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1915: Wounds of War (Kiwis at War) by Diana Menefy
$16.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Kiwis at War
Mel and her cousin Harriet are keen to nurse brave Kiwi boys fighting in the Great War, half a world away. But when they join the NZ Army Nursing Service and board a hospital ship headed for Egypt, Anzac Cove and beyond, they have little idea of the horrors they will face, the wounds they will tend, and ...Show more
1917: Machines of War (Kiwis at War) by Brian Falkner
$16.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Kiwis at War
Seventeen year old Bob Sunday has stolen his brothers identity to enlist in WW1. Keith was killed at Gallipoli, so doesn't need it any more, anyway. But Bob is keen to join the Royal Flying Corps, and soon finds himself flying patrols over the front line in France, up against the likes of the Red Baron ...Show more
1942: the year the war came to Australia: The bombing of Darwin and the attack on Sydney by the Japanese by Peter Grose
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
The story of the bombing of Darwin and the Japanese midget sub attack on Sydney Harbour in one volume from the bestselling author of An Awkward Truth and A Very Rude Awakening. 'Grose's compassionate, honest and vivid account deserves to be widely read.' Sun Herald on An Awkward Truth 'About as good as ...Show more
1979 by Val McDermid
$22.99 AUD
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Allie Burns Ser.
She's hunting for a killer story . . . 1979. It is the winter of discontent, and reporter Allie Burns is hunting for the story that will make her name. There are few women in the newsroom and she needs an explosive scoop for the boys' club to take her seriously. Soon Allie and fellow journalist Danny Su ...Show more
1984 by George Orwell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classic Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey's new look for Orwell's classic dystopian tale. 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.' Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Poli ...Show more
1984 by George Orwell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classic Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A well-priced edition of one of the greatest twentieth century novels, with a striking new jacket and an introduction by Charlotte Wood.Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in what remains of a Britain ravaged by revolution. His every move is monitored by the Thought Police, who are responsible ...Show more
1989 by Val McDermid
$32.99 AUD
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Allie Burns 2 | Reading Level: very good
It's 1989 and Allie Burns is back. Older and maybe wiser, she's running the northern news operation of the Sunday Globe, chafing at losing her role in investigative journalism and at the descent into the gutter of the UK tabloid media. But there's plenty to keep her occupied. The year begins with the me ...Show more
200 Minutes of Danger by Jack Heath
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader | Series: Countdown to Disaster
10 STORIES 10 DANGEROUS SITUATIONS 10 BRAVE KIDS 20 MINUTES TO ESCAPE Quinn gets thrown overboard into an icy ocean. Can he outwit the circling shark? Ashling is watching a history-making science experiment-but it's about to go horribly wrong . . . Oscar hides from two secret agents while something much ...Show more