A Magpie Stole My Heart : Ten Years of the Whitireia Writing Programme by Sue McCauley (ED.)
$29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Society
"Here we have, perhaps, the 'alternative' face of emerging New Zealand writing. One of the functions of literature is, I think, to show us what kind of society we live in, and this collection is a literary profile of New Zealand in the 21st century; multicultural, passionate, funny, sad, surprising." ...Show more
From Z to A: Zizek at the Antipodes by Laurence Simmons
$39.95 NZD
Category: Education | Reading Level: very good
Slavoj Zizek is regarded as one of the pre-eminent European cultural theorists of the last decade. His growing body of work has generated considerable controversy and transformed the way we think about issues of popular culture and politics. This volume provides a critical reflection on Zizek's ideas an ...Show more
I Have What I Gave by Judith Dell Panny
$44.95 NZD
Category: Back list
This new revised edition offers a comprehensive insight into Janet Frame's fiction. This edition recentres and reorganizes the material originally published in 1992 and also provides an index.
Restorying Social Work Supervision by Kieran O'Donoghue
$42.95 NZD
Category: Education
The first comprehensive New Zealand text on supervision. It marks a paradigm shift in how we conceptualise and practice supervision and invites the practitioner and supervisor to engage in the process of deconstruction and reconstruction of their supervision story and practice in order to meet the needs ...Show more
Laugh in the Languid Moon: Poems by Ogier, Joy
$29.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Poems by Joy Ogier Published September 2006
The Bolger Years 1990-1997 by Margaret Clark (ed.)
$37.95 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
Memories of the Bolger years by those who worked closely with and for him in the two sequential National Governments of which he was Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1990 and 1997. These accounts vividly portray the political dynamics and challenges of the government that succeeded Lange's Labour g ...Show more
War and Class: the Diary of Jack McCullough by Melanie Nolan
$49.95 NZD
Category: History
Jack McCullough's diary, begun 100 years ago in 1908, records a period in New Zealand society beset with economic turmoil and war. McCullough was a political reformer - a pragmatic idealist who worked tirelessly to better the lives of his fellow citizens through protest, union and Arbitration Court acti ...Show more
Hearts Hands Minds: The cardio-thoracic nurses of Green Lane Hospital by Margaret Horsburgh with Heather Spinetto, Judy Murphy, Jill Crawford, Rachel Ronaldson & Sylvia Hilton
$34.99 NZD
Category: Health | Reading Level: Very Good
A poignant and well-researched history of Green Lane's cardio-thoracic unit: of interest to those who worked at, or have links to, Green Lane Hospital; personal stories, recollections and photographs are included; covers societal issues and the development of New Zealand's health services; describes the ...Show more
The Politics of Possibility - Leadership in Changing Times by Jon Johansson
$39.95 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
This book focuses on leadership in New Zealand with a particular focus on the dynamics of the recent general election and the reasons for the outcome of that election. It will appeal to a broad market - and is indeed written in a style that will appeal to all who have an interest in NZ politics.
The Taming of Distance: New Zealand's First International Telecommunciations by Elisabeth Airey
$39.95 NZD
Category: History
On 19 February 1876, New Zealand became telegraphically linked to the world - it joined the international Victorian "internet". Contact with Sydney now took only seconds and London less than 24 hours. But unlike today when everybody is their own instant "telegraphist", in 1876 the system needed a small ...Show more
Eat, Drink and be Wary: A New Zealand Diplomat Looks Back by Jim Weir
$34.99 NZD
Category: Politics
Jim Weir joined the New Zealand Foreign Service in 1947. His career included periods as High Commissioner and Ambassador and this book highlights some of the people, places and events in his diplomatic career. It also dips into New Zealand's post-War political history and its place in the world. This i ...Show more