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A Strange Outcome -The Remarkable Survival Story of a Polish Child by John Roy-Wojciechowski; Allan Parker
44.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This edition is out of print. John Roy-Wojciechowski (Jan) was five years old in 1940. Along with his mother, three sisters and two brothers, he was rounded up by the conquering Russians and sent by train to a camp in the Arctic. This was the fate of millions of Polish people that the Russians decided w ...Show more
African History by John Parker
24.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this "Very Short Introduction" looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a ...Show more
Desert Rats : From El Alamein to Basra - the inside story of a military legend by John Parker
65.00 NZD
70.00 (7% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
In the recent war in Iraq, the 7th Armoured Brigade, bearers of the Desert Rats insignia, was immediately engaged in some of the fiercest early fighting, ultimately taking Basra for the Allies. The war in Iraq revived public focus on the Desert Rats whose famous battles of World War II helped turn the t ...Show more
From Treaty to Nationhood, 1830 -1913 FRONTIER OF DREAMS by John Parker
24.99 NZD
26.99 (7% off)
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand
Looks at the era of negotiation and settlement, from the Treaty of Waitangi to the land grabs, from votes for women and the discovery of gold, through to the establishment of a socialist state and the growth of local industry. Suggested level: secondary.
Into the 21st Century 1947-2005 by John Parker
24.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Reviews the internal strife and restructuring, highlights and horrors that helped to create modern New Zealand, from the era of post-war growth, through the anti-nuclear stand and Bastion Point to the rise of Maori sovereignty and the plans for a new millennium. The text is written to entertain as well ...Show more
John Parker - Ceramics by John Parker; Jim Barr; Mary Barr, Janet Mansfield; Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins
14.99 NZD
39.95 (62% off)
Category: Fine Art | Reading Level: very good
"John Parker - Ceramics" is the first in-depth study of one of New Zealand's leading ceramic artists.
Once a Runner by PARKER John
32.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
"Quenton Cassidy, a college runner, gave up everything and moved to a cabin in the woods where he subjected himself to a brutal training regimen in his quest to become a world champion miler. Under the rigorous coaching of Bruce Denton, Quenton planned to compete against the best miler in the world. Wit ...Show more
Piddles (Kiwi Bites) by John Parker
9.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Kiwi Bites S.
Piddles is a cat with a problem. At first he stole lost golf balls, but now he is taking them off the fairway while they are still in play, right from under the golferÃÂÂÂâÃÂÂÂÃÂÂÂÃÂÂÂÃÂÂÂs nose. Actually, she once had another problem but is cured of that one. PiddlesÃÂÂÂâÃÂÂÂà...Show more
Poppa McPhee Gets the Eggs by John Parker
16.99 NZD
18.99 (10% off)
Category: Children Fiction
Poppa McPhee has decided to make a cake but he's all out of eggs. In hilarious rhyme we follow Poppa?s trip to buy the eggs, during which he gets distracted by a super-sizzler of a car. He completely forgets about eggs as he drives his wonderful car but then one noise after another shows that this car i ...Show more
SBS by John Parker
27.99 NZD
32.95 (15% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
A fully revised and updated account of John Parker's personal investigation into the secretive SBS. The men of the SBS are the maritime equivalent of their counterparts in the SAS; they are the elite of the British Special Forces and also the most secretive. Although SAS activity has been extensively do ...Show more
Sucked In (Lightning Strikes) by John Parker
14.99 NZD
15.99 (6% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
Zaney is very small for his age and the brunt of many a joke from his mates. So when Zaney sees a strange ad for real body parts, he decides to buy an eye to make him taller. How can an eye make him taller? And when the eye arrives, it is more than anyone expected. Ages 9-12.