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The Politics and Government of New Zealand: Robust, Innovative and Challenged by G.A. Wood
49.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
New Zealand has evolved into a highly complex multi-cultural society of the Asia-Pacific region. Its political framework, inherited from Britain, has endeavoured to keep pace with the needs of its citizens, with many interesting and unique features as a result." This book provides a comprehensive guide ...Show more
The Royal Librarian by Daisy Wood
34.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations… Windsor, 1940: War rages, and as bombs rain down across Britain, nowhere is safe: not even a royal palace. Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the ...Show more
The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America by John Wood Sweet
39.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
A riveting Revolutionary Era drama of the first published rape trial in American history and its long, shattering aftermath, revealing how much has changed over two centuries--and how much has not. On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel--t ...Show more
The Story of China: A Portrait of a Civilisation and its People by Michael Wood
26.99 NZD
Category: History
'A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about' - Tom Holland ... 'Masterful and engrossing...well-paced, eminently readable and well-timed. A must-read for those who want - and need - to know about the China of yesterday, today and tom ...Show more
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people by Michael Wood
59.99 NZD
Category: History
China's story is extraordinarily rich and dramatic. Now Michael Wood, one of the UK's pre-eminent historians, brings it all together in a major new one-volume history of China that is essential for reading for anyone who wants to understand its burgeoning role in our world today.China is the oldest livi ...Show more
The Story of England by Michael Wood
60.00 NZD
Category: History
The village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very centre of England. It has a church, some pubs, the Grand Union Canal, a First World War Memorial - and many centuries of recorded history. In the thirteenth century the village was bought by William de Merton, who later founded Merton College, O ...Show more
The Story of India by Michael Wood
29.99 NZD
Category: History
In "The Story of India", Michael Wood weaves a spellbinding narrative out of the 10,000-year history of the subcontinent. Home today to more than a fifth of the world's population, India gave birth to the oldest and most influential civilization on Earth, to four world religions, and to the world's larg ...Show more
The Surreal Body : Fetish and Fashion by Ghislaine Wood
49.99 NZD
Category: Fashion
The representation of the body, and particularly the female body, provides a common thread through the activities of the Surrealists. In fashion photography and illustration, the body was manipulated, fetishized and irrecoverably changed. The mechanics of fashion promotion ensured that this new vision o ...Show more
The Unmapped Sea (Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #5) by Maryrose Wood; Eliza Wheeler (Illustrator)
12.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Ser.
For fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society, here comes the fifth book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, the acclaimed and hilarious Victorian mystery series by Maryrose Wood. Lord Fredrick Ashton may not feel ready to be a ...Show more
The Unseen Guest (Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #3) by Maryrose Wood; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
12.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Ser.
Of especially naughty children it is sometimes said, "They must have been raised by wolves." The Incorrigible children actually were. Since returning from London, the three Incorrigible children and their plucky governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, have been exceedingly busy. Despite their wolfish upbring ...Show more