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Dragonskin Slippers

Jessica Day George · 2007

NZ$11.50 (€5.77 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,014)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2007 Paperback 324 15 year-old Creel is floored when her aunt suggests they sacrifice her to a dragon to attract the attention of a marriageable knight. But when the dragon appears, Creel bargains for her life - and ends up with an unusual pair of blu...

Whatever Love Means

David Baddiel · 1999

NZ$15.50 (€7.77 | $8.56 | £6.48 | ¥1,367)

Little, Brown 1999 Paperback 310 Like most people, Vic Mullan, habitual drug-user, professional layabout, and amoralist extraordinaire, can remember where he was and what he was doing on the day of Princess Diana's death. Yes, he can remember it particularly well: he was at ho...

Once Is Enough;: A Memoir

Frank Sargeson · 1973

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.65 | ¥1,191)

A. H. & A. W. Reed 1973 Hardback 133 DJ. Dj sunned and frayed along edges; scribblings on front cover and front end paper; ;edge foxing. Good

How Kirsty Jenkins Stole The Elephant

Elen Caldecott · 2009

NZ$11.50 (€5.77 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,014)

Bloomsbury 2009 Paperback 259 'Do you really think it will work?' Kirsty nodded. She was surer than she had ever been before. 'This is the only thing that sill work,' she said. Kirsty adores her grandfather's old allotment. When Mr Thomas from the council insists that it must ...

A Tale Of Two Cities ... With Twenty-Four Illustrations In Colour By Sep E. Scott

Charles Dickens and Septimus Edwin Scott

NZ$32.00 (€16.04 | $17.68 | £13.38 | ¥2,823)

Chapman & Hall Leather 395 Undated. Gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt. Spine rubbed and sunned. Owner's name and a sticker on end paper. Very Good

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide To The Art Of Long-Term World Travel

Rolf Potts · 2016

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Ballantine Books 2016 Paperback 240 There’s nothing like vagabonding: taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms. In this one-of-a-kind handbook, veteran travel writer Rolf Potts expla...

Parallel Lines: Riding The Central Otago Rail Trail

John Z. Robinson and Annie Villiers · 2007

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.65 | ¥1,191)

Longacre Press 2007 Paperback 54 Riding side by side, artist John Z Robinson and writer Annie Villiers recreate the hypnotising landscape of the Central Otago Rail Trail. This is an enchanting tribute in paint and words, to one of the world's most spectacular scenic routes. In...

Freezing Order

Bill Browder · 2022

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.65 | ¥1,191)

Simon & Schuster, Limited 2022 Paperback 313 A True Story Of Russian Money Laundering, State-Sponsored Murder,And Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath. Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin's number one enemy by exposing Putin...

Alice May: Gilbert & Sullivan's First Prima Donna (Forgotten Stars Of The Musical Theatre)

Simpson, Adrienne · 2003

NZ$29.00 (€14.54 | $16.02 | £12.13 | ¥2,558)

Routledge 2003 Hardback 208 This biography tells the story of Alice May, a touring prima donna in the nineteenth century who travelled from England to Australia, New Zealand, India and the US, taking part in pioneering performances of the popular light operas of the day. Along...

Opera In New Zealand: Aspects Of History And Performance

Adrienne Simpson · 1990

NZ$44.00 (€22.06 | $24.31 | £18.40 | ¥3,881)

Witham Press 1990 Paperback 151 Owner's Name inside. Very Good

Evelina

Frances Burney · 2012

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.65 | ¥1,191)

Penguin 2012 Paperback 510 'O Sir, how much uneasiness must I suffer, to counterbalance one short morning of happiness!' In this comic and sharply incisive satire of excess and affectations, beautiful young Evelina falls victim to the rakish advances of Sir Clement Willoughby ...

Gangster's Paradise

Jared Savage · 2023

NZ$22.00 (€11.03 | $12.16 | £9.20 | ¥1,941)

HarperCollinsPublishers 2023 Paperback 320 The much anticipated follow-up to the bestseller that exposed the escalation of organised crime in New Zealand. Gangster's Paradise is about drugs, guns, gangs and money. Lots of money. A gang which took over a small rural town. A pol...

Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, General Gordon

Lytton Strachey · 1922

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Chatto & Windus 1922 Hardback 302 Owner's Name inside; No DJ. Very foxed, but quite readable. Fair

Brief Lives And Other Selected Writings

John Aubrey · 1949

NZ$24.00 (€12.03 | $13.26 | £10.04 | ¥2,117)

Cresset Press 1949 Hardback 410 Edited with an introduction and notes by Anthony Powell. Owner's Name inside; No DJ. Foxing on end papers and page edges, otherwise good, original cloth boards with gilt decoration on upper front cover, gilt title on spine. Spine sunned. Good

Eugene V. Debs A Graphic Biography

Paul Buhle and Steve Max · 2019

NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,544)

Verso Books 2019 Paperback 144 A graphic biography of socialist labor legend Eugene V. Debs Dynamic and beloved American radical, labor leader, and socialist Eugene Victor Debs led the Socialist Party to federal and state office across the United States by the 1920s. Imprisone...

The Valley: Crime And Punishment In A New Zealand City

Asher Emanuel · 2026

NZ$44.00 (€22.06 | $24.31 | £18.40 | ¥3,881)

Bridget Williams Books 2026 Trade Paperback 476 "There were two days to Christmas and Lewis felt like everything was spinning out of control. He wondered what he would say to the judge this time. His client, Rikihana, was already on multiple shoplifting charges. What’s a few m...

Judy Moody Around The World In 8 1/2 Days (No. 7)

Megan McDonald · 2007

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Walker 2007 Paperback 166 Judy Moody has a double! Amy Namey is exactly like Judy - same-same - and she's a member of the way-cool My-Name-Is-A-Poem Club. Judy is meant to be doing an Around-the-World class project with her best-ever friends Rocky and Frank Pearl. But with so ...

Helen And The Go-Go Ninjas

Michael Bennett and Ant Sang · 2018

NZ$18.50 (€9.27 | $10.22 | £7.74 | ¥1,632)

Penguin (NZ) 2018 Softcover 264 Kidnapped by time-travelling ninjas, Helen is thrust into the year 2355 - a ruined future with roving gangs and 'Peace Balls', giant humming devices that enslave and control people's minds. The Go-Go Ninjas have one goal - to destroy the Peace B...

Crimetime: From Undercover Cop To International Investigator

Mark van Leewarden · 2021

NZ$24.00 (€12.03 | $13.26 | £10.04 | ¥2,117)

Quentin Wilson Publishing 2021 Paperback 240 "We think you're the type of joker who would suit working undercover. No controls, out there doing deals and drinking piss. " And with that the young beat cop shed what was left of his uniform and slid into the underworld of strippe...

The Best of E-Tangata, volume Two

Misa Tapu and Gary Wilson · 2022

NZ$10.50 (€5.26 | $5.80 | £4.39 | ¥926)

BWB Texts 2022 Paperback 'The celebrated digital magazine e-Tangata is home to some of the most incisive and profound commentary on life in New Zealand. Ma\0304ori, Pasifika and Pa\0304keha\0304 writers grapple with topics that range from politics and social issues to history ...