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Turning the Tide: How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Defeated the U-Boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic by Ed Offley
49.99 NZD
Category: Military
The United States experienced its most harrowing military disaster of World War II not in 1941 at Pearl Harbor but in the period from 1942 to 1943, in Atlantic coastal waters from Newfoundland to the Caribbean. Sinking merchant ships with impunity, German U-boats threatened the lifeline between the Uni ...Show more
Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon by Ed Caesar
30.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
'The marathon tethers runners to their own personal narratives. It is a question of how you grow. Nothing but your own body will sustain you; everything you have done in your life until the moment you cross the finishing line is connected to the effort'. Two hours, to cover 26 miles and 385 yards. It is ...Show more
Understanding China by Ed Weymes
39.95 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Introduces New Zealand executives and managers to the business practices they will encounter in China. Ed Weymes has drawn on his 25 years of experience in developing partnerships with Chinese enterprises to write an easy-to-read step-by-step guide. This book will help New Zealanders understand the diff ...Show more
Understanding Power:The Indispensible Chomsky by Noam Chomsky (ed Peter R Mitchell & John Schoeffel)
37.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the pre-eminent public intellectuals of the modern era. Over the past thirty years, broadly diverse audiences have gathered to attend his sell-out lectures. Now, in Understanding Power, Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky ...Show more
Unleash Hell : 12 of the best War Picture Library comics ever! by Steve Holland (ed)
39.99 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels
In all its grim glory, the Second World War is brought to life in 12 of the grittiest war dramas ever committed to paper.
Up and At 'Em!: 10 of the Most Battle-scarred War Picture Library Comic Books Ever! by Steve Holland (ed.)
39.99 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels
The toughest, most battle-scarred War Picture Library comic books ever! Fix bayonets!Stand by to go over the top with the third volume of ten complete blood-and-glory combat stories from the War Picture Library. This selection promises to take you from the mud and thunder of the trenches to the sweat an ...Show more
Urban Farmers - The Now (and How) of Growing Food in the City by Valery Rizzo ed.
100.00 NZD
Category: Gardening
We are what we eat, but do you know what you're eating? Urban agriculture is the global movement that encourages the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in the city. As our world becomes increasingly defined by urban structures, exploring urban agriculture to encourage greener livi ...Show more
Using Trees On Farms by Charlton, J.F.L. ed.
24.95 NZD
47.00 (46% off)
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Proceedings of a Workshop organised by the New Zealand Grassland Association and the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association. Contents: Overview - Trees and Pasture; Trees as Supplementary Fodder on the Farm; Growing Fodder Trees; Other Benefits From Trees on Farms; Keyword and Author index.
Vibrant With Words - The Letters of Ursula Bethell by Ursula Bethell (ed. Peter Whiteford)
49.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Ursula Bethell (1874-1945) stands at the beginning of modern poetry in New Zealand. This rich collection of letters provides us with much evidence of her 'writerly' life and the origins of her poems. It also tells the moving personal story of an early life of travel and social work followed by happy yea ...Show more
Voices from the Grave : Two Men's War in Ireland by Ed Moloney
39.99 NZD
Category: History
Ed Moloney's "A Secret History of the IRA" is the best-informed account yet written of the IRA's evolution from ruthless guerrilla army into governmental party. But reconciliation between political figures who until very recently wished each other dead or in jail has not been accompanied by very much tr ...Show more