South Pacific Books Ltd NZ

New Zealand
    agriculture
    alternative life...
    anthropology
    archaeology
    architecture
    art
    astronomy
    atlas
    Asia
    astronomy
    Auckland
    AV
    Australia
       aboriginal studies
    autobiography
    aviation
    biography
    biology
    botany
    business
    cartoon
    Chatham Islands
    child development
    children's
    colonialism
    communication
    conservation
    cooking
    craft
    culture
    dictionary
    drama
    economics
    education
    employment
    entomology
    environment
    ethnography
    fiction
       poetry
       novel
       short story
    film
    fishing
    France
    gardening
    gender issues
    geneaolgy
    geography
    government
    graphic novel
    health
    history
    horticulture
    humour
    indigenious rights
    linguistics
    land
    map
    marine biology
    mathematics
    media
    migration
    music
    mythology
    natural history
    navigation
    parenting
    personal growth
    pets
    philately
    philosophy
    politics
    poster
    psychology
    race relations
    recreation
    reference
    religion
    science
    social issues
    sociology
    spirituality
    sport
    Taranaki
    teaching resource
    technology
    teenager
    tourism
    travel
    treaty
    viticulture
    war
       women
PACIFIC
    agriculture
    anthology
    anthropology
    antarctica
    archaeology
    art
    asia
    astronomy
    atlas
    AV
    autobiography
    carving
    business
    conservation
    culture
    education
    dictionary
    Fiction
       children's
          language
          bilingual
       novel
       drama
       poetry
       teenage
    gender issues
    guide
    health
    history
    horticulture
    indigenous rights
    Islands
       Banaba
       Cook Islands
       Christmas Island
       Easter Island
       Fiji
       French Polynesia
       Hawaii
       Kiribati
       Marshall Islands
       Melanesia
       Micronesia
       Nauru
       New Caledonia
       Niue
       Norfolk Island
       Palau
       Papua New Guinea
       Pitcairn Island
       Rotuma
       Samoa
       Solmon Islands
       Tahiti
       Tikopia
       Tokelau
       Tonga
       Tuvalu
       Vanuatu
       Wallis and Futuna
    journalism
    land
    linguistics
    migration
    music
    natural history
    navigation
    politics
    proverbs
    race relations
    reader
    reference
    religion
    science
    social issues
    sociology
    spirituality
    sport
    tapa
    tattoo
    technology
    tivaevae
    tourism
    war
    weaving
    women
MAORI
    agriculture
    anthropolgy
    atlas
       art
    bilingual
    biography
    business
    colonialism
    conservation
    cooking
    culture
    dictionary
    drama
    education
    ethnography
    exploration
    fiction
       children's
          bilingual
          Te Reo
       anthology
       novel
       poetry
       drama
       short story
       Te Reo adult
       teenage
    fishing
    games
    gender issues
    general
    archaeology
    graphic novel
    guide
    health
    history
    horticulture
    humour
    indigenious rights
    journalism
    kapa haka
    land
    linguistics
    literature
    marae
    media
    medicine
    migration
    moko
    Moriori
    Muriwhenua
    astronomy
    music
    mythology
    natural history
    navigation
    Nga Puhi
    Ngati Maniopoto
    Ngai Tahu
    Ngati Awa
    Ngati Hikairo
    AV
    Ngati Huarere
    Ngati Kahungunu
    Ngati Mahaki
    Ngati Porou
    Ngati Raukawa
    Ngati Ruanui
    Ngati Toa
    Ngati Whatua
    autobiography
    politics
    psychology
    race relations
    reader
    reference
    religion
    science
    social issues
    sociology
    Southern Maori
    spirituality
    sport
    Tai Tokerau
    Tainui
    Tamaki Makaurau
    Taranaki
    tattoo
    Te Arawa
    Te Aro
    Te Atiawa
    teaching resource
    technology
    Tuhoe
    Tuwharetoa
    war
    weaving
    women
wood carving
    Australia
    botany
Other languages -...
law

netStep

NZ - Apr/May

Catalogue | Rep List | Back List

Showing 1 - 20 of 132 results
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ... | Next > | Last >>

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781741667677

1915 : A Novel of Gallipoli

order quantity

NZ$ 24.99 each

Paperback

Author: Roger McDonald

Customer Order Reference:

