prajyot Mainkar, Salvatore Giordano. 005.2 MAI
Office 2019 for seniors, Faithe Wempen. 005.36 MIC
Technology tips for seniors. Volume 2.0., Jeffrey Allen, Ashley Hallene. 004 ALL
The history of the future: Oculus, Facebook, and the revolution that swept virtual reality, Blake J. Harris. 006.8 HAR
WordPress all-in-one, Lisa Sabin-Wilson. 006.7 SAB

Crafts, Hobbies & Collecting

Breeze: 21 designs, Kim Hargreaves. 746.432 HAR
Carta preziosa: il design del gioiello di carta = Precious paper: paper jewellery design, Bianca Cappello. 745.54 CAP
Delicate crochet, Sharon Hernes Silverman. 746.434 SIL
Knitting masterclass: with over 20 technical workshops and 15 beautiful patterns, Juliet Bernard. 746.432 KNI
Knitwear design workshop: the comprehensive guide to handknits, Shirley Paden. 746.432 PAD
Melissa Leapman's indispensable stitch collection for crocheters: 200 stitch patterns in words and symbols, [Melissa Leapman]. 746.434 LEA
Natural glazes: collecting and making, Miranda Forrest. 738.12 FOR
Sketchbook explorations: for mixed-media and textile artists, Shelley Rhodes. 746 RHO
The ceramics studio guide: what potters should know, Jeff Zamek. 738 ZAM
The flower fix: modern arrangements for a daily dose of nature, Anna Potter. 745.92 POT
The mindfulness in knitting: meditations on craft and calm, Rachael Matthews. 746.432 MAT
The paper hat book: super hats for super kids, Alyn Carlson. 745.59 CAR
Thread folk: a modern makers book of embroidery projects and artistic collaborations, Libby Moore. 746.44 MOO
Winter crochet: 8 crochet designs for women, Marie Wallin. 746.434 WAL
Wooden toy spacecraft: explore the galaxy & beyond with 13 easy-to-make woodworking projects, Gonzalo Ferreyra. 745.592 FER

Crime & Espionage

A death in Peking: who really killed Pamela Werner?, Graeme Sheppard. 364.1523 SHE: The brutal murder of 19-year-old Pamela Werner in the city of Peking one night in January 1937 shocked the world, but the police never found or named the murderer. A best-selling book, Midnight in Peking, declared the murderer to be an American dentist, but English policeman Graeme Sheppard, 30 years with the British Police, decided that conclusion was flawed, and spent years investigating all aspects of the case and came up with an entirely different conclusion.
The five: the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper, Hallie Rubenhold. 364.1523 RUB
The girl with no name: the incredible true story of a child raised by monkeys, Marina Chapman. 364.154 CHA
The gypsy code: the true story of a violent game of hide and seek at the fringes of society, Mike Woodhouse. 364.15 WOO: Mike Woodhouse had everything: an engineering business, a wine bar, a home, a Range Rover and a boat. Then he caught a group of travellers stealing from his warehouse. A car chase, petrol bombing and court case later, and everything had changed.
The last stone: a gripping account of a cold case criminal investigation, Mark Bowden. 364.1523 BOW: On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, age 10 and 12, vanished from a shopping mall in suburban Washington, D.C. As shock spread, then grief, a massive police effort found nothing. The investigation was shelved, and mystery endured. Then, in 2013, a cold case squad detective found something he and a generation of detectives had missed. It pointed them toward a man named Lloyd Welch, then serving time for child molestation in Delaware. As a cub reporter for a Baltimore newspaper, Mark Bowden covered the frantic first weeks of the story. In "The Last Stone", he returns to write its ending. Over months of intense questioning and extensive investigation of Welch's sprawling, sinister Appalachian clan, five skilled detectives learned to sift truth from determined lies.

Education

Essential truths for principals, Danny Steele. 371.201 STE
Gamify literacy: boost comprehension, collaboration and learning, Michele Haiken. 372.6 GAM: Literacy is at the heart of education and what better way to teach this important subject than through the motivational techniques built into gamification?
How children learn, John Holt. 370.152 HOL

Engineering

3D printing for model engineers: a practical guide, Neil M. Wyatt. 621.98 WYA
How technology works. 600 HOW: How Technology Works demystifies the machinery that keeps the modern world going, from simple objects such as zip fasteners and can openers to the latest, most sophisticated devices of the information age, including smartwatches, personal digital assistants, and driverless cars.
The watch, Gene Stone and Stephen Pulvirent. 681.114 STO: The Watch is the most popular book on vintage and contemporary mechanical watches, appealing to both beginners and experts.

Farming

Farmlife: from farm to table and new country culture, conceived, edited, and designed by Gestalten ;. 630 FAR
The New Zealand land and food annual: No free lunch: can New Zealand feed the world sustainably?, volume editior, Barbara Burlingame. 631.58 NEW

Fashion & Beauty

Nailed it.: nails, fashion, technique, Marian Newman. 646.727 NEW
Our shoes, our selves: 40 women, 40 stories, 40 pairs of shoes, Bridget Moynahan. 391.41 MOY
The French beauty solution: time-tested secrets to look and feel beautiful inside and out, Mathilde Thomas. 646.72 THO

Film, Television & Theatre

Assassin's creed: into the animus: inside a film centuries in the making, Ian Nathan. 791.437 NAT
Chasing the dream, Shaun Wallace. 791.45028 WAL Continued on next page…: Shaun catapulted to national prominence and recognition when, on the 5th December 2004, he became the first black person to win the BBC's renowned Mastermind. Since 2009, he has become a household name, regularly appearing as The Dark Destroyer on the smash ITV hit teatime quiz show, The Chase.
Dancing with Merce Cunningham, Marianne Preger-Simon. 792.8 PRE: Preger-Simon's memoir is an intimate look at one of the most influential companies in modern American dance and the brilliance of its visionary leader.
Fail until you don't: fight, grind, repeat, Bobby Bones. 791.44028 BON: Bobby Bones is the youngest inductee ever into the National Radio Hall of Fame alongside legends Dick Clark, Larry King, and Howard Stern. As "the most powerful man in country music" (Forbes), he has reached the peak of his profession and achieved his childhood dreams.
Showtime at the Apollo: the epic tale of Harlem's legendary theater, Ted Fox. 792.0973 FOX
The art and making of Disney Aladdin, introduction by Guy Ritchie; written by Emily Zemler. 791.437 ZEM
The art and making of Pacific rim uprising, written by Daniel Wallace. 791.437 WAL: Explore the epic art of Pacific Rim Uprising, the highly anticipated follow-up to the 2013 monster hit.
The geek's guide to SF cinema, Ryan Lambie. 791.43615 LAM
The science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne. 791.437 THO

Finance & Economics

Alpha girls: the women upstarts who took on Silicon Valley's male culture and made the deals of a lifetime, Julian Guthrie. 338.4762 GUT
Happy go money: spend smart, save right & enjoy life, Melissa Leong. 332.024 LEO: The Social's finance expert connects money and happiness in this fresh, feel-good guide to financial well-being Everything tells us that what will make us happy can be bought, whether it's the latest gadgets, renovated kitchens, or luxury goods. But research has shown that having more money in the bank and more stuff around the house doesn't necessarily correlate with being a happier person. With Happy Go Money, financial expert Melissa Leong cuts through the noise to show you how to get the most delight for your dollar. Happy Go Money combines happiness psychology and personal finance and distills it into an indispensable starter guide. Each snappy chapter provides practical, easy-to-understand advice on topics such as spending, budgeting, investing, and mindfulness, while weaving in research, interactive exercises, and relatable anecdotes. Frank, funny, and empowering, this primer challenges everyone to revamp their relationship with their money so they can dial down their worries and supersize their joy.
Maid: hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive, Stephanie Land. 331.48 LAN
Manage your money like a fcking grown-up, Sam Beckbessinger. 332.024 BEC
Money lessons: how to manage your finances to get the life you want.332.024 CON
Open: the Progressive case for free trade, immigration, and global capital, Kimberly Clausing. 330.973 CLA
The billion dollar bonfire, Chris Lee. 332.672 LEE: The collapse of South Canterbury Finance (SCF) is one of the biggest New Zealand stories of the last decade. The sweep of events, from Timaru to the Beehive, includes some of the most revealing moments on issues critical to this country - from poor governance and systemic issues in the finance sector, through to the structural risks this exposed and the costs it ultimately presented to all New Zealanders. The Billion Dollar Bonfire sets out to tell this story from an 'insider' perspective. Chris Lee is a long-standing New Zealand financial advisor and a protagonist in the narrative. He knew Allan Hubbard personally and, from the late 1990s, had clients invest with SCF. This is a book written with passion and purpose. As Lee makes plain, this could all happen again unless significant changes are made to our law and the culture of the capital markets industry. So the book is underpinned by substantial research: thousands of documents (including new material from OIAs and other sources) and interviews, both public and anonymous, with many of the key figures.
The Murdoch methos: notes on running a media empire, Irwin Stelzer. 338.76107 MUR
The power of sustainable thinking: how to create a positive future for the climate, the planet, your organization and your life, Bob Doppelt. 333.72 DOP
The robots are coming!: the future of jobs in the age of automation, Andrés Oppenheimer. 331.12 OPP
Working with nature: saving and using the world's wild places, Jeremy Purseglove. 333.72 PUR: The pioneer of engineering projects to preserve nature and landscape, first in Britain and then around the world, Purseglove offers fresh insights and solutions at each step.

