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List of titles published in the past year (Jun 2012 - Jun 2013).

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Kelea's Clothes : A Story from the Kingdom of Tonga
 

Kelea's Clothes : A Story from the Kingdom of Tonga (Paperback)

By MacGregor, Jill

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Kelea, who lives in Tonga, describes some of the special clothes she wears for different occasions, including the ta'ovala and kiekie. Contains some Tongan words and glossary. Suggested level: primary.

ISBN 9780473219208
Published 20 September 2012 by Puriri Paddocks
Interest Age 5-8 years
Series Children of the Pacific
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Wrapping It Up : A Story from the Islands of Samoa
 

Wrapping It Up : A Story from the Islands of Samoa (Paperback)

By MacGregor, Jill

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Bernd and Belle, who live in Samoa, prepare a special meal for Aso o Tina - Mother's Day, using leaves to cook the food in. Contains some Samoan words and glossary. Suggested level: primary.

ISBN 9780473219192
Published 12 September 2012 by Puriri Paddocks
Interest Age 5-8 years
Series Children of the Pacific
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A Nest of Pigs: A story from the Cook Islands
 

A Nest of Pigs: A story from the Cook Islands (Paperback)

By MacGregor, Jill

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Christiano, who lives on Ma'uke in the Cook Islands, describes what happens when his pig gives birth to piglets. Contains some Cook Island MaIori words and glossary. Suggested level: primary.

ISBN 9780473219215
Published 21 September 2012 by Puriri Paddocks
Interest Age 5-8 years
Series Children of the Pacific
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Tareima's String : A Story from the Islands of Kiribati
 

Tareima's String : A Story from the Islands of Kiribati (Paperback)

By MacGregor, Jill

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Tareima, who lives in Kiribati, shows how she makes string from the fibres of coconut husks, and describes what the string is used for. Contains some Kiribati words and glossary.Suggested level: primary.

ISBN 9780473219185
Published 5 September 2012 by Puriri Paddocks
Interest Age 5-8 years
Series Children of the Pacific
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Songs of Tokelau: Ko a la Whatuga
  

Songs of Tokelau: Ko a la Whatuga

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Songs of Tokelau: Ko a la Whatuga celebrates one of the greatest composers of fatele, Ihaia Puka and his wife Helina Puka. Their collaboration on fatele song and dance resulted in some of the best known fatele compositions. The CD release "Ko a la Whatuga" ("Their compositions ...

ISBN 317205
Published 21 December 2012
Interest Age All ages
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Australia
 

Australia (Paperback)

By Morgan, Kenneth

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In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia; examining the main features of its history, geography, and culture and drawing attention to the distinctive features of Australian life and its indigenous popula ...

ISBN 9780199589937
Published 17 January 2013 by Oxford University Press
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Very Short Introductions
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Kayardild Morphology and Syntax
   

Kayardild Morphology and Syntax (Hardback)

By Round, Erich R. 1 in stock at special price

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This book presents new data and analyses of the inflectional system and syntax of Kayardild, a typologically striking language of Australia. By virtue of the technical format employed, the book makes Kayardild accessible to mainstream formal linguistic theory, and so will appeal ...

ISBN 9780199654871
Published 11 December 2012 by Oxford University Press
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Oxford Studies of Endangered Languages
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Antarctica: A Biography
  

Antarctica: A Biography (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Day, David

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For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere. But explorers failed to find one. On his second voyage to the Pacific, Captain James Cook sailed further south than any of his rivals but still failed to sight land. However, t ...

ISBN 9781741669084
Published 3 August 2012 by Random House
Interest Age Young Adults
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Santa Cruz, 1942: Carrier Duel in the South Pacific
 

Santa Cruz, 1942: Carrier Duel in the South Pacific (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Stille, Mark; Illustrated by Gerrard, Howard

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Despite myth, the Japanese carrier force was not destroyed at Midway but survived to still prove a threat in the Pacific Theater. Nowhere was this clearer than in the battle of Santa Cruz of October 1942. The Japanese were able to gain a tactical victory at Santa Cruz. This book ...

ISBN 9781849086059
Published 5 September 2012 by Osprey Publishing
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Campaign
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Fatu Feu'u on Life & Art
  

Fatu Feu'u on Life & Art (Paperback)

By Jennings, Shona; Photographs by Tamua, Evotia

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Fatu Feu'u is an internationally recognised Samoan-New Zealand artist. He has been pivotal in shaping the interest in contemporary Pacific art globally and nurturing a generation of Pacific artists locally, leading to his reputation as the Father of contemporary Pacific art. I ...

ISBN 9781877484131
Published 28 September 2012 by Little Island Press Ltd
Interest Age All ages
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