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In the Face of the Enemy: The Complete History of The Victoria Cross & New Zealand by Glyn Harper & Colin Richardson
35.99 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Reading Level: very good
For 150 years the highest Commonwealth military decoration for gallantry has been the Victoria Cross. These are the extraordinary stories of the New Zealand VCs. Since its instigation in 1856 more than 40 Victoria Crosses have been awarded with strong New Zealand associations to men whose courage in the ...Show more
In the Face of the Enemy: The Complete History of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand by Glyn Harper
26.99 NZD
27.99 (3% off)
Category: NZ Military
The highest Commonwealth military decoration for gallantry is the Victoria Cross, and this book examines the history of the award, telling the stories of those New Zealanders (or those with strong New Zealand associations) who have won it. This includes awards made to British soldiers serving in New Zea ...Show more
Jim's Letters by Glyn Harper
27.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books
"Dear Jim, Your postcard arrived today. I showed it to the family. Mum misses you..." Between December 1914 and August 1915 Tom and Jim write to each other whenever they get a chance. Tom talks about life at home on the farm while Jim writes from Egypt and then from the trenches of the Gallipoli peninsu ...Show more
Johnny Enzed: The New Zealand Soldier in the First World War 1914-1918 by Glyn Harper
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Series: First World War Centenary History Ser.
The New Zealand soldiers who left these shores to fight in the First World War represented one of the greatest collective endeavours in the nation's history. Over 100,000 men and women would embark for overseas service and almost 60,000 of them became casualties. For a small nation like New Zealand this ...Show more
Kippenberger - An Inspired New Zealand Commander by Glyn Harper
36.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Reading Level: good-very good
Major General Sir Howard Karl Kippenberger, KBE, CB, DSO and Bar, ED, was an exceptional New Zealander and one of the truly great military commanders of World War Two. Here Glyn Harper examines his formative years, including his WW1 experiences, and shows how they influenced his style of leadership and ...Show more
Le Quesnoy by Glyn Harper
19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Le Quesnoy (pronounced Leck con wah) is a town in northern France. It is surrounded by high walls and deep trenches. In World War I it was occupied by the German army for four long years. In November 1918 the town was liberated by soldiers from far-away New Zealand. Because these men used a bit of kiwi ...Show more
Letters from Gallipoli: New Zealand Soldiers Write Home by Glyn Harper
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Reading Level: Very Good
The Gallipoli campaign looms large in New Zealand's cultural memory. For the first time in this book, historian Glyn Harper tells the story of the campaign in the words of the New Zealand soldiers who were there.Having worked through archives in New Zealand and overseas, combed newspapers, and conducted ...Show more
Letters from the Battlefield - New Zealand Soldiers Write Home 1914-18 by Glyn Harper (ed.)
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The Great War of 1914-18 saw over 100,000 young New Zealanders embark for overseas service, to fight a war on foreign soil, amidst comrades they had never met. The conditions that greeted these men are, today, hard to imagine - fields of mud, swarms of insects, swirling sandstorms, the boom of artillery ...Show more
Massacre at Passchendaele : The New Zealand Story by Glyn Harper
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Reading Level: very good
This is the full story of the military disaster of Passchendaele in World War I. Giving a detailed account of the operation and its aftermath the author shows what happened and why, offering reasons for New Zealand's collective amnesia. It concludes with a roll-call of the soldiers who died there.
Mission to East Timor O/P by Glyn Harper
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction
Reading age 10 to 13 yrs. Most people know that New Zealand sent a lot of army, navy and air force personnel to East Timor. But going to East Timor is unlike any other 'wartime' mission our defence forces have been involved in. This was called a peace keeping mission, and the aim was to help a country t ...Show more
My Grandfather's War by Glyn Harper
16.99 NZD
17.99 (5% off)
Category: Children Fiction
Glyn Harper's touching story of a Vietnam vet who struggles to explain the concept of war to his grand-daughter, as well as explaining his sadness around his experiences.
My Grandfather's War by Glyn Harper
25.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: near fine
Glyn Harper's touching story of a Vietnam vet who struggles to explain the concept of war to his grand-daughter, as well as explaining his sadness around his experiences.