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The Intentions Book
 

The Intentions Book (Paperback)

By Fenster, Gigi

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While Morris Goldberg waits in the night for news of his daughter, Rachel, missing in the bush, he remembers his life and marriage to Sadie. A tender and funny first novel.

ISBN 9780864738233
Published 1 March 2012 by Victoria University Press
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I Got His Blood on Me: Frontier Stories
   

I Got His Blood on Me: Frontier Stories (Paperback)

By Patchett, Lawrence

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A bloodied figure travels through time, a stepfather kicks a ball and curses a snack machine, a cranky ghost brakes a Kapiti train. From a reimagined history to a future where holograms walk the streets, these stories traverse time and genre to explore the frontiers that face the ...

ISBN 9780864737687
Release Date 1 June 2012 by Victoria University Press
Interest Age Young Adults
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A Made-Up Place: New Zealand in Young Adult Fiction
  

A Made-Up Place: New Zealand in Young Adult Fiction (Paperback)

By Jackson, Anna; et al.

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Most New Zealand writing for young adults is designed to appeal to adolescents everywhere. Is there anything, then, that is characteristically 'New Zealand' about it? To what extent does it derive from local experience, or address a local audience? Focusing on a series of overlap ...

ISBN 9780864736970
Published 2 December 2011 by Victoria University Press
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Raupatu: The Confiscation of Maori Land
 

Raupatu: The Confiscation of Maori Land (Hardback)

Edited by Boast, Richard; Hill, Richard S.

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This ground-breaking collection of essays by leading scholars - Bryan Gilling, James Belich, John C. Weaver, Alan Ward, Michael Allen, Mark Hickford, Vincent O'Malley, Judith Binney, Dion Tuuta, Alex Frame and Richard S. Boast - examines the confiscation of Maori land in nineteen ...

ISBN 9780864736123
Published 4 December 2009 by Victoria University Press
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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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We, the People(s): Participation in Government
  

We, the People(s): Participation in Government (Paperback)

Edited by Charters, Clare; Knight, Dean

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We, the people begins the preamble of the United States Constitution. The revolutionary concept of this Constitution is that power comes from the people and that rulers rule with their consent. New Zealand has a creditable record in democratic longevity and participation but, be ...

ISBN 9780864736925
Published 1 December 2011 by Victoria University Press
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A Good Mail: Letters of John Mulgan
  

A Good Mail: Letters of John Mulgan (Paperback)

Edited by Whiteford, Peter

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The enigmatic figure of John Mulgan remains a striking presence in New Zealand culture, his sole novel, Man Alone (1939), one of the classic landmarks of a mature and independent New Zealand literature. His second book, Report on Experience, published posthumously in 1947, is one ...

ISBN 9780864736932
Published 2 December 2011 by Victoria University Press
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Scrim: The Man with a Mike
   

Scrim: The Man with a Mike (Paperback)

By Renwick, William

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Scrim tells the intriguing story of one of New Zealand's first broadcasting superstars, and of the trouble that can arise when media, politics and religion become improperly entangled. Colin Scrimgeour - Scrim - Uncle Scrim - first found his voice in the early years of the Great ...

ISBN 9780864736956
Published 4 November 2011 by Victoria University Press
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Talking Past Each Other
 

Talking Past Each Other (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Metge, Joan; Kinloch, Patricia

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Problems of cross cultural communication.

ISBN 9780864730084
Published by Victoria University Press
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On the Way to an Ambush
  

On the Way to an Ambush (Trade Paperback/Paperback, 2nd Limited new edition, Contains Paperback and Poster and DVD)

By Connew, Bruce

On the way to an ambush is a series exhibited first at War Photo Limited, Dubrovnik, Croatia in 2008.

ISBN 9780864733764
Published 10 April 1999 by Victoria University Press
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