The School of Life: An Emotional Education by Alain de Botton, The School of Life
$30.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
What does it mean to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century? And how should we go about doing it? These are the most important questions to ask ourselves and the ones we most often avoid dealing with. This insightful, witty and generous book reveals one simple answer to the question of a good ...Show more
Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui
$40.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
'An enthusiastic and thoughtful work' The New York Times 'A beautifully written love letter to water and a fascinating story. I was enchanted.' Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Take a dive into the deep with writer and swimmer Bonnie Tsui and discover what it i ...Show more
Living by the Moon: Te Maramataka a Te Whānau-ā-Apanui by Wiremu Tāwhai
$25.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
Living by the Moon sets out and discusses the maramataka or lunar month and the way the days and nights were understood according to Te Whānau-ā-Apanui tribal knowledge. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui ancestors were dependent on the environment, and this led them to closely study the changes and cycles in nature so ...Show more
Older but Better, but Older by Caroline de Maigret; Sophie Mas
$40.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
With playful wit, worldly advice and savvy observation, the bestselling authors of How to Be Parisian tackle the Parisian art of growing up. Caroline de Maigret and Sophie Mas are back to amuse you, saying what you don't expect to hear, just the way you want to hear it. But this time they reveal how the ...Show more
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living by Glennon Doyle
$40.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn't ...Show more
Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking by Susan Cain
$26.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
The little book with a very big idea that has everyone talking Quiet, the Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller by Susan Cain, will permanently change how we see introverts - and how you see yourself. Our lives are driven by a fact most of us can't name and don't understand- whether we're an introv ...Show more
The Changing Man - A Mental Health Guide by Cate Howell, Alex Barnard
$33.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
Too many men are suffering with their emotional health issues in silence, and male suicide rates are high. Men are affected by everyday stress, high workloads, anxiety and depression, loss of confidence or identity, relationship breakdowns, family disruption, addictions and trauma -- just the same as wo ...Show more
Headlands: New Stories of Anxiety by Naomi Arnold (editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
In 2017, Ministry of Health figures showed that one in five New Zealanders sought help for a diagnosed mood or anxiety disorder, and these figures are growing. Headlands: New Stories of Anxiety tells the real, messy story behind these statistics - what anxiety feels like, what causes it, what helps and ...Show more
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak
$15.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
The Booker Prize-shortlisted author on how staying optimistic can make our world better. The must-read, pocket-sized Big Think book of 2020. It feels like the world is falling apart. So how do we keep hold of our optimism? How do we nurture the parts of ourselves that hope, trust and believe in someth ...Show more
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
$28.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a beautiful daily devotional of Stoic meditations--an instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller. Why have history's greatest minds--from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with t ...Show more
Nothing Much Happens: Cosy and calming stories to soothe your mind and help you sleep by Kathryn Nicolai
$33.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
Busy minds need a place to rest. Whether you find yourself struggling to sleep, awake in the middle of the night, or even just anxious as you move through the day, in Nothing Much Happens, Kathryn Nicolai offers a healthy way to ease the mind before bed: through the timeless appeal of classic bedtime st ...Show more
Together: Loneliness, Health and What Happens When We Find Connection by Vivek H. Murthy
$33.00 NZD
Category: Health & wellbeing
Obama's former Surgeon General explores the global loneliness epidemic - and how we can overcome it. When Vivek Murthy accepted the role of Surgeon General under Obama, he thought his main focus would be tackling the opioid crisis and obesity. Instead, he discovered a much larger health crisis, one that ...Show more