One Girl, One Dream: The Incredible Story of the Youngest Ever Solo Circumnavigation of the World by Laura Dekker
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
The amazing autobiographical account of the youngest ever solo circumnavigation of the Earth. If you want to see the other side of the world, you can do two things: turn the world upside down, or travel there yourself. In 2012, at the age of just 16, Laura Dekker became the youngest sailor ever to singl ...Show more
One of Them by Shaneel Lal
$36.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
'Shaneel is not like anyone you have ever met. An absolute must-read.' - Ruby TuiWhat would you do if you were told by the people you loved the most that the way you were born was evil and wrong?For Shaneel Lal, this was their reality from the time they were five. Growing up in a tiny, traditional villa ...Show more
Operation Nest Egg Chick: A Kiwi Story by Maria Gill
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
Follow the story of a kiwi chick laid in the wild but raised by a Kiwi Centre. Will it survive the predators? What programme is helping it? And why is the kiwi so important? A creative non-fiction story written and illustrated by best-selling author Maria Gill and award winning illustrator Bruce Potter. ...Show more
Opo - The Hokianga Dolphin by Eric Lee-Johnson; Elizabeth Lee-Johnson
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
A best selection from Eric Lee-Johnson's unique photographic record of Opo and the Hokianga of the 1950s. While living there he photographed Opo throughout the summer while she played to the crowds and swam among delighted children and adults. The resulting photo-essay captures the atmosphere and magic ...Show more
Our Children Aotearoa: O Tatou Tamariki by Sue Copsey
$31.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
My school is pretty big, and it's hard when you're new and all alone. I like school now, especially playing netball - I'm on the team! - Ghazal, from Iran (lives in Dunedin). My grandfather takes me for walks in the forest. He teaches me what Maori used the forest for. I feel a connection to the big tre ...Show more
Peace Warriors by Raymond Huber
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
A war hero who refused to fight, students who stood up to Hitler, a ship that sailed into a nuclear test zone, a whole town which practiced non- violence. Peace Warriors tells the dramatic stories of people who chose non-violent resistance in times of conflict - stories of young men and women from New Z ...Show more
Pioneer Women (The New Zealand Series) by Sarah Ell
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: The New Zealand Series
The first two books in The NZ Series give a new take on New Zealand society, history, science and geography. Here is a snappily designed and fact-packed collection for intermediate and high-school age readers. Pioneer Women captures the experiences of European women who settled in New Zealand in the nin ...Show more
Playing Rugby League With Benji Marshall by Benji Marshall
$34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Unlike any other league book on the market, 'Playing Rugby League with Benji Marshall' is designed as an instructional and informative guide for young players.
Please Write Soon: An unforgettable story of two cousins in World War II by Michael Rosen
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Inspired by the true story of his father's cousin, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing wartime story of perseverance and hope in the face of horrors and hardship. Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and tries ...Show more
Polynesian Navigation And The Discovery Of New Zealand by Jeff Evans
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The Polynesian navigator Kupe is credited with the discovery of the land his expedition named Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. How did he and the many canoes that followed find their way to New Zealand without modern navigational techniques through perilous seas in wooden canoes? By examining myt ...Show more
Polynesian Panthers: Pacific Protest and Affirmative Action in Aotearoa New Zealand 1971-1981 by Melani Anae
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Polynesian Panthers records the Pacific rights and social activist movement in New Zealand, told by those who were there. Forming in 1971, the Polynesian Panthers sought to raise consciousness and took action in response to the racism and discrimination Pacific peoples faced in New Zealand in the 1970s ...Show more
Post Marks: The Way We Were - Early New Zealand Postcards, 1897-1922 by Leo Haks; Colleen Dallimore; Alan Jackson
$69.98 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to New Zealand picture postcards beginning in 1897, when the first official postcard was published. The 25-year period that this book covers includes the boon years in New Zealand postcard production, 1903-1910 and World War 1. As a lifelong collector, ...Show more