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September 2009
BOOK EVENTS this month
The Stout Research Centre are holding their 25th anniversary conference this week and there are two author sessions associated with the Antipodes conference: |  Book Launch
Replenishing the Earth by James Belich
$65.00 HB
Oxford University Press
Thursday 3rd September, 6.00pm,
MacLaurin Lecture Theatre 101
Buy now |  Author Talk
Floating Worlds: Essays on Contemporary New Zealand Fiction edited by
Anna Jackson & Jane Stafford
rrp $40.00 vicbooks price $36.00 Victoria University Press
Friday 4th September, 5.30pm, Hunter Council Chamber & Common Room
Buy now | vicbooks Spring Sale!
Monday 14th September - Friday 2nd October Sneak preview with wine and nibbles at the Kelburn shop, from 3pm, Friday September 11th.
Refresh your bookshelves for Spring with great bargains on fiction, politics, history, art and architecture, sciences and current affairs. University Press and other academic books, quality hardbacks and paperbacks, children's books and more, all at greatly reduced prices. Most books $30 or under, prices start at fifty cents. We will also be holding some special discount days:
For one day only: 25% off non-fiction not already discounted, on Thursday 17th September.
For one day only: 25% off children's books not already discounted, on Thursday 24th September.
For one day only: 25% off fiction not already discounted, on Thursday 1st October. | VINTAGE BOOKER COLLECTION Nine classic contemporary novels - all winners of the Booker Prize - in beautiful, collectible editions.  How Late it Was, How Late by James Kelman $19.99
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 The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch $19.99
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 The Famished Road by Ben Okri $19.99
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 Disgrace by J M Coetzee $19.99
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| VINTAGE BOOKER COLLECTION  Possession by A S Byatt $19.99
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 Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie $19.99
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 The Gathering by Anne Enright $19.99
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 Amsterdam by Ian McEwan $19.99
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 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle $19.99
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| The Ox-Tales Series Profile Books $15.99 each
Conceived by Oxfam as a way to raise money for and also highlight the charity's work in project areas: agriculture in Earth, water projects in Water, conflict aid in Fire, and climate change in Air, these short story collections each feature the work of five well-known authors. | | New Fiction |  The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown rrp $60.00
vicbooks price $39.99 HB
Bantam Press
In this sequel to The Da Vinci Code Robert Langdon returns to tackle the secrets of the Freemasons in a fast-paced thriller set over a twelve hour time period. Due on Tuesday 15th September. Buy now
 2666 by Roberto Bolano $39.99 Picador
A massive book in every way, this 900+ page epic tells the life stories of the lost souls inhabiting the US-Mexico border town of Santa Teresa. A corrupt and violent place from which hundreds of women have been forcibly "disappeared", it holds a mysterious appeal for a handful of disparately obsessed men. Buy now ** Delayed! Will now release in November as a small-format paperback, $29.99 **
|  Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier $29.99 HarperCollins
Small-minded gossip and academic prejudice against women look set to stall Mary Anning's scientific career before it has properly begun. But in the age when Darwin was coming into ascendency and every town had its fossil-hunter or specimen collector, she finds friendship and support from a middle-class woman who would ordinarily belong to a different world. Buy now | | New Non-Fiction |  Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples illustrated by Michel Streich $29.99 HB Arena
Twenty-two years in the making, and recently adopted by the UN, the purposes of the declaration are to set a standard for the treatment of indigenous peoples, to act as a tool in eliminating human rights violations against the planet's over 350 million indigenous people, and to assist them in combating discrimination and marginalisation. Alarmingly, New Zealand, along with the US, Canada and Australia voted against the declaration, though Australia has since endorsed it. Buy now |  The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins $45.00 Bantam Press
In his latest salvo against creationists and adherents of Intelligent Design theory, Dawkins rebuts their arguments and presents the evidence for evolution as he sees it. Buy now | | New Zealand Books |  A Second Helping: More From Ladies, a Plate by Alexa Johnston $45.00 Penguin Books
Due to the popularity of her first collection of home-baking recipes, Alexa Johnston has released a selection of more old-favourites, this time including a section about home-made sweets like hokey-pokey, ginger ice and Russian Fudge. View details
 Beyond the Battlefield: New Zealand & Its Allies 1939 - 1945 by Gerald Hensley $65.00 HB Viking
Examining the interaction between local leaders and figures like Churchill and Roosevelt, the story of New Zealand's response to the crises of World War II is related in this personality-based history. Buy now
 Man in the Shed by Lloyd Jones $37.00 Penguin Books
Everyday family life takes on a peculiar aura of unease in these short stories from the author of Mister Pip and The Book of Fame. A smart but accessible read, this would be suitable for both men and women who enjoy reading but perhaps don't have time for a full length novel; whilst those who read it all in one go will garner an overall sense of the surreal which may cause them to look twice at the world around them. Buy now
|  Because Paradise by Charlotte Trevella $19.99 Steele Roberts
On 28th August, Trevella was announced as the winner of the NZ Post National Schools Poetry Award 2009. This first collection of poetry confirms her as a talent to watch (and read!). Buy now
 Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War edited by Gavin McLean, Ian McGibbon & Kynan Gentry $45.00 Penguin Books
The lives of ordinary people affected by wars New Zealanders have been involved in, from the 1840s land wars to modern-day peacekeeping are reflected in this collection of published and unpublished writings from soldiers, nurses, POWs, conscientious objectors and others. Buy now
 Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories edited by Paula Morris $40.00 Penguin Books
Thirty-one stories from established and emerging writers make this more than just a snapshot of the current state of writing in New Zealand. Including some work that has not been seen in print before, along with previously published stories, this book is a great primer and well worth dipping into. Buy now
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