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9781869506704
Short Fat Chick to Marathon Runner order quantity
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author: Kerre Woodham with Gareth Brown
Published by: HarperCollins New Zealand
When celebrated radio personality and columnist Kerre Woodham found herself forty, overweight and depressed she faced two choices – do nothing and probably not make it to fifty or do something and get her life back. Fortunately for all of us, and especially those women who like to eat and dress well, she decided to fight back. Leaving kilos of herself and two bra sizes behind ‘somewhere in the Waitakeres’ she embarked on a fitness and training regime, with a goal to complete the Auckland marathon. To the laugh out loud delight and support of her readers and listeners, she battled her way to fitness and achieved her goal – then decided that she didn’t want to stop. With the 2008 New York marathon in her sights, Short Fat Chick to Marathon Runner documents her life changing decision to get fit and stay fit, eat what she wants and still wear a size 12 dress. With insightful comments and fitness and training tips from her personal ... more
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Author: Gareth Morgan & Geoff Simmons with John McCrystal
Published by: Public Interest Publishing (NZ)
New Zealand’s health system is a political football, held together only by the high quality of our nurses and doctors, according to a new book from Gareth Morgan.
While the local health system scrubs up surprisingly well globally, Dr Morgan finds a substantial mismatch between the public’s expectations and what the health system actually delivers. Morgan and Simmons go behind the scenes of the New Zealand public health system and bring clarity to the issues that need to be addressed if crisis is to be avoided.
The book explores the consequences of ongoing avoidance of the tough calls on rationing and prioritisation. It considers how many New Zealanders are already suffering or missing out from health care because of ad-hoc interventions in response to pressure groups.

DoP- November 2009, Wellington
230x150mm /280pp
Paperback
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Up the Andes order quantity
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Author: Jo Morgan
Published by: Phantom House Books
A ride from the Alto Plano of Bolivia and Peru to the frozen tip of Patagonia; on the world's most dangerous road, where the stakes are high, on to Argentina's fabled Ruta 40, where the steaks are large and cheap. Across salt pans, into mud holes, up the Andes and down again; past the ruins of the ruins of Macchu Pichu, and on the edge of the epicentre of the Chilean earthquake. Through a land of contrasts - mountains and lowlands, deserts and glaciers, wealth and poverty, speakers of Spanish and us with our phrasebooks, tourist traps and lands that time forgot. Join Gareth and Joanne Morgan and their motorcycling companions as they travel to South America on the latest leg of their quest to ride the world by bike. Thrills, spills, mishaps and misadventures, near misses and close shaves, punctures and breakdowns, injury and insult, frictions and frustrations - the rigours of expedition riding in this far-flung corner of the world ... more
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9781869418885
Backblocks America : Jo & Gareth Morgan take on the States, Canada and Mexico order quantity
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Author: Jo & Gareth Morgan
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
Backblocks America: Jo and Gareth Morgan take on the States, Mexico and Canada is the story of Jo and Gareth's latest trip.
Backblocks America is a roadtrip of discovery. They start at St Augustine, Florida where the first European settlement was made in 1565 by the Spanish, and eventually wander to the Alaskan coast on the Arctic Ocean, where much earlier the Indians arrived. Along the route they take in the history and music of the South, from the War of Independence, to the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, country music, rock and roll and the Blues. Into Mexico then up the Rockies from Santa Fe to Alaska. Finally turning south they ferry through the Inner Passage to the top of Vancouver Island and begin riding down the West Coast to journey's end at Los Angeles.
A trip of some 22,000 kms - and it was a real education. This book is structured differently to Silk Riders in that it's not a straight ... more
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After The Panic : Surviving bad investments and bad advice order quantity
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Author: Gareth Morgan with John McCrystal
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
Follows on from 'Pension Panic' where Gareth outlines the problems with the products that have collapsed; talks about why the savings and investment sector is still structurally sick; and discusses how best to navigate investing now. Many of Gareth's predictions from that book have come true - a number of finance companies have gone bust, the property market is in tatters and lots of super schemes are in trouble. In After the Panic Gareth outlines the problems with the products that have collapsed; talks about why the savings and investment sector is still structurally sick; and discusses how best to navigate investing now. This is a must-have book for anyone with super, Kiwisaver or investments of any kind.

