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Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
Paperback
Author: Susan Brocker
This is the true story of the courage and loyalty of the Kiwi war horses of the First World War.
Every ANZAC Day we celebrate our heroes. Until now the story of the loyal horses who carried our troops in the desert war of WWI has remained untold. This is their story - and the story of Bess, the only horse to return to New Zealand from the Middle East. Bess and her companions overcame their fear, standing by their masters in the battlefield, in harsh desert conditions. Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses tells the tale of these valiant horses and the essential part they played in the war.
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Remembering John McCrae : Soldier, Doctor, Poet order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
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Author: Linda Grandfield
Written in 1915, after the death of a friend, the words of John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields are famous. But who was the man behind the World War One poem?

This book gives a fascinating glimpse of Canadian John McCrae's extraordinary life. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and memorabilia.
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Guinness World Records 2010 order quantity
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NZ$ 55.00 each
Hardback
Author: Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday
With all-new photos and records, and drawing inspiration from the past to take a look at the future, Guinness World Records 2010 is a lush, visually rich edition of this classic reference book.
Taking a look back over the past 10 years of record-breaking, it reveals the top 100 record-breakers of the decade. Also features free never-before-seen downloadable videoclips and images.
It's the book of the decade.
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The Encyclopedia of Immaturity Volume 2 order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Spiral bound
Author: -
Following on from the success of The Encyclopedia of Immaturity comes Volume 2, all new Shenanigans - more skills, secret knowledge and activites.
Detailed explanations of how to fake a cold, make your hand explode, burp at will, and hours more entertainment and mischief.
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Stink-O-Pedia : Super Stink-y Stuff From A To Zzzzz order quantity
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NZ$ 14.00 each
Paperback
Author: Megan McDonald Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Study up on Stink-isms from A to Z! A super-funny compendium of wacky facts with compulsive appeal for fans of Stink and Judy Moody alike.
Where can you view the world's oldest ham? Who holds the record for the world's loudest burp? The answers to these and many, many more essential questions can be found in Stink-O-Pedia -- just the sort of reference book that Stink Moody, who reads encyclopedias in his spare time, might make up himself. From J-for-Jawbreaker (and how long it would take an average frog to digest one), to P-for-Professional Smeller (and other strange but true careers), to Y-for-Yeti (why not?), this volume contains enough amazing stuff to keep readers saying "No way!" for a googolplex* of years. At the back of the book, facts are cross-referenced with related Stink and Judy Moody titles.
* See the letter Z-for-Zero!
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Guinness World Records 2009 order quantity
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NZ$ 50.00 each
Hardback
Author: Guinness
Guinness World Records 2009 is packed with 1000's of new records, amazing 3D photography, fold-out features including Harry Potter, the Moon Landings and 3D Dinosaurs, celebrity interviews and 100% new photography.
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Special Edition 2009 order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Hardback
Author: Scholastic Inc. (Corporate Author)
The fascinating facts of Robert Ripley prove there's nothing stranger than the truth. This seventh annual collection contains the most unbelievable facts, acts, and oddities ever recorded.
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Violence 101 order quantity
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NZ$ 19.00 each
Paperback
Author: Denis Wright
Hamish Graham is highly intelligent, disciplined, resourceful and fearless. He scorns all signs of weakness and is obsessed with Charles Upham, Alexander the Great and Te Rauparaha – all men of action. But Hamish is also a fourteen-year-old with a serious anger problem and a disturbing past. Hamish is about to learn that some of the world’s most influential people have been square pegs in round holes, and heroism can take many forms.

Violence 101 is a compelling and powerful novel about looking for life-purpose and for modern-day heroes.

New Zealand Post Book of the Year 2009, Best First Book Award Winner.
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He's Just Not That Into You order quantity
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NZ$ 16.00 each
Hardback
Author: Greg Behrendt
Bite-size wisdom from the phenomenally bestselling relationships book that has changed the lives of millions of women around the world. This hilarious, playful, but honest explanation of male behaviour from the writers of Sex and the City is designed to stop women wasting their time chasing after men who aren't into them, and help them to move on and find men who really are. Upfront and forthright, the wisdom of the book can be summed up by: men don't want to tell women when they're not interested - and women don't want to hear it anyway. But don't worry it happens to the most beautiful, funny, interesting and intelligent women and all it means is that it's time to say 'Next!'. It's not that he's too busy, just got out of a relationship or scared of intimacy, you just need to learn to read the signs - 'He's Just Not That Into You If He's Not Calling You,' or 'If He's Not Dating You,' 'If He Only Wants To See You When He's Drunk', 'If ... more
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How to Avoid a Wombat's Bum order quantity
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NZ$ 17.00 each
Paperback
Author: Mitchell Symons
Did you know: The first ready-to-eat breakfast cereal was Shredded Wheat in 1893 (it beat Kellogg's Corn Flakes by just five years). Scarlett Johansson, Ashton Kutcher and Simon Cowell all have twin brothers. Everton were the first British football club to introduce a stripe down the side of their shorts. The word DUDE was coined by Oscar Wilde and his friends. It is a combination of the words 'duds' and 'attitude'. Well you do now! Filled with fantastic facts and figures to amaze and intrigue ...once you start reading you'll be hooked for hours!
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"Ugly Betty" order quantity
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author: .
Betty Suarez may be a fashion-challenged girl from Jackson Heights, Queens, but as she's quick to tell you, she has big dreams and "tons of creative ideas". "Ugly Betty: The Book" will be a one-of-a-kind companion to the wildly popular dramedy. Fashioned to resemble the ultra private and confidential white binder known as "the Book" (the "Mode" magazine mock-up prominently featured in the show), this book will have a paper-over-board cover and be designed to look like an issue of Mode that Betty edited herself. The book's chapters will be presented in the form of magazine articles based on the show's storylines, all told from Betty's unique point of view.Articles range from: fashion layouts, "What to Wear to Work" and "Making Your Prom Dress Work...Again"; career, "How to Survive Your Co-workers" and "15 Things Your Boss Should Never Ask You to Do"; relationship stories, "Are You With the Right Guy?"
 
