Noam Chomsky is not that positive about the United States' role in the world. $16
Highlands
A history of two hospitals established in the Himalayas by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1966 and 1975 and staffed for the subsequent twenty years or so by New Zealand or Canadian volunteers. Published in 2011 in beautiful hardback. $50
Digging it
One of the twenty books penned by gardening superstar Eion Scarrow. $10
Generally speaking
A small beautiful hardback book for a quite specific audience. One of the hundreds of books in our gardening collection. $12
Medically speaking
Book of the day: In case it didn't all go your way on the weekend. $9
Channeling the greats
Feeling chirpy
Book of the day: Feeling chirpy? Revisit this view from 2005 of what the present might hold if oil production peaks along with all the other things sent to try us. $18
Advice
Buy a second-hand bookstore, they said. Live a life of glamour, they said.
Just my type
Show your support for Sans Serif. Part of our small but beautiful typography collection. $38
Not all telescopes
Book of the day: A biography of the relationship between Galileo and his oldest daughter (sent to a nunnery at the age of 13!) based on 120 of her letters. Nominated for a Pulitzer prize. But yours for just $12
Desert complex
Book of the day: A delight of modern Middle Eastern travel and history. Hardback, dust-jacket, in great condition. $35
An extra wrinkle: James Morris is now Jan Morris, having made the switch in 1972.
Thriller
Book of the day: In case you can't find someone to drink with. Nice MJ reference too. $20
Show time
Want to show something off? Free display bookshelf. Pick up from our porch. First up, best dressed.
On film
Kirk Douglas, philosopher. Hardback. Great condition. $18
Gladiator
Go on, you know you want to. $12
Get out of it
Escape to the southern Africa of memory in the eyes of a small boy. $7
Rarified
Here's a rare bird. A hardback 1964 Biggles first edition in great condition with an intact dust jacket. Adventure, excitement and novelty for a very grounded $75.
Contradictions in terms
Ken Follett's 1996 techno-thriller about, amongst other things, genetic experimentation, nature vs nuture and the perils of poor quality nursing home care. IKR! Hardback. $14
A philosophy of risking your life
Joe Simpson, author of Touching the Void, tries to explain why anyone would want to put their one and only life in jeopardy climbing mountains. $12
The best kind of travel book
Mystery, anthropology, memoir, things you would never do in foreign climes. In as new hardback. Yours for $20.