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Bearded Brigands - The Legendary Long Range Desert Group in the Diaries and Photographs of Trooper Frank Jopling by Frank Jopling; Brendan O'Carroll (ed.)
$39.95 NZD
Category: Military | Reading Level: good-very good
The legendary Long Range Desert Group in the diaries and photographs of Trooper Frank Jopling. The elite Long Range Desert Group operated behind enemy lines and Frank Jopling was there from the first sortie. His diary is the most comprehensive published account of the daily activities of these swas ...Show more
Classic Cat Stories by Becky Brown (ed.)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Animals | Series: The Collector's Library
Cats, be they much loved pets or inscrutable creatures, lend themselves to stories and literary invention. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited by Becky Brown.C ...Show more
Classic Dog Stories by HALLEY, ED. NED
$24.99 NZD
Category: Animals | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
From the grit of a frontier man's dog, from pampered lapdog to wayward mongrel, from faithful guard dog to strong willed pet they're all here in Classic Dog Stories - the perfect gift for dog lovers everywhere.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics. These be ...Show more
Creativity, Inc.: an inspiring look at how creativity can - and should - be harnessed for business success by the founder of Pixar by Ed Catmull
$39.99 NZD
Category: Business
As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the world's first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream first as a Ph.D. student at the University of Utah, where many computer science pioneers got their start, and then forged an early partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his ...Show more
Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems by Paula Green (ed.)
$36.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Love - that complicated, delicious, pleasurable, necessary feeling ties us to another human, to a mother, father, son, daughter, sibling, lover or friend. Love can also tie us to a place, an experience, an object. We love and we are loved; unexpectedly, gloriously, painfully, deeply. The majority of th ...Show more
Dispatches From Continent Seven by Rebecca Priestley (ed)
$55.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Since British explorer James Cook first circumnavigated Antarctica in the late 18th century, the white continent has exerted a powerful attraction. There is no permanent human habitation, and no mercy from the raw, relentless elements, yet for nearly 200 years explorers and scientists have been drawn to ...Show more
Domesday Book - A complete translation by Geoffrey Martin (ed.)
$55.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Domesday Book is one of the most famous documents in English history - and arguably, in world history. Now available in one volume, here is the complete, authoritative translation from the original Latin of Domesday Book, together with an index of places and a glossary of terms used. Domesday was compil ...Show more
Down to the Sea Again: True stories for young New Zealanders by Tessa Duder (ed)
$20.50 NZD
Category: Children's books
Tessa Duder has edited two very successful collections of marine stories for adults, Salt Beneath the Skin and Seduced by the Sea, and has now produced a similar high quality collection of non-fiction for younger children, who also have a bit of saltwater in their veins.In this anthology of stories abou ...Show more
Encountering China - New Zealanders and the People's Republic by Duncan Campbell (ed.); Brian Moloughney (ed.)
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: good
December 2022 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of diplomatic relationsbetween China and New Zealand. In 1972, when the communiqué was signed, itmarked the end of New Zealand's keeping China at arm's length, in deference to theUnited States' unwillingness to treat with it. In 2022, the Unite ...Show more
Essential New Zealand Poems by Lauris Edmond (ed.); Bill Sewell (ed.)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
At the time of her death Lauris Edmond was working with poet Bill Sewell to complete a collection of accessible New Zealand poems and this is the result. This beautifully presented anthology includes over 200 works from a wide range of local poets and it will become an essentail book for every New Zeala ...Show more
Essential New Zealand Short Stories by Owen Marshall (ed)
$39.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
The short story has been the forte of distinguished New Zealand writers from Katherine Mansfield and Frank Sargeson through to fresh young talents such as Eleanor Catton and Craig Cliff. There could be no better guide to a sampler of their best work than Owen Marshall, who has been called New Zealand's ...Show more