Posters and Propaganda in Wartime: Weapons of Mass Persuasion order quantity
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NZ$ 46.00 each
Author: .
Features stunning full-colour posters from both world wars of the 20th century
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Pirate's Handbook order quantity
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NZ$ 23.00 each
Hardback
Author: Sam Taplin
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True Stories of D-Day order quantity
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NZ$ 15.00 each
Hardback
Author: Henry Brook
This fascinating book tells the stories of the real-life heroes involved of a single day that changed the face of modern history, 6 June 1944 - D-day, the allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Normandy. Millions were caught up in the struggle for the Normandy. This book focuses on the bravery of a few individuals, including the meteorologist advising General Eisenhower, an elite paratrooper who formed part of an advance party, the sergeant who waded onto Omaha beach under a hail of gunfire and the Resistance fighter, who was caught in a fire as Allied troops landed. Packed full of fascinating detail, this book tells the remarkable story of D-Day as it really was - young readers will find this a compelling, moving and enlightening collection of true-life tales. It contains maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading.
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Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys : Things to do order quantity
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author: Conn & Hal Iggulden
If ever there was a book to make you switch off your television set, 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' was it. And now, from the same authors, comes 'The Pocket Book of Things to Do' - packed with exciting and fun things to keep you entertained all summer. 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' was the book of the year in 2006, inspiring a newfound passion for adventure, fun and all things 'dangerous'. Now, the authors have expanded their knowledge of all things fun to do and have come up with the fantastic 'Pocket Book of Things to Do'. With everything from how to win at poker, how to make a paper hat and how to skim stones to how to tie a knot to how to write a note in secret ink, the Pocket Book will appeal to men and boys alike, not forgetting the women in their lives!

First published 2007.
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Diary of a Wildlife Photographer order quantity
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NZ$ 33.00 each
Hardback
Author: Jan Latta (photographer Jan Latta)
Illustrated in full colour and crammed with adventure, Diary of a Wildlife Photographer is an exciting account of one woman's incredible experiences in extraordinary places.

Breakfast with a cheetah, touch the horn of a rhino, and survive an angry lion in the wilds of Africa - Just the start of a great adventure with wildlife photographer, Jan Latta!

Jan was inspired to write children's books after coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla in the African jungle. The experience changed her life. Jan has since travelled to Africa, India and China to photograph and write about animals in their natural habitat. Illustrated with Jan's beautiful full-colour photographs, Diary of a Wildlife Photographer tells of this brave and adventurous woman's astonishing adventures in extraordinary places.
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It's True! You Can Make Your Own Jokes order quantity
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NZ$ 14.00 each
Paperback
Author: Sharon Holt
A mixture of how-to and history, this book sets out the rules of joke-making and joke-telling (with lots of hilarious examples) and explores our fascination with japes, jibes, jokes and jesters.


Psst! It's true! This is the best book on JOKES you'll ever read!

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Max.

Max who?

Max my brain bulge to read this book!

Discover the secrets of riddles, hoaxes and tongue twisters. Invent side-splitting jokes in easy-to-follow steps. Tickle your bunny phone with the truth about trifle towers, and start your own laughter epidemic!

Pester your pals with a pack of perfect punchlines.
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What Bumosaur is That? order quantity
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NZ$ 17.00 each
Paperback
Author: Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
• Why was the Tyrannosore-arse Rex so angry?
• Where did Bogasauruses live?
• How many cheeks did a Tricerabutt have?
• Was the Bumheaded idiotasaurus the most stupid bumosaur?
• When did the bumosaurs become exstinkt?

Find the answers to these and many other questions in this fully-illustrated guide to prehistoric bumosaur life. Covering the Pre-Crappian era through to the Post-Crapaceous, this essential reference will thrill, amaze and inform the whole family. Never again will you look like a fool when somebody asks: What Bumosaur Is That?
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It's True! Sleep Makes You Smarter order quantity
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NZ$ 14.00 each
Paperback
Author: Thalia Kalkipsakis
The 25th It's True! title goes under the duvet to investigate sleep - why we need it, how much we should have, what happens under extreme sleep deprivation, whether animals dream, what dreams mean.
 
Shipwrecked order quantity
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NZ$ 19.99 each
Paperback
Author: Rhoda Blumberg
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck left him and his companions castaways on a remote island, Manjiro learned new ways when he became the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
 
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