Author Biography: Dr Gareth Morgan is CEO of Gareth Morgan Investments portfolio manager, and chairman of and a consultant to economics consultancy Infometrics Ltd which he founded in 1982. He is also a well-known columnist, a ... more
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9781869790455
Poles Apart : Beyond the Shouting, Who's Right About Climate Change? order quantity
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Author: Gareth Morgan & John McCrystal
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
Gareth Morgan couldn't make up his mind who to believe in the climate change debate. Are we really in the grips of global warming? Or is the earth merely undergoing natural variations in temperatiure and weather patterns? In order to find out, Gareth employed two teams of scientists from either side of this debate to give answers to his questions. These teams are made up of some of the best authorities in their subjects in the world.
Having visited both Antractica and the Arctic Gareth and John add their own observations - and the result is a fascinating read.

First published May 2009.
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9781869711740
Bad: New Zealand crooks, cranks, creeps and killers order quantity
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Author: Graham Hutchins
Published by: Hodder Moa Beckett Publishers Ltd
Bad Kiwis is an entertaining account of some of New Zealand's most notorious, controversial and colourful citizens and the often-dastardly deeds that made them infamous. This is a selection of 'the best of the worst' that allows for a deeper, more thorough examination of each subject with an accent placed on the formative years and childhoods of the subjects. Bad Kiwis covers the historical gamut, from the early days of European settlement to the contemporary scene. It also ranges along the social spectrum, from corrupt early policiticians to murderous loners and 1980's opportunists.
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9781869417758
Silk Riders : Jo and Gareth Morgan's incredible journey on the trail of Marco Polo order quantity
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NZ$ 39.00 each
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Author: Joanne & Gareth Morgan with John McCrystal
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
The Silk Rider trip was conceived after three biking trips of shorter duration – two in the Himalayas and one in the Andes. It was very clear that month-long trips are great but there is another level – a number of countries to navigate and borders to negotiate; a trip without any pre-arranged accommodation; a motorcycle journey without support vehicles so each rider is self-contained; and finally a theme to ride bikes by. That theme was “In the footsteps of Marco Polo” and it set a backdrop to this traverse of Eurasia. Marco (1254-1324) was born on Korcula, an island in the Adriatic off Split in Croatia. But he was raised in Venice and in 1271 set out with his two uncles for Cathay. The return journey took 24 years – outbound by land alone taking 3 years, in China for 17 years and then home by sea, dictating his book, "The Travels of Marco Polo", from a Genoa prison cell 3 years later in 1298. As he lay on his deathbed he confessed, ... more
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9780143018674
The Penguin History of New Zealand order quantity
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Author: Michael King
Published by: Penguin Books Ltd
Shortlisted for the 2004 Montana NZ Book Awards, History section.

New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth.

The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges is an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane: and that Maori, far from being victims of "fatal impact", coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer.

The latter part of the ... more
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Bridging the Gap order quantity
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Author: Kelvin Cruickshank
Published by: Puffin
Kelvin is one of three mediums selected to investigate unsolved murders on the acclaimed TV2 series Sensing Murder - now in its fifth series and showing in over 25 countries around the world. Kelvin's first book, Walking in Light, shares memories of his earliest experiences with the spirit world and his struggle to accept his gift. He also recalls many of the amazingly accurate communications he has shared with believers and sceptics alike. In his second book, Bridging the Gap, Kelvin recounts amazing stories about channelling Spirit to help people who were struggling to move on from the death of a loved one. The results have been amazing - people have had their lives literally changed and hearts healed by the contact. Some of the stories are sad, some are funny, but all are inspiring.
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9781869508005
The Power of Mothers : Releasing Our Children order quantity
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Author: Celia Lashlie
Published by: Harpercollins
A hard hitting look at our troubled society, the intergenerational cycle of crime and criminal families and the women who have the power to change things for the better - if we let them.
 
