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Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon by Ed Caesar
$30.00 NZD
Category: International Sports
'The marathon tethers runners to their own personal narratives. It is a question of how you grow. Nothing but your own body will sustain you; everything you have done in your life until the moment you cross the finishing line is connected to the effort'. Two hours, to cover 26 miles and 385 yards. It is ...Show more
Understanding Power:The Indispensible Chomsky by Noam Chomsky (ed Peter R Mitchell & John Schoeffel)
$37.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the pre-eminent public intellectuals of the modern era. Over the past thirty years, broadly diverse audiences have gathered to attend his sell-out lectures. Now, in Understanding Power, Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky ...Show more
Walking the Amazon: 860 Days - The Impossible Task by Ed Stafford
$39.99 NZD
Category: Travel
On 2 April 2008, Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the Amazon river. He has crossed the whole of South America from the Pacific coast of Peru to the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast of Brazil. He is set to finish in ...Show more
Wanted - The Search for the Modernist Murals of E. Mervyn Taylor by Bronwyn Holloway-Smith (ed.)
$79.99 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
Mervyn Taylor - wood engraver, painter, illustrator, sculptor and designer - was one of the most celebrated New Zealand artists of the 1930s to 1960s. He was highly connected to modernism and nationalism as it was expressed in New Zealand art and literature of the period. In the 1960s he created twelve ...Show more
Why Waste A Good Crisis The End Of White Gold Fever And Rethinking Agribusiness: The New Zealand Land & Food Annual Vol. 1 by Claire Massey (ed.)
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: Near Fine
A lot happens on the complex journey from paddock to plate. The first edition of The New Zealand Land Food Annual features cutting-edge, provocative and expert views on this broad and economically pivotal agrifood and agribusiness sector. The annual aims to serve the national interest, to inform debate, ...Show more
Wine Lover by Ed Foster
$17.99 NZD
Category: Humour
Waiter, there is a fly in my wine! Well, you did ask for something with a little body in it! Do you know your albarino from your zinfandel? Whether you're a qualified quaffer or an aspiring aficionado, celebrate the gift of the grape with this classy collection of quotes, jokes and advice for the wine e ...Show more