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Albert Einstein by John Green
19.95 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Rebel Lives S.
This book takes a subversive look at lesser-known aspects of the famous scientist's intellectual life, the man whom the FBI thought was "too clever not to track." It presents Einstein's denunciation of U.S. use of nuclear bombs in 1945, his socialism and his passionate opposition to war as a profound ad ...Show more
Amelia Earhart: Legendary Aviator (Signature Lives) by Brenda Haugen
24.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Signature Lives
- World Events Timeline - Personal Timeline - Source Notes - Select Bibliography - Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index - Further Reading - Relevant Web sites at www.FactHound.com - National Center for History in the Schools. National Standards for History. Los Angeles, CA: National Center for ...Show more
Amy Tan: Author and Storyteller by Natalie M Rosinsky
24.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Signature Lives (Paperback)
Amy Tan's very first novel, The Joy Luck Club, made her name known around the world. Her successful novels, picture books and essays captivate readers of all ages. Tan's success has not come easily, however. She first had to learn to embrace her Chinese heritage. And she had to deal with her stormy and ...Show more
Anne Frank: Great Lives by Ann Kramer
17.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: QED Great Lives S.
Beatrix Potter by Harriet Castor
12.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Childrens history book on the life of Beatrix Potter
Beethoven : The Universal Composer (Emminent Lives) by Edmund Morris
26.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Eminent Lives Ser.
In "Beethoven", Edmund Morris, the author of three bestselling presidential biographies and a lifelong devotee of the great composer, brings him to life as a man of astonishing complexity and overpowering intelligence. A gigantic, compulsively creative personality unable to tolerate constraints, he was ...Show more
Beginnings (The Secret Lives of Emma #1) by Natasha Walker
19.99 NZD
Category: New Releases | Series: The Secret Lives of Emma
Beginnings...Thirty-something Emma Benson is a free spirit. For her a good life means a life of sensuality. So it's a surprise to everyone when she marries David, a successful businessman, and settles down in the suburbs. One year on, and she's trying so hard to be loyal to her man. Not easy to do when ...Show more
Bonding with Bears by Nick Arnold
13.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Wild Lives S. | Reading Level: From 7 To 10
Meet Rocky the brown bear cub and join in the fun as he swaps blows with his sister and feasts on fish. Relive the drama, dangers and disgusting details as you find out: why bears don't pee for six months; how to track a wild bear; what are the best bear games; and how teddy bears got their name.
Buddha by Karen Armstrong
27.99 NZD
Category: Religion | Series: Lives S.
A superb introduction to the life and thought of a revolutionary spiritual thinker, by a bestselling author.
Chaucer ( Brief Lives - Volume 1 ) by Peter Ackroyd
27.95 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Brief Lives S.
Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him. He was a royal servant, who was indicted for rap ...Show more
Churchill by Sir John Keegan
25.95 NZD
29.95 (13% off)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Lives Ser.
The greatest politician and statesmen of the 20th century - by Britain's leading military historian.Was Churchill as a great a wartime leader as he has hitherto been made out? John Keegan discusses the view of the soldiers such as Alanbrooke, his wartime Chief of Staff, and considers Churchill the polit ...Show more
Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy: Tataihono - Stories of Maori Healing & Psychiatry by Wiremu NiaNia; Allister Bush; David Epston
50.00 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Series: Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives Ser.
This book examines a collaboration between traditional Māori healing and clinical psychiatry. Comprised of transcribed interviews and detailed meditations on practice, it demonstrates how bicultural partnership frameworks can augment mental health treatment by balancing local imperatives with sound and ...Show more