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9781869419707

Landings

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NZ$ 28.99 each

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Author: Jenny Pattrick

Published by: Black Swan

In Stock: 8

The Whanganui River at the turn of the twentieth century is a busy thoroughfare, taking sightseers through the spectacular landscape by paddle steamer and acting as highway for the sparse scatterings of settlements along its twisting length. The people who have made it their home are a diverse collection, from Samuel Blencoe, trying to forget his past life as a convict, to the hoteliers at Pipiriki, the nuns at Jerusalem, the Maori families, the Chinese market gardener and the farmers, like Danny and Stella, trying to tame the wild bush. There's also Bridie, the strange, silent girl, who haunts the banks of the river where the accident occurred that robbed her of her mind. Like the tributaries that trickle down the mountains and join the mighty river, so the lives of these people come together in this vivid and moving tale of a stunningly unique place.

First published April 2008.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781869508494

Isle of Tears

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NZ$ 29.99 each

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Author: Deborah Challinor

Published by: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

In Stock: 5

A vivid and compelling story of enduring love and divided families from one of our bestselling historical novelists.

B Format paperback.

ISBN / ISSN:

9780854670307

Moana - Novel of Old New Zealand Days

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NZ$ 9.99 each

Hardback

Author: Barry Mitcalfe

Published by: Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd

In Stock: 5

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781869417253

Catching the Current

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Author: Jenny Pattrick

Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd

In Stock: 4

On the run from an unfortunate 'indiscretion', young Conrad Rasmussen finds refuge in the North Island of New Zealand under the employ of the famous (or notorious) Dane, Bishop Monrad. However Conrad - a talented and impetuous Faroeman, known in Jenny Pattrick's Denniston novels as Con the Brake - finds he cannot escape his past. This is Conrad's story, and that of the unusual woman Anahuia. It is a tale of new lands and old songs, of seafaring and war and the search for love. It is also the story of the Faroe Islands and of Denmark's early connection with New Zealand. In CATCHING THE CURRENT the free spirit is pitted against the forces of tradition. Full of compelling events, vivid communities and the irresistible character of Conrad Rasmussen, this is a terrific companion novel to the bestselling THE DENNISTON ROSE and THE HEART OF COAL.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781869416041

Heart of Coal

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Author: Jenny Pattrick

Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd

In Stock: 4

Eighteen years have passed since the child Rose arrived on Denniston, riding up the terrifying Incline on a stormy night. She has now grown into a young woman, intelligent and talented, with an outrageous zest for life. The trauma of her early years seems forgotten, though some recognise its shadow in her often unconventional behaviour. Rose is expected to marry her childhood friend the golden Michael Hanratty, but when dark and stubborn Brennan Scobie arrives back on the Hill after a seven-year absence, a challenge is inevitable. The opposition of Brennan's ambitious mother adds to the tension.

This sequel to the best-selling The Denniston Rose continues to follow the fortunes of the remote West Coast coal-mining settlement. At the turn of the century Denniston is still isolated, but all that is about to change. New challenges will confront both Rose and this close-knit society. Staying or leaving will become an ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780143007401

Ned and Katina : A true love story

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NZ$ 40.00 each

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Author: Patricia Grace

Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.

In Stock: 4

A true story of love in wartime and in peace by one of New Zealand's finest writers. In Crete during the Second World War a wounded Maori Battalion soldier and a young Cretan woman fall in love when the young infantryman is sheltered by her family. After marrying in Crete, Ned and Katina come back to live in New Zealand, settling in the Far North.

They live a long, rich and happy life together, raising a family and involving themselves in community affairs there and in the Wellington region. Ned dies in 1987, Katina in 1996. Years later, the whanau of Ned and Katina approached writer Patricia Grace to compile their parents' story. Ned & Katina is the result. This warm, beautifully written true story is impossible to put down.

First published October 2009.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781869415617

The Denniston Rose

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NZ$ 28.99 each

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Author: Jenny Pattrick

Published by: Black Swan

In Stock: 4

The bleak coal-mining of Denniston, isolated high on a plateau above the West Coast, is a place that makes or breaks those who live there. Into this chaotic community come five-year-old Rose and her mother. Set in the 1880s, this is story of a spirited child who remains a survivor.

