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, 03 Sep 2026 00:50:02 +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/ "They are people who didn’t want to come back to New Zealand, generally had family and lives in Australia that they wanted to continue.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1826825037 On September 25, 1930, Adolf Hitler appeared before Germany's Supreme Court and outlined his plans todestroy the Weimar Republic through democratic process.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833177037 In The Acid Watcher Diet, Dr Jonathan Aviv, a leading authority on the diagnosis and treatment of acid reflux disease, helps readers identify those often misunderstood symptoms while providing a prove.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840111037 What would you give up to feel safe? The security industry has captured our politics and our private lives.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832503037 We often equate peak performance with relentless effort early mornings, intense workouts, and unwavering discipline.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832504037 The Art of the Clash is a testament to the power of individual expression in the realm of interior design.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1824666037 Two great cities. One fierce rivalry. Countless untold stories. Athens and Sparta were the two big players in Ancient Greece.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1814649037 From acclaimed historian and author of Kremlin Winter and Blood on the Snow, a dramatic and expertly researched account of an extraordinary moment in Russia's recent history: the August Coup.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1823839037 Solnit maps the extraordinary revolution of ideas and rights that we've experienced over the last fifty years, which has profoundly changed our world.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1815148037 Celebrated chef Stephane Reynaud pares down delicious French food to its essential best ingredients with 160 one-pot recipes that even the most inexperienced or time-poor cooks will love.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841338037 Since the horrific murder of Sharon Tate in 1969, the names Charles Manson and Roman Polanski have been brutally linked.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832926037 Evelyn was just a teenager when she first began suffering with the symptoms of endometriosis a reproductive condition that affects one in ten women.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840104037 We know Lincoln as the eloquent, compassionate leader of a nation torn by civil war.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840440037 Class is more central to understanding what is happening in the UK than it has been for decades.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840307037 "A portrait of new residential architecture from Aotearoa, New Zealand presents a rich and extensive catalogue of New Zealand residential architecture - houses that have a deep connection with the lan.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833522037 The Third Reich cast a long shadow, not least over those born in Germany at that time.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1825910037 The great majority of people alive today have come of age in a world of remarkable stability, presided over by either one or two superpowers.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1815860037 Connoisseurs have been an influential, if somewhat mysterious, figure in the history of art, responsible for making or breaking high-profile collections and reputations and influencing taste, the art .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1817002037 Fast-paced and packed with revelatory first-hand reporting, Corporate Coup looks at a dramatic attempt to overthrow the elected government of Venezuela, an intervention which, despite open backing by .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1838947037 Alcaraz, Sinner, and Shelton. Sabalenka, Gauff, and Świątek. Djokovic, Williams, and Nadal.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1826581037 Dangerous Snakes of Australia is an indispensable field guide to all 141 identified species of venomous elapid snakes on the continent.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841059037 On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of childre.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839521037 Afia Afia Amoako grew up in a kitchen that was never quiet, never empty, and never boring. Food, she understood from a young age, was the essence of her family's Ghanaian culture.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833596037 Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele were rising stars in early 20th-century Vienna, and their early work laid the foundations for Austrian Expressionism.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1825247037 Over three days in August 1945, a nation once morally opposed to the bombing of civilians killed 120,000 men, women, and children; doomed tens of thousands more to agonizing death in the weeks and mon.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1831737037 In 'Empty your backpack,' Sam Demma demonstrates that your dreams are in reach, and it's the beliefs you carry and the actions you take that determine whether you will achieve them.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841362037 Using graphics and visuals, a self-study English grammar guide for English-language learners of all levels, as well as experienced English speakers looking for a reminder of key language points, also .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842046037 While we might feel that our little gardens are insignificant in the grand scheme of things, quite the opposite is true.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830263037 An island without a harbour, encircled by perilous cliffs and rising high above the wild Atlantic ocean, farmed by the same family for eight generations.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830260037 What would porn look like without patriarchy? Around half of British men watch it regularly.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819340037 Fakers reveals the rise and fall of the mavericks running Britain's Cold War forgery empire.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1816641037 Your curls are not the problem. They never were.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841200037 Across the world, women are facing backlash.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819361037 If you've ever dreamed of turning a passion for flowers into a livelihood, Floramama shows you how to grow, design, and sell stunning seasonal bouquets using small-scale, ecological methods that actua.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1826374037 Eighty million years in the making. When Ann and Mike Spratt stood on a hill on Waiheke Island, they didn't see a vineyard. They saw a quirk of nature.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832860037 For over 25 years, manual therapist Alistair McKenzie has helped thousands of clients overcome chronic pain not by masking symptoms, but by addressing the root cause.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840330037 The Grand Design and Brief Answers to Big Questions by eminent scientist the late Stephen Hawking were blockbusting contributions to the science religion debate.