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November 2024

 

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Find library titles, events, and resources that reveal the surprising and wondrous about the world we live in.

 

Staff List

New For You - Science & Nature - November 2024

Science and Nature books for people with enquiring minds. A selection of recently arrived or on order titles.

 
 

New books

Science

"Sitting on the Shoulders of Giants" by Schumacher, Christoph R.
"100 Ways I Almost Died" by Connolly, Bram
"Front Row Seat" by Gerrard, Juliet A.
"The Paranoid Style in American Politics" by Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970
"Three Shocks" by Megalogenis, George
"The Samurai Swordsman" by Turnbull, Stephen R., 1948-
"100 Ways I Almost Died" by Connolly, Bram

Nature

"Drawn to Nature" by Quentin, Caroline, 1961-
"Lessons From the Garden" by Little, Lahronda Welch, 1974-
"How to change everything" by Klein, Naomi, 1970-
"A Bushman's Book of Yarns" by Gibson, Sam (Trapper)
"Orwell's Roses" by Solnit, Rebecca
"The Vanishing Earth" by Crawford, James (Writer on aerial photography)
"Lessons From the Garden" by Little, Lahronda Welch, 1974-

Featured topic: AI

"What Should My Children Do?" by Susskind, Daniel
"Robots en computers" by Mack, 1960-
"What Machines Can't Replace" by McPhee, Anna
"Solidgoldmagikarp" by Watkins, Matthew
"God AI" by Walsh, Toby
"The Infinity Machine" by Mallaby, Sebastian
"Robots en computers" by Mack, 1960-

Featured topic: Foraging

"The Apothecary Chef" by MacAller, Natasha
"How to Be A Color Wizard" by Logan, Jason
"Foraging" by Mulandiee, Stella de Luca
"A Forager's Guide to Wild Drinks" by Knight, Liz
"Natural Watercolor Paint Making" by Green, Joanne (Artist)
"Foraging New Zealand" by Langlands, Peter
"How to Be A Color Wizard" by Logan, Jason
 

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Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize

The winner for this 2026 international prize for popular science writing has been announced.

 

Coming soon

This December and January, tamariki and rangatahi can enter the Summertime Reading Challenge. It's easy. Pick up a postcard, complete at least three challenges, and drop the card into the library and be in to win cool prizes!

 
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