The Prince of Soul and The Lighthouse is a comic sci-fi novel set in New Zealand. It follows the adventures of a high school student who discovers that he may be responsible for the end of the world, and is the only person who can prevent it. More i…
Elena föds 1932 i en grekisk by med nio kyrkor. Theodor Kallifatides nya roman följer henne från uppväxten tills idag, då hon bor i Stockholm och målar ikoner. Det är ett dramatiskt liv. Hon tvingas uppleva den nådelösa tyska ockupationen 1941 och d…
THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES and EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018Whiteshift tells the most important political story of the 21st century: how demographic change is transforming Western politics and how to think about the future of…
Tänk dig att din man hade skrivit ett brev till dig, ett brev som bara får öppnas efter hans död. Föreställ dig också att brevet innehåller hans djupaste, mörkaste hemlighet. En hemlighet som kan förstöra inte bara det liv och den familj ni har bygg…
An unbeatable, pocket-sized guide to Sydney, packed with insider tips and ideas, colour maps, top 10 lists, and a laminated pull-out map - all designed to help you see the very best of Sydney.Take a boat trip around Sydney Harbour and marvel at the…
NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS . . . Aged just five, Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train station for his brother who never returned. Discover…
Welcome to New Zealand, the land of the long white cloudWhether you're seeking your next adrenaline-fix, the best place to taste traditional Maori cuisine, or the perfect geothermal pool to unwind in, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you e…
People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world - North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain; in many cases they were a matter o…
This thoroughly revised edition of The Oxford Companion to Australian History (first published in 1998) includes several new entries, such as the Olympic Games and Reconciliation. Many of the existing entries on people, institutions, and society hav…
(Music Sales America). This updated edition of the bestselling book features 87 songs arranged in full, accurate guitar tablature with complete lyrics and chord symbols for each song. All the hits are here: Back in Black * Big Balls * Dirty Deeds Do…
"Thirteen tonne theory" är mer än bara en simpel rockbiografi . Den är fylld med ögonblicksbilder och historier från deras år tillsammans ? goda tider, svåra tider. Mark Seymour skriver om en märklig presskonferens i Hultsfred, om hur konstigt det ä…
Aotearoa: maoriernas namn för Nya Zeeland. Det långa vita molnets land. East Cape: Nya Zeelands östra kusthörn. Dessa skogar, branter och samhällen är även kända som Urewera, en plats med egna lagar, oskrivna regler och överlevnadsvillkor. Vad som p…
Taste your way to whisky wisdom.The best way to find out about whisky is by drinking it. Perfect for the whisky curious, this truly hands-on handbook helps you to discover your own personal whisky style, opening up a world of new whiskies to enjoy.…
Fru Moonwinds hus döljer en hemlighet som är flera hundra år gammal. Kimberlie och Andy bestämmer sig för att lösa husets gåta, men det går inte riktigt som de har tänkt sig. Det kommer mystiska främlingar till staden Dunedin. De verkar finnas övera…
John McDouall Stuart (1815-66) was a surveyor and a pioneering explorer of Australia. Born in Scotland, he emigrated in 1839 to Australia where he worked in surveying and made many expeditions into the outback. The treks he undertook from 1858 to 18…
The Oxford Studies in Postcolonial Literatures series offers stimulating and accessible introductions to definitive topics and key genres and regions within the rapidly diversifying field of postcolonial literary studies in English.The first book of…
The goal of Public Relations and Strategic Communication is to bring public relations and communication theories to life. Public relations is a hugely diverse profession in terms of its functions, publics and stakeholders. However, it is the multi-f…
När Tim Ellison hittar ett billigt hyresrum i ett vackert gammalt hus i Sydney ser det ut som en lyckträff, nära till jobbet på baren och till surfstranden. Men i själva verket får han rummet på underliga villkor och husets ägare, den unga, mystiska…
In this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia. He examines the main features of its history, geography, and culture since the beginning of the white settlement in New South Wales…
First published in 1882, Edward Shortland's study is an important account of Maori mythology, religion and concepts of authority. Shortland (1812-93), an English-born physician and ethnographer, first arrived in New Zealand in 1841 to work for the n…
Stora världen är förlagd till åren mellan 1920 och 1988 och ger en inblick i över sjuttio år av Australiens historia. Det är en brett upplagd, allvarlig och varm, berättelse om två unga män som lär känna varandra när de under andra världskriget hamn…
Originally published in 1954, as a second edition of a 1947 original, this book explores in depth the rapid research and development of radar technology throughout the Second World War. Notably, the subject matter of radar falls into two distinct ca…
This is a story lost to history for over two hundred years; a dirty secret of failure, fatal misjudgement and desperate measures which the British Empire chose to forget almost as soon as it was over.In the wake of its most crushing defeat, the Amer…
Here is the definitive listing of Australia's communities: the country's thousands of suburbs, towns and Local Government Areas. The dictionary also covers Australia's External Territories, significant geographical features, places of historical int…
In today's diverse society, health professionals require a complete understanding of how physiological, social and psychological factors impact physical wellbeing. Health Psychology in Australia provides a contemporary, relevant perspective on the u…
The book analyses how policies to prevent diseases are related to policies aiming to cure illnesses. It does this by conducting a comparative historical analysis of Australia, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. It also demonstrates how the po…
Coping with the ageing of the population without major economic disruption is undoubtedly one of the major challenges facing the global economy and world financial markets both now and for the coming decades.In this context, this book assesses the m…
English-born Thomas Morland Hocken (1836-1910), doctor, historian, and bibliographer, arrived in New Zealand in 1862 after abandoning his career as a ship's surgeon. After establishing a general practice in Dunedin, Hocken began to take a keen inter…
This book was first published in 1990. In Australia, as in other Western societies, young people are facing a crisis. Structural changes in the economy have fundamentally altered the transition from child to adult. Many young people must choose betw…
Australian Constitutional Law: Foundations and Theory, 3e explains and evaluates the Australian constitutional system in relation to the classical principles of constitutional government such as the rule of law, separation of powers, representation,…
The Cambridge History of Australian Literature is the most comprehensive volume ever written on Australia's national literature. This authoritative guide spans Australian literary history from colonial origins, encompassing indigenous and migrant li…
Provides a cultural and ecological history of European impact on the Great Barrier Reef.