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840294037 To paraphrase Picasso: the good borrow, but the truly great artists steal.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832580037 A completely revised edition of David Lebovitz's comprehensive guide to everything chocolate, featuring more than fifty rich and decadent recipes including fifteen that are brand new for chocolatey co.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841205037 Gwen John (1876-1939), best known for her portraits of women depicted in close tonal registers, was overshadowed during her life by her relationships with men, including her brother, the painter Augus.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840334037 There's a myth that high-protein food is bland, boring, and destined to be dry.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840152037 We are all told the same story as children: that we grew from a single cell into a human, that all of our cells came from the first fertilised egg, and that we have one distinct genetic code.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836127037 How Many Roads chronicles Bob Dylan's rise from apprenticeships in Minneapolis cafes and Greenwich Village folk clubs to international stardom as a breathtakingly original songwriter and singer.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840141037 How to Make It in the New Music Business, since its first publication in 2016, has become the go-to resource for musicians eager to make a living in a turbulent industry.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840570037 In the beginning, God poured His love into a garden. The Bible begins with the story of creation. God builds a beautiful world and a garden.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833219037 J. G. Ballard possessed one of the most astonishing imaginations of our age, and he had an intense and turbulent history- an experience famously fictionalised in Empire of the Sun.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1817869037 For centuries, travellers would stare up at the stars to guide them.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832514037 Even by the standard of a tech industry stacked with so-called geniuses, Demis Hassabis is a special case.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839529037 At its simplest, a woodcut begins with a piece of wood, a cutting tool, ink and paper. Yet from these humble materials artists have created some of the most powerful images in human history.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832577037 Step into a world of quiet beauty through the floral artistry of Japan.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1838952037 A poet's skill lies in their ability to distil complex themes into a few paragraphs; to pick out the fundamental quality in people that make us unique; they can describe nature in a way that makes us .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1817866037 When she was eleven years old, Serena Kutchinsky's life changed completely.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836111037 "An army may march on its stomach but it leans on its funny bone." So says Brigadier Charles Ritchie, and he should know.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840449037 The rise of China and its great power competition with the U.S. will be one of the defining issues of our generation.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1834553037 Reflexology, also known as zone therapy, involves applying varying amounts of pressure to the feet, hands and ears, which are believed to correspond to specific organs and bodily systems.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840105037 God created you in His image, with specific skills and gifts. You are completely one-of-a-kind, and there's no one in the whole world exactly like you.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839532037 When Anna Heyward adopted Freddie, a rescued Italian greyhound, she was thrilled to bring a dog into her life.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830259037 If certain business titans, corporations, and governments have their way, humans will someday be living, working, and vacationing in space.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836129037 Marilyn Monroe's final formal photo session and last interview have never been released in their entirety-until now.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1825834037 In 1940, Winston Churchill famously set in motion the Special Operations Executive.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1838961037 Unfiltered, insightful and beautifully curated this is travel reimagined. 50 bold travel swaps revealing where's overdone and where to go instead.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842020037 This is the gripping, often surprising story of one of New Zealand’s toughest and most resilient fighters.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829799037 We believed the Catholic Church had been destroyed after Vatican II. We believed that our group received messages directly from the Blessed Mother.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839530037 "Fear impedes negotiators' success in all types of negotiations and hinders negotiators at all levels.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841836037 When Silicon Valley 'moves fast and breaks things', the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840085037 Small gardens can offer a wealth of opportunity for plants, people and wildlife, accommodating the numerous demands we make on our outdoor spaces today.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835031037 We live in a time where independent thinking, love of literature and ideas, and passion for human expression are all under attack from a ruthless and uncaring government and a culture that values only.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832549037 Owls have been a source of fascination and awe throughout history.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836128037 What was an Indian prince doing in the retinue of a French envoy at Constantinople in 1796? When Ottoman Emperor Selim III, struck by the unusual sight of a fellow Muslim in a French cortege, asked ho.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1816650037 Botanical artist Lara Call Gastinger has made it her mission to teach artists and nature lovers worldwide how to keep a nature-focused perpetual art journal, holding sold out workshops and classes in .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836114037 What does it take to make a classic videogame? To answer that question, Playmakers lifts the lid on some of the world's most revered studios and speaks with many of the industry's most celebrated desi.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835294037 In 1958, a little marmalade-loving brown bear from Peru named Paddington was introduced to the post-war British public.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1831980037 In the late nineteenth century, the great Tory leader Lord Salisbury and his closest collaborators were haunted by the looming threat of Home Rule in Ireland.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830242037 Our lives are shaped by questions: they are how we connect, persuade and flourish. But we live in a world that wants answers.