Phone Home Berlin - Collected Non-fiction by Nigel Cox
$10.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand History & Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Nigel Cox (1951-2006) was one of New Zealand's major writers. His six novels opened up a space in New Zealand literature that hadn't existed before, a space in which a recognisable New Zealand reality is illuminated by a mythic dimension drawn from twentieth-century popular culture. The essays and other ...Show more
Common Ground by Janice Marriott
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Category: New Zealand History & Non-Fiction
Janice Marriott and Virginia Pawsey, who went to Gisborne Girls’ High together, met again after thirty years at a school reunion. They rekindled their friendship and began writing, discovering in the process a shared passion for gardening – despite their having created two very different gardens. Janice ...Show more
The Villa at the Edge of the Empire by Fiona Farrell
$12.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand History & Non-Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
A provocative and insightful exploration of rebuilding our homes, communities and cities after their devastation. Where are we? How did we get here? Where do we go now? From nineteenth-century attempts to create Utopias to America's rustbelt, from Darwin's study of worms to China's phantom cities, this ...Show more