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Book Synopsis Staying Home and Being Rotten by : Shonagh Koea
Download or read book Staying Home and Being Rotten written by Shonagh Koea and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel is a compelling, black comedy of manners and relationships. When the parcel first reaches Rosalind's mail box she is unable to take it out or even to contemplate opening it. It throws her into a series of painful recollections and comic-tragic events, which gradually reveal the nature of the unfortunate experience she has undergone, and eventually leads to an unexpected and, for the reader, superbly satisfying resolution of her pain and distress. The novel combines the robust good humour of Henry Fielding, with the sensitivities of Jane Austen and the satirical playfulness of Evelyn Waugh. This delightful combination produces a black comedy of manners, which, once taken up, can't be put down. 'This is not merely a good book, but a work of brilliance. It establishes Shonagh Koea as a leading New Zealand novelist and a writer of international significance.' - Alistair Paterson
Book Synopsis The Kindness of Strangers by : Shonagh Koea
Download or read book The Kindness of Strangers written by Shonagh Koea and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir - with recipes - from a well-loved writer with a unique and quirky take on life. Looking back over her varied life in a range of roles, including daughter, wife, mother, journalist and novelist, Shonagh Koea has collected a store of vivid memories that often centre on food. In these moving vignettes, she recalls her past, giving us a privileged insight into her life and into a New Zealand that no longer exists, along with delicious recipes and a strong sense of the gentle yet significant encounters we have with strangers and acquaintances. Much more than a straightforward memoir, this book is an astute and sometimes wry observation of social interaction, of New Zealand's recent history and of the place that food has in our everyday lives. It is also the intriguing story of a unique writer, of her life, her thoughts and her work.
Book Synopsis The Wedding At Bueno-Vista by : Shonagh Koea
Download or read book The Wedding At Bueno-Vista written by Shonagh Koea and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wry and poignant, this quirky novel is about resilience and defiance in the face of loss. "Dear Invisible Elaine, I know you are out there somewhere, but it would be really wonderful if I could find you." The Wedding at Bueno-Vista takes us into the world of Elaine Frobisher, a woman who makes herself invisible to those who wish her well, but too visible and vulnerable to those who wish her ill, such predators as the lecherous Adrian Bunce or the burglars who watch her house then steal her possessions and sense of security. Recently widowed and feeling terrorised, she flees to an anonymous apartment block and, for protection, sets about inventing a marriage with an imaginary husband.
Book Synopsis Sing to Me, Dreamer by : Shonagh Koea
Download or read book Sing to Me, Dreamer written by Shonagh Koea and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quirky, much-loved novel about a return home, a past love affair and an elephant. "It is many years since I turned the pages of the little book I wrote for the holy man, and the ivory covers creak as I open on the story of how I went to India . . . As my voice ascends, thin as the song of a lark, I see again the black eyes of the holy man, irises flecked with gold as he hands me the pen and paper. 'Oh sing to me, dreamer,' he said, and I began to write." Back home as she sorts out her deceased Mother's estate, Margaret Harris reflects on her time in India as mistress to a Maharajah. But there are many things that she has to confront in the present - her bullying lawyer, the aggressive neighbour, and the spectre of her failed relationship with her mother.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English by : Eugene Benson
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English written by Eugene Benson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 1950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Download or read book State Ward written by Alan Duff and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving, powerful novel about facing your crimes, about freedom and about redemption, from the renowned author of Once Were Warriors. 'I'm thirteen and I'm in a cell. A cell. It's got real bars, up there protecting that high window. I can jump up and touch them. I'm in a cell. That door is for real; it's made of solid steel, and it's got a peephole. So they can spy on me. But I ain't gonna bust. I damn well ain't.' Charlie Wilson, the 'state house boy' from Two Lakes, is sent to Riverton Boys' Home as a state ward 'until such time as you are seen fit to return to society'. The door in the cellblock isn't the only thing that Charlie finds is for real. There's also the name 'George' scrawled on the walls, and by it the word 'kehua' or ghost . . .
Download or read book Spiritcarvers written by Antonella Sarti and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a land caught between the sea and cloud, where the natural landscape still refuses civilization, there are those; the composers of words, tellers of tales, that help shape the minds of the people that live on its shores. They are spiritcarvers. New Zealand writing today is engaging in an intent struggle to subvert multiple shapes into voices. These interviews, as a record of biographical orature, are shaped into presenting the figure of the storyteller through memory and language; explorations of how we imagine and create ourselves with and into words. Here we encounter the dichotomy of fiction and non-fiction, myth and consensual reality, imagination and truth: do we live within our own selected fictions? Identity is shaped by the authors' sense of displacement as well as of belonging - meeting otherness with dispossession, discovering connection through isolation. Among the focal points of the interviews are the role of women's writing, Maori writing, interrelations among different cultures, and the influence of literary and oral tradition within New Zealand.
