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Becoming Queen Elizabeth II

Becoming Queen Elizabeth II (Paperback)

By Clements, Gillian

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Entertaining stories of real famous lives and great events in a picture book format.

ISBN 9781445108629
Published 10 April 2012 by Hachette Children's Books
Interest Age 7-9 years
Series Famous People, Great Events
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Captain Scott's Race to the Pole
 

Captain Scott's Race to the Pole (Hardback)

By Gouldthorpe, Peter

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A stunning retelling of Captain Scott's quest to become the first man to reach the South Pole.

ISBN 9780734412201
Published 13 September 2011 by Lothian Publishing Company
Interest Age 7-9 years
Series No Return
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My Knight's Castle: Peep-through Play Books

My Knight's Castle: Peep-through Play Books (Board Book, illustrated edition)

By Prasadam, Smriti; Illustrated by Finn, Rebecca

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Small children love peeping through the archways and windows, and discovering the secrets of their very own knight's castle.

ISBN 9780747588139
Published 6 August 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Interest Age 2-5 years
Series Peep Through Play Books
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Bob Marley

Bob Marley (Paperback)

By Jeffrey, Gary; Reily, Terry

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Dynamic and engaging biographies of black achievers in graphic-novel form

ISBN 9780749689315
Published 3 August 2009 by Hachette Children's Books
Interest Age 9-11 years
Series Graphic Biographies
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Abel Tasman In Search of the Great South
  

Abel Tasman In Search of the Great South (Paperback)

By Ell, Gordan

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Published to mark the 350th anniversary of Tasman's sightings of New Zealand, the text draws on Tasman's own account of his journey. Includes many original drawings and charts from the expedition. Illus.

ISBN 9780908608560
Published 1 January 1992 by Bush Press Communications Ltd
Interest Age 9-12 years
Series Bush Press Heritage
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Fairies

Fairies (Hardback)

By Savery, Annabel

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Bright, fun first non-fiction books on topics that young readers really want to find out about.

ISBN 9781445105499
Published 13 September 2011 by Hachette Children's Books
Interest Age 5-7 years
Series It's Amazing
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Preserving the Self in the South Seas 1680-1840
   

Preserving the Self in the South Seas 1680-1840 (Trade Paperback/Paperback, 2nd edition)

By Lamb, Jonathan

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This volume charts the sensibilities of the lonely figures that encountered the new and exotic in terra incognita. Jonathan Lamb introduces us to the writings of South Seas explorers, and finds in them unexpected and poignant tales of selves alarmed and transformed.

ISBN 9780226468495
Published 2 July 2001 by FOOTPRINT BOOKS
Interest Age All ages
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Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life
  

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

By Johnston, Alexa

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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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Captain James Cook
   

Captain James Cook (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Morris, Aldyth

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In this monodrama based on Cook's journals, the life of one of the great heroes of European exploration is revealed-from his humble beginnings as the son of an English farmer to his triumphant discoveries as the commander of the Royal Navy's Endeavor and Resolution.

ISBN 9780824816704
Published 28 March 2008 by University of Hawai'i Press
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Strangers in the South Seas: The Idea of the Pacific in Western Thought
   

Strangers in the South Seas: The Idea of the Pacific in Western Thought (Paperback, illustrated edition)

Edited by Lansdown, Richard

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Includes generous excerpts from the work of explorers, soldiers, naturalists, anthropologists, artists, and writers - some famous, some obscure. This book shows how the Great South Sea has been an irreplaceable distant mirror of the West and its intellectual obsessions since ...

ISBN 9780824830427
Published 15 May 2006 by University of Hawai'i Press
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