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For the past thirty-three years, Angela Gillespie has sent to friends and family around the world an end-of-the-year letter titled “Hello from the Gillespies.” It’s always been cheery and full of good news. This year, Angela surprises herself–she tells the truth….
The Gillespies are far from the perfect family that Angela has made them out to be. Her husband is coping badly with retirement. Her thirty-two-year-old twins are having career meltdowns. Her third daughter, badly in debt, can’t stop crying. And her ten-year-old son spends more time talking to his imaginary friend than to real ones.
Without Angela, the family would fall apart. But when Angela is taken away from them in a most unexpected manner, the Gillespies pull together–and pull themselves together–in wonderfully surprising ways… Very Good: Very tidy condition

Watch how You Go

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The autobiography of Martin Sullivan, the Dean of St Paul’s. New Zealander Martin Sullivan became a priest in 1934, Archdeacon of London in 1963 and Dean of St Paul’s in 1967. Monochrome photos through out.

The Aims of History: Values of the Historical Attitude

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The Aims of History by David Thomson explores the purpose and value of studying history. Thomson examines how historians interpret the past, why historical knowledge matters, and how understanding past events helps societies make sense of the present and future. Rather than simply recounting events, the book reflects on the methods, responsibilities, and challenges of historians. Thomson argues that history is not just a record of facts but an ongoing interpretation shaped by evidence, perspective, and human experience. Through thoughtful analysis, he shows how history helps us understand political change, cultural development, and human behavior across time. Fair: Tidy condition. Age faded pages. Binding is good.

Nujeen One Girl’s Incredible Journey from War-torn Syria in a Wheelchair

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The story that is inspiring the world.

Read about Nujeen who escaped the hell of war in Aleppo and travelled to Europe in a wheelchair.

‘She is our hero. Everyone must read her story. She will inspire you’ MALALA YOUSAFZAI

Nujeen Mustafa has cerebral palsy and cannot walk. This did not stop her braving inconceivable odds to travel in her wheelchair from Syria in search of a new life. Sharing her full story for the first time, Nujeen recounts the details of her childhood and disability, as well as the specifics of her harrowing journey across the Mediterranean to Greece and finally to Germany to seek an education and the medical treatment she needs.

Nujeen’s story has already touched millions and in this book written with Christina Lamb, bestselling co-author of ‘I Am Malala’, she helps to put a human face on a global emergency.

Trapped in a fifth floor apartment in Aleppo and unable to go to school, she taught herself to speak English by watching US television. As civil war between Assad’s forces and ISIS militants broke out around them, Nujeen and her family fled first to her native Kobane, then Turkey before they joined thousands of displaced persons in a journey to Europe and asylum. She wanted to come to Europe, she said, to become an astronaut, to meet the Queen and to learn how to walk.

In her strong, positive voice, Nujeen tells the story of what it is really like to be a refugee, to have grown up in a dictatorship only for your life to be blighted by war; to have left a beloved homeland to become dependent on others. It is the story of our times told through the incredible bravery of one remarkable girl determined to keep smiling.

Good: Very tidy condition.

Learning from Comparing: new directions in comparative education research Volume 1: contexts, classrooms and outcomes

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‘Learning from Comparing’ is a major two-volume study which reassesses the contribution of comparative educational research and theory to our understanding of contemporary educational problems and to our capacity to solve them. At a time when educational research is under attack on the grounds of ‘bias’ and ‘irrelevance’, and under pressure to address only those questions which are acceptable politically (as good a definition of bias as any), this is a serious attempt to bridge the worlds of research, policy and practice. The editors have put together a collection – in terms of both perspective and nationality – which ensures contrasting viewpoints on each topic.

Good: Tidy condition.

Shoes, Chocs, Bags and Frocks

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A compendium of beautiful thoughts for women of taste and splendour. Gift Book Fair: minor marks on the cover.

Legion of Thunder

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War is throwing the land of Maras Dantia into chaos: war between the elder races and the invading humans; war between the two sects of humans themselves. As the armies gather and the magic leaks away from the land Stryke and his warband of orcs are on the run from everyone; from the orcs that Jennasta has sent after them and from the humans who will kill any orc on sight. Stryke’s quest for the artifacts that will secure the destiny of the orcs and, if they but knew it, all the races old and new in Maras Dantia, has never been more urgent and more difficult. As the net closes in and his troopers fall one by one to foes that even they never imagined in their worst dreams, time is running out for Stryke, for all orcs and for Maras Dantia.