Book Synopsis All Blacks Don't Cry by : John Kirwan
Download or read book All Blacks Don't Cry written by John Kirwan and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘I’ve been to hell and I’m back. If you’re in that same place, then I understand what you’re going through . . . Hang on to hope.’ All Blacks Don’t Cry is the remarkable story of hope and healing from well-known mental health campaigner and legendary All Black, Sir John Kirwan. While ‘JK’ is now famous for sharing his experiences with depression, there was a time when he suffered alone. One of the most devastating wingers New Zealand, and world, rugby had ever seen, he was a prominent and revered figure at the dawn of the professional age, who seemed to live a charmed life. But nobody knew that, behind closed doors, JK was living a life of torment. Afflicted with depression for many years – including those as a high-profile sportsman – Kirwan was able to survive by reaching out, seeking help from those closest to him. The publication of All Blacks Don’t Cry was an emphatic reminder that anyone can be afflicted with mental illness, becoming an instant bestseller. In this new edition, JK returns to the powerful story that has helped countless readers and families learn to speak up and reach out. With new messages of inspiration, personal experiences, practical advice and updated resources for a post-Covid world, it continues to be an urgent and essential guide for those battling depression and anxiety today. ‘May be the most useful book ever written by a New Zealand rugby player.’ — Philip Matthews, Weekend Press ‘An inspirational read . . . I would recommend it for GP and patient alike.’ — NZ Doctor
Download or read book Big Ninny's Home written by and published by Antoine A Raphael. This book was released on with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Casey Templeton Mysteries 2-Book Bundle by : Gwen Molnar
Download or read book Casey Templeton Mysteries 2-Book Bundle written by Gwen Molnar and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hate Cell, thirteen-year-old Casey Templeton has recently moved to the southeastern Alberta town of Richford. One night Casey seeks refuge from a snowstorm in an abandoned farmhouse and stumbles upon his nearly frozen, unconscious science teacher, Mr. Deverell. Casey attempts to revive his teacher and searches the house for something to make a fire. In the attic he makes a frightening discovery — an office filled with computers, a printer, and racist posters and flyers! Soon the RCMP and Casey’s hacker brother, Hank, get involved in the mystery, but it’s Casey who leads the investigation into a warped world where hate is marketed on the Internet and innocent people are preyed on by bigots and bullies. In Old Bones, while helping with a real dinosaur dig at the world-famous Royal Tyrrell Museum, Casey finds a piece of dinosaur tooth. Excited, he spends all afternoon looking for the rest of the tooth, but all he ends up getting is a nasty sunburn. Lying in his hotel room that night, trying to recover, he sees and hears two men in a nearby room planning a robbery of precious artifacts from the Tyrrell. As the summer comes to an end, Casey and his friend Mandy decide to relax and take a bicycle jaunt north of Drumheller. But on the road they accidentally meet up with the conspirators and soon find themselves in a grim situation. Casey has to use all his ingenuity and skills to escape so he can try to help thwart the planned heist. Can he do it? Includes Hate Cell Old Bones
Download or read book Hate Cell written by Gwen Molnar and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2009-01-11 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Casey Templeton has recently moved with his family to the southeastern Alberta town of Richford. One night Casey seeks refuge from a snowstorm in an abandoned farmhouse and stumbles upon his nearly frozen, unconscious science teacher, Mr. Deverell. Casey attempts to revive his teacher and searches the house for something to make a fire with. In the attic he makes a frightening discovery – a sophisticated office filled with computers, a printer, and racist posters and flyers! Richford is harbouring a vicious cell of white racists who are targeting everyone they deem "alien." Somehow Mr. Deverell is connected to the dangerous organization, and so, too, are other residents, young and old, in Casey’s new town. Soon the RCMP and Casey’s hacker brother, Hank, get involved in the mystery, but it’s Casey who leads the investigation into a warped world where hate is marketed on the Internet and innocent people are preyed on by bigots and bullies blinkered by their own prejudices.
