Michael King

New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce a full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. emerges is an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonizing New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a fatal impact, coped heroically with colonization and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. colony transformed itself into an independent nation, open to and competing with technological and cultural influences sweeping the globe.

The Penguin History of New Zealand

A Photographic and Social History

Maori

"The sensational bombing of the Rainbow Warroor in July 1985 led to the biggest police investigation in New Zealand and the jailing of two French agents [Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur]. ... This book contians new information about the French age nts who were caught and the ones who got away. It tells ... the story of the 'third team' - the men who actually sabotaged the Rainbow Warrior. This is, at last, the full account of the New Zealand end of the Rainbow Warrior affair. ..."--Back cover.

Death of the Rainbow Warrior

The entire purpose of being a Corner Boy was rooted in the concept of the ultra-masculine male The highest honor a Corner Boy could aspire was becoming a martyr for the gang The second highest honor was to carry a wound from battle that could be observed without the removal of ones attireThe third highest honor was going to jail and doing time In my young mind, Corner Boys came to represent the highest level of manhood and the epitome of moral virtue. says the author. But what was the truth? Of Stiletto and Soul: The Memoirs of Gangster Mike The Last West Philadelphia Corner Boyis a comprehensive and smooth recollection of the authors childhood experiences, family, youthful exploits, and his life with Philadelphias legendary Corner Boys. Honest, hopeful, challenging and absolutely inspiring, this book is about a unique life spent in a tough setting. In this book, King recollects his memories and deals with the most serious realitieslife, family, relationships, and the exigent world of his youth. This memoir is inspired by several factors, all of them pertinent to todays climate where some of the experiences of the author could serve as helpmates to those who may find themselves in similar situations. Here, he shares how both positive and negative influences in his life helped him developed a social consciousness. The book also relates certain historical events and personalities and packed with personal commentaries, insights, and psychosocial outlooks that readers may find relevant and favorable.

The Memoirs of Gangster Mike the Last West Philadelphia Corner Boy

Of Stiletto and Soul

Rachel Andrew

Tim Kadlec

Jens Oliver Meiert

Chris Lilley

 Lea Verou

Catalin Rosu

Ian Devlin

Simon Hearne

Aleyda Solis

Jamie Indigo

Olu Niyi-Awosusi

Alex Tait

Karolina Szczur

Yana Dimova

Tom Van Goethem

Nurullah Demir

Barry Pollard

Shubhie Panicker

Michael DiBlasio

Christian Liebel

Hemanth HM

Alex Denning

Ahmad Awais

Henri Helvetica

Moritz Firsching

Luca Versari

Sami Boukortt

Jyrki Alakuijala

Rory Hewitt

Raghu Ramakrishnan

Leonardo Zizzamia

Andrew Galloni

Robin Marx

Mike Bishop

Eric Portis

Raph Levien

Tamas Piros

Ben Seymour

Rockey Nebhwani

Jason Haralson

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Piet Oudolf

Includes a selected plant catalogue of annual grasses; perennial grasses, rushes and sedges; and bamboos.

Gardening with Grasses

First published in 1985, Michael King's Being Pakeha became a gentle Kiwi classic, a strong reply both to Maori who were asserting their own identity and also to Pakeha who mumbled that they didn t have a strong culture and identity of their own. Being Pakeha Now is an updated edition that reflects on these issues and how they have changed and evolved over the last fifteen years. The theme of Being Pakeha is that white New Zealanders do indeed belong to a strong culture, which is called 'Pakeha' and which is different, strong and definable and worth celebrating. In this revised edition King rewrites the Introduction and updates many of the chapters. In addition, he offers two new chapters, one on his experiences with Moriori and the Chathams and the other on his involvement in the NZ literary community.

Being Pakeha Now

The biography of one of New Zealand's foremost novelists and poets. Based on several years of contact between Frame and King, who has also written a biography of Frank Sargeson. At Frame's request, this is not a literary-criticism biography, but rather an exploration of her life. Her journey beyond her psychiatric mis-diagnosis, and her achievement of fame for her insightful use of language and insight into the nature of human beings have become a central story in New Zealand culture, not only through her novels but also through her autobiography and the film made of it. Incorporates photographs, extensive endnotes, bibliography, and index.

A Life of Janet Frame

Wrestling with the Angel

J. M. Winterbottom

Intended primarily for undergraduate chemical-engineering students, this book also includes material which bridges the gap between undergraduate and graduate requirements. The introduction contains a listing of the principal types of reactors employed in the chemical industry, with diagrams and examples of their use. There is then a brief exploration of the concepts employed in later sections for modelling and sizing reactors, followed by basic information on stoichiometry and thermodynamics, and the kinetics of homogeneous and catalyzed reactions. Subsequent chapters are devoted to reactor sizing and modelling in some simple situations, and more detailed coverage of the design and operation of the principal reactor types.