The Night of the Scourge

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Butangen, Norway, the years before WWII: Astrid Hekne has inherited the fighting spirit and hypersensitivity of her grandmother, who was a protector of the mythic Sister Bells that had once hung in the village’s centuries-old stave church. The once-traitorous priest Kai Schweigaard, now in his eighties, is wondering how his death, prophesied in a centuries-old tapestry, will come to pass. He delves into the myths about the Night of the Scourge, which, according to old village beliefs, is when the known world will fall and the Earth will be scraped down to bare rock. Then Norway is occupied by the Nazis. Astrid joins the Resistance, and Kai is thrown out of his own church. Betrayal within Astrid’s own family unites the Sister Bells in Dresden. Special effort and sacrifice, not only from the Hekne family, will be needed to combat the postwar rumours and mistrust.

Everyone Brave is Forgiven

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When war is declared, Mary North leaves finishing school unfinished, goes straight to the War Office, and signs up. Tom Shaw decides to give it a miss – until his flatmate Alistair unexpectedly enlists, and the conflict can no longer be avoided. Young, bright and brave, Mary is certain she’d be a marvelous spy. When she is – bewilderingly – made a teacher, she instead finds herself defying prejudice to protect the children her country would rather forget. Tom, meanwhile, finds that he will do anything for Mary. And when Mary and Alistair meet, it is love, as well as war, that will test them in ways they could not have imagined, entangling three lives in violence and passion, friendship and deception, and inexorably shaping their hopes and dreams Good: Tidy condition.

Destined to Reign Devotional

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These 365 dynamic devotions will inspire readers that they can reign over every adversity, lack, and destructive habit limiting them from experiencing the success, wholeness, and victory they were destined to enjoy. Good: Tidy condition.

The Boston Girl A Novel

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A story “about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century. Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie’s intelligence and curiosity take her to a world her parents can’t imagine–a world of short skirts, movies, celebrity culture, and new opportunities for women. Addie wants to finish high school and dreams of going to college. She wants a career and to find true love. Eighty-five-year-old Addie tells the story of her life to her twenty-two-year-old granddaughter, who has asked her “How did you get to be the woman you are today.”

Argenta

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The birdpeople of the planet Argenta are slowly dying out. Anquin, a young birdboy, must watch over the eggs and ensure the survival of the Clan. But Anquin rejects the bleak future that has been planned for him and flies into the icy Forbidden Zone. Unexpectedly transported to Earth, he meets Martin, an Earth boy bored with the summer holidays and with dreams of being a superhero. Together they must try to resuce the Clan from slavery and stop an invasion of Earth. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary. Good: Very tidy condition

The E-myth Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and what to Do about it

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In this expanded edition of The E-Myth, business guru Michael Gerber adds new information from both small and Fortune 500 companies to guide people through a business’ developmental growing pains, showing them how to turn around a business that doesn’t work into ine that works in a predictable and profitable way. Good: Tidy condition.

Redesign Your Life 12 Weeks to a New You

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This book shows readers how to shape their ideal life in 12 weeks by making positive changes to their health, fitness, relationships, career, finances and leisure. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of the makeover: health & fitness; nutrition; relationships; family & Friends; career/work; finances; where you live and work; personal growth, learning, life transitions; fun, recreation and leisure. Chapter features include: Q&A typical scenarios with coaching solutions; checklists; hot tips; expert interviews; case studies; break-out quotes from clients/survey respondents; additional resources; inspiring quotes to open each chapter; chapter summaries. First published June 2006. Good: Tidy condition.

Double Helix

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Would you want to know what awaits you? Would you want to be in control of your life . . . and death? What would you do for love? ‘Sooner or later, willingly or unwillingly, he’s going to leave you.’ The words cut deep. Emily knows Jake is not like his father; he’d never leave her willingly. But if he has inherited his mother’s genes, then Huntington’s disease is more than likely to take him away. He may even make the same request his mother made, when Jake was still a teenager: to end the suffering for good. Very Good: Very tidy condition.

