NZ Non Fiction : General NZ Non Fiction

ISBN: 9780958252140
Title: 1.5 Hectare World
Author: YEREX DAVID


Format: Paperback
Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9781138635524
Title: 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning: Teaching for Success
Author: HATTIE JOHN & ZIERER KLAUS


The original Visible Learning research concluded that one of the most important influencers of student achievement is how teachers think about learning and their own role. In Ten Mindframes for Visible Learning, John Hattie and Klaus Zierer define the ten behaviors or mindframes that teachers need to adopt in order to maximize student success. These include:

• thinking of and evaluating your impact on students' learning;




• the importance of assessment and feedback for teachers;




• working collaboratively and the sense of community;




• the notion that learning needs to be challenging;




• engaging in dialogue and the correct balance between talking and listening;




• conveying the success criteria to learners;




• building positive relationships.

These powerful mindframes, which should underpin every action in schools, are founded on the principle that teachers are evaluators, change agents, learning experts, and seekers of feedback who are constantly engaged with dialogue and challenge.

This practical guide, which includes questionnaires, scenarios, checklists, and exercises, will show any school exactly how to implement Hattie's mindframes to maximize success.

Format: Paperback
Price: $50.00

ISBN: 9780987657381
Title: 100 Days Claiming Back Nz
Author: BROOKE AMY

This is an epic and engaging read on what has gone wrong with NZ's political and bureaucratic systems, and how the public can regain control over politicians. Brooke advocates the Swiss system of a 100 day public veto of controversial new laws - if the public can muster up enough signatures within three months of a law change to force a referendum, the referendum result is binding on the government. Like New Zealanders, the Swiss don't want to be running to the polls every five minutes on stupid issues, so they save their referendum veto for issues of major concern. The difference between Switzerland and New Zealand is that when it really counts, the Swiss can bring their government to heel. New Zealanders cannot. Regardless of whether you are to the Left or the Right on the political spectrum, the 100 days concept works for you to keep successive governments honest. Just last weekend the Swiss voted to end the practice of multi-million dollar executive pay bonuses to executives whose companies were losing money, in what has been publicised in world media as the toughest crackdown on executive greed anywhere in the world.

Format: Paperback
Price: $39.00

ISBN: 9780473369316
Title: 120 Days at Astrolabe the Rena, the Reef & the Go Canopus
Author: JUDKINS KEVIN

It is an up-close and personal account of events. Witnessed, recorded and photographed from the anchor-handling vessel GO Canopus, while undertaking a multitude of duties relating to the salvage operations on location around Astrolabe Reef. The narrative has been liberally interlaced with my own previously unpublished sequential photographs to enhance the reader's appreciation of the events described. To my knowledge, there is no similar comprehensive written or photographic record of the events described herein. "This is a first-hand record of events that took place on and around Astrolabe Reef, as the Rena broke up and the salvage turned into a wreck removal. It is a uniquely well-informed and illustrated book, penned by that rare breed of writer; a man of action who is also a man of letters. Captain Judkins writes with unparalleled authority about the wreck of the Rena because he was there. Furthermore, the insider's perspective he provides on shipboard life is attractive and captivating, as is his ability to describe complicated salvage procedures, in terms that can be grasped by laymen and seafarers alike.

Format: Paperback
Price: $95.00

ISBN: 9780473372293
Title: 20 Rental Properties in One Year
Author: FOWLER GRAEME

Graeme Fowler is the author of the NZ Best Selling book “NZ Real Estate Investors’ Secrets – How 10 New Zealanders became Millionaires from Residential Property” which was first published in 2003, and then updated in 2008. This book has now sold almost 15,000 copies making it one of, if not the highest selling book on property investment ever written in New Zealand. Graeme is a well known educator, speaker and property expert in NZ. He has completed over 500 real estate transactions since starting out at the young age of 24 after reading the classic book “Jones on Property” by Bob Jones. Graeme has a portfolio of over 70 properties and still is very actively buying, renovating and selling properties today. In this latest book, Graeme had the idea to see if he could buy 20 properties using no equity (money) with one simple idea. He wanted to buy these properties with ‘no money being used overall from his existing properties’ that is 100% financed. The rents from these properties would need to cover the mortgage, the rates, the insurance and property management and all mortgages be fully paid off in 20 years time. This is a very informative, in depth and detailed journey of exactly how Graeme achieved this in only 12 months. He also gives detailed Spreadsheets of all the properties summarised with purchase prices, equity gained, cash-flow and the loan details. He also writes many articles on property and its related topics and these are often featured in Property Magazines. In this book he shares many of these informative and very well thought out articles for the reader to enjoy, and learn from. For any person interested in Property or Property Investing, this book really is a must read.

