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Anderton - His Life and Times by David Grant
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
Jim Anderton, the Labour rebel who founded a new political movement and became deputy prime minister, is the subject of this compelling, warts-and-all biography by award-winning historian David Grant. From his position as the Party's most outspoken president, Jim Anderton became a backbencher in David L ...Show more
Man for All Seasons: The Life and Times of Ken Douglas by David Grant
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Labour Movement & Union History | Reading Level: Very Good
Ken Douglas was raised in a hardworking, tough-talking, union-focussed Wellington family and got into union politics as a very young working man. Hard-nosed, pragmatic and never scared of a scrap, he rose through the ranks, got deeper into left-wing ideology and activity with his membership of the Socia ...Show more
My Brilliant Suburb by David McGill (ed.); Grant Tilly
$27.50 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History | Reading Level: very good
A celebration of 29 Wellington suburbs by those who live in them. Every article has its own slant on the local history, anecdotes and impressions.
Out in the Cold Pacificts and Conscientious Objectors in New Zealand during World War II by David Grant
$55.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by John Clute; John Grant; Mike Ashley (Editor); David G. Hartwell (Editor); Gary Westfahl (Editor)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy
This huge volume is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the fantasy field, offering an exciting new analysis of this highly diverse and hugely popular sphere of literature, from precursors such as Shakespeare and Dante, through Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and L. Frank Baum to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S ...Show more
Those Who Can Teach by David Grant
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Education & Health
A history of secondary education in New Zealand from the union perspective. For 50 years the PPTA has campaigned to improve standards in schools and conditions for teachers. This book covers this period in detail and includes staffing and salaries, Maori, school discipline, rural education, bulk funding ...Show more
Timber Town to City Suburb - An Illustrated History of Papanui by Murray Williams; Christine Grant; David O'Malley
$32.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
From Papanui's earliest days s a timber workers' settlement, its development into a centre for small farming and horticulture and transition into the thriving suburb we know today. Extensively illustrated pages and reminiscences of residents from early days to those experiencing the devastating 2010-201 ...Show more
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