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832525037 "When you think of Ancient Greece and Rome, what do you see? The Acropolis and the Colosseum? Perhaps the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle and the rule of the Caesars? Or the birth of democracy and t.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840295037 Birth control, which includes contraception, abortion access and more, has not only enabled women to enter civic life in significant numbers for the first time, but it has also expanded our democracy .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832526037 Most people can feel it before they can explain it. Something about modern life feels upside down. Everyone is connected, but loneliness keeps growing.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840315037 Christopher Morris believes Lucy Letby has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice, and that her guilty verdict is not beyond reasonable doubt. He is not the only one.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840912037 Over 120 million people are forcibly displaced across the world. Among them, are over 42 million refugees, people compelled to leave both their homes and their home nations.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832528037 Whether you take the high road or the low road, Scotland is yours to explore with Rick Steves!.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1831762037 For four decades, photographer Derek Smith has explored the way New Zealanders travel, work, and express themselves through the vehicles they drive.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830521037 In 2003, US intelligence uncovered evidence that al Qaeda had acquired nuclear materials, plotting to smuggle them into American ports.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832556037 We associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at their straight roads and innovative underfloor heating, at the dominance of their army and navy, at the grandeur of their palaces and t.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842060037 As a young Muslim woman, Alycia Pirmohamed grew up with her body as racialised and her faith as seemingly dangerous.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830254037 Rebecca Wright is a defense attorney living in the Lower 48 when she suddenly finds herself a widow and an empty nester.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832951037 South Island Māori rock drawings, dating back to early Māori occupation, were examined as scientific curiosities by many early European explorers and, later, museum curators, including Julius von Haas.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1834818037 Life, with all its highs, lows, miracles, and mayhems, can reveal to us an inner truth: that we have the power to create any life we desire.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1817059037 From the lonely heights of mountains to the womblike depths of caves, stone has always drawn us in.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1823844037 Through fascinating photographs and insider facts that span the entire 60-year history of Star Trek and the various films and spin-off series it has inspired across the decades, readers will discover .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1834441037 The Story of Your Life is an exploration of how social media storytelling has transformed the way we make sense of our own experiences, and an incitement to embrace the ways our lives resist capture.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832532037 Famous paintings are celebrated for their beauty and depth, but they're also a treasure trove of ridiculous faces.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819704037 In this groundbreaking history of colonisation and frontier conflict in the Hawkesbury region, historian Barry Corr navigates the gaps and silences in the primary records to reveal settler amnesia, th.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840924037 Every reproductive journey has unexpected bumps along the way, small and sometimes big.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1822704037 Rough Guides Thailand's Beaches and Islands is a comprehensive travel guide designed for independent travellers exploring Thailand's beaches and islands, from Andaman Sea cliffs and diving sites to Gu.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833188037 The hidden story of the California Coast, told through generations of immigrants, surges of industry, and three marine species caught in the dragnet of human history.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835194037 If you're in or have been in a relationship with a pathological personality yet somehow ended up believing that everything bad was your fault, you're not alone.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840993037 George Forster was a man out of time: he journeyed to the far reaches of the known world and challenged the worldviews of eighteenth-century Europe with radical ideas about equality and freedom.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1817068037 An iconic piece of design and style and a gold standard in motorcycle engineering the Triumph has roved through the twentieth century, making its mark in hearts and minds.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836106037 After World War II, the academics of Oxford and Cambridge the dons formed an unusual kind of university based, establishment-connected intelligentsia.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1823830037 In A Venn Diagram of One: An American Story, Lenny McAllister refuses the false choice and tells the truth about what it costs to live outside America's political and cultural silos.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833276037 After the death from cancer of his husband, Antony Sher, Greg Doran stepped down from his role as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1817870037 Between 1942-1945, England was transformed into the world's largest aircraft carrier. From bases carved into the East Anglian countryside, American fliers waged war in the skies over Europe.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830245037 You replay the conversations. You question your memory. You wonder if you're being unfair.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840938037 Most people people say their doctor has never talked with them about food, yet what we eat is the one thing that we have control over which can seriously impact our health for the better.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1838967037 Life is full. Work is full. Days are full. And by the time dinner rolls around, most of us are running on empty.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1831284037 Eva has it all: a high-flying job, a picture-perfect marriage, a lifestyle that many would aspire to. Yet she can't shake the feeling that she is living someone else's dream.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1825142037 Women, Home and Country marks the centenary of the New Zealand Federation of Women's Institutes, celebrating 100 years of friendship, service and community across Aotearoa New Zealand.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1823168037 This comprehensive guide offers practical and evidence-informed strategies for supporting women's health across the lifespan.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1834119037