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A Game of Two Halves - The Best of Sport 2005 2019 by Fergus Barrowman
$38.95 AUD
Category: Sport / Outdoor | Reading Level: very good
Sport was conceived in the back of Damien Wilkins’ yellow Ford Escort – he tells the story in the introduction to Great Sporting Moments – and born in spring 1988. A Game of Two Halves: The Best of Sport 2005–2019 chronicles the second half of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most exciting literary magazine’s lif ...Show more
Rugby Skills, Tactics & Rules: 5th Edition by Tony Williams & John McKittrick
$39.95 AUD
Category: Sport / Outdoor
Clear, concise and authoritative. Learn how to play or coach rugby to get the most enjoyment out of the game and win! The complex laws of rugby are threaded throughout the book in a way that makes them simple to understand. Explanations of the basic skills for running, passing, catching, and tackling ar ...Show more
Maori Art: History, Architecture, Landscape & Theory by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
$99.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
Up until now books on Maori art have described the work as either traditional (carving, weaving, painting) or contemporary, work produced post-1950s. This book presents a unique focus on Maori art by exploring the connection between the traditional and contemporary, and the place of Maori art within an ...Show more
Goldie by Roger Blackley
$69.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Charles F. Goldie (1870-1947) is one of New Zealand's best known artists, with mystique surrounding his work. His fame has been fed by newspaper reports documenting record-shattering prices, thefts, vandalism and forgeries. The book explores Goldie's career, his early still life paintings, his time as a ...Show more
Crusade On!: Celebrating 25 Years Of The Crusaders by Matt McIlraith
$59.95 AUD
Category: Sport / Outdoor
The Crusaders are not just another sports team. Out of a modest beginning grew the most formidable professional club entity rugby has ever seen. Yet sustained on-field excellence is just part of the storyof a team that succeeded by living its stated ethos of hard work, the embracement of diversity, and ...Show more
Ballin' in Black: Our Tall Blacks Test Centurions by Huw Beynon
$39.95 AUD
Category: Sport / Outdoor
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
The Colours of Cricket by PHILIP BROWN
$59.95 AUD
Category: Sport / Outdoor
The Colours of Cricket is a beautiful collection of the best photographs of award-winning cricket photographer Philip Brown. Taking us on a nostalgic trip through time, it documents the changing face of the game over five decades. Featuring more than 340 of Brown's favourite images, this is a book every ...Show more
Frida Kahlo And My Left Leg by Roger Scruton
$29.95 AUD
Category: Literature
A New York Times-bestselling author's personal examination of how the experiences, art, and disabilities of Frida Kahlo shaped her life as an amputee. At first sight of Frida Kahlo's painting The Two Fridas, Emily Rapp Black felt a connection with the artist. An amputee from childhood, Rapp Black grew u ...Show more
Holbein: His Life and Works in 500 Images by Rosalind Ormiston
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art & Entertainment
Hans Holbein the Younger's life is discovered through his artworks, his family, his patrons and the people who met him. Born into a family of talented artists, Holbein learnt to be a draughtsman, a painter, a portraitist, and a designer for woodcuts. What could not be taught was his remarkable skill ...Show more
Stunts & Baffling Illusions: 350 Superb Magician's Deceptions Practical Encyclopedia of: Conjuring Tricks Magic by Nick Einhorn
$59.95 AUD
Category: Teens
Learn from an expert (Gold Star Magic Inner Circle) magician: step by step tricks, including card magic, stage and optical illusions, stunts, puzzles, party and dinner table pranks.
Brutal - The 100 Year Fight for World Rugby Supremacy by Ron Palenski
$39.95 AUD
Category: Sport / Outdoor | Reading Level: near fine
This year marks a hundred years of the greatest rivalry the rugby world has known, New Zealand against South Africa. These titans first met on a test field in 1921 and, coincidentally, in the hundredth year of their battle for supremacy, they will also play their 100th test. The intense, unmatched rival ...Show more
and Be a Successful Leader Encourage Innovation Rock the Boat: Embrace Change by Danelle Barrett
$31.95 AUD
Category: Career & Business
Navigate uncharted waters with visionary and inspirational leadership After a successful career in the navy, retired rear admiral Danelle Barrett knows plenty about effective, motivational leadership, and now she's sharing it with readers in any profession striving to be bold change leaders. As Barrett ...Show more