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Simulating Societal Change Counterfactual Modelling For Social And Policy Inquiry

Peter Davis and Roy Lay-Yee · 2019

$64.00 (€58.07 | £48.44 | ¥10,220)

Springer International Publishing 2019 Hardback 245 This book presents a method for creating a working model of society, using data systems and simulation techniques, that can be used for testing propositions of scientific and policy nature. The model is based on the example o...

Chac-Mool : A Book of Poems

Paul Schimmel · 2025

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Steele Roberts Aotearoa 2025 Paperback 86 This diverse and delightful collection travels through New Zealand, Australia and Mexican noir - where beauty and moral ambiguity entwine, every shadow tells a story. There are four poems in French and one in Spanish (with translations...

Kei Hea Taku Māmā?

Julia Donaldson · 2014

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Huia Publishers 2014 Softcover 32 From the author and illustrator of the popular children's picture book The Gruffalo, Monkey Puzzle is now translated into te reo Maori. With the same stunning illustrations as the original book, the te reo Maori translation retains the unique ...

He Taonga Te Toka

Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan · 2025

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Huia Publishers 2025 Softcover 44 Lately, things have been getting Charlie down. It's like he's got a big rock that just won't go away. He talks to Dad about it, and Dad brings out a dusty old book wit h a lot of tough rules. The first rule is you don't talk about rocks (feeli...

This Compulsion In Us

Tina Makereti · 2025

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

Te Herenga Waka University Press 2025 Paperback 320 It's not beautiful, not at all, when it's there in front of you, but writing transforms. In her first book of nonfiction, prizewinning author Tina Makereti writes from inside her many intersecting lives as a wahine Maori - te...

Na Wai Te Waka I Totohu? (Maori Edition)

Pamela Allen · 2015

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Huia Publishers 2015 Softcover 32 The popular children's picture book Who Sank the Boat? is now translated into te reo Ma-ori. With the same beautiful illustrations as the original book, the te reo Ma-ori translation retains the humour, simplicity and fun of the original story...

Spain

Nikos Kazantzakis · 1983

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Creative Arts Book Company, Berkeley 1983 Paperback 254 Translated by Amy Mims. Cover worn and faded; a little dog-eared; owner's nameplate on first page. Fair

The Horse: The Epic History Of Our Noble Companion

Wendy Williams · 2015

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2015 Hardback 304 The book horse-lovers have been waiting for Horses have a story to tell, one of resilience, sociability, and intelligence, and of partnership with human beings. In The Horse , the journalist and equestrienne Wendy Williams brings that ...

Spain

Jan Morris · 1988

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Barrie & Jenkins 1988 Hardback 207 From the Pyrenees in the north to Gribaltar in the south, Spain ia a country of infinite variety and extraordinary contrasts. DJ; Heavy. DJ a little rubbed. Very Good

Ur: The City Of The Moon God

Harriet Crawford · 2015

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Bloomsbury Academic 2015 Paperback 146 The ancient Mesoptamian city of Ur was a Sumerian city state which flourished as a centre of trade and civilisation between 2800–2000 BCE. However, in the recent past it suffered from the disastrous Gulf war and from neglect. It still rem...

Secret Agent "St 25"

Paul Dukes · 1949

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

Pocket Library 1949 Hardback 288 Adventure And Romance In The Secret Intelligence Service In Red Russia 1917-1920. No DJ. Binding weak; red patterned boards worn; some foxing. Fair

The Age Of Arthur: A History Of The British Isles From 350 To 650

John Morris · 1975

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1975 Hardback 665 With The Age of Arthur John Morris was the first professional historian to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the scattered evidence concerning the infant years of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, their influence upon each ot...

Jane's Surface Skimmer Systems, 1967-68

Roy Mcleavy · 1967

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

Sampson Low 1967 Hardback 136 No DJ As Issued; Large. Boards rubbed, spine chipped near bottom. Good

A Captive Lion: The Life Of Marina Tsvetayeva

Elaine Feinstein · 1987

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Hutchinson 1987 Hardback 289 Traces the life of the Russian poet, describes the background of her times, and attempts to portray her complex personality. DJ. Dj rubbed, small tear at spine. Good

Secrets Of The Ice Age: The World Of The Cave Artists

Evan Hadingham · 1980

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Heinemann 1980 Hardback 288 DJ; Heavy. Good

Letters To My Grandchildren

Jane Deans · 1888

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Riccarton House & Bush, NZ Spiral Bound 56 Undated edition. A delightful book written by Jane Deans in 1888, telling her grandchildren about life from when she arrived at Riccarton in 1852 until when she wrote the letters in 1888. A story of love, tragedy, hardship, entrepren...

The Book Of The People How To Read The Bible

A. N. Wilson · 2015

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Atlantic Books 2015 Hardback 212 A. N. Wilson has been thinking about the Bible, and reading it, since he read theology for a year at university. Martin Luther King was 'reading the Bible' when he started the Civil Rights movement. When Michelangelo painted the fresco cycles i...

Massacre: The Life And Death Of The Paris Commune

John Merriman · 2014

$18.50 (€16.78 | £14.00 | ¥2,954)

Basic Books 2014 Hardback 360 The Paris Commune lasted for only 64 days in 1871, but during that short time it gave rise to some of the grandest political dreams of the nineteenth century—before culminating in horrific violence. Following the disastrous French defeat in the Fr...

'H.M.S. Marlborough Will Enter Harbour'

Nicholas Monsarrat · 1952

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Cassell 1952 Hardback 93 Illustrated by James Holland. DJ. DJ has numerous tears; owner's nameplate inside; foxing especially to inside cover pages. Good

Rāwaho: The Completed Poems

David Howard · 2022

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Cold Hub Press 2022 Paperback 329 Rāwaho: outsider, foreigner. In the poet's words: Many uncollected pieces served as preparatory studies for these 150 titles. Since my first tentative airing of the early drafts in 1991 there havebeen regular staging posts, in 2001 and 2011 re...