Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin and the Victorian War Between Science and Religion by Michael Taylor
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Impossible Monsters is the captivating story of the discovery of the dinosaurs and how it upended our understanding of the origins of the world - overturning the literal reading of the Bible, liberating science from the shackles of religion, and giving birth to the secular age.In 1811, a twelve-year-old ...Show more
Women vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film by Helen O'Hara
$28.00 NZD
Category: Film, TV, Theatre
'A fascinating polemic' Sunday Times ... 'A powerful, sobering and vital work' The Mail on Sunday ... 'A page-turning read, peppered with humour' Sight & Sound ... 'A must read' Edgar Wright A call to arms from Empire magazine's 'geek queen', Helen O'Hara, that explores women's roles - both in fr ...Show more
The Team That Hit the Rocks: The Inside Story of the Wahine Disaster by Peter Jerram
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
In April 1968 the New Zealand interisland passenger ferry Wahine, a fast and modern ship for its time, hit Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in a cyclone, the worst storm ever recorded in New Zealand's history. Six and a half hours later the ship heeled over and sank, with the eventual ...Show more
Foraging New Zealand: Over 250 plants and fungi to forage in New Zealand by Peter Langlands
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
New Zealand is full of incredible, edible wild foods - fruit, fungi and seaweed; berries, herbs and more - you only need to know where to look and how to do it safely. Foraging New Zealand is the ultimate guide to unearthing more than 250 of our tastiest wild plants. Packed with stunning photography, u ...Show more
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In Search of Schrodinger's Cat by John Gribbin
$29.00 NZD
Category: Schrödinger's Cats
Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no computers, no science of molecular biology, no understanding of DNA, no genetic engineering. In Search of S ...Show more