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Behind Enemy Lines : Kiwi Freedom Fighters in WWII by Matthew Wright
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
'The cloak and dagger, secretive, mercurial, exceedingly hazardous life behind enemy lines . . . ' (Allan Yeoman) Between 1941 and 1945 a fair number of young Kiwi combatants found themselves loose behind enemy lines in occupied southern Europe - mostly Greece, Yugoslavia and Italy. Most were escaped pr ...Show more
Big Ideas: 100 Wonders of New Zealand Engineering by Matthew Wright
$48.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Roads, bridges, dams, railway viaducts, tunnels ...New Zealand is full of amazing feats of engineering. Our 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 famo ...Show more
Coal: The Rise and Fall of King Coal in New Zealand by Matthew Wright
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Coal was the heroic fuel of New Zealand's 19th and early 20th centuries, the fuel on which the colony grew - the stuff that made possible the heating, cooking and lighting essential to family life, a lifestyle exalted during two World Wars and a depression. The hero fuel; pivotal, essential, exalted eve ...Show more
Convicts: New Zealand's Hidden Past by Matthew Wright
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
New Zealand's Pakeha origin as a bolt-hole for convicts escaping Australia, a place where former convicts joined whaling and sealing gangs, and where sea captains thumbed their noses at the law, has been quietly forgotten. It has become a hidden part of our past, buried under the convenient fiction that ...Show more
Freyberg: A Life's Journey by Matthew Wright
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography | Reading Level: near fine
In this fresh account of one of the 20th-century's great New Zealanders, Matthew Wright approaches Bernard Freyberg the man rather than the more widely known figure of a military leader. What took a humble immigrant child in Wellington to become a hero in two wars, friend to literary giants and politici ...Show more
Guns and Utu: A Short History of the Musket Wars by Matthew Wright
$42.00 NZD
Category: History
'So they went forth, and they were given over to death by the guns.' - Rangipito, of Ngati Rahiri. In the two decades before the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand was ripped asunder by island-spanning waves of warfare, extreme violence and cannibalism. Great war parties surged the length of the land to av ...Show more
Historic Hawke's Bay & East Coast by Matthew Wright
$29.99 NZD
$49.99 (40% off)
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Historic Hawke's Bay and East Coast is part of a series that showcases many of the provinces's important places as well as events, both great and small. These beautifully reproduced black-and-white images tell the story of the region, its people and places, with a vividness only historic photographs can ...Show more
Illustrated History of New Zealand by Matthew Wright
$49.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
"New Zealand's past has been a rollercoaster ride of hopes, dreams, wars and peace." In his fully revised Illustrated History, noted historian Matthew Wright brings New Zealand's turbulent, exciting past to life, tracing our journey from the arrival of Polynesians over 800 years ago, to the discovery by ...Show more
Illustrated History of New Zealand (expanded 3rd edition) by Matthew Wright
$59.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
In this third, revised and expanded edition of Illustrated History, noted historian Matthew Wright brings New Zealand's turbulent and exciting past to life, tracing our journey from the arrival of Polynesians to discovery by Europe, exploring New Zealand's dramatic colonial past, the impacts of the worl ...Show more
Italian Odyssey - The Second New Zealand Division in Italy, 1943-45 by Matthew Wright
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
"Wright is one who has been able to place himself within the culture and sense the history...This new book is a worthy contribution to our understanding..."- Frank Glen, 'The Southland Times', 14 June 2003."Author Matthew Wright... has brought the Italian campaign alive. The book is as important as it i ...Show more
Living On Shaky Ground - The science and story behind New Zealand’s earthquakes by Matthew Wright
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
What makes our isles so shaky? Why was Christchurch not the first of our big quakes? Any why won’t it be our last? This book investigates our turbulent tectonics. It tells us how earthquakes are measured and described, and how scientists predict future shakes. It details New Zealand’s lesser-known quake ...Show more
Living on Shaky Ground: The Science and Story Behind New Zealand's Earthquakes by Matthew Wright
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This is the story of New Zealand's turbulent tectonics, how earthquakes are measured and described, and how scientists are predicting future shakes across New Zealand. It features some of New Zealand's lesser-known quakes, such as the most powerful quake ever recorded in New Zealand, quakes that have ha ...Show more