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John Hobbs 1800-1883 Wesleyan Missionary to the Ngapuhi Tribe of Northern New Zealand by T M I Williment
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Daughters of Erebus by Paul Holmes
$20.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good
The technical side of what happened on Mt Erebus on that fateful November day back in 1979 has been brilliantly explained by Justice Mahon, the Royal Commissioner appointed to investigate the crash of the Air New Zealand DC-10. His magnificent investigation and conclusions were rubbished by a Prime Mini ...Show more
One Step Beyond: How an Ordinary Man Took on the Ultimate Running Challenge and Won by Malcolm Law
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Malcolm Law is an ordinary man who set out to achieve an extraordinary goal. Many said it was impossible and even Mal himself doubted whether he would succeed. But he had a secret weapon that kept him going: he carried a photo of his late brother, Alan. In November 2009, Mal set out to run New Zealand' ...Show more
He Ming Qing: the Life of Kathleen Hall by Tom Newnham
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
This publication looks at the life and work of "heroine in China", Kathleen Hall. The book contains numerous black-and-white photographs as well as maps.
The Bethells of Te Henga by Mary D Woodward
$14.00 NZD
Category: Regional | Series: Practising History Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Diary of James Hamlin April 13 1830 by James Hamlin
$20.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Harry Ayres - Mountain Guide by Michael Mahoney
$20.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult by Lilia Tarawa
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
When Lilia's parents fled the cult and its dreadful secrets, Lilia and her many siblings were wrenched away from the only life they knew. Lilia struggled to adapt to life on the outside. Would she be damned to Hell for leaving? How could she learn to navigate this strange place called 'the world'? And w ...Show more
Southern People - A Dictionary of Otago Southland Biography by Jane Thomson (ed.)
$65.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Oscar Garden: An Tale of One Man's Love of Flying by Annamaria Garden
$25.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: near fine
One day in 1930, a man walked into a department store in London and bought an aeroplane. Having just learned to fly, Oscar Garden dreamed of flying to Australia. In his newly purchased aeroplane, he did just that. This adventure and myriad others this risk-taker embarked on are recounted in this book. O ...Show more
An Outsider Looks Back - Reflections on Experience by Ormond Wilson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Frontiers: A Colonial Dynasty by Simon Best
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Two airmen of Māori descent lie buried together on a hilltop in Dorset, England. They are the grandson and great-grandson of a whaling captain who entered New Zealand waters in 1835, and who became one of the leading pioneers of European settlement in Wellington. The story’s main thread covers the four ...Show more