Format: Paperback
Price: $35.00

ISBN: 9780008294991
Title: 2019 Guide to the Night Sky A Month-By-month Guide to Exploring the Skies South of the Equator
Author: DUNLOP STORM

A companion volume to the best-selling UK and North-American editions of Guide to the Night Sky. A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January-December 2019. A companion volume to the best-selling Guide to the Night Sky. This practical guide is both an easy introduction to astronomy and a useful reference for seasoned stargazers. Now includes a section on comets and a map of the moon. Designed specifically for the southern hemisphere with all-new diagrams and charts. Written and illustrated by astronomical experts, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion. Content includes: * Advice on where to start looking. * Easy-to-use star maps for each month with descriptions of what to see. * Positions of the moon and visible planets. * Details of objects and events you might see in 2019.

Format: Paperback
Price: $15.00

ISBN: 9781306121040
Title: 30 Years of Nuclear Weapon Free Wellington
Author: RITCHIE HELEN


Format: Paperback
Price: $23.00

ISBN: 9780473242480
Title: 50 Shades of Key the Unofficial John Key Joke Book
Author: LITTLE PAUL

In the satirical tradition of Take Me to Your Leaders and The Muldoon Annual Joke Book comes 50 Shades of Key, a hilarious collection of 36 photos with wicked captions, plus a bunch of jokes we found lying around and threw in at the last minute.

Format: Paperback
Price: $13.00

ISBN: 9781869712679
Title: 60 Million Gingernuts
Author: JANSSEN PETER

This book gathers together New Zealand's most amazing, inspiring and bizarre records. With chapters on nature, history, people, manmade wonders, popular culture, sport, eating and drinking, this extensive book will captivate both young and old, Kiwi and tourist, from quiz teams to high school students. Did you know: New Zealand's highest bridge is on the railway line from Napier to Gisborne. The bridge crosses the Mohaka River 97 metres above the water; Auckland s Pasifika festival is the country s largest festival with over 200,000 people attending. It is also the largest Pacific festival in the world; New Zealand s most popular biscuit is the Gingernut with Griffin s Gingernuts selling nearly 3 million packets every year. Toffee Pop Originals (2,394,000 packets) and Superwine (2,393,000 packets) are neck and neck for second and third place; New Zealand s coldest temperature was recorded at Ranfurly on 17 July 1903, the thermometer plummeted to a record -25 degrees. The lowest North Island temperature is -13.6 recorded at the Chateau Tongariro. The coldest temperature recorded in the world was -89.6 at Vostok Station in Antarctica in 1983. There are many, many more fascinating records inside this addictive book.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $28.00

ISBN: 9781988533223
Title: 9th Floor: Conversations with Five NZ Prime Ministers
Author: ESPINER GUYON; WATKIN TIM

What does government look like from the ninth floor of the Beehive? The 9th Floor collects together interviews with five former Prime Ministers of New Zealand: Geoffrey Palmer, Mike Moore, Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark.

Based on the acclaimed Radio New Zealand podcast series and introduced by journalists Guyon Espiner and Tim Watkin, these interviews give an insight into the workings of government from five people who have lived it. Rogernomics, the Mother of all Budgets, the nuclear free policy and the fight to stay in power – The 9th Floor provides a unique view on the decisions that have shaped New Zealand.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $40.00

ISBN: 9780958246002
Title: About Time! 120 Tips for Those With No Time
Author: PEARCE ROBYN

If you've ever thought `there must be a quicker way!' There is! This book is a `quick-dip' of tried and true practical tips from real people - tips that will help anyone to find all those missing hours.

Format: Paperback
Price: $35.00

ISBN: 9780204150527
Title: A'courts Business Handbook 2014
Author: A'COURTS


Format: Paperback
Price: $254.00

ISBN: 9781927260517
Title: Adult Sexual Abuse in Religious Institutions: Faith Seeks Understanding
Author: STEPHENSON ANNE

When sexual abuse of adults by clergy and spiritual leaders comes to light, religious institutions need robust procedures in place to deal with offenders and support victims.

Based on her long experience in ministry working with sexual offenders and their victims, and the training she has undertaken, Anne Stephenson shares the wisdom she has gained.

