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Ninja Kid10: Ninja Heroes!

Anh Do · 2022

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

Scholastic Australia 2022 Paperback, 192pp. Nelson and Kenny are rehearsing for the school play. But thanks to Grandma\'s new invention, they accidentally bring all the characters to life! Can they zap everyone back in their book before the whole town is overrun by a giant buz...

The Diaries Of Kenneth Tynan

Kenneth Tynan · 2001

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

Bloomsbury USA 2001 Hardback, 439pp. An engaging, and intimate look at one of the most feared and respected critics of our time. \'Be light, stinging, insolent, and melancholy\' were the words hanging over the desk of Kenneth Tynan in his early days as a critic for the London ...

Into Air Sweet As Heaven

Jan Fitzgerald · 2025

NZ$28.50 (€14.29 | $15.75 | £11.92 | ¥2,514)

Wolfdale Publishing 2025 Paperback, 57pp. Signed. (ISBN: 9780473744793). Mint.

Cheerful Yesterdays

O. T. J. Alpers · 1951

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

Paul\'s Book Arcade 1951 Hardback, 234pp. Memoirs of O. T. J. Alpers\' career in teaching, journalism and law in NZ. Owner\'s Name inside; No DJ. Good.

Sunshine And Shadow

Helen Black · 1947

NZ$23.50 (€11.78 | $12.99 | £9.83 | ¥2,073)

J. McIndoe 1947 Cloth, 284pp. Autobiography of Helen Black, Mayoress of Dunedin during the Depression. No DJ; First Edition. Cloth covered board, worn, owner\'s plate inside, page edges foxed otherwise good for age. Good.

Rex Fairburn: Walking On My Feet

Helen McNeish and James McNeish · 1983

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

Collins 1983 Hardback, 236pp. Walking on my feet : A.R.D. Fairburn, 1904-1957 : a kind of biography. Arthur Rex Dugard Rex Fairburn (2 February 1904 – 25 March 1957) was a New Zealand poet who was born and died in Auckland. He attended Auckland Grammar School, where he first m...

Family Favourites

2012

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

Hyundai New Zealand 2012 Boxed Hardback. New Zealanders discuss their favourite places. Large. Hard cover in slipcase; slipcase sunned. Very Good.

Black Beech And Honeydew: An Autobiography

Ngaio Marsh · 1966

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

Collins 1966 Hardback, 287pp. ""Black Beech and Honeydew" provides a sensitive account of Ngaio Marsh\'s childhood and adolescence in Christchurch and the establishment of her theatre and writing careers both there and in the UK. DJ; Price clipped. DJ rubbed.". Good.

Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand Medical Pioneer Douglas Jolly

Mark Derby · 2024

NZ$48.50 (€24.31 | $26.80 | £20.28 | ¥4,278)

Massey University Press 2024 Paperback, 324pp. Central Otago-born Doug Jolly was one of the greatest war surgeons of the twentieth century. Tireless, dedicated and courageous in his surgical work with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, his surgical manual, ba...

Dick Scott

Dick Scott · 2004

NZ$38.50 (€19.30 | $21.27 | £16.10 | ¥3,396)

Reed Books 2004 Paperback, 342pp. Heavy. (ISBN: 9780790009766). Very Good.

Edmund Hillary. The Life of a Legend

Pat Booth · 1993

NZ$21.50 (€10.78 | $11.88 | £8.99 | ¥1,896)

Moa Beckett 1993 Hardback, 208pp. Pat Booth. DJ; Heavy. DJ a little rubbed. (ISBN: 9781869580353). Good.

Of Toffs And Toilers

Geoffrey Charles Buckley · 1983

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

Ross 1983 Hardback, 209pp. DJ; Signed. DJ sunned. (ISBN: 9780908636709). Good.

An Autobiography

A. H. Reed · 1967

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

A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. 1967 Hardback, 316pp. Heavy; DJ. DJ frayed along the bottom edge. Good.

The Heart of Jesus Valentino: a Mother\'s Story

Emma Gilkison · 2019

NZ$22.50 (€11.28 | $12.43 | £9.41 | ¥1,985)

Awa Press 2019 Paperback, 199pp. Emma Gilkison is thrilled to be pregnant. But during a routine twelve-week ultrasound she learns that the baby\'s heart is growing outside his body – an extremely rare and usually fatal condition called ectopia cordis. She and her partner Roy f...

Rex Fairburn - Walking On My Feet

Helen McNeish and James McNeish · 1904

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

Hardback. Arthur Rex Dugard \'Rex\' Fairburn (2 February 1904 25 March 1957) was a New Zealand poet who was born and died in Auckland. He attended Auckland Grammar School, where he first met R. A. K. Mason, and worked at various jobs, including relief work on the roads. Later ...

Husna\'s Story: My Wife, The Christchurch Massacre & My Journey To Forgiveness

Farid Ahmed · 2020

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

A&U New Zealand 2020 Paperback, 319pp. \'Husna\'s Story is written by Husna\'s husband Farid Ahmed. They were praying at El Noor Mosque in Christchurch when a gunman burst in and shot and killed 51 people and injured many others in a terrorist attack. This book tells Husna\'s ...

Turnovsky: Fifty Years in New Zealand

Fred Turnovsky · 1990

NZ$29.50 (€14.79 | $16.30 | £12.34 | ¥2,602)

Allen & Unwin 1990 Hardback. Biography of Fred Turnovsky, Czech immigrant, business man and phillanthropist. Dj, inscribed by author. (ISBN: 9780046582623). Very Good.

Hills of Home

E.M. Blaiklock · 1966

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

A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. 1966 Hardback, 79pp. DJ. DJ in mylar cover; spien sunned. Very Good.

Turnovsky: Fifty Years in New Zealand

Fred Turnovsky · 1990

NZ$23.50 (€11.78 | $12.99 | £9.83 | ¥2,073)

Allen & Unwin 1990 Hardback. Biography of Fred Turnovsky, Czech immigrant, business man and phillanthropist. DJ; Owner\'s Name inside. Newspaper articles pasted to end paper. (ISBN: 9780046582623). Good.

Indirections: A Memoir 1909-1947

Charles Brasch · 1980

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

Oxford University Press 1980 Hardback, 450pp. Charles Brasch. Includes Index. DJ. Ex lib. (ISBN: 0195580508). Good.