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The Surfing Scientist: 40 Science Mind Benders order quantity
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NZ$ 17.00 each
Paperback
Author: Ruben Meerman
Think you've got all the answers? Surfing Scientist Ruben Meerman from ABC TV's RollerCoaster is back and this time he's challenging the inner workings of your brain with 40 science and logic puzzles. How many will you solve? And how many will leave you stumped? Can you share this cake between eight friends with only three straight cuts? Can you connect the dots by drawing four straight lines without lifting your pencil? How can these four cars continue on their way at the same time without colliding? Can you fit a 50c coin through a 10c sized hole without tearing the paper? With loads of photos and amazing facts and trivia, you'll stretch and test your mind with these fun and challenging puzzles. So what are you waiting for? Get into it!

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Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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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.

First published March 2010.



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How to Play Chess and Win order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author: Tanya Jones
This book tells you everything you need to know to master the basics and learn to play this fascinating game.
With step-by-step photographs, and tips and techniques, as well as suggestions for ways to enjoy improving your skills.

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Sikhism order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Hardback
Author: Honor Head
This title looks at the gurdwara and what it means to those who follow the Sikh religion. The religious services that people participate in, signs and symbols important to Sikhs, festivals and holy places are also looked at in detail.

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Solving Crimes with Trace Evidence order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Hardback
Author: Gary Jeffrey
Read how science helped police solve clues and bring criminals to justice with these amazing stories

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Complete Book of Astronomy and Space order quantity
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author: Lisa Miles
This is a superb introduction to the universe, with breathtaking surface-eye views of the planets and wonderful deep space images of stars. It gives a planet by planet guide to the solar system, 20 pages of star maps plus a guide to famous and easy to spot stars, nebulae, galaxies and meteor showers. It includes practical information on star-watching, home astronomy and using a telescope or binoculars. It also includes internet links to recommended websites with the latest space information, and fabulous images from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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How to Be Brilliant at Ballet order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
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Author: Craig Dodd
This book introduces you to the basics of ballet. Beginning with a brief history of ballet, it shows in step-by-step colour photographs the first basic positions, what happens in a ballet class, warming-up, barre work and dancing en pointe.

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Remembering John McCrae : Soldier, Doctor, Poet order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
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
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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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