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The Letters of John F. Kennedy by Martin W. Sandler (ed)
$49.99 NZD
Category: History
John Fitzgerald Kennedy led the United States for barely a thousand days, and yet he is regarded as one of the great Presidents of all time for his brave decisions on civil rights and international relations, and not merely as a consequence of his tragic fate. Kennedy steered his nation away from the br ...Show more
The London Compendium by Ed Glinert
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel
The streets of London resonate with secret stories, from East End lore to Cold War espionage, from tales of riots, rakes, anarchy and grisly murders, to Rolling Stones gigs, gangland drinking dens, Orwell's Fitzrovia and Lenin's haunts. Ed Glinert has walked the length and breadth of the city to unravel ...Show more
The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest (Maurice Wilson) by Ed Caesar
$26.00 NZD
Category: Sport
The untold story of Britain's most mysterious mountaineering legend - Maurice Wilson - and his heroic attempt to climb Everest. Alone.In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan. He wo ...Show more
The New Zealand Oxford Paperback Dictionary by Tony Deverson (ed.)
$26.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Series: NZ Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference Ser.
The brand-new second edition of <>The New Zealand Oxford Paperback Dictionary includes a wide range of distinctive New Zealand words and phrases, along with up-to-date coverage of the general, internationally shared English vocabulary. This large paperback dictionary offers all the benefits of a t ...Show more
The New Zealand Oxford Primary School Dictionary by Dianne Bardsley (ed.)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Series: NZ Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference Ser.
This is a major new edition of this best-selling dictionary, written especially for New Zealand students aged 10-12 years of age. Fully revised with many new features this dictionary is the essential reference resource for upper primary school students. It provides information that should help develop a ...Show more
The Secret Dragon (#1) by Ed Clarke
$21.00 NZD
Category: Children | Series: The Secret Dragon | Reading Level: 8 Kids Middle Readers
A heartwarming story of friendship and adventure - perfect for young explorers aged 8+ 'So if you're not an animal that's alive today, and you're not an animal that's extinct either, what on earth are you?' Mari Jones is desperate to be a real scientist, even though she's only eleven. So when she discov ...Show more
The Selected Letters of Frank Sargeson by Sarah Shieff (ed.)
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: Very Good
Frank Sargeson wrote novels, memoirs and plays and was New Zealand's most important writer of short fiction following the death of Katherine Mansfield. He also encouraged numerous other writers, playing an invaluable role in the rise of our national literature, which he championed both at home and abroa ...Show more
The Silence Beyond: Selected Writings by Michael King by Michael King; Rachael King (ed.)
$42.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: good
The late Michael King was one of New Zealand's most respected and popular historians. The author of the bestselling The Penguin History of New Zealand and many significant works otherwise, he was a writer of remarkable skill, sensitivity and importance. The Silence Beyond is a wide-ranging and often per ...Show more
The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War - Fought Behind Closed Doors by Ed Conway
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
The idea of world leaders gathering in the midst of economic crisis has become all-too familiar. But the summit at Bretton Woods in 1944 was the only time countries from around the world have agreed to overhaul the structure of the international monetary system. And, what's more, they were successful - ...Show more
The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo & Morris Rossabi (ed.)
$59.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Illustrated Edition Series
The newest volume in Sterling Signature's successful Illustrated Edition series takes readers on a fascinating journey into a world once unknown. Marco Polo almost single-handedly introduced fourteenth-century Europe to the civilizations of Central Asia and China. Now this stunningly illustrated volume ...Show more
The War is Dead, Long Live the War: Bosnia: The Reckoning by Ed Vulliamy
$17.99 NZD
$29.99 (40% off)
Category: Discounted Non-Fiction (selected titles) at 40% off RRP
Wars come and go across the headlines and television screens, but for those who survive them, scarred and scattered, they never end. This is a book about post-conflict irresolution, about the lives of those who survived the gulag of concentration camps in north-western Bosnia and about seeking justice f ...Show more
These Wonderful Rumours!: A Young Schoolteacher's Wartime Diaries by May Smith; Duncan Marlor (ed.)
$19.99 NZD
$36.99 (45% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Auntie F. came in announcing dramatically that Hitler is coming tomorrow, at which my father remarked that he would, now that he's just finished papering upstairs. At the outbreak of World War Two, May Smith was twenty-four. She lived in a small village near Derby with her parents, and taught at the loc ...Show more