The Last Secret Agent: The Untold Story of My Life as a Spy Behind Nazi Enemy Lines by Pippa Latour, Jude Dobson
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ
The extraordinary true story of one of the last female special operation agents in France to get out alive after its liberation in WWII. Born in 1921, Pippa Latour was a covert special operations agent who parachuted into a field in Nazi-occupied Normandy. Trained by the British as a Special Operations ...Show more
Nothing Significant To Report - The misadvenures of a kiwi soldier by Dario Nustrini
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
Laugh-out-loud yarns from a soldier in the New Zealand Army. When new recruit Dario Nustrini's head was freshly shaved in preparation for the army, he knew nothing about what training to fight, kill and die for New Zealand would look like. Since leaving leaving high school the year before, he had been ...Show more
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori by James Herries
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Journalist James Herries Beattie recorded southern Māori history for almost fifty years and produced many popular books and pamphlets. Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori is his most important work. This significant resource, which is based on a major field project Beattie carried out for the Ota ...Show more
MORE Late Life Adventures in London & Beyond by Annemarie Rawson
$32.99 NZD
Category: NZ
Join Annemarie and her husband Steve in their inspiring travelogue as they explore London’s hidden gems, the UK, and a host of enticing European destinations. Experience the beauty of the fascinating places they visit, immerse yourself in local history and culture, meeting local characters while savouri ...Show more
Kia Hiwa Ra! Maori Journalism in Aotearoa by Atakohu Middleton
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Maori journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand has become a vibrant industry, reporting through print, radio, television and the internet. This book looks at the history of Maori journalism and the elements that make it what it is today. The author examines the way that news values common in English-speaking ...Show more
Do You Still Have Time For Chaos? by Lynn Davidson
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Do You Still Have Time for Chaos? tells the story of poet and teacher Lynn Davidson’s late-life decision to leave Aotearoa New Zealand, with scant resources, to build a life in Scotland. In 2020, in the frightening quiet of a Covid-emptied Edinburgh, she begins her memoir; temporarily at home at the Ra ...Show more
Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu by Russell Beck; Maika Mason
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ | Reading Level: very good
Pounamu, or jade, is one of New Zealand's most treasured natural resources, celebrated for its rich beauty and significance to the Māori people. Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu is a simple and stylish collection of object photographs that honours the stone in its many forms. Respected pounamu spe ...Show more
Cape to Bluff: A survey of residential architecture from Aotearoa New Zealand by Simon Devitt Photographer Ltd
$79.99 NZD
Category: NZ
Cape to Bluff is a portrait of New Zealand's most inspiring residential architecture, journeying across the islands from north to south. It features 30 incredible Kiwi homes, some never seen before, photographed exclusively for the book. It showcases the work of NZ's top architects and how they create ...Show more
Treaty of Waitangi by Calman Ross
$25.99 NZD
Category: NZ
A short, balanced introduction to the nation's founding document. In plain language it covers the events around the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi, and what has happened since. Also included is information on the key personalities, a wealth of illustrations, and the full text of the treaty, in Englis ...Show more
Favourite Maori Legends by A.W. Reed; Ross Calman
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ
Maori myths and legends have an important role in transmitting and regenerating traditional knowledge. Yet as Ross Calman points out in his introduction to this new edition, they are also simply great yarns - reflective of a time when telling and listening to stories was a key leisure activity in Maori ...Show more
Dame Suzy D: My Story by Susan Devoy
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ
A four-time world squash champion, Dame Susan Devoy has led a remarkably varied life. She's been Race Relations Commissioner, a television star, a newspaper columnist, raised four boys and met Bill Clinton and King Charles. Fiercely driven and wildly competitive, her straight up style and hilarious turn ...Show more
Keyflowers: A Homeopathic Transformation by Angela Hair
$32.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Angela Hair is a homeopath, mother, grandmother, artist and a person who has lived with a pineal brain tumour for over a decade. This book describes how life took her on an adventure that required many skills. Some of these skills she learned in the mountains as a climber, others came through raising th ...Show more