A Century of Achievement - A Commemoration of the First Hundred Years of the New Zealand Meat Industry by R. A. Barton (ed.)
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Countless Signs - The New Zealand Landscape in Literature: An Anthology by Trudie McNaughton (Compiled by)
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Literature
Country of Writing by Lydia Wevers
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
The first substantial study of travel writing about New Zealand in the colonial period, Country of Writing puts it into the wider context of the European settlement of new societies. It discusses a great range of writing often from little-known names and unexpected sources who all played a part in putti ...Show more
Dear Colin, Dear Ron: The Selected Letters of Colin McCahon and Ron Reilly by Peter Simpson
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
This substantial book of letters selected by esteemed Colin McCahon scholar Peter Simpson shines a light on one of the most remarkable relationships in New Zealand art. The painter Colin McCahon and the librarian Ron O'Reilly first met in 1938, in Dunedin, when McCahon was 19 and O'Reilly 24. They rem ...Show more
F. G. Gibbs; His Influence On The Social History Of Nelson 1890 - 1950 by Shonadh Mann
$37.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
A Thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Arts in History. #196 in a Limited Edition of 500 copies. softcover. sunned spine, some discoloration to cover. limited edition #196 of 500 Also #394/500
Four-Legged Major by Graham Spencer
$21.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Major was the mascot of the 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment of the NZ Army from 1940 to 1944, serving in North Africa, and Italy, wounded in the former and dying of illness in Italy in 1944, to be buried alongside two officers from the regiment. Such was Major's military status that an e ...Show more
Good as Gold: New Zealand in the 1980s by Matt Elliott
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
In the 1980s, life in New Zealand became brighter, louder, faster and wilder. While the decade is remembered for its big hair, bright clothing and excessive shows of wealth, it was also a time of social upheaval, protest and political reform. These years saw Kiwis make their mark on the global sport and ...Show more
High Hopes Big Dreams: 165 New Zealand Small Towns in their twilight by Peter Janssen; Elizabeth Anderson
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Across New Zealand, once flourishing towns have faded into the twilight. Over the years, hopes and dreams turned to disappointment.This rise and fall is linked to our social, economic, and political history. Some of these towns have vanished completely while others have discovered a new purpose and are ...Show more