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Made In America

Bill Bryson · 2016

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,155)

Black Swan 2016 Paperback 479 An informal history of the English language in America by the inimitable Bill Bryson. Tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with...

Taratai: A Pacific Adventure

James Siers · 1977

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Millwood Press 1977 Paperback 306 This book is not only an adventure story of a dramatic voyage -- it is an account of a unique way of life of a race of extraordinary people whose life is ruled by the ocean. It is full of insight and anecdote, heartbreak and final sweetness of...

Tall Tales And Wee Stories

Billy Connolly · 2019

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Two Roads 2019 Paperback 330 The Best of Billy Connolly. Water damage to first few pages; cover creased. Fair

The Other Queen

Philippa Gregory · 2008

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,995)

HarperCollins 2008 Paperback 448 Mary is Queen of Scotland but she has been forced to flee her land and take refuge in an England that is ruled by her cousin Elizabeth. But England, precarious in its Protestant state, set against the mighty powers of Spain, France and Rome, do...

Ghost Wave The Discovery Of Cortes Bank And The Biggest Wave On Earth

Chris Dixon · 2011

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,794)

Hachette Australia 2011 Paperback 309 In GHOST WAVE, Chris Dixon dives deep into the fascinating history of Cortes Bank and the motley brotherhood of argumentative, damaged, brave and quirky margin walkers who discovered and scaled the tallest mountain in the sea. Along the wa...

Stealing The Wave The Epic Struggle Between Ken Bradshaw And Mark Foo

Andrew Martin and Andy Martin · 2007

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2007 Paperback 256 It is winter in the mid-eighties and two surfers are battling for supremacy at Waimea Bay, on the North Shore of Hawaii, surfing's spiritual home, where some of the biggest, most awesome waves in the world crash onto the shore. Ken ...

Megatrends For Women

Patricia Aburdene and John Naisbitt · 1992

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Villard 1992 Hardback 388 "Excellent and insightful. Aburdene and Naisbitt show how women are revolutionizing American society. " U. S. REPRESENTATIVE PAT SHROEDER As women assume power in all facets of public and private life in the 1990s, the quality of every woman's life wi...

Rethinking The Future

Rowan Gibson · 1997

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,676)

Nicholas Brealey Publishing 1997 Hardback 276 Rethinking Business, Principles, Competition, Control & Complexity, Leadership, Markets, And The World. From this all-star cast of today's most highly-regarded business philosophers, futurists and practitioners comes a panoramic pe...

Local Girl Missing

Claire Douglas · 2016

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Penguin Random House 2016 Paperback 400 Twenty years ago 21-year-old Sophie Collier vanishes one night. She leaves nothing behind but a trainer on the old pier - and a hole in the heart of her best friend Francesca. Now A body's been found. And Francesca's drawn back to the se...

Conversations on Success Volume Three

Steve Gilliland · 2005

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Insight Publishing 2005 Paperback 129 Usually, in informal groups of professionals, there are those who clearly have lived through more battles and learned more lessons than the others. These are the men and women who are really getting the job done and everyone around the roo...

Travels With A Donkey In The Cévennes And Other Travel Writings

Robert Louis Stevenson · 2019

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Courier Dover Publications 2019 Paperback 240 Temperament and poor health motivated Robert Louis Stevenson to travel widely throughout his short life, and before he was celebrated as the author of Treasure Island, A Child's Garden of Verses, and other immortal works, he was kn...

Palmer's Book Of Terracotta Gardening

Sue Linn · 1994

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Random House New Zealand 1994 Paperback 136 The main aim of this text is to make container gardening easier. It provides inspiration and ideas along with practical know-how. It is specifically suited to container gardening using terracotta pots. Large. Good

Traditional Fare Cookbook: Palmerston North Boys' High School - Established 1902

Palmerston North Boys' High School Staff · 2013

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Palmerston North Boys' High School 2013 Paperback 200 Large; Owner's Name inside. Very Good

The Waste Land - A Biography Of A Poem

Matthew Hollis · 2022

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,151)

Faber & Faber 2022 Hardback 524 A riveting account of the making of T. S. Eliot's celebrated poem The Waste Land on its centenary. Renowned as one of the world's greatest poems, The Waste Land has been said to describe the moral decay of a world after war and the search for me...

Love Letters An Anthology Of Passion

Michelle Lovric · 1994

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Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1994 Hardback 48 A romantic, interactive gift book with facsimiles of real letters and quotations from five centuries of real-life love letters. These are arranged thematically tracing the natural history of romantic love from the first Revelation to fu...

The Little Black Book Of Barbecue The Essential Guide To Grilling, Smoking, And Bbq

Mike Heneberry · 2004

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Peter Pauper Press 2004 Spiral Bound 160 This "Essential Guide to Grilling, Smoking, and BBQ" includes recipes for burgers, steaks, pork, chicken, and seafood--and the vegetables, sides, and spice rubs that will make you a legendary chef and king of your own backyard. Fits han...

An Introduction To Scholarship, Building Academic Skills For Tertiary Study

Cheryl Siewierski · 2015

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Oxford University Press 2015 Paperback 221 How do you bridge the gap between secondary and tertiary education so that you will succeed in the academic environment? How can you learn to think critically as you embark on your academic career? Which practical skills do you need t...

Teeth Of The Wolf

Lee Murray and Dan Rabarts · 2018

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Raw Dog Screaming Press 2018 Paperback 236 Scientific consultant Penny Yee has barely drawn breath before Detective Inspector Tanner assigns her another suspicious death, with Matiu tagging along for the ride. That's fine as long as he stays outside the crime scene tape, but w...

Shooting Messengers (Quake City Investigations)

Kevin Berry · 2020

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,474)

Self-published 2020 Paperback 216 What if delivering the mail was a matter of life and death? Somebody brutally kills a postman in Quake City while he's delivering the mail. Laconic private investigator Danny Ashford suspects the police will bungle the investigation-they usual...

The Jargon Of The Professions

Kenneth Hudson · 1978

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Macmillan 1978 Paperback 146 In this book, Kenneth Hudson is concerned with what he calls the Professions, the Near-Professions and the Would-be Professions. 'Technical language', he points out, 'is not in itself jargon, and it is not itself a moral or criminal offence to writ...