An Exquisite Legacy - The Work and Art of New Zealand Naturalist G.V. Hudson by George Gibbs
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
The biography of one of New Zealand's greatest naturalist-artists, G. V.Hudson. George Hudson, 1867-1946, was one of New Zealand's pioneer naturalists, who devoted his life to collecting and describing the New Zealand insect fauna. He amassed what is probably the largest collection of New Zealand insect ...Show more
Ballin' in Black: Our Tall Blacks Test Centurions by Huw Beynon
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
When Tom Abercrombie was presented with his 100th cap ahead of the FIBA World Cup in 2019, he joined an exclusive club. He became the 11th player to reach a century of tests for the Tall Blacks. Standing at his side was Pero Cameron, the first man to achieve the feat. These players, and the nine between ...Show more
Beaudy: Skills, Drills and the Path to the Top by Rikki Swannell
$39.99 NZD
Category: Sports and Outdoor Activities
From his upbringing with seven siblings in rural New Zealand, experiences in Ireland as a child, to his rise through the rugby ranks with Taranaki and the Hurricanes, Beauden Barrett will give an insight into what has made him the player he's become, the setbacks he had along the way and the choices he ...Show more
Becoming Pakeha by John Bluck
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
A journey between two cultures. After more than 200 years of co-existence under the umbrella of a unique treaty, you might think things would be better than ever. In this perceptive and piercing book, John Bluck argues that Pakeha and Māori worlds grow ever more separate: the Aotearoa of today is a land ...Show more
Bits of String too Short to Use: A memoir of collecting, writing and the highs and lows of life by Jennifer Beck
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
The author looks at her life as a series of ‘bits’, memorable episodes which, when joined together form a pattern both fascinating and thought-provoking. From early life in an unusual rural community, she describes growing up in a large family with money troubles, limited educational opportunities, a lo ...Show more
Bruce Wants to Go Faster by Dreydon Sobanja
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Series: Inspirational Kiwis
An inspirational story for children about New Zealand motor racing legend and founder of the McLaren Racing Team, Bruce McLaren. For children aged 12 to 90 years old.
Bryan Williams: Pacific Pioneer
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Bryan Williams – Pacific Pioneer is the inspirational story of one of the first great Pasifikan All Blacks. Bryan beat his opponents with speed, sidestepping or sometimes just by running over the top of them! He inspired future generations of Pasifikan All Blacks, like Michael Jones and Jonah Lomu. Bu ...Show more
Captain Cook For Young People by John McLean
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Captain James Cook has been a crucial influence on the history of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. On his three epic voyages he mapped much of the world's largest ocean and brought it, and its people, to the attention of the world for the first time. In this illustrated narrative, the reader is i ...Show more
Conquering Everest: The Lives of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay by Lewis Helfand
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Series: Campfire Biography
Tenzing Norgay was the son of poor Tibetan immigrants living in Nepal. He longed to see the world but was told he could aspire to be little more than a servant. Edmund Hillary was a humble beekeeper from New Zealand, who spent his youth dreaming of adventures he could never hope to experience. And Evere ...Show more
Ed Climbs A Big Hill (Inspirational Kiwis) by Dreydon Sobanja
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Series: Inspirational Kiwis
An inspirational story about one of New Zealand's most iconic kiwis that will inspire young children to dream big and then follow those big dreams.
Emma - Emma Twigg's Inspirational Journey to Olympic Gold by Jessica Lawry
$11.99 NZD
$19.99 (40% off)
Category: NZ Biography
THOSE WHO GET BACK UP, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WILL BE REWARDED. When Emma Twigg started rowing it was difficult and not always fun. But as she stuck at it, she grew to be a world-class rower. So, winning an Olympic medal would be easy, right? Wrong. This is the remarkable true story of a young New Zealand ...Show more
Faking It: My Life in Transition by Kyle Mewburn
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Kyle Mewburn grew up in the sunburnt, unsophisticated Brisbane suburbs of the 1960s and '70s in a household with little love and no books, with a lifelong feeling of being somehow wrong - like 'strawberry jam in a spinach can'. In this book, Kyle describes this early life and her journey to becoming her ...Show more