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An Inward Sun: The World of Janet Frame by Michael King
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This accessible book features 120 photographs from the life of famous NZ writer Janet Frame, ranging from amazingly gothic family photos to new images of past homes and other significant locations. Accompanied by a lively text and Frame ephemera such as book covers, scribbled notes and even bus tickets. ...Show more
At the Edge of Memory by Michael King
34.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A man turns up in New Zealand in the early years of the twentieth century as if out of nowhere. He admits to no past, only to a present and a future; and he reinvents himself as a Catholic businessman. But the pressure of keeping a secret, of having to live with a repressed truth, eventually becomes too ...Show more
Being Pakeha Now - Reflections and Recollections of a White Native by Michael King
36.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
A reprint of Michael King's seminal book on what it means to be a non-Maori New Zealander.First published in 1985, Being Pakeha Now became a kiwi classic, a strong reply both to Maori who were asserting their own identity and also to Pakeha who were mumbling that they didn't have a strong culture or ide ...Show more
Being Pakeha Now - Reflections and Recollections of a White Native by Michael King
34.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
First published in 1985, Michael King's Being Pakeha became a gentle Kiwi classic, a strong reply both to Maori who were asserting their own identity and also to Pakeha who mumbled that they didn't have a strong culture and identity of their own. Being Pakeha Now is an updated edition that reflects on t ...Show more
Core Pilates by Michael King
29.95 NZD
34.95 (14% off)
Category: Self Improvement
A beautifully photographed manual that combines the fluid movements of pilates with the instability of the exercise ball to create a challenging and dynamic workout for people of all levels of fitness. corepilates is an exciting synthesis of two of the most highly acclaimed and popular exercise meth ...Show more
Gallipoli: Untold Stories from War Correspondent Charles Bean and Front-line ANZACS by Jonathan King and Michael Bowers
16.99 NZD
49.99 (66% off)
Category: NZ Military | Reading Level: very good
Superb photographic book brings to life the untold stories of front-line Anzacs and the war Correspondent Charles Bean (Sydney Morning Herald) with photographs from Phillip Schuler (The Age). Although Australian originated, this book has significant NZ content.Gallipoli was a tragic campaign: 2000 Anzac ...Show more
Gallipoli - Untold Stories from war correspondant Charles Bean and front-line Anzacs by Jonathan King; Michael Bowers
39.99 NZD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
"Nothing can alter what happened now: Anzac stood and still stands for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never admit defeat." - World War I correspondent Charles Bean. The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 was a series of deadly batt ...Show more
Goblin at the Beach by Victor Kelleher & Stephen Michael King (ill.)
16.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Surf's up in this hilarious new adventure from everyone's favourite grouchy goblin. From the ski slopes of the Snowy Mountains to the rainforests of Far North Queensland - and everywhere in between - Gibblewort the goblin has blundered, crawled and whinged his way through Australia's vast landscape ...Show more
Goblin at the Zoo by Victor Kelleher & Stephen Michael King
14.95 NZD
16.00 (6% off)
Category: Children Fiction
When Gibblewort wakes up at the zoo, he thinks he's in deepest, darkest Africa. So he squeezes his way into a nice, safe cage - only to find he's become the object of affection for a female chimpanzee! Every time Gibblewort manages to escape her clutches, he finds himself being thrown, kicked, tossed, s ...Show more
Leaf (HB) by Stephen Michael King
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
A boy who hates having his hair combed discovers an extraordinary side-effect of messy, matted hair when a seed falls on his head and begins to grow.
Maori - A Photographic History by Michael King
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: good
Renowned historian Michael King (1945-2004) presents a comprehensive and searching documentary of Maori culture and society, and Maori-Pakeha contact, conflict and co-operation. From the earliest daguerreotype around 1852 to the strong protest images of the 1990s, King records and analyses changes and u ...Show more