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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A New Zealand Navy frigate torpedoes a boat full of refugees fleeing a drowning country and Nasimul Rahman is one of the few survivors. First he has to reach the shore alive and then he has to avoid the trigger-happy Shore Patrol, on alert to stop climate change refugees entering the country. Donna is new to the Patrol. When word comes through that the Navy has sunk a ship full of infiltrators and survivors might be making their way ashore, it sounds like she might get to see some action. A tale of desperation and betrayal on a shrinking shore in the not too distant future. A tale of desperation and betrayal on a shrinking shore in the not too distant future. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The year is 1884. The place is Lyttelton, a small and bustling harbour town. Elsie is waiting for the fish to bite. She has her reasons for coming down to the waterfront so often, the main one being the memory of the lost boys. She was one of the last to see them alive, and now she is haunted by what happened to them. When the opportunity comes for Elsie to follow in their footsteps over the Bridle Path and put their ghosts to rest, she doesn't hesitate. 'I'll be careful,' she says. But no one knows that the weather is about to change for the worse . When the opportunity comes for Elsie to follow in the footsteps of two missing boys over the Bridle Path and put their ghosts to rest, she doesn't hesitate. 'I'll be careful,' she says. But no one knows that the weather is about to change for the worse . Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Anne Powell's poems reach from the soul-baringWaikanae River all the way across the earth tocascades of stars over cold desert sand. At timesfocusing on the wealth of wisdom nature impartsupon patient observation, at others on the dailyrealities of those people who live beyond ourfamiliar trajectories, Anne Powell stays groundedin her ability to see the sacred in a world of bothstillness and disturbance. A thoughtful and grounded collection of poetry. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The poems in Janis Freegard's new collection take their starting point from the poet's daily ritual of reading the tea leaves while writing in the Ema Saiko room in the Wairarapa. This leads to unexpected discoveries about the world around her, from spider visitors to the writing room and a papyrus-fine gecko skin in the nearby wildlife sanctuary, to news of the ancient bdelloid rotifers that defy natural disasters and the recently extinct amphibians that did not. Then a gender- and species-fluid interpreterturns up to help the poet work her way through the daily revelations in her tea cup .Reading the Signs is a series of linked poems that are thoughtful and humorous, provocative and tender, andcome together as a quiet epic about a planet that is fast running out of puff. Reading the Signs is a series of linked poems that are thoughtful and humorous, provocative and tender, andcome together as a quiet epic about a planet that is fast running out of puff. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. It is Hamburg, 1920. Abruptly Erna leaves her marriage and her three daughters, and disappears from the family. No one speaks of her again. One by one the other members of the Simon family begin to disappear, with death from natural causes and then as a response to what is happening in Germany with the rise of the Third Reich. The family is Jewish, they cannot stay.During the war, what appears to be the remnant of the Simon family finds its way to New Zealand to start a new life. There are three: Wally, Liesl and Eric. Time passes and the family grows. Then one day an email arrives.We Came from Hamburg is a story of secrets, persecution and escape, and the elation of finding people half a century later who share a story you thought had been left behind. European WWII refugee story. We Came from Hamburg is a story of secrets, persecution and escape, and the elation of finding people half a century later who share a story you thought had been left behind. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. More Favourable Waters is an anthology of contemporary poets from Aotearoa New Zealand commemorating one of the world's great poets, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), 700 years after his death.The anthology will be published on 25 March 2021, which is Dante Day, chosen by the Italian Government to celebrate the poet's legacy.For this project we are honoured to be working with the Embassy of Italy in New Zealand and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney, alongside editors Marco Sonzogni (Victoria University of Wellington-Te Herenga Waka), an Italian-New Zealander, and Timothy Smith (Oxford University), a New Zealander.Each of the 33 poets has written a poem of 33 lines inspired by and including a short passage from one of the 33 cantos of Dante's Purgatory, the second part of his epic The Divine Comedy. More Favourable Waters is an anthology of contemporary poets from Aotearoa New Zealand commemorating one of the worlds great poets, Dante Alighieri (12651321), 700 years after his death. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. With themes of longing, transition and memory, 'On elephant's shoulders' explores the poet's South Indian heritage relocated to New Zealand and tries to unlayer the complexity of the migrant experience.For Sudha this has meant experiencing the riches of a new culture and a new landscape while managing the realities of marginalisation. And ultimately a transformation into a person of the Pacific, still grounded in her family and her Hindu beliefs. Debut collection from Wellington poet and dancer, originally from South India. Rao writes about the Asian and migrant experience in Aotearoa. She performs with Meow Gurrrls and participated in the International Bengaluru Poetry Festival 2019. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. When Kristens father, Don, was diagnosed with dementia the signs had been there for five years. Hed gone out less and less, given up driving and table tennis, which hed played all his life, and relied increasingly on his wife, Penny. Conversations went in circles. Kristen started trying different ways to get her dad back not the dad who could recall what was said or retain facts about his family, but the one who was patient, curious and funny. Who said, I could talk with you for hours. She realised as he searched for words that werent there and reached for new ones, that the words he was finding and how he fitted them together felt like poetry. And Kristen, a poet, began writing it down. Dad, Youve Got Dementia is not about what is being lost on a daily basis but what there is still to find. It shows people living with dementia and their whanau that its possible to stay connected with those they love. The story of the authors father, Don, and living with dementia. 'Dad, You've Got Dementia' is dementia literature that focuses on Donand the connections he makes despite his illness. It is told in found poems and flash fiction, with resources also included. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Questions burrow through the fourth poetry collection by Jan FitzGerald. An only child until a brother appears in a cradle one day, she wonders about the circumstances of her birth and delves into the memories she has of a childhood in 1950s Tauranga - making traps for birds that she cares for in her bedroom, raiding feijoas, shelling peas at Christmas and befriending kuia waiting for their train.The poet marvels, too, at the world around her - from her beloved birds to the wildness of storms - and is angry at the mess we've made of it. Then, like everyone, she is aghast when nature turns, as it has done with the pandemic, and shows a different face - one we have no manual for. In 'A Question Bigger than a Hawk', Jan FitzGerald writes with urgency and compassion, allowing little to escape her keen and restless eye. Poems about growing up in the 1950s and a love of the natural world. Author Jan FitzGerald was involved in the literary scene in NZ as Jan Coad in the 1960s and 1970s but didn't release her first collection until 2005. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. As a mortician, Seb has mastered the art of making the dead resemble the living. He's embalmed countless corpses, unpacked organs, reset bones and made up pallid faces for their final viewing. If he's honest, he prefers the company of the deceased - no surprises and nobody to witness his inadequacy. But they don't make for great work stories - nothing for his teenage children to look up to or to attract the waning interest of his wife. It looks like another humdrum day at White Lily Funerals when Seb meets Gabe, a dying boy unusually interested in caskets, who forces the mortician to rearrange the pieces of his life and shows him that magic doesn't have to be just a wish. A darkly comic tale with a tender heart, I Wish, I Wish was awarded the prestigious WA Hofmeyr Prize for outstanding writing that shifts the boundaries of Afrikaans literature. A darkly comic tale with a tender heart, I Wish, I Wish was awarded the prestigious WA Hofmeyr Prize for outstanding writing that shifts the boundaries of Afrikaans literature. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Avis has a dream to work with animals, so when a scientist with a witchy-looking house offers her a job as a pet-sitter she jumps at the chance. But it turns out Avis is not looking after pets at all - the animals in Dr Malinda Childes' backyard are as eccentric as she is and Avis has to promise to keep them a secret. But one promise and one secret leads to more promises and more secrets and before long Avis finds herself overwhelmed by promises and secrets and responsibilities and one very BIG chocolatey dragonish problem. Avis has a dream to work with animals, so when a scientist with a witchy-looking house offers her a job as a pet-sitter she jumps at the chance. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In 2015 Natalie Yule Yeoman was diagnosed with breast cancer. A Maze of Grace is the story of her response to the illness over a year, through diary entries, correspondence, poems, medical reports and family writings.By cultivating her inner resources, including her Christian belief and disarming sense of humour, Natalie was able to find new ways of coping with the devastation of the illness as it progressed to secondary tumours and became incurable. Hers is a story of diagnoses, delays, mistakes, inquiries and apologies - but it is also a story of faith and community, hope and family.Natalie's wish is that her discoveries on this pilgrimage will be helpful for anyone going through a health crisis. For others, the story of this wahine toa who lives life to the full will be quite simply an inspiration. In 2015 Natalie was diagnosed with breast cancer. By cultivating her inner resources, including her Christian belief and disarming sense of humour, she found new ways of coping as the illness progressed and became incurable. Hers is a story of diagnoses, delays, mistakes, inquiries and apologies - but also of faith and community, hope and family. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Pictorial Softcover. Condizione: Fine(As New). Condizione sovraccoperta: Issued Without Dustjacket. First Edition. The book is unread. The novel is set in the Eastern Navajo Nation. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Keith's stepmother 'Maw' gives him an ultimatum - at fifteen he either leaves school to work or joins the army. So, Keith departs Auckland and reports to the Waiouru military camp, enlisting as a regular force cadet.Home Base is a snapshot of Keith Westwater's boy-soldier life in the New Zealand Army during the 1960s. From a motherless and peripatetic childhood in No One Home, the sequel Home Base is where Keith finally finds a place to call home: underneath Mount Ruapehu's shadow and amongst his fellow cadets.From spit-polished 'brightly black' boots to doing 'the marchie marchie', Home Base is a candid and often humorous look at the lives of Regular Force Cadets. It's also a memoir of Keith's adolescence depicted through handwritten diary entries, photographs, maps and poems. Home Base is a candid and often humorous look at the lives of Regular Force Cadets. It's also a memoir of Keith's adolescence depicted through handwritten diary entries, photographs, maps and poems. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Tom Willard is a cricket-crazy eleven-year-old who lives in Wellington with solo dad, Dave, and Archie the dog. He dreams of making the junior rep cricket squad and playing at the fabled Basin Reserve, but his prized cricket bat has disappeared and he's got to face Menace Mitchell, the bowler from hell . Just when Tom thinks things couldn't get any worse, his dad's dog-hating girlfriend moves in. But then he meets Izzy, a star all-rounder, and things start to look up - or do they? A novel for young readers (particularly keen cricketers) about NZs favourite summer game. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Frank Edwards has one of those faces Kiwis recognise. A working actor and writer for over fifty years, he'sbeen part of projects like blockbuster movies King Kong and The Lord of the Rings, iconic TV shows Close toHome and Shortland Street, and notable New Zealand plays Foreskin's Lament and The Learner's Stand.With a cast of supporting characters including Michael J Fox, Bruno Lawrence, Michele Amas and KateWinslet, Bit Part Actor is the story of a man plying his trade to earn a living and raise a family - working inroles both satisfying and frustrating and always looking out for the next project.Frank's story is another take on some of this country's key onscreen and onstage moments. It's alsoan honest and humorous first-hand account of what it takes to be a creative in Aotearoa: being versatile,working hard, making connections and hoping the small opportunities turn into bigger ones. And thenthere's the importance of an actor's craft: delivering a line with the right inflection and timing - no matterhow short - and staying focused, even if you're slightly out of shot. 'Bit Part Actor' is the memoir of the 50-year career of a Kiwi actor/writer in the film, television and theatre industries, who has featured in blockbusters 'King Kong' and 'The Hobbit', iconic theatre productions like 'Foreskin's Lament' and well-known Speight's ads and road safety campaigns. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Davids family moves to a house on the edge of the Red Zone a strange wilderness thats returning to nature after earthquakes destroyed the homes there a decade before. But David doesnt venture into the area. Hes not well he cant play cricket or go to school and his parents have declared the Red Zone off limits. Then one day, he blunders in and discovers an old villa, an earthquake survivor, protected by trees. The house speaks to him: Im old and starting to dissolve. Help me. Save me. Then David meets old Agnes, who seems to be living there but how? And who are the mysterious lanyard people shes afraid of? Come inside, the house says to David. I can show you. Another ghost story by the award-winning author of The Ghosts on the Hill. A tale of resilience and recovery, set in the Christchurch Red Zone. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Simon Sweetman - blogger, reviewer, podcaster, and author of On Song: Stories Behind New Zealand's Pop Classics, releases his first poetry collection, The Death of Music Journalism. Simon's been writing poems since he was first listening to bands on his Walkman, but then he started sharing them via social media and open mic nights. Word got around and he was a sleeper hit at LitCrawl's Lit-Sync For Your Life and the 2020 Variety for Fierys. Marking a pivot from the razor-sharp and sometimes controversial music writing he is best known for, Simon's collection is as wide-ranging as his career to date. He writes about late-night encounters on the phone with rock stars, hanging out as a student in Wellington flats, the simplicity of time spent with family and the unpredictable life of a freelance music reviewer, and what happens when these things occasionally intersect. A natural storyteller whose poetry is filled with characters both famous and ordinary, this eagerly awaited collection is unpredictable, anarchic, playful and surprisingly heartfelt. Simon Sweetman blogger, reviewer, podcaster, and author of On Song: Stories Behind New Zealands Pop Classics, releases his first poetry collection, The Death of Music Journalism. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Fragments from an Infinite Catalogue is a collection of words and images by a scientist and artist who is fascinated by language. John Ta ne Christeller began writing poems to explain and extend the screenprints and woodblocks he was making, and found it a natural form of storytelling, including working directly in te reo.He writes of fable and fabrication, the game of cricket and the pulse of cicadas, the lifespan of geese and the loss of a mother. Here are love songs, memoirs, eulogies and stories, placed alongside prints and drawings that tell the same tales but in a different way. This is work that carefully measures the value of things, including the limits of art and memory, and the vitality of the environment that drew the poet to science. A collection that celebrates a lifetime love of language, and creating poetry and art. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. It's another year at da MEHS for Sione and his mates, and so far Manawahe East High is living up to its other name of 'heart attack high school'. For a start there are the girls like Lani and Wiki and the way they make things so complicated, and the mysterious new girl who's somehow Sione's responsibility. As if that wasn't enough, some of his old softball team have become wannabe gangstas and are putting pressure on him to join their crew. Outside the schoolyard, real gangs are circling, and a giant guy called Turtle has Sione in his sights. It seems that Sione's plan to stay under the radar this year is harder than he thought. With the same laugh-out-loud humour and street-wise storytelling, Under the Radar is the sequel to 2019 Children's Book Awards finalist Slice of Heaven. Its another year at da MEHS for Sione and his mates, and so far Manawahe East High is living up to its other name of heart attack high school. Under the Radar is the sequel to 2019 Childrens Book Awards finalist Slice of Heaven. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. An eleven-year-old mergirl has better things to do than save the oceans from deadly stagnation. Except there's no one else. And worse still, something monstrous is hellbent on stopping her. It's Ringlet against time and tides . and there's not much left of either. It's mergirl Ringlet against time and tides . and there's not much left of either. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Puti Derrell likes running at midnight. During lockdown it was safe but now lockdown is over and Porohiwi doesn't feel safe anymore - especially when she discovers her estranged grandfather has been murdered and left with a Judas mask on his face. Puti's already got a lot on her plate. She's the new guardian of ten-year-old Bella Rose, who wants to be a private investigator when she grows up, and the new owner of a bookshop called Mainly Crime. But when there's a murder closer to home and another of the grandfather's masks seems to be at the centre of it, Puti and Bella Rose are drawn into the investigation despite themselves. They discover that in matters of blood you often don't get a choice. New crime fiction from award-winning playwright and novelist Renee. Blood Matters is set in Porohiwi, the same town as The Wild Card (shortlisted for the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards). Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Eccentric and charming, Mutzig the Clown Cat is the first ever book by Peter Wells. In 1981 he made 30 copies of this book by hand to celebrate a stray cat that wandered into his life and took over his heart. A small art book, tactile and inviting, with drawings by the author. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. An off-grid house on Aotea Great Barrier Island promises to fulfil one man's dreams, until cracks start to appear.Part Man Alone, part love story, Island Notes explores questions of belonging, loss and impermanence and whether the life, seas and forests of a wild island can offer a reconciliation with our past.Award-winning science writer and advocate for the wilderness Tim Higham has written a memoir that draws inspiration from some of the great nature writers, while establishing his own distinctive and informed voice and a sense of place that could only be Aotearoa.From the publishers who brought you Ockham-longlisted Towards Compostela by Catharina van Bohemen. Part Man Alone, part love story, Island Notes explores questions of belonging, loss and impermanence and whether the life, seas and forests of a wild island can offer a reconciliation with our past. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Helen Jacobs wrote her first poem nearly fifty years ago in response to a TV programme on nuclear war. Elaine Jakobsson in her life as a local body politician and environmental activist - mayor of Eastbourne, she worked for the Women's Electoral Lobby and was later appointed to the Planning Tribunal - Helen Jacobs was the name she adopted for her writing. In 1984 she launched her first collection, with five more to come over the years, and became actively involved with the poetry community in Christchurch.Aged 90, Helen lives in a retirement village, has lost her view of the Port Hills and her beloved garden, but still has a balcony of pot plants and survived a pandemic. The world continues to offer her things to write about, whether it is the lemons ripening outside her window, the jigsaw junkies in the library or a walk to the shops when she takes the long way to feel some of the joy of the hill walks she once treasured. And there are her memories of Patea, where she grew up the daughter of a railwayman. While the quickness of her legs may have gone, Helen's quickness of mind makes A Habit of Writing a delight. 90-year-old Christchurch author lives through a pandemic and keeps writing about the joys of the life in front of her. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Everything felt wrong, everywhere. The floor was at a weird angle he took one step and staggered sideways against the wall. Was that shudder the house moving again? Zeke has to stay with his aunt and uncle in Lower Hutt after a landslide takes his East Coast home off its foundations. Allie puts her drought-ridden Otago dairy farm out of her mind and catches a plane to the capital city. Stephanie wonders why she's sitting around a table at the Ministry for Resilience again. In Emergency Weather, three people find themselves in Wellington as the climate crisis crashes into their lives. A giant storm is on its way what will be left of the city when it's over? A scarily prescient thriller by award-winning author and climate change activist Tim Jones. A thriller set in Wellington that reverberates around the country - the new novel by award-winning author and experienced activist Tim Jones (author of 'Where We Land'). Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Birdboy observes the world through a pair of binoculars. Dog trots behind him at a distance, tongue lolling from its slobbery jowls, tail wagging. The memory of his dead mother, a strange man in yellow Y-fronts, a broken whisky bottle, his mobile phone.In Anatomy, Jamie Trower's unique voice took the reader into the world of a person living with physical disability. In his new work he delves into mental health and its many faces. Everyday situations glow with a sense of the surreal and nod to the poets, musicians and other creatives who have come before him. Amidst at times palpable darkness and uncertainty, Jamie Trower's poems grapple with life as he lives it, and importantly give hope, humour and a sign of light. In Anatomy, Jamie Trowers unique voice took the reader into the world of a person living with physical disability. In his new work he delves into mental health and its many faces. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. What happens when you sleep with a crocodile tooth under your pillow, or the mess under your bed turns into something terrifying? How can a football be a passport, and what does it mean when the contraption in the basement starts to hum and glow? You can be sure the answers will never be boring and almost always take you on an unexpected adventure. Step aboard the time machine and discover new and selected stories by the award-winning author of The Were-Nana, The Song of Kauri and A Winter's Day in 1939. Step aboard the time machine and discover new and selected stories by the award-winning author of The Were-Nana, The Song of Kauri and A Winters Day in 1939. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Photos Of The Sky Photos of the Sky starts with a declaration; ends in realisation. In between is a journey of reaching across the Tasman, shifting to a new home, reaching a place of disquiet and starting again. The full spectrum of emotions brings with it rain, sweat, tears, wildflowers and the promise of snow. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.