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Jan - Non Fiction

Titles in this category are non-fiction titles due to be published in January 2010. Abacus has copies on order with the various Publishers. Place your order now and we will forward your copy/copies at the publishing date......

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780747590996

Our Choice : How we can solve the climate crisis

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NZ$ 30.00 each

Paperback

Author: Al Gore (adapted for young readers Ricie Chevat)

Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Al Gore has been a passionate advocate of action to halt climate change for many years. In his bestselling book "An Inconvenient Truth", adapted from his acclaimed film, he wrote about the urgent need to address the problems of climate change, presenting comprehensive facts and information on all aspects of global warming in a direct, thoughtful and compelling way, using explanatory diagrams and dramatic photographs to clarify and highlight key issues. Adopting the same lucid technique in "Our Choice", he proposes solutions at every level of our lives, from the personal and local, to the national and political, to the area of international policy and law. For this young adult edition, the text has been edited down with a 12-year-old-plus readership in mind, so sections aimed specifically at adults will be omitted in favour of clear text, appropriate photographs and easily understandable graphs. The overall aim is to gear the content ... more

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Solutions to some of the issues raised in “An Inconvenient Truth”. A young reader’s version is being published at the moment.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780007290727

Last Chance to See : In the footsteps of Douglas Adams

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NZ$ 55.00 each

Hardback

Author: Stephen Fry & Mark Carwardine

Published by: Harper Collins

Join Britain's best-loved wit and raconteur, Stephen Fry, as he follows in his great friend Douglas Adams' footsteps with zoologist Mark Carwardine, in search of some of the rarest and most threatened animals on Earth. In the 1980s celebrated writer Douglas Adams teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine and together they embarked on a groundbreaking expedition, travelling the globe in search of the world's endangered animals. Twenty years later, comic genius Stephen Fry is returning with Mark to see if the species still exist. A major BBC television series follows the two on six separate journeys which take them to the Amazon basin, East Africa, Madagascar, New Zealand, Indonesia and Mexico to look for a flightless parrot, the Amazonian manatee, man-eating Komodo dragons, man's closest living relative, the northern white rhino and an animal so bizarre it seems to have been assembled from bits of other creatures. These are not just ... more

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Funny man and confirmed urbanite, Stephen Fry puts aside his dislike of the wild to investigate the fate of the animals feature in the original book. In NZ, gets up close and personal with a Kakapo called Sirocco.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781848540880

The Hair of the Dog: And Other Scientific Surprises

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NZ$ 39.00 each

Hardback

Author: Karl Sabbagh

Published by: John Murray

Science is full of surprises: the peculiar peepshow beginnings of baby incubators; the unexpected positive fallout from the H-bomb; the dinosaurs that caused sonic booms; the irrational nature of the number pi; the fifth taste sensation lurking in everyone's taste buds which nobody knew about (except for the Japanese). Whilst shedding light on these conundrums, Karl Sabbagh shows that seemingly trivial queries or assumptions lead to a deeper understanding of how science works. Who would have thought that scientists would turn to the hypothesis 'All swans are white' to determine the stability of the entire universe? Or that if we choose to spend our hard-earned money on other people it might make us happier than if we spend it on ourselves?

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ABACUS COMMENT:

The real story behind that cure for the Christmas hangover.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781405337328

Ask Me Anything

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NZ$ 45.00 each

Hardback

Author: various

Published by: Penguin Books Ltd

Every fact you ever wanted to know! Do you love trivia? Do you have a burning question? Then ask me one. Go on, anything you like. Why should you open me up, for instance? Because I'm stuffed with trivia, facts, fun, and incredible info on just about everything you can think of. What's the most dangerous spider? How much would you weigh if you lived on Venus? Where can you post letters underwater? I'll also tell you how to split an atom, assemble an orchestra, and find out what happens when astronauts fart in their spacesuits. You see, you really can ask me anything.