1915 means Gallipoli, the birth of the ANZAC myth - the year when young Australians sailed off to war in high hopes of adventure, only to find themselves faced with disaster.
The tragedy and violence of Gallipoli provide the climax to this very personal, moving and surprisingly romantic story. With remarkable skill and in achingly beautiful prose, Roger McDonald takes the reader on an archetypal Australian journey which parallels the nation's progress from its country childhood, through the adolescent exuberance of its young cities, to initiation on one of the world's ancient battlefields. It is a vital journey, haunted by menace and disillusionment, one embedded in our national mythology.
This astonishing first novel, published to great critical acclaim in 1979 and since then selling over 100,000 copies, tells the story of two boys from the bush, the thoughtful and awkward Walter and his knowing friend Billy Mackenzie, and their ... more

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9780908573868

Addington Railway Workshops : Working With Wood

order quantity

NZ$ 49.00 each

Paperback

Author: Keith G. Brown

Customer Order Reference:

Keith G. Brown documents Addington Workshops rich history from formation to closure and details his own experiences working as a tradesman carpenter at Addington from 1949 to 1987. The first book to document Addington's leading role in the manufacture and repair of rolling stock for New Zealand Railways, this is a fascinating look behind the fence of this once-famous facility. Lavishly illustrated with colour and black and white photographs, the workshop buildings, manufacture and repair of locomotives, carriages and wagons are all extensively covered.
A4 portrait, 112 pp, 107 photos.

Published May 2009

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781869404352

A History of the 'Unfortunate Experiment' at National Women's Hospital

order quantity

NZ$ 45.00 each

Paperback

Author: Linda Bryder

Customer Order Reference:

In the late 1980s, a national outcry followed the publication of Sandra Coney and Phillida Bunkle's 'Unfortunate Experiment' article in Metro magazine about the treatment of carcinoma in situ at National Women's Hospital.
The article prompted a commission of inquiry led by Judge Silvia Cartwright (now Dame Silvia Cartwright), which indicted the practices of doctors at the hospital and led to lawsuits, censure, a national screening programme and a revolution in doctor-patient relations in New Zealand.
In this carefully researched book, medical historian Dr Linda Bryder provides a detailed analysis of the treatment of carcinoma in situ at National Women's since the 1950s, an assessment of international medical practice and a history of the women's health movement.
She tackles a number of key questions. Was treatment at National Women's an 'unfortunate experiment'? Was it out of line with international norms? Did Herb Green ... more

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9780958240147

AIR CON : The Seriously Inconvenient Truth About Global Warming

order quantity

NZ$ 40.00 each

Paperback

Author: Ian Wishart

Customer Order Reference:

Bestselling author and investigative journalist Ian Wishart tackles the issue of the century: global warming.In December this year, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to usher in “a new Kyoto” protocol, conservatively estimated to cost taxpayers in Western countries somewhere in the region of US$45 trillion. For many people, this will mean increases in personal taxes of several thousand dollars a year, and/or much higher prices for food, goods and services because of new emissions caps and taxes. With that sort of money at stake, there are several big questions Wishart asks in AIR CON:

Is global warming actually happening?
Is it caused by human activities?
Is there really anything we can do to prevent it?
Are climate scientists and the United Nations telling the truth?
What’s really behind the push for the Copenhagen Treaty?

The answers to these questions may shock you. ... more

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9780958340106

Alison Holst's Marvellous Muffins

order quantity

NZ$ 14.50 each

Paperback

Author: Alison Holst

Customer Order Reference:

These muffins are quick, easy and delicious. Find out how to make perfect muffins every time! Make mini-muffins or monster muffins for a change.

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781877340215

An Improper Daughter

order quantity

NZ$ 30.00 each

Paperback

Author: Ruth Jones

Customer Order Reference:

Ruth Jones was born on 'the wrong side of the blanket' in 1928, and placed in a children's home at the age of ten days. This autobiography is the result of nearly seventy years sleuthing in New Zealand and England. With indomitable spirit, humour and a keen eye and ear for events and attitudes, Ruth opens up a world so very different from that which most of us have enjoyed.

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9780476010031

Aquiliton

order quantity

NZ$ 29.00 each

Paperback

Author: Maureen Myers

Customer Order Reference:

DoP 2004, Auckland
181pp
Ages 8-12 yrs
Softcover

When Tom discovers that he is a 'mix boy'; with a human mother and a merman father he learns that he can exist equally on land or underwater. When his merman Dad disappears, Toms sets out for Aquiliton (the most famous school for merman and mermaids in the world) to find him.

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9780473108557

Aquiliton and the Lost Princess

order quantity

NZ$ 20.00 each

Paperback

Author: Maureen Myers

Customer Order Reference:

DoP 2006, Auckland
187pp
Softcover
Ages 8-12 yrs

In the second book in the Aquiliton series Tom is back at the underwater school and once more he's plunged into adventure. While everyone is busy with rehearsals for the school play, the Book of Lights goes missing again. Tom's friend Will is in more trouble, and Tom finally meets the mermaids with tails.