Food & Drink

500 ketogenic recipes: hundreds of easy and delicious recipes for losing weight, improving your health, and staying in the ketogenic zone, Dana Carpender. 641.5638 CAR
A family guide to waste-free living, Lauren & Oberon Carter. 640 CAR
An Irish country cookbook, Patrick Taylor. 641.59415 TAY
Andalusia: recipes from Seville and beyond, José Pizarro. 641.5946 PIZ
Bake the seasons: sweet and savoury dishes to enjoy throughout the year, Marcella DiLonardo. 641.815 DIL
Best ever recipes. 641.5 BES: Australian Women's Weekly
Bish bash bosh!: your favourites, all plants, Henry Firth & Ian Theasby. 641.56362 FIR
Bowls of goodness: vibrant vegetarian recipes full of nourishment, recipes and photography by Nina Olsson. 641.5636 OLS
Breakfast: the cookbook, Emily Elyse Miller. 641.52 MIL
Damn delicious meal prep: 115 easy recipes for low-calorie, high-energy living, Chungah Rhee. 641.555 RHE
Dining at dusk: tapas, antipasti, mezze, ceviche and apéritifs from around the world, Steven Paul. 641.812 PAU
Edible satire: French cuisine with a twist, Isadora Chai. 641.5944 CHA
Fire islands: recipes from Indonesia, Eleanor Ford. 641.59598 FOR
Fresh veggie kitchen: natural, nutritious and delicious wholefood recipes to nourish body and soul, David & Charlotte Bailey. 641.5636 BAI
Gastronomy of Italy, Anna Del Conte. 641.5945 DEL
Great vegan meals for the carnivorous family: 75 delicious dishes for herbivores, carnivores and everyone in between, Amanda Logan. 641.56362 LOG
James Martin's great British adventure, photography by Peter Cassidy. 641.5941 MAR
My Indian kitchen: 75+ authentic, easy and nourishing recipes for your family, recipes and photography by Swayampurna Mishra. 641.5954 MIS
Nightingales & roses: recipes from the Persian kitchen, Maryam Sinaiee. 641.5955 SIN
Save money lose weight: spend less and reduce your waistline with my 28-day plan, Ranj Singh. 641.5635 SIN
Slow: food worth taking time over, Gizzi Erskine. 641.5 ERS
Sugar rebels: pipe for your life, Nick Makrides. 641.8653 MAK: Sugar Rebels! Sugar Rebels features its host and creator Nick Makrides' signature delicious and sometimes outrageous cupcakes, macarons and cakes; some old favourites, some exciting new recipes, presented alongside the story of The Scran Line and Nick's path to success online and as a role model for the LGBTQI+ community.
Tasting India: heirloom family recipes, Christine Manfield; photography by Anson Smart. 641.5954 MAN
The flexible pescatarian, Jo Pratt. 641.692 PRA
The gluten-free slow cooker: set it and go with quick and easy wheat-free meals your whole family will love, Hope Comerford. 641.588 COM
The keto for one cookbook: 100 delicious make-ahead, make-fast meals for one (or two) that make low-carb simple and easy, Dana Carpender. 641.5638 CAR
The Paleo slow cooker: healthy, gluten-free meals the easy way, Arsy Vartanian with Amy Kubal. 641.588 VAR
The power of sprinkles: a cake book by the founder of the Flour Shop, Amirah Kassem. 641.8653 KAS
The scent of pomegranates and rose water: reviving the beautiful food traditions of Syria, Habeeb Salloum. 641.595691 SAL
The ultimate protein powder cookbook: think outside the shake, Anna Sward. 641.5638 SWA
Where cooking begins: uncomplicated recipes to make you a great cook, Carla Lalli Music. 641.5 MUS
Whole food slow cooked: [100 recipes for the slow cooker or stovetop], Olivia Andrews. 641.588 AND
World cheese book, editor-in-chief, Juliet Harbutt; contributors, Martin Aspinwall. 637.3 WOR

Gardens & Gardening

50 plants that you can't kill: surefire plants to grow indoors and out, Jamie Butterworth. 635 BUT
A nation in bloom: celebrating the people, plants and places of the Royal Horticultural Society, Matthew Biggs. 635 BIG
At West Dean: the creation of an exemplary garden, Jim Buckland. 712.60942 BUC: This is the story of how Sarah Wain and Jim Buckland wrestled back to life the neglected garden at West Dean, and a celebration of the gardening excellence they have established and passed on.
Beyond the garden gate: private gardens of the Southern Highlands, Jaqui Cameron. 712.60994 CAM
Field guide to urban gardening: how to grow plants, no matter where you live, Kevin Espiritu. 635 ESP
Garden wildlife: revealing your garden's secrets, Gerard E. Cheshire. 639.92 CHE
Grow in the dark: how to choose and care for low-light houseplants, Lisa Eldred Steinkopf. 635.965 STE
Inspired by nature: château, gardens, and art of Chaumont-sur-Loire, text, Chantal Colleu-Domund. 712.50944 COL
RHS colour companion: a visual dictionary of colour for gardeners, Ross Bayton & Richard Sneesby. 635.968 BAY
Roses and rose gardens, Claire Masset. 635.93 ROS
Shrubs: discover the perfect plant for every place in your garden, Andy McIndoe. 635.976 MCI
Small garden design, Paul Bangay. 712.6 BAN
Tulips: beautiful varieties for home and garden, Jane Eastoe. 635.93 TUL
Weeds on trial: the verdicts every gardener needs, Ruth Binney. 632.5 BIN
Where the hornbeam grows: a journey in search of a garden, Beth Lynch. 635 LYN: This book is a memoir about carrying a garden inwardly through loss, dislocation and relocation, about finding a sense of wellbeing in a green place of your own, and about the limits of paradise in a peopled world.