Resurrection Day

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In the early 1970s, ten years after the Cuban missile crisis and the US and Russia targeted each other’s cities with nuclear warheads, America is still struggling to recover. New York, Washington, Florida, California are completely contaminated and the rest of the country – under martial rule in all but name – are reliant on aid from Europe. In Boston, journalist Carl Landry is forcibly warned off covering a news item on a murdered ex-general and shortly afterwards he only just manages to escape a personal attack. Enraged, he is determined to find out what the authorities are covering up: a search which takes him to the wasteland of Manhattan and a cache of secrets which show that the man who created the devastation is still running the country. Good: Tidy condition.

Middle Management in Schools A Survival Guide

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A handbook for all those with middle management responsibilities in secondary schools including heads of departments, heads of year, TVEI co-ordinators and those looking for posts of responsibility. Good: In very tidy condition.

Money, Money, Money, Ain’t it Funny– How to Wire Your Brain for Wealth

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Why do some people have money and others not? Is it a matter of inheritance, of earning megabucks for some esoteric talent, or is it from being parsimonious and darning your own socks? Do some people have an innate ability, or is it a matter of attitude and calculation? For many, the enigma of money is surrounded by mystery and dysfunction. Money is an emotional currency that relates to our personal need for security, respect, love, power and self-determination. If you don’t understand your own motivations then the investment world is not the place to learn. The conflict between making a profit, and the fear of loss makes investing a dangerous game for many people. It’s important that we understand our own relationship to money – in other words, we need to understand our financial behaviour. The lessons from research are clear, to change our financial behavior we must learn new skills focusing on imperatives such as motivation, knowledge and understanding, wisdom and discipline. The focus in this book is not about how to pick the right shares, or how to get rich in the property market, nor how to get rich quick – here the focus is on looking at yourself. Author Sheryl Sutherland asks the pertinent questions: what inhibits us from taking the steps we need in order to find financial freedom? Why do we respond in some ways and not others? Why do our emotions govern our financial decisions? No legal substance other than money is desired by almost everyone, yet for 99 percent of us, planning and investing successfully is something we only pay lip-service to. Money, Money, Money encourages the reader to identify the forces that may be inhibiting their success, and leads them towards handling their finances with a greater level of ease and awareness. Very Good: Very tidy condition.

Rich Man Road

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Based partly on a true story, this is a novel about two women immigrants to New Zealand and their interconnecting stories. Olga On a summer’s night in 1944, twelve-year-old Olga allows an untrue rumour to circulate in her Dalmatian village. This misunderstanding reverberates through the final stages of World War II, the refugee camps of Egypt and finally, a new life in New Zealand. Pualele Nine-year-old Pualele arrives in New Zealand in 1978 as part of an illegal family adoption. Life is frightening as Police conduct dawn raids searching for Pacific Islanders who have overstayed their visas. When she is finally called back to Samoa as an adult, she must decide who she is and where she belongs. Rich Man Road is about lost love, guilt and the sometimes difficult relationship between mothers and daughters. Olga and Pualele come from different worlds but their lives are connected in ways they cannot imagine. Fine: In very good condition.

Verdict on Erebus

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“On 28 November 1979 a DC10 passenger jet airliner owned by Air New Zealand, carrying out a tourist flight from New Zealand to Antarctica and back, flew in broad daylight into the lower slopes of Mount Erebus in Antarctica. There were no survivors of the crash and 257 people lost their lives. The New Zealand Government appointed me to be a Royal Commissioner of Inquiry to investigate the disaster and to report to the Government my opinion to the cause … The aircraft was navigated by the inertial navigation system which has for many years dispensed with the need for human navigators on commercial flights … The INS on this DC10 was found to have been operating accurately during the flight, so the aircrew had always known where they were. But following the disaster there were many senior pilots in Air New Zealand who suspected that the standard flight track to Antarctica had not been the flight track which had been typed into the aircraft computer on the morning of the flight. They believed that the standard flight track had been changed without the knowledge of the crew. As things turned out the theory proved to be correct …”–Peter Mahon, Foreword. Good: Very tidy condition.

The Power of Three

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Baltimore police recieve an urgent call out to a school after gunshots are heard coming from a locked girls’ toilet. The police find three victims, but only Josie is conscious, and she insists she is not the shooter. Perri is unconscious from a bullet wound that has ripped through her jaw; and Kat is dead, shot in the chest.Detective Lenhardt soon uncovers information that is at odds with the story Josie is telling. Other clues at the scene suggest there was a fourth girl who witnessed the entire episode from behind a locked stall. Where is she now? How did she get out?The crime seems to reach back five years before this fatal shooting, when three girls met aged ten, and took a vow of eternal friendship. How did that passionate friendship evolve – and finally fall apart? Good: Tidy condition.

