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Aspects of Poetry in New Zealand by James K. Baxter
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Secondhand. A pamphlet of James K. Baxter's talk, given in July, 1967, at Victoria University of Wellington as one of a series of six lectures on the Arts by the university'.
Aspects of Poetry in New Zealand by James K. Baxter
$23.50 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Secondhand. This talk was given in July, 1967, at Victoria University of Wellington as one of a series of six lectures on the Arts organised by the university.
At Home in the Hills by James Jordan
$23.50 NZD
Category: Hunting
James Jordan started hinting in the same way that many New Zealand hunters do with trips to his local hills, firstly, with the local tramping club and then later on his own. He started carrying a rifle when he discovered deer in teh hills. His ability grows with experience and his trips become further a ...Show more
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson
$27.50 NZD
Category: World History
Secondhand. The definitive one-volume history of the American Civil War, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. Ja ...Show more
Blackboards and Bomb Shelters - The Perilous Journey of Americans in China During World War II by James P. Bevill
$65.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
When three Yale graduates traveled to China in the summer of 1941 to teach English to middle-school students, they routinely taught classes outside a bomb shelter. When air raid sirens wailed, classes continued until the Japanese planes could be heard, then all quickly scrambled inside to safety. The US ...Show more
Canterbury Lambs Number Three by James K. Baxter (editor)
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Secondhand. Canterbury lambs was the irregular publication of the Canterbury Univeristy College literary Society, published 1946-1949 and printed by the Caxton press. Contributors include W.H. Oliver, Pat Wilson, Alister Campbell and James K. Baxter, who also edited the final isse. it includes his ‘poem ...Show more
Capital of the Mind by James Buchan
$15.00 NZD
Category: World History
An inspirational account of how Edinburgh in 1745, a smallish dirty city - little more than a single foul-smelling street - was catapulted in two generations to the centre of the modern world. How did a notoriously poor, alcoholic, violent and smelly town, consisting of 40,000 inhabitants, make such an ...Show more
Classic Starts®: the Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle; John Burrows (Abridged by); Karl James Mountford (Illustrator); Arthur Pober (Afterword by)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Classic Starts® Ser.
Enter Sherwood Forest with the fabled Robin Hood and his band of merry men, and meet such unforgettable characters as Friar Tuck, Little John, Allan a Dale, the infamous Sheriff of Nottingham, and wicked King Richard. Every moment of the story is filled with action and excitement.
Cold Spring: Baxter's Unpublished Early Collection by James K. Baxter; edited by Paul Millar
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Literature
Secondhand. A collection of James K. Baxter's unpublished poetry, this book bridges the gap between his first book, "Beyond the Palisade" (1944) and "Blow Wind of Fruitfulness" (1948). Its 40 poems cover one of the more turbulent periods of his life.
Collected Plays by James K. Baxter; Howard McNaughton
$85.00 NZD
Category: NZ Literature | Reading Level: good-very good