Health

Cancer-free with food: a step-by-step plan with 100+ recipes to fight disease, nourish your body & restore your health, Liana Werner Gray. 616.994 WER
Confessions of a menopausal woman, Andrea McLean. 612.665 MCL
Everything in its place: first loves and last tales, Oliver Sacks. 616.8 SAC: From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcases Sacks's broad range of interests; from his passions for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimer's.
Hacking the code of life: how gene editing will rewrite our futures, Nessa Carey. 616.042 CAR
Healing the fragmented selves of trauma survivors: overcoming internal self-alientation, Janina Fisher. 616.8521 FIS
How to treat people: a nurse at work, Molly Case. 610.73 CAS: The hand of a stranger offered in solace. A flower placed on a dead body as a mark of respect. A gentle word in response to fear and anger. It is these moments of empathy, in the extremis of human experience, which define us as people. Nobody knows this better than a nurse.
Islamic counselling: an introduction to theory and practice, G. Hussein Rassool. 297.6 RAS: Islamic counselling is a form of counselling which incorporates spirituality into the therapeutic process.
Living & caring a guide for carers and people with Parkinson's, Ann Andrews & Jennifer Dann. 362.196833 AND
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
Mindful hypnobirthing: hypnosis and mindfulness techniques for a calm and confident birth, Sophie Fletcher. 618.45 FLE
Overcoming alcohol misuse: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques, Marcantonio Spada. 616.861 SPA
Overcoming borderline personality disorder: a family guide for healing and change, Valerie Porr. 616.8585 POR
Sick: a memoir, Porochista Khakpour. 616.924 KHA: In the tradition of Brain on Fire and Darkness Visible, an honest, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery that details author Porochista Khakpour's struggles with late-stage Lyme disease.
Teen brain, David Gillespie. 616.8584 GIL
That good night: life and medicine in the eleventh hour, Sunita Puri. 610.92 PUR: That Good Night is a stunning meditation on impermanence and the role of medicine in helping us to live and die well, arming readers with information that will transform how we communicate with our doctors about what matters most to us.
The brink of being: talking about miscarriage, Julia Bueno. 618.39 BUE
The diet fix: how to lose weight and keep it off... one last time, Zoé Harcombe. 613.25 HAR
The fast 800: how to combine rapid weight loss and intermittent fasting for long-term health, Michael Mosley. 613.25 MOS
The longevity paradox: how to die young at a ripe old age, Steven R. Gundry with Jodi Lipper. 613.2 GUN: How do we solve the paradox of wanting to live to a ripe old age but enjoy the benefits of youth?
The no need to diet book, Pixie Turner. 613.2 TUR
The nocturnal brain: nightmares, neuroscience and the secret world of sleep, Guy Leschziner. 616.849 LES
The perfect predator: a scientist's race to save her husband from a deadly superbug, Steffanie Strathdee,. 616.9 STR
The plant paradox: the hidden dangers in "healthy" foods that cause disease and weight gain, Steven R. Gundry. 613.2 GUN
Understanding dyspraxia: a guide for parents and teachers, Maureen Boon. 616.8552 BOO
What dementia teaches us about love, Nicci Gerrard. 616.831 GER

History, Geography & Travel

A book of migrations: some passages in Ireland, Rebecca Solnit. 941.5 SOL: A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, A Book of Migrations carves a new route through Ireland's history, literature and landscape.
A right royal scandal: two marriages that changed history, Joanne Major & Sarah Murden. 941.073 CAV: A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of the irregular love matches contracted by two successive generations of the Cavendish-Bentinck family, ancestors of the British Royal Family.
Abandoned wrecks, Chris McNab. 910.45 MCN: From ships left high and dry after the retraction of the Aral Sea to Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic, from a rusting railway graveyard in Bolivia to abandoned World War II cars in a Swedish forest, from aircraft frozen in time in Antarctica to streetcars sidelined in Brooklyn, New York, Abandoned Wrecks explores over 100 fascinating sites from all around the world.
Advanced genetic genealogy: techniques and case studies, editor, Debbie Parker Wayne. 929.1 ADV
America before: the key to Earth's lost civilization, Graham Hancock. 970 HAN: Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock has made it his life's work to find out and in America Before, he draws on the latest archaeological and DNA evidence to bring his quest to a stunning conclusion.
Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the road to war, Tim Bouverie. 941.084 BOU
Autumn light: Japan's season of fire and farewells, Pico Iyer. 952 IYE: For decades now, Pico Iyer has been based for much of the year in Nara, Japan, where he and his Japanese wife, Hiroko, share a two-room apartment. But when his father-in-law dies suddenly, calling him back to Japan earlier than expected, Iyer begins to grapple with the question we all have to live with: how to hold on to the things we love, even though we know that we and they are dying.
Battles of the Crusades: from Dorylaeum to Varna, 1097-1444, Kelly DeVries [and five others]. 909.07 DEV: When Pope Urban II called European Christianity to stem the expansion of Islamic states into Europe, he set off a train of events that would last many hundreds of years and have far reaching political and economic consequences. Battles of the Crusades introduces 20 key battles from this period of religiously inspired conflict in Europe and the Middle East. With more than 200 colour and black-and-white maps, artworks, and photographs, Battles of the Crusades provides an accessible introduction to key engagements of the Medieval era.
Before Wallis: Edward VIII's other women, Rachel Trethewey. 941.073 LEV
Behind Putin's curtain: friendships and misadventures inside Russia, Stephan Orth; translation by Jamie McIntosh. 947.086 ORT: In this humorous and thought-provoking book, Orth ventures through that vast and mysterious territory to uncover the real, unfiltered Russia not seen in today's headlines: authentic, bizarre, dangerous, and beautiful.
Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, Tamara Thiessen. 959.83 THI: Bradt Travel Guide to Borneo
Croatia, Piers Letcher with Rudolf Abraham. 949.72 LET: Bradt's Croatia
Defying Hitler: the Germans who resisted Nazi rule, Gordon Thomas and Greg Lewis. 943.086 THO
Dominica, Paul Crask. 972.98 CRA
Dubai & Abu Dhabi, Lara Dunston & Sarah Monaghan. 953.5 DUN
First comes marriage: my not-so-typical American love story, Huda Al-Marashi. 979.4 ALM: First Comes Marriage is an almost unbearably humanizing tale that tucks into our hearts and lingers in our imagination, while also challenging long-standing taboos within the Muslim community and the romantic stereotypes we unknowingly carry within us that sabotage some of our best chances for finding true love.
France, Nicola Williams. 944 WIL: Lonely Planet's France
France: top sights, authentic experiences, Anita Isalska. 944 ISA: Lonely Planet's Best of France
Germany, Marc Di Duca [and eight others]. 943 DI: Lonely Planets Germany
Germany: top sights, authentic experiences, Benedict Walker. 943 WAL: Lonely Planet's Best of Germany
Go your own way, Ben Groundwater. 910.2 GRO: Go your own way will help you take your first bold steps into solo travel, with tips on preparation, planning and safety, as well as funny and useful stories from travel writer Ben Groundwater's own experiences.
Great Britain, Oliver Berry. 941 BER: Lonely Planet's Great Britain
Great Britain: top sights, authentic experiences, Damian Harper. 941 HAR: Lonely Planet's Best of Great Britain
Grenada: Carriacou, Petite Martinique, Paul Crask. 972.98 CRA
Honorable exit: how a few brave Americans risked all to save our Vietnamese allies at the end of the war, Thurston Clarke. 959.7043 CLA
Iceland, Alexis Averbuck. 949.12 AVE: Lonely Planet Iceland
Iceland: top sights, authentic experiences, Paul Harding. 949.12 HAR: Lonely Planet's Best of Iceland
Juan Carlos: steering Spain from dictatorship to democracy, Paul Preston. 946.083 JUA
Kyrgyzstan: the Bradt travel guide, Laurence Mitchell. 958.43 MIT
La passione: how Italy seduced the world, Dianne Hales. 945 HAL: What makes Italian passion so undeniably unique? Dianne Hales unspools the answer to this question with gusto in La Passione: How Italy Seduced the World, her ambitious follow-up to La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, the World's Most Enchanting Language.
Last boat out of Shanghai: the epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution, Helen Zia. 951.042 ZIA: The dramatic, real-life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist Revolution.
Last days in Old Europe: Trieste '79, Vienna '85, Prague '89, Richard Bassett. 943 BAS: Part memoir, part reflection, this book will bring to life central Europe during the last ten years of the Cold War.
Lincoln and the abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, slavery, and the Civil War, Fred Kaplan. 973.71 LIN: The acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan returns with a controversial exploration of how Abraham Lincoln's and John Quincy Adams' experiences with slavery and race shaped their differing viewpoints, providing perceptive insights into these two great presidents and a revealing perspective on race relations in modern America.
London made us: a memoir of a shape-shifting city, Robert Elms. 942.1 ELM
Michelle Obama: in her own words, Lisa Rogak. 973.932 OBA: Quotations from a variety of sources including newspaper and magazine articles, transcripts, speeches, and TV interviews and profiles.
New map Italy: unforgettable experiences for the discerning traveller, Herbert Ypma. 945 YPM
New Zealand, Jamie Christian Desplaces. 993 DES
New Zealand's South Island (Te Waipounamu), Peter Dragicevich. 993.7 DRA: Lonely Planet New Zealand's South Island
Our place: Mid Canterbury, Robin Pridie. 993.86 PRI
Outpost: a journey to the wild ends of the earth, Dan Richards. 910.4 RIC: For those who go in search of the isolation, silence and adventure of wild places it is, perhaps ironically, to the man- made shelters that they need to head; the outposts: bothies, bivouacs, cabins and huts.
Plantagenet queens and consorts: family, duty and power, Steven J. Corvi. 942.03 COR: This book examines the lives and influence of 12 figures, comparing their different approaches to the manipulation and conservation of political power in what is always described as a man's world.
She-merchants, buccaneers & gentlewomen: British women in India, Katie Hickman. 954 HIC: Sharply observed, snappily written and thoroughly researched, She-merchants provides a fabulous panorama of a largely ignored area of social history. Katie Hickman successfully challenges the stereotype of the snobbish, matron-like memsahib by deploying a riveting gallery of powerful and often eccentric women ranging from stowaways and runaways through courtesans and society beauties to Generals' feisty wives and Viceroys' waspish sisters.
Shortest way home: one mayor's challenge and a model for America's future, Pete Buttigieg. 977.2 BUT: Once described by the Washington Post as "the most interesting mayor you've never heard of," Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-six-year-old Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has improbably emerged as one of the nation's most visionary politicians.
Slovenia, Mark Baker, Anthony Ham, Jessica Lee. 949.73 BAK: Lonely Planet Slovenia
Taieri Mouth and its surrounding districts, 1840-2018, compiled by Taieri Mouth Amenities Society. 993.93 TAI
The agitator: William Bailey and the first American uprising against Nazism, Peter Duffy. 974.7 DUF: This story of an anti-fascist's dramatic and remarkable victory against Nazism in 1935 is an inspiration to anyone compelled to resist when signs of oppression are on the horizon. By 1935, Hitler had suppressed all internal opposition and established himself as Germany's unchallenged dictator. Yet many Americans remained largely indifferent as he turned his dangerous ambitions abroad. Not William Bailey. Just days after violent anti-Semitic riots had broken out in Berlin, the SS Bremen, the flagship of Hitler's commercial armada, was welcomed into New York Harbor. Bailey led a small group that slipped past security and cut down the Nazi flag from the boat in the middle of a lavish party. A brawl ensued, followed by a media circus and a trial, in which Bailey and his team were stunningly acquitted. The political victory ultimately exposed Hitler's narcissism and violent aggression for all of America to see. The Agitator is the captivating story of Bailey's courage and vision in the Bremen incident, the pinnacle of a life spent battling against fascism. Bailey's story is full of drama and heart and it's an inspiration to anyone who seeks to resist tyranny.
The Blair years: extracts from the Alastair Campbell diaries, Alastair Campbell. 941.085 BLA
The further adventures of an idiot abroad, Karl Pilkington. 910.4 PIL: The nation's favourite idiot is back. Safely home from his latest travels, Karl has decided it is time to share his hard earned wisdom of the world.
The Gulf Country: the story of people and place in outback Queensland, Richard J. Martin. 994.3 MAR
The history of Mount Eden: the district and its people, Helen B. Laurenson. 993.24 HIS
The Netherlands, Nicola Williams. 949.2 WIL: Lonely Planet's The Netherlands
The Plimmer legacy: a family story from early Wellington to modern farming in the Rangitikei, Bee Dawson. 929.2 DAW
The royals, Kitty Kelley. 941.085 ELI
The snow leopard project: and other adventures in warzone conservation, Alex Dehgan. 639.97 DEH: Post-war Afghanistan is fragile, volatile, and perilous. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty. Evolutionary biologist Alex Deghan came to Afghanistan and created a startup, Conservation X Labs, to save Afghanistan's unique and extraordinary wildlife and natural landscape after decades of war.
The town of many streams: Masterton my home, George Groombridge. 993.68 GRO
There will be no miracles here, Casey Gerald. 976.4 GER: Casey Gerald's story begins at the end of the world: on New Year's Eve 1999, Casey gathers with the congregation of his grandfather's black evangelical church to witness the rapture. The journey that follows is a beautiful and moving story of a young man learning to question the dreams of success and prosperity that are the foundation of modern America.
Three things you need to know about rockets: a memoir, Jessica Fox. 941.4 FOX: Jessica Fox was living in Hollywood, an ambitious 26-year-old filmmaker with a high-stress job at NASA. Working late one night, craving another life, she was seized by a moment of inspiration and tapped "second hand bookshop Scotland" into Google. She clicked on the first link she saw. A month later, she arrived 2,000 miles across the Atlantic in Wigtown, on the west coast of Scotland.
Tibet, Stephen Lioy, Megan Eaves, Bradley Mayhew. 951.5 LIO: Lonely Planet Tibet
Travels with a typewriter, Michael Frayn. 910.4 FRA: 'All writers of fiction should be required by law to go out and do a bit of reporting from time to time, just to remind them how different the real world in front of their eyes is from the invented world behind them'.
Vagabonding: an uncommon guide to the art of long-term world travel, Rolf Potts. 910 POT
We need to talk about Putin: why the West gets him wrong, Mark Galeotti. 947.086 PUT
Wedlock: how Georgian Britain's worst husband met his match, Wendy Moore. 941.07 STR: A barely credible tale of survival and triumph against overwhelming odds, 'Wedlock' reveals an eighteenth-century world of sexual intrigue, terrifying adventure and court room drama.
West Island: five twentieth-century New Zealanders in Australia, Stephanie Johnson. 920.093 JOH: Five notable twentieth-century New Zealanders who made their lives in Australia are the subject of this fascinating biographical investigation by award-winning author Stephanie Johnson.
What you have heard is true: a memoir of witness and resistance, Carolyn Forch¿e. 972.84 FOR: This is the powerful story of a poet's experience in a country on the verge of war, and a journey toward social conscience in a perilous time.

