On the immense Amazon plain, covered by equatorial forests and squeezed between the Central and Guyanas Plateaux, flows the Amazon River and its tributaries...more details Format:Hardback
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Mary (ed) Trewby
ISBN:9781869534530
This comprehensive, easy-to-use reference to the great continent of Antarctica covers climate, geology, natural history, exploration, science and tourism...more details Format:Hardback
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Malcolm (ed) Mckinnon
ISBN:9781869533359
There are 100 double page spreads looking at subjects as diverse as glaciation, Maori horticulture, the journeying of the Tama Pokai Whenua, the pakeha invasion of the Waikato in 1863-64...more details Format:Hardback
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Derek Fell
ISBN:9781869535018
A gardener and natural history photographer, Derek Fell, inspired by the voyages of Captain Cook, decided to visit the 'land of the blue sunflower' for himself and witness the strange megaherbs (giant plant forms) that grow there. The expedition encompassed visits to Fiordland...more details Format:Hardback
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Maggy Howarth
ISBN:9781869535346
Beautiful durable, pebble mosaics are an attractive addition to gardens, patios and public spaces. This full-colour illustrated guide gives step by step instructions...more details Format:Paperback Pages:224
Stylish fashionable food that doesn't cost a fortune - that is the philosophy of Sophie Gray. This third "Destitute Gourmet" book introduces more ideas and more recipes to help the home cook create delicious and good looking food for all the family...more details Format:Paperback
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Sophie Gray
ISBN:9781869535254
Good food that looks great and doesn't cost a fortune-that is the philosophy of Sophie Gray. This second "Destitute Gourmet" book introduces more ideas and more recipes to help people create delicious and good looking food...more details Format:Paperback
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Carlos Mordo
ISBN:9781869534790
Settled by the Polynesians, sometime around AD600, this tiny speck of land, with its limited natural resources, was the scene of the development of some of the most mysterious and awe-inspiring prehistoric art. The best known expressions of cultural development on Rapa Nui are the famous monolithic statues known as maoi...more details Format:Hardback
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Roy Tui De
ISBN:9781869533878
Ever since the days of Darwin the Galapagos Islands have captured the imagination of the world. This book captures the ethereal ? even haunting quality of these islands...more details Format:Hardback
This book showcases over 30 of New Zealand's most magnificent gardens, from the Far North to Southland, and Stewart Island. Since the author's first visit here...more details Format:Hardback
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Geoff Bryant
ISBN:9781869534929
Everyone can grow plants for free and this informative book shows how to propagate over 1000 common plants, with specific detailed instructions on over 500 of the world's most popular ornamental plants...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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Rosemary Barrett
ISBN:9781869535209
With over 200 photographs and 170 species and cultivars described, Hostas is a beautiful introduction to this hardy, versatile perennial. The infinite variety of leaf colour...more details Format:Paperback
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Glyn Church
ISBN:9781869535919
Glyn Church has the largest collection of hydrangeas in New Zealand. For many years he has searched out and grown traditional and new varieties from Switzerland...more details Format:Hardback Pages:90
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Rod Morris & Alison Ballance
ISBN:9781869534813
Focuses on 12 groups of South Sea islands, exploring their distinctive differences and describing the unique plants and animals of these natural laboratories. Photographer Rod Morris has travelled the world...more details Format:Hardback
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Carl Scott
ISBN:9781869535834
A guide to preparing food using a process which has its origins in the days when preservation of food was not as simple as just throwing it in the fridge. Smoking ensured that foods would last until the next hunting season. By using salt to draw out moisture over a period of days...more details Format:Paperback
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Julie Marshall-Tideman
ISBN:9781869535810
Scrapbooking is huge and its popularity has taken off in New Zealand. Scrapbooking is the decorative art of preserving photographs and memorabilia for future generations. It's about telling stories using photos...more details Format:Paperback
The sheer diversity of the genus Lilium is astonishing. Lilies have been immortalized in art, revered as religious symbols and sought after by plant hunters. The revolution in lilies for gardeners started only about fifty years ago...more details Format:Paperback
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Rosemary Barrett
ISBN:9781869535728
Maples are not only very beautiful trees, they are easy and rewarding to cultivate. Prized for their wonderfully coloured leaves, maples are brilliant in the spring and often more brilliant in the fall. They also have a graceful habit of growth...more details Format:Paperback
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Statistics Nz
