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Portuguese Irregular Verbs

Alexander McCall Smith · 2003

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,155)

Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited 2003 Paperback 144 Good

The Fox Of Leafmould Parva

Lily Hunter and Mab West · 2014

$64.00 (€58.07 | £48.44 | ¥10,217)

Hopcyn Press 2014 Hardback 112 An intelligent popular Fox finds himself obliged to move house owing to a building development happening in his field. Having recently inherited a fine dwelling called Earth Manor in the parish of Leafmould Parva, with the help of friends (a Goat...

Good Looks

Bill Manhire · 1982

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,108)

Auckland University Press 1982 Paperback 68 Words themselves are the material from which poems are made, and Bill Manhire constructs his poems from words with unusual precision and style. This collection opens with poems which record the death of a father, and ens with poems a...

Zoetropes: Poems 1972-82

Bill Manhire · 1985

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Allen & Unwin 1985 Paperback 92 ZOETROPES is a selection of poems published by Bill Manhire between 1972 and 1982. New work is included along with poems from The Elaboration (1972), How to Take Off Your Clothes at the Picnic (1977) and Good Looks (1982). An invention of the ea...

Alex Lindsay The Man And His Orchestra

Geoffrey Newson and Adrienne Simpson · 1998

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

School of Music, University of Canterbury 1998 Paperback 164 Owner's Name inside; Signed. Minor marks to cover. Inscription from author to owner on title page. Good

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius · 2011

$21.00 (€19.05 | £15.90 | ¥3,352)

Penguin Books 2011 Paperback 254 These spiritual reflections of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) show a leader trying to make sense of himself and the universe, and cover diverse topics such as the question of virtue, human rationality and the nature of the gods. In ...

Island Reich

Jack Grimwood · 2021

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,155)

Penguin 2021 Paperback 544 July, 1940. The Nazis launch their invasion of Britain - starting with the Channel Islands... And soldier turned safecracker Bill O'Hagan gets an offer: hang for his crimes, or serve his country. The mission - land on occupied Alderney, impersonate a...

Nightfall Berlin

Jack Grimwood · 2018

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,155)

Penguin 2018 Paperback 464 1986, the Cold War is thawing... But not for British intelligence officer Major Tom Fox. Smuggled into East Berlin, Fox's orders are clear: repatriate a remorseful defector. But they are less clear about what to do when his mission is compromised. Tr...

Music And Musket: Bands And Bandsmen Of The American Civil War

Olson, Kenneth and Kenneth E. Olson · 1981

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,474)

Greenwood Press 1981 Hardback 299 Kenneth Olson has written a thoroughly documented study of the role of bandsmen and field musicians in the Civil War. The strength of the book lies in its extensive quotations from diaries, letters, regimental histories and other unpublished d...

Sundiver

David Brin · 1999

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,676)

Orbit Books 1999 Paperback 340 Circling the Sun, under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver prepares for the most momentous voyage in our history. A journey into the boiling inferno of the sun, to seek our destiny in the cosmic order of life. For in a universe in which ...

Apache At War: Flying The Worlds Deadliest Attack Helicopter In Combat

Steve Jones · 2025

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,676)

Blink Publishing 2025 Paperback 375 Billed as 'the ultimate fighting machine', the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter is a US-designed close-support aircraft in service in the UK with the Army Air Corps (AAC). Apache at War is a senior British pilot's vivid and uncompromising acco...

Advice And Consent The Politics Of Consultation In Japan

Frank J. Schwartz · 2001

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,794)

Cambridge University Press 2001 Paperback 327 If the postwar era has witnessed a pluralizing trend in Japan, that is not to say that many diverse, fluctuating groups compete equally in the political marketplace. Instead, small sets of well-organized, narrowly-focused interest ...

Presidential Anecdotes

Paul F. Boller · 1982

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Penguin 1982 Paperback 410 From George Washington to Bill Clinton, a collection of delightful anecdotes. Owner's Name inside. Good

Heritage Of Western Civilization

John L. Beatty and Oliver A. Johnson · 1987

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,155)

Prentice-Hall 1987 Paperback 404 Volume 2 of the Heritage of Western Civilization. Cover showing signs of wear, pages edges discoloured otherwise good. Fair

The Witch Of Cologne

Tobsha Learner · 2004

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,155)

HarperCollins Publishers Australia 2004 Paperback 592 This is the story of Ruth bas Elazar Saul, a Jewish midwife who returns to her home of Deutz, outside Cologne in Germany. Imbued with the radical ideas of Spinoza and with the ancient Hebrew Kabbalism, Ruth's revolutionary ...

New Zealand Book Of The Beach

Graeme Lay · 2008

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

David Ling Publishing Limited 2008 Paperback 220 Cover sunned and stained. Fair

How To Have A Happy Dog

Andrea McHugh · 2006

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Octopus Publishing Group 2006 Paperback 160 What makes a happy dog? An owner who understands Fido’s wants and needs and can accurately read the animal’s behavior. Andrea McHugh, co-author of the bestselling Dog Tricks , provides sensitive guidance on how to ensure that man’s b...

The Complete Book Of Herbs And Spices

Philippa Back and Claire Loewenfeld · 1976

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,428)

A H & A W Reed 1976 Hardback 315 This book is the result of years of practical experience, knowledge and research by two well known authors, and brings to light many new ideas and possibilities for the uses of herbs and spices. It's comprehensive information, gathered from a w...

A Ship Made Of Paper

Scott Spencer · 2003

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

William Heinemann 2003 Paperback 351 In this novel, Daniel Paris has returned to the Hudson River town where he grew up. Living with Kate and her daughter Ruby, he settles into the kind of secure family life he missed as a child. Falling in love with Iris, a black woman whose ...

Bravo, Neu Zeeland: Two Māori In Vienna, 1859-1860

Helen M. Hogan · 2003

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,226)

Clerestory Press 2003 Paperback 130 This is one of the earliest and most significant overseas travel accounts written in Māori - the diary of a visit to Vienna made by its author, Hemara Te Rerehau, and his Tainui kinsman, Wiremu Toetoe. But it's not only a report on the young...