House & DIY

At home with Madame Chic: becoming a connoisseur of daily life, Jennifer L. Scott. 646.7 SCO
Banish clutter forever: how the toothbrush principle will change your life, Sheila Chandra. 648.8 CHA
Cozy: the art of arranging yourself in the world, Isabel Gillies. 646.7 GIL
First time sewing with a serger: the absolute beginner's guide, Becky Hanson and Beth Baumgartel. 646.2 HAN
Hinch yourself happy: all the best cleaning tips to shine your sink and soothe your soul, Mrs Hinch. 648.5 HIN
How to decorate, Joa Studholme & Charlotte Cosby. 747.94 STU
Interiors: the greatest rooms of the century, [content editor, William Norwich]. 747 INT
Outdoor paint techniques & faux finishes: 25 great outdoor finishes for plaster, wood, cement, metal, and stone, Marina Niven & Louise Hennigs. 698.1 NIV
Practical weekend projects for woodworkers: 35 projects to make for every room of your home, Phillip Gardener and Andy Standing. 684.08 GAR
The complete guide to natural soapmaking: create 65 all-natural cold-process, hot-process, liquid, melt-and-pour, and hand-milled soaps, Amanda Gail Aaron. 668.12 AAR
Woodcraft: master the art of green woodworking with key techniques and inspiring projects, [Barn the Spoon, author]. 684.08 BAR
Woodworking: 41 projects: the complete step-by-step guide to skills, techniques, and projects. 684.08 WOO

Journalism

Vietnam bao chi: warriors of word and film, Marc Phillip Yablonka. 070.449 YAB: This never-before-told story of what the combat correspondents and photographers encountered in Vietnam will fascinate readers, Vietnam veterans, historians, journalists and journalism students alike.

Language

Complete Hindi, Rupert Snell with Simon Weightman. 491.43 SNE
Learn Hindi in 30 days through English, chief editor, Krishna Gopal Vikal. 491.43 VIK
Motherfoclóir: dispatches from a not so dead language, Darach Ó Séaghdha. 491.62 O: This is a highly enjoyable book about the Irish language, a concept unimaginable to generations of Irish people who emerged from school with a little knowledge of grammar and a vocabulary that gradually withered as they never used the language in everyday life.

