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7 November 2014


https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/823578?barcode=9781452117201&title=TheThingtheBook-AMonumenttotheBookasObject
The Thing, The Book: A monument to the book as object by John Herschendand      $69.99
What exactly is a book? This inventive and thought-provoking volume asks that question of more than 30 of today's top creative visionaries, from Ed Ruscha to Miranda July, John Baldessari to Jonathan Lethem. Each traditional element of a book, from endpapers to footnotes, is assigned to a different artist or writer invited to use the space as a creative playground. What happens when art and literature collide?
"You will like this." - Thomas
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/824241?barcode=9781775535911&title=Bungalow
Bungalow: From heritage to contemporary by Patrick Reynolds    $80.00
New Zealand came of age in a bungalow. Small and utilitarian or rambling and ornate, the houses in this outstanding book characterise the demand for practical, comfortable, well-built homes in a country gaining confidence in its identity. Each reading is a satisfying visit.
A wonderful book from the outstanding architectural photographer responsible for Villa
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/712665?barcode=9781869797263&title=MaoriBoy
Maori Boy by Witi Ihimaera       $39.99
Since the publication of Pounamu Pounamu in 1972, much of Ihimaera’s best writing has drawn on his formative experiences growing up Maori in a small rural community near Gisborne. In this first volume of autobiography, he turns his outstanding narrative skills on his own life.
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/824268?barcode=9781742708423&title=TheNewFeast%3AModernMiddleEasternVegetarian
 New Feast: Modern, Middle Eastern, Vegetarian by Greg and Lucy Malouf       $65.00
The Middle East—from North Africa and Moorish Spain, through Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan to the Arabian Peninsula—has long had a vibrant tradition of home-style vegetarian cuisine—from their abundant fresh salads, dips, and breads to a diverse collection of delicious and hearty main meals.
A feast for the eyes, the tongue, the stomach and the imagination.  
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/701985?barcode=9781877579424&title=IamtheWolf...andHereICome
 I am the Wolf... And Here I Come! by Benedicte Guettier    $19.99
Piece by piece the wolf puts on his clothes. He puts on his trousers, his tee-shirt, his socks, his great big boots, his great big coat. He’s getting ready. What’s he going to do when he’s ready? Well, what do you think! The wolf’s jaws and the book snap shut. We shriek. And start all over again.
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/829518?barcode=9781452128276&title=Who%2CtheWhat%2CandtheWhen-65ArtistsIllustratetheSecretSidekicksofHistory
 The Who, the What and the When: 65 artists illustrate the famous sidekicks of history by Matt Lamothe et al      $45.00
What a wonderful sideways fascinating book! Beside or behind every famous achiever stood or sat someone without whom the achievement would not have made. This book looks at these often-neglected human catalysts. 
We love this book (several staff bought a copy straight from the carton)!
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/835003?barcode=9780473284114&title=GrumpyOldMen2%3A48MoreKiwiBlokesWho%27veBeenAroundLongEnoughtoKnow%2CTellYouWhat%27sWrongwiththeWorld
Grumpy Old Men 2: 48 more Kiwi blokes, who’ve been around long enough to know, tell you what’s wrong with the world       $34.95  They’re all irate about something, sounding off on topics from punctuation to politics, impertinence to impotence. Even more controversial, funny and just plain grumpy than the first book! Includes John Anderson, Bruce Ansley, Gray Bartlett, Tim Beaglehole, Peter Bland, Jack Body, Peter Bromhead, Brent Clothier, Andrew Drummond, Paul Dykzeul, Tom Everitt, Ian Ferguson, Rodger Fox, Garth Gilmour, Glyn Harper, David Hartnell, George Henare, Sir Michael Hill, Wally Hirsh, Rod Jackson, Rhys Jones, Ruud Kleinpaste, Jack Leigh, Bob McDavitt, David McKegg, Precious Mackenzie, Bill Manhire, Les Mills, Kevan Moore, Sandy Moore, Ian Mune, Denis O'Reilly, Onny Parun, Jock Phillips, Ken Ring, Geoff Robinson, Peter Roche, Wynton Rufer, Lloyd Scott, Sam Sefuiva, Merv Smith, Nick Spill, Stephen Stratford, Malcolm Walker, Ranginui Walker, Vincent Ward, Eric Watson, and Jon Zealando.
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/824267?barcode=9781775537236&title=Marae%3AAJourneyAroundNewZealand%27sMeetingHouses


