All You Holy Women, Pray for Us by Adam and Angela Smyth

$28.95 NZD

Category: No Category | Reading Level: Ages 0 - 4

All You Holy Women, Pray for Us is the perfect introduction for little ones looking to learn about some of the holiest saints in the Catholic Church. With this sturdy board book, your child will discover the wonders of St. Joan of Arc, St. Teresa of Calcutta, St. Kateri, and others through fun rhym All You Holy Women, Pray for Us is the perfect introduction for little ones looking to learn about some of the holiest saints in the Catholic Church. With this sturdy board book, your child will discover the wonders of St. Joan of Arc, St. Teresa of Calcutta, St. Kateri, and others through fun rhymes and adorable illustrations. The saints provide us with marvelous examples to live by, so start your children off right by introducing them to these extraordinary and holy women who devoted their lives to Christ. Each character in this unique board book is depicted in verse with endearing colour drawings. Featured saints are: St. Teresa of Calcutta St. Kateri Tekakwitha St. Faustina St. Cecilia St. Elizabeth Ann Seton St. Josephine Bakhita St. Thérèse of Lisieux St. Joan of Arc ...Show more

All the Lives We Ever Lived by Katharine Smyth

$24.99 NZD

Category: Biography & Memoir

A wise, moving debut about the pain of losing a parent and the power of literature to light our way through it.

All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf by Katharine Smyth

$36.99 NZD

Category: Biography & Memoir

A wise, lyrical memoir about the power of literature to help us read our own lives--and see clearly the people we love most. Katharine Smyth was a student at Oxford when she first read Virginia Woolf's modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse in the comfort of an English sitting room, and in the companio A wise, lyrical memoir about the power of literature to help us read our own lives--and see clearly the people we love most. Katharine Smyth was a student at Oxford when she first read Virginia Woolf's modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse in the comfort of an English sitting room, and in the companionable silence she shared with her father. After his death--a calamity that claimed her favorite person--she returned to that beloved novel as a way of wrestling with his memory and understanding her own grief. Smyth's story moves between the New England of her childhood and Woolf's Cornish shores and Bloomsbury squares, exploring universal questions about family, loss, and homecoming. Through her inventive, highly personal reading of To the Lighthouse, and her artful adaptation of its groundbreaking structure, Smyth guides us toward a new vision of Woolf's most demanding and rewarding novel--and crafts an elegant reminder of literature's ability to clarify and console.   Braiding memoir, literary criticism, and biography, All the Lives We Ever Lived is a wholly original debut: a love letter from a daughter to her father, and from a reader to her most cherished author. ...Show more

Australian Desperadoes: The Incredible Story of How Australian Gangsters Terrorised California by Terry Smyth

$34.99 NZD

$40.00 (12% off)

Category: No Category

The Coves - San Francisco's first organised-crime gang - were Australians- men and women with criminal careers in Australia who had come to the US, mostly illegally, during the gold rush. The Coves had come not to dig for gold but to unleash a crime wave the likes of which America had never seen. Robber The Coves - San Francisco's first organised-crime gang - were Australians- men and women with criminal careers in Australia who had come to the US, mostly illegally, during the gold rush. The Coves had come not to dig for gold but to unleash a crime wave the likes of which America had never seen. Robbery, murder, arson and extortion were the Coves' stock-in-trade, and it was said that the leader of the gang, Jim Stuart, had killed more men than any man in California.The gang?s base, in the waterfront district, came to be known as Sydney Town. The area was a no-go zone for police - many of whom were in Stuart?s pocket anyway - so, just as Capone would one day rule Chicago, the Coves ruled San Francisco. And more than once, just to make sure there was no doubt that Frisco was their town, they burnt it down.The Coves were hated and feared by the respectable citizens of San Francisco - who derisively called them 'Sydney Ducks' but never to their faces - and, realising that the forces of the law could not, or would not, take them on, decided lynch law was the only solution, and formed a vigilante group.The streets of San Francisco became a battlefield as the Coves and the vigilantes fought for control of the city, with gunfights and lynchings almost daily spectacles as the police stood idly by. Jim Stewart was arrested in Sacramento for killing a sheriff, but escaped to be involved in one the most celebrated cases of mistaken identity in the annals of American crime. When the smoke cleared, the Coves' reign of terror was over. Some were strung up from storefronts in the street, some fell in a deadly gunfight with Jonathan R. Davis, one of the fastest guns in the west, others escaped capture and returned to Australia. The story of the Sydney Coves is little-known, fascinating and well worth telling. ...Show more

Black Rock by Amanda Smyth

$35.00 NZD

Category: Fiction

Celia's mother died bringing her into the world - when one soul flies in, another flies out, her aunt Tassi says. So she lives in Black Rock, Tobago, with her cousins and Tassi's second husband Roman, a man so low he could crawl under a snake's belly on stilts. Celia thinks he's the devil, and one day h Celia's mother died bringing her into the world - when one soul flies in, another flies out, her aunt Tassi says. So she lives in Black Rock, Tobago, with her cousins and Tassi's second husband Roman, a man so low he could crawl under a snake's belly on stilts. Celia thinks he's the devil, and one day he does something to prove her right, so she runs away to Trinidad and a new life in service. This is a lyrically beautiful story; Amanda Smyth's writing matches the lushness of the vivid tropical landscape. "Black Rock" is tinged with a sense of the supernatural. ...Show more