First published 2003. This has been a best-selling book
since publication. The sequel is Heart of Coal

ISBN / ISSN:

9780476013186

Mrs McBeaton's Economical Haggis Attack

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NZ$ 19.99 each

Author: ed Jackie Evans

Published by: waimahea publications

In Stock: 3

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781921520020

Sydney Bridge Upside Down

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NZ$ 32.00 each

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Author: David Ballantyne

Published by: The Text Publishing Company

In Stock: 3

Harry Baird lives with his mother, father and younger brother Cal in Calliope Bay, at the edge of the world. Summer has come, and those who can have left the bay for the allure of the far away city. Among them is Harry's mother, who has left behind a case of homemade ginger beer and a vague promise of return.

Harry and Cal are too busy enjoying their holidays, playing in the caves and the old abandoned slaughterhouse, to be too concerned with her absence. When their older cousin-the beautiful, sophisticated Caroline-comes from the city to stay with the Bairds, Harry is besotted. With their friend Dibs Kelly, the boys and Caroline spend the long summer days exploring the bay and playing games.

But Harry is very protective of Caroline and jealous of the attention she receives from other men. And what looked to be a pleasurable summer is overshadowed by certain 'accidents' in the old slaughterhouse and a general air of ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781869792084

What Remains Behind

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NZ$ 29.99 each

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Author: Dorothy Fowler

Published by: Black Swan

In Stock: 3

Chloe and her archaeological team have been sent on a dig of the Brook of Kerith, an 1870s religious
settlement in the north of New Zealand. Nothing stands any more, but Chloe finds more than a few shards of
pottery. As she tries to work out what happened in the fire that destroyed the buildings and ended the
community, the discovery of human remains unsettles the people who now live in the area. People with whom
Chloe grew up, each with their own agenda and links to the past. With the appearance of Chloe's wayward
sister in a neighbouring cottage, there are more recent mysteries to be uncovered, too. Moving between a
vividly realised diary written in the 1870s and the current day, this compelling novel has murder, mystery,
love, lust - and archaeology.
New author.

First published July 2009.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780143202448

Access Road

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NZ$ 37.00 each

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Author: Maurice Gee

Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.

In Stock: 2

This is a novel of family secrets and tensions, and distant past grievances, set like so much of Maurice Gee's fiction in the West Auckland town of Loomis. It is also vintage Maurice Gee, widely recognised as New Zealand's finest living fiction writer. Publication will be a significant event. New Zealand fiction doesn't get any better than this. Three brothers and sisters, all now in their eighties, two of them living in the old family home, are struggling to cope with events that have happened way back in the past. It all bursts into the open when an old school friend visits Loomis, with malice in his heart. He keeps the biggest secret of all, about the disappearance of a girl many years before. As the novel reaches its climax, the tensions reach breaking point, and violence breaks out. The death of one of the protagonists seems inevitable.

First published October 2009.

ISBN / ISSN:

9781877386824

Elusive Gold

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NZ$ 9.99 each

Author: Tim Haywood

Published by: Murray Haywood

In Stock: 2

ISBN / ISSN:

9780790000848

Fly Fishing for Beginners

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NZ$ 22.95 each

Paperback

Author: DRAPER K

Published by: Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd

In Stock: 2

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781869792886

Magpie Hall

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NZ$ 36.99 each

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Author: Rachael King

Published by: Vintage New Zealand

In Stock: 2

"There were two rumours surrounding my great-great-grandfather Henry Summers: one, that his cabinet of curiosities drove him mad; and, two, that he murdered his first wife." Rosemary Summers is an amateur taxidermist and a passionate collector of tattoos. To her, both activities honour the deceased and keep their memory alive. After the death of her beloved grandfather, and while struggling to finish her thesis on gothic Victorian novels, she returns alone to Magpie Hall to claim her inheritance: Grandpa's own taxidermy collection, started more than 100 years ago by their ancestor Henry Summers. As she sorts through Henry's legacy, the ghosts of her family's past begin to make their presence known

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780790010984

Myth of the 21st Century : An anthology of new fiction

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34.99 each

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Author: Tina Shaw & Jack Ross (eds)

Published by: Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd

In Stock: 2

In this colourful anthology, 14 New Zealand writers explore what myth means to them.

