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April Fool's Day by Bryce Courtenay
30.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Bryce Courtney's beloved son Damon, a haemophiliac, died from medically-acquired AIDS on Aprils Fool's day 1991, at the age of 24. In this book, he celebrates his life, but he condemns the medical approach taken towards AIDS, and how he and his family coped with Damon's haemophlia and early death.
April Fool's Day: Popular Penguins by Bryce Courtenay
13.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In the end, love is more important than everything and it will conquer and overcome anything. Or that's how Damon saw it, anyway. Damon wanted a book that talked a lot about love. Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering ...Show more
Fortune Cookie by Bryce Courtenay
30.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Simon Koo is an ambitious Australian-born Chinese who goes to Singapore in the mid-sixties to work for an advertising agency. But the Wing brothers, who run the agency, are not what they seem. There is soon trouble when Simon falls in love with the forbidden Mercy B. Lord. With no family or connections, ...Show more
Four Fires by Bryce Courtenay
30.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
In a small town like any other small town around Australia live the Maloneys. They are a fifth-generation Australian family of Irish Catholic descent who are struggling to reach the first rung of the social ladder. The Maloneys are a family you won't forget: a strong mother, a father broken by war, thre ...Show more
Jessica by Bryce Courtenay
30.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Jessica is based on the inspiring true story of a young girl's fight for justice against tremendous odds.A tomboy, Jessica is the pride of her father, as they work together on the struggling family farm. One quiet day, the peace of the bush is devastated by a terrible murder. Only Jessica is able to sav ...Show more
Smoky Joe's Cafe by Bryce Courtenay
26.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Best selling Australian author. All of Bryce Courtenay's books have achieved extraordinary sales figures. He was the winner of the 1998 and 1999 APA Who Weekly Reader's Choice Award. Thommo returns from Vietnam to a Australia that regards him as a mercenary guilty of war crimes. He begins to develop all ...Show more
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
30.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: African Collection | Reading Level: very good
First with your head and then with your heart.... So says Hoppie Groenewald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, it is a piece of advice he will carry with him throughout his life. Born in a South Africa divided by ra ...Show more
The Power of One: Popular Penguins by Bryce Courtenay
13.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: African Collection
First with your head and then with your heart' is advice Peekay, a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world, will carry throughout his life. Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, this one small boy will come to lead all the tribes of Africa. And in a f ...Show more
The Power of One: Young Readers' Ed by Bryce Courtenay
26.00 NZD
Category: Children's and Young Adult | Reading Level: very good
Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, little six-year-old Peekay learns that small can beat big. Armed with this knowledge, he resolves to take on the injustices of his country, and sets his heart on becoming the welterweight champion of the world. Peekay starts to take boxing lessons, ma ...Show more
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