Parker and Hulme - A Lesbian View by Julie Glamuzina; Alison J Laurie
$12.00 NZD
Category: Crime | Reading Level: very good
The movie Heavenly Creatures was based on New Zealand's notorious 1954 murder case in which two teenage girls, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, killed Pauline's mother. The polite society of Christchurch was shattered not only by the murder, but also by suggestions of the girls' lesbianism. Femini ...Show more
Decolonizing Methodologies - Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
$20.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research – specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth'. Concepts such as 'discovery' and 'claiming' are discussed and an argument presented that the decolonisation ...Show more
Women in History 2: Essays on Women in New Zealand by Barbara Brookes (ed.); Charlotte Macdonald (ed.); Margaret Tennant (ed.)
$14.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The Story of the Wellington to Johnsonville Railway by Geoffrey B. Churchman
$15.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Women and Education in Aotearoa 2 by Sue Middleton (ed.); Alison Jones (ed.)
$14.00 NZD
Category: Education | Reading Level: very good
Collection of essays on the contemporary educational experience of girls and women
Quicksands - Foundational histories in Australia and Aotearos New Zealand by Klaus Neumann (ed.); Nicholas Thomas (ed.); Hilary Ericksen (ed.)
$14.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: good-very good
Shifting Centres - Women and Migration in New Zealand History by Lyndon Fraser; Katie Pickles
$14.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Written by three graduate students and many academics and researchers, this collection of accounts talks about women immigrants to New Zealand. Covering the post-date World War II period, it considers the experiences of women from many backgrounds and countries, including Germany, China, Samoa, Ireland, ...Show more
Minding Children, Managing Men - Conflict and Compromise in the Lives of Postwar Pakeha Women by Helen May
$15.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Bird Words - New Zealand Writers on Birds by Elisabeth Easther (ed.)
$14.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: very good
A lively anthology of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, celebrating the birds of Aotearoa.On the skylinea hawklanguidly typinga hunting poemwith its wings.- Hone TuwhareNew Zealand birds have inspired mythology, song, whimsical stories, detailed observation, humour and poetry. There are tales of shooting ...Show more
The Shock of 31' - The Hawkes Bay Earthquake by Geoff Conly
$20.00 NZD
Category: Regional | Reading Level: good-very good
Steaming to the Sunrise - A History of Railways in the Gisborne Region by Chris Wood
$40.00 NZD
Category: railway | Reading Level: near fine
A history of railways in the Gisborne region.
People, Politics and Power Stations - Electric Power Generation in New Zealand 1880-1998 by John E Martin
$65.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good