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Tangata Whenua: A Selection Of Ōrongohau | Best NZ Poems (2002-2024) In Te Reo Māori

2025

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Wai-te-ata Press 2025 Paperback 90 In this collection, where celebrated poets meet emerging translators, we are treated to two languages laid side by side. Each nourishing in its own way, each offering a subtle yet distinct flavour. What a treat!"--Publisher. Near Mint

Fale Aitu / Spirit House

Tusiata Avia · 2016

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Victoria University Press 2016 Paperback 83 Speaking from Samoa, Christchurch, Gaza, and New York - Avia's fearless voice combines mythic with the everyday stories, never shying away from moments of pain nor strange wonder. Tusiata Avia is an acclaimed poet and performer of he...

Growing Native Plants in Kapiti

Kapiti Coast District Council · 1999

$7.50 (€6.80 | £5.68 | ¥1,198)

Kapiti Coast District Council 1999 Pamphlet 17 Large. Spine reinforced with tape. A little dogeared. Fair

Into The Water

Paula Hawkins · 2017

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Doubleday 2017 Hardback 356 "The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon The Girl on the Train returns with Into the Water, her addictive new novel of psychological suspense. A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through to...

The Iron Princess

Barbara Hambly · 2023

$14.50 (€13.16 | £10.98 | ¥2,315)

Open Road Integrated Media, Incorporated 2023 Hardback 284 A young woman rises from the streets to battle a sinister evil in this magical fantasy adventure by the bestselling author of the Darwath series. Something is amiss with the world's magic. Spells don't work the way the...

Nasty Little Cuts

Tina Baker · 2022

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Profile Books Limited 2022 Hardback 384 This outstanding psychological thriller explores how love can be poisoned by secrets and silence, and a seemingly perfect marriage becomes rotten to the core. DJ; Ex Library. Good

The Rehabilitation Of Speech (Revised Edition)

Anna Carr and Lou Kennedy and Robert William West · 1947

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

harper & Brothers 1947 Hardback 650 A text book of diagnostic and corrective procedures based upon a corrective study of speech disorders. Heavy; No DJ. Owner's name on first page, dated 1953. Pages tanning. Still quite readable. Fair

The Miltonic Setting: Past and Present

E. M. W. Tillyard · 1949

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Chatto & Windus 1949 Hardback 208 Originally published in 1938, this book considers the status of John Milton among later poets and how Milton's poetry was received by later generations in very different political and religious settings. Tillyard considers a number of aspects ...

Play, Drama & Thought: The Intellectual Background To Dramatic Education

Richard Courtney · 1968

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Cassell 1968 Hardback 288 The first examination of the intellectual background of drama in education. DJ; Owner's Name inside; Annotated. Annotated in pen on several pages. Fair

The Notebooks Of Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler · 1985

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Hogarth 1985 Paperback 438 Gathers epigrams, philosophical questions, anecdotes, fables, and discussions of music, painting, literature, religion, and principles for living. Spine wrinkled, pages tanned. Good

Speak The Words : The 22nd Anthology of Poetry, Prose and Play-Scenes

Guildhall School Of Music & Drama · 1995

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Guildhall School of Music & Drama 1995 Paperback 116 Very Good

Venerable Ajaan Khao Anālayo A True Spiritual Warrior

Ajaan Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno · 2006

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Forest Dhamma Publications 2006 Paperback 238 A senior disciple of Ajaan Mun, Ajaan Khao Anālayo was one of the foremost meditation masters of our time. He always preferred to practice in remote, secluded locations and with such single-minded resolve that his diligence in that...

Pocket Iris Wisdom Witty Quotes And Wise Words From Iris Apfel

Iris Barrel Apfel and Hardie Grant and Hardie Grant Staff · 2016

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Hardie Grant Books 2016 Hardback 96 At 94, Iris Apfel is having the time of her life. Having made her name as an interior designer (she worked with the wives of nine presidents on the White House) and fashion icon, she's in demand as a model and her legions of fans love her 'u...

New Zealand Explorers: Great Journeys Of Discovery

Philip Temple · 1985

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Intl Specialized Book Services 1985 Hardback 192 Discovered by Polynesians in the ninth century, New Zealand did not materially exist for Europeans until James Cook's expeditions provided charts and reports in the 1770s. Nineteenth-century colonisation brought a need to explor...

Debating And Public Speaking - How To Speak And Argue Effectively

Neil Gunther · 1980

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Reed 1980 Paperback 96 Speaking effectively on a public platform or in a debate is a lively art that can be learnt. In this book, Neil Gunther expounds how you can easily marshal the skills of argument to your advantage; how to present a case convincingly; what to do to train ...

Hive: The Vault Book 1

A. J. Betts · 2018

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited 2018 Paperback 262 All I can tell you is what I remember, in the words that I have. Hayley tends to her bees and follows the rules in the only world she has ever known. Until she witnesses the impossible: a drip from the ceiling. A drip? It...

The Logic Of Life Uncovering The New Economics Of Everything

Tim Harford · 2008

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Little, Brown 2008 Paperback 288 Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods ...

The Art Of Gathering How We Meet And Why It Matters

Priya Parker · 2018

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Riverhead Books 2018 Paperback 304 In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should focus on distinctiveness ...

Designing For Growth A Design Thinking Tool Kit For Managers

Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie · 2011

$14.50 (€13.16 | £10.98 | ¥2,315)

Columbia University Press 2011 Hardback 227 Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie educate readers in one of the hottest trends in business: "design thinking," or the ability to turn abstract ideas into practical applications for maximal business growth. Liedtka and Ogilvie cover the ...

Mediterranean: Food Of The Sun

Jacqueline Clark and Joanna Farrow · 2003

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Hermes House 2003 Softcover 512 A culinary tour of sun-drenched shores with evocative dishes from southern Europe. Large; Heavy. Cover is encased in a protective plastic sleeve. Small crease on back cover. Good