Library Science

Pop culture-inspired programs for tweens, teens, and adults, Amy J. Alessio. 027.62 ALE
The readers' advisory guide to genre fiction, Neal Wyatt, Joyce G. Saricks. 025.54 WYA

Literature

David Malouf, Nam Le. 823.914 MAL: On David Malouf is unlike anything else written about one of Australia's most acclaimed writers. Nam Le, author of international literary sensation The Boat, takes the reader on a thrilling intellectual ride in this sharp, bold essay.
Deaf republic: poems, Ilya Kaminsky. 811.6 KAM: Deaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political unrest. When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear; they all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language.
I've been meaning to tell you, David Chariandy. 813.6 CHA: The son of Black and South Asian migrants from Trinidad, David draws upon his personal and ancestral past, including the legacies of slavery, indenture, and immigration, as well as the experience of growing up as a visible minority in the land of his birth. In sharing with his daughter his own story, he hopes to help cultivate within her a sense of identity and responsibility that balances the painful truths of the past and present with hopeful possibilities for a better future.
Possessed by memory: the inward light of criticism, Harold Bloom. 809 BLO: "For me poetry and spirituality fuse as a single entity. All my long life I have sought to isolate poetic knowledge".
Southern lady code: essays, Helen Ellis. 814.6 ELL: While she may have left her home in Alabama, married a New Yorker, forgotten how to drive, and abandoned the puffy headbands of her youth, Helen Ellis is clinging to her Southern accent like mayonnaise to white bread, an d offering readers a hilarious, completely singular view on womanhood for both sides of the Mason-Dixon.
The mysteries of life in children's literature, Mitchell Kalpakgian. 809.89282 KAL: In The Mysteries of Children's Literature, journey through a treasury of well-known fables and folk tales, as well as others not so well known, and discover the wisdom hiding within them.
The nonfiction book publishing plan: the professional guide to profitable self-publishing, Stephanie Chandler. 808.02 CHA
The science of storytelling, Will Storr. 808.3 STO
The writer's practice: building confidence in your nonfiction writing, John Warner. 808.02 WAR
Under the rock: stories carved from the land, Benjamin Myers. 828.92 MYE: Under the Rock is about badgers, balsam, history, nettles, mythology, moorlands, mosses, poetry, bats, wild swimming, slugs, recession, floods, logging, peacocks, community, and a great big rock.

Music & Musicians

Ashes to ashes: the songs of David Bowie, 1976-2016, Chris O'Leary. 781.66 BOW
Dead people I have known, Shayne Carter. 781.66 CAR: The legendary New Zealand musician Shayne Carter tells the story of a life in music, taking us deep behind the scenes and songs of his riotous teenage bands Bored Games and the Doublehappys and his best-known bands Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer.
Michael Jackson rewind: the life and legacy of pop music's king, Daryl Easlea. 781.66 JAC
Play it loud: instruments of rock & roll, Jayson Kerr Dobney. 784.19 DOB: Play It Loud celebrates the musical instruments that gave rock and roll its signature sound-from Louis Jordan's alto saxophone and John Lennon's Rickenbacker to the drum set owned by Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Lady Gaga's keytar, and beyond.
Recording unhinged: creative and unconventional music recording techniques, Sylvia Massy with Chris Johnson. 781.49 MAS
Speaking for ourselves: conversations on life, music, and autism, Michael B. Bakan with Mara Chasar. 780.8 BAK: Renowned ethnomusicologist Michael Bakan engages in deep conversations, some spanning the course of years, with ten fascinating and very different individuals who share two basic things in common: an autism spectrum diagnosis and a life in which music plays a central part.
Spotify teardown: inside the black box of streaming music, Maria Eriksson. 780.28 ERI
The final days of EMI: selling the pig, Eamonn Forde. 781.49 FOR
The man who carried Cash: Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash, and the making of an American icon, Julie Chadwick. 781.642 HOL
Wasn't that a time: the Weavers, the blacklist, and the battle for the soul of America, Jesse Jarnow. 781.62 WEA: The dramatic untold story of the Weavers, the hit-making folk-pop quartet destroyed with the aid of the United States government-and who changed the world, anyway.
Where's my room: the Neil & Liam Finn summer 2018 tour of Aotearoa, Ian Jorgensen. 781.66 FIN: In the summer of 2018 Neil & Liam Finn teamed up with A Low Hum for a tour that took them to spots even the most ardent of Kiwi nomads would be hard-placed to point out on a map - communities such as Purekireki, Tauhei, Tirohanga, Himatangi Beach and Absurdistan.

Parenting

Attachment play: how to solve children's behavior problems with play, laughter, and connection, Aletha J. Solter. 649.1 SOL
Cooperative and connected: helping children flourish without punishment or rewards, Aletha J. Solter. 649.1 SOL
The outdoor toddler activity book: 100+ fun early learning activities for outside play, Krissy Bonning-Gould. 649.5 BON
Tranquility parenting: a guide to staying calm, mindful, and engaged, Brittany Polat. 306.874 POL
When we remember to breathe: mess, magic and mothering, a conversation by Michele Powles & Renee Liang. 306.8743 POW: A conversation about birth, pregnancy and parenting between two mums and writers – one an author and the other a poet, playwright and paediatrician

Personal Development

A life of one's own, Marion Milner. 158.1 MIL: How often do we ask ourselves, 'What will make me happy? What do I really want from life?' In A Life of One's Own Marion Milner explores these questions and embarks on a seven year personal journey to discover what it is that makes her happy.
Atomic habits: an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones: tiny changes, remarkable results, James Clear. 152.33 CLE
Coaching for transformation: pathways to ignite personal & social change, Martha Lasley. 158.3 LAS: Coaching for Transformation puts a new spin on coaching.
Every thing is fcked: a book about hope, Mark Manson. 158.1 MAN: With his usual mix of erudition and humour, Manson takes us by the collar and challenges us to be more honest with ourselves and connected with the world in ways we probably haven't considered before.
How to fail: everything I've ever learned from things going wrong, Elizabeth Day. 158.1 DAY
How to make friends as an introvert: discover introvert-friendly ways to meet new people, improve your social skills, and make new friends, Nate Nicholson. 155.23 NIC
How to own the room: women and the art of brilliant speaking, Viv Groskop. 808.51 GRO
Leaders behaving badly: what happens when ordinary people show up, stand up and speak up, Ann Andrews CSP. 158.4 AND
Love factually: the science of who, how and why we love, Laura Mucha. 152.41 MUC: Poets, philosophers and artists have been trying to explain romantic love for centuries, but it remains one of the most complex and intimidating terrains to navigate.
Never get angry again: the foolproof way to stay calm and in control in any conversation or situation, David J. Lieberman. 152.47 LIE
The art of loving, Erich Fromm. 152.41 FRO: The renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm has helped millions of men and women achieve rich, productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for love. In this astonishingly frank and candid book, he explores the ways in which this extraordinary emotion can alter the whole course of your life.
The friendship cure: reconnecting in the modern world, Kate Leaver. 155.92 LEA
The life of stuff: possessions, obsessions and the mess we leave behind, Susannah Walker. 155.937 WAL
The path made clear: discovering your life's direction and purpose, Oprah Winfrey. 158.1 WIN
The silent guides: understanding and developing the mind throughout life, Steve Peters. 155.4 PET: The Silent Guides explores some neuroscience and psychological aspects of the developing mind, unconscious thinking, behaviours, habit formation and related topics in an easy to understand way.
The upside of stress: why stress is good for you, and how to get good at it, Kelly McGonigal. 155.9042 MCG
Unspeakable: the things we cannot say, Harriet Shawcross. 153.6 SHA: As a teenager, Harriet Shawcross stopped speaking at school for almost a year, retreating into herself and communicating only when absolutely necessary. As an adult, she became fascinated by the limits of language and in Unspeakable she asks what makes us silent.

Pets & Animals

Becoming the supervet: listening to the animals, Noel Fitzpatrick. 636.089 FIT
Lost dog: a love story, Kate Spicer. 636.753 SPI: Kate is a middle aged woman trying to steer some order into a life that is going off the rails. When she adopts a lurcher called Wolfy, the shabby rescue dog saves her from herself.
The honey bus: a memoir of loss, courage and a girl saved by bees, Meredith May. 638.1 MAY: When she was five years old, Meredith May was abandoned by both parents. Her father left for the other side of the country. Her mother disappeared into herself. But when Meredith discovered the rusted old bus where her grandpa kept bees, her world changed forever.
Think like a canine: training working dogs, Ken Sykes. 636.70887 SYK

Philosophy & Psychology

Clear bright future: a radical defence of the human being, Paul Mason. 128 MAS: How do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty?
Socrates in love: the making of a philosopher, Armand D'Angour. 183 SOC
The art of logical thinking; or, the laws of reasoning & The human aura: astral colors and thought forms, William Walker Atkinson. 160 ATK

Photography

James Ravilious: a life, Robin Ravilious. 779 RAV: James Ravilious (1939-1999) trained as an artist, like his father Eric, but a Cartier-Bresson exhibition converted him to photography, which he taught himself. In 1972, a move to his wife Robin's homeland; a very rural, unspoilt part of North Devon, inspired him. It also produced the perfect job: recording daily life in that traditional bit of old England before it was modernised.
My generation: the classic rock photos of Baron Wolman: Instagram postings of Rolling Stone's first photographer, Baron Wolman. 779 WOL
Understanding a photograph, John Berger; edited and introduced by Geoff Dyer. 770 BER

