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The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts

The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (Paperback, New edition)

By Miller, Arthur

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Presents the story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax.

ISBN 9780141182551
Published 22 June 2000 by Penguin
Interest Age All ages
Series Penguin Modern Classics
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Zen Under Fire: A New Zealand Woman's Story of Love & War in Afghanistan
   

Zen Under Fire: A New Zealand Woman's Story of Love & War in Afghanistan (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Elliott, Marianne

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In 2006 Marianne Elliott, a human rights lawyer from New Zealand, is stationed with the UN in Herat. Several months into her new role an important tribal leader is assassinated while she is in charge of the local UN office. She must try to diffuse the situation before it leads to ...

ISBN 9780143567158
Release Date 22 February 2012 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Jewish Lives in New Zealand: A History
   

Jewish Lives in New Zealand: A History (Paperback)

By Bell, Leonard; Morrow, Diana

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The census tells us that 8000 New Zealanders actively identify as Jewish and it is estimated that the broader population is probably around 25,000. There has never been an authoritative history of this country's Jewish population and yet people of Jewish descent (both secular and ...

ISBN 9781869621735
Release Date 2 March 2012 by Random House
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Bold Beyond Belief: Bill Denz, New Zealand's Mountain Warrior
 

Bold Beyond Belief: Bill Denz, New Zealand's Mountain Warrior (Paperback)

By Maxim, Paul

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Bill Denz was a mountaineer with attitude. He inspired and provoked a generation of Kiwi climbers. Denz pushed the limits beyond what we thought was possible and left a collection of routes in the Aoraki / Mount Cook region and in the Darrans that are seldom repeated. Climbers s ...

ISBN 9780473195595
Published 13 September 2011 by P Maxim
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Mihaia: The Prophet Rua Kenana and His Community at Maungapohatu
  

Mihaia: The Prophet Rua Kenana and His Community at Maungapohatu (Paperback, 2nd edition)

By Binney, Judith; Chaplin, Gillian; Wallace, Craig

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Rua Kenana was an extraordinary prophetic leader from the Urewera. Resisting threats to expel the Tuhoe people from their ancestral lands, he established a remarkable community at Maungapohatu, identifying himself as the 'Mihaia' or 'Messiah' for Tuhoe. Judith Binney, Gillian Cha ...

ISBN 9781927131305
Published 2 December 2011 by Bridget Williams Books
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Spell it Yourself

Spell it Yourself (Paperback)

By Hawker, Gordon T.

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Spell It Yourself! is a consistently-bestselling title for upper primary school pupils that is now being published by Chambers. It lists over 7,500 words that children might use, and alongside each word is straightforward guidance on how to spell derived forms and compounds of th ...

ISBN 9780550103468
Published 6 September 2007 by Misc - Alliance Distribution
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Letters of Frank Sargeson
   

Letters of Frank Sargeson (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

Edited by Shieff, Sarah

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Frank Sargeson wrote novels, memoirs and plays and was New Zealand's most important writer of short fiction following the death of Katherine Mansfield. He also encouraged numerous other writers, playing an invaluable role in the rise of our national literature, which he champione ...

ISBN 9781869793333
Release Date 17 February 2012 by Random House
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Dictionary of Modern Maori
  

Dictionary of Modern Maori (Paperback, 4th edition)

By Ryan, P. M.

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This completely revised edition of the previously titled "Revised Dictionary of Modern Maori" contains over 15,000 entries. One of the few bilingual Maori dictionaries available it also includes all the words most commonly used by fluent Maori speakers. Other features include an ...

ISBN 9780868635699
Published 1 June 1997 by Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
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Language (Maori)
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Shaken, Not Stirred: Family Survival in a Quake Zone
  

Shaken, Not Stirred: Family Survival in a Quake Zone (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Cropp, Amanda

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Imagine sharing a portable toilet with your neighbours for months on end, showering in a shipping container in the fire station car park, or travelling for three hours a day on six different buses to get to and from school. Such was life in post-quake Christchurch for Amanda Crop ...

ISBN 9781927167045
Published 1 February 2012
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Exercise Book: Creative Writing Exercises from Victoria University's Institute of Modern Letters
 

Exercise Book: Creative Writing Exercises from Victoria University's Institute of Modern Letters (Paperback)

Edited by Manhire, Bill; Price, Chris; Wilkins, Damien; Duncum, Ken

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Exercise Book collects over fifty creative writing exercises used by Bill Manhire and his colleagues, not only at Victoria but throughout New Zealand and around the world. The celebrated writer/teachers who have contributed include Eleanor Catton, Curtis Sittenfeld, Emily Perkins ...

ISBN 9780864736857
Published 4 November 2011 by Victoria University Press
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