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Jim's Letters by Glyn Harper
$25.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
"Dear Jim, Your postcard arrived today. I showed it to the family. Mum misses you..." Between December 1914 and August 1915 Tom and Jim write to each other whenever they get a chance. Tom talks about life at home on the farm while Jim writes from Egypt and then from the trenches of the Gallipoli peninsu ...Show more
Johnny Enzed: The New Zealand Soldier in the First World War 1914-1918 by Glyn Harper
$55.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: First World War Centenary History Ser.
The New Zealand soldiers who left these shores to fight in the First World War represented one of the greatest collective endeavours in the nation's history. Over 100,000 men and women would embark for overseas service and almost 60,000 of them became casualties. For a small nation like New Zealand this ...Show more
Kippenberger - An Inspired New Zealand Commander by Glyn Harper
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: good-very good
Major General Sir Howard Karl Kippenberger, KBE, CB, DSO and Bar, ED, was an exceptional New Zealander and one of the truly great military commanders of World War Two. Here Glyn Harper examines his formative years, including his WW1 experiences, and shows how they influenced his style of leadership and ...Show more
Le Quesnoy by Glyn Harper
$20.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
Le Quesnoy (pronounced Leck con wah) is a town in northern France. It is surrounded by high walls and deep trenches. In World War I it was occupied by the German army for four long years. In November 1918 the town was liberated by soldiers from far-away New Zealand. Because these men used a bit of kiwi ...Show more
Letters from Gallipoli: New Zealand Soldiers Write Home by Glyn Harper
$45.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: Very Good
The Gallipoli campaign looms large in New Zealand's cultural memory. For the first time in this book, historian Glyn Harper tells the story of the campaign in the words of the New Zealand soldiers who were there.Having worked through archives in New Zealand and overseas, combed newspapers, and conducted ...Show more
Roly, the Anzac Donkey (PB) by Glyn Harper
$21.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ | Reading Level: very good
Hello. My name is Roly. I'm a donkey. Let me tell you about the time during the First World War when I worked at a place called Gallipoli. I met a man there from New Zealand who was very special. He and I worked as a team to help rescue soldiers who had been hurt in battle. Based on real people and even ...Show more
Spring Offensive: NZ and the Battle of the Somme by Glyn Harper
$49.99 NZD
Category: Miscellaneous
At Passchendaele New Zealand forces lost over 1200 lives in a few hours in October 1917. The soldiers were demoralised almost to the point of no return. They retreated, rested and reinforced. In March 1918 they returned for The Spring Offensive - New Zealand's greatest military victory.
The Battles of Monte Cassino: The Campaign and Its Controversies by Glyn Harper & John Tonkin-Covell
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
The Allied forces' actions in and around Monte Cassino in Italy remain some of the most controversial of the Second World War. Adolf Hitler described them as the battles that came closest to the bitter struggles on the Western Front. The name Cassino has become a touchstone for New Zealanders as a resul ...Show more
The Front Line: Images of New Zealanders in the Second World War by Glyn Harper; Susan Lemish
$80.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
NEW ZEALAND'S WAR THROUGH THE LENS OF THOSE WHO SERVED A landmark book exploring New Zealand's second world war effort through over 800 photographs, many never before published and many live-action shots takenby those at the front. The images span North Africa, Europe and the Pacific, as well as action ...Show more