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, 14 May 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/ Explore every corner of the USAhttps://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1814632037 The cards in the Tarot deck offer seventy-eight invitations for change-not only in our inner life, but beyond.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1756581037 Welcome to the Paris of local secrets and hidden wonders, of secret passageways, bohemian cafes, eclectic boutiques and chic fashion.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1821418037 From social media sensations Cate Osborn and Erik Gude, with Rennie Dyball, comes a fresh and practical guide to managing ADHD for adults.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819972037 Perfect for the increasingly diagnosed and underdiagnosed, this book fills a crucial market gap with specific and humane sleep advice.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819971037 Through Shrill, the book and then the Hulu series, Lindy West became an inspiration.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819005037 From the rising incidence of cancer in the under-50s to increased infertility rates, there are signs everywhere that growing numbers of us are ageing too quickly.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1761332037 Agentic AI is the next big leap in artificial intelligence. 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Poet Lucas Jones explores how we search for meaning in difficult times in th.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1817865037 Keeping Things Together is a bold, visually rich anthology that delves into the 50-year legacy of the Women's Art Register (W.A.R.), Australia's only living archive of women's art.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819982037 Koji Alchemy is the first book devoted to processes, concepts, and recipes for fermenting foods with koji, the microbe behind the delicious umami flavors of soy sauce, miso, mirin, and so many of the .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819051037 Laptops open up a world of possibilities, and you can use them anywhere! Laptops for Seniors in easy steps, 9th edition is your friendly guide to getting started and making the most of your laptop, es.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1818082037 The law promises justice. 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In Liturgies for Resisting Empire, Cuban American theologian and writer Kat Armas provides a roa.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819945037 This book is dedicated to feet, much maligned and underappreciated, but without which we would travel far less.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819967037 Join author Edward Brooke-Hitching on a backstage tour of the most surprising and eccentric stories in the history of music.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819879037 At twenty-four-years old, Josh Owens dropped out of film school when a job offer arrived from the very world that had already begun to warp his sense of reality.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1805676037 Make smarter business decisions with Microsoft PowerBI.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819941037 Almost 10 years after learning that her son is autistic, Julie Green was also diagnosed, shedding light on a lifetime of feeling othered and misunderstood.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1819968037 Mundiales tells South America's version of the World Cup story.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1815560037 A pyrotechnic examination of Elon Musk as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age. 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Why did wages at the bottom and in the middle of the pay scale fail to keep up with a growing economy that delivered over 70 percen.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1790449037 This outstanding field guide provides the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date coverage of the whales, dolphins and porpoises that occur off the coasts of North America.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1805407037 We are our memories. They are a repository of our lives.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1760813037 Few artists have shaped pop culture as profoundly as the Beatles and Bob Dylan.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1821646037