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9418818999996
The Bridge to Nowhere: The ill-fated Mangapurua Settlement order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Published by: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd
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9781869537647
RSA Country order quantity
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Author: Rachel Teen
Published by: David Bateman Ltd
RSA Country opens the door to the many New Zealanders who have served in the armed forces over the years. Its pages reflect many past sacrifices, it proudly records the present, and it looks, with hope, to the future. In 2008, the 90th year since the end of World War I, Rachel Teen travelled the length of New Zealand with her camera visiting as many of the operating Returned Service Association clubs in the country as possible.
This photographic journal is the result.
A snapshot of the RSA in that year, her travels brought her into contact with the servicemen and women, many of whom were instrumental in laying the foundations for the RSAs we see today, who do so much to keep the memories of their fallen comrades alive, as well as in supporting those who remain.
She also met many others who work in the RSAs, who are active in keeping the spirit of the RSA movement vibrant and of relevance to current and future ... more
 
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9780473138196
BJ The Cripple with a Difference order quantity
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Author: Helen Prideaux
Published by: Helen Prideaux
 
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9780473150211
Gallivanting hrough Greece order quantity
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Author: Lynne Beaven
Published by: Lynne Beaven
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9781869793005
Cat Amongst the Pigeons: A Memoir order quantity
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Author: Catherine Dame Tizard
Published by: Vintage New Zealand
The Tizard political dynasty is headed by a woman many would consider a New Zealand matriarch, Dame Catherine Tizard, formerly mayor of Auckland and our first woman Governor General.

Feisty, irreverent, shrewd, fun-loving and resourceful, she built the Aotea Centre and lifted Government House out of its stiff and starchy past and into a more relevant present. When she bungy-jumped off the SkyTower for charity the Queen sent her a telegram: 'Well jumped. Elizabeth R.'

The daughter of left-wing Scots immigrants and born in a tiny Waikato town, she personifies the New Zealand story: how talent and determination and a zeal to leave the world a better place than you found it can take you to the top. This lively memoir captures her rich and remarkable life

and is full of fascinating insights into some of the key social movements and political events and intrigues of our modern history.

 
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9780473162948
Disability Doesn't Hold me Back order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
Published by: Helen Prideaux
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9781869712006
How to Survive a Leaky Home : Risks, Remedies and Repairs order quantity
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Author: Yvonne Van Dongen
Published by: Hodder Moa Beckett Publishers Ltd
In one way or another the leaky homes catastrophe affects everyone in New Zealand, most especially the unfortunate home owners. This book is a guide for people from woe to go. It will provide the reader with information on the following: "Tell-tale" signs and other not-so-obvious signs, who to go to, what steps to take, how the Weathertight Homes Tribunal works, whether to go to court or use the state system, what to expect in terms of time and cost, what to claim for and whether to stay in the home or go during repair.
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Katherine Mansfield : The Story-Teller order quantity
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Author: Kathleen Jones
Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
I was jealous of her writing – the only writing I have been jealous of.—Virginia Woolf

Widely acknowledged as New Zealand's finest writer, Katherine Mansfield holds a special place in the hearts of New Zealanders. A new biography is a significant literary event.

Katherine Mansfield: The Story-teller is the first new biography of Mansfield for a quarter of a century. It is published at a time when interest in Mansfield and her work is increasing throughout the world.

Kathleen Jones gives a vivid portrayal of Mansfield, correcting previous misinterpretations of her illnesses and relationships, and weaving a compelling drama from the detail. The story extends further still, beyond Mansfield's death in 1923, to include the subsequent life of her husband, John Middleton Murry, shedding fascinating new light on the way Murry controversially manipulated the publication of some of Mansfield's unpublished work.

