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Asomdwe ne Komm - Wā whakatā - Our FingerTip Favourites - January 2026

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  • Tris - A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan. A moody, nostalgic read that took me back to the scorching summer of the 1980s.
    Book, 2025Cammeraygal Country ; Sydney, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2025. — FICTION
  • Ash - A young girl Nausicaa who takes the time to understand people and her surroundings in her poison filled world. She tries to protect her village despite the various dangers that emerge, while others around her continue to act from a cycle of…
    DVD, 2005[Australia] : Madman Entertainment, [2005]. — FILM
  • Alien Earths

    Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

    Kaltenegger, Lisa, 1977-
    Ash - A fun exploration and explanation as to where we are at in our abilities to survey and understand planets beyond our own and how likely or close we are to finding signs of life on any of them. Coming from 2024 it is a recent and approachable…
    Book, 2024[London] : Allen Lane, 2024. — 523.24 KAL
  • Making Videogames

    the Art of Creating Digital Worlds

    Harris, Duncan
    Ash - Fantastic art and some great insight into the process of creating it. I was pleased to see several games i have already played and enjoyed featured in this showcase of games, who used their visuals to convey interesting themes and feelings to…
    Book, 2022London : Thames & Hudson, 2022. — 794.8 HAR
  • Tris - 1985: A Novel by Dominic Hoey. Equal parts hilarious and poignant, I absolutely adored this book. Hoey continues to write uniquely Kiwi stories with characters that are flawed and loveable.
    Book, 2025New Zealand : Penguin Random House New Zealand, 2025. — FICTION
  • Lessons on Living

    Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs

    Latta, Nigel, 1967-2025
    Tris - Lessons on Living by Nigel Latta. Latta’s final farewell is as wise and intelligent as you remember, and funnier than I thought possible.
    Book, 2025Auckland, New Zealand : HarperCollins, 2025. — 158.1 LAT
  • Vanessa - "The Killing of Gaza" is a collection of columns written by award-winning Israeli journalist and author Gideon Levy for the newspaper Haaretz. Levy is an outspoken critic of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, and these…
    Book, 2024London : Verso, 2024. — 956.9405 LOW
  • Ash - When a team of biologist are sent to do environmental studies near a local town the locals don't have anything good to say about their unwanted guests. As strange occurrences begin to happen, surely it must be the unexpected results of their…
    Book, 2024London : 4th Estate, 2024. — SCIENCE FICTION
  • Kākāpō

    Rescued From the Brink of Extinction

    Ballance, Alison
    Tris - Kākāpō: Rescued from the Brink of Extinction by Alison Balance. BOOM! it’s a kākāpō breeding season this summer! I have really enjoyed re-reading this accessible account of how humans have tried to support this beautiful, endemic species and…
    Book, 2018Nelson, New Zealand : Potton & Burton, 2018. — 598.71 BAL