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ABACUS COMMENT:

Good for those games of trivial pursuit at the Bach.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780732288822

Hell on High Seas : Amazing stories of survival against the odds

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NZ$ 37.00 each

Paperback

Author: Rob Mundle

Published by: HarperCollins Australia

HELL ON HIGH SEAS chronicles some of the most remarkable stories of survival and daring that the world's oceans have hosted over the past half century. Bizarre, unbelievable accounts of people who went missing and were given up for dead, only to miraculously reappear months later. Amazing feats of daring on the high seas - some verging on madness, others where death is eluded through sheer courage, determination and innovation ...or even divine intervention? Five Mexican fishermen went to sea for a three-day shark-fishing trip and vanished - nine months later three of them reappeared; Maurice and Maralyn Bailey spent 117 days adrift in a rubber dinghy in the Pacific after their yacht was capsized by a whale; and Steve Callahan survived for 76 days in a rubber raft after his tiny 6.5-metre long yacht sank while he was racing single-handed across the Atlantic. 276 pages.

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ABACUS COMMENT:

Perfect for the guys, perhaps not just before they go fishing though.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781741759556

Law Breakers and Mischief Makers : 50 Notorious New Zealanders

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NZ$ 40.00 each

Paperback

Author: Bronwyn Sell

Published by: Allen & Unwin

New Zealand was supposed to be a model society at the end of the world, a utopia for 'men and women of good character' who were willing to work hard for a better life. And, for most, so it proved. But this book is about the others - the misfits, the swindlers, the fallen women, the love rats, the escaped convicts, the hoaxers, the charlatans, the highwaymen, the mass murderers - from the earliest days of European settlement to the present day.

Law Breakers and Mischief Makers gives the scandalous details of those who've made a name for themselves in New Zealand for all the wrong reasons.
Take for example, Charlotte Badger, a pistol-wielding English thief who launched a mutiny on a Tasmanian convict ship in 1806 and sailed over to hide among the Maori of the Bay of Islands, and Amy Bock, a con woman who masqueraded as a wealthy man to marry the daughter of her landlady in 1909.

Some of the people featured in this book are ... more

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ABACUS COMMENT:

After lots of books on the great and good New Zealanders it’s the turn of the ratbags. Fascinating.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781405348416

Barack Obama: A Photographic Story Of A Life

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NZ$ 17.00 each

Paperback

Author: Stephen Krensky

Published by: Penguin Books Ltd

This title presents a photographic story of Barack Obama. Help your child learn about one of the world's most important icons, the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. They'll discover all about his early life in Hawaii and Indonesia, his work as a community organiser in Chicago and his first few months in the Oval Office. Packed with photographs, interesting facts and event timelines, this will tell children all they need to know about Barack Obama's incredible life to date.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781426205446

Concise History of Science and Invention: National Geographic

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NZ$ 100.00 each

Hardback

Author: Geographic National

Published by: National Geographic Society

The book divides history - from prehistoric times to modern day - into ten chapters: prehistory through 849 BCE, classical and early medieval science, late medieval and renaissance science, the scientific revolution, the industrial revolution, the age of steam, the age of electricity, the atomic age, the space age and the modern world. Within these easily digestible segments, all human scientific achievement and innovation are divided into four topical areas (astronomy and math, biology and medicine, physical sciences and engineering and invention) and displayed by region of the world (Africa and the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, the Americas, and Europe) for easy comparison. Informative sidebars - 'Inside Story', 'Turning Points', 'How Things Work' - provide short, interactive bursts of information, while two-page feature spreads explore the most revolutionary inventions in greater depth. Compelling essays and quotations enrich the ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781877467295

Ecology and the Environment: Step-by-Step

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NZ$ 20.00 each

Paperback

Author: Francois Michel & Marc Boutavant (ill.)

Published by: Gecko Press

Ecology, the study of the relation between living things - humans, animals and plants - and the places where they live. Human, industrial and agricultural activity have transformed our environment. This book teaches ecological understanding and good practice.

The first two titles in an award winning French Science series, Recycling and Ecology, provide solid information written in a matter-of-fact, no frills style, which plays well with the quirky, comic-style illustrations.
This series has been published in 12 languages including several outside Europe. The translation is relevant to the southern hemisphere and will be suitable for use in New Zealand schools.