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9781741759075
Cleo : How An Uppity Cat Helped Heal a Family order quantity
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Author: Helen Brown
Published by: Allen & Unwin
Helen Brown wasn't a cat person, but her nine-year-old son Sam was. Helen's heart melted as Sam held one of the kittens in his and the deal was done - the kitten would be delivered when she was big enough to leave her mother. A week later, Sam was dead. Not long after, a little black kitten was delivered to the grieving family.
This is the story of how a small black feline helped mend a family's broken hearts by sheer force of her cat personality.
It is a warm and often funny book about love, loss and redemption.
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9781877242441
Encircled Lands : Te Urewera, 1820-1921 order quantity
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Author: Judith Binney
Published by: Bridget Williams Books
Finalist in the General Non-Fiction category.

During the nineteenth century the Urewera was a remote but enticing wilderness except for the Maori who lived there, for them it was a sheltering homeland. In 1866-67 large areas were taken by confiscation or forced cession.At the end of the fighting in 1872 the Urewera became an autonomous district, governed by its own leaders. In 1921-22 the Urewera Native Reserve was abolished in law. This book provides the historical context for Tuhoe's quest for the restoration of their 'nationhood'.
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9781869792978
Every Bastard Says No : The 42 Below Story order quantity
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Author: Justine & Geoff Ross
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
If you haven't heard of the success of 42 Below Vodka you must have been living under a rock! Initially brewed by Wellington advertising man Geoff Ross in his garage, everything about this vodka was audacious, from the very notion of making high-end vodka Downunder to its shock-and-awe advertising campaigns and the fact that it would go on to beat the world's great brands in international vodka competitions. But the most remarkable thing about 42 Below was the way it stole the world's bartenders' hearts and eventually attracted the attention of liquor giant Bacardi, which paid millions to buy the brand two years ago. Every Bastard Says No is the rollicking tale of how Geoff Ross, his wife Justine and their business partners and loyal staff risked all and worked their butts off to do what New Zealanders so dream of doing but so rarely manage: build a brand that makes the world sit up and take notice. It's an inspirational business ... more
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Every Bastard Says No : The 42 Below Story order quantity
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Author: Justine & Geoff Ross
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
If you haven't heard of the success of 42 Below Vodka you must have been living under a rock! Initially brewed by Wellington advertising man Geoff Ross in his garage, everything about this vodka was audacious, from the very notion of making high-end vodka Downunder to its shock-and-awe advertising campaigns and the fact that it would go on to beat the world's great brands in international vodka competitions. But the most remarkable thing about 42 Below was the way it stole the world's bartenders' hearts and eventually attracted the attention of liquor giant Bacardi, which paid millions to buy the brand two years ago. Every Bastard Says No is the rollicking tale of how Geoff Ross, his wife Justine and their business partners and loyal staff risked all and worked their butts off to do what New Zealanders so dream of doing but so rarely manage: build a brand that makes the world sit up and take notice. It's an inspirational business ... more
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9781869793890
Man for All Seasons: The Life and Times of Ken Douglas order quantity
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Author: David Grant
Published by: Random House
Ken Douglas was raised in a hardworking, tough-talking, union-focussed Wellington family and got into union politics as a very young working man. Hard-nosed, pragmatic and never scared of a scrap, he rose through the ranks, got deeper into left-wing ideology and activity with his membership of the Socialist Unity Party, and ultimately became head of the FOL, and the most powerful unionist in the land.
Depending on your politics, he was one of the most respected or the most hated men in the country; ironic then that in later years he was appointed to some of the country's most important boards.

In this powerful biography, David Grant - who had unprecedented access to Douglas - explores the facets of this remarkable man, who was there during the union movement's most powerful days and watched its emasculation.
It is a unique portrait of a unique New Zealander, whose life has been this country's times.