Plays & Screenplays

Septet: seven award winning plays from Aotearoa, June Allen. 822.9208 SEP

Poetry

Conventional weapons, Tracey Slaughter. 821.92 SLA: Conventional Weapons is Tracey Slaughter's first full poetry collection. In these dark, lyrical poems, Slaughter closely observe the textures of the world and the beauty and depravity of human nature.
How we talk to each other, poems by Victoria Broome. 821.92 BRO: "In Victoria Broome's long-awaited first collection of poems, against the darkly-lit gloss of past and present Christchurch, Mum and Dad whirl in a dance at The Latimer. Myra and Cissy pose in Cathedral Square, Myra in a white hat, gloves and pearls, and Cissy: 'All I needed was one good frock.' A little girl goes fishing with a knitting needle and a length of wool and a little boy makes aviaries out of tea chests for his canaries.
Islander, Lynn Davidson. 821.914 DAV: The quivering luminosity of Islander is the rippling movement of the sea in sunlight, reflecting at once here, at once there, and then dissolving the distinctions.
More of us, Adrienne Jansen, with Clare Arnot, Devinda Danushka and Wesley Hollis. 821.9208 MOR
Night as day, Nikki-Lee Birdsey. 821.92 BIR: In her first book, Nikki-Lee Birdsey takes readers from a remote sheep station in the South Island to the neon signs of Queens; from a hotel in Piha to a Walt Whitman Rest Area in New Jersey; from intimately known cities to remembered landscapes.
Other, Ruth Hanover. 821.92 HAN: This chapbook of seventeen profoundly empathetic poems by Christchurch poet Ruth Hanover is a timely meditation on displacement, and survival dedicated to seekers of asylum and those who reach towards them.
Republic Café, David Biespiel. 811.54 BIE: The book is a single poem; 54 sections divided into three units each. The narrative details the experience of lovers in the American West, in Portland, on the eve and day of September 11, 2001. Evoking the slipperiness of public and private memory, Republic Café dramatizes that to fall in love secretly; even just to touch a lover's bare skin and even in the midst of great tragedy, is to perform a simultaneous act of remembering and forgetting.
Selected poems, Brian Turner. 821.914 TUR: One of New Zealand's most acclaimed and widely read contemporary poets, Turner is a proud southerner, and the landscapes and skyscapes of the central South Island are amongst the strongest characteristics of his work.
The Cambridge companion to Virgil, Fiachra Mac Góréin, Charles Martindale. 873.1 VIR: The poet Virgil remains the most significant and influential figure in Latin literature, and this expanded and updated Companion covers his life, work, and reception from antiquity to the present.
The green hollow, Owen Sheers. 821.92 SHE: In 1966 a coal slag heap collapsed on a school in south Wales, killing 144 people, most of them children. Poet Owen Sheers has given voice to those who still live in Aberfan, the pit village in which tragedy struck, and uses their collective memories to create a striking work of poetic power.
The world began with yes: new poems, Erica Jong. 811.54 JON: A collection of poems celebrating life. Erica Jong has never stopped writing poetry. It was her first love and it has provided inspiration for all her other books.

Politics & Government

An impeccable spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's master agent, Owen Matthews. 327.12 MAT: Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. Born to a German mother and a Russian father, Sorge became a fanatical communist-and the Soviet Union's most formidable spy.
Dark agenda: the war to destroy Christian America, David Horowitz. 322.1 HOR: Filled with stories that demonstrate the mind-numbing reasons behind the secular left's smug disdain for Christianity, Horowitz traces the history of religious liberty from the Founding Fathers to now.
Global discontents: conversations on the rising threats to democracy, Noam Chomsky. 327 CHO: Global Discontents is an essential guide to geopolitics and how to fight back, from the world's leading public intellectual
Maoism: a global history, Julia Lovell. 335.434 LOV
Rebel girls: their fight for the vote, Jill Liddington. 324.62 LID
Rise up, women!: the remarkable lives of the suffragettes, Diane Atkinson. 324.62 ATK
The hill to die on: the battle for Congress and the future of Trump's America, Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer. 324.973 SHE
The plot to destroy democracy: how Putin and his spies are undermining America and dismantling the West, Malcolm Nance. 327.12 NAN
The politics of losing: Trump, the Klan, and the mainstreaming of resentment, Rory McVeigh and Kevin Estep. 320.56 MCV: In The Politics of Losing, Rory McVeigh and Kevin Estep trace the parallels between the 1920s Klan and today's right-wing backlash, identifying the conditions that allow white nationalism to emerge from the shadows.
The socialist manifesto: the case for radical politics in an era of extreme inequality, Bhaskar Sunkara. 335.43 SUN
The spy and the traitor: the greatest espionage story of the Cold War, Ben Macintyre. 327.12 GOR: If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6.

Pounamu

Pūrākau: Māori myths retold by Māori writers, Witi Ihimaera and Whiti Hereaka. 398.20993 PUR: This new collection presents a wide range of traditional myths that have been retold by some of our best Māori wordsmiths
The New Zealand Wars = Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa, Vincent O'Malley. 993.022 OMA: The wars are an integral part of the New Zealand story but we have not always cared to remember or acknowledge them. Today, however, interest in the wars is resurgent. Public figures are calling for the wars to be taught in all schools and a national day of commemoration was recently established.

Relationships

How to date men when you hate men, Blythe Roberson. 817.6 ROB: From New Yorker and Onion writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a comedy philosophy book aimed at interrogating what it means to date men within the trappings of modern society.

Religion & Ethics

A history of the Bible: the book and its faiths, John Barton. 220 BAR
Building the Benedict option: a guide to gathering two or three together in His name, Leah Libresco. 248.4 LIB
Consider the women: a provocative guide to three matriarchs of the Bible, Debbie Blue. 220.92 BLU: Blue looks closely at Hagar (mother of Islam), Esther (Jewish heroine), and Mary (Christian matriarch), and finds in them unexpected and inviting new ways of navigating faith and life.
Demystifying Islam: tackling the tough questions, Harris Zafar. 297 ZAF
Does religion do more harm than good?, Rupert Shortt. 239 SHO
Friendship: the joy of connection, Anthony Gunn. 177 GUN
Life, sex, and ideas: the good life without God, A.C. Grayling. 171 GRA: In Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God, readers have the pleasure of hearing A.C. Grayling's distinctive voice address some of the most serious topics in philosophy, and in our daily lives, including reflections on guns, anger, conflict, war; monsters, madness, decay; liberty, justice, utopia; suicide, loss, and remembrance.
Never unfriended: the secret to finding and keeping lasting friendships, Lisa-Jo Baker. 241.6 BAK: Starting with that guarantee from the most faithful friend who ever lived – Jesus – this book is a step-by-step guide to friendships you can trust.
No god but God: the origins, evolution, and future of Islam, Reza Aslan. 297 ASL
Sustainable happiness: live simply, live well, make a difference, Sarah van Gelder. 170.44 SUS
The end of faith: religion, terror, and the future of reason, Sam Harris. 200 HAR: A startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world, this historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify atrocities, asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction, we cannot expect to survive our religious differences indefinitely.
The gap is not a theory!, Jack W. Langford. 222.1 LAN
The shape of the soul: what mystical experience tells us about ourselves and reality, Paul Marshall. 204.2 MAR
Wicca: a modern guide to witchcraft & magick, Harmony Nice. 299.9 NIC
Zen: the art of simple living: 100 daily practices from a Japanese Zen monk for a lifetime of calm and joy, Shunmy? Masuno. 294.39 MAS