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781869792572

Ascend the Nile : A Kiwi-Brit Journey of Discovery, Adventure & Tragedy

order quantity

NZ$ 40.00 each

Paperback

Author: Garth MacIntyre, Neil McGrigor & Cam McLeay with John McCrystal

Customer Order Reference:

In just under two months New Zealanders Garth MacIntyre and Cam McLeay (who lives in Uganda) and Brit Neil McGrigor had travelled 5311 km up the world's largest river, and their expedition to find the source of the Nile was going as well as could be expected. But that all changed when they wrecked both a motorised craft and a support aircraft while battling heavy rapids in the Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda.
When British friend Steve Willis rescued them in his Landrover - McGrigor having badly broken and burned his leg - they were ambushed by the RLA, a rebel group notorious for abducting and enslaving children. This ambush resulted in one of the group being killed. Grieving and traumatised, the men abandoned the expedition. Six months later they returned to complete it. They'd endured fear and fire, air accidents and toxic mushrooms, guerrillas and bullets and their comradeship had only strengthened. This is an epic ... more

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781740085205

Bat Your Eyelashes

order quantity

NZ$ 40.00 each

Hardback

Author: Marianne Vicelich

Customer Order Reference:

DoP May 2009, Wellington
Hardcover

Passed down like good silverware, learning the right way to act in sticky situations can be a challenge. Bat You Eyelashes : How To Be Well Mannered With Style signs you up for an etiquette overhaul to get back to basics, and to eliminate awkward, embarrassing moments in everyday situations. This book covers everything from everyday courtesies - how to be a gracious host, taboo topics to avoid, how to get a pay rise, and even how to break-up with your hairdresser without hurting their feelings.

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9780958295307

Between the rows: stories from the rose nurseries of New Zealand

order quantity

NZ$ 35.00 each

Paperback

Author: Joanne Knight

Customer Order Reference:

DoP 2008, NZ
145x210mm / 73pp

Collected by Joanne Knight of Kauri Creek Nursery at Katikati. A nice collection of stories from 19 of the ever-dwindling number of rose growing nurseries of New Zealand. Mostly small, family-owned businesses, it is a good history of the people involved and the ups and downs of the rose growing world.

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781869791070

Big Ideas : 100 Wonders Of New Zealand Engineering

order quantity

NZ$ 45.00 each

Paperback

Author: Matthew Wright

Customer Order Reference:

Roads, bridges, dams, railway viaducts, tunnels . . . New Zealand is full of amazing feats of engineering. Our number-eight wire mentality has brought about some incredible engineering solutions to create structures and
systems to wonder at, from the Manapouri underground power station to Burt Munro's famous Indian motorcycle. Who designed these amazing things? How were they built? What innovative solutions did their engineers use to overcome problems of terrain, weather, materials and cost? From early Maori and European settlement through the boom days of the late 1900s into the Depression-era projects of the early twentieth century and on to the Think Big years. The book features 100 projects from around the country with informative text, fact boxes and historic photographs. This is a great book to dip into or read from cover to cover, showing the development of New Zealand's fascinating engineering heritage.

First published ... more

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781877423345

Big Weather : Poems of Wellington (new enlarged edition 2009)

order quantity

NZ$ 35.00 each

Hardback

Author: Gregory O'Brien & Louise St John (eds)

Customer Order Reference:

This lively collection of poems outlines Wellington's geography of city and sea, suburbs, hills and bush, and its history from colonial outpost to bustling cosmopolitan centre. A new section has been added to the book: 'red Wellington boots' featuring poems from some of the city's leading contemporary writers.

First published 2000 ; This enlarged hardback edition July 2009.
176pp

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781869404390

Bill Culbert : Making Light Work

order quantity

NZ$ 100.00 each

Hardback

Author: Ian Wedde & Bill Culbert

Customer Order Reference:

Bill Culbert is one of New Zealand's most celebrated artists. In Bill Culbert: Making Light Work, the first substantial book on Culbert, Ian Wedde explores the ideas, materials, and conditions that have formed Culbert's art over the past 50 years. Bill Culbert grew up in Port Chalmers and Wellington, but since 1961 has lived largely in France and England (although he returns regularly to New Zealand to exhibit work during the oyster and whitebait seasons). Light has preoccupied Culbert since his days as a student at London's Royal College of Art in the late 1950s. He has used it in domestic-scaled works, in dazzling large-scale museum installations and in public spaces such as the Champs Elysees in Paris and the Millennium Dome in London. Ian Wedde suggests in Bill Culbert that energy and travel, congeniality and conviviality are also key to understanding of Culbert's immensely attractive but conceptually rigorous work, from his ... more

