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9781408113264
Do Whales Get the Bends?
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Tony Rice
Published by:
Adlard Coles Nautical
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Using a question and answer format, this entertaining narrative addresses 101 general interest questions about the sea, sea life, seabirds and man's relationship with the sea.
Where does seawater come from? How big can waves get? Why do we get seasick? How do flying fish fly? Why do icebergs float?
Inspired by questions raised whilst the author was guest lecturer on cruise ships, this fascinating and informative book is a light-hearted, surprising and entertaining read for anyone interested in the sea in its many forms. Each bite-sized entry is no more than two or three pages long, making it an ideal book to dip into for anyone interested in the oceans and the teeming life above and below them.
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9780340961339
Embracing the Wide Sky
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Daniel Tammet
Published by:
Hodder Paperback
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2
Daniel Tammet captivated readers with his bestselling memoir, Born On A Blue Day, and its vivid depiction of a life with autistic savant syndrome. In his fascinating new book, Embracing the Wide Sky, Daniel combines the latest scientific research with insights drawn from his personal experience to shed light on the mysteries of how our minds work and the incredible feats of which each one of us is capable. A unique and brilliantly imaginative portrait of how we think, learn, remember and create, Embracing the Wide Sky is a profound and provocative book that will transform our understanding and respect for every kind of mind.
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9780007305742
Get Her Off the Pitch! How sport took over my life
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Lynne Truss
Published by:
Fourth Estate
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From the bestselling author of
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
, a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism.
Get Her Off the Pitch!
is the story of one woman's foray into the very masculine and rather baffling world of sport. Lynne Truss spent four years as an unlikely sports writer for
The Times
. It was a job that took her around the world (via the most difficult journeys and least glamorous hotels) and introduced her to some of the greatest living sportsmen - and many argumentative men with clipboards. During her time at the newspaper she faced disdain from fellow sports writers; undertook last-minute, pre-fight research into 'The Rumble in the Jungle' (Muhammad Ali won, surprisingly); tried unsuccessfully to interpret bizarre commentary and memorise results statistics; wept at football matches, and discovered a lasting love for golf. She was even ...
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9780719560170
Inside the Red Mansion
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Oliver August
Published by:
John Murray (Publishers) Ltd
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In 1999, shortly after arriving in Beijing as The Times’s China correspondent, Oliver August set out on the trail of China’s most wanted man, Lai Changxing. An illiterate peasant from the coastal city of Xiamen, Lai created his own shipping empire from nothing before vanishing abruptly when the Communist Party accused him of corruption and fraud. Once the richest man in the country, Lai was now public enemy number one because his immense wealth became a threat to Beijing’s power. Oliver August’s highly entertaining search for Lai takes him to the brothels, backwaters and boardrooms that define the spirit of an emerging nation. Fascinated by Lai’s story, the author visits the town where he was born, travels on the boat used by his smuggling racket and stays in the hotel where government investigators interrogated and tortured his helpers. The book investigates the tycoon’s meteoric rise, his catastrophic demise and the mystery that ...
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9781848873216
The Constant Economy : How to create a stable society
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author:
Zac Goldsmith
Published by:
Atlantic Books
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The earth's resources are finite, climate change threatens to dramatically transform how and where we live, and the global economic system is in disarray. One way or another we have to change. In this brilliant and timely book, Zac Goldsmith argues here for the creation of what he calls 'a constant economy'. Since the industrial revolution, the economies of developed nations have grown at the expense of the natural world. One way or another we will have to change. The longer we delay, the more our societies will be at the mercy of events and the harsher the eventual adjustments. Fortunately, as this book shows, there is an alternative. A constant economy is one in which resources are valued not wasted, where food is grown sustainably and goods are built to last. It is a system in which energy security is based on the use of renewable sources, and where strong communities are valued as a country's most effective hedge against social, ...
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9780749909888
The Great Crash: How the Stock Market Crash of 1929 Plunged the World Into Depression
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Selwyn Parker
Published by:
Virago Press Ltd
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This is the story of the financial cataclysm that started with the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929, and set in motion a series of economic, political and social events that affected many millions of people in America, Britain, Europe and Australia. The Crash rolled across the world like a tidal wave, toppling governments, spreading the wave of dictatorships in Italy and Germany, infecting entire industries and plunging millions into unemployment and poverty. By the time it began to lift in 1935, the lives of people in scores of countries had changed forever.
Selwyn Parker's book also poses the question: Could it happen again?
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