Download or read book The Veiling written by Julie Embleton and published by Julie Embleton. This book was released on 2018-12-08 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you can’t trust yourself, how can you trust another? Elaria’s sanity has fractured. Haunted by strange dreams stirring a nameless longing, confusion and frustration mount. She can’t explain why her brother and his friend shadow her every move, or why she’s suddenly failing classes, but lately, no-one deserves her trust. A realm away, Lorcan’s demon army wreaks havoc in Lynan. Trapped within the castle, Rhyan and Solomon battle for their lives. With Elaria’s plight unknown, Solomon fears the worst for the prophecy’s outcome. The veiling may hide evil’s prey, but magick can’t constrain such immense power. As sanity and kingdom teeter, the darkest secret yet is exposed, and with it, the greatest challenge Elaria will ever face. The Veiling continues the Coveted Power series, an epic coming-of-age fantasy, where sorcery, treachery, and love straddle medieval and contemporary worlds. The Veiling contains: A Dark Lord The Chosen One Enemies to Lovers Sword and Sorcery A Cliffhanger Ending Medieval and Contemporary Realms
Book Synopsis Jumbo Jokes And Riddles Book by : Beth L Blair
Download or read book Jumbo Jokes And Riddles Book written by Beth L Blair and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-10-19 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Book Synopsis The Everything Kids' Gross Jokes Book by : Aileen Weintraub
Download or read book The Everything Kids' Gross Jokes Book written by Aileen Weintraub and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guaranteed to make you gag! If you're up for some side-splitting and stomach-churning laughs, grab The Everything KIDS' Gross Jokes Book as fast as you can! It's packed with hundreds of one-liners and knock-knocks to make you turn green! Make your way through sick sections such as: The Gross-Store There's Grime in My Slime! Everybody Oozes Who Among Us Is a Fungus? Dead Fly Pie Chock full of puzzles, games, and activities, The Everything KIDS' Gross Jokes Book scores a perfect 10 on the Gross-o-meter! Knock Knock Who's there Consumption Consumption who? Consumption be done about the foul odor in here? Why did the bacteria cross the playground? To get to the other slide. Why was the cross-eyed teacher so upset? He couldn't control his pupils.
Book Synopsis The Ultimate Everything Kids' Gross Out Book by : Beth L Blair
Download or read book The Ultimate Everything Kids' Gross Out Book written by Beth L Blair and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From our bestselling Everything® Kids’ series comes The Ultimate Everything® Kids’ Books. Featuring hundreds of puzzles, jokes, recipes, and activities, these books are sure to provide days of fun for any kid with some time—and a pencil!The Ultimate Everything® Kids’ Gross Out Book will make kids want to scrunch up their faces and yell, “Ew!” Many of the terrible topics are surprisingly historical, comical, and even useful. Kids love anything that oozes, squirms, or is otherwise gross—and this book has it all.
Book Synopsis Uncle John's The Haunted Outhouse Bathroom Reader For Kids Only! by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's The Haunted Outhouse Bathroom Reader For Kids Only! written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horror, history, science, mystery . . . and eerily twisted tales. Follow Uncle John into a world so frighteningly funny it could only come from the Bathroom Readers Institute. What do you get when you cross a classic scary story such as “The Tell-tale Heart” with Uncle John’s trademark sense of humor? You get “The Tell-tale Fart” (Pee-uw!). And that’s just one of many twisted classic and original tales of humor and horror you’ll find inside The Haunted Outhouse. You’ll also find a spine-tingling collection of facts about topics such as real-life mad scientists, history’s terrible tyrants, and the world’s deadliest weather. Uncle John’s scare-fest is packed with page after page of crafts, recipes, poems, jokes, tongue twisters, and experiments straight from Dr. Johnenstein’s Laboratory. Graphic novel-style tales add plenty of illustrated pages to the mix. This haunted book of horrors could only come from the Bathroom Readers Institute, and it’s “For Kids Only.” ENTER IF YOU DARE! You’ll find terrifying tales, including… - Revenge of the Meatloaf - The Legend of Peepee Hollow - The Creature from the Black Lagoon and the No Good, Very Bad Day - The Haunted Outhouse Frightening facts about… - The Curse of Amen-Ra - The Attack of the Cow Lady - Decay-causing Tooth Worms - The FBI’s Body Farm Horrifying things to do like… - Make a Bouncing Eyeball - Prank Your Friends with Caramel Onions - Craft a Barbie Zombie Hat - Serve Bloody Band-Aid Treats (Gag!)
Download or read book Laurel written by Diane Schwemm and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laurel takes her sisters—Rose, Daisy, and Lily—for granted, and she thinks nothing can go wrong. But when tragedy strikes, it feels like her family is falling apart, and she needs somewhere to turn. Luckily, there’s Jack...
