Technology Books

From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Is...

Known to millions simply as 'Smithy', Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was one of Australia's true twentieth-century legends. In an era in which aviators were superstars, Smithy was among the greatest and, throughout his amazing career, his fame in Australia was matched only by that of Don Bradman. Among...

Bestselling authors Scott Kelby and Terry White take on the iPhone 4S in this new edition of THE indispensable iPhone guide. Updated to cover the key new features of the iPhone 4S including the new camera with all new optics, Full 1080p video, and Siri, an intelligent assistant and more. ...

 Including licence and study guide. Your guide to becoming a safe and responsible driver, for drivers of cars and other light vehicles. Includes index.

Shrek may be the star of Bendigo Station, but the back-story of the station is rich and fascinating, from its earliest days as the scene of New Zealand's richest quartz reef gold strike in the 1860s to its establishment as a 11,000 hectare sheep station producing many of New Zealand's highest qualit...

As this country developed from 1840 on, transport was the key to opening up areas for farming, forestry and manufacturing. The trains, ships, cars, planes, motorbikes and trucks that we used on to get places and make us more efficient were so relied upon that they have become part of our DNA. In t...

From the earliest beginnings of powered flight, aviation has played a vital role in the developement of New Zealand and its interactions with the rest of the world. This book tells that story in stunning photographs sourced from the world's best photographers and chosen to show our journey from the ...

New Zealanders were among the world's first aviators, with our geography and location making the prospect of flight an attractive one for our people and our nation. It comes as no surprise then that tens of thousands have served in not only the Royal New Zealand Air Force but in numerous air forces ...

The most complete, hands-on, and up-to-date guide to building great Apps for the iPhone and iPod touch! Introduces Objective-C, Apple's Xcode tools, and all key concepts of iPhone/iPod touch programming. Covers user interfaces, location-based apps, animation, effects, and much more ...

Shear Hard Work tells the story of shearers and brings to life the world of the shearing shed for the first time. From the 1860s, when shearers were first identified as the 'very dregs of the colonial democracy', to the present day, when Kiwi shearers set world records and shear sheep around the glo...

Roads, bridges, dams, railway viaducts, tunnels ...New Zealand is full of amazing feats of engineering. The number-eight wire mentality has brought about some incredible engineering solutions to create structures and systems to wonder at, from the Manapouri underground power station to Burt Munro's ...

Published in conjunction with the New Zealand Herald, AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE - 50 YEARS OF A CITY ICON is a wonderful celebration in photographs of the bridge's creation, development and anniversary. Broken into sections, the book covers construction; the opening; extension (the clip-ons); toll boo...

Enjoying a relaxed rural lifestyle on a smallfarm is the dream of many New Zealanders. But running a few sheep and goats on even a modest block can be anything but relaxing if you don't have the farming know-how or experience, and don't recognise the many problems that can occur with livestock and p...

This substantially revised and expanded third edition includes everything that's needed to brew beer right the first time. Presented in a light-hearted style, this authoritative text introduces brewing in a easy step-by-step review that covers the essentials of making good beer. It includes ingredie...

A guide to the identification of New Zealand native ferns. Condensed from Andrew Crowe's popular Which Native? series, this little book has been designed to fit into a pocket, day pack or bag. Full of essential information for quick accurate identification of native ferns, this mini guide is appeali...

After attending university for the first time in 1969, Robert Peden spent 25 years shepherding and managing high country sheep stations in the South Island of New Zealand. He returned to university in 1999, completing an Honours and a Master's degree in history at the University of Canterbury, Chris...

Beautiful Pigs presents pigs as you have never seen them before - primped, polished and looking positively gorgeous. Every aspect of porcine elegance has been captured here in glorious full-colour photography. In this beautifully illustrated and ground-breaking book, porcine glamour takes centre sta...

The detailed and colourful story of five decades of the world's premier shearing event. For each decade there is an overview of the state of the sheep industry and developments on and off the farm coupled with year-by-year highlights of each Golden Shears - the personalities, the records, the changi...

A fascinating hobby; a remunerative business; or a globetrotting career? Which type of beekeeper do you want to be? It is entirely up to you: beekeeping can provide it all.Beekeeping can provide anyone with an interesting and useful hobby or a lucrative and rewarding business. It is recognised as a ...

Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens explores the entertaining, rewarding, and - yes - enlightening art of keeping chickens in an urban or suburban garden. Chickens slow us down and ground us. This book demonstrates how raising chickens can easily fit into a busy lifestyle, and why doing so helps kee...

Peter Anderson and Peter Jerram have rounded up a selection of highly entertaining yarns about the animals, and owners, they've come across during their more than thirty years in practice together. Among these hard case and humorous tales are stories of a narrowly escaped attack from a lame bull, a ...