Illustrated by Marc Boutavant of Mouk fame Julia Marshall says "I first saw this series before I had even started Gecko Press, so I have been waiting till it felt like the right time. I have tested the French versions on some NZ children (boys and ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781409510116

Encyclopedia of World Religions

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NZ$ 34.99 each

Hardback

Author: Susan Meredith

Published by: Usborne Publishing Ltd

This is an essential reference tool for anyone wanting to learn about faiths from around the world. This is a balanced exploration of the beliefs, history and customs of all the major world religions, as well as many lesser-known faiths. Beautiful photographs and engaging illustrations complement the informative thought-provoking text. This title is presented with fully-updated internet links.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780061148453

Francis Crick : Discoverer of the Genetic Code

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NZ$ 27.00 each

Paperback

Author: Matt Ridley

Published by: Harper Perennial

Francis Crick, who died at the age of eighty-eight in 2004, will be bracketed with Galileo, Darwin, and Einstein as one of the great scientists of all time. Between 1953 and 1966 he made and led a revolution in biology by discovering, quite literally, the secret of life: the digital cipher at the heart of heredity that distinguishes living from non-living things -- the genetic code. His own discoveries -- though he always worked with one other partner and did much of his thinking in conversation -- include not only the double helix but the whole mechanism of protein synthesis, the three-letter nature of the code, and much of the code itself.

Matt Ridley's biography traces Crick's life from middle-class mediocrity in the English Midlands, through a lackluster education and six years designing magnetic mines for the Royal Navy, to his leap into biology at the age of thirty-one. While at Cambridge, he suddenly began to display the ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780756652210

Human Body (DK Eyewitness Expert)

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NZ$ 45.00 each

Mixed-media pack

Author: Richard Walker

Published by: DK Publishing

This incredible all-in-one pack contains everything you need to learn about the human body and how it works.
Inside a sturdy slipcase the pack contains the paperback Eyewitness Guide Human Body, a map of the human body, a skeleton model to build, a clip-art CD, a wall chart, a book of 24 pull-out profile cards, and a hands-on guide from modern healthcare experts.
Become an expert in the human body with this comprehensive pack.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781844086108

Letter to My Daughter

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NZ$ 35.00 each

Hardback

Author: Maya Angelou

Published by: Virago Press Ltd

Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told in her own inimitable style, this book transcends genres and categories: it's part guidebook, part memoir, part poetry - and pure delight. Here in short spellbinding essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons about compassion and fortitude. Whether she is recalling lost friends such as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, or simply singing the praises of a meal of red rice, Maya Angelou writes from the heart to millions of women she considers her extended family. Like the rest of her remarkable work, LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER entertains and teaches. It is a book to cherish, savour, reread and share.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781844082209

Married to a Bedouin

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NZ$ 33.00 each

Paperback

Author: Marguerite Van Geldermalsen

Published by: Virago Press Ltd

DoP - January 2010
First published 2006
Trade paperback

New Zealand born nurse Marguerite van Geldermalsen first visited the lost city Petra with her friend Elizabeth in 1978 on a sightseeing tour of the ancient world. Already looking forward to her beach holiday at the end of the trip, little did Maguerite know she was about to meet the man she would marry, the charismatic Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin craftsman of the Manajah tribe. A life with Mohammad meant moving into his ancient cave and learning to love the regular tasks of baking shrak bread on an open fire and collecting water from the spring. But as Marguerite feels herself becoming part of the Bedouin community, she is thankful for the twist in fate that has led her to this contented life. Marguerite's light-hearted and guileless observations of the people she comes to love are as heart-warming as they are valuable, charting Bedouin traditions now lost to the ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781847801067

P is for Pakistan

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NZ$ 18.00 each

Paperback

Author: Shazia Razzak

Published by: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

In this photographic alphabet, the author introduces young readers to some of the customs, religions and cultures - both ancient and modern - that make up this fast-developing country. Focusing on both city and country life, this is a celebration of Pakistan in all its aspects, from dhobi to jasmine, from hijab to water buffalo.

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