Marae: A Journey Around New Zealand's Meeting Houses by Muru Walters, Robin Walters & Sam Walters      $80.00               
A beautifully and thoughtfully photographed record of wharenui throughout the country: large, tiny, ornate, plain, ancient, contemporary. Various though they are, they each form the heart of their community. 
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/829590?barcode=9780864739698&title=HowDoesitHurt%3FNarratingPain
How Does It Hurt? Narrating pain by Stephanie de Montalk     $40.00
De Montalk writes interestingly of her own chronic pain, and considers the role of pain in the lives and writing of three other sufferers. How does pain change our perceptions and our memories? How does pain change the way we think and the way be relate to our world?
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/824313?barcode=9780593073575&title=TimeandTimeAgain
Time and Time Again by Ben Elton       $36.99
If you had one chance to change history...Where would you go? What would you do? Who would you kill?

http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/824316?barcode=9781927271605&title=TheDayNoOneWasAngry
 The Day No-One Was Angry by Toon Tellegen and Marc Boutavant      $28.00
 In 12 stories, we see different animals in various states of anger. Some try to understand their anger, some try to tame it, while others let their anger overwhelm them. These stories are funny and wry, but also offer a gently profound reflection of the nature of human emotions.
 

https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/824233?barcode=9780701189273&title=TheAmericanLover
The American Lover by Rose Tremain     $34.99
A seductive new collection from "a magnificent story-teller." - Independent on Sunday

https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/811558?barcode=9781869408183&title=HowtobeDeadinaYearofSnakes
How to Be Dead in a Year of Snakes by Christ Tse      $25.00
The world is full of murder and words are usually the first to go. On a Sunday in 1905 – a year of the snake – a man ‘went hunting for a Chinaman’ on Haining Street, Wellington. In his first full-length collection, Chris Tse revisits the murder of Cantonese goldminer Joe Kum Yung. By paying ‘proper respect’ to the many lives consumed by the crime, Tse gives a voice to the dead man and his tragic chorus, and asks us to consider our collective responsibility to remember the dead and the injustices of our past.
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/826213?barcode=9781846683473&title=ProfessorStewart%27sCasebookofMathematicalMysteries
Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries by Ian Stewart       $37.00
A miscellany of over 150 mathematical curios and conundrums, packed with humour and numerous illustrations.
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/824247?barcode=9781775536857&title=DairyNation
Dairy Nation: The story of dairy farming in New Zealand by Nicola McCloy       $49.99
Accessible, nostalgic look at how dairy has shaped New Zealand, telling the story through lively text and great photographs.
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/824259?barcode=9781847923301&title=Hitler%27sFirstVictims%3ATheQuestforJustice
Hitler's First Victims: The quest for justice by Timothy Ryback      $38.00
Forensically researched and grippingly told, Hitler's First Victims is a fast-paced narrative reconstruction of six dramatic weeks in 1933 that tells the astonishing true story of a German prosecutor, Josef Hartinger, and his race to expose the Nazis as murderers on the eve of the Holocaust.
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/824257?barcode=9781775537052&title=HeavenlyHirani%27sSchoolofLaughingYoga
Heavenly Hirani's School of Laughing Yoga by Sarah-Kate Lynch       $37.99
Annie Jordan never wanted to go to India: there were too many poor people and the wrong sorts of smells. But when she ends up there anyway, to her great surprise it's not the beggars that cling to her, it's the lessons in life - courtesy of Heavenly Hirani and her beachside laughing yoga.
Another sharp novel from an author whose irrepressible company was enjoyed recently at the Page & Blackmore Readers & Writers festival.
 