Reactor Design for Chemical Engineers

This book chronicles the life of Jane McKetchnie Walton and her harrowing journey from her native home in Scotland, across the Atlantic and across the American plains as a barefooted pioneer. Jane and her husband become part of the Hole in the Rock expedition (a small group of pioneers who carved a road in a 2,000 foot cliff above the Colorado River) and settled the Four-Corners area of the western United States. She dealt with hostile terrain and angry native Americans only to be murdered during a town celebration. Now, 130 years later, her great-great grandson solves this intriguing cold-case.

The True Story of Pioneer Jane Mcketchnie Walton's Incredible Journey and Untimely Death

She Knew No Fear

Chronicles the life and writing career of New Zealand author Janet Frame, who overcame a childhood filled with adversity and her own mental illness to become one of the great writers of her time.

Janet Frame, born in 1924, is New Zealand's most celebrated and least public author. Her early life in small South Island towns seemed, at times, engulfed in a tide of doom: one brother still-born, another epileptic; two sisters dead of heart failure while swimming; Frame herself committed to mental hospitals for the best part of a decade. Later, her surviving sister was temporarily felled in adulthood by a stroke, an uncle cut his throat and a cousin shot his lover, his lover's parents and then himself. . This, then, is an inspiring biography of a woman who climbed out of an abyss of unhappiness to take control of her life and become one of the great writers of her time. And to enable her biographer to write this book scrupulously and honestly, Janet Frame spoke for the first time about her whole life. She also made available her personal papers and directed her family and friends to be equally communicative. The result is a biography of astonishing intimacy and frankness.

Wrestling With the Angel

Meir Kahane

Joseph Churba

The Jewish Stake in Vietnam

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A Thousand Sleepless Nights

A Historical Drama about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

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'A book to be treasured for the access it gives us to a little-known corner of the New Zealand experience.' Tipene O'Regan, Evening Post This award-winning, trail-blazing book by Michael King restored the Moriori of the Chatham Islands to their rightful place in New Zealand, Pacific and world history. This revised edition contains material that has come to light since first publication. 'King has set the record straight in a richly readable and often moving account of a long ignored sideshow to the history of our country.' Gordon McLauchlan, National Business Review 'It is authoritative but it is also popular history in the best sense, and that is precisely what is needed to clear away the brambles of racial prejudice and historical error which have all but overwhelmed the subject in the past.' Atholl Anderson, Otago Daily Times 'This book decisively strips away all the muddle . . . a clear, thoroughly readable and honest history of the Moriori.' Judith Binney, Sunday Star 'A timely book which must be read so that we will all know more about ourselves and about us as a nation.' Hirini Moko Mead, Dominion

A People Rediscovered

Moriori

In Maori, renowned historian Michael King (1945-2004) presents a comprehensive and searching documentary of Maori culture and society. From the earliest daguerreotype around 1852 to the strong protest images of the 1990s, King records and analyses changes and upheaval in commentary that is always intelligent and objective. This book leaves the reader with not only a better understanding of the past but a challenge for the future.

Māori

Robin Morrison

The Chatham Islands of New Zealand

A Land Apart

David Filer

The late Michael King's acclaimed Penguin History of New Zealand is the local publishing phenomenon of the early twentieth century. Total sales in paperback and hardback have recently reached a staggering 220,000. King's text has been hailed for its accessibility and for being positive and constructive in a time of uncertainty. This is an illustrated hardback edition in full colour in the same format as Gerard Hutchings' Natural World of New Zealand. To Michael King's wonderful text has been added nearly 300 illustrations researched by David Filer: photographs, early paintings, engravings, maps and ephemera. David Filer is also writing the captions to the illustrations under our direction. Note that there are only 300 illustrations, carefully selected. This new edition is not an 'illustrated history of New Zealand' as such. It is very much Michael King's Penguin History plus some illustrations.

The Penguin History of New Zealand Illustrated

The late Michael King was one of New Zealand's most respected and popular historians. The author of the bestselling The Penguin History of New Zealand and many other significant works, he was a writer of remarkable skill, sensitivity and importance. The Silence Beyond is a wide-ranging and often personal collection of King's writings ? many in print for the first time or no longer available ? including essays, talks and eulogies for friends. Introduced by his daughter, Rachael King, The Silence Beyond is a timely and fitting tribute to one of New Zealand's greatest modern thinkers.

The Silence Beyond

Michael King

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