Essential Dates A Timeline of New Zealand History

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This book takes a new look at New Zealand’s past. The result is an impeccable reference work that doubles as a great read that is ideal for dipping. Significant events in New Zealand history are recorded strictly in chronological order, with the precise date (day and month) given wherever possible. A comment explaining the significance of the event, and adding colour and interest, is also included. There is an extensive index. The reader can use the book in two ways: 1. As a reference book confirming precise dates of known events. 2. As a general read that gives a flavour of the times at any particular point in New Zealand history. The book includes short chapter introductions covering one or more decades at a time, giving an overview of the period as well as mentioning overseas events. The main substance of the book contains NZ historical events, dated and described. Coverage starts in prehistory and ends at 1990. It includes occasional contemporary images of specific events or days. As a reliable source of information it should become a fixture in every library in the country, useful to schoolchildren, students and historians. It will also have a place in the large general market for books about NZ history. Good: Very tidy condition

Boomerang Bride

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Matilda Geoffrey had risked it all for love… She’d left Australia to be with Barry – the man who had swept her off her virtual feet. Now, wearing a wedding dress, she’s alone on Main Street in small-town Wisconsin, and things aren’t working out exactly as planned…
In town for his annual family visit, Marc Olsen had never seen a bride quite like Matilda – staring into a storefront window, holding a tottering wedding cake and looking desperately in need of a groom. He doesn’t have many warm feelings for his hometown, but meeting Matilda just as she discovers she’s been scammed by her online fiance stirs something in him.
Matilda is not the kind of woman Marc imagined himself with, and Marc is anything but the romantic hero that Matilda has always dreamed of. But as unlikely circumstances throw them together, can they let go of their misconceptions and risk their hearts for love?

Dinner for Two

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When Dave Harding holds his friend’s newborn baby, the biological clock he never knew existed starts ticking. Loudly. Which wouldn’t be so bad except his partner Izzy has no nine-month plans for fat ankles or trips to Baby Gap.

Then the music mag folds and Dave is temporarily forced to become Agony Uncle for ‘Teen Scene’. Knee deep in the adolescent outpourings of his readership, Dave opens one letter from a girl who doesn’t want advice about boys – she wants to know about Dave. Because she’s convinced that Dave Harding is her dad. And she’s got the facts to prove it.

Good: Very tidy condition.

Looking Back

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From the moment she learns of the stranger’s visit, Molly Tattersall is filled with a sense of fear. A short time later, Molly’s mother disappears, leaving behind a letter in which she asks Molly to take care of her five brothers and sisters. Molly’s wayward father rejects his responsibilities, leaving Molly to make a choice between the young man she has given her heart to, and the family she adores, and who now desperately depend upon her. Just eighteen, Molly is made to realise that, however hard the decision, she must put the children’s happiness before her own. It is the cruellest decision of her life, with long-reaching and heartbreaking consequences. Only one thing is certain: Molly’s life will never be the same again.