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9781877365232
The Queen's Heroes: Victoria and New Zealand Crosses order quantity
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Author: Murray Moorhead
Published by: Zenith Publishing
Although they fought together, died together, shared the dangers of battle together - for kiwi colonial soldiers fighting alongside their British equivalents the yardstick used to judge bravery was firmly tilted to one side. No matter how devoted or outstandingly brave, the coveted Victoria Cross by its very charter could only sit on a heart that pumped English blood through its veins. It was a time of supreme inequality.
When the Victoria Cross was awarded to Captain Charles Heaphy it rocked the hallowed halls of England. He was a mere colonial . . . The shock waves also resonated across New Zealand; this jealously guarded honour surely belonged to an elite circle. A rosette, chevrons and a few pounds were suggested as suitable reward for the colonial bravest of the brave.
Real recognition for the most gallant kiwi soldiers only came with Governor Sir George Bowen's instigation of New Zealand’s own military award. March 11 1869 ... more
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Way Back Then Before We Were Ten : New Zealand writers and childhood order quantity
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Author: Graeme Lay (ed)
Published by: David Ling Publishing Limited
A wonderful collection of stories and memoir from childhood. Childhood is at times joyful, at times traumatic. In this anthology twenty-six distinguished New Zealand writers evoke memories of their early years, in fiction and memoir. Their stories and memoirs resonate with love and betrayal, friendship and disloyalty, elation and anxiety. The writing features parents and teachers, peers, siblings and other relatives, the loveable and the unloveable. There are wondrous discoveries of the natural and cultural world and glimpses into the enigmatic realm that is adulthood. From the Victorian era of Katherine Mansfield's upbringing to that of today's multicultural society, the contributions reflect many of the personal and social changes which our society has undergone over the last one hundred years. The collection is packed with emotion as the writers conjure up that never-to-be-forgotten time, 'Way Back Then, Before We Were Ten'. Every ... more
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Everything We Hoped For order quantity
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Author: Pip Adam
Published by: Victoria University Press
Everything We Hoped For is an unusually strong first book, distinguished by an exquisitely crafted surface and barely contained emotional force. A young mother in shocked contemplation of her new baby and young women in rehab and jail feature in mostly short and oblique stories which echo and connect with cumulative power. A broad range of other characters, including a NZ serviceman returned from active duty in Dili, the employees of a $2 Shop and a vegan couple at a Samoan resort complete an impressive contemporary canvas.

First published May 2010
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9780958240154
Heaven + Earth : Global warming - the missing science order quantity
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Author: Ian Plimer
Published by: Howling at the Moon Publishing Ltd
The reviews are stunning:

'... a damning critique of the 'evidence' underpinning man-made global warming.'—Wall Street Journal

'...a wonderfully comprehensive and fearless book...If there are any willing to hear some truly inconvenient truths on the stampeding advocacy of global warming, Mr. Plimer's book is a collection of some of the sternest.' —The Globe and Mail

'...a brilliantly argued book... /Heaven and Earth/ is an evidence-based attack on conformity and orthodoxy, including my own, and a reminder to respect informed dissent and beware of ideology subverting evidence.'—Sydney Morning Herald

'Only a geological perspective can provide a proper view of climate change. Professor Plimer's book does a masterful job of demonstrating that Nature rules the climate, not human activity.'—S. Fred Singer, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

'...the best book on science and scientists I have ... more
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9781869711559
How We Saw The War: 1938-1945 Through New Zealand Eyes order quantity
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NZ$ 50.00 each
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Author: Ron Palenski
Published by: Hodder Moa
The story of World War two told through the eyes of New Zealand media. Palenski revisits newspapers and other media, revealing the "unique experiences of Kiwis and milestones during the war".
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9780670074242
NZSAS : The First Fifty Years order quantity
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Author: Ron Crosby
Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
NZSAS: The First Fifty Years by Ron Crosby is the first and only official history of New Zealand's elite Special Forces, the New Zealand Special Air Service. From their first ever engagements in the jungles of Malaya in 1956, through to the Vietnam War and on to modern conflicts in Iraq, East Timor and Afghanistan, this book traces the history and development of 1 NZSAS Group. Illustrated with maps and never-before-seen photographs, and told by the men who were there - in most cases in their own words - the book provides a rare and fascinating insight into the clandestine world of covert operations. 464 pages.

