Author: Albert Wendt
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1869799844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
A collection of classic short stories from the award-winning author, Albert Wendt, acknowledged as one of the Pacific's major writers. Albert Wendt's short stories, providing a complex and profound understanding of people and the world, have been read and praised in New Zealand, the Pacific and internationally. This collection brings together his classic stories published in the Flying-Fox in a Freedom Tree and the Birth and Death of the Miracle Man and Other Stories together with exciting, previously uncollected work. '. . . his stories have the tone of timeles, and very savvy, fables.' - New York Times 'A writer of international importance.' - Landfall
The Best of Albert Wendt's Short Stories
Author: Albert Wendt
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1869799844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
A collection of classic short stories from the award-winning author, Albert Wendt, acknowledged as one of the Pacific's major writers. Albert Wendt's short stories, providing a complex and profound understanding of people and the world, have been read and praised in New Zealand, the Pacific and internationally. This collection brings together his classic stories published in the Flying-Fox in a Freedom Tree and the Birth and Death of the Miracle Man and Other Stories together with exciting, previously uncollected work. '. . . his stories have the tone of timeles, and very savvy, fables.' - New York Times 'A writer of international importance.' - Landfall
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1869799844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
A collection of classic short stories from the award-winning author, Albert Wendt, acknowledged as one of the Pacific's major writers. Albert Wendt's short stories, providing a complex and profound understanding of people and the world, have been read and praised in New Zealand, the Pacific and internationally. This collection brings together his classic stories published in the Flying-Fox in a Freedom Tree and the Birth and Death of the Miracle Man and Other Stories together with exciting, previously uncollected work. '. . . his stories have the tone of timeles, and very savvy, fables.' - New York Times 'A writer of international importance.' - Landfall
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781840222654
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
This collection allows the reader to become familiar with the complete range of Mansfield's work from the early, satirical stories set in Bavaria, through the luminous recollections of her childhood in New Zealand, and through the mature, deeply felt stories of her last years.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781840222654
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
This collection allows the reader to become familiar with the complete range of Mansfield's work from the early, satirical stories set in Bavaria, through the luminous recollections of her childhood in New Zealand, and through the mature, deeply felt stories of her last years.
The Gambler
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Penguin History of New Zealand
Author: Michael King
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459623754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459623754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003.
Wulf (Large Print 16pt)
Author: Hamish Clayton
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459621964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Early nineteenth century New Zealand ? the great chief Te Rauparaha has conquered tiny Kapiti Island, from where Ngati Toa launches brutal attacks on its southern enemies. Off the coast of Kapiti, English trader John Stewart seeks to trade with Te Rauparaha, setting off a train of events that forever change the course of New Zealand history. Nar...
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459621964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Early nineteenth century New Zealand ? the great chief Te Rauparaha has conquered tiny Kapiti Island, from where Ngati Toa launches brutal attacks on its southern enemies. Off the coast of Kapiti, English trader John Stewart seeks to trade with Te Rauparaha, setting off a train of events that forever change the course of New Zealand history. Nar...
At the Bay
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1425013279
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
The narration delves on the living and values of a large family in New Zealand. With trivial details of characters such as personality, gestures and attitudes, Mansfield has managed to delve into the psychology of characters and produce individuals that instantly capture attention. A must-read....
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1425013279
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
The narration delves on the living and values of a large family in New Zealand. With trivial details of characters such as personality, gestures and attitudes, Mansfield has managed to delve into the psychology of characters and produce individuals that instantly capture attention. A must-read....
Everything Changes
Author: Stephanie Johnson
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 0143775545
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Buying a rundown motel to start a new life — what could possibly go wrong? In this funny and moving novel, prize-winning author Stephanie Johnson turns her wry eye on us. ‘What a fabulous read. Stephanie Johnson’s characters choose an old motel with little to offer except an amazing view in order to start a ‘new life’. Their first guests are a classic cast of the sorrowful and dysfunctional that every-day life throws at us these days. They are joined by their pregnant daughter, a mysterious young criminal from next door and a dog that knows more than all of them put together. The story is fast paced, and unpredictable, it’s smart, contemporary and heartbreaking all at once. And, just when it was about to make me cry, Johnson startled me into wild laughter. This is her best book ever, and I loved every page of it.’ – Fiona Kidman
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 0143775545
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Buying a rundown motel to start a new life — what could possibly go wrong? In this funny and moving novel, prize-winning author Stephanie Johnson turns her wry eye on us. ‘What a fabulous read. Stephanie Johnson’s characters choose an old motel with little to offer except an amazing view in order to start a ‘new life’. Their first guests are a classic cast of the sorrowful and dysfunctional that every-day life throws at us these days. They are joined by their pregnant daughter, a mysterious young criminal from next door and a dog that knows more than all of them put together. The story is fast paced, and unpredictable, it’s smart, contemporary and heartbreaking all at once. And, just when it was about to make me cry, Johnson startled me into wild laughter. This is her best book ever, and I loved every page of it.’ – Fiona Kidman
The Whale Rider
Author: Witi Ihimaera
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152050160
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe. Basis for the 2003 feature film.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152050160
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe. Basis for the 2003 feature film.
Flying-Fox in a Freedom Tree
Author: Albert Wendt
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824818234
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
This early collection of eight short stories and a novella is vintage Wendt. Stories convey the unease of traditional island community caught up in the rapid changes of the modern world. Wendt writes with enviable directness and with deep feeling: comedy and tragedy are often hard to distinguish as his characters struggle to come to terms with their changing world.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824818234
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
This early collection of eight short stories and a novella is vintage Wendt. Stories convey the unease of traditional island community caught up in the rapid changes of the modern world. Wendt writes with enviable directness and with deep feeling: comedy and tragedy are often hard to distinguish as his characters struggle to come to terms with their changing world.
Tu (Large Print 16pt)
Author: Patricia Grace
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 145961934X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
"Three brothers, a war and secrets. Some years later, a niece and nephew come looking for answers. It is time for revelations"--Publisher description.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 145961934X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
"Three brothers, a war and secrets. Some years later, a niece and nephew come looking for answers. It is time for revelations"--Publisher description.