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Anton Oliver Inside by Brian Turner
49.99 NZD
Category: Rugby
A double university degree and a career in rugby - hardly the norm for an All Black front-rower. Anton Oliver, though, is different. Anton Oliver is the thinking man's rugby player. In this biography of the great Otago hooker, Brian Turner explores the life of a professional rugby player from angles pre ...Show more
Boundaries - People and Places of Central Otago by Brian Turner
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. "Brian Turner's name is synonymous with Central Otago albeit a different Central one well removed from the tourist centres and vineyards. His Central is at the boundaries; watching the local rugby teams, fishing the waters of the Manuherikia, cycling towards the snow-covered Hawkdun Range. ...Show more
Colin Meads by Brian Turner
45.00 NZD
Category: Sport
Colin Meads is the greatest rugby player this country has ever produced. Even before he was voted our Rugby Player of the Century, Meads had already attained living legend status in New Zealand. Between 1957 and 1971 - when he strode the rugby globe like a colossus - the great 'Pinetree' played a stagge ...Show more
Footfall (Te Mata Estate Poet Laureate 04) by Brian Turner
34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Te Mata Estate Poet Laureate Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Brian Turner was appointed New Zealand's fourth Te Mata Estate Poet Laureate in March 2003: The laureateship has a term of 2 years with twin aims of honouring the work of New Zealnd's foremost poets and raising the profile of poetry in the community. Brian Turner has published eight other collections of ...Show more
Graham Sydney - Timeless Land by Grahame Sydney; Brian Turner; Owen Marshall
39.99 NZD
99.99 (60% off)
Category: NZ Pictorial | Reading Level: very good
Timeless Land is a unique collaboration between three of New Zealand's most steadfast and individual talents painter Grahame Sydney, poet Brian Turner and writer Owen Marshall. Much of their best and most enduring work has grown out of their deep attachment to, and familiarity with, the essence of the m ...Show more
Here, Bullet by Brian Turner
31.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Adding his voice to the current debate about the US occupation of Iraq, in poems written in the tradition of such poets as Wilfred Owen, Yusef Komunyakaa ("Dien Cai Dau"), Bruce Weigl ("Song of Napalm") and Alice James' own Doug Anderson ("The Moon Reflected Fire"), Iraqi war veteran Brian Turner writes ...Show more
Inside, Outside by Brian Turner
30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Near Fine
This substantial new collection by award-winning poet Brian Turner develops themes characteristic of his poetry. Love poems and elegies keep company with poems of satire, protest and metaphysical speculation. The book concludes with 'Post-operative', a raw and risky sequence written in the wake of major ...Show more
Into the Wider World: a Back Country Miscellany by Brian Turner
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Outdoors | Reading Level: Very Good
Brian Turner is one of this country's best known and best-loved poets and also one of its most determined conservationists. In this beautifully illustrated anthology he brings together both old and new essays, columns, articles and poetry that concentrate on the wild places and outdoor pursuits he loves ...Show more
Just This by Brian Turner
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Brian Turner's ongoing love affair with his Central Otago home lies at the heart of his rich and compelling new collection of poems.
Landmarks by Owen Marshall; Grahame Sydney; Brian Turner
75.00 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Reading Level: near fine
A handsome, landmark book celebrating the work of three of our literary and artistic heavyweights. The complementary work of artist Grahame Sydney, fiction writer Owen Marshall and poet Brian Turner was first brought together in the hugely successful Timeless Land in 1995. Its pages showed their shared, ...Show more
Meads by Brian Turner
20.00 NZD
50.00 (60% off)
Category: Sport
Colin Meads is one of the greatest rugby players in New Zealand. Here, he dips back into his playing career and offers comparisons with the modern game. It becomes a social commentary - how professionalism has changed the face of rugby forever. And how the modern player has taken up the challenge.
Night Fishing by Brian Turner
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
In these new poems about friendship, mortality and home, Brian Turner asks how we can face the truths and uncertainties of our experiences and how we can live with them. Night Fishing is defined by Turner's unmistakable wit and feeling, precision and insight.