DoP August 2009, Auckland
Hardcover
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9781869693992
The Parihaka Album : Lest We Forget order quantity
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Author: Rachel Buchanan
Published by: Huia Publishers
A photo album doesn't tell the whole story of a family, and this book doesn't tell the whole story of Parihaka. Rather, it is a collection of snapshots, a patchwork quilt, a scrapbook. The Parihaka Album: Lest We Forget blends the personal and the historical. It tracks the author Rachel Buchanan's discovery of her family's links with Parihaka and her Maori and Pakeha ancestors' roles in the early days of the city that is now Parihaka.

First published 2009.
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9781869792077
The World's Fastest Indian : Burt Munro - a Scrapbook of His Life order quantity
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Author: Roger Donaldson
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
This book reveals the real Burt Munro - the man behind the movie. Roger Donaldson has been studying Burt Munro for many years. He made a documentary on him back in 1971, called Offerings to the God of Speed, as well as the 2005 international hit movie The World's Fastest Indian. During research for both films, he collected lots of material which has never been published, and Burt's son also released Munro family scrapbooks to Roger, allowing them to be published here for the first time. In preparation for the doco Roger interviewed Burt and also taped Burt chatting to several of his cronies and coworkers. These tapes have been transcribed for this book, presenting the real Burt Munro in his own words.
The book includes a bonus DVD with 2 hours of special features including the God of Speed documentary.

First published October 2009.
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9781877372810
Beyond The Scene : Landscape and Identity in Aotearoa New Zealand order quantity
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Author: Janet Stephenson , Mick Abbott & Jacinta Ruru (Editors)
Published by: University of Otago Press
If a nation could be said to have a dominant passion, New Zealand's would be its landscapes. Images of spectacular natural features pervade the media - between the pages of glossy coffee-table books, in tourism promotions and on screen as the setting for blockbuster movies - but are these scenes that define its people? For Beyond the Scene the editors asked eleven writers to choose a landscape that was important to them and to write it from the perspective of their life experience and knowledge. From farmer to art historian and film critic, geographer and planner to lawyer, from landscape architect to poet and environmentalist - these are diverse voices. Each discusses a very different landscape: from suburban Auckland and rural Waikato to a planned town in Canterbury and much-filmed Otago. Together, they investigate the relationship landscape has to identity, community and psyche.


Contents: Foreword : Diane Menzies -- 1 ... more
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9781869791544
Hunting : A New Zealand History order quantity
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Author: Kate Hunter
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
Thousands of New Zealanders have hunted in the past and continue to hunt today.
New Zealanders like to think of themselves as a nation of 'can-do' people. The national legend is populated
by physically capable, self-reliant men and women. That legend used to be based on pioneers and farmers,
and has now come to encompass our identity as outdoor adventurers and conservationists.
Hunters belong in this national story as well. Hunting was essential to successful colonisation. It touched the
core need to eat and the human desire to share meals. It served as a form of community building, of family
cohesion, it involved inter-generational knowledge being handed down. Cutting across racial and class
differences, hunting tells us more about different groups and their perspectives on the natural world.

