Specimen: Personal Essays by Madison Hamill

$30.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: near fine

A father rollerblading to church in his ministerial robes, a university student in a leotard sprinting through fog, a trespass notice from Pak'nSave, a beautiful unborn goat in a jar . . . In scenarios ranging from the mundane to the surreal, Madison Hamill looks back at her younger selves with a sharp eye. Was she good or evil? Ignorant or enlightened? What parts of herself did she give up in order to forge ahead in school, church, work, and relationships, with a self that made sense to others? With wit and intelligence, these shape-shifting essays probe the ways in which a person's inner and outer worlds intersect and submit to one another. It is a brilliantly discomfiting, vivid and funny collection in which peace is found in the weirdest moments. ‘I never felt that I was looking at fine writing – only at astonishing writing.' —Elizabeth Knox. MADISON HAMILL is based in Wellington. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her work has appeared in The Spinoff, Sweet Mammalian, Turbine Kapohau and Pantograph Punch. ...Show more

By Sea Mouths Speaking - Collected Poems 1973-2018 and Related Prose by Denys Trussell

$45.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: near fine

Maurice Gee by Bill Manhire

$12.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Literature | Series: New Zealand Writers & their Work | Reading Level: very good

In this biography of the eminent New Zealand author Maurice Gee, Manhire traces a career that has included major literary awards as well as a popular television serial of Gee's Under the Mountain. Among Gee's other works are a trilogy for children, which includes The Halfmen of O, the 1983 New Zealand C hildren's Book of the Year. As part of a series on New Zealand writers, this volume contributes to the growing interest in this vital new literary movement. ...Show more

Oral Culture, Literacy and Print in Early New Zealand: The Treaty of Waitangi by Donald Francis McKenzie

$15.00 NZD

Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good

Never a Soul at Home - New Zealand Literary Nationalism and the 1930's by Stuart Murray (Contribution by)

$20.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: very good

Crest to Crest: Impressions of Canterbury Prose and Poetry by Karen Zelas

$15.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: very good

An anthology of writings by 78 authors about Canterbury.

Denis Glover: His Life by Gordon Ogilvie

$35.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: very good

Denis Glover is one of New Zealand's outstanding literary figures. This first comprehensive biography investigates the turbulent life of this celebrated poet., typographer, publisher, wit, sportsman and war hero, and offers an illuminating portrayal of the New Zealand cultural scene during its most vita l decades. Denis Glover: His Life presents a multi-faceted individual with an almost Elizabethan breadth of talents and enthusiasms, whose boistrous, bibulous, aggressive, unpredictable, extroverted and frequently scandalous behaviour masked a sensitive personality of considerable complexity. ...Show more

Diary for 1942-3 by R. S. Gormack

$35.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: near fine

Polynesian Literature: Maori Poetry Waiata and Tangi by Johannes C. Andersen (ed.)

$35.00 NZD

Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good

In Another Dimension - Auckland Bookplates 1920-1960 by Ian G. Thwaites; John Denny; Puriri Press Staff (Contribution by)

$250.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: fine

Under The Mountain by Maurice Gee

$30.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

This collection of vignettes about life in Central Nevada is much more than a historical document. According to author Molly Knudtsen, "These are the stories neighbors and families tell, where fact grows just a little larger than life. This is the stuff of legend."The book focuses on a time when splendo rous houses decorated the windswept valleys of Central Nevada; where fearless, stouthearted men and women braved the elements to survive and seek their fortune; and when people who loved the land clung to it and gave it a character all its own. These tales capture the spirit and folklore of early-day Central Nevada and illustrate the effect on its present-day inhabitants. Molly Knudtsen shares the experience of riding horseback through some of the great archaeological finds of the valley. She divulges the secret of converting flour, yeast, and potato water into a perfect loaf of bread. And through colorful anecdotes, she passes along the legendary accounts of Colonel Dave Buel. ...Show more

The Runaway Settlers by Elsie Locke

$15.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good