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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Linda Niccol's second book of short stories The Temperature of Water is a wonderfully varied collection of tales which will take you under the surface of the oft times frantic lives of those seeking solace, understanding, redemption and love. Named after the novella, The Temperature of Water, this collection extends her range and depth into the obsessive worlds of scientific invention, the challenges for those coping with an MS sufferer and a Down syndrome girl, and the brittle worlds of casually formed relationships some want more out of, no matter the cost. From the opening sentences these stories bristle with tensions and often a sense of impending doom lurking beneath the recognisable Kiwi domestic conventions. Signed. 164 pages. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Foxed and tanned. 200 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Linda Niccol's second book of short stories The Temperature of Water is a wonderfully varied collection of tales which will take you under the surface of the oft times frantic lives of those seeking solace, understanding, redemption and love. Named after the novella, The Temperature of Water, this collection extends her range and depth into the obsessive worlds of scientific invention, the challenges for those coping with an MS sufferer and a Down syndrome girl, and the brittle worlds of casually formed relationships some want more out of, no matter the cost. From the opening sentences these stories bristle with tensions and often a sense of impending doom lurking beneath the recognisable Kiwi domestic conventions. 164 pages.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. DJ. DJ worn, spine peeling, book tanned otherwise good. 264 pages.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Like new and appears unread but has an ownership sticker to the first page. In 1861, five months after gold was discovered at Gabriel's Gully, Henry Beresford Garrett gained notoriety when his gang robbed 15 gold miners on the trail back to Dunedin. Garrett spent the rest of his long life in New Zealand jails. He taught himself to read and write and wrote secret accounts of his convict experiences on Norfolk Island and in Australia and portraits of his fellow prisoners and historical figures such as Mary, Queen of Scots, and Judas, whom he defended as the only loyal disciple obeying Christ's command to betray Him. This recreation of Garrett's life from his brutal childhood and graduation to surviving the vicious commandant fictionalised in Marcus Clarke's 'For the Term of His Natural Life', includes Garrett's insights into the punitive Victorian penal system. He rated Dunedin jail as bad as any he had experienced. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is in very nice condition and is inscribed and signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 437 pages. Cover worn.The renaissance man of New Zealand pschology was how colleague Jules Older ch aracterized Professor Tony Taylor of Victoria University in Wellington, in the N Z Listener. The accolade reflects the astonishing range of internationally accla imed original research Professor Taylor has published in 290 academic papers on subjects as eclectic as the differences between male and female prison tattoos, Antarctic stress, wind phobia,adolescent hysteria induced by The Beatles. Tony T aylor was the first professor of clinical psychology in the British Commonwealth -not bad for a poor kid who grew up between the world wars mired without prospe cts in London's Docklands. These memoirs demonstrate how he did it from cockney kid and wartime naval service to his present eminence helping the most destructi ve and stressed people in our community cope better with their lives.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 151 pages. The companion volume to the author's A Dictionary of Kiwi Slang, 25,000 sold. Th is collection expands into catchphrases, commentaries, jokes, ditties and charac ters contributing to Kiwi English as we use it, and includes a revised an update d version of The Dinkum Kiwi Dictionary, which has been out of print in the nine ties.New slang like lomu-ed, the Otahu sidestep, Ruthanasia, shark biscuit. W hy would you stop a Presbyterian? How could Frank Bunce play piano while pouring concrete? What is the Australian haka? Who is the Screaming Skull? Where is Dor kalofa?Do you know the difference between a goneburger, a turboburger and a wallyburger? Who are Les Miserables Bastards and why don't they like kiwifrui t? All is revealed in this double-value sequel to the first slang collection.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 206 pages. Betwixt and between these soft covers read the raunchy story of how an uptigh t Kiwi lad fled home to seek fame and fortune in Dick Whittington?s London town. Instead, he learned to let his hair down and find peace, love and velvet gear a nd good reasons for going back home.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 206 pages. Betwixt and between these soft covers read the raunchy story of how an uptigh t Kiwi lad fled home to seek fame and fortune in Dick Whittington?Ç's London town. Instead, he learned to let his hair down and find peace, love and velvet g ear and good reasons for going back home.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 207 pages. cover worn, name ffep.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. DJ; Heavy; Large; Ex Library; Signed. Stamped 'CEW Union Library'.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 164 pages. Autographed Copy h will take you under the surface of the oft times frantic lives of those seekin g solace, understanding, redemption and love.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 207 pages. light shelf wear.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 164.0 pages. This is a wonderfully varied collection of tales which will take you under the s urface of the oft times frantic lives of those seeking solace, understanding, re demption and love.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 207 pages. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 204).