First published August 2009.
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Kiwi Companeros : New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War order quantity
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Author: Mark Derby (ed)
Published by: Canterbury University Press
In the first-ever account of New Zealand's role in Spain's civil war of 1936-39, Mark Derby presents the personal stories of some extraordinary individuals who became involved. For example:
* A fighter pilot from Wellington who landed his plane with a shattered shoulder, then left for Hollywood to make movies with Errol Flynn
* A tough young wharfie from Napier who buried 80 of his fellow fighters in a single grave, and later became a union leader and thorn in the side of PM Rob Muldoon

Derby records also the actions of New Zealanders who worked for the Spanish cause at home by raising funds, lobbying politicians, writing poems and spreading propaganda.
Kiwi Companeros includes contributions from some of New Zealand's leading writers and historians. It draws on personal letters, recently released military documents and previously unpublished photographs to tell an all-but-forgotten story.

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Mad Or Bad? The Life and Exploits of Mary Bock 1859-1943 order quantity
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Author: Jenny Coleman
Published by: University of Otago Press
Amy Bock's life has been the inspiration for plays, books, a television programme, a photographic exhibition, a musical composition and recent events surrounding the re-enactment of her wedding as Percy Redwood at Kaka Point 100 years ago. Mad or Bad? is the first full-length biography of New Zealand's most notorious female criminal con artist. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Amy had a convict heritage on both sides of her family. While she gained notoriety in 1909 for her impersonation of a man and marriage with an unsuspecting woman, the author shows how her whole life was one of fraud and misrepresentation. After teaching for six years in Victorian schools until she was asked to resign, Amy migrated to New Zealand in 1884. Assuming a variety of personae and remaining conveniently itinerant, she pursued a consistent course of petty crime for the next twenty-five years. In presenting her colourful and chequered life, this biography leaves ... more
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Author: Ingrid Horrocks
Published by: Victoria University Press
This superb collection of poems shows the benefit of ten years gestation. A group of beautiful formal lyrics which recount time spent in Japan is followed by one considering family and ancestry. The major part of the book consists of poems coming from years spent living and studying overseas and then settling back in New Zealand and starting a family. With its broad scope and variety of lyric styles, Mapping the Distance is a landmark book.

First published May 2010.
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New Zealand Birth Certificates: 50 of New Zealand's Founding Documents order quantity
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Author: Paul Moon
Published by: Auckland University of Technology
A nation is founded and develops just as people are born and grow. New Zealand has since the Treaty of Waitangi marked its development with its own kind of birth certificates - documents, treaties, pou whenua, maps, declarations of war and national anthems. New Zealand Birth Certificates plants 50 of the most prominent signposts to New Zealand history in a coherent, stimulating sequence. Each has a one-page summary, mirrored in quality reproductions of the actual documents, plus related paintings and photographs. Helping define who we are, telling the story of our nation in a vivid and memorable way, New Zealand Birth Certificates is a book to browse, study, consult and enjoy. Founding documents and landmarks reproduced include:
• Cook’s Map (1772)
• Maori (1867) and women (1893) gaining the vote
• New Zealand flag (1902)
• National Anthem (1977)
• South Pacific Nuclear Free Treaty (1985)
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9781877505010
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Author: Lisa Tamati
Published by: Allen & Unwin
The Badwater ultramarathon through Death Valley in the United States is one of the world's toughest races. Lisa Tamati was the first New Zealand woman to compete in the race alongside such legends of the sport as Dean Karnazes and David Goggins.
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9780143020561
Shattered Glory: The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front order quantity
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Author: Matthew Wright
Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 destroyed New Zealand's fantasies of war as a glorious schoolboy adventure on behalf of a beloved Empire. The Western Front campaign that followed in 1916-18 gave shape to the emotional impact. It was a horror world of death and mud that destroyed the souls of the young men who fought in it. Together, these two campaigns shaped the lives of a generation of New Zealanders and have given a particular meaning to modern memory of war.
In Shattered Glory, highly regarded historian Matthew Wright illuminates New Zealand's human experience during these two First World War campaigns, exploring the darker side of New Zealand's iconic symbols of national identity and explaining some of the realities behind the twenty-first century mythology.

First published August 2010.
 
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