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Air War Pacific The Fight for Supremacy In The Far East: 1937 to 1945

$10.00

This book cover the conflict between Japan and the allies during the Second World War. It covers both navel and land based operations. It briefly looks at the early developments in the 1930’s and the concentrates on the period from December 1941 to August 1945. The advances in Technology both in aircraft and navel power is well researched and illustrated. The book has hundreds of photos, some in colour, and lots of detailed colour drawings of the aircraft involved. It gives analysis of the capabilities of the various aircraft. This book is a must for people interested in this period of history. Very Good: Minor tear to the dust jacket. The book is in very good order, the binding is excellent.

The Great Barrier Thief

$10.00

The Great Barrier Thief is a business and customer-service book that examines why companies undermine themselves through poor communication, internal bureaucracy, and barriers between management, employees, and customers. Richard W. Buchanan argues that many organizations gradually “steal” value from their own businesses by creating obstacles that frustrate customers and demoralize staff. The book explores how inefficient systems, weak leadership, and disconnected departments lead to declining service quality and lost trust. The central theme is that businesses can reverse this self-destructive cycle by: Focusing on Customer needs, Improving internal communication, Empowering employees, Removing unnecessary organizational barriers, and Building a service-oriented culture. Published in Australia in 1995, the book combines management commentary with practical observations about customer service and organizational behavior. Very Good: Very tidy condition.

Life Love Food Kids, Love your children, get them food savvy.

$12.00

New Zealand has a huge rate of childhood obesity – nearly one third of our children are overweight or obese. Funny, thought-provoking, motivating, inspiring and practical as well, this guide to helping your children to be savvy when it comes to food is timely and useful. The Ministry of Health will be releasing their Food & Nutrition Guidelines for Children in the next few weeks. These new food guidelines will mean parents are looking for effective strategies to help their children develop good habits with food. Life Love Food Kids is full of down-to-earth strategies and practical tips that really work for children. Author Glenda Gourley has more than 20 years of experience in helping children make good food choices, and her recipes are easy and delicious. She has written many award-winning books, including five books for the National Heart Foundation, which have sold many thousands of copies. Fine: Almost like new.

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

$6.00

Meet Cordelia Gray: twenty-two, tough, intelligenta nd now sole inheritor of the Pryde Detective Agency. Her first assignment finds her hired by Sir Ronald Callender to investigate the death of his son Mark, a young Cambridge student found hanged in mysterious circumstances. Required to delve into the hidden secrets of the Callender family, Cordelia soon realises it is not a case of suicide, and that the truth is entirely more sinister. Fair: Tidy condition.

Don’t Just Stand There, Pray Something

$12.00

Discover the incredible power of intercessory prayer. Ronald Dunn demonstrates how anyone can pray with more purpose and power. Ronald Dunn is a gifted teacher who specializes in helping believers pray more effectively. Don’t Just Stand There, Pray Something is an inspiring look at how you can pray with greater purpose and power–for your own needs as well as the needs of others. Here is an eye-opening book that dispels the myth that only ‘super saints’ can pray successfully, lends a fresh perspective on how God answers prayer, demonstrates why our ‘position’ is more important than our ‘petition’, and reveals the ‘secret weapon’ God has provided for praying believers. Prayer changes things–and us! As you delve into this exciting book, be prepared for a radical difference in your prayer life. With fascinating insights into prayer and spirituality and a fresh perspective on how God answers prayer, this guide presents practical Christianity at its best.

Dancing in the Wilderness

$8.00

“Dancing in the Wilderness’ is the passionate and compelling saga of two women separated by three generations but linked by an emerging pioneering spirit.” (publisher). Good: Very tidy condition.

Bloody Mary

$8.00

Set between Glasgow and the remote island of Eilean Og off Scotland’s west coast, the novel follows generations of strong women shaped by hardship, family loyalty, and survival. Helen Davidson runs a powerful Glasgow business empire, while memories of Aunt Mary — nicknamed “Bloody Mary” for her toughness and resilience — continue to influence the family. In contrast, island families endure harsh rural lives but maintain close, enduring bonds. As family tragedies and broken relationships unfold across generations, young Marylka may discover hope and redemption in the unlikeliest place. Good: Sun faded pages, tidy condition, binding excellent.