Patricia Grace rewrites the Maori legend of the woman who controls the tides.
Martin Edmond creates a dangerous myth for the Jenolan caves in New South Wales, while Mike Johnson spins a lush version of the story of Cupid and Psyche.
London-based writer Anthony McCarten tells his story in reverse; Jack Ross brings to life a selkie legend.
Maxine Alterio writes a contemporary Aztec myth; and poet Karlo Mila offers a stunning Tongan nightmare. Tracey Slaughter gives us a disconcerting take on three very contemporary Fates, while Viv Plumb makes old fables uncomfortably new. Charlotte Grimshaw pairs a warrior with his modern twin; Tina Shaw’s feral children kill and eat an albatross; Aaron Taouma tells the story of Uncle Sione, an urban holy fool; and Judith White spins a mythic yarn about a doomed love affair.
And finally, ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780143010913

Pounamu Pounamu

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NZ$ 28.00 each

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Author: Witi Ihimaera

Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.

In Stock: 2

Classic Ihimaera. First published by Reed in 1972, it collects stories about Maori within settings that are Maori and with characters who are central to that setting — heroes, heroines and villains — rather than supporting players or sidekicks. These stories introduce the themes of aroha, whanaungatanga and manaakitanga — love, acknowledging kin and tribal relationships, and supporting Maori identity — that run through much of Ihimaera’s later work.
This new edition of Pounamu Pounamu includes two stories that have been rewritten for IHIMAERA His Best Stories (Reed 2003), and an explanation by Ihimaera of the reasons for this rewriting.

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JACK-STAFF

Son of a Tempest Pilot

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NZ$ 17.50 each

Author: Jack Stafford

Published by: mcleods booksellers

In Stock: 2

Notes:
Jack Stafford,brother of the equally famous Don, has written a book. He can now add author to his list of letters and achievements. Son of a Tempest Pilot($17.50), is a novella featuring a painting on the cover by New Zealand WW2 artist Ron Fulstow. Jack is well known as a story teller and this tale sounds like a part of something larger...

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780330296106

The Bone People

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NZ$ 24.99 each

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Author: Keri Hulme

Published by: Macmillan General Books

In Stock: 2

Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1985

Powerful and visionary, Keri Hulme has written the great New Zealand novel of our times. The Bone People is the story of Kerewin, a despairing part-Maori artist who is convinced that her solitary life is the only way to face the world. Her cocoon is rudely blown away by the sudden arrival during a rainstorm of Simon, a mute six-year-old whose past seems to hold some terrible trauma. In his wake comes his foster-father Joe, a Maori factory worker with a nasty temper. The narrative unravels to reveal the truths that lie behind these three characters, and in so doing displays itself as a huge, ambitious work that tackles the clash between Maori and European characters in beautiful prose of a heartrending poignancy.

'In this novel, New Zealand's people, its heritage and landscape are conjured up with uncanny poetry and perceptiveness'
- Sunday Times

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780330485418

The Bone People

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NZ$ 27.99 each

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Author: Keri Hulme

Published by: Picador

In Stock: 2

Powerful and visionary, Keri Hulme has written the great New Zealand novel of our times. The Bone People is the story of Kerewin, a despairing part-Maori artist who is convinced that her solitary life is the only way to face the world. Her cocoon is rudely blown away by the sudden arrival during a rainstorm of Simon, a mute six-year-old whose past seems to hold some terrible trauma. In his wake comes his foster-father Joe, a Maori factory worker with a nasty temper. The narrative unravels to reveal the truths that lie behind these three characters, and in so doing displays itself as a huge, ambitious work that tackles the clash between Maori and European characters in beautiful prose of a heartrending poignancy.

'In this novel, New Zealand's people, its heritage and landscape are conjured up with uncanny poetry and perceptiveness' Sunday Times

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781869417994

The Illustrated Denniston Rose & Heart of Coal

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NZ$ 49.99 each

Hardback

Author: Jenny Pattrick

Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd

In Stock: 2

The compelling story of Rose in the best-selling Denniston novels has drawn thousands of people to explore the abandoned settlement on the South Island's remote West Coast.
The original inhabitants braved a 2000-feet-high and terrifyingly steep incline, a severe climate and scarce resources to eke out a living from the seams of coal on the Hill.
Their unique lifestyle has been brought alive in Denniston Rose and Heart of Coal.
It has also been documented in the rich collections of historic photographs and artefacts of the place and its people, collected here to illustrate these two moving and vivid novels. They take us from the 1880s, as the young Rose struggles to find a place for herself amongst the tough, makeshift community on the high plateau, and through into the twentieth century, as Rose blossoms into adulthood and is torn between her love affairs with two men and the bleak landscape of Denniston. ... more

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