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The Pact

Jodi Picoult · 2009

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Allen & Unwin 2009 Paperback 451 'This psychologically shrewd tale is as suspenseful as any bestselling legal thriller...she forges a finely honed, commanding and cathartic drama.' BooklistFor eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other, sharing ...

Blokes and Sheds

Jim Hopkins and Julie Riley · 1998

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

HarperCollins New Zealand 1998 Paperback 128 What could be more essentially Kiwi than a blokes shed? A good shed provides a safe haven where a bloke can be himself and do the things that he really wants to do. It's a stress-free, woman-free zone, where the normal rules of hous...

Heading Nowhere in a Navy Blue Suit

Sue Kedgley and Mary Varnham · 1993

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Daphne Brasell Associates Press 1993 Paperback 206 Cover creased and sunned. Very few underlinings in pen. Good

The Harmsworth Encyclopaedia - 8 Volumes

1905

$104.00 (€94.36 | £78.72 | ¥16,607)

Thomas Nelson & Sons Hardback 6400 Undated, ca 1905. Heavy; No DJ As Issued. End papers tanned and foxed, slight foxing to page edges; binding firm. Very heavy (13kg) - extra postage will be required. Good

Frontiers of the Unknown

Andrew Mackenzie · 1968

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

Arthur Barker 1968 Hardback 208 In Frontiers of the Unknown Andrew MacKenzie has followed up his highly praised book, The Unexplained, with another collection of strange cases in psychical research. He believes that our best evidence for the paranormal (which used to be called...

Seeing and Understanding Andalusia

1994

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Edilux 1994 Paperback 126 Description; 126 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm. Language Note; English translation of Spanish original; publication information and photograph captions in Spanish. Large. Cover sunned. Good

Why Memory Matters - 'Remembered Histories' and the Politics of the Shared Past

Rowan Light · 2023

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

BWB Texts 2023 Paperback 'Behind the foreground narratives of justification, real or symbolic wounds are stored in the archives of cultural memory.' From curriculum to commemoration to constitutional reform, our society is in the grip of memory, a politics and culture marked b...

Kāinga - People, Land, Belonging

Paul Tapsell · 2021

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

BWB Texts 2021 Paperback 'Through his own experience and the stories of his tīpuna, Paul Tapsell (Te Arawa, Tainui) charts the impact of colonisation on his people. Alienation from kāinga and whenua becomes a wider story of environmental degradation and system collapse. This...

The Brain Workout: Use It Or Lose It

Gareth Moore · 2011

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Michael O'Mara Books Limited 2011 Paperback 192 Do you find your concentration wandering during meetings? Do you struggle to remember phone numbers? Or your credit-card PIN? Research shows that regularly exercising your brain by tackling simple, short challenges helps sharpen ...

The Master of Ballantrae

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1968

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Heron Books 1968 Hardback 329 No DJ As Issued. Good

Asterix And Caesar's Gift

René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo · 2004

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Orion 2004 Paperback 48 When Legionary Tremensdelirius gets the title deeds to the little Gaulish village as a bonus, he swaps them with tavern landlord Orthopaedix for a drink. Funnily enough, Asterix and his friends aren't keen to hand over their village to anyone else. Afte...

Talk Art: Everything You Wanted To Know About Contemporary Art But Were Afraid To Ask

Robert Diament and Russell Tovey · 2021

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Ilex Press 2021 Softcover 224 A joyful and straightforward introduction to contemporary art from the creators of hit podcast Talk Art - actor and collector Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament. Heavy; Signed. Signed by both authors. Very Good

Prince Rupert: The Last Cavalier

Charles Spencer · 2008

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Phoenix 2008 Paperback 464 Prince Rupert of the Rhine was the archetypal 'cavalier'. Young, handsome, expert horseman, crack pistol shot, his swaggering style irritated the stuffier of the king's courtiers almost as much as the 'Roundheads' they were fighting. To the parliamen...

How To Enjoy Theatre

Philip Cook · 1987

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Piatkus 1987 Softcover 192 Good

The Founders: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, And The Company That Made The Modern Internet

Jimmy Soni · 2022

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

Atlantic Books 2022 Paperback 474 "Out of PayPal's ranks have come three billionaires and dozens of multi-millionaires, including household names like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman. PayPal's alumni have built, funded and advised almost all of the billion-dollar-plus ...

Beau Brummell

Kathleen Campbell · 1948

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Hammond, Hammond & Co. 1948 Hardback 216 No DJ; Ex Library. Blue boards with title in black and spine plus 'Welington Public Libraries' printed on spine; front hinge a little weak. Fair

The Superior Person's Second Book Of Words

Peter Bowler · 2003

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Bloomsbury 2003 Hardback 157 Do you ever feel like an acephalous dandiprat? Want to animadvert with anfractuous brimborions? Have you ever simply felt unable dapatically to deblaterate to the best of your ability? Then here is the book for you! The 600 new words included are j...

The Prophet

Hone Kouka · 2006

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

Huia 2006 Paperback 142 The Prophet takes place within the confines of a basketball court over three days. Five cousins from around the country u and all very different u meet up for the unveiling of a headstone for their cousin Joshua who has committed suicide a year earlier....

Waiata Mai : 35 Maori Songs

Kare Rapata Leathem · 1991

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

Godwit Press 1991 Stapled 62 Waiata Mai (Sing to Me) is a new Maori song book aimed at anyone who is learning the language or planning to visit a marae for the first time. It comprises 35 popular Maori songs, including 'Pookarekare Ana Nga Wai', 'Me He Manu Rere' and 'Hoki Hok...

Bodily Harm

Margaret Atwood · 1986

$79.00 (€71.68 | £59.80 | ¥12,615)

Virago Press Ltd 1986 Paperback 308 Rennie Wilford is a freelance journalist who takes an assignment in the Caribbean in the hopes of recuperating from her recently shattered life. On the tiny island of St. Antoine, she tumbles into a corrupt world where no one is what they se...