Science

A book of rather strange animals: highlighting the wonders of evolution and the extraordinary diversity of life, Caleb Compton. 590 COM
A history of trees, Simon Wills. 582.16 WIL
Birds New Zealand: beauty like no other, Paul Gibson. 598.0993 GIB
City of trees: essays on life, death & the need for a forest, Sophie Cunningham. 582.16 CUN
College physics, Raymond A. Serway. 530 SER
Down from the mountain: the life and death of a grizzly bear, Bryce Andrews. 599.78 AND
Eating the sun: small musings on a vast universe, Ella Frances Sanders. 520 SAN: Eating the Sun is a delicately existential, beautifully illustrated, and welcoming exploration of the universe—one that examines and marvels at the astonishing principles, laws, and phenomena that we exist alongside, that we sit within.
Einstein's unfinished revolution: the search for what lies beyond the quantum, Lee Smolin. 530.12 SMO
Europe: a natural history, Tim Flannery with Luigi Boitani. 508.4 FLA
Extraordinary insects: weird, wonderful, indispensable, the ones who run our world, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson. 595.7 SVE
Genesis: the deep origin of societies, Edward O. Wilson. 591.5 WIL: Of all species that have ever existed on earth, only one has reached human levels of intelligence and social organisation: us. Why? In Genesis, celebrated biologist Edward O. Wilson traces the great transitions of evolution, from the origin of life to the invention of sexual reproduction to the development of language itself.
Help your kids with maths: a unique step-by-step visual guide. 510 HEL
How to catch a mole and find yourself in nature, Marc Hamer. 599.33 HAM: A life-affirming book about the British countryside, the cycle of nature, solitude and contentment, through the prism of a brilliant new nature writer's experience working as a traditional mole-catcher, and why he gave it up.
How to know the birds: the art & adventure of birding, Ted Floyd. 598.072 FLO
New thinking: from Einstein to artificial intelligence, the science and technology that transformed our world, Dagogo Altraide. 609 ALT
Physics for scientists and engineers, Raymond A. Serway. 530 SER
Return of the wolf: conflict & coexistence, Paula Wild. 599.77 WIL: Paula Wild gathers first-hand accounts of encounters with wolves and consults with wildlife experts for suggestions on how minimize conflict, respond to aggressive wolves and coexist with the apex predator.
Rock pool: extraordinary encounters between the tides, Heather Buttivant. 577.69 BUT
Sprout lands: tending the endless gift of trees, William Bryant Logan. 582.16 LOG
Sun and moon: a story of astronomy, photography and cartography, Mark Holborn. 520 HOL
The country set, Hannah Dale. 508.41 DAL: This beautiful little giftbook features 50 British birds and animals painted by Hannah Dale in her uniquely quirky, characterful style.
The deep: the hidden wonders of our oceans and how we can protect them, Alex Rogers. 578.77 ROG
The last elephants, compiled by Don Pinnock. 599.67 LAS
The nature of spring, Jim Crumley. 508.41 CRU
The secret life of genes: decoding the blueprint of life, Derek Harvey. 576.5 HAR
Unravelling the double helix: the lost heroes of DNA, Gareth Williams. 572.8 WIL

21 lessons for the 21st century, Yuval Noah Harari. 909.83 HAR: How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today's most urgent issues.
A good death: a compassionate and practical guide to prepare for the end of life, Margaret Rice. 306.9 RIC
All that remains: a life in death, Sue Black. 306.9 BLA: In All That Remains the author details faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and what her work has taught her.
Andrea Doria and other recent liner disasters, William H. Miller. 363.123 MIL: In this fascinating book, William H. Miller looks at some of the more recent disasters to have befallen the ocean liners of the world.
Australia Day, Stan Grant. 305.89915 GRA
Before I go: the essential guide to creating a good end of life plan, Jane Duncan Rogers. 393.9 ROG
Brief histories of everyday objects, written and drawn by Andy Warner. 306.46 WAR: Hilarious, entertaining, and illustrated histories behind some of life's most common and underappreciated objects, from the paperclip and the toothbrush to the sports bra and roller skates.
Bring the war home: the white power movement and paramilitary America, Kathleen Belew. 320.56 BEL
Cities: the first 6,000 years, Monica L. Smith. 307.76 SMI
Digital civil war: confronting the far-right menace, Peter Daou. 302.23 DAO: Are rural white Christians the real Americans? Should teachers be armed or should the Second Amendment be repealed? Is abortion murder or an ethically sound choice for women? Should migrant babies be caged or should ICE be abolished? Should billionaires exist while children go hungry? These are some of the bitter ideological disputes that have turned social media into a political battlefield.
Enough: breaking free from the world of more, John Naish. 306.3 NAI
Facilitating with heart: coaching for personal transformation and social change, Martha Lasley. 302.3 LAS: Facilitating with Heart: Awakening Personal Transformation and Social Change is a book that integrates best practices in the field of facilitation. You'll find resources and inspirational stories from facilitators, coaches and social change activists from around the world.
False black power?, Jason L. Riley. 305.896 RIL: Black civil rights leaders have long supported ethnic identity politics and prioritized the integration of political institutions, and seldom has that strategy been questioned. In False Black Power?, Jason L. Riley takes an honest, factual look at why increased black political power has not paid off in the ways that civil rights leadership has promised.
Finding Stevie: a dark secret, a child in crisis, Cathy Glass. 362.733 GLA: Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking on online.
Going solo: my choice to become a single mother using a donor, Genevieve Roberts. 306.87432 ROB
Growing up African in Australia, Maxine Beneba Clarke. 305.896 GRO
Hope in the dark: untold histories, wild possibilities, Rebecca Solnit. 303.4 SOL: With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable.
I'm writing you from Tehran: a granddaughter's search for her family's past and their country's future, Delphine Minoui. 306.0955 MIN
It's not about the burqa: Muslim women on faith, feminism, sexuality and race, Mariam Khan. 305.486 IT
Jobs, robots & us: why the future of work in New Zealand is in our hands, Kinley Salmon. 303.483 SAL
Making sense of the alt-right, George Hawley. 305.8 HAW
Nanaville: adventures in grandparenting, Anna Quindlen. 306.874 QUI
Queens of the kingdom: the women of Saudi Arabia speak, Nicola Sutcliff. 305.4209538 SUT
The heat of the moment: life and death decision-making from a firefighter, Sabrina Cohen-Hatton. 363.37 COH: This book takes us to the heart of firefighting, and reveals the skills and qualities that are essential to surviving, and even thriving, in such a fast-paced and emotionally-charged environment.
The human swarm: how our societies arise, thrive, and fall, Mark W. Moffett. 301 MOF: The epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species.
The long '68: radical protest and its enemies, Richard Vinen. 909.826 VIN: 1968 saw an extraordinary range of protests across much of the western world. Some of these were genuinely revolutionary; around ten million French workers went on strike and the whole state teetered on the brink of collapse. Others were more easily contained, but had profound longer-term implications; terrorist groups, feminist collectives, gay rights activists could all trace important roots to 1968.
The right side of history: how reason and moral purpose made the West great, Ben Shapiro. 306.0973 SHA: According to Shapiro we are in the process of abandoning Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, favouring instead moral subjectivism and the rule of passion.
The third pillar: the revival of community in a polarised world, Raghuram Rajan. 306.3 RAJ: From one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization and how revitalising community can save liberal market democracy.
The tree of life: my journey with grief, Heeni Morehu. 362.28 MOR: This book is about Heeni Morehu's experience of losing her eldest son, 17-year-old Kahu, in a car crash in 2009 before her younger son, Hepa, 16, took his own life in 2011.
Travel with purpose: a field guide to voluntourism, Jeff Blumenfeld. 361.37 BLU
Under pressure: confronting the epidemic of stress and anxiety in girls, Lisa Damour. 305.235 DAM
What doesn't kill you makes you blacker: a memoir in essays, Damon Young. 305.896 YOU: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker is a hilarious and honest debut that is both a celebration of the idiosyncrasies and distinctions of Blackness and a critique of white supremacy and how we define masculinity.
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.
With ash on their faces: Yezidi women and the Islamic State, Cathy Otten. 363.32 OTT: In the summer of 2014, in northern Iraq, more than one hundred thousand Yezidis were besieged on Sinjar Mountain alone, by ISIS forces. Otten, a journalist based in Iraqi Kurdistan for the past four years, covers the massacres of Yezidi men and the mass abduction of Yezidi women and children with extraordinary intensity.

