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Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero
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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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Cassino
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Cassino (Paperback)

By Naumann, Ruth

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Monte Cassino 1944 is considered the hardest and most bitter struggle of the entire WW2 Italian campaign. 343 New Zealanders died. New Zealand infantry fought from house to house in the devastated town under constant direct fire from German guns.

ISBN 9780170180559
Published 29 January 2010
Interest Age 5-14 years
Series They Fought for Us
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Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter
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Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter (Paperback, Abridged edition)

By Mah, Adeline Yen

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The story of a Chinese woman and how she suffered appalling emotional deprivation and rejection by her family as a child growing up in China and Hong Kong. She tells of the consequences in her adult life, above which she rose to make a happy marriage and become a successful docto ...

ISBN 9780141304878
Published 2 August 1999 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-13 years
Series Puffin Teenage Books
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Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful (Paperback, New edition)

By Morpurgo, Michael, M. B. E.

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Heroism or cowardice? A story of the World War I.

ISBN 9780007150076
Published 14 August 2007 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 9-12 years
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Awesome Aotearoa: A Kids' History of New Zealand
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Awesome Aotearoa: A Kids' History of New Zealand (Paperback)

By Mahy, Margaret; Illustrated by Hodgson, Trace

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The famous children's writer joins forces with her country's top political cartoonist in this hilarious and irreverent history of Aotearoa - or New Zealand, to use its other name.

ISBN 9780958282970
Published 6 April 2009
Interest Age 7-10 years
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The Riotous Story of Rome
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The Riotous Story of Rome (Paperback, New title)

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Two non-fiction titles in the successful Usborne Young Reading series. The Stinking Story of Rubbish is a vivid and humorous introduction to the history of human waste, and The Story of Rome explores the myth and reality behind the greatest ancient empire. Each title is cle ...

ISBN 9780746067857
Published 7 April 2006 by Usborne Publishing Ltd
Interest Age 6-9 years
Series Usborne Young Reading
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The Great History Search

The Great History Search (Hardback, New edition)

By Khanduri, Kamini; Illustrated by Hancock, David

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Providing hours of puzzle-solving fun, this book is packed with fascinating historical facts presented in short, easy-to-read captions. Each illustrated scene features a brain-teasing picture puzzle.

ISBN 9781409509189
Published 5 February 2010 by Usborne Publishing Ltd
Interest Age 4-7 years
Series Usborne Great Searches
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My heart is crying: Tagi Tote e loho
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My heart is crying: Tagi Tote e loho (Paperback)

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In October 1915 one hundred and fifty young men sailed from Niue Island to fight in the Great War. Most spoke no English and had never left their home before. They were unaccustomed to Palagi food and clothing and had no immunity to Palagi disease. They served with the New Zealan ...

ISBN 9789820201576
Published 25 November 2009 by Miscellaneous
Interest Age All ages
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Votes for New Zealand Women
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Votes for New Zealand Women (Paperback)

By Dwyer, Susan

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Young persons guide to how New Zealand women won the right to vote.

ISBN 9780908608652
Published 1 January 1993 by Bush Press Communications Ltd
Interest Age 9-12 years
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Internet-linked Romans
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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 12 February 2010 by Usborne Publishing Ltd
Interest Age 8-11 years
Series Illustrated World History
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