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The History of a Riot (BWB Texts) by Jared Davidson
$14.99 NZD
Category: Political/World | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
'What follows is a microhistory of collective revolt.' In 1843, the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson was rocked by the revolt of its emigrant labourers. Over 70 gang-men and their wives collectively resisted their poor working conditions through petitions, strikes and, ultimately, violence. Yet ...Show more
The Platform - The radical legacy of the Polynesian Panthers (BWB Texts) by Melani Anae
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Category: Political/World | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
In a book that is both deeply personal and highly political, Melani Anae recalls the radical activism of Auckland's Polynesian Panthers - the movement modelled on the US Black Panther Party 'but without guns'. The Polynesian Panthers was founded in response to the racist treatment of Pacific Islanders i ...Show more
The Stolen Island : Searching for 'Ata (BWB Texts) by Scott Hamilton
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Category: History | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
One day in 1863 a strange ship stopped at 'Ata, a tiny island in the wild seas between Tonga and New Zealand, and sailed away with one hundred and forty-four men, women, and children. The 'Atans were never heard from again, and in Tonga their fate became the subject of legends and superstitions. Uncover ...Show more
Three Cities - Seeking Hope in the Anthropocene by Rod Oram
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Category: No Category | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
Orthodox is obsolete; conventional is kaput. We thought we knew how we make economics, politics, technology and nature work for us. But increasingly, they are failing to run by the rules and systems we've honed over recent decades. Boom-bust economies, fractured and destructive politics and a deeply deg ...Show more
Time of Useful Consciousness : Acting Urgently on Climate Change (BWB Texts) by Ralph Chapman
$14.99 NZD
Category: Political/World | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
'The bottom line question is: what actions in this time period are truly vital, and will we take them?' Our climate is changing, in ways that will have long-term impacts for us and for our children. Yet still we fail to take meaningful action. Why? And when will it be too late? Ralph Chapman argues ...Show more
Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook (BWB Texts) by Alice Te Punga Somerville
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
"Alice Te Punga Somerville employs her deep research and dark humour to skilfully channel her response to Cook's global colonial legacy"--Back cover.