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Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand Medical Pioneer Douglas Jolly by Mark Derby
44.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs
AN OVERLOOKED NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL PIONEERCentral Otago-born Doug Jolly was one of the greatest war surgeons of thetwentieth century. Tireless, dedicated and courageous, he was one of the mostgifted Republican Army surgeons in the Spanish Civil War and his surgical manualbased on his battlefield experien ...Show more
Good Work & No Pay: 10 Years of Vounteering in Wellington by Mark Derby
24.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This ground-breaking book explores the past, present and future of volunteering in Aotearoa New Zealand. Published on the 10th anniversary of Volunteer Wellington, it is based on interviews which cover every stage in the life of this innovative project. Interviewees include two MP's, a former mayoress, ...Show more
Kiwi Companeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War by Mark Derby (ed.)
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Signed by the author to Edmund Bohan. In the first-ever account of New Zealand's role in Spain's civil war of 1936-39, Mark Derby presents the personal stories of some extraordinary individuals who became involved. For example: A fighter pilot from Wellington who landed his plane with a sha ...Show more
Petals & Bullets by Mark Derby
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
It was bright moonlight – good bombing light – and once we had to stop and put out our lights as a Fascist aeroplane flew over. They usually come swooping down with guns firing at cars, especially ambulances. Finally we arrived at a town among the hills about 12.30 p.m. Here there is a hospital of about ...Show more
Rock College: An unofficial history of Mount Eden Prison by Mark Derby
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
INSIDE THE FORBIDDING STONE WALLS OF NEW ZEALANDS MOST INFAMOUS GAOL. Mount Eden is this countrys most famous gaol. The forbidding Victorian structure has housed some of the countrys most notorious criminals, and is where many hangings took place, right up until modern times. It has been both the site o ...Show more
Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi by Toby Morris; Ross Calman; Mark Derby; Piripi Walker
24.99 NZD
Category: 2020 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults
Ground-breaking full-colour graphic novel about Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi. This reorua (bilingual) graphic-novel-style flip book presents important information in a visually appealing and engaging way. The text (in both English and te reo Māori) and illustrations work together to provi ...Show more
Waiheathens: Voices From a Mining Town by Mark Derby
57.50 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: 1st
Waiheathens has been produced to coincide with the centenary of the 1912 miner's strike which turned Waihi into a battleground and resulted in the violent death of one striker. The book includes colour reproductions of the exhibition of paintings titled “Gold Strike”, by Wellington artist Bob Kerr, whic ...Show more
White-collar Radical: Dan Long and the Rise of the White-collar Unions by Mark Derby
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From 1960 until his sudden death in office in 1976, Dan Long was the most visible face of the Public Service Association (PSA), New Zealand's largest union. In his dark suit, narrow tie and plastic-framed spectacles, Long seemed the epitome of the public servants he represented. In fact, as this lively ...Show more
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