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9781877276583
Title: Adventures in Democracy
Author: ATKINSON NEILL


Format: Trade paperback
Price: $40.00

ISBN: 9781608998678
Title: Against the Tide Towards the Kingdom
Author: DUCKWORTH JENNY & JUSTIN

Against the Tide, Towards the Kingdom is the story of the Urban Vision community in New Zealand. This book recounts the story of a group of young Christian adults who over the last fifteen years have relocated to the colorful ends of their city to share life with those who are struggling, homeless, sick, poor, neglected, or otherwise marginalized. The community has grown over time to seven neighborhoods where on any given day you may find "Urban Visionites" growing vegetables amidst the concrete, teaching English to refugees, offering alternative education programs to out of school teenagers, fostering children, doing church with the homeless, offering friendship to the mentally ill, roasting fair trade coffee, running kids clubs, moms groups, tenant meetings or just sharing yet another cup of tea with their neighbors. In fact sharing is a good summary of the whole shape of this exciting movement. They share homes, food, money, vehicles, jobs, prayers, dreams, conversations, fun, tears, pain, hope, healing, transformation . . . they share the whole of life with each other and with their neighbors. They live the gospel, this good news of Jesus.

Format: Paperback
Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9780473417673
Title: Aiming Up with Kieran Reid
Author: RILEY DAVID


Format: Paperback
Price: $29.00

ISBN: 9781760633615
Title: Ajax the Kea Dog: A Working Dog's Life in the High Country
Author: MOSEN COREY

Ajax is a working dog trained to sniff out the nests of endangered kea in remote parts of the South Island. His trainer, Corey Mosen, then places cameras in and around the nests to monitor the kea and any predators that might attack them

Format: Paperback
Price: $40.00

ISBN: 9781927145630
Title: Akaroa Cocksfoot
Author: WOOD VAUGHAN

Soon after the introduction of cocksfoot to Banks Peninsula in the mid-19th century, Akaroa cocksfoot grass seed conquered the market - first in New Zealand, then in Australia, and finally in Europe. At the height of the industry, Akaroa cocksfoot was one of the most significant industries in Canterbury, with annual earnings for Banks Peninsula of more than $10 million per annum. It was responsible for the loss of almost all the Peninsula's unmillable forest. And yet, a generation or two later, the Akaroa cocksfoot seed industry has almost entirely disappeared. More than a century after the industry reached its peak, Vaughan Wood celebrates its remarkable story. The history of Akaroa cocksfoot is one that embodies many facets of Canterbury life: the farmers and harvesters, the seed merchants, and the engineering and transport firms. It was shaped by the science, politics and world-trade patterns of the time and is thus a story with more than just local interest, This fascinating narrative includes: * The history of the Akaroa cocksfoot seed industry, from the introduction of cocksfoot seed into New Zealand, through the start of its international success in the early 1880s and its peak around the turn of the 20th century, to the end of the industry in the 1950s and 1960s. A detailed look at the industry in its heyday, following the journey taken by the seed from the growing crop to the traded commodity. * Recognition of the lasting legacy Akaroa cocksfoot has left on both the landscape and the local seed industry in New Zealand.

Format: Paperback
Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9781877399633
Title: Along a Fault Line Nz's Changing Local Government
Author: DRAGE JEAN & MCNEILL JEFF & CHEYNE CHRISTINE


Format: Trade paperback
Price: $40.00

ISBN: 9780958275071
Title: Amazing World of James Hector
Author: NATHAN SIMON


Format: Paperback
Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9780473458157
Title: Ambition: What NZers Think & Why it Matters
Author: FRY JULIE & GLASS HAYDEN

Many commentators say New Zealanders lack ambition, and that aspects of the New Zealand character or our comfortable lives limit our achievements. We are said to be too keen on time off, too concerned about everyone fitting in, suspicious of people who try too hard, enthusiastic about humility, afraid of risk and failure, and relatively unmotivated everywhere but on the sports field.

And yet Kiwis achieve at the very highest levels, both at home and overseas. This book looks at what ambition means to New Zealanders. It reviews what has been said about us over the years, and compares these comments with the results of a national survey of nearly 1,300 people conducted in mid 2018. Along the way it explains the connections between ambition and economic performance, and the science of ambition and achievement.

The book is part of a broader project, AmbitionNZ. The authors have filmed interviews with more than 150 people from all walks of life, from farmers and teachers to entrepreneurs and former Prime Ministers. A selection of these interviews will be shared on the ambition.nz website when the book is released.

Format: Paperback
Price: $28.00

ISBN: 9780959790818
Title: Anderson Oil Engines
Author: BATCHELOR BRIAN D & ROBINSON RICHARD H


Format: Paperback
Price: $27.00

ISBN: 9780986452185
Title: Animal Sanctuary the Inspirational Story of a Nz Animal & Wildlife Refuge
Author: BISHOP SHAWN & JONES ALLISON

