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1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet by David Hill
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
"An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children. Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this. Set against the backdrop of Georgian England with its peculiar mix of elegance, prosperity, progress and squalor, the sto ...Show more
Below by David Hill
$22.00 NZD
Category: No Category
A nerve-wracking underground adventure from a master storyteller . . . Caught in a tunnel collapse, Liam and Imogen have to use all their wits to survive in this gripping novel for readers eight years and up. When you stood deep inside the tunnel, you could hear the mountain groaning overhead. That's ...Show more
Black Day (Kiwi Bites) by David Hill & Lotte Wotherspoon (ill.)
$9.95 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Kiwi Bites S.
Ms Li's class is getting ready for the Science Fair and Chad, Jordan, Zoe and Keisha want to come up with a mind-blowing project. With the help of Chad's eccentric Auntie Kym, they decide to try and make a Black Hole! But class bully Shaun Simpson, whose dad always gives him special stuff for his projec ...Show more
Bodies and Soul by David Hill
$18.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Skin Stealers! Global are taking skin from hospital patients to make new faces for rich uppers. Don't let them take you! By 2025 machines and computers have replaced many working humans. Without jobs, people have drifted from country to country. Then Government money for the unemployed dries up and scho ...Show more
Brave Company by David Hill
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Boy Seaman Russell Purchas is stationed on HMNZS Taupo. It's 1952, and the frigate has just entered hostile waters off the coast of Korea. Russell is determined to prove he is a hero, to shake off the shadow of his spineless uncle who died in the Second World War. Russell doesn't have to wait long to be ...Show more
Close to the Wind by David B Hill
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
In May 1940, a group of Auckland yachtsmen who were members of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve left for the war. Leonard Hill, a young Maori sailor, and his friends arrived in Singapore under siege. Playing to their strengths as small boat sailors, they manned fast motor launches, raiding and rescuing ...Show more
Coastwatcher by David Hill
$19.98 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
No training could have prepared Frank for a dangerous coastwatching mission against the Japanese in this tense, exciting war adventure inspired by the coastwatchers of Operation Pacific, from award-winning author David Hill. 'It's not going to be a cushy job, young Benson. You're on your own. Japs will ...Show more
Cold Comfort by David Hill
$25.00 NZD
Category: Teen/Young Reader
Craig Dawson relishes the idea of spending a few days mountain climbing with his uncle. Unfortunately, the only way there is by helicopter, flown by Fitz, Hawk-Air's youngest pilot, together with the company owner's annoyingly perfect daughter. The combination can only spell disaster. NZ Children's Book ...Show more
Coming Back by David Hill
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult
Tara is heading home, Ryan is driving his mates, neither is paying attention on a dirty wet night. The tragedy that results changes many lives.
Convict Colony: The Remarkable Story of the Fledgling Settlement That Survived Against the Odds by David Hill
$32.99 NZD
$36.99 (10% off)
Category: No Category
The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations in the world today. But in truth, the New World of the 18th century was dotted with failed colonies, and New South Wales nearly joined them. ...Show more
Dinosaur Hunter: Joan Wiffen's Awesome Fossil Discoveries by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
The remarkable true story of science superstar Joan Wiffen, whose fossil discoveries proved that dinosaurs lived in ancient New Zealand. Once there was a clever girl who liked searching for interesting things on the ground. She wanted to know why shells could be found in rocks so far away from the sea. ...Show more