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Shadows On A Wall
Ray Connolly · 1995
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Corgi 1995 Paperback 622 A journalist/screenwriter offers a major novel of moviemaking excess and disaster that is at once dark and hilarious. Filmed on location thousands of miles from Hollywood, a brilliant, inspired, vibrant catastrophe of a movie about Napoleon is the focu...
The Great Composers
Wendy Thompson · 2009
NZ$11.50 (€5.77 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,014)
Lorenz Books 2009 Hardback 264 An illustrated encyclopedia of the lives and works of the 100 famous classical composers encompassing styles of composition from medieval times to the present day. It includes a biography for each composer, with historical information about event...
Missing
Tom Patterson · 2022
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Allen & Unwin 2022 Paperback 288 "He Was Brilliant And Troubled And For Thirty-Five Years He Lived Alone In The Wild ... Then There Was Silence." Beautifully written and affecting, this is the true story of a young man caught in a world he can't control and how he finds a way ...
Christchurch
John Castle · 1971
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A. H. & A. W. Reed 1971 Hardback 32 DJ. DJ frayed along edges; tear to back. Owner's inscription on end paper. Good
Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking To Create New Ideas
Edward De Bono · 1995
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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 1995 Paperback 352 Creativity is becoming increasingly important for all businesses as competition intensifies because to act creatively is the best and cheapest way to get added value out of existing resources and assets. In this book, the author ...
The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel · 2020
NZ$22.00 (€11.03 | $12.16 | £9.20 | ¥1,941)
Fourth Estate 2020 Hardback England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the s...
Personality
Andrew O'Hagan · 2003
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Faber & Faber 2003 Paperback 327 Maria Tambini is a 13-year-old girl with an amazing singing voice, growing up above her Italian-immigrant mother's chip shop on the Scottish island of Bute, living at the centre of her family's dream of fame. When Maria wins a national TV talen...
Inventions from the Shed
Jim Hopkins · 1999
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HarperCollins New Zealand 1999 Paperback 136 When Jim hopkins and Julie Riley were working on their bestselling hook, Blokes and Sheds, they discovered that Kiwi blokes were creating some amazing things in their sheds. This new book describes more than 100 original inventions ...
Inventions from the Shed
Jim Hopkins · 1999
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HarperCollins New Zealand 1999 Paperback 136 When Jim hopkins and Julie Riley were working on their bestselling hook, Blokes and Sheds, they discovered that Kiwi blokes were creating some amazing things in their sheds. This new book describes more than 100 original inventions ...
Time Regained
Marcel Proust · 1956
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Chatto & Windus 1956 Hardback 433 DJ torn, large piece missing at front; blue boards rubbed. Text good. Fair
How Big Is Infinity? The 20 Big Maths Questions
Tony Crilly · 2014
NZ$10.50 (€5.26 | $5.80 | £4.39 | ¥926)
Hodder 2014 Paperback 304 What are the strangest numbers? Where do numbers come from? Can maths guarantee riches? Why are three dimensions not enough? Can a butterfly's wings really cause a hurricane? Can maths predict the future? In How Big is Infinity? , acclaimed writer Ton...
It's Always Gin O'clock Somewhere: Classic Cocktail Recipes From Where You'd Rather Be
Harper by Design · 2021
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HarperCollins Publishers Australia 2021 Hardback 96 Classic cocktail recipes from where you'd rather be. A martini in New York City. A negroni in Positano. It's always gin o'clock somewhere, right? For anyone dreaming of travel and relaxing on holiday with a drink in hand, thi...
A Lively Flame: Inspirations On Love And Relationships
Eileen Campbell · 1992
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Aquarian/Thorsons 1992 Hardback 208 Honoring and celebrating the universal longing for love, this elegantly packaged collection of reflections acknowledges that our relationships can bring not only joy and fulfillment, but also our greatest pain and sorrow. Selections taken fr...
Tell Them We Are Going Home: The Odyssey Of The Northern Cheyennes
John H. Monnett · 2001
NZ$39.00 (€19.55 | $21.55 | £16.31 | ¥3,440)
University of Oklahoma Press 2001 Hardback 252 Tell Them We Are Going Home details the courageous journey of the Northern Cheyennes, under the leadership of Little Wolf and Dull Knife, from Indian Territory northward to their homelands in the Powder River Country. Incorporatin...
Who Cares Wins: Reasons For Optimism In Our Changing World
Lily Cole · 2021
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Penguin Life 2021 Paperback 448 Global warming has reached terrifying heights of severity, human consumption has caused the extinction of countless species and neoliberalism has led to a destructive divide in wealth and a polarization of mainstream politics. The climate crisis...
Homesickness
Murray Bail · 1998
NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,544)
Text Publishing Company 1998 Paperback 432 Homesickness, Murray Bail's brilliant first novel won the 1980 National Book Council Award and the 1980 Age Book of the Year Award. Thirteen men and women, married and single, happy and sad, visit various countries and museums, hotels...
Holden's Performance
Murray Bail · 1999
NZ$15.50 (€7.77 | $8.56 | £6.48 | ¥1,367)
Text Publishing Company 1999 Paperback 374 Holden's Performance is the sprawling tale of Holden Shadbolt, a guileless and matter-of-fact man, as he passes through the cities and landscapes of Australia. He follows the flamboyant people around him – ex-corporal Frank 'Bloodnut'...
My East End A History Of Cockney London
Gilda O'Neill · 2000
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Penguin UK 2000 Paperback 352 Gilda O'Neill's The East End traces the East End of London - cockneys, criminals, street markets, pub singalongs, dog racing, jellied eels. London's East End it is a place at once appealing and unruly, comforting and incomprehensible. Gilda O'Neil...
The Edge Of The World How The North Sea Made Us Who We Are
Michael Pye · 2015
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Penguin 2015 Paperback 400 This is a story of saints and spies, of anglers and pirates, traders and marauders - and of how their wild and daring journeys across the North Sea built the world we know. When the Roman Empire retreated, northern Europe was a barbarian outpost at t...
Dominion: The History Of England Volume 5
Peter Ackroyd · 2018
NZ$18.50 (€9.27 | $10.22 | £7.74 | ¥1,632)
Pan Macmillan 2018 Paperback 387 , Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to post-war depression, spanning the last years of the Regency to the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901. In it, Ackroyd takes us from the accession of ...