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Letters of Frank Sargeson
  

Letters of Frank Sargeson (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

Edited by Shieff, Sarah

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Frank Sargeson wrote novels, memoirs and plays and was New Zealand's most important writer of short fiction following the death of Katherine Mansfield. He also encouraged numerous other writers, playing an invaluable role in the rise of our national literature, which he champione ...

ISBN 9781869793333
Published 17 February 2012 by Random House
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Opportunity
  

Opportunity (Paperback)

By Grimshaw, Charlotte

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Each of these astute stories is an inspection of motive, rich in vivid insight into a diverse range of lives. Together, they form a unified whole. Opportunity is a book about storytelling, about generosity and opportunism.

ISBN 9781869418793
Published 4 May 2007 by Random House
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The Half Men of O
  

The Half Men of O (Paperback, New title)

By Gee, Maurice

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When Susan is spirited down the mineshaft into the world of O, she learns that only she bears the mark that will restore the balance of good and evil, and free the world from the Halfmen and their terrifying leader Otis Claw.

ISBN 9780143318347
Published 5 October 2005 by Penguin
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Landfall 223: Fantastic!
 

Landfall 223: Fantastic! (Paperback)

Edited by Eggleton, David

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From the gothic and the carnivalesque to the speculative and beyond, this issue of Landfall pushes the bounds of the real and delves into worlds just-sideways of ours. We have fiction told from the perspective of a giant squid in Nina Seja's piece 'The Collectors', and a short st ...

ISBN 9781877578427
Published 1 May 2012 by Otago University Press
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In My Father's Den
  

In My Father's Den (Paperback, Film tie-in edition)

By Gee, Maurice

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Originally published in 1972. Now a major feature film, critically acclaimed both here and in New Zealand. When Celia Inverarity, aged seventeen, is found brutally murdered in a secluded West Auckland park on Sunday afternoon, Paul Prior, her English teacher and mentor, is suspec ...

ISBN 9780143019411
Published 1 September 2004 by Penguin
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16/11 Tonga he Fepaki - Tonga in Crisis
 

16/11 Tonga he Fepaki - Tonga in Crisis (Paperback)

By Professor `Okusitino Mahina, Hufanga

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This book by Hufanga Professor `Okusitino Mahina, with a foreword by Maui-Tava-He-Ako Dr Tevita O. Ka`ili, is about the riots that took place in Tonga on 11 November 2006, hence the main title of "16/11." The book, together with original introductory and concluding essays both in ...

ISBN 9780958267928
Barcode 9780958267922
Published 12 August 2010
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Ragwort and Thistles
  

Ragwort and Thistles (Paperback)

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Ragwort and Thistles is an anthology of 52 pieces of poetry and prose celebrating the lives of rural women on the land.

ISBN 9780473207700
Published 7 May 2012
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Marked Men
 

Marked Men (Paperback)

By Brown, David Lyndon

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Marked Men tells the story of love between two men. The drama has a dream-like quality, that affirms the isolation and fragility of a human being, bordered by skin, who aches for connection in the embrace of another.

ISBN 9781877441042
Published 1 December 2007 by Titus Books
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Life of Galileo

Life of Galileo (Paperback, New edition)

By Brecht, Bertolt; Edited by Rorrison, Hugh; Translated by Willett, John

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In John willett's translation, this edition contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases

ISBN 9780413577801
Published 12 June 1986 by A & C Black Publishers Ltd
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A Made-Up Place: New Zealand in Young Adult Fiction
  

A Made-Up Place: New Zealand in Young Adult Fiction (Paperback)

By Jackson, Anna; et al.

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Most New Zealand writing for young adults is designed to appeal to adolescents everywhere. Is there anything, then, that is characteristically 'New Zealand' about it? To what extent does it derive from local experience, or address a local audience? Focusing on a series of overlap ...

ISBN 9780864736970
Published 2 December 2011 by Victoria University Press
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