Freda Stark - Her Extraordinary Life by Dianne Haworth
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Freda Stark hit the headlines in New Zealand in the 1930's as a key witness in the trial of conductor, Eric Mareo. Mareo was accused of murdering his wife Thelma, Freda's alleged lover. An icon to the gay community and a familiar face around town, this title tells the story of Freda's amazing life.
Evergreen Review Reader, 1967-1973 by Barney Rosset (Editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction
Gathers the most representative writings featured during six years spanning the sixties and seventies.
Williams Maori Dictionary by Herbert W. Williams
$65.00 NZD
Category: Learning Te Reo Maori
The exhaustive 6th edition of the Williams Maori dictionary, originally published in 1844. Revised and augmented 1921 under the auspices of the Polynesian Society.
The Word - On Translation of the Bible by John Barton
$70.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
An exhilarating exploration of the medium through which almost everyone has interacted with scripture, by the author of the bestselling A History of the Bible The Bible is held to be both universal and specific, the source of fundamental truths inscribed in words that are exact and sacred. For much of J ...Show more
Beyond: How Humankind Thinks About Heaven by Catherine Wolff
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
"Beautifully written, expertly researched and masterfully presented, this tour of how heaven has been understood throughout history is absolutely fascinating." -James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus- A Pilgrimage A smart and thought-provoking cultural history of heaven. What do we think of when we think abo ...Show more
Friend of Keats - Life of Charles Armitage Brown by E. H. McCormick
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
Maoriland by Jane Stafford & Mark Williams
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Kowhai and Orchid: Life on Two Islands by Robert Paterson
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
The Life of a Kiwi Presbyterian minister in New Zealand and Indonesia.
Public Relations on Ice! Two Deserts by Jim Henderson
$37.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
The Perpetual Foreigner - Memoir of a Romanian Childhood by A. Ellis; Athena Ellis
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
When her five year old son told the class that his mother was Chinese, it was time to explain that she was a Greek child, from an exiled family, born in Romania, who learnt Greek, Romanian, and Hungarian; who escaped to Holland and acquired Dutch; who moved to London, learnt English; and then married a ...Show more
Thomas Bewick: My Life by Thomas Bewick
$25.00 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
Secondhand. Edited and with an introduction by Iain Bain with numerous wood-engravings and watercolours by the author.
Alexander the Great - Epic and Legendary Leaders by Alexandra F. Morris (Introduction by); J. K. Jackson (Editor)
$21.99 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Alexander the Great died in 336 BCE, when he was only thirty two. His military campaigns had swept across Ancient Greece, through Asia Minor, Arabia, Persia, Egypt and North Africa to North West India, forging one of the largest empires in recorded history. He was undefeated in battle and is widely cons ...Show more