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Wild at Heart by Miriam Lancewood
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Gripping sequel to the international bestseller Woman in the Wilderness, Miriam Lancewood's story of the quest for a simple life, unfettered by society's norms. Miriam Lancewood's first book Woman in the Wilderness told her story of living for seven years in the wilderness of New Zealand with her hus ...Show more
Lewisville by Alexandra Tidswell
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
Martha Grimm has a sorrowful secret, and her daughter Mary Ann is the only other person in New Zealand who knows it. Growing up dirt-poor in Willoughby, Warwickshire, in 1814, Martha dared to imagine a different life. Now she is a wealthy and respectable Wellington settler half a world away. But the cos ...Show more
Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
$38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
An avid member of the Hitler Youth in 1940s Vienna, Johannes Betzler discovers his parents are hiding a Jewish girl named Elsa behind a false wall in their home. His initial horror turns to interest--then love and obsession. After his parents disappear, Johannes is the only one aware of Elsa's existence ...Show more
Into the Unknown: The Secret WWI Diary of Kiwi Alick Trafford No. 25/469 by Ian Trafford
$38.00 NZD
Category: Military
A personal account of WWI from the diaries of a Gisborne farm boy, shaped into a gripping narrative by the diarist's grandson 100 years later. Follow Alick as he moves from his last night on the farm in early 1916, through enshipment and training, then off to the battle fields of France and Belgium, occ ...Show more
Escape Path Lighting by John Newton
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Poetry / Plays | Reading Level: near fine
A drunken poet obliged to choose between Art and Love. What could possibly go wrong? Rock Oyster Island. It's a slack kind of place, but that's the way the locals like it: lifestyle farmers, pensioned-off bikers, seekers and healers, meth cooks and fishing guides. It's only a ferry ride to the city but ...Show more
All Who Live On Islands by Rose Lu
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
All Who Live on Islands introduces a bold new voice in New Zealand literature. In these intimate and entertaining essays, Rose Lu takes us through personal history a shopping trip with her Shanghai-born grandparents, her career in the Wellington tech industry, an epic hike through the Himalayas to explo ...Show more
2000ft Above Worry Level by Eamonn Marra
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Everything is sad and funny and nothing is anything else 2000ft Above Worry Level begins on the sad part of the internet and ends at the top of a cliff face. This episodic novel is piloted by a young, anhedonic, gentle, slightly disassociated man. He has no money. He has a supportive but disintegrating ...Show more
No Friend But The Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani; Omid Tofighian (Translator)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man.' Richard Flanagan Where have I come from? From the land of rivers, the land of waterfalls, the land of ancient chants, the land of mountains... Since 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani has been held in the Manus Island off ...Show more
Know Your Place by Golriz Ghahraman
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine
The story of a child refugee who faced her fears, found her home and accidentally made history When she was just nine, Golriz Ghahraman and her parents were forced to flee their home in Iran. After a terrifying and uncertain journey, they landed in Auckland where they were able to seek asylum and - ult ...Show more
Bella: My Life in Food by Annabel Langbein
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Due October Bursting with tender and funny anecdotes and gorgeous recipes, Bella is Annabel Langbein's must-read memoir. For the first time, Annabel Langbein, New Zealand's most popular cookbook author, writes about her remarkable life and how food has shaped it, highlighting some of the recipes that ha ...Show more
Homegrown Kitchen by Nicola Galloway
$50.00 NZD
Category: Cooking
Homegrown Kitchen is a complete guide to eating well for those who love to cook fresh food. Beginning with a comprehensive section on the kitchen essentials, including sourdough bread, home preserving and fermentation, the book is then divided into breakfast, lunch and main meal chapters, followed by a ...Show more
Not That I'd Kiss a Girl by Lil O'Brien
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: very good
A heartbreaking and hilarious true story of coming out as gay in New Zealand. Lil O'Brien accidentally outed herself to her parents at the age of nineteen when they overheard her talking to a friend about liking girls. Half an hour later she found herself on the side of the road, with instructions to co ...Show more