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Witi Ihimaera · 1974

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Heinemann 1974 Hardback 173 Story about the extended family life of a rural Maori community. Members of the family are returning home to their village after a wedding..... DJ; Owner's Name inside; First Edition. DJ frayed along edges; bottom of boards bruised; spine cocked; so...

Na To Hoa Aroha: From Your Dear Friend - The Correspondence Between Sir Apirana Ngata And Sir Peter Buck, 1925-50

Peter Buck and Apirana Turupa Ngata · 1988

$104.00 (€94.36 | £78.72 | ¥16,607)

Auckland University Press 1988 Hardback 3 volumes: Volume One: 1925-29; Volume Two: 1930-32; Volume 3: 1932-50. No DJ; Heavy. Boards sunned, rubbed and soiled; foxing to end papers and page edges. Fair

One Two Three Four: The Beatles In Time

Craig Brown · 2020

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

4th Estate 2020 Paperback 642 John Updike compared them to 'the sun coming out on Easter morning'. Bob Dylan introduced them to drugs. Muhammad Ali called them 'little sissies'. No one remained unaffected by the music of the Beatles. As Queen Elizabeth II observed on her golde...

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver · 2022

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Faber & Faber 2022 Trade Paperback 548 Demon Copperhead: a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Demon befriends us on this, hi...

Operation Typhoon Shore

Joshua Mowll · 2007

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Walker 2007 Paperback 274 Celebes Sea, May 1920. Battered by a typhoon, the Expedient is shipwrecked on an island. No radio, no rescue, no escape. Doug and Becca MacKenzie's search for their missing parents must wait, but what part did the mysterious Guild play in their disapp...

The Art Of Focus: Finding Meaning, Reinvent Yourself And Create Your Ideal Future

Dan Koe · 2024

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Self Communications 2024 Paperback 220 "Look around. We are on the brink of catastrophe. A dystopia of excessive pleasure, comfort, and a false sense of security as to how successful you will be is no longer just a relatable movie scene. Since birth, you were spoon-fed ideas, ...

Wealth And Power: China's Long March To The Twenty-First Century

John Delury and Orville Schell · 2016

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Abacus 2016 Paperback 478 By examining the lives of eleven influential officials, writers, activists and leaders whose contributions helped create modern China, Wealth and Power addresses these questions. This fascinating survey moves from the lead-up to the first Opium War th...

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood

Frank McCourt · 1999

$14.50 (€13.16 | £10.98 | ¥2,315)

Flamingo 1999 Paperback 424 Angela's Ashes: A Memoir is a 1996 memoir by the Irish-American author Frank McCourt, with various anecdotes and stories of his childhood. The book details his early childhood in Brooklyn, New York, but focuses primarily on his life in Limerick, Ire...

Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes - The Official Biography

Rob Wilkins · 2022

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

Doubleday 2022 Paperback 336 'People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around. ' Terry Pratchett, creator of the phenomenally bestselling Discworld series, knight of the realm, and holder of more honorary doctorates than he knew what to do wi...

The New Zealand Villa: Past And Present

Di Stewart · 2002

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

Penguin Books 2002 Softcover 108 "A unique style in New Zealand domestic architecture, the bay villa, is found throughout the country. [This book] traces the origins and development of the villa. It is also a journey through the house which begins with the exterior and leads u...

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver · 1999

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Faber Faber Inc 1999 Paperback 571 The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from...

The Good Society

James K. Galbraith · 1996

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Sinclair-Stevenson 1996 Paperback 208 A demonstration of how a nation of opportunity can show compassion for the poor. Pointing the way towards his goals of a good society, including personal liberty and racial and ethnic equality Galbraith advocates the shedding of convention...

Tess of the D'urbervilles

Thomas Hardy · 1985

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

Penguin 1985 Paperback 536 In a novel full of poetry and mysterious settings, Hardy unfolds the story of his beautiful, suffering Tess with unforgettable tenderness and intensity. Mild foxing. Fair

Last Act In Palmyra

Lindsey Davis · 1995

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Arrow (UK) 1995 Paperback 416 The spirit of adventure calls Marcus Didius Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian, to the untamed East. Crease to front cover; spine sunned. Good

Shadows in Bronze

Lindsey Davis · 1991

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Pan Books (UK) 1991 Paperback 403 Marcus Didius Falco, now Imperial Agent to Emperor Vespasian, has not been resting on his laurels. Tidying up corpses, kicking over the traces of a failed coup, making a bit on the side in stolen lead ingots - it's all in a day's work for an e...

Te Wai Pounamu = the Greenstone Island: a History of the Southern Maori During the European Colonization of New Zealand

Harry Evison · 1993

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Aoraki Press in association with the Ngai Tahu Tru 1993 Paperback 582 Heavy. Cover very creased and worn; water damage to back of book; stains to top of pages; soiling to page edges. Ex School Library. Fair

Lean In: Women, Work, And the Will To Lead

Sheryl Sandberg · 2013

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

WH Allen 2013 Paperback 230 Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women's voices are still not heard equally in the decision...

The Chrysalids

John Wyndham · 2009

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Penguin 2009 Paperback 204 As David and Rosalind grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal the differences which would label them as mutants from the village elders. Soon they face a choice: wait for eventual discovery, or flee to the terrifying and mutable Badlands . . ...

The Life And Times of a Good Keen Man

Barry Crump · 1992

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Barry Crump Associates 1992 Hardback 237 At last, author/adventurer barry Crump's own life story (thus far), or stories for he has lived many lives. Deerculler, possum trapper, bushman, crocodile hunter, gold miner, television presenter, actor and numerous other activities, bu...

Cushions And Pillows: Professional Skills Made Easy

2001

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Hamlyn 2001 Paperback 78 Soft Furnishing Workshops series. Very Good