 
  

https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/824238?barcode=9781775536918&title=BorntoFlyThreeGenerationsofKiwiHelicopterPilots
Born to Fly: Three generations of kiwi helicopter pilots by Bill Reid      $39.99
The Reid dynasty of Nelson have been enthroned beneath the rotor blades since John began expanding the chopper’s repertoire after WWII, performing over 300 rescue missions. Bill followed in the hazardous deer recovery years of the 70s, and now Toby runs the family business.

http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/826846?barcode=9780473289065&title=TheDharmaPunks
 The Dharma Punks by Ant Sang     $49.99
Chopstick, an alienated young punk rocker, who with his friends, have hatched a plan to sabotage the opening of a multi-national fast-food restaurant by blowing it sky-high come opening day. Chopstick has been given the unenviable task of setting the bomb before the opening, but the night takes the first of many unexpected turns when he is separated from his accomplice. Chance encounters and events from his past conspire against him, forcing Chopstick to deal with more than just the mission at hand. Chopstick’s journey is a meditation on life, love, friendship and blowing things up! The complete edition of this remarkable graphic novel. 
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/824623?barcode=9781452129037&title=TheMemoryofanElephant-AnUnforgettableJourney
 The Memory of an Elephant: An extraordinary journey by Sophie Strady and Jean-Francois Martin     $35.00
Marcel the soulful elephant is writing an encyclopaedia, and his entries are featured in full-page spreads packed with facts, elegantly situated alongside the story of his day and his life.
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/824315?barcode=9781927271377&title=VolumeofPossibleEndings%28TalesofFontania%233%29
 The Volume of Possible Endings, A tale of Fontania by Barbara Else     $24.99
Dorrity is the only child in magic-free Owl Town. When she finds an enchanted book with dire predictions, she must face her enemies. And who is the strange boy who has appeared in the Beastly Dark?
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/826402?barcode=9780007462483&title=IThinkYou%27llFindit%27saBitMoreComplicatedThanThat
I Think You'll Find it's a Bit More Complicated Than That by Ben Goldacre       $35.00
A selection of the best articles by the author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma.
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/822648?barcode=9781869538743&title=TheCompleteKiwiPizzaOven
 The Complete Kiwi Pizza Oven: Wood, fire, food and friends by Alan Brown      $49.99
Covers everything from building to eating!

The Story of a New Zealand Truck Driver by Mary Kelleher    $39.99
Travel along the button road with Bert Williams and learn more about his life as a truck driver from the people who knew him. Bert was a real person and his story is told in wool, cotton and linen, buttons, beads and pebbles, cardboard, Dinky miniature toy trucks and Meccano. Includes CD.
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/824112?barcode=9781447271031&title=MountwoodSchoolforGhosts
Mountwood School for Ghosts by Toby Ibbotson      $19.99
Ghosts aren't as scary as they used to be. They need a school to improve their frightfulness.

http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/852233?barcode=9780986452925&title=ThingstoKnow
 Things to Know by Andrew Strang    $19.99
Strang was a key figure in the flourishing Dunedin music and arts scene in the 1980s and 1990s. After his suicide in 2000, the full extent and depth of his poetry was discovered and has at last been published. 
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/822779?barcode=9781909489097&title=CityofHalves
City of Halves by Lucy Inglis    $18.00
London. Girls are disappearing. They've all got one thing in common; they just don't know it yet. Sixteen-year-old Lily was meant to be next, but she's saved by a stranger: a half-human boy with gold-flecked eyes. Regan is from an unseen world hidden within our own, where legendary creatures hide in plain sight. But now both worlds are under threat, and Lily and Regan must race to find the girls, and save their divided city.
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/821590?barcode=9780732297916&title=NotThatKindofGirl-AYoungWomanTellsYouWhatShe%27sLearned
Not That Kind of Girl: A young woman tells you what she's "learned" by Lena Dunham      $34.99
"I’m a fan of Lena Dunham. She’s recently become quite the feminist icon. Her television show Girls has been quite a radical shift in the way that we normally see women in mainstream media. Her new book is a series of autobiographical essays that subvert the format of the typical 1980s female self-improvement book. She talks about a lot of issues that she has had in her own life, which were really interesting. If you like feminist autobiographies then I’d definitely recommend that you pick this one up." - Holly

