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Metamorphosis: a Scientist\'s Story

Glen Metcalf · 2020

NZ$31.50 (€15.79 | $17.41 | £13.17 | ¥2,779)

The Cuba Press 2020 Paperback. A story of one woman’s transformation from a traditional Kiwi ‘housewife’ of the 1950s into a Career Fellow of the New Zealand Medical Research Council. Born in 1926, married at 21, and a mother of two children by 25, Glen Metcalf kept the home f...

Biggles Flies To Work

Capt. W. E. Johns · 1963

NZ$9.50 (€4.76 | $5.25 | £3.97 | ¥838)

Dean & Son 1963 Hardback. No DJ. Green boards; tanning. Fair.

Don\'t Forget To Feed the Cat: the Travel Letters And Sketches of Stewart Bell Maclennan

Mary Bell Thornton · 2019

NZ$19.50 (€9.78 | $10.77 | £8.16 | ¥1,720)

The Cuba Press 2019 Paperback. The 1958 travel letters and sketches of Stewart Bell Maclennan. \'Hello my dears, I\'m writing this in the train which is stopped at the moment at Salzberg for passport examination. So if the writing becomes erratic, you\'ll know I\'m on the way ...

Brielle\'s Birthday Ball A Dance-It-Out Creative Movement Story For Young Movers

Once Upon A Dance · 2021

NZ$9.50 (€4.76 | $5.25 | £3.97 | ¥838)

Once Upon a Dance 2021 Paperback, 40pp. A delightful birthday adventure packed with movement concepts and subtle life lessons. Each book in the Dance-It-Out! series is an independent story, and Brielle\'s Birthday Ball is the perfect series introduction, ideal for kids 4-7. Ba...

It Couldn\'t Be Worse

Vlasta van Kampen · 2003

NZ$9.50 (€4.76 | $5.25 | £3.97 | ¥838)

Annick Press 2003 Paperback, 30pp. The tiny house had just one room for the farmer, his wife, their six children, and the grandparents. They quarreled and fought and got in each other\'s way. It couldn\'t be worse! On hearing of their difficult situation, a wise old fishmonger...

Tuvalu (The Blue Pacific Series)

Allan R. Kirk · 2000

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

2000 Stapled, 24pp. Tuvalu is made up of nine small islands scattered over 500,000 square miles of the western Pasific, just south of the equator. The total land area of the densely populated group is only 26 sq km, however The Island occupy 1.3 million sq km of ocean. Publish...

Introduction To Pruning: Shrubs, Trees, Roses, Climbers and Fruit Bushes

Patrick Johns · 1991

NZ$19.50 (€9.78 | $10.77 | £8.16 | ¥1,720)

New Burlington Books 1991 Paperback, 96pp. Special pruning needs listed for a full range of plants, including roses, fruit trees, climbers and shrubs. Clear and precise step-by-step line drawings showing the most up-to-date techniques. Photos throughout to illustrate the simpl...

Tile It (The Do It! Series)

Dek Messecar · 1989

NZ$7.50 (€3.76 | $4.14 | £3.14 | ¥662)

Collins 1989 Stapled, 32pp. The book is a short, practical guide on tiling, part of a series aimed at DIY enthusiasts. (ISBN: 9780004118963). Good.

Buying Or Building A House

Consumers\' Institute of New Zealand · 1976

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

Consumers\' Institute of New Zealand 1976 Stapled, 67pp. Pages foxed, back cover creased. Still very readable. Fair.

No More Bottles For Bunny!

Bernette G. Ford and Sam Williams · 2007

NZ$9.50 (€4.76 | $5.25 | £3.97 | ¥838)

Boxer Books 2007 Paperback. Ducky and Piggy are having a tea party with their younger friend Bunny. But Bunny can’t join in the real fun because he won’t stop sucking on his bottle. Ducky says she will be the mummy, Piggy says he will be the daddy and they ask Bunny to be the ...

The Seven Wonders Of The World

Kenneth McLeish · 1989

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Cambridge University Press 1989 Paperback 32 A well-illustrated explanation of how the Seven Wonders were selected from the vast empire of Alexander the Great as a list used to promote tourism in the ancient world. Large. Pages tanning. Good

School Journal. Part 1, Number 1, 2011

Terry Fitzgibbon and Lisa Grace and Jill MacGregor and Mihipo More and Trish Puharich and Sue Walker · 2011

NZ$7.50 (€3.76 | $4.14 | £3.14 | ¥662)

Ministry of Education 2011 Stapled, 32pp. ISSN 0111 6355. Ex Library. Ex-Houghton Valley School Library. Fair.

Animal Pieces - Dinosaur Atlas

Tony Gibbons and Robert Snedden · 2002

NZ$7.50 (€3.76 | $4.14 | £3.14 | ¥662)

Funtastic Publishing 2002 Hardback, 31pp. No DJ As Issued; Owner\'s Name inside. (ISBN: 9780752577005). Good.

Where Do Babies Come From?

Kuo Kang Chen and Susan Meredith and Sue Stitt · 2001

NZ$7.50 (€3.76 | $4.14 | £3.14 | ¥662)

Usborne Publishing, Limited 2001 Stapled, 24pp. Using simple text this mini book offers an introduction to where babies come from, written with the aim of helping to answer children\'s questions. It is one of a series of books about the natural and scientific world which offer...

Blastosaurus: The \'Fries With That\' Caper: Issue 00

Richard Fairgray and Terry Jones · 2012

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

Square Planet Comics 2012 Stapled. Large. Good.

North-West Passage

Willy de Roos · 1980

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

Hollis & Carter 1980 Hardback, 228pp. "Account of author\'s solo expedition through the Northwest Passage aboard the yacht "Williwaw", from Greenland to the Bering Straits. No DJ.", (ISBN: 9780370302638). Good.

In A Junk Across The Pacific

E. Allen Petersen · 1954

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

Elek 1954 Hardback, 254pp. ". Junk Cruise Postponed Again. " What a rush of work there is getting a small ship ready for a long voyage ! When you are the busiest , there seems to be an increase in persons asking questions. I\'m afraid. JUNK ACROSS THE PACIFIC. No DJ.". Good.

The Christmas Island Story

Eric Bailey · 1977

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

Stacey International 1977 Hardback, 112pp. Captain James Cook Bicentennial Edition. DJ. Small ltear to top of DJ. (ISBN: 9780905743080). Very Good.

Road Belong Cargo: A Study Of The Cargo Movement In The Southern Madang District, New Guinea

Peter Lawrence · 1964

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

Melbourne University Press 1964 Paperback, 294pp. "This book deals with the fascinating phenomena of the practice of the "Cargo Cult" in the Madang district of New Guinea. Spine creased, cover rubbed and soiled,sticker residue. Binding firm. Owner\'s name and notes on end pape...

Always The Sun

Neil Cross · 2005

NZ$8.50 (€4.26 | $4.70 | £3.56 | ¥750)

Simon and Schuster 2005 Paperback, 340pp. Jamie is thirteen years old, an only child. His mother has recently died. He and his father Sam have moved to Sam\'s home town. A fresh start. A new job for Sam, a new school for Jamie. But one day Jamie comes home, bearing the scars o...