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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK

NCEA in Context

Rosemay Hipkins, Michael Johnston & Mark Sheehan

This is a ground-breaking account of one of the most complicated qualification systems in the world. The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is predominantly used in the senior secondary school in Aotearoa New Zealand. Its introduction between 2002 and 2004 signalled a seismic shift in assessment practice. NCEA in Context offers a compelling account of the educational, social, and political forces that shaped New Zealands assessment landscape in the years before NCEA, through its implementation, to the present day. This book provides a frank analysis of the constraints, controversies, and compromises that contoured NCEA, while rebuffing the myth that a golden age of assessment existed before NCEA was introduced. This book explores the complex relationship between NCEA and the New Zealand curriculum. The authors use examples from innovative schools to illustrate how an assessment approach that honours the intentions of the curriculum can provide rich learning experiences that motivate students and deepen their learning experience. Written by passionate educators, this book sets an agenda for the continued development of NCEA into a dynamic and adaptive assessment system fit for the future. ( 2016. 240 pages. NZ Council for Educational Research ) ISBN: 9780947509279 Paperback $45.00

The Voyages of Captain James Cook : The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Pacific Voyages James Cook & John Hawkesworth

James Cook (1728-1779) was a British explorer, mapmaker, and navy captain. His three voyages to the South Pacific resulted in the mapping of previously uncharted lands. His voyages were also renowned for their scientific discoveries and for Cook’s own extraordinary leadership skills. John Hawkesworth (c. 1715-1773) was an English publisher and writer commissioned to edit the papers from Cook’s first voyage. His accounts of the manners and customs of the cultures Cook encountered caused a sensation in England, and the backlash is rumored to have hastened his death. ( 2016. 320 pages. Voyageur Press ) ISBN: 9780760350294 Hardback $55.00

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New Zealand : Untouched Landscapes Petr Hlavacek

New Zealand: Untouched Landscapes is a fresh and strikingly beautiful collection of landscape photographs that have been captured throughout the county by professional photographer Petr Hlavacek. ( 2016. 168 pages. Potton & Burton ) ISBN: 9780947503192 Hardback $49.99 ISBN: 9780947503208 Pocket $19.99

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PACIFIC

Confronting Fiji Futures : 2016 Reissue Haroon Akram-Lodhi

Fiji, post-independence, has seen several governments, two military coups and, amidst sweeping social, economic and political changes, the presence of divisive identity politics in its journey towards a united, collective Fiji community. This republished edition of Confronting Fiji Futures takes in these landmark events and eventualities, and aims at a forward-looking assessment of the realities facing Fiji in the present and the future. It focuses on the period of the coups up to and including the 1999 general elections, when an explicitly multiethnic party won government in a surprise landslide result. This book is the result of a collaborative research project based at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, in the Netherlands, an institution with a long tradition of collaborative teaching, research and advisory services in the South Pacific region. It aims to present a range of relevant issues from a number of vantage points. It has brought together a strong diversity of authors led by A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, including John Cameron, Ganesh Chand, Martin Doornbos, Yash Ghai, Holger Korth, Sunil Kumar, Biman Prasad, Jacqueline Leckie, Satendra Prasad, Steve Ratuva, Robbie Robertson, Ardeshir Sepehri and William Sutherland. ( 2016. 321 pages. ANU Press )

ISBN: 9781921934292

Paperback $39.99

Tohi Vagahau Niue : Niue Language Dictionary W. Sperlich

This dictionary contains over 10,000 entries detailing the language of Niue along with basic notes on Niuean lexicography and grammar. ( 2016. 608 pages. University of Hawaii Press )

ISBN: 9780824819330

Hardback

$106.99

NON FICTION

The Story of the Hauraki Gulf Raewyn Peart

The Story of the Hauraki Gulf encompasses the 1.4 million hectares of marine space that comprises the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. This includes over fifty islands, including Great Barrier and Great Mercury Islands, the entire east coast of Auckland, both coasts of the Coromandel Peninsula and the Firth of Thames. The author visited numerous places within this vast and incredibly diverse area and interviewed over sixty people whose lives have intersected with the Hauraki Gulf in various ways - from local iwi leaders; to men and women making a living from the gulf; to those enjoying sailing, fishing and diving; and to environmentalists who work tirelessly to preserve and restore our precious natural heritage. These stories are accompanied by over 300 images, historic and contemporary and specially commissioned maps. ( 2016. 368 pages. Bateman )

