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1900: A Brand-New Century (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
19.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: My Story
The diary of Flora Bonnington, London 1899-1900: 'A day slips away like sand in a sand glass and so we are caught up in this inevitable passage towards 1900. I bought a journal...it will record my journey into the new century. I shall call it 'Twentieth Century Girl' for that is what I intend to be'. ...Show more
A Celebration of Olives by Carol Drinkwater
29.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
"The Olive Farm" and "The Olive Season" are television actress' Carol Drinkwater's lyrical accounts of a new life in France; about her house Appassionata and the trials and tribulations of acquiring an olive farm, restoring it, farming the olives, overcoming the heartaches of taking on a 'new' French fa ...Show more
Hunger: An Irish Girl's Diary, 1845-1847 (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
18.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
It's 1845 and blight has destroyed the precious potato crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to support her struggling family, but when her mother's health deteriorates, she sets off in search of her rebel brother and is soon swept up in the fight for a free and fair Ireland.
My Story: Suffragette by Carol Drinkwater
7.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
18th June, 1910 We marched from the Embankment to the Albert Hall. It was a glorious day. The sun shone warmly. Everyone was in good spirits. There were aristocrats, artists, even my mother looked happy. She who has been so opposed to my work with the WSPU. More than 10,000 people had rallied and there ...Show more
Nowhere to Run: A Second World War Refugee's Diary 1938-1943 (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
18.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
Set in the south of France during WWII. A young girl gets involved in helping Jewish children escape to safety abroad.
Return to the Olive Farm - Life, love, bees and olive groves in Provence by Carol Drinkwater
39.99 NZD
Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good
After sixteen months of travelling round the Mediterranean in search of the ancient secrets of the olive tree, Carol returns to her beloved olive farm in the south of France, to her husband Michel and his burgeoning family. However, the homecoming celebrations are overshadowed by disturbing discoveries. ...Show more
Suffragette by Carol Drinkwater
13.99 NZD
18.99 (26% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: My Story S. | Reading Level: From 8 to 12
18th June, 1910 We marched from the Embankment to the Albert Hall. It was a glorious day. The sun shone warmly. Everyone was in good spirits. There were aristocrats, artists, even my mother looked happy. She who has been so opposed to my work with the WSPU. More than 10,000 people had rallied and there ...Show more
Suffragette (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
19.50 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
It's 1909. Dollie is swept up in the thrill of the campaign for Votes for Women. Against her guardian's wishes, she marches against Parliament with Emmeline Pankhurst and her fellow suffragettes. But as the movement turns violent, women are imprisoned and endangered their lives with hunger strikes.
The Olive Harvest by Carol Drinkwater
35.00 NZD
39.95 (12% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
The third and much-awaited final episode of a trilogy, The Olive Harvest will not disappoint Drinkwater's many readers. 'The stars shimmer like spilled handfuls of glitter. The day is beginning to rise with a faint mist. As I turn my head, ghostly halos, auras of light, appear and disappear and I cannot ...Show more
The Olive Route - A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean by Carol Drinkwater
29.99 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: very good
Fourth volume in the bestselling olive series by writer and actress Carol Drinkwater