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Somewhere a Cleaner - Their voices in poems and prose by Adrienne Jansen et al (eds)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Somewhere a cleaner Poems by cleaners from around New Zealand During the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve all been thinking about essential services. Including cleaning. Cleaning is universal. It’s steeped in tradition and culture. It’s essential, it’s ordinary and it’s surprisingly poetic. Somewhere a cleaner ...Show more
Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories by Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link (eds.)
$27.99 NZD
Category: Children
In the first major YA Steampunk anthology, fourteen top storytellers push the genre's mix of sci-fi, fantasy, history and adventure in fascinating new directions. Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and re-craft a world of automatons, ...Show more
The Chambers Crossword Solver's Dictionary by Chambers eds.
$34.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
What makes The Chambers Crossword Dictionary different? The ultimate resource for all crossword lovers Chambers Crossword Dictionary is an essential resource for crosswords of all kinds. Comprehensive, reliable and easy-to-use, this major new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by a team ...Show more
The New Zealand Oxford Schoolmate Dictionary by eds.
$21.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Series: NZ Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference Ser.
This dictionary never gets left at home  it clips neatly into a studentÂs ring-binder folder. It is a solid, basic ready-reference for students aged 11 to 16. over 20,000 headwords  word origins are provided if they shed light on the meaning of the headword, or if they are especially interesting ...Show more
The Penguin Book of New Zealand War Writing by Harry Ricketts and Gavin McLean (eds)
$65.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
'The editors ...have cast their nets widely indeed. They have produced a volume that no-one with an interest in wars in which this country has become ensnared should miss reading. The book is a vast treasure trove of material'. - Otago Daily Times Warfare, both at home and abroad, has shaped the way New ...Show more
The Rough Guide to France by eds.
$50.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Rough Guides
A travel guide with clear maps and detailed coverage of various French attractions. It includes full-colour features that explore the French wines and cheeses, as well as France's key walking regions and routes, and an extensive language section that gets you started on the important French phrases and ...Show more
Wellington at Work in the 1890s by Beverley Randell & Hugh Price (eds)
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Compiled from two rich sources: illustrations from four beautifully produced posters that came out in 1895 as supplements to the New Zealand Times, and supporting text from the 1897 Cyclopedia of New Zealand. The result is a colourful account of late Victorian life in Wellington. Dop May 2009, Wellin ...Show more