ISBN: 9781869539405 Hardback $89.99

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From the Fifties to New Zealand Jenny Smith

Jenny Smith has led a full and fascinating life. Her recollections take us from post-war Britain and politically embattled Argentina by way of horses and hitch-hiking, ghosts and greeting cards, to New Zealand. ( 2015. 240 pages. Rangitawa Publishing )

ISBN: 9780994108890

Paperback $38.99

To the Summit : Getting out of a Wheelchair and to the Himalayas Nick Allen

The inspirational story of 27-year-old climber Nick Allen, who went from outdoorsman to wheelchair-bound with Multiple Sclerosis then, through sheer determination and grit, back to the life in the mountains that he loves. This book follows Nicks first faltering steps back into the outdoors and his decision to set up a trust so that other MS sufferers can keep having outdoor experiences and adventures, despite the ravages of this cruel disease. And it follows his most astounding adventure yet trekking to base camp at Everest, and tackling a Himalayan summit. “A beautifully told and moving story about physical, mental and spiritual wellness, the restorative power of the natural environment, and the journey towards freedom through mountaineering”. Laurence Fearnley, author of The Hut Builder. ( 2016. 299 pages. Massey University Press )

ISBN: 9780994130044

Paperback $39.99

Peter Beaven : Architect Peter Beavan

Written by Peter Beaven shortly before his death in 2012, a 276 page fully illustrated book covering his architectural work and aims from 1951 to 2012. Peter Beaven was born in Christchurch in 1925 and practised architecture, largely in that city, from 1949 until his death in 2012. He received numerous awards including the New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal for lifetime achievement in 2003. He was a founder member in 1965 of the Christchurch Civic Trust, the first civic trust in New Zealand, and attended the Architectural Association’s urban design course in London in 1968. Canterbury Heritage’s posthumous 2012 Heritage Champion Award described him as “tirelessly battling against poor quality, unsympathetic development proposals, while demonstrating through his own work how architecture can build on and enhance the city’s heritage”. With an afterword by Ian Lochhead. ( 2016. 276 pages. Peter Beaven Architects )

ISBN: 9780473350680

Paperback $108.99

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Healing the Nightmare : Freeing the Soul : A Practical Guide to Dreamwork Margaret Bowater

‘Written with great compassion, this book is a highly readable and useful account of the significance of nightmares. It encompasses the science of dreams, as well as the art of interpretation and the importance of visionary experiences – all interwoven with relevant theory and suggestions for self-help. I highly recommend this book.’ Dr Keith Tudor, Professor of Psychotherapy, Auckland University of Technology. ‘With impressive clarity and care, Margaret Bowater has produced this practical guide for all those interested in their dreams and in dreamwork.’ Peter Hubbard, Psychotherapist. Margaret Bowater is a senior counselling trainer and transactional analyst with 30 years experience in leading hundreds of dream workshops. Foreword by Susannah Benson (PhD), President, Dream Network Australia. ( 2016. 203 pages. Calico Publishing )

ISBN: 9781877429170

Paperback $40.00

The Broken Decade : Prosperity, Depression and Recovery in New Zealand 1928-39 Malcolm McKinnon

The Depression of the 1930s was a defining period in New Zealand history. It had its own vocabulary - swaggers and sugarbags, relief work and sustenance, the Queen Street riots and special constables that was all too familiar to those who lived through that tumultuous decade. But one generation’s reality is another’s history. The desperate struggles experienced by many for work, food and shelter during the 1930s eventually gave way to the sunny postwar years, when the Depression was no more than an uncomfortable memory. And now, for the children of the twenty-first century, its just a word. While the lives of those most affected by the Depression have been admirably documented in oral histories in various forms, the political and economic context, and the manoeuvrings and responses to the unprecedented conditions have not, until now, been given the extensive analysis they deserve. The Broken Decade, Malcolm McKinnon’s detailed and absorbing history of this period, unpicks the Depression year by year. It begins by introducing the prosperous world of New Zealand in the late 1920s before focusing on the sudden onset of the Depression in 1930-31, the catastrophic months that followed and, finally, on the attempt to find a way back to that pre-Depression prosperity. Informed by exhaustive research, relevant statistics and fascinating personal accounts, and made accessible and meaningful by insightful analysis, this important book will become New Zealands definitive study of the 1930s Depression. Malcolm McKinnon has had a lifetime career in New Zealand history, both as an academic and author. ( 2015. 512 pages. Otago University Press )

