Brett is off to school camp at last. When he hears how Pirate's Cove Camp got its name, he can't help wondering if any of the rumours are true. He and his friends start to investigate and soon become embroiled with ghosts,...
New Zealand
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Author:CLARKIN, BrendanSummary: - Author:Marshall, OwenSummary:
Pat 'Pearly' Gates has achieved a lot in his life and evinces considerable satisfaction in his achievements. He has a reputation as a former Otago rugby player and believes he would have been an All Black but for sporting...
- Author:Gill, MariaSummary:
Discover which are our most threatened animals in New Zealand. From the beautiful forest ringlet butterfly to the down-right ugly southern elephant seal, the cheeky kakapo to the great white sharks, every one of the unique species in...
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Author:Jones, CarwynSummary:Legal traditions respond to social and economic environments. Māori author and legal scholar Carwyn Jones provides a timely examination of how the resolution of land claims in New Zealand has affected Māori law and the challenges faced...
- Author:Foster, Alan DeanSummary:
A sweeping historical novel set in nineteenth-century New Zealand from the New York Times bestselling author. The only son of a poor British coal miner, Robert Coffin sets sail for the far ends of the Earth in search of his fortune,...
- Author:CATRAN, KenSummary:
A tale about a young Chinese girl and an Irish lad who are drawn to the Otago goldfields in the 1860s in the hope of striking it rich.
- Author:NOONAN, DianaSummary:
Penny's home is a South Island high country farm. After winning a university scholarship she is forced to confront the realities of her isolated lifestyle and choose between everything she loves and a new life in the city.
- Author:Pirk, WendySummary:
What comes from the land down under? mania, that's Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania! There are so many unique species of animals, insects and plants on these islands! You will be amazed!
- Author:LASENBY, JackSummary:
Ish is introduced to Lutha's Headland, a cruel and primitive society driven by fear and superstition. He distrusts Lutha and her beautiful, elegant friend and lieutenant Kalik. Ish wishes to escape but he cannot go alone, as this...
- Author:BENNETT, JoeSummary:
Short articles and observations from Bennett's newspaper columns. He turns his wit on a range of subjects from house-hunting to body-piercing
- Author:McCloy, Nicola, Bailey, JakeSummary:
Confronting the possibility of death has led Jake to re-evaluate all that he took for granted in life and to encourage others to do the same. His book is an uplifting call to action to people of all ages.
- Author:Peters, Evelyn J., Christensen, Julia, Andrew, Paul, Aubry, Tim, Belanger, Yale, Bird, Cynthia, Birdsall-Jones, Christina, Bonnycastle, Marleny M., Brown, Deidre, Cherner, Rebecca, Christensen, Julia, Franks, Patricia, Farrell, Susan, Freistadt, Joshua, Green, Charmaine, Greenop, Kelly, Groot, Shiloh, Hodgetts, Darrin, Kern, Selena, Wiremu King, Pita Richard, Klodawsky, Fran, Lindstrom, Gabrielle, Memmott, Paul, Nash, Daphne, Parrel, Julia, Peters, Evelyn J., Prout, Sarah, Rua, Mohi, Schiff, Rebecca, Schiff, Rebecca, Siddle, Annette, Simpkins, Maureen, Smith, Barbara A., Thurston, Wilfreda E., Turner, Alina, Turner, David, Waegemakers Schiff, Jeanette, Te Whetu, Tiniwai Chas, Willetts, RobSummary:
Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples...
- Author:Ruka, J.Summary:
Once the sacred guardian of New Zealand's native forests, the huia was a symbol of the land's unique beauty and spirituality. The rare bird's tragic extinction in the early 1900s represents a shot to the heart of Aotearoa...
- Author:HOLLOWAY, JudithSummary:
Ruby loves her half-sister, Hine, and treasures all the fun times they share together. Hine has suffered from a serious illness since her birth, and she dies a few months before her tenth birthday. Ruby attends Hine's tangi and...
- Author:Lindsay, YvonneSummary:
Mia Parker celebrates New Year's Eve by falling into bed with handsome stranger Benedict del Castillo. Years later, Mia has settled into life running her vineyard in New Zealand. She doesn't expect to see Benedict again, but then a...
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Author:Greenwood, KerrySummary:The second in the classic Phryne Fisher series from Kerry Greenwood, featuring the irresistible heroine Phryne. Whether she's foiling kidnappers, seducing beautiful young men or simply deciding what to wear for dinner, Phryne handles...
- Author:Marsh, NgaioSummary:
One summer evening in 1942, Flossie Rubrick, one of the most formidable women in New Zealand, goes to her husband's wool shed to rehearse a patriotic speech - and disappears. Three weeks latter she turns up at an auction. Packed inside...
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Author:Greenwood, KerrySummary:The nice men at P&O are worried. A succession of jewelry thefts from the first-class passengers is hardly the best advertisement for their cruises. Especially when it is likely that a passenger is the thief. Phryne Fisher, with her...
- Author:ORMSN, LorraineSummary:
In Marlborough Sounds in the 1820s sixteen-year-old Lizzie is forced to become the child bride of a notorious whaler. Her life is a living hell, until she meets a young Maori preacher. In the present day Bel, also aged sixteen, is sent...
- Author:GEE, MauriceSummary:
There are many crimes in this chilling novel by Maurice Gee. Crime Story spans political and high-finance, murder and the terror of domestic violence, asking questions about the perpetrators and victims of crime, and about the price of...
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