Meet Shawn Bishop - she and her husband Michael own a substantial block of land north of Auckland. But that's where the similarity with other rural landowners begins and ends, because Shawn had a special purpose in mind when they bought their property: to establish an animal sanctuary. Over the last 10 years she and her husband, aided by a dedicated team of volunteers, have invested huge energy and resources to rescuing and rehabilitating a wide variety of animals in need. Abused farm animals, injured or orphaned native birds, rescued battery hens and other miscellaneous creatures have all come under their care. From ponies to pigs to penguins to parrots, they all receive the love and attention they need to turn their sad stories into happy endings. Written by freelance journalist Alison Jones in conjunction with Shawn, this illustrated account of Shawn and Michael's commitment to providing a better life for so many animals from such a large range of different backgrounds is not just heartwarming, but deeply inspirational.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9781927145500
Title: Animals in Emergencies: Learning from the Christchurch Earthquakes
Author: POTTS ANNIE & GADENNE DONELLE

After the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that shook Canterbury on 4 September 2010, the news media were quick to report, with understandable relief, that no lives had been lost. In fact, this first quake killed at least 3000 chickens, eight cows, one dog, a lemur and 150 aquarium fish, and that was only the first of a series of even more catastrophic quakes that were to follow, in which many humans and animals perished. Animals in Emergencies: Learning from the Christchurch Earthquakes provides a record of what happened to the animals during and after these quakes, and asks what we can learn from these events and our response to them. The accounts of professionals and volunteers involved in the rescue, shelter and advocacy of the city's animals post-quakes are presented in the first part of the book, and are followed by the tales of individual animals. These accounts provide an honest and compelling historical record of how Christchurch's seismic activity affected human-animal relationships in both positive and negative ways. We share our lives with a variety of companion animals, including dogs, cats,horses, fish, birds, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs and turtles, and the stories of how the Canterbury earthquakes affected these animals are absorbing, sometimes heart-breaking and often heart-warming. The book also reports on the fate of urban wildlife such as hedgehogs, eels and seabirds, in the aftermath of liquefaction and other damage caused by more than 20,000 aftershocks since the first major earthquake, and considers the particular risks to animals most vulnerable when disasters strike - those confined on farms and in laboratories. Animals in Emergencies shows the importance of human-animal relationships for healing and rebuilding damaged lives, reminding us that as our animals help us cope during times of crisis, they also depend on us. This book urges us not to overlook animals in emergencies and provides helpful and practical advice on how best to prepare for their safety and welfare should the worst happen.

Format: Hardback
Price: $40.00

ISBN: 9780143571032
Title: Another Mother's Love
Author: SCOTT KAREN

In 2011 Karen Scott and Mark Finlay and their six children opened their home and hearts to a sad, skinny five-year-old boy who was placed with them by New Zealand's Child, Youth and Family services. James arrived with nothing other than the clothes he was wearing, supposedly for just a short-term stay. But what followed were two turbulent years as Karen and Mark attempted to parent a very troubled young boy.

Another Mother's Love is a heart-wrenching account of a mother's attempt to nurture her foster child with unconditional love and kindness. However, is love enough? Karen and Mark faced a harrowing decision – to give up James or risk their family's future.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $38.00

ISBN: 9781869400385
Title: Answering to the Language: Essays on Modern Writers
Author: STEAD C K


Format: Paperback
Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9781869509590
Title: Ant & the Ferrari: Lifting the Hood on Truth Society & the Universe
Author: SPACKMAN KERRY

An accessible pop science book which offers readers a clear, navigable path through the big questions that confront us all today, using science to reveal the hidden truths in the universe. Author Dr Spackman examines questions such as: Is there such thing as absolute truth? How can beliefs be dangerous? Why are we here? Does everything have a cause? How can we be moral beings in todays world

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $35.00

ISBN: 9780473135591
Title: Aotearoa Psalms Prayers of a New People
Author: COWLEY JOY & COLES TERRY (PHOTOGRAPHY)


Format: Paperback
Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780987666635
Title: Appetite for Destruction Food: the Good the Bad & the Fatal
Author: MORGAN GARETH & SIMMONS GEOFF

We kiwis are literally eating ourselves to death. In the move from cooking to convenience food we have given up control of what we eat. As a result our food is heavy on sugar, fat and salt, and light on the nutrients our body needs. This is causing a hidden health crisis that will swamp our hospitals just when the baby boomers want their hip operations. The latest book from Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons cuts straight to the bone of what ails us, and what we can really do about it. *Free from artificial facts *Rich in vital information *Guaranteed to raise debate

Format: Paperback
Price: $35.00

ISBN: 9780473300333
Title: April 25 1915 : the Most Glorious Day of My Life
Author: WESTMACOTT SPENCER & TOBIN CHRISTOPHER

On April 25, 1915, in the famous Battle of the Landing at what become known as Anzac Cove, Lieutenant Spencer Westmacott of the Auckland Infantry Battalion was seriously wounded. However, he survived and went on to write an account of the day which has been called one of the best and truest testimonies of personal experience in battle ever writte. This is his story.

Price: $33.00