One of the world's natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2000 kilometres in a maze of coral reefs and islands along Australia's north-eastern coastline. Now unfolding the fascinating story behind its mystique this 2002 book pro…
The ageing of the population is a demographic phenomenon, a social problem and a policy issue. The increase in the numbers of aged and in the costs of supporting and caring for them have also brought increases in family care, in deinstitutionalisati…
The most effective way to deal with prostitution has always been hotly debated by governments and women’s movements alike. Feminists want it abolished or regulated as sex work; governments have to safeguard public health and order. This book s…
The most effective way to deal with prostitution has always been hotly debated by governments and women's movements alike. Feminists want it abolished or regulated as sex work; governments have to safeguard public health and order. This book, first…
Arising from a conference held at the University of Calgary in honor of Mildred Schwartz, this volume brings together current scholarship on regionalism and parties in order to make sense of Canada's transition of the party system.
This extraordinary book, published in 2000, explores the feelings of non-Aboriginal Australians as they articulate their sense of belonging to the land. Always acting as a counterpoint is the prior occupation and ownership by Aboriginal people and t…
This extraordinary book explores the feelings of non-Aboriginal Australians as they articulate their sense of belonging to the land. Always acting as a counterpoint is the prior occupation and ownership by Aboriginal people and their spiritual attac…
Up until the global credit crisis in 2008, 'Financial Services' was the fastest growing sector of the Australian economy. This growth has had profound implications for individuals, corporations and government. Following extensive review in the last…
This book reclaims Cultural Liberalism as an important part of Australian intellectual heritage. Arguing that the tradition is central to the Australian experience of modernity, Gregory Melleuish traces the impact of cultural liberalism from its eme…
This collection of essays, first published in 2000, was the first systematic attempt to explain the social, administrative, technical and cultural history of 'European' housing in Australia. Written by a collaborative team of scholars from a wide ra…
This collection of essays is the first systematic attempt to explain the social, administrative, technical and cultural history of ‘European’ housing in Australia. Written by a collaborative team of scholars from a wide range of discipli…
This book is a pioneering study of the modern Australian novel: defining the genre; tracing its development; explaining some of its principal features; discussing the characteristics of adolescent novels written in the past three decades; and explor…
This book is the first comprehensive history of single motherhood in Australia. Shurlee Swain and Renate Howe tell the powerful, if painful and often moving, story of these women and their children and the lives they constructed. Starting in the 185…
Over the last two decades, Australia and Indonesia have built a remarkable partnership in the fight against terrorism and other transnational crimes. Common Enemies: Crime, Policy, and Politics in Australia-Indonesia Relations is the first in-depth…
Artful Histories is an account of modern Australian autobiography that radically revises theories of autobiography and discusses a remarkably broad range of popular and literary texts written over a period of three decades. In his challenge to post-…
Treaties and Indigenous Peoples is an edited version of Professor Ian Brownlie's 1990 Robb Lectures, delivered at the University of Auckland in the sesquicentennial year of the establishment of New Zealand as a British colony.Whereas most sesquicent…
In May 1787 a fleet of ships carrying convicts left England bound for Botany Bay, New South Wales, where they were to establish a settlement. One of the crew on board the Charlotte was Watkin Tench (c.1758-1833), who wrote about the voyage of what w…
Behind the iconic images of Australian homesteads, beach houses and the billowing sails of the Sydney Opera House lies a rich and enthralling history of how Australians have responded to natural and urban environments, and in turn shaped Australian…
Throughout the nineteenth century, Britain remained hungry for minerals to fuel her industrial and economic growth. Archibald Liversidge (1846-1927) found his knowledge and research to be in high demand. He had studied at the Royal College of Chemis…
Long recognised as a site where criminal elements have flourished, the waterfront has been exploited for centuries by opportunistic individuals for a whole raft of illicit purposes. Policing the Waterfront: Networks, Partnerships, and the Governance…
This innovative book marks a new way of looking at convict women. It tells their stories in a powerful and evocative way, drawing out broader themes of gender and sexual disorder and race and class dynamics in a colonial context. It considers the co…
Laws prohibiting unilateral anticompetitive conduct have been the subject of vigorous international debate for decades, as policymakers, antitrust scholars and agencies continue to disagree over how best to regulate the market conduct of a single fi…
