libwebteam@ccc.govt.nz (Digital Library Web Team) libwebteam@ccc.govt.nz (Digital Library Web Team) en-nz http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/NewTitles/RSS/nonfiction_for_rss.xml New nonfiction at Christchurch City Libraries 2021 Christchurch City Libraries Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:50:01 +1300 Thu, 02 Jan 2021 09:00:00 +1300 http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/ http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/assets/images/logos/CCL-logo-Colour.gif http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/ Keeping ourselves in motion becomes even more important as we age.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1825063037 Whether it's the crunch of gravel on a canal path or the quiet hush of woodland in early morning light, the outdoors offers something no screen or schedule can provide: a sense of space, stillness, an.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1814643037 A classic Italian cookbook celebrating family, tradition and the joy of meals bursting with love.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835268037 If we want to truly heal, we need to understand trauma as something happening inside of the body not as a singular external event.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830232037 In April 1945, Linz was one of Nazi Germany's most vital assets. 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His impact on the People's Republic of China was vast.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1817035037 Midnight Spaghetti celebrates the art of eating late when you're hungry, tired, maybe a little tipsy, and definitely craving carbs.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835266037 There are places you don't go. Stories you weren't meant to hear. And events that make no sense, unless you're willing to look a little closer and decipher them carefully.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832521037 More Australian Birding Tales takes up where the author's best-selling first book, An Australian Birding Year, ended.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835090037 As an expert with years of experience in decorating, renovating, and building homes, Jenny is perfectly placed to share her unique insights on how to bring the outside in, creating spaces that enhance.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832758037 A major new history of the eastern Roman Empire, from Constantine to 1453.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1838959037 Nina Nesseth knows what scares you. She also knows why. In Nightmare Fuel, Nesseth explores the strange and often unexpected science of fear through the lenses of psychology and physiology.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1815557037 At just eighteen years old, Nephi Craig was facing a felony charge that could have put him in prison for years.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833584037 Bitterness is a destructive poison, yet we all struggle with it sometimes due to circumstances our sovereign God has allowed.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835044037 After months (or years) of writing, are you left with nothing but a folder full of false starts? 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The answer is clear for celebrated biologist Marty Crump, who shows us that snakes deserve our respect, admiration, and protection.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1831936037 Over 40 years ago, in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Admiral Kirk and his crew embarked on a perilous mission to retrieve Spock's body and reunite his soul with his physical form, defying Starfl.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835289037 British museums are home to millions of fascinating objects. The trouble is, a whole bunch of them were stolen in wildly dodgy ways.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1838960037 David Thomson has been called "the greatest living writer on the movies.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833607037 Jim Crumley gets up close and personal with British wildlife.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819684037 A journey through Britain's chalklands, uncovering the stories, symbolism and shifting meanings of the mysterious figures carved into our hills.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1805052037 From her childhood in Romania, in a village 'as small as a thimble on the edge of the world', through to life in exile in Germany, Herta Muller's story unspools against the tumultuous history of Roman.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1818328037 Journey through haunted woodlands and cursed clearings to uncover tales of the strange and magical plants that don't simply live or die they lurk.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1831917037 When was Britain last truly wild? And what, if anything, remains? This is the unexpectedly human history of wild Britain.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835084037 The Women's Longevity Handbook is a powerful, science-based guide to help you take charge of her health in midlife.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836109037