Fast Forward Leadership How to Exchange Outmoded Practices Quickly for Forward-looking Leadership Today

$10.00

Leaders in organizations today have heard plenty about the issues facing them in the 21st century. What is not at all clear is what they should actually do differently to ensure their personal and organization’s successFast Forward Leadership helps leaders discover exactly what they. and their organizations must stop doing, as well as start doing, to increase organizational effectiveness. It offers practical advice throughout so that you can get on and use it immediately.

Falling Angel

$9.00

Flora never wants children, but when her sister, Georgie, is killed, Flora ends up assuming the role of mother to her sister’s baby. When the serial killer is caught, he is adamant that Georgie was not his victim and Flora is determined to find out who really murdered her sister. Very Good: Almost like new.

Chief Maker The 5-Step Blueprint to Rising Above the Pack and Getting a Seat on the Executive Team

$10.00

Have your career and personal growth stalled?
Are you overloaded with work and commitments that are making it impossible to stay in front of the game?
Are you constantly fighting soul-destroying internal politics and bureaucracy when trying to get things done?

The 5-step Chief Maker method outlined in this book is a career-long roadmap for senior managers who want to rise above the chaos of the corporate world, master their profession and leave a lasting impact through their work.

This book is about much more than getting a executive-level promotion. It’s about much more than being a high-impact Chief Executive Officer. It’s about taking back control. It’s about becoming the Chief Executive of your life. With the steps contained in this book you’ll start to enjoy a more rewarding career and life. You’ll be excelling in your role, but you’ll also be spending more time with your family and friends. In every domain of life and work, you’ll be getting results.

You’ll be a Chief.

Fine: Like new.

Breaking Free A Recovery Handbook for “Facing Codependence”

$14.00

In her pioneering Facing Codependence, Pia Mellody traced the origins of codependence back to childhood and a wide range of emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, and sexual abuses. Now in this innovative new workbook, she presents a step-by-step journal-keeping method for moving toward recovery from codependence. Based on such concepts as the “precious child” and the five core symptoms of codependence, along with the Twelve-Step process of recovery used by Codependents Anonymous, Breaking Free provides strategies and insights for attacking the fundamental problem in codependence–the lack of dependence on self.

In a three-part approach to recovery, Mellody first shows recovering codependents how to move beyond denial of their childhood history of abuse. She then offers techniques to identify concrete ways in which the symptoms of codependence operate in their lives. Finally, Mellody guides users through the process of identifying and recording specific instances of improvement in their lives as an aid to greater self-awareness and further recovery.

As New: Very Very Good Condition.

Is It True? The facts behind the things we have been told

$12.00

In this revealing book, Max Cryer explores the truth or otherwise of facts and beliefs we may have always been told are true, but which on closer examination may not be. In a wide-ranging book encompassing social history, language, music, politics, the natural world and much more, we discover the truth behind some of our most cherished beliefs. Always fresh and amusing, Max Cryer will take you on a journey through your acquired knowledge, testing whether it is really up to scratch. “You will find yourself intrigued to keep turning the pages and unravel more and more fun facts.” – Get Ahead Kids Review

Fine: Like new Very Very Tidy Condition.

Culture of Honor Sustaining a Supernatural Environment

$8.00

“In this powerful, revelation-packed book, Danny Silk describes the significant paradigm shift in church life, government, and relationships that has created and sustained the revival culture at Bethel Church in Redding, California. Through many relevant and true-life stories, the church is revealed as a place of freedom, respect, empowerment, and healthy discipline (not punishment). Culture of Honor challenges the status quo of church leadership structure and presents a refreshing view of the five-fold ministry. Jesus acknowledged this important principle in Matthew 20:25-26: But Jesus called them to Himself and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. If those with power learn how to empower those around them, then surely it will come to pass that, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. You can apply. Good: Very Tidy condition.

The Eyes of God

$5.00

A young king breaks with the past and makes peace with the kingdom his father has fought for years. To seal the bargain he is offered the hand of the kingdom¿s princess. And so begins a fast moving epic of madness, obsession, prejudice and sheer magic.
John Marco has woven an intricate tale of personalities driven by love, hatred and ambition. Each character must, in the end, pay the price for their actions and THE EYES OF GOD is, at its core, an almost classical tragedy.
Rich in its evocation of magical lands, detailed in its dissection of motive, compelling it its characters THE EYES OF GOD is the work of a natural storyteller revelling in his ability.

Poor: Sun Faded pages, Stains on some pages, minor marks on the cover, very readable binding is good.