For introductory statics courses found in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, aeronautical engineering, and engineering mechanics departments. This best-selling text offers a concise yet thorough presentation of engineering mechanics theory and application. The material is reinforced with num...

In Grasp the Nettle Peter Proctor tells the reader how to apply biodynamic methods of farming and gardening to a wide range of conditions in New Zealand and in other countries. The book provides practical observations and techniques, and relates these to the spiritual scientific knowledge that biody...

This brand new textbook (with CD) has been specially written to support CIE's latest IGCSE in Information and Communication Technology (0417). The authors are experienced examiners and teachers, and bring a wealth of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to both the book and the CD, ensurin...

Outstanding figures who have shaped the path of history are profiled in these volumes. The biographies detail the subjects' childhood, motivation, accomplishments, and humanity, as well as their impact on history. Figuras destacadas que han protagonizado los hechos mas importantes de la historia es...

Throughout the world, one breed of farm animal becomes extinct every month. This book outlines the history of the breeds of heritage livestock that were brought into, or developed in, New Zealand before 1950. Modern factory-farming methods rely on only a few breeds of livestock, and differentiated b...

Are you a programmer looking for a new challenge? Does the thought of building your very own iPhone app make your heart race and your pulse quicken? If so, Beginning iPhone 3 Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK is just the book for you. Updated and revised for iPhone SDK 3, many of the discussions...

Managing Pests and Diseases: A Handbook for New Zealand Gardeners is a completely revised edition of Rob Lucas's successful publication What's That Pest? It provides New Zealand's horticulturalists and gardeners with a simple, comprehensive, easily-used reference guide to pest identification and con...

New Zealand's lush green pastures are home to more than 8 million beef and dairy cattle, sustaining lucrative domestic and export markets. Strong interest among lifestylers and smallholders, as well as from tourists, add up to good reasons for publishing a Pocket Guide to Cattle Breeds of New Zealan...

Thomas L. Friedman’s phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy - both of which could poison our world i...

In this remarkable sequel to his ground-breaking Tohunga: Hohepa Kereopa (2003), historian Dr Paul Moon again travels deep into Tuhoe territory - and deep into its past - to uncover a wealth of material. This time he reveals his discussions with Hohepa Kereopa on traditional plants, cultivation, gar...

When you buy a bottle of wine to enjoy at home, wouldn't you like to know when it's going to be at its best? Based on Maria Thun's biodynamic calendar, this handy little pocket guide tells you which days are optimum wine-drinking days, and which days to avoid if you want to get the most out of your ...

Backyard poultry is a very practical non-technical book about how to keep poultry successfully in New Zealand in backyard and smalllfarming settings. The major emphasis is on fowls but there are also useful sections and chapters on ducks, geese and turkeys.

Running a small number of animals is the most popular use of lifestyle farms in New Zealand, but for those without farming experience this can be a daunting challenge. Lifestyle Farming in New Zealand addresses this head-on. Written by a veterinarian with extensive experience of working with lifesty...

The lay-up of adobe bricks is an easy, forgiving way to achieve a solid masonry-wall system. Contrary to stereotypes, adobe is perfectly adaptable for use in cold, wet climates as well as hot and dry ones, and for areas prone to earthquakes. With its efficient use of energy, natural resources for co...

Wine Dogs New Zealand is the latest addition to this series which includes Wine Dogs USA Edition and Wine Dogs Australia. It features more than 100 wineries and 125 stunning photos of their loyal pooches. Along the way, the mutts and purebreads are interspersed with short essays by Bob Campbell, ...

  The beauty of New Zealand's rural landscape is often overshadowed by its grander and more famous wilderness scenery. Yet, as rural people have always known, no one travelling through New Zealand can fail to notice how attractive and appealing so much of our farmed countryside is. Farm Cou...

'8 May, 1995. My alarm clock goes off at 6am. I get up and walk outside to survey the sky. Will we be going topdressing today? At 7am I leave with my first load, 900 kg. I land back four or five minutes later when the Fletcher is reloaded. Climbing away from the base of the airstrip in a northerly d...

Home of more than 40 million sheep (over 10 per person), New Zealand is a major global exporter of sheep products: annual wool exports alone are worth well over $800m. Added to that, there is a rapidly growing interest from small businesses and lifestylers in specialist breeds and yarns. Sheep are a...

The average age of a New Zealand farmer is 58-years-old. Most of these hard working men and women of the land are approaching retirement without a well-planned exit strategy in place. This book tackles each and every difficult issue facing farmers today - from selling the farm and getting the right ...