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 437 pages. Cover lightly worn.The renaissance man of New Zealand pschology was how colleague Jules Older ch aracterized Professor Tony Taylor of Victoria University in Wellington, in the N Z Listener. The accolade reflects the astonishing range of internationally accla imed original research Professor Taylor has published in 290 academic papers on subjects as eclectic as the differences between male and female prison tattoos, Antarctic stress, wind phobia,adolescent hysteria induced by The Beatles. Tony T aylor was the first professor of clinical psychology in the British Commonwealth -not bad for a poor kid who grew up between the world wars mired without prospe cts in London's Docklands. These memoirs demonstrate how he did it from cockney kid and wartime naval service to his present eminence helping the most destructi ve and stressed people in our community cope better with their lives.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First. HIs first novel. No publication date but c2000. Bright red hard cover with white titles on front and spine. Some bumping and rubbing of edges. Contents tight and clean. 264pp. Dust jacket has some soiling internally on spine and is bumped and creased along edges. It has a publishers sticker on the front. Nice copy.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No signatures. Bookseller's price sticker to rear wrapper. Some rubbing to ends of spine.; [vi], 194 pages. Illustrated card wrappers. Page dimensions: 205mm x 153mm. "The long, hot adolescence of a Catholic lad growing up in God-bothered, over-regulated, late-50s New Zealand, when the only excitement was the All Blacks brought to a frenetic radio life by The Screaming Skull." - from the wrapper blurb.; 8vo.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 224 pages. 'IT'S A ROLLICKING READ. IT'S GOT ALL THE GREAT ELEMENTS OF A SPY NOVEL, INCL UDING A NICE LITTLE TWIST AT THE END.' THE HONORABLE GRANT ROBERTSON.Prim e Minister Peter Fraser is back in New Zealand in 1945 before he continues to le ad the small counties pushing to remove colonialism and great power veto from th e fledgling United Nations. A plot is under way to kill him. If successful, New Zealand's influence on the international stage ends and the country could descen d into chaos, a divided country ripe for international manipulation.Detec tive Dan Delaney has returned from the war seeking a peaceful life with his refu gee bride, but his old boss Inspector Biggart needs his help tracking down shado wy would-be assassins in Wellington's black market underworld, a defensive Itali an fishing village and an upmarket yachting haven. Prodded by the Commissioner o f Police, Dan reluctantly involves his wife in a dodgy cabaret scene, as former alien internees are killed and British and Soviet spies Dan has previously clash ed with arrive to assist a suspected American undercover operation. Dan and his wife risk their lives as they race to identify the threat before a prime ministe r refusing security is struck down.'This is a hard to put down book . T he reader REALLY wants to know what happens next.' Professor Roger Boshier'The plot unfolds with twists, turns and lots of action ? What I really loved about this book is the way it presents New Zealand plonk in the middle of inter national political history.' Alyson Baker, Crime Watch.…

Paperback. Zustand: As New. 206 pages. Inscribed by Author(s). 206pp Clean, tight copy. Inscribed by author on t itle page. The final book in the comic Cavanagh family Up The Creek trilogy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Wellington, Silver Owl Press, 1991. Quarto; papered boards very slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities; five-digit private library reference number on the title page; an excellent copy with the very slightly rubbed dustwrapper.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 204 pages. tidy e xreference library -card covers plastic protectedThis collection presents the active slang, catchphrases and colloquialisms in Ki wi use in the first decade of the new century.