Kurt Vonnegut: Drawings $75.00
145 of the writer's strange, comic, idiosyncratic, doodle-like drawings, showing affinities with those of Klee, Calder and John Lennon. With an introductory memoir by Vonnegut's daughter Nanette.
Henshaw launched her 'Book Barge' in 2009, and it has come to represent an ideal of 'slow bookselling' in a world where the personal qualities of life are under threat. Read Henshaw's account of how she became the antithesis of Amazon. It's a pity there aren't canals in New Zealand!
>> Article here.
>> Sarah Henshaw at the tiller.
As wealth is becoming increasingly concentrated in some areas of New Zealand, are others in danger of becoming 'zombie zones'? Should we do something about regional economic disparity? If so, what?
"A must-read for any understanding of the future and the options available." - Nevil Gibson, National Business Review editorial
The relationship between two sisters is explored in this remarkable novel.
"I can think of no precedent for the darkly fizzing tragicomic jeu d'esprit that is Miriam Toews's novel. Its compulsive readability is all the more remarkable since the story issues from such a dark place in the author's heart. Can a work of mourning be a comedy? Uniquely, Toews has created a requiem with an antic disposition." - Guardian
>> Interview with the author here.
>> You'll like this trailer.
"Meticulously researched and thrillingly told. Reading this is as informative as it is spine-chillingly entertaining" - Die Zeit
"Unflinching. Let's just say that Herzog's use of the word 'folly' is an understatement." - The Village Voice
"It is arguably not possible to imagine human stupidity on a grander scale than what Rudolph Herzog has stockpiled in his new book." - The Brooklyn Rail
The passing of time seems obvious to us but our comprehension of just what that means is very limited. In this fascinating book Smolin shows that our understanding of pretty much everything depends on a rethinking of whatever it is we call 'time'.
"Brilliant and persuasive." - Guardian
"Provocative and stimulating. Smolin reconceives the universe." - Sunday Times
Indispensable. A concise, extended and affordable edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book.
From the earliest rock carvings to the latest geospatial technology, from ancient medieval mappae mundi to the first road atlas, this book shows how maps have influenced and reflected our world throughout history.
For thousands of years, bacteria and human cells have peacefully co-existed in a relationship that has ensured the health and equilibrium of our body. But now, much like the natural world outside of us, our internal environment is being irrevocably destroyed. This book may be the Silent Spring of our age.
On 6 June 1944 Britain woke up to a profound silence. Overnight, 160,000 Allied troops had vanished and an eerie emptiness settled over the country. How was this momentous day experienced by ordinary people?
Instead of measuring economic growth for its own sake, we could be assessing how well it enables New Zealanders to lead 'the kinds of lives they value and have reason to value'. This book calls for New Zealand's transformation from a traditional 'welfare state' to a progressive 'wellbeing state'.
"A major contribution to the one aspect of the Second World War of which we know far too little. A model of clarity and good writing." - Antony Beevor, The Times
Someone should send a copy of this book to the Australian Prime Minister.
"An explosive, powerful, morally armour-plated broadside." - Guardian
"Magisterial and essential. The indispensable account of the Irish Revolution." - Irish Times
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A very clear and useful self-teaching guide to all aspects of graphic design theory and practice. Emerge from between these covers ready to make your mark.
What have humans believed across the ages, and why have they believed these things? How have beliefs changed as our circumstances and concerns have changed? What role has religion played in the structure of society, and what is its place in a world where science is sieving even the contents of the mind?
Laureth Peak's father is a writer. For years he's been trying, and failing, to write a novel about coincidence. His wife thinks he's obsessed, Laureth thinks he's on the verge of a breakdown. He's supposed to be doing research in Austria, so when his notebook shows up in New York, Laureth knows something is wrong. On impulse she steals her mother's credit card and heads for the States, taking her strange little brother Benjamin with her. Reunited with the notebook, they begin to follow clues inside, trying to find their wayward father. Ahead lie challenges and threats, all of which are that much tougher for Laureth than they would be for any other 16-year-old because Laureth is blind.
Statistical analysis helps us to rethink the factors that lead to success.
"As a highly original contribution to our understanding of what we are seeing at a match, their book is unbeatable." - Independent
A novel exploring the relationship between Robert Louis Stevenson and his American wife, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, whose hopes to be a painter or a writer herself came up against RLS's belief that a family could only tolerate one creative member.
"Fabulous." - The Times
"A worthy tribute to Stevenson and the woman who stood by him." - Washington Post
"A rich and fascinating book about an overlooked African powerhouse by a travel writer of rare talent." - Tim Butcher, author of Blood River
"A wonderfully eclectic history of the alphabet." - The Times
Now in paperback!
After his wife's death in 1973, poet and activist Steve Abbott came out of the closet and moved, with his three-year-old daughter, to San Francisco.
"A wonderfully touching account, not just of a distinctly different father/daughter dynamic but also a historic time in San Francisco." - Gay Times
The sea covers seventy per cent of Earth's surface, and contains answers to questions about the world we are only beginning to ask.
Designing Here/Now: A global selection of objects, concepts and spaces for the future edited by Allan Chochinov and Eric Ludlum $80.00
A wide-ranging overview of how design can change our lives in fresh and often unexpected ways. From consumer products to speculative ventures, from transportation to visual communication, from design writing to food design, this book presents cutting-edge work from the pivotal Core77 Design Awards.
Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke $38.00
A sprawling thriller drenched intrigue that takes a young boy from a chance encounter with Bonnie and Clyde to the trenches of World War II and the oil fields along the Texas-Louisiana coast.
"So far above the prevailing standards of crime fiction that it is pointless to make the comparison." - Daily Express
The author foolishly decided to travel the entire length of the Seine in a rowing boat.
"A wonderful view of France as seen from the water, and through the eyes of a genuinely funny writer - I laughed out loud . " - Philip Marsden
Another Bob Skinner mystery!
"Remarkably assured, raw-boned. A tour de force." - New York Times
This book of new ballads in the traditional vernacular style will appeal to anyone with an interest in New Zealand folklore. Goldiggers, swaggies, shearers, drovers, rouseabouts and sailors crowd the pages.
Follows Charles' now-legendary 1981 collection Black Billy Tea.
There is something dangerous approaching Sweden, and the Intercrime Team are the only people who can do anything to stop it.
Tempting. Very tempting.