The Daylight War: Book Three of The Demon Cycle

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With The Warded Man and The Desert Spear, Peter V. Brett surged to the front rank of contemporary fantasy, standing alongside giants in the field such as George R. R. Martin, Robert Jordan, and Terry Brooks. The Daylight War, the eagerly anticipated third volume in Brett’s internationally bestselling Demon Cycle, continues the epic tale of humanity’s last stand against an army of demons that rise each night to prey on mankind. On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the deaths of two men, both of whom have the potential to become the fabled Deliverer, the man prophesied to reunite the scattered remnants of humanity in a final push to destroy the demon corelings once and for all. Arlen Bales was once an ordinary man, but now he has become something more—the Warded Man, tattooed with eldritch wards so powerful they make him a match for any demon. Arlen denies he is the Deliverer at every turn, but the more he tries to be one with the common folk, the more fervently they believe. Many would follow him, but Arlen’s path threatens to lead to a dark place he alone can travel to, and from which there may be no returning. The only one with hope of keeping Arlen in the world of men, or joining him in his descent into the world of demons, is Renna Tanner, a fierce young woman in danger of losing herself to the power of demon magic. Ahmann Jardir has forged the warlike desert tribes of Krasia into a demon-killing army and proclaimed himself Shar’Dama Ka, the Deliverer. He carries ancient weapons—a spear and a crown—that give credence to his claim, and already vast swaths of the green lands bow to his control. But Jardir did not come to power on his own. His rise was engineered by his First Wife, Inevera, a cunning and powerful priestess whose formidable demon bone magic gives her the ability to glimpse the future. Inevera’s motives and past are shrouded in mystery, and even Jardir does not entirely trust her. Once Arlen and Jardir were as close as brothers. Now they are the bitterest of rivals. As humanity’s enemies rise, the only two men capable of defeating them are divided against each other by the most deadly demons of all—those lurking in the human heart. Praise for The Daylight War “[Peter V. Brett] confirms his place among epic fantasy’s pantheon of greats amid the likes of George R. R. Martin, Steven Erikson, and Robert Jordan.”—Fantasy Book Critic “Brett’s prose and flow remain virtually flawless, providing for a smooth read during which you don’t feel guilty for skipping two meals so you can lie on the couch and keep reading.”—Fixed on Fantasy “The best book yet in The Demon Cycle. If you are looking for a great series, look no further.”—Roqoo Depot “After the phenomenal success of both The Warded Man and The Desert Spear, I was tentative about The Daylight War; surely it couldn’t get much better? Well, I was wrong. . . . This will be a strong contender for one of the best books of the year, even this early on.”—Jet Black Ink “Brett has his hooks in me and I want more of The Demon Cycle.”—Best Fantasy Books

The Suffrage Trail

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A Guide To Places, Memorials, And the Arts Commemorating New Zealand Women by Jill Pierce The Suffrage Trail by Jill Pierce is not a traditional narrative novel, but a historical guidebook documenting the places, memorials, artworks, and landmarks created to commemorate New Zealand women and the women’s suffrage movement. Published in 1995 by the National Council of Women of New Zealand, the book traces the legacy of the 1893 achievement that made New Zealand the first self-governing nation to grant women the right to vote. Rather than following a single storyline, the book acts as a “trail,” guiding readers through gardens, plaques, sculptures, murals, buildings, parks, trees, and public artworks connected to suffrage history and notable New Zealand women. Pierce highlights important figures such as Kate Sheppard and explores how communities across the country commemorated the centenary of women’s suffrage in 1993. The book combines history, biography, geography, and cultural heritage, encouraging readers to physically visit and reflect on the sites that honour women’s contributions to New Zealand society. Overall, the book serves as both: a historical reference to the women’s suffrage movement in New Zealand, and a travel-style guide to memorials and artistic tributes celebrating women’s achievements. Good: Tidy condition.

Walking the Waitakere Ranges Over Thirty Coastal and Bush Walks

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A new edition, now with full-colour photography, of this practical and affordable guide to walking the extensive network of tracks in the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland. The carefully selected walks range from half-hour strolls to all-day tramping expeditions. Each walk is described in detail, illustrated with an indispensable route map, and includes information on track length and quality, walking time and difficulty, highlights, shortcuts and sidetracks, how to get to the start point, and whether dogs are permitted. Walking the Waitakere Ranges is ideal for people wanting to experience the outdoors for the first time, as well as being a great reference for seasoned trampers looking for new challenges.

Encounters…. and Collisions

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“In 25 engaging and provocative essays, Gordon McLauchlan writes about people, illustrious and unknown, he has rubbed up against since his Press Gallery days in Wellington in the early 1950s. He provides insights into a kaleidoscope of human nature – with new perspectives on famous politicians, writers, broadcasters and ‘ordinary’ people who piqued his interest. Most – like Holland, Holyoake, Holmes, Key, Lange, Shadbolt, Davin and Ihimaera – are New Zealanders. Others – like Noam Chomsky and Felipe Fernández-Armesto – are from elsewhere. Gordon McLauchlan was one of New Zealand best-known and most popular writers, cultural critics and social historians. His The Passionless People was the most famous of several bestsellers”–Publisher’s website.. Good: Very tidy condition.

Kerry Tyack’s Guide to Breweries and Beer in New Zealand

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Crammed with information on over 60 New Zealand breweries and more than 230 local beers, plus a comprehensive listing of imported beers, it also features a special 16-page full-colour beer label index. Good: Very tidy condition.

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