Our popular non-fiction recent picks this month feature a collection of truths and trivia about sheep, the effect of Wal-Mart on the economic life of America, the difficulties of transferring literary texts to electronic media (Gutenberg vs. Google), healing relationships with adult siblings, and an alternative guide to road rage.
Read about the nature, purpose and practice of the movie business in David Mamet's cutthroat Hollywood, go 'on location' for a Harry Potter tour of London or a Breakfast at Tiffany's trip to New York, and discover the movies of the '30s - all in this month's film featured books.
A history of modern Lebanon, the race for Timbuktu, the myths of Churchill's war and the untold story of the Great War in Africa are all among our May history recent picks.
This month's personal development recent picks include: internationally acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch on his development as an artist and his personal working style, a guide to happiness for the overthinker, and how to learn faster and more effectively.
Bridesmaids, vintage tshirts, videogames, eco-friendly solutions for real people, pre-historic grooming rituals and more feature in our Buyers' Choice this month.
This month our dvd recent picks include: the first season of Dead Like Me, and the second seasons of both Grey's Anatomy and Boston Legal. Enjoy!
Check out our children's av recent picks for new titles from Kim Possible, Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob and Clifford!
One thousand years of world architecture, thriftstore pots remade as canopic urns (ancient Egyptian repositories for the organs of the dead...) and the place and power of colour in life and art, are all among the topics of this month's art recent picks.
Defending against internet fraud, OpenOffice.org, Maya7, utopia for HTML users and personal computing demystified are among our April computing recent picks.
This month, discover the Chatham Islands, read about the baubles of office, family law policy and Martin Hawes's 8 lessons for buying and selling property in New Zealand - all in our April New Zealand/Aotearoa recent picks.
A very featherbrained owl, a hungry wolf, a friendly little lamb and Lettice Rabbit are among the animals featured in our recent children's picture books this month.
Tickle your bunny phone and start your own laughter epidemic, read about mighty machines and a car that has jet engines, and learn about conserving kiwi. All this and more in our April children's non-fiction recent picks.
Morning workouts, body image, unseen illness, anxiety disorders and stretching anatomy are among the subjects of our latest health recent picks.
A genie inside a teapot, Nosy the pterodactyl, an incredible spaghetti machine, and a magic book that can't quite get its facts straight - see our children's fiction recent picks for some of our new favourites.
Our history page this month features Ancient Egypt. Discover the treasures of the pharaohs, read about obsessed treasure seekers and uncover the secrets of the pyramids. Also, this month in history the Queen Mother and Pablo Picasso died, the Vietnam War ended and ANZAC troops landed at Gallipoli.
Among our most recent science books this month we have: the complete history of the universe, how to cut a cake (and other mathematical conundrums), eleven metre anacondas, and a story of arctic tragedy and continental drift.