ISBN: 9781927322260

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Reporting from the Danger Zone : Frontline Journalists, Their Jobs and an Increasingly Perilous Future Maria Armoudian

Journalism is a dangerous business when one’s “beat” is a war zone. Armoudian reveals the complications facing frontline journalists who cover warzones, hot spots and other hazardous situations. It compares yesterday’s conflict journalism, which was fraught with its own dangers, with today’s even more perilous situations-in the face of shrinking journalism budgets, greater reliance on freelancers, tracking technologies, and increasingly hostile adversaries. It also contrasts the difficulties of foreign correspondents who navigate alien sources, languages and land, with domesticallysituated correspondents who witness their own homelands being torn apart. Maria Armoudian is a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland. She is the author of Kill the Messenger: Media’s Role in the Fate of the World. ( 2016. 164 pages. Routledge )

ISBN: 9781138840058

Paperback $71.00

The Good Dirt : Improving Soil Health for more Successful Gardening Xanthe White

Improving soil health for more successful gardening. In The Good Dirt, landscape designer Xanthe White goes beneath the surface to reveal the secrets to successful gardening. As the title suggests, this book is all about the soil we find in our garden and more particularly how we can maximise its growing potential. If you’ve ever wondered why some plants thrive in one location but struggle in your own backyard you’ll be likely to find explanations in the soil below. Xanthe White examines the five main soil types found in New Zealand and offers advice on how to get the best from each one by working in harmony with nature. Complete with ingredients guides for each soil type and ideas and design features to enhance its fertility, this is an essential companion for anyone looking to establish a new garden or improve their existing one. Xanthe White is a well-known Auckland landscape designer who has had many major commissions during her career to date. She has authored two books Organic Vegetable Gardening and The Natural Garden and writes regular columns in magazines. ( 2016. 240 pages. Random )

ISBN: 9781775538547

Paperback $45.00

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FICTION

The Straight Banana Tim Wilson

New York, summer of 2007. The Iraq War still rages. Domestic terror threats abound. The iPhone is about to launch. But the biggest story is straight bananas flooding the city, overtaking crack and heroin. Rich or poor, no one can resist peelin straight. Is it a plot? Immigrants are being rounded up. Fifth Avenue parties become brawls. Paranoia rules. Meanwhile, the country is falling under the spell of a grotesque reality TV star. Our hero, intrepid reporter Tom Milde, has the scoop. But first he must battle his steelbriefcased rival Samson Agonistes, and his own straight banana addiction. Can Milde save his sordid reputation, as well as the Big Apple? Going live in 5, 4, 3, 2. Tim Wilson is the author of two previous novels, Their Faces Were Shining (2010), which was shortlisted for the 2011 New Zealand Post Book Awards, and News Pigs (2014). He has also published a collection of short fiction, The Desolation Angel (2011). He currently lives in Auckland, but was TVNZ’s US Correspondent for seven years. Besides numerous New Zealand publications, he has written for the Guardian and the New York Times. Cover by Tim Denee. ( 2016. 202 pages. Victoria University Press )

ISBN: 9781776560875

Paperback $30.00

The Wild Side Janet Balcombe

Previously published as, Take a Walk on the Wild Side. New cover, colour photos, same story. There is hope for the addicts, the rebels, and the broken-hearted. Sitting in prison on a raft of charges including kidnapping, guns, drugs and counterfeiting was very different to the scenario Janet had envisaged for her life. Her life had become a psychotic hybrid of Breaking Bad and Paranormal Activity. How did a country girl from a decent family become a hardcore Meth-addict? What would you do if you were visited by a demon with a deadly agenda? There had to be a divine intervention or things were just not going to end well. Janet’s quest to find her true identity, and the meaning of life - took her to the very brink of death and hell. She nearly paid with her life, but Janet got her answers... insight into true spiritual power, treasures found in the darkness, and real answers about life. Janet Balcombe is the author of Take a Walk on the Wild Side which won a Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards 2015. Janet Balcombe is a former meth addict and this is a semi autobiographical novel about her struggle. ( 2016. 244 pages. Wild Side Publishing )

ISBN: 9780473366216

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The Direction of Our Fear : A Novel David Briggs

