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Shackleton's Endurance: An Antarctic Survival Story by Joanna Grochowicz
$19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Adrift on the Antarctic pack ice with no means of escape and no hope of rescue, Ernest Shackleton and his men are surely doomed. In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his men set sail for Antarctica, where they plan to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, his ship, the Enduranc ...Show more
My Elephant Is Blue by Melinda Szymanik
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A sweet and quirky story about a child who is stuck carrying around an elephant, wondering if they will ever feel light and free again . . . A story full of humour and heart about having the blues, in the form of a big heavy elephant. One day an elephant came and sat on my chest. I found it hard to g ...Show more
Flit the Fantail and the Matariki Map by Kat Quin
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Flit the Fantail
Join Flit the fantail and his forest friends on a nighttime adventure, this time to capture a star shining brightly on the horizon. It is one of a cluster of nine stars and Flit is determined to explore! But when he gets lost, wise Ruru swoops down and Flit learns about Matariki stars and navigation. ...Show more
The Dark Quest of Countess X by L. P. Hansen
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Calling herself Countess X, one of Europe’s richest billionaires invites the world’s youth to take up a modern-day Quest. Will they help her to challenge a colossal abuse of human rights? Teenagers submitting the most effective suggestions will be welcomed at her European residence to present their plan ...Show more
The Book of Angst - Understand and Manage Anxiety by Gwendoline Smith (Dr Know)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Teenage Issues | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of international bestsellers The Book of Knowing and The Book of Overthinking. There's a lot of angst around these days. This heightened sense of fear, concern, insecurity and uncertainty can be overwhelming. Bestselling author of The Book of Overthinking and The Book of Knowing Gwen ...Show more
My Name is Henry Fanshaw by Gillian Torckler
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Henry Fanshaw is no ordinary teddy bear. In fact, he travelled the world with the Royal New Zealand Air Force's No. 75 Squadron - one of New Zealand's most famous air force squadrons - which served around the world, in places like Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Before that, they had fought in the Se ...Show more
Inside Bubble Earth: The Story of Climate Change by Des Hunt
$40.00 NZD
Category: Environmental Issues
What causes climate? What changes climate? Des Hunt takes us on an in-depth look at the science of climate and what we can all do to help the earth thrive. Favourite kiwi eco-fiction writer, Des Hunt, presents the facts about the changes in the world’s climate and the effects of human actions in this n ...Show more
Violet Black (#1 Black Spiral Trilogy) by Eileen Merriman
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
Set in the near future, this first book in a fast-paced trilogy will hook you in from the first page. Violet Black and Ethan Wright are both in a coma after contracting the lethal M-fever. They have never met. - I couldn't speak, but I was trying so hard to communicate and then . . . then . . . I push ...Show more
Spycraft (Katipo Joe #2) by Brian Falkner
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
In Spycraft, Falkner's masterful telling of the astonishing journey of Joseph St George (Katipo Joe) continues. A teenage boy recruited by MI5, is this time on a mission to infiltrate an elite group of Hitler Youth. Joe travels to Germany, to the very heart of the Nazi spider web, where Adolf Hitler is ...Show more
Climate Aotearoa: What's Happening and What We Can Do About It by Helen Clark
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The science on climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand now and in the future, and what changes we all need to make. Contributions from a range of climate scientists and commentators Rob Bell, Jason Boberg, Adelia Hallett, Sophie Handford, Rhys Jones, Haylee Koroi, Matt McGlone, Jamie Morton, Rod Oram, J ...Show more
Ko Flit Te Tīrairaka me te Mahere Matariki by Kat Quin
$20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language | Series: Flit the Fantail
Join Flit the fantail and his forest friends on a nighttime adventure, this time to capture a star shining brightly on the horizon. It is one of a cluster of nine stars and Flit is determined to explore! But when he gets lost, wise Ruru swoops down and Flit learns about Matariki stars and navigation. ...Show more
Faking it: My Life in Transition by Mewburn, Kyle
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
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