ISBN:9781869535766
For more than 100 years, the New Zealand Official Yearbook has been the authoritative source on New Zealand, its people, its government and its industry. The New Zealand Official Yearbook 2004 continues this tradition by providing a comprehensive picture of life in New Zealand. Recent developments in business...more details Format:Hardback
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Pamela Mcgeorge
ISBN:9781869535865
The story of New Zealand is the story of islands. This book is a celebration of the islands that surround the shores of ?the mainland?. New Zealand is an assemblage of incredibly numerous islands scattered over a broad expanse of ocean...more details Format:Paperback
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Barbara Taylor
ISBN:9781869535735
When you are hooked by old-fashioned roses, it is the beginning of a love affair that will last a lifetime. They bring you not only fragrance and beauty...more details Format:Paperback
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Roger And Pereira Fuli Neich
ISBN:9781869535353
The Auckland Museum has extensive collections of the traditional personal ornaments of the peoples of the South Pacific, including Melanesia and Micronesia. They display a huge variety of styles and materials used...more details Format:Paperback Pages:192
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Roger Neich & Mick Prendergast
ISBN:9781869533458
The manufacture of tapa, barkcloth, is an ancient art which has been practised for thousands of years. Auckland Museum's collection of tapa cloth from around the Pacific is one of the most extensive in the world and forms the basis of this comprehensive survey. Pacific Tapa presents a complete range of the art...more details
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Asia Society
ISBN:9781869535841
The Pacific Islands occupy a place in the imagination as a paradise filled with idyllic beaches and lush tropical landscapes inhabited by dusky maidens. With historical precedents in the accounts of European explorers...more details Format:Paperback
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John Morton
ISBN:9781869533991
First New Zealand shores are systematically described in their regional detail, with the addition of material from 25 years' investigation, particularly in the subtidal zone. Then with a broader brush follows a comparative account of the equivalent hard shores...more details Format:Hardback
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Tim Thompson & Ranulf Rayner
ISBN:9781869535391
The "America's Cup" has been the world's most prestigious race for ocean-going yachts since the first contest was held between America and Great Britain in 1851. This book tells the story of the Cup from the beginning and presents a unique collection of beautiful paintings depicting dramatic scenes from every match since 1851...more details Format:Hardback
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Susan Stacy Peggy Parkinson
ISBN:9781869532406
This cookbook and guide to tropical fruits and vegetables has its foundation in the highly successful Taste of the Tropics which, from the 1970s encouraged thousands of people in many different countries to sample and enjoy tropical foods. It gains its inspiration from the numerous island nations of the tropical Pacific...more details Format:Paperback
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Kathryn Webster
ISBN:9781869535797
When Tom Mutch was a young man, he grabbed art with both hands and never let go. It became his life. Antipodean Artist reveals the journey from student to the successful painter...more details Format:Paperback
Gorgeous and gloriously coloured flowering trees and shrubs for year-round colour in your garden. Cultivation notes and zone information. Over 250 colour photographs....more details Format:Paperback Pages:159
A directory of beautiful trees ane shrubs chosen for the extraordinary array of leaves in every shape, size and colour for every season. Over 250 colour photographs....more details Format:Paperback Pages:160
Volume 2 of a series on woody plants for foliage, flowers and fragrance. 112 genera, chosen for their foliage characteristics, are described in expert detail by New Zealand author Glyn Church. With foliage as the main feature covered in discussing each specimen...more details Format:Paperback Pages:160
First self-published 1976, Wine Label Language found an enthusiastic market of wine drinkers around the world. Well reviewed, it was rated 'an outstanding international book' by Dan Murphy...more details Format:Paperback
"Fit to Eat" is a series designed to promote a healthy lifestyle through sound nutritional advice and a variety of exercises. Four books cover the age groups from the 30s to 40s...more details Format:paperback Pages:144
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Helen Brown
ISBN:9781869535643
A blend of flowers and astrology. Linked to the traditional star signs, this book offers insights into the personality, career, relationships and spirit of the 12 flower signs - Tiger Lily; Magnolia; Pasion Flower; Lotus; Sunflower; Tulip; Rose; Cactus Flower; Bird of Paradise; Chrysthanthemum; Orchid; and Poppy. Discover what drives your florascope child...more details Format:paperback Pages:104
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Lani Lopez
ISBN:9781869535452
New Zealand?s favourite natural health expert Lani Lopez has been a practising naturopath for over 12 years, and has had regular spots on TV (Good Morning...more details Format:paperback Pages:288