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 State of Maori Rights by Margaret Mutu $49.99 Huia
This book collects articles written between 1994 and 2009 presenting a Maori view of issues and events over those fifteen years. Commentary and analysis covers flashpoints such as the 1994 "fiscal envelope" for Treaty claims; the 2004 march against foreshore and seabed legislation, which provided a groundswell of support for the founding of the Maori Party; and the mainstream media's sidelining of Maori perspectives on issues like the "terror" raids. Buy now
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50% off all remaining 2011 calendars and diaries. See our selections in-store. |  Wulf by Hamish Clayton $30.00 Penguin Books
In the early nineteenth century, English merchant John Stewart attempts to trade with Te Rauparaha, who has made Kapiti Island the base for Ngati Toa's attacks on their southern enemies. In doing so, he turns the course of history in an unexpected direction. Narrated by two sailors on board Stewart's ship, this debut novel explores the myths within New Zealand history. Buy now
 Hokitika Town by Charlotte Randall $30.00 Penguin
At the height of the gold rush in 1865, Hokitika Town is populated by miners, dancing girls, drunks, petty criminals... and Halfie. As a coin boy, dishwasher and errand-runner, he witnesses many things, but doesn't always understand the implications of what he sees. The author of The Curative uses her naïve hero's adventures to reveal deeper truths below the picaresque surface. Buy now
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 Bird Cloud by Annie Proulx $34.99 Fourth Estate
Readers of Proulx's fiction will have noticed her affinity with rural and untamed landscapes and will be unsurprised to learn that her regard for the environment extends to her personal life. Bird Cloud is her memoir of building her home on ex-Nature Conservancy land - which she is committed to maintaining in its current state as a haven for a variety of birds, ruminants and other wildlife. The book is also a revealing chronicle of the archaeology and history of the area, in which her ancestors played a part. Buy now |  The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better For Everyone by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett $32.00 Penguin Books
This ground-breaking book provides hard evidence which demonstrates that a society's health is not determined by how wealthy it is but by how equal it is. From illiteracy, depression and violence to life expectancy: the wider the gap between rich and poor, the worse the results are for all socio-economic groups within that society. This revised edition includes rebuttal of criticism received on the publication of previous editions. Buy now |
 We Had it So Good by Linda Grant $36.99 Virago
In England to study, Stephen hurriedly marries his English girlfriend Andrea to avoid returning to America to face the draft board. In the years that follow, the couple and their friends lead a typical baby boomer lifestyle, enjoying the privileges afforded them by the social legislation of the 1960s. They fail to reflect that the freedoms they enjoy were enacted by the 1930s generations who were in power at the time, and arrogantly assume they have the answers to the world's problems. But when the Twin Towers fall, they are forced to face the facts about the "toxic legacy" they have created for coming generations. Buy now
 Trespass by Rose Tremain $29.99 Vintage
The estate of Mas Lunel in the Cevennes region of France has fallen into disrepair under the guardianship of Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic who is traumatized by violent events in his past. Nearby, his sister Audrun dreams of vengeance for unnamed wrongs done to her. Into this dangerously hermetic world comes a London antique dealer in his sixties who wants to start anew. But as their cultures collide, a tide of resentment rises and threatens to engulf them all in unspeakable violence. Buy now
 Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer $30.00 Text
While in Venice to cover the opening of the Biennale, Jeff meets Laura, who opens his eyes to a city he had only expected to see through an art-party induced drunken haze. In ambiguous parallel, another awakening takes place in Varanasi, among the crowds massed on the banks of the Ganges. Ingenious fiction from the author of But Beautiful and other genre-busting works. Buy now
|  The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell $29.99 Sceptre
Set on Dejima, the fan-shaped artificial island that housed and hid foreign traders from an isolationist Japan, Thousand Autumns follows the Dutchman De Zoet as he fumbles his way through love, some dodgy company accounts and a fair amount of dark magic. Perhaps a reflection of what is happening around them on a much larger scale, it is the Westerner De Zoet's sudden yet unrequited desire for a wise and scarred Eastern midwife, Orito that sets the plot in motion. De Zoet moves between a mundane island existence and the court - and brothels - of a not-quite-translated Nagasaki until a regretted decision sends both Orito and the reader into the cold and hostile forests to a fortress shrine whose sinister practices slowly unravel, the effect of which reverberates back to Nagasaki. Buy now
 Kraken by China Mieville $29.99 Picador
Kraken tells the story of Billy Harrow, research scientist at London's Natural History Museum. Billy, in pursuing the mysterious disappearance of the museum's prize specimen, a giant squid, travels deep into the dark heart of an unexpected London. Miéville's London is obsessed with cephalopodic auguries and their eschatological implications: warring gangs, religious mania, secret agencies and bizarre cults litter the landscape of this irreverent and at times hilarious narrative. But beware! It would be a mistake to underestimate this unconventional story - satire resides in its aberrant heart as well as an intelligent parody of modern authority and maniacal ideology. Buy now
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