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The Night Country by Bryce Courtenay
29.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
The Night Country is an enchanting and inspiring story from one of Australia's most popular authors, Bryce Courtenay, which draws on the author's childhood in Africa. Towards the end of the Great Depression a young boy goes with his sister to stay at a farm while their mother is ill. There, during a sco ...Show more
The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in love with the beguiling Anna van Heerden. Their time together is brief, as both are forced into sep ...Show more
The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay
55.00 NZD
57.00 (3% off)
Category: General Fiction
It's 1942 and seventeen-year-old Nicholas Duncan is in Indonesia in pursuit of the exotic Magpie Crow butterfly. Suddenly, Duncan finds himself in danger with an imminent Japanese invasion and the approaching monsoon season leaves Duncan with few options of escape. Amidst this fear and chaos he falls in ...Show more
The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay
30.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
The persimmon tree is a symbol of life, a heartwood that will outlast everything man can make . . . It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in ...Show more
The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay
24.95 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
Always leave a little salt on the bread...Ikey Solomon's favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving, he's very successful indeed. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must mak ...Show more
The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay
30.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: POTATO FACTORY
Ikey Solomon's favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving, he's very successful indeed. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteen ...Show more
The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay
22.95 NZD
25.00 (8% off)
Category: Fiction | Series: Potato Factory Trilogy S.
Brothel mistress Hannah is Ikey Solomon's wife, whilst Mary is his sometimes mistress. When Hannah and Mary are banished to Australia, they set about raising their separate familes. Ikey is drawn to the colony where the destinies of both family groups are locked together by his greed.
The Potato Factory (O/P) by Bryce Courtenay
54.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
Ikey Solomon, a notorious criminal, is the King Rat of the dark backstreets of 19th-century Stepney. His only fear is that Hannah, his resentful and ambitious wife, will force him to reveal his half of the combination to the safe in which their joint wealth is hidden.
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: African Collection | Reading Level: very good
First with your head and then with your heart.... So says Hoppie Groenewald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, it is a piece of advice he will carry with him throughout his life. Born in a South Africa divided by ra ...Show more
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
24.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
First with your head and then with your heart...So says Hoppie Groenewald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, it is a piece of advice he will carry with him throughout his life. Born in a South Africa divided by raci ...Show more
The Power of One: Young Readers' Ed by Bryce Courtenay
26.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, little six-year-old Peekay learns that small can beat big. Armed with this knowledge, he resolves to take on the injustices of his country, and sets his heart on becoming the welterweight champion of the world. Peekay starts to take boxing lessons, ma ...Show more