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Te Ara: Maori Pathways of Leadership
   

Te Ara: Maori Pathways of Leadership (Paperback, english, maori, polish)

By Tapsell, Paul; Photographs by Pfeiffer, Krzysztof

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From one of the leading Maori scholars of his generation and one of our greatest photographers comes this beautifully illustrated work that serves as a fine overview of leadership and challenges for Maori today. After a general introduction to Maori history, Te Ara focuses on the ...

ISBN 9781877514128
Release Date 23 September 2010
Interest Age All ages
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Wicked Warriors and Evil Emperors

Wicked Warriors and Evil Emperors (Paperback)

By Lloyd, Alison; Illustrated by Denton, Terry

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Imagine you're made king at the age of twelve. You have plenty of enemies. You have a million soldiers armed with all kinds of awesome weapons, you have tons of gold and a network of spies. What would you do with all that power? It happened to a real boy, who made himself China's ...

ISBN 9780143304340
Published 2 August 2010 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-12 years
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Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero
 

Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero (Paperback, Abridged edition)

By Little, Paul; With Lockyer, John

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Corporal Willie Apiata became the first New Zealander since the Second World War to be awarded the Commonwealth's highest military award for his actions with the NZ SAS in Afghanistan. From his early life in small town East Coast New Zealand to his actions in the deserts of Afgha ...

ISBN 9780143304579
Published 30 March 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-16 years
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Mao's Last Dancer
 

Mao's Last Dancer (Paperback, Young readers' ed)

By Cunxin, Li

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The extraordinary biography of a young Chinese peasant boy who emerged from abject poverty, defected to the USA, and became principal dancer for the Houston ballet, a star in the US, friend to George and Barbara Bush, and a star of the Australian ballet as well. Is a condensed ed ...

ISBN 9780143301646
Published 2 May 2005 by Penguin
Interest Age 6-12 years
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Roman Aromas
 

Roman Aromas (Paperback)

By Dobson, Mary J.

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Everyday life in British history is brought vividly to your nostrils, through scratch-and-sniff panels of typical smells of the period. Informative, amusing text and artwork, poems and puzzles combine with these pungent panels to give children a true sense of the past .

ISBN 9780199100941
Published 1 April 1997 by Oxford University Press
Interest Age 7-10 years
Series Smelly Old History
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Trucks and Diggers

Trucks and Diggers (Paperback, New title)

By Bingham, Caroline

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ISBN 9781860073687
Published 23 July 2009 by TickTock Books
Interest Age 6-8 years
Series Wild About S.
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Hero at Dunkirk
 

Hero at Dunkirk (Paperback, 1)

By Cross, Vince

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Joe Read was only 15 years old when he crossed the channel in his father's lifeboat, Brittanic, and braved artillery fire and German bombing to rescue British Expeditionary Forces. This title presents the story of one of the young men who aided in the evacuation.

ISBN 9781407117836
Release Date 1 October 2010 by Scholastic
Interest Age 8-15 years
Series My True Stories
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First Peoples of Oceania
 

First Peoples of Oceania (Hardback, New edition)

By Sertori, Trisha

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First peoples are the original people of a region. They have developed their own culture, traditions, laws and ways of life over thousands of years. First Peoples introduces 18 groups of first people from six regions around the world. First-hand accounts from elders and extracts ...

ISBN 9781420267990
Published 23 July 2009 by Macmillan Education
Interest Age 5-12 years
Series First Peoples
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What You Need to Know Now

What You Need to Know Now (Hardback)

By DK

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Helps your children learn about our world and its people. This book features illustrations telling the story of our modern world, from a skyscraper skyline scaled to show the population density of cities to a pyramid chart showing the youngest and oldest populations by country.

ISBN 9781405353717
Published 28 June 2010 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-11 years
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Internet-linked Romans
 

Internet-linked Romans (Paperback, New edition)

By Marks, Anthony; Tingay, Graham I. F.; Illustrated by Jackson, Ian; Wood, Gerald

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Includes different sorts of information on Roman people from the food they ate, the clothing they wore, gods they worshipped and what they did for fun. This title contains internet links that teach children real Roman recipes, allow them to take a virtual tour of a Roman villa, t ...

ISBN 9781409509523
Published 5 February 2010 by Usborne Publishing Ltd
Interest Age 8-11 years
Series Illustrated World History
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