On a morning commuter train in New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington, the lives of three people briefly intersect. Sally is a 17-year-old, tentatively stepping into womanhood. Brendan is a middle-aged widower, living in the shadow of his wife’s death. Tamas is a Hungarian immigrant, missing his wife and child as he struggles to begin a new life in New Zealand. Meanwhile, in a nondescript building near Dunedin’s Otago University, Farida translates messages for the security services and catches glimpses of a plot that could threaten them all. We watch as the characters pursue their dreams and face up to their everyday fears. We see them grapple with love and loss and the tangles of relationships, and inevitably dread their impending fate. In this tightly written novel, author David Briggs develops an original and compelling plot line as he explores the way our lives are played out against a constant background of half-seen threat. ( 2016. 240 pages. BMS Books )

ISBN: 9780473349653

Paperback $29.00

Original Sin and Other Stories Tony Chapelle

A collection of short stories by award winning author Tony Chapelle. ”Chapelle’s settings are small, often restricted to the indoors (sheds, kitchens) and his characters’ relationships are primarily domestic (families, husband/wife, father/ daughter). But the characters are well-drawn whether it is his teenagers or middle aged-men. There is an awkwardness about his characters that creates a discomfort but a reassurance at the same time”. ( 2015. 196 pages. Rangitawa Publishing )

ISBN: 9780994120182

Paperback $38.99

Black Ice Matter Gina Cole

This collection of short stories explores connections between extremes of heat and cold. Sometimes this is spatial or geographical; sometimes it is metaphorical. Sometimes it involves juxtapositions of time; sometimes heat appears where only ice is expected. In the stories, a woman is caught between traditional Fijian ways and the brutality of the military dictatorship; a glaciology researcher falls into a crevasse and confronts the unexpected; two women lose children in freak shooting accidents; a young child in a Barbie Doll sweatshop dreams of a different life; secondary school girls struggle with secrets about an addicted janitor; and two women take a deathly trip through a glacier melt stream. These are some of the unpredictable stories in this collection that follow themes of ice and glaciers in the heat of the South Pacific and take us into unusual lives and explorations. ( 2015. 250 pages. Huia )

ISBN: 9781775502982 Paperback $30.00

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ART

Arts Revealed : Eastern Bay of Plenty : Conversations with Artists, Writers, Musicians and Performers Heather Hourigan & Andrea Cooper

This publication features 28 people involved in the arts in the broader sense, and is about why they are driven to create, write or perform. The book is person focused, so that in a unique way, each artist tells their story conversation style. Included are full colour plates on their creative environment. Andrea Cooper became the interviewer, while Heather Hourigan,the facilitating author, did the camera work. The conversation style of this book really gets into the artists struggles and creative processes rarely revealed to the public. ( 2016. 166 pages. AH Publications )

ISBN: 9780473355920

Paperback $49.00

POETRY Die Bibel

Michael O’Leary

Die Bibel is the harrowing/entertaining/ inspiring chronicle of a singular bohemian journey in Aotearoa New Zealand. Anecdotes about Baxter, Tuwhare and a vivid array of other writers, artists, musicians, friends and lovers season the story of a man who has overcome considerable obstacles to fulfil his creative destiny and cultivate his distinctive lifestyle. As long ago as 1998 the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature described Michael O’Leary as a publisher, poet, novelist, performer and bookseller who has made a colourful contribution to the literary scene. His Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop imprint has published around 170 books his own prolific output (the Companion noted that Michael’s own prose owes something to Joyce and Beckett) and many other writers, alternative and mainstream. In recent years Michael has completed masters and doctoral studies in New Zealand publishing and literature, and has continued to write, publish and sell books from his seaside earldom at Paekakariki. Die Bibel includes a generous selection of Michael’s poems, which express his feelings and pay tribute to extraordinary people and events in his life. ( 2016. 303 pages. Steele Roberts Ltd )

ISBN: 9780947493066

Paperback $34.99

New York Pocket Book Paula Green

Paula Green turns her thoughtfulness and linguistic playfulness in a new direction in her latest collection. This reflective meanders around a new city - part travelogue, part essay on the nature of poetry. Paula Green is a poet, reviewer, childrens author, NZ Book Award judge and anthologist. ( 2016. 80 pages. Seraph Press )

