In God's Name - An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I by David Yallop
17.50 NZD
Category: Non - Fiction
In September 1978, Albino Luciani--Pope John Paul I--mysteriously died only thirty-three days after his election. At the request of certain individuals from the Vatican, David Yallop began his investigation into the suspicious death and the coverup surrounding it. After more than three years of exhausti ...Show more
The Aladdin Factor by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen
18.00 NZD
Category: Self Help
The Aladdin factor - the ability to get what we want by having the confidence to ask for what we want - is the subject of this book focusing on gaining personal fufilment. This factor is supposed to pinpoint the major stumbling blocks to asking, and teaches simple techniques to overcome them.
Pacific: The Ocean of the Future by Simon Winchester
30.00 NZD
Category: Non - Fiction | Reading Level: good
Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world's largest body of water, and - in matters economic, political and military - the ocean of the future. The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing Company. It ...Show more
Poles Apart: The Great Climate Change Debate by Gareth Morgan
20.00 NZD
Category: Non - Fiction
Gareth Morgan couldn't decide whether he believed in climate change or not, so he hired the best international scientists to answer his questions. This book defines climate change, looks at the respective cases of the alarmists and the sceptics, examines the anecdotal evidence and the politics, and come ...Show more
Butler's Geography by Samuel Butler
80.00 NZD
Category: Non - Fiction
A Sketch of Modern and Ancient Geography, for the Use of Schools.
Murby's Geography & Atlas by A. H. Dick
70.00 NZD
Category: Non - Fiction
Murby's Geography and Atlas, Consisting of the "Elementary Geography for schools"
Hero and the Goddess by Jean Houston; foreword by Marianne Williamson
50.00 NZD
Category: Non - Fiction
The Hero and the Goddess explores the transformational power of one of the world's greatest stories The Odyssey. This classic tale of adventures and exploits is the supreme metaphor in the Western mind for spiritual initiation. Jean Houston interprets each episode from the epic —including Odysseus's con ...Show more
A RUSSIAN JOURNAL by STEINBECK JOHN
30.00 NZD
Category: Non - Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics
Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This rare opportunity took the famous travellers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad - now Volgograd - but through the cou ...Show more
Parting the Waters - Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-63 by Taylor Branch
45.00 NZD
Category: Non - Fiction
This book chronicles the Civil Rights struggle, from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through King's fiery political baptism, the ascension of John F.Kennedy and ultimately the dawning of the New South.
New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything by New Scientist, Stephen Hawking, Graham Lawton
35.00 NZD
Category: Non - Fiction | Series: Intro by Stephen Hawking
Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking. When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that nearly all of the galaxies he could see through it were flying away from one another. If these galaxies had always been travelling, he reasoned, then they must, at some point ...Show more
The Stars - Their Structure and Evolution by Roger J. Tayler
15.00 NZD
Category: Non - Fiction
This textbook gives a clear account of the manner in which knowledge in many branches of physics, such as gravitation, thermodynamics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics, can be combined to gain an understanding of the structure and evolution of stars. A major aim is to present the subject as one in wh ...Show more