The Darkest Lie

$8.00

Forced to his knees in agony whenever he speaks the truth, Gideon can recognise any lie – until he captures Scarlet, a demon-possessed immortal who claims to be his long-lost wife. He doesn’t remember the beautiful female, much less wedding – or bedding – her. But he wants to…almost as much as he wants her. But Scarlet is keeper of nightmares, too dangerous to roam free. A future with her might mean ultimate ruin. Especially as Gideon’s enemies draw closer – and the truth threatens to destroy all he’s come to love… Good: Very Tidy condition.

Grandad

$6.00

Most children at some stage of their lives lose a close family member or friend. This story is about a child’s experience of a much-loved grandfather getting old, becoming unwell, and dying. The family’s response to the death reflects New Zealand’s cultural diversity;
Pakeha (European), Maori and Pacific beliefs and traditions, as well as interesting personal choices, are interwoven into how the family honour and celebrate their grandfather’s life.

Echoes from a Distant Land

$12.00

A powerful story of doomed love against the backdrop of Africa … Wangira is caught between the traditions of his Kikuyu tribe and the disturbing new ideas of the missionaries. When, as a young warrior, he saves the life of a wealthy American photographer, he is offered the chance of a new life far away in the white man′s world. Between the wars, Kenya is a land of boundless opportunity where the rich engage in hunting safaris, horse racing, outrageous parties and all the pleasures that money can buy. Dana Northcote is a celebrated socialite, living the high life, but when Wangira uses her husband′s farm in the Kenyan highlands to hide some contraband, she embarks on a dangerous, passionate affair. Ultimately, she is forced to make a heart-rending decision that will tear her life apart and has consequences which will echo through the generations. Spanning the first half of the twentieth century and culminating in Kenya′s fight for independence from the British Empire, ECHOES FROM A DISTANT LAND is a vivid ev

Wild Girl & Gran

$6.00

I am a princess in the castle keep.

I am a pirate on the high seas.

I am a cowboy on the lone prairie.

I am a wild girl, alone in my stouthearted tree.

So begins the story of Wild Girl & Gran – a young girl and her grandmother who become companions in imagination, schemers in adventure and free-spirited in friendship. Together they create a whimsical world that is beautifully charmed and safe.

But a shadow falls over this special place when Gran falls ill and leaves the world. Wild Girl does not feel safe or adventurous anymore. One spring day, Wild Girl’s mother begins to tell stories about Gran. Wild Girl sees how, together, their love for Gran, and each other, will survive.

Wild Girl & Gran is the hauntingly beautiful tale of how imagination renews the human spirit and how love passes across generations, from mother to daughter, to calm a wild girl’s heart and make her adventurous again.

Good: Tidy condition.

Blitzkrieg

$8.00

A comprehensive look at the European war during World War II and the effectiveness of the German Blitzkrieg campaigns. In keeping with the style of the Time Life series of books this has a detailed text and a large collection of photos from the relevant battles. From the Poland invasion to the advance through Belgium and France and then the invasion of Russia. Part of the Time-Life series on World War II. Good: In tidy condition. Minor scuff marks on the spine.

MI5, MI6 Britain’s Security and Secret Intelligence Services

$12.00

This illustrated history explores the secret world of Britain’s intelligence agencies, MI5 and MI6, tracing their development from the years before World War I through the Cold War era. The book examines how the agencies conducted espionage, counter-intelligence, and national security operations, while also looking at some of their most notable successes, failures, and controversies. Featuring numerous photographs and historical documents, it provides an accessible overview of British spying, covert operations, and the personalities behind the intelligence services. Very Good: In Very Tidy condition.

Core Value

$12.00

Author Roger Sandford writes a fast paced spy thriller. Maria De Silva is Brazillian, ambitious and the world #2 professional golfer….but is there more to this stunning Latin beauty? In 1911 Yale Professor Hiram Bingham III rediscovered the seventh wonder of the world, Machu Picchu in Peru. He claimed he found artifacts and skeletons but none of the fabled lost Inca gold. So why has the US President called a White House meeting of America’s gold experts to examine findings from NASA and the Space Shuttle that show signs of gold at Machu Picchu and Cusco? And what has led to the Russian Ambassador in Hong Kong meeting with the Chinese Vice Premier and Macau casino owner? Do Russia and China believe these gold reserves could change the balance of power between East, West and Asia? Perhaps the New Zealand director of the British Museum, Guy Parris, was correct when in 1976 he took issue with Hiram Bingham’s findings? Could Maria De Silva’s allegiance with ex-KGB operatives running London’s illegal internet gambling empire hold the key? This classic political spy thriller, with its eclectic and fascinating array of characters, propels its readers on an intrepid and frenetic chase across the globe: London, Spain, Buenos Aires, Macau, Hong Kong and Peru…until the laws of nature and love determine the fate of the western world. Fine: Very Tidy condition.