ISBN: 9780994134523 Paperback $25.00

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Walking with James Hogg : The Ettrick Shepherd’s Journeys Through Scotland Bruce Gilkison

James Hogg, also known as the Ettrick Shepherd, was a writer, poet, sportsman, musician and larger-than-life personality. In 1802, uneducated and still unknown, he set out on the first of a series of journeys through Scotland, from the Borders to the Highlands and Hebrides. The journeys were inspiring, life-changing and often frightening. They led him to a life of chaos, failures, fame, fun and literary masterpieces. Now, a descendant follows his footsteps and reflects on his experiences, and on the remarkable rediscovery of Hogg’s works a century after his death. It is a story of tenacity, of daring to be different and, against all odds, success and a flourishing legacy. It is a lively look at an extraordinary life and some of his works, including Confessions of a Justified Sinner, considered by many to be one of the greatest novels ever written. Bruce Gilkison, a New Zealander and a great-great-grandson of Hogg’s, walked through Scotland to discover what was special about him and his journeys. He found a world of stunning landscapes, fairies and mystery, genius and ambiguity, friendships and back-stabbings, and learnt about his flawed, lovable and eccentric ancestor. ( 2016. 208 pages. University of Edinburgh Press )

ISBN: 9781474415385

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Leaving the Red Zone : Poems from the Canterbury Earthquakes James Norcliffe & Joanna Preston

Leaving the Red Zone is a rich and wide-ranging collection showcasing much of the best poetry: 148 poems from 87 poets. Here are sorrow, resignation, defiance, stoicism, humour black and wry, and everything in between. Other books will tell of the earthquakes from the point of view of the geologist, the seismologist, the historian, or photographer; Leaving the Red Zone tells of the Canterbury earthquakes from the point of view of the human heart. Edited by James Norcliffe & Joanna Preston. ( 2016. 170 pages. Clerestory Press)

ISBN: 9780992251758

Paperback $46.99

New Sea Land Tim Jones

In New Sea Land, Tim Jones tells the intimate story of the land and the sea. Awarded the New Zealand Society of Authors Janet Frame Memorial Award for Literature, he writes of the mapping and re-naming of land and sea by those who came before him, and the places he travelled as a child and knows as a man and travels now. Some that crumbled to bone when the Earth heaved, some the stuff of myth and some the stuff of nightmare. And the poems imagine what the marriage of land and sea could become as one rises up to take the other away. ( 2016. 73 pages. Makaro Press )

ISBN: 9780994129963 Paperback $25.00

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YOUNGER READERS

Shield : Death by Design Book 3 Rachael Craw

Evie is out of options. She must comply with the Affinity Project - obey their rules, play their deadly games, give up Jamie. And her losses keep growing. When she decides to help a small group of Shields trying to affect change, Evie finds herself in the firing line. Counsellor Knox is intent on revealing her secrets and shackling her to the Affinity Project for life. To protect her family, Evie must betray those closest to her. ( 2016. 276 pages. Walker Books )

ISBN: 9781922179647

Paperback $21.99

12 Huia Birds

Julian Stokoe & Stacy Eyles

12 beautiful huia birds play and sing in the forest. But is that a canoe arriving? A rat sniffing? A ship on the horizon? One by one, the huia start to disappear - what will remain? A captivating and uplifting celebration of the huia by an exciting new author and illustrator team, 12 Huia Birds includes educational resources, games and an app. ( 2016. 32 pages. Oratia Media )

ISBN: 9780947506124

Hardback

$24.99

Te Haeranga Maia a Riripata i Te Araroa : Lillibutt’s Te Araroa Adventure Te Reo Edition Marvis O’Rourke & Claudia Pond Eyley

All in Te Reo Maori. Lillibutt is lonely so she sets off from Cape Reinga on a very long walk to visit her kunekune cousins at the Auckland Zoo. A charming tale of perseverance that also gives the reader a look at the first stage of the Te Araroa walkway. E mokemoke ana a Riripata, na kona ia ka ahu atu i Te Reinga i tetahi haerenga roa kia toro ai ki ona kaihana kunekune i te Raihe Kararehe o Tamaki Makaurau. Nona e heke haere ana ma Te Araroa, ka tutaki ia ki etahi hoa, ka karo hoki i etahi wero whakamataku ka hua ake i tana haerenga maia roa. ( 2016. 36 pages. Duck Creek Press )

ISBN: 9781927305218

Paperback $19.99

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