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View book details for A Nation in Crisis
How the Prophecy of Jeremiah Speaks to Our Culture
Discovery House
Remember. Realize. Return. Beware. These four words summarize God's message through His prophet, Jeremiah, who tried to once again point Judah to the right path. The nation was slowly falling apart, losing its strength and forsaking God, as the people …
Carolina Academic Press
Massachusetts's Criminal Justice System takes a historic look at crime, justice, and societys response to crime. The criminal justice system in the commonwealth of Massachusetts has a long and storied history. British common law, a fugitive slave trial, the origins …
Robert Douglas
Muchos escogen una buena salud y logran resultados con la dieta cetogenica. Las personas que han estado luchando contra la obesidad durante anos estan ganando esta batalla. Esto esta teniendo un impacto tremendo y cambiando vidas. Sin embargo, esta tarea …
View book details for Tauira
Maori Methods of Learning and Teaching
Auckland University Press
In te reo Maori, tauira means both student and teacher, and this book by acclaimed educator and anthropologist Joan Metge shows that Maori educational practices had a particular form and philosophy. Maori focused on learning by doing, teaching in context, …
View book details for Howell's Storm
New York City's Official Rainmaker and the 1950 Drought
Chicago Review Press
More than half a century ago, New York City felt the increasing effects of drought, which lasted throughout 1949 and into 1950. By February, the desperate city had to try something different. Mayor William O'Dwyer hired a municipal rainmaker. Dr. …
View book details for Joyita
Solving the Mystery
Auckland University Press
In 1955 the United States-owned ship Joyita mysteriously disappeared while sailing between Apia, Samoa, and Tokelau in the Pacific Ocean. The ship was discovered in poor condition near Fiji five weeks later, but no trace has ever been found of …
View book details for Te Iwi Maori
Population Past, Present and Projected
Auckland University Press
Te Iwi Maori presents an engrossing survey of the history of the Māori population from the earliest times to the present, concentrating particularly on the demographic impact of European colonisation. It also considers present and future population trends, many of …
View book details for New Zealand's London
A Colony and its Metropolis
Auckland University Press
Antipodean soldiers and writers, meat carcasses and moa, British films and Kiwi touriststhroughout the last 150 years, people, objects and ideas have gone back and forth between New Zealand and London, defining and redefining the relationship between this country and …
Auckland University Press
This stunning collection of poems is a characteristic mix of thoughtful reflection and precise imagery of landscape. Each piece captures an ordinary moment with a visual clarity but always pushes the descriptions further, broadening the intellectual and moral meaning. Finding a true balance, …
View book details for Dark Night
Walking with McCahon
Auckland University Press
In 1984, on his way to a major exhibition opening, celebrated New Zealand painter Colin McCahon went missing for 24 hours in Sydney, Australia. He was discovered by police the next day on a bench in Centennial Park with no …
View book details for Steal Away Boy
Selected Poems of David Mitchell
Auckland University Press
Structured in seven sections with poems written in the period between 1962 and 2009, this collection showcases the work of iconic New Zealand poet, political activist, and impresario David Mitchell. Literate and amusing, this compilation, which assembles widely scattered poems …
View book details for Nga Moteatea
An Introduction / He Kupu Arataki
Auckland University Press
The songs of New Zealand's Maori tradition are a living art form and an abundant source of knowledge about tribal history and culture. An introduction to the classic collection first compiled in the 1920s by politician Sir Apirana Ngata, this …
Auckland University Press
This unique collection both longs for and resists the North. In storytelling couplets, the title poem engages with a woman's past as she looks outward from the shores of the Hokianga harbor in New Zealand. Other poems also explore present …
View book details for The Dominion of Signs
Television, Advertising and Other New Zealand Fictions
Auckland University Press
If you have ever wondered what led to the rise and fall of New Zealand's Telethon, or pondered the appeal of Metro magazine, or sought to understand the popularity of Billy T. James, this book is for you. The Dominion …
View book details for The Settler's Plot
How Stories Take Place in New Zealand
Auckland University Press
A study of the relationship between writing, place, and the history of the Pakeha/European settlement in New Zealand, this book explores the most frequently chosen settings in classic New Zealand literaturethe beach, the farm, the bush, and the suburband reflects …
View book details for Hello Girls & Boys!
A New Zealand Toy Story
Auckland University Press
Toys are funbut they are also serious business, as David Veart makes clear in this remarkable story of New Zealanders and their toys from Maori voyagers to 21st-century gamers. Deploying the tools of archaeology and oral history, Veart digs through …
View book details for Employment Relationships
Workers, Unions and Employers in New Zealand
Auckland University Press
This revised evaluation of the New Zealand Employment Relations Act 2000 assesses the developing trends and major changes in the employment relations situation in New Zealand since the act was passed. Perspectives from employers, union members, academics, and government workers …
Auckland University Press
Whimsical and tender, this poetry collection examines the commonplace and the quirky for resonance, contemplation, and verve. From an out-of-season daffodil and a chipped Limoges plate to a lipstick stain on a poem and a bee being released, it illuminates …
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The Pai Marire Search for Maori Identity
Auckland University Press
To most New Zealanders, the word 'Hauhau' conjures up a picture of bloodthirsty fanaticism. This book, the definitive study of the Pai Marire or 'Hauhau' Māori movement in the 1860s, presents a different view. Pai Marire is shown as being …
View book details for Tell You What
Great New Zealand Nonfiction 2017
Auckland University Press
‘With the arrival of the second volume of Tell You What, the sum total of New Zealand non-fiction anthologies damn near doubles,' noted the Sunday Star-Times when they picked up last year's edition. Well, we thought, let's damn near triple …
View book details for The New Zealand Economy
An Introduction
Auckland University Press
What drives economic growth in New Zealand? How has New Zealand been impacted by globalization and the financial crisis? What will shape future productivity and competitiveness? In this book, leading economists assemble key data to provide an analytical introduction to …
Auckland University Press
Moving and uplifting, this compilation of mostly short poems conveys the author's personal battle with breast cancer, from the initial mammogram through biopsy, several operations, radiotherapy treatment, and recovery. The poems express the reality of balancing a challenging, life-threatening disease with …
NYLA
"Greiman's writing is warm, witty and gently wise." --New York Times bestselling author Betina KrahnTo bring a generations-old feud to an end, the gallant and sexy warrior, Laird of Forbes must return the long-lost daughter of his now dying enemy …
Dover Publications
If the Randall family's life at Sunnybrook Farm seemed to be constant pandemonium, you could be sure that Rebecca Randall and her six brothers and sisters were usually to blame. When her two unmarried aunts, Miranda and Jane, kindly agree …
View book details for Diffusion Phenomena: Cases and Studies
Second Edition
Dover Publications
This authoritative test introduces the basic aspects of diffusion phenomena and their methods of solution through physical examples. It emphasizes modeling and methodology, bridging the gap between physico chemical statements of certain kinetic processes and their reduction to diffusion problems. …
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