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Everyone with sight knows the pleasure of colours, the fascination of faces and bodies, the subtle forms of nature, and the curious patterns of art. This book is for everyone who would like to delve deeper into their experience of seeing. Richly textured and profoundly engrossing. Murray Edmond. Fresh and lively.Linda Tyler

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Originally published in 2001, A City Possessed is the shocking account of one of New Zealands most high-profile criminal cases. This shocking account of high-profile New Zealand child sexual abuse case is the landmark critique of controversial conviction. This 2019 reprint coincides with an appeal to Supreme Court by Peter Ellis.

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This wayfinding set of essays explores the overlap of being Samoan and a woman, as experienced 'from diaspora', by acclaimed writer and critic Lana Lopesi.

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Starting with the liaison between Coco and a Russian prince and ending with today, this book tells the story of how the legend of a fragrance entered the collective imagination thanks to the words of Marilyn Monroe: "What do I wear to bed Five drops of Chanel No. 5 and nothing else."

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Issued with an attached, hard, folded cover over the front cover which has a pop-up illustration on its inside.

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An observer's account of the Pike River coal mine explosion that killed 29 miners on New Zealand's South Island. It questions what the deaths mean for workplace health and safety. It also analyses the economic and political aspects associated with mining in New Zealand.

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One of two inaugural titles in sparkling Moana Oceania series Introduction to culture and landscapes of Polynesia by Pasifika creatives Bilingual English and Cook Islands Mori text with vivid design

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A comprehensive "hidden stories of the Pacific" media and communication book about many of the region's major issues of the past two decades such as the Fiji coups, Papua New Guinea's Bougainville war and resource development crises, nuclear testing and health challenges, environmental degradation and climate change.

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This essential guide to Chinese etiquette will make embarrassing social blunders a thing of the past!

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The first full biography to explore the complex and controversial life story of the most successful female motorsports champion ever.

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In From Paper to Platform, prominent New Zealand media scholar, Merja Myllylahti, scrutinises how major digital platforms exert ever-growing influence over news, journalism, our everyday lives, personal rights and access to information.

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The history of women striving to share in governing the country, a neglected footnote in the nation's electoral history, is now captured in this essential work by Jenny Coleman. She has drawn on a wide range of sources to create a rich portrayal of a rapidly evolving colonial society.

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What would it mean, this far-sighted book asks, for New Zealand to recognise its Pacific talent and finally act like a Pacific nation

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Kainga Tahi, Kainga Rua surveys the many ways Maori experience home and housing across Aotearoa New Zealand. These accounts range from the broader factors shaping Maori housing aspirations through to the experiences of whanau, hapu and iwi that connect to specific sites and locations.

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Stirring writings on life, law and culture from Mamari Stephens (Te Rarawa), one of New Zealand's most perceptive legal minds.

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Read this book if you want to find out just how crazy Japan is about cats.

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Pakeha are divided between those who dream of a tiriti-based future, with shared language and entangled cultures and those who fear that future, John Bluck makes an eloquent and impassioned plea for a Pakeha voice that is confident enough to join the debate about this country's future without being defensive.

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'Mana of the Pacific: Wisdom from across Oceania' brings you inspirational proverbs and beautiful photographs from the Pacific Islands, that highlight the strength, resilience, wisdom and innovation of the Pacific Island people. Written in each national language as well as English, this book speaks to the importance of Pacific culture and customs.