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Dreamboat Dad by Alan Duff
Category: Fiction
Yank is an ordinary enough teenager, except that he lives in a thermal wonderland (frequented by tourists eager to view the geysers and boiling mud) and except for the fact that one of those tourists (an American soldier visiting during the Second World War) was his father. The locals gave the boy the n ...Show more
Frederick's Coat by Alan Duff
Category: Fiction
From the author of the best-selling Once Were Warriors, a powerful story of love between father and son, of contrasting ways of looking at the world and of revenge. When Johno comes out of prison, he resolves never to go back again. But his new life is not easy, especially as he soon finds himself in so ...Show more
King's Counsellor : Abdication and War - The Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles by Alan Lascelles (ed Duff Hart-Davis)
Category: History
Tommy Lascelles's diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation. In between we see George VI at work and play, a portrait more intimate than any other previously published. The early part about Edward VIII is a damning profile; the bul ...Show more
King's Counsellor - Abdication and War: the Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles Edited by Duff Hart-Davis by Alan Lascelles; Duff Hart-Davis (Editor)
Category: History
As Assistant Private Secretary to four monarchs, 'Tommy' Lascelles had a ringside seat from which to observe the workings of the royal household and Downing Street during the first half of the 20th century. These fascinating diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and ...Show more
Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff
Category: Fiction
Ground-breaking. Original. Heart-rending. Most talked about book in New Zealand, ever. Adapted into a blockbuster movie. Still in print three decades later. Once Were Warriors is one of a dozen classics released in the Popular Penguin format to mark 50 years of publishing in New Zealand. The format rea ...Show more
Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff
Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS
A New Zealand classic, this novel is a raw and powerful portrayal of Maori in New Zealand society. Alan Duff's groundbreaking first novel is one of the most talked-about books ever published in New Zealand and is now the basis of a major New Zealand film. This hard hitting story is a frank and uncomprom ...Show more
Once Were Warriors (Film Tie-In) by Alan Duff
Category: Fiction
Alan Duff's ground-breaking first novel is one of the most talked-about books ever published in New Zealand and is now the basis of a major New Zealand film. This hard hitting story is a frank and uncompromising portrayal of Maori in New Zealand society. It is a raw and powerful story in which everyone ...Show more
Sonny Bill Williams You Can't Stop the Sun from Shining by Sonny Bill Williams, Alan Duff
Category: Sports and Hobbies
Sonny Bill Williams (SBW) is a once in a hundred-year athlete with immense sporting talent in Rugby League, Rugby Union and Boxing. Sonny Bill has built an incredible career and sporting reputation across the globe. His athleticism has taken him from inner-city Auckland, where he grew up, to the highest ...Show more
Sonny Bill Williams: You Can't Stop the Sun from Shining by Sonny Bill Williams, Alan Duff
Category: Sports and Hobbies
Sonny Bill Williams (SBW) is a once in a hundred-year athlete with immense sporting talent in Rugby League, Rugby Union and Boxing. Sonny Bill has built an incredible career and sporting reputation across the globe. His athleticism has taken him from inner-city Auckland, where he grew up, to the highest ...Show more