Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes
$39.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora's Jar. Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look ...Show more
Ikigai by Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
$35.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER - Find purpose, meaning and joy in your work and life We all have an ikigai. It's the Japanese word for 'a reason to live' or 'a reason to jump out of bed in the morning'. The place where your needs, ambitions, skills and satisfaction meet. A place of balance. This bo ...Show more
Wrens of World War II: Bletchley's Secret Source by Peter Hore
$35.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
The World War II codebreaking station at Bletchley is well known and its activities documented in detail. Its decryption capabilities were vital to the war effort, significantly aiding Allied victory. But where did the messages being deciphered come from in the first place? This is the extraordinary unt ...Show more
Chasing a Dream : The Exploration of the Imaginary Pacific by John Dunmore
$39.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
Early Europeans may have believed the world was flat, but by the Middle Ages there was widespread acceptance that it was, in fact, a globe. What remained a mystery, however, was what lay on the "other side". The belief in a vast southern continent went back centuries, and many expeditions set out to fin ...Show more
The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America by John Wood Sweet
$39.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
A riveting Revolutionary Era drama of the first published rape trial in American history and its long, shattering aftermath, revealing how much has changed over two centuries--and how much has not. On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel--t ...Show more
Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin
$30.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
‘Warm, funny, biting and essential reading.’ Adam Rutherford ‘Hilarious, ferocious, generous and convincing. It made me reconsider almost everything I thought I knew about Africa.’ Oliver Bullough Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes ...Show more
How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind by Regan Penaluna
$39.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
A timely critique investigating how four women philosophers persevered in a field that often suppressed and disregarded the insights of female thinkers. As a young woman growing up in a small, religious community, Regan Penaluna daydreamed about the big questions: Who are we and what is this strange wor ...Show more
The Four Noble Truths of Love by Susan Piver
$29.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
To apply a Buddhist viewpoint to relationships is eye-opening. It points to a radically different worldview, one that runs counter to the spirit of much of the conventional advice we receive. Broken hearts, resentment, affairs, divorce. Why is it so hard to make relationships work? New York Times bests ...Show more
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan
$44.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
Most people can name the influential leaders and major battles of the past. Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts. In The Earth Transformed, ground-breaking historian Peter Frankopan reconnects us with our ancestors who, like us, worshipped, exploited ...Show more
Writing in the Dark: Bloomsbury, the Blitz and Horizon Magazine by Will Loxley
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Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
As the streetlamps flickered out and lights were obscured behind brown-paper screens, a subdued atmosphere took hold of London in 1939. Cloistered in pubs and gloomy sitting rooms, London's young writers and artists faced being sent to the front, trading their paintbrushes and pens for the weapons of wa ...Show more
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound
$39.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
On 21 November 1915, the Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's ship, finally succumbed to the immense pressures of the surrounding ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, just like that, it was gone. Over a century later, an audacious plan to locate the ship was hatc ...Show more
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
$32.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
From the internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society. The Bloomsbury Girls is a compelling and heart-warming story of post-war London, a century-old bookshop and three women determined to find their way in a fast-changing world. Bloomsbury Books is an old-fashioned new and rare book s ...Show more