Sport & Recreation

100 greatest cycling climbs of Italy: a guide to the famous mountains of the Giro d'Italia and beyond, Simon Warren. 796.64 WAR
Attack and defense, Akira Ishida and James Davies. 794.4 ISH: The middle game of go often appears chaotic, but there is order in the chaos, as this book plainly reveals. The result of a joint effort by a tournament-winning Japanese professional player and an experienced American go writer, Attack and Defense lays down a few clear principles, then goes through a wealth of applications: examples, problems, and case studies from professional play.
Classic New Zealand mountain bike rides. South Island, Jonathan Kennett. 796.63 KEN
Fallen angel: the passion of Fausto Coppi, William Fotheringham. 796.62 COP: Voted the most popular Italian sportsman of the twentieth century, Fausto Angelo Coppi was the campionissimo, champion of champions. The greatest cyclist of the immediate post-war years, he was the first man to win cycling's great double, the Tour de France and Tour of Italy in the same year and he did it twice.
Handicap Go, Nagahara Yoshiaki and Richard Bozulich. 794.4 YOS: "It is the aim of this book to teach the principles and techniques that you must know to play this kind of game"
ICC Cricket World Cup: England & Wales, 2019, Chris Hawkes. 796.3586 HAW
Jon Zealando: a magical legend, Bernard Reid. 793.8 ZEA: No magician in twentieth century New Zealand became as well known and iconic as Jon Zealando. Other New Zealand magicians had migrated overseas to pursue and advance their careers, and succeeded, but Jon concentrated on the market within his home country and apart from carving out a highly successful career over a fifty year period, established himself as a household name.
Learning Wing Chun kung fu: a step-by-step reference guide, Sifu Jason G. Kokkorakis. 796.8159 KOK
Letters to a young gymnast, Nadia Comaneci. 796.44 COM: In Letters to a Young Gymnast, Nadia Comaneci tells how she found the inner strength to become a world-class athlete at such a young age.
Life and death, James Davies. 794.4 DAV: "In actual play you have to work out the status of each group that comes into question. I believe that this way of presenting problems will help many players to win games"
Queenstown rock, ice & boulders: a comprehensive guide to Queenstown climbing, compiled and edited by Guillaume Charton. 796.522 CHA
Rugby: the golden age, John Tennant. 796.333 TEN
The making of the Women's World Cup: defining stories from a sport's coming of age, Kieran Theivam and Jeff Kassouf. 796.3346 THE: The exciting story of one of the fastest growing sports in the world, played by over 30 million girls and women. Over 25 million people tuned in for the Americans' 2015 Women's World Cup final victory; the most-watched football match in United States history.
The wind at my back: a cycling life, Paul Maunder. 796.6 MAU: Maunder explores the experience and history of cycling in these different types of place, and seeks to understand how cycling has played a role in his own creative life as well as that of other cyclist-artists, musicians, photographers, writers and painters.
Walking: one step at a time, Erling Kagge k. 796.51 KAG: From the bestselling author of Silence comes an illuminating examination of the joy of walking. From those perilous first steps as a toddler, to great expeditions, from walking to work to trekking to the North Pole, Erling Kagge explains that he who walks goes further and lives better.
Why we ride, Mark Barnes. 796.75 BAR: Why would anyone want to do something as dangerous as motorcycling? For those who love to ride, no explanation is necessary. For everyone else, there's Why We Ride.
Winning balance: what I've learned so far about love, faith, and living your dreams, Shawn Johnson with Nancy French. 796.44 JOH: This is the amazing true journey of how the young woman who won an Olympic gold medal on the balance beam became even more balanced.

Supernatural

Talking to heaven: a medium's message of life after death, James van Praagh. 133.91 VAN
The source field investigations: the hidden science and lost civilizations behind the 2012 prophecies, David Wilcock. 001.9 WIL
The synchronicity key: the hidden intelligence guiding the universe and you, David Wilcock. 133.9 WIL
There are no goodbyes: guidance and comfort from those who have passed, Elizabeth Robinson. 133.9 ROB

Transport

Mini: 60 years, Giles Chapman. 629.2222 MIN
Orient line: a fleet history. 387.2 NEW: Orient Line was one of the most progressive and innovative British shipping companies in the Australian trade.
Post-war on the liners, William H. Miller. 387.243 MIL: The period from the end of the Second World War to the late 1960s marked a golden era for the traditional port-to-port class-divided passenger ship business.
Six decades of Holden versus Ford, Dave Morley. 629.222 MOR
Speed read Ferrari: the history, technology and design behind Italy's legendary automaker, Preston Lerner. 629.2222 FER
Speed read Porsche 911: the history, technology and design behind Germany's legendary sports car, Wayne R. Dempsey. 629.2222 DEM
The story of 'Bandit': Sir Peter Blake's first keel boat, Shirley-Ann McCrystal. 623.822 MCC: A story of Sir Peter Blake's construction of the keel boat, Bandit, when he was just nineteen. The second half of the book traces Bandit's scattered history from owner to owner, until finally she was restored and installed at Auckland Maritime Museum.
Tube life: London's underground in photographs, Mirrorpix. 388.42 MIR
Under ground: subways & metros of the world, Catherine Zerdoun. 388.42 ZER

War & Defence

A battle of Britain spitfire squadron: the men and machines of 152 Squadron in the summer of 1940, Danny Burt. 940.544 BUR
Cruiser: the life and loss of HMAS Perth and her crew, Mike Carlton. 940.545 CAR
D-Day girls: the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II, Sarah Rose. 940.5486 ROS
D-Day New Guinea: the extraordinary story of the battle for Lae and the greatest combined airborne and amphibious operation of the Pacific War, Phillip Bradley. 940.5426 BRA
Death march escape: the remarkable story of a man who twice escaped the Nazi Holocaust, Jack J. Hersch. 940.5318 HER
Duty nobly done: an extraordinary account of 11 family members in the Great War, Adam Holloway. 940.3 HOL: This is the extraordinary true story of 11 young Australian men from one extended family and their experiences in the great adventure that would change their lives.
From Cairo to Cassino: a memoir of Paddy Costello, Dan Davin. 940.5481 DAV: Dan Davin's World War 2 memoir of Paddy Costello recounts the beginnings and the deepening of their friendship as they talked, tippled and fought their way through North Africa and Italy. It a significant addition to New Zealand's literature of the Second World War.
Gallipoli: new perspectives on the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1915-16, Rhys Crawley & Michael LoCicero. 940.42 GAL
Hawker Hunter in British service, Martin Derry and Neil Robinson. 623.7464 HUN
Legion versus phalanx: the epic struggle for infantry supremacy in the ancient world, Myke Cole. 356.1 COL
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: the illustrated history of America's legendary mach 3 spy plane, Jim Goodall. 623.7467 SR
Normandy crucible: the decisive battle that shaped World War II in Europe, John Prados. 940.5421 PRA
Pilgrim days: from Vietnam to the SAS, Alistair MacKenzie. 355.00993 MCK: This extraordinary new work from the author of Special Force: The Untold Story of 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) vividly documents; in a detail that stuns; the experience of infantry combat in Vietnam; life with the Paras; the tempo o f selection for UK Special Forces; covert SAS operations in South Armagh and SAS Counter Terrorist training on the UK mainland.
RAF on the offensive: the rebirth of tactical air power 1940-1941, Greg Baughen. 940.544 BAU
Sherman lead: flying the F-4D Phantom II in Vietnam, Gaillard R. Peck, Jr. 959.7043 PEC: Assigned to the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, the "Wolf Pack," Capt Gaillard R. Peck, Jr completed 163 combat missions in theater, losing numerous fellow pilots and backseaters in the process. Taking to the skies both day and night, he and his squadronmates found themselves immersed in the heat of fierce aerial combat during the Vietnam war.
The kindness of the hangman: even in hell, there is hope, Henry Oster and Dexter Ford. 940.5318 OST: Henry Oster is just as vibrant and determined as ever to tell the story of one of the last few survivors of the Nazi death camps, and to caution students and audiences all over the world about the racism, fascism and politics of fear that gave rise to the Nazi nightmanre, and which are still alive and well in otherwise civilized societies today.
The legacy of Anne Frank, Gillian Walnes Perry. 940.5318 FRA: Although many books and literary analyses have been written about Anne Frank's life and diary, none have explored the sur prising influence she has had on young people in countries all over the world, helping to shape their moral framework and giving them critical life skills.
The secret south: a tale of Operation Tabarin, 1943-46, Ivan Mackenzie Lamb. 940.541 LAM: Seventy years after the end of World War II, the full story of Britain's secret Antarctic expedition has still never been told.
The soldiers' peace: demobilizing the British Army, 1919, Michael Senior. 940.43 SEN
Wings over Suez, Brian Cull with David Nicolle and Shlomo Aloni. 956.044 CUL: Guiding the reader meticulously through the details of the air conflict between the Israelis and their Arab neighbors from the end of the 1948-49 war.
World War II abandoned places, Michael Kerrigan. 940.53 KER

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