Songs and Stories of Tokelau

Allan Thomas, Ineleo Tuia, Judith Huntsman (eds)
A rich selection of the old and the new, drawing on recordings made over a period of 20 years, with English translations alongside the Tokelau originals and illustrations ranging from historical photographs to contemporary drawings. An evocative and accessible book. $14.95

Biographical Dictionary of New Zealand Composers
John Mansfield Thomson
A pioneering work. Introductions to over 100 NZ composers, with select lists of works, writings and bibliographies. Substantial accounts of major composers—Douglas Lilburn, Lyell Cresswell, Jenny McLeod & others—make this more than a standard work of reference. $24.95

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PEOPLE & PLACES

Amsterdam Affair
Margaret Austin
This strongly autobiographical voyage