He Atua, He Tangata: The World of Maori Mythology by A.W. Reed
$69.95 AUD
Category: Literature
In this updated edition of the Reed Book of Māori Mythology, esteemed editor Ross Calman comprehensively revises the core stories of gods (atua) and people (tangata) and the many other beings that sit on the continuum between the two. Divided into themes, this elegantly produced volume starts with tradi ...Show more
Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2022 by Tracey Slaughter (ed.)
$39.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Poetry New Zealand Yearbook | Reading Level: very good
An essential, annual collection of terrific new New Zealand poetry Each year Poetry New Zealand, this country's longest-running poetry magazine (established in 1951 by Louis Johnson), rounds up important new poetry, reviews and essays, making it the ideal way to catch up with the latest poetry from both ...Show more
Cohousing for Life: A Practical and Personal Story of Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood by Robin Allison
$54.95 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: near fine
In "Cohousing for Life", architect Robin Allison describes her journey from lonely mother of two in the suburbs to determined driver of the development of New Zealand's first cohousing community. It is a very personal story of a collective endeavour, a heroic journey of despair and triumph, as the obst ...Show more
I Am in Bed with You by Emma Barnes
$27.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
A bold, playful, poetic exploration of sex, gender and identity. I am in bed with you. The room varies. But I’m always on theleft. I am pulling the pieces of myself into myself. In the winterI left myself behind in the 90s. I’m coming back now. Youcan see the light touching me. I can see layers of tissu ...Show more
Across the Pass: A Collection of Tramping Writing by selected by Shaun Barnett
$49.95 AUD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
Tramping is a journey into mountainous country, across passes, along ridges, beside rivers or through forests. It is a journey also, perhaps, to discovering more about the native plants and animals existing in these wild ecosystems, and a journey into friendship or self-discovery. New Zealand trampers h ...Show more
Landfall 242: Spring 2021 by Lynley Edmeades (editor)
$32.95 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Landfall Ser.
Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. It showcases new fiction and poetry, as well as biographical and critical essays, and cultural commentary. Each issue brims with a mix of vital new work by this country's best writers. There are reviews of the latest boo ...Show more
Unseasoned Campaigner by Janet Newman
$29.95 AUD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
Unseasoned Campaigner is a layered collection exploring the complexities of farming life in Horowhenua. Poet Janet Newman uncovers territory ripe for exploration as she juxtaposes the often troubled aspects of commercial farming –the life and death of animals – with loving family relationships. The coll ...Show more
Tumble by Joanna Preston
$29.95 AUD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: near fine
Award-winning poet Joanna Preston's beautifully crafted second collection charts a course for the journey from child to woman. Her voice swoops the reader from the ocean depths to the roof of the world, from nascent saints, Viking raids and fallen angels to talking cameras and an astronaut in space. tum ...Show more
Sweat and Salt Water: Selected Works by Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa
$43.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
On 21 March 2017, Associate Professor Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa passed away at the age of forty-eight. News of Teaiwa's death precipitated an extraordinary outpouring of grief unmatched in the Pacific studies community since Epeli Hau'ofa's passing in 2009. Mourners referenced Teaiwa's nurturing interaction ...Show more
Sea-Light by Dinah Hawken
$27.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
The poems in Dinah Hawken’s Sea-light illuminate the forces – personal, ecological and political – that are re-forming our lives. They light upon small details in their search for peace and connection in an unsettled world. And they are always open to what the sea, in its persistent breaking and reconve ...Show more
Aotearoa Handbook of Criminology, The by Elizabeth Stanley & Trevor Bradley
$98.95 AUD
Category: General
With chapters by leading scholars of criminology from across the country, The Aotearoa Handbook of Criminology represents a state-of-the-art account of crime and criminal justice in Aotearoa New Zealand. The handbook is structured into four parts that explore the politics of researching and representing ...Show more
The Sea Walks into a Wall by Anne Kennedy
$27.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
In The Sea Walks into a Wall, the natural world around us hits back. "The sea crashes its glass onto the bar. You watch from afar. You’d take it all back if you could. Everything.You’d go down there and you’d." And talks back too. "If I’m fucked, you’re coming with me. Sincerely, the stream." From rai ...Show more