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Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story
 

Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story (Paperback, New title)

By Johnston, Alexa; Larsen, David

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Details a young Ed Hillary growing up in the Waikato, his increasing love of climbing and the outdoors, his early climbs and growing reputation, then the Everest expedition and the ascent on Mt Everest itself. It then goes with Hillary to Antarctica and the trek to the South Pole ...

ISBN 9780143006664
Published 3 September 2007 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-14 years
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All This and a Bookshop Too
  

All This and a Bookshop Too (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Butler, Dorothy

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Dorothy Butler is an international award-winning authority on children's books and reading. She has also been a successful teacher, an innovative bookseller and a much-loved author. Dorothya s book is both a personal story of triumphs and tragedies, and a salute to the golden ag ...

ISBN 9780143011651
Published 1 June 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Helen Clark: A Political Life
  

Helen Clark: A Political Life (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Welch, Denis

Here, for the first time, is the full story of how Clark rose to power and held both the Labour Party and the New Zealand Government together, cementing her place in our country's political history.

ISBN 9780143202417
Published 3 August 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Willie Apiata VC: the Reluctant Hero
  

Willie Apiata VC: the Reluctant Hero (Hardback)

By Little, Paul

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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 9780670073207
Published 10 November 2008 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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101 Ingenious Kiwis: New Zealanders Who Changed the World
 

101 Ingenious Kiwis: New Zealanders Who Changed the World (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Williams, Tony

This ingenious book captures the very essence of the Kiwi character and is a spectacular celebration of over 100 examples of pioneering Kiwi ingenuity, profiling shed mechanics like Burt Munro and John Britten to those who used overseas resources to win Nobel Prizes like Ernest R ...

ISBN 9780790011103
Published 1 November 2006 by Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
Interest Age 9-12 years
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Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA: 68 Great New Zealand Scientists
 

Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA: 68 Great New Zealand Scientists (Paperback)

By Meduna, Veronika; Priestley, Rebecca

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rom Joseph Banks to Ernest Rutherford to Beatrice Tinsley to Ingrid Visser, Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA covers 68 of New Zealand's most pre-eminent scientists. It includes early explorers and collectors, the first professional scientists and today's top scientists who continue to ma ...

ISBN 9781869419547
Published 29 August 2008 by Random House
Interest Age 6-12 years
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Blake: Leader
  

Blake: Leader (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Orams, Mark

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Sailor and marine scientist Dr Mark Orams examines Sir Peter Blake's successful style of leadership from a personal viewpoint. The book mixes reminiscences and anecdotes from Orams and other sporting and business figures that worked closely with Blake, and includes practical obs ...

ISBN 9781869791537
Published 3 July 2009 by Random House
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Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life
  

Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life (Hardback, illustrated edition)

By Johnston, Alexa

  • RRP: $60.00
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This beautiful book is profusely illustrated, using fascinating material such as letters, cards, diary pages and ephemera from Hillary's personal archive. It is a magnificent tribute to one of the greatest climbers and adventurers of all time".

ISBN 9780670045549
Published 6 October 2005 by Penguin
Interest Age 11-14 years
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Great New Zealand Adventurers
 

Great New Zealand Adventurers (Paperback)

By Tonkin, Keith

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From the high seas to Sarajevo's explosive Sniper Alley, these four New Zealanders have epitomised New Zealanders' sense of global adventure. Explore the lives of four heroic Kiwis - Jean Batten, Sir Edmund Hillary, Margaret Moth and Sir Peter Blake.

ISBN 9780958249973
Published 1 January 2004 by GILT EDGE PUBLISHING
Interest Age 6-12 years
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Extraordinary Life, An: Sir Edmund Hillary
 

Extraordinary Life, An: Sir Edmund Hillary (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Johnston, Alexa

  • RRP: $35.00
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A biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, it follows him around the world, from his childhood in New Zealand to his humanitarian work with the Himalayan Sherpa people, from climbing to the summit of Everest, to his tractor expedition to the South Pole, and jet boat adventures on the Gan ...

ISBN 9780143006466
Published 1 October 2007 by Penguin
Interest Age All ages
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