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Lewisville by Alexandra Tidswell

$35.00 NZD

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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 t has been high. Martha cannot speak of the past nor the people she left behind. Lewisville is a novel based on true events. It is a story of one woman's ambition, of escape and reinvention, and the bittersweet consequences of achieving one's dreams. You must promise me, if this man approaches you, you will have nothing to do with him. Tell him you have no idea what he is talking about; faint to the floor if you must. But don't let him say anything that could unravel our lives here. Promise me! ...Show more

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Bella: My Life in Food by Annabel Langbein

$50.00 NZD

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Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine

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 have resonated most strongly with her over the years. From her childhood fascination with cooking to a teenage flirtation as a Maoist hippie, to possum trapping and living off the land as a hunter and forager, to travelling and starting her own croissant business in Brazil, Annabel's life has always been centred on food and nature. Out of this came an obsession with creating cookbooks, introducing a generation of cooks to her simple recipes for delicious, stylish meals. Annabel has lived a huge and varied life, and she writes vividly about her many adventures. From throughout this rich life in food she has chosen 60 key recipes, created with her signature style and flair that make cooking easy for everyone, sharing them in this beautifully photographed book. ...Show more

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Wild at Heart - The Dangers and Delights of a Nomadic Life by Miriam Lancewood

$37.00 NZD

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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 husba nd, hunting and gathering, and roaming the mountains like nomads. Miriam and Peter left New Zealand to explore other wild places. They walked 2000 km through the forests of Europe and along the coast of Turkey, mostly camping under trees and cooking by fire. They lived on the edge, embracing insecurity, and found the unexpected: sometimes it was pure bliss, sometimes it was terrifying. But when they moved on to the Australian desert, they met with disaster. This gripping story is about life and death, courage and the power of love ...Show more

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Homegrown Kitchen by Nicola Galloway

$50.00 NZD

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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 chapter on indulgent sweet treats. Inspired by her large garden, Nicola Galloway creates food in rhythm with the changing seasons, with fresh homegrown and local produce forming the base of her recipes. With a young family, her food focus is on simple and delicious family-friendly recipes using pantry staples that are packed with nutrients. Nicola also has a particular interest in healthful traditional cooking techniques, such as sourdough bread and fermentation, and simplifying them so they can fit into our busy modern lives. ...Show more

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No Friend But The Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani; Omid Tofighian (Translator)

$25.00 NZD

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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 shore processing centre. People would run to the mountains to escape the warplanes and found asylum within their chestnut forests... This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through six years of incarceration and exile. Do Kurds have any friends other than the mountains? ...Show more

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Caging Skies by Christine Leunens

$38.00 NZD

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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 in the house and the only one responsible for her fate. By turns disturbing and blackly comic, Christine Leunens's captivating and masterful novel examines this world of truth and lies, laying bare the darkest corners of the human soul. ...Show more

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Crosstrees (Children of the Furnace #2) by Brin Murray

$26.00 NZD

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Category: Young Adult | Series: Children of the Furnace

`What we won was a small battle,' says Jace flat. `They'll be coming, fore we can turn this into a war.' Wil and Leah saved Jace from the Revout's Fires - but find out now, that was just the beginning. The Revelayshun's soldiers are riding to hunt down the Midwife. Only she can lead them to Wil's siste r, and the Truth That Will Change Everything. While Revout Sachs secretly plans a cruelty so depraved, it will become known as the New Atrocity. Leah pulls away, and kisses me with soft lips, and whispers: `Ride, Wil. Save the Midwife.' And the world too, while I'm about it. ...Show more

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Children of the Furnace (#1) by Brin Murray

$26.00 NZD

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Category: Young Adult | Series: Children of the Furnace

Truth died in the fires. Only through courage can it be born again. Dark, powerful and heartbreaking, Children Of The Furnace compels with a uniquely stunning world and one of the greatest characters you’ll ever be afraid for. Under the iron rule of the Revelayshun, one boy discovers the truth.. ‘Ty p romised my ma he’d bring me up right. Bring him up to hear the rhythm beat, she said, and to feel the heartsblood warm. Not Strong — not in their way — but strong in the ways of the heart.’ When the Revelayshun murders his pa, Wil discovers through savage inquisition that he’s marked as a Heater, one of the old-time heretics who burned up the world. But Wil holds the key to a secret. Sekkerland’s Shame, the Atrocity, is a great lie — and the Revelayshun will use fire, blood and death to hide the truth. ...Show more

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Heartsblood (Children of the Furnace #3) by Brin Murray

$26.00 NZD

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Category: Young Adult | Series: Children of the Furnace

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2020 Three heroes will rise Wil, Jace and Leah were shattered by the horrors of the New Atrocity but must rise to find strength again before it is too late. If they are to stand any chance of stopping High Patriarch Sachs’ vision of a world engulfed by fanaticism, fire and blood, th ey cannot stand alone. They must forge shaky alliances while knowing that in the great battle that is to come, the only friends they can truly trust are themselves. But then Wil is captured and seems destined to repeat his father’s betrayal. The odds against them, already steep, become impossible. Because to save Wil now, they must take on the might of the Revelayshun alone. ‘Hear the rhythm, we said, and feel the heartsblood warm.’ I stand silent awhile. ‘The words still hold true, tho they feel different to me now. Cuz yer gave yer heartsblood for em, is why. They did cost us more’n we can pay. But we’ve come this far, so can’t leave off now.Have to make yer all count.’ ...Show more

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All Who Live On Islands by Rose Lu

$30.00 NZD

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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 re friendship, the weight of stories told and not told about diverse cultures, and the reverberations of our parents' and grandparents' choices. Frank and compassionate, Rose Lu's stories illuminate the cultural and linguistic questions that migrants face, as well as what it is to be a young person living in 21st-century Aotearoa New Zealand. ...Show more

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Ash Arising (Ash #2) by Mandy Hager

$20.00 NZD

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Category: Young Adult | Series: Ash | Reading Level: very good

The gripping sequel to the prize-winning thriller The Nature of Ash. Ash McCarthy thought he had done enough by broadcasting his story to the world, exposing the corruption and lies of Prime Minister Chandler and his cronies. With his small band of friends and family on a remote campsite in the backcoun try, he awaits the international community to answer his call for action. But the public response is not what he had hoped for and the fallout from his revelations will lead him and his companions into even more danger. Can Ash withstand the new challenges that confront him? And what of Mikey - can he survive in this increasingly merciless world? Chilling and page-turning, this compelling novel crackles with political intrigue, fast-paced action, unexpected twists and lots of heart.  ...Show more

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Taelstone by Robyn Prokop

$28.00 NZD

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Category: Young Adult

Ash isn’t the Chosen One – it’s not his quest – he wasn’t even supposed to learn the Song. But he’s made an oath, and he can’t abandon his friend Kep to her awful fate. The teenage slaves must flee Mildaresh, pursued by the most ruthless tracker in the city, and his orders to kill. Haunted by strange me lodies from the past, Ash and Kep are swept into a perilous world of secrets, adventure, and ancient menace. As they journey on, drawing ever closer to danger, the mystery of the Taelstone deepens. ...Show more

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