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This witty, clever, mind-expanding and original book is destined to become a classic. A professor for over 40 years, Jim Flynn found fewer and fewer of his students were in love with reading. Flynn begins by offering five novels he believes will convince anyone to make reading a habit, including one that will change your life.

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The term "touchscreen" emerged in the 1970s to describe a computer display that doubles as an input device. In Touch Screen, poet Philip Armstrong reexamines this term, exploring the evolving interface between humans and technology through poems that blend personal lyric and myth, asking: "Can you feel it"

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A search for new ways to talk about race in Aotearoa New Zealand brought together this powerful group of scholars, writers and activists. Attempts to confront racism and racial violence often stall against a failure to see how power works through race, across our modern social worlds.

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2014 was the hottest year since record keeping began back in 1880. Against this historic backdrop, acclaimed Radio New Zealand science writer Veronika Meduna explores our future in a warmer world.

(Paperback)

Catharina van Bohemen walked the Camino de Santiago in 1998. Her journal was the most important thing she carried.

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Welcome to 'Town', fifty stories and fifty images by writer and photographer Madeleine Slavick, who lived in Hong Kong for almost twenty-five years before moving to a Wairarapa country road that runs from state highway to bush.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Toyota is a motoring icon. From modest beginnings, it has become an automotive superpower. As part of its global expansion, the brand first arrived on New Zealand soil in the late 1960s, and has grown to become an integral slice of Kiwi culture.

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Learn the secrets to successful deerstalking from expert Roger Lentle. With over 50 years of experience, Rogers medical and scientific training have enabled him to systemically evaluate the habits of deer and the traditional and modern methods used for tracking and finding them.

(Paperback, New edition)

The new edition of the major field project undertaken by James Herries Beattie, edited by Athol Anderson. In 1920, Beattie interviewed people from Foveaux Strait to North Canterbury, and from Nelson and Westland, alongside reading earlier research, recording southern names for fauna and artefacts and visiting p sites.

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On a sunny afternoon in November 2010, a massive explosion rocked the underground Pike River coal mine, deep in a mountain range in New Zealands South Island. Tragedy at Pike River Mine is a dramatic, suspenseful account of a disaster that shook New Zealand and the world.

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A celebration of the building, maintaining and operating the North Island Main Trunk railway from the days of steam through the diesel electric and electric locomotives. Not forgotten are the country stations, refreshment rooms, goods yards and passenger trains. A great book for all interested in railways and New Zealand history.

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On 8 June 2004, the planet Venus moved across the face of the sun. This title brings together a collection of essays from some of the scientists and historians that tell of the life-changing impact these types of cosmic events have had on the exploration and colonization of our own planet.

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(Paperback)

This book discusses traditional Maori uses of native plants of the South Island of New Zealand and traditions around them. The text describes the features and uses of each plant, listed alphabetically for quick reference.

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The University of Canterbury in New Zealand is the guardian of a rich and varied inheritance, which is reflected in the diverse material held by its libraries. This unique book presents reflections on some of the distinctive and exceptional items in the University's keeping.

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Trevor was puzzled. I am a duck. Are there no other birds like me on Niue Veka shook her head. No. You are the only duck on Niue, she told him. Based on true events, this simple and heart-warming tale is about a plucky duck who gets blown from Aotearoa New Zealand all the way to Niue in the Pacific, which becomes his new home.

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(Paperback)

Is it true that elephants never forget What happens if they do Trompet and Trumbone is a delightful heart-warming story of the special relationship between a wise old matriarch and her great-granddaughter and the passing on of family history and traditions.

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