https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/789819?barcode=9781844658039&title=FiguringOutFigurativeArt%3AContemporaryPhilosophersonContemporaryPaintings
Figuring Out Figurative Art: Contemporary philosophers on contemporary art edited by Damien Freeman and Derek Matravers     $76.00
In 1797 Friedrich Schlegel wrote "philosophy of art usually lacks one of two things: either the philosophy, or the art." This collection of essays contains both the philosophy and the art. It brings together an international team of leading philosophers to address diverse philosophical issues raised by recent works of art.
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/824240?barcode=9781742759364&title=ScorpionMountain%28Brotherband%235%29
Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband #5) by John Flanagan      $22.99
King Duncan of Araluen has an urgent mission for Hal and the Heron brotherband. One assassination attempt on his daughter Cassandra was foiled - but the would-be killers are from the deadly Scorpion cult, and they won't be satisfied until they have completed their task. The Herons team up with Ranger Gilan to track the killers across the deserts of Arrida and infiltrate their mountain lair. But the Scorpion assassins are not the only threat the brotherband will face.
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/830711?barcode=9780701186609&title=TheFiresofAutumn
The Fires of Autumn by Irene Nemirovsky         $37.00
A coruscating, tragic evocation of the reality of war and its dirty aftermath. The prequel to her masterpiece, Suite Francaise.
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/824256?barcode=9781780891477&title=HawleyBookoftheDead
The Hawley Book of the Dead by Chrysler Szarlan    $38.00
An old house surrounded by acres of forest. A place of secrets, mysteries and magic. This is where Reve Dyer hopes to keep herself and her children safe. But a mysterious figure has haunted Reve for over a decade. And now Reve knows that this person is on her trail again. In Hawley, where the magic of her ancestors reigns, Reve must unlock the secrets of the Hawley 'Book of the Dead' before it's too late.
 
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/828820?barcode=9781869538767&title=HowtoGoBoatingandWhere
 How to Go Boating, and Where: The complete Kiwi guide by Mike Rendle     $29.99
 The book covers everything from how to buy a boat through to how to launch it, ski from it, catch fish from it and, most importantly of all, how to stay safe while doing so. 
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/837407?barcode=9780864739377&title=Prendergast%3ALegalvillain%3F
 Prendergast: Legal villain? by Grant Morris      $40.00
James Prendergast was arguably New Zealand's dominant legal professional from 1865 to 1899, but is the most infamous figure in our legal history, largely because his condemnation of the Treat of Waitangi. This is a fascinating biography, exploring, among other things, his role in the invasion of Parihaka.
https://pageblackmore.circlesoft.net/products/826412?barcode=9780732299156&title=FleshandBlood
Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell        $37.00
Another enthralling thriller in Cornwell's high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta - a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/809250?barcode=9781877514753&title=OutontheWater%3ATwelveTalesfromtheSea
 Out on the Water: Twelve tales from the sea by Tessa Duder      $29.99
Ten short stories, and two longer historical ones, bring to life the thrills and challenges of sailing, paddling and travelling on the seas around New Zealand. From the author of the 'Alex' quartet. 
http://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz/products/827785?barcode=9781472910547&title=InfographicGuidetoCycling
 Infographic Guide to Cycling $37.00