Black Rock by Amanda Smyth

$28.99 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: Adult

Celia's mother died bringing her into the world - when one soul flies in, another flies out, her aunt Tassi says. So she lives in Black Rock, Tobago, with her cousins and Tassi's second husband Roman, a man so sly he could crawl under a snake's belly on stilts. Celia thinks he's the devil, so when he do Celia's mother died bringing her into the world - when one soul flies in, another flies out, her aunt Tassi says. So she lives in Black Rock, Tobago, with her cousins and Tassi's second husband Roman, a man so sly he could crawl under a snake's belly on stilts. Celia thinks he's the devil, so when he does something that proves her right, she runs away to Trinidad and a new life in service. ...Show more

Bumfodder: An Absorbing History of Toilet Paper by Richard Smyth

$26.99 NZD

Category: Humour

Humans are, along with other primates, the only animals to wipe their bottoms after defecating. Richard Smyth provides the definitive history of how we have wiped over the centuries. From the Romans and ancient China to the modern day, drawing on literature from Rabelais and Jonathan Swift to the story Humans are, along with other primates, the only animals to wipe their bottoms after defecating. Richard Smyth provides the definitive history of how we have wiped over the centuries. From the Romans and ancient China to the modern day, drawing on literature from Rabelais and Jonathan Swift to the story of Myleene Klass and Pope Benedict’s toilet roll, Richard Smyth has compiled the definitive history. Along the way, Richard Smyth also provides fascinating stories such as how toilet paper became a rallying cry for anti-taxation campaigners in the US to the history of the Groom of the Stool, once one of the most influential positions in the Royal Court. ...Show more

Core by Clare Smyth, Kieran Morris, Gordon Ramsay

$100.00 NZD

Category: Cooking & Wine

An exclusive insight into the work and mind of the highly acclaimed chef Clare Smyth and her three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Core by Clare Smyth , in London's Notting Hill Clare Smyth's food is of superlative elegance and redefines modern British cuisine. Through Core's dishes, Smyth shares stories o An exclusive insight into the work and mind of the highly acclaimed chef Clare Smyth and her three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Core by Clare Smyth , in London's Notting Hill Clare Smyth's food is of superlative elegance and redefines modern British cuisine. Through Core's dishes, Smyth shares stories of ingenuity, nostalgia and humour while at the same time showcasing outstanding produce from a collective of trusted suppliers, who like the team at Core, are dedicated and committed to excellence. This much-anticipated debut book includes 60 key recipes served at Core as well 70 other useful recipes for basics including stocks, sauces and breads, and tells the fascinating story of Smyth's journey and philosophy that led to her opening and running one of the finest restaurants in the world. ...Show more

Denny Day: Life and Times Australia's greatest Lawman audio cd by Terry Smyth

$39.95 NZD

Category: No Category

Employed but Not Engaged: How to Break up with Your Employees and Hold on to the Ring by Michael Smyth

$34.99 NZD

Category: Business

Are your employees an asset or an expense? How to fire a disengaged employee without it costing you more. 1 out of every 10 New Zealand employees is disengaged from their work. That means they are doing the bare minimum just not to get fired. They come into work, surf the Internet, steal the stationery, Are your employees an asset or an expense? How to fire a disengaged employee without it costing you more. 1 out of every 10 New Zealand employees is disengaged from their work. That means they are doing the bare minimum just not to get fired. They come into work, surf the Internet, steal the stationery, leave early, and run down your business behind your back. <br><i>Employed but not Engaged</i> teaches business owners how to make sure you don't end up with a disengaged employee in your workplace and if you do, how to fire them without getting sued. A few things you will learn: how to recruit the right staff; how to carry out misconduct and non-performance dismissals; how to carry out a redundancy process; how to avoid claims for constructive dismissal; how to deal with a personal grievance. ...Show more

Fart Patroller #1 - Blaster by SMYTH BAMBI & HART JAMES

$0.00 NZD

Category: No Category | Series: Fart Patrol

In tunnels deep underground lives a tribe of tiny creatures responsible for the greatest trick ever played on humans! Every day (and night) they go out on patrol to find someone they can sneak up on, and then make the most frightfully stinky smells, and hideously rude noises, so humans think they have j In tunnels deep underground lives a tribe of tiny creatures responsible for the greatest trick ever played on humans! Every day (and night) they go out on patrol to find someone they can sneak up on, and then make the most frightfully stinky smells, and hideously rude noises, so humans think they have just done a... ahem... a very embarrassing fart. Collect all 6! ...Show more

Fart Patroller #2 - Squirt by SMYTH BAMBI & HART JAMES

$0.00 NZD

Category: No Category | Series: Fart Patrol

In tunnels deep underground lives a tribe of tiny creatures responsible for the greatest trick ever played on humans! Every day (and night) they go out on patrol to find someone they can sneak up on, and then make the most frightfully stinky smells, and hideously rude noises, so humans think they have j In tunnels deep underground lives a tribe of tiny creatures responsible for the greatest trick ever played on humans! Every day (and night) they go out on patrol to find someone they can sneak up on, and then make the most frightfully stinky smells, and hideously rude noises, so humans think they have just done a... ahem... a very embarrassing fart. Collect all 6! ...Show more