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781869791490

Blokes, Jokes and Sheds : New Zealand's funniest shed cartoons

order quantity

NZ$ 25.00 each

Paperback

Author: Chris Slane

Customer Order Reference:

The shed is a place where men can find sanctuary from the demands of everyday life, and is one of the last remaining untouched bastions of maleness. With Blokes, Jokes & Sheds, Chris Slane takes an affectionate and humorous look at this enduring icon of blokedom. Featuring sheds and their owner-occupiers, Blokes, Jokes & Sheds goes some way to uncovering the mysteries of what sheds mean to men. There are sheds for tinkering, sheds for escape, sheds as a second home, sheds for socialising, and inventive sheds. There is a shed for every man and every shed is a castle. The book is loosely based on the topics of Shed Sweet Home, Favourite Projects, Shed Widows, DIY Disasters and Tool Talk. Interspersed among the cartoons are Shed Factoids, What Type of Sheddie Are You? and a DIY-agony column.

First published August 2009.

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781869508098

Buddy

order quantity

NZ$ 20.00 each

Paperback

Author: V.M. Jones

Customer Order Reference:

Josh Cranford loves running, soccer, cricket - anything, as long as it's sport. Most of all, he loves to win. Just one person stands in his way: super-jock Shane Hunter. They clash head to head in everything, and Shane always comes out best ...especially where girls are concerned. Makes it feel that way, anyhow. Then along comes an off-the-wall new teacher, and a wicked new challenge: the Energex Iron Kid Triathlon. The perfect chance to take Shane on and come out on top. Except Josh can't swim. Never has - and vowed he never would. If he's going to enter the triathlon, he'll have to overcome his fear of water ...and take the first step to confronting a secret buried too deep in his past to think about. Josh's decision triggers the most important six weeks of his life - and Shane Hunter isn't the only problem. Josh not only has to learn how to swim; he has to learn to deal with his Dad's new live-in partner, Suzanne. And then there's ... more

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

BUSYTOWN

Busytown: Knee-High in New York

order quantity

NZ$ 40.00 each

Paperback

Author: Jolisa Gracewood

Customer Order Reference:

DoP July 2009

The unexpected adventures of Jolisa Gracewood in Busytown...
Jolisa Gracewood writes the 'Busytown' blog on Public Address.

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781877423253

Bute View

order quantity

NZ$ 18.00 each

Paperback

Author: Janice Marriott

Customer Order Reference:

Arlo has been invited to SPACE in the southern hemisphere to show his inventions to the scientists there, and he thinks he has made it. Finally, fame and fortune will be his and he can spend his days lounging with celebrities on top of apartment buildings. But SPACE isn't quite what Arlo had expected, and he soon learns that the Big Boss has a sinister fate planned for him. This is Janice Marriott's second outrageous science fiction novel for young readers.

(click to enlarge)

ISBN / ISSN:

9781877378294

Butterscotch

order quantity

NZ$ 35.00 each

Paperback

Author: Lyn Loates

Customer Order Reference:

Helen Mainyard was eight years old when her father suddenly uprooted the family from their home in Christchurch and resettled in Melbourne. When Helen is twenty-one, she learns the real reason for the family's abrupt departure. In the process Helen unearths a trail of human transgressions.

First published June 2009.

ISBN / ISSN:

9415394705904

Buzzy Bee and Friends

order quantity

NZ$ 27.00 each

DVD Media

Author: Various

Customer Order Reference:

Release date - June 2009, NZ
One disc - 13 episodes.

Join Buzzy Bee and all his friends in Rolling Downs. for more than 70 years, Buzzy Bee has held number one place as New Zealand's favourite icon. This first animated television series sees Buzzy and friends transformed in adorable characters. Voiced by a stellar line-up of actors: Madeline Sami, Stephanie Liebert, Jennifer Ward-Leland, Merv Smith, and Johnny Barker.

Open Printable

Showing 1 - 20 of 132 results
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ... | Next > | Last >>

South Pacific Books Ltd

PO Box 3533 Shortland Street, Auckland 1140
Tel +64 9 8109821 Fax +64 9 810 9823
Please Note: - ALL PRICES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY - PLEASE CHECK AT TIME OF ORDERING.
CREDIT CARDS ARE NOT CHARGED UNTIL THE TITLE IS DESPATCHED

Bookshop system by Circle