The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
$19.99 NZD
Category: Philippa | Reading Level: very good
A novel of the cruelty of war, tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love. August, 1943. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma death railway, Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men ...Show more
Fifty Weapons That Changed the Course of History by Joel Levy
$12.95 NZD
Category: novae terrae
Fifty Weapons that Changed the Course of History is a fascinating and beautifully presented guide to the arms and armaments that have had the greatest impact on the development of human civilization.
A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land by Simon Barnard
$0.45 NZD
$45.00 (99% off)
Category: Silvana
Seventy-three thousand convicts were transported to the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land in the first half of the nineteenth century. They played a vital role in the building of the settlements, as well as the runningof the newly established colony. Simon Barnard's A-Z of Convicts in Van Dieme ...Show more
The Twenty First Century Art Book by The Editors of Phaidon Press
$19.95 NZD
Category: bestuur
The 21st‐Century Art Book is an A‐to‐Z guide of contemporary artists featuring established art‐world figures – Maurizio Cattelan, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall – alongside rising stars of the next generations. Global in scope, the book features work from 50 countries across a variety of mediums, from paintin ...Show more
Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life by DOMOSLAWSKI ARTHUR
$16.95 NZD
Category: apothecarius
From postcolonial Africa to revolutionary Iran, from the military dictatorships of Latin America to Soviet Russia, the Polish journalist and writer Ryszard Kapuscinski was one of the most dauntless and important eyewitness reporters of the twentieth century. In his committed journalism covering the grea ...Show more
Great Victorian Inventions by Rochford Caroline
$29.95 NZD
Category: φοῖνιξ
Who invented the flying machine? Was the Titanic really the first 'unsinkable' ship? How would one use a phonoscope? Using old Victorian documents, Caroline Rochford takes the reader on a guided tour of hundreds of fascinating nineteenth-century inventions from across the globe, some strange and some re ...Show more
Britain's Forgotten Fighter Ace Captain Ball Vc by Briscoe Walter
$37.95 NZD
Category: φοῖνιξ
What Manfred von Richthofen was to Germany, Albert Ball was to Great Britain: each, at the time, was the star turn of his country and Richthofen would describe Ball as 'by far the best English flying man'. When Ball was killed in May 1917, during a dogfight with Richthofen's Jasta 11, his body was burie ...Show more
Darth Plagueis: Star Wars Legends by James Luceno
$0.00 NZD
Category: dimidium tergum | Series: Star Wars
At long last, the Star Wars story of the mysterious Sith Lord Darth Plagueis and his apprentice, Darth Sidious, is revealed! NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The best Star Wars publication to date . . . [James] Luceno takes Darth Plagueis down the dark path and never looks back."--Newsday Darth Plagueis: Like ...Show more
Jamie's Comfort Food by Jamie Oliver
$55.00 NZD
Category: Erithacus rubecula filius
Jamie's new cookbook brings together 100 ultimate comfort food recipes. It's all about the dishes that are close to your heart, that put a smile on your face and make you feel happy, loved, safe and secure. Inspired by everything from childhood memories to the changing of the seasons, and taking into ac ...Show more
Australian History in Seven Questions by John Hirst
$10.00 NZD
Category: novae terrae
From the author of The Shortest History of Europe, acclaimed historian John Hirst, comes this fresh and stimulating approach to understanding Australia's past and present. Hirst asks and answers questions that get to the heart of Australia's history: Why did Aborigines not take up farming? How did a pen ...Show more
Finally : A Wish Novel by Wendy Mass
$12.99 NZD
Category: Uberlenghty
Turning 12 isn't all it's cracked up to be! Get a cell phone. Stay home alone. Go to the mall with best friend and No Parents. Wear makeup. Get contact lenses. Attend a boy-girl party. Rory Swenson has been waiting her whole life to turn twelve. And she's got a list to prove it. Whenever Rory asks her p ...Show more
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (Macmillan Children's Books Paperback Classics) by Lewis Carroll
$12.99 NZD
Category: tres quattuor | Series: Macmillan Children's Books Pap | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Lewis Carroll's Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years. Curious Alice, the bossy White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter are among the best-loved, most iconic literary creations of all time.Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 and is proud to remain tru ...Show more