The Lost Boys - The untold stories of the under-age soldiers who fought in the First World War (HB) by Paul Byrnes
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
INDIE AWARD WINNER 2020They were just boys. And they were to face the horrors of a war more diabolical than any of them could have imagined. This is their story. Hundreds of Australian and New Zealander boys enlisted in the First World War, some as young as 13. No one knows how many went to war, but at ...Show more
The Quick and the Dead - True stories of life and death from a New Zealand pathologist by Cynric Temple-Camp
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Dr Cynric Temple-Camp's suspense-filled, often Gothic story-telling ability captivated readers in his debut book, The Cause of Death. In the Quick and the Dead, New Zealand's self-confessed aficionado of death is back with more mysterious illnesses, gruesome murders, baffling crimes, and the other curio ...Show more
Maori Peoples of New Zealand by Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
$49.99 NZD
Category: Maori & Te Reo | Reading Level: very good
The first publication to come out of the online Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand project tells the story of the Tangata Whenua of Aotearoa, from their journeys across the vast Pacific Ocean to the histories of all the major iwi, including the contemporary issues they face today. No other book brings t ...Show more
The Maori Meeting House: Introducing the Whare Whakairo by Damian Skinner
$49.99 NZD
Category: Maori & Te Reo
This all-new introductory guide to the whare whakairo, or Maori meeting house, covers every aspect of these magnificent taonga (treasures) - their history and evolution, structure and art forms, symbolism and cultural power. Generously illustrated with over a hundred intriguing historical and contempora ...Show more
Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys by Hammond Catherine
$75.00 NZD
Category: Art and Design | Reading Level: near fine
A vivid and revealing book published alongside a landmark exhibition focused on one of New Zealand’s most internationally recognised artists, Frances Hodgkins. Marking the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth New Zealand-born Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) arrived in London in 1901 and, by the 1920s, h ...Show more
Antibiotic Resistance - The end of modern medicine? (BWB Texts) by Siouxsie Wiles
$14.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
In ten years' time, will antibiotics still work? Have we let bacteria get the upper hand in the evolutionary arms race?In the 1920s the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin started a golden age of medicine. However, experts warn that the end of that age may be just a decade away. In this BWB Text, mic ...Show more
Hapata: Te Kuri Maia o te Moana (Herbert the Brave Sea Dog Te Reo Maori edition) by Robyn Belton
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children's
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Robyn Belton's heart-warming, beautifully illustrated story, this truelife adventure, has now been translated into Te Reo Māori. Hapata te kuri maia o te moana is the true story about a small dog who lived by the sea. Everybody loved him, but the person who loved him ...Show more
Observations of a Rural Nurse by Sara Mcintyre
$60.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: near fine
Sara McIntyre, the daughter of the artist Peter McIntyre, was nine years old when her family first came to Kākahi, in the King Country, in 1960. The family has been linked to Kākahi ever since. On the family car trips of her childhood, McIntyre got used to her fathers frequent stops for subject matter f ...Show more
House of Treasures - 150 Objects from Canterbury Museum Nga Taonga Tuku Iho by James Herries Beattie, Et Al
$69.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Since first opening its doors to the public on Rolleston Avenue on 1 October 1870, Canterbury Museum has come to house an estimated 2.3 million taonga (treasures). To celebrate the Museum’s 150th anniversary, 150 taonga (treasures) from this vast collection are showcased in a superbly designed and photo ...Show more
The History of a Riot (BWB Texts) by Jared Davidson
$15.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
'What follows is a microhistory of collective revolt.' In 1843, the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson was rocked by the revolt of its emigrant labourers. Over 70 gang-men and their wives collectively resisted their poor working conditions through petitions, strikes and, ultimately, violence. Yet ...Show more
Above the Treeline: A nature guide to alpine New Zealand by Alan Mark
$80.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
'Above the Treeline' is an essential publication for anyone interested in the natural world of alpine New Zealand, a guide not only to the plants, but also the ferns, mosses, lichen, invertebrates, birds and lizards that occupy these rich and diverse environments. This book is based on a smaller field g ...Show more
Landfall 242: Spring 2021 by Lynley Edmeades (editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Series: Landfall Ser.
Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. It showcases new fiction and poetry, as well as biographical and critical essays, and cultural commentary. Each issue brims with a mix of vital new work by this country's best writers. There are reviews of the latest boo ...Show more