Heroic War Stories

$8.00

A collection of war stories by well known authors. Good: Tidy condition.

Dr Libby’s Beauty from the Inside Out Enhance the Gifts Nature So Graciously Gave You

$12.00

When most people think about improving their appearance, they usually focus on a product, another “quick fix”. Yet when you consider that the skin cells on your face are a small percentage of the total number of cells in the whole body, it seems crazy that we don’t spend more time getting the majority of the cells functioning optimally, leading us to the outcomes we seek. Through Beauty From The Inside Out, Dr Libby expertly explains your outer world, the food you choose, the nutrients you ingest, hydration, posture, movement and what your body needs to create lovely nails, lustrous hair, sparkling eyes, and clear, luminous skin. Be guided to deal with very specific bumps in the road, such as dark circles under the eyes, eczema, pimples, and hair that is falling out, just to name a few. Just as importantly, Dr Libby explains your inner world, sex hormones, stress hormones, detox, digestion, elimination pathways, thyroid and pituitary functions. Both worlds relate to your sparkle and by taking a heart-opening look at your emotional landscape because, for many, that is where the real elixir is. Beauty From The Inside Out is a must-have beauty bible for all women. Enjoy radiating your own unique sparkle, from the inside out. Dr Libby Weaver (nee Ellis) (Ph.D) is one of Australasia’s leading nutrition specialists and weight loss experts based in Auckland, New Zealand. Fine: Very tidy condition.

The Message New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs

$8.00

Like having a conversation with a dear friend, The Message New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs is presents God’s Word in the language and rhythms of today. A contemporary translation of the bible. Fair: Tidy condition.

The Matarese Countdown

$7.00

The Matarese Dynasty, an international cabal of powerbrokers and their hired assassins, is back in all its glory and evil. This time the only man who can stop them is running out of time and evidence. Good: Tidy condition.

The King Slayer

$6.00

The usurper
Elizabeth Grey’s former master Blackwell, now revealed as terrifying dark wizard, has crowned himself King of Anglia.
The healer
And little did she expect that handing over the powers of her stigma to save the life of the boy she loves would change him beyond all recognition.
The assassin
With only her own strength and skill to rely on now, can Elizabeth hope to overcome Blackwell?
And must she sacrifice herself in the attempt?

Fair: Tidy condition.

A Source Book of Ships

$6.00

A collection of monochrome photos and drawings covering ancient ships from Egypt 1600BCE through to the 1970s. Includes Navel, Cargo and Passenger ships. A pocket reference book for ships from the past. Each page has a featured ship and a brief description of the ship. Fair: Sun aged Pages, minor damage to the back of the dust cover.

On the Front Lines of Leadership: Sub-Unit Command on Operations

$8.00

Rare Book: In Harm’s Way: On the Front Lines of Leadership – Sub-Unit Command on Operations, edited by Bernd Horn. This collection examines the realities of small-unit military leadership during active operations. Drawing on firsthand experiences and case studies from Canadian military personnel, the book explores the pressures, decisions, and ethical challenges faced by junior officers and non-commissioned leaders in combat and operational environments. It focuses on how leadership is tested “in harm’s way,” emphasizing responsibility, adaptability, teamwork, and decision-making under extreme conditions. The essays provide insight into modern military command and the human side of operational leadership. Military, Command Structure, Ethics, Discipline, Training, War.

After the War

$14.00

“From this day forward – when Evie uttered those words, they were about day-to-day survival in the midst of a world war. How could she have envisaged the future that lay ahead with her Kiwi soldier in the rural Bay of Plenty after the war? A future of triumph and tragedy, heaven and hell – and hiraeth for her Welsh homeland that would last as long as she lived.”–Publisher’s description.

The Wonderful World of Knowledge: Dinosaurs

$6.00

This series of books from Disney, takes young children on an adventure with all the classic Disney characters. Mickey Mouse, Donald, Goofy and others take us on a journey through the time of the dinosaurs. The front page helps the parents to understand how to use the book to get the best learning opportunity for their children. Best suited to children Ages 6+ Good: There is a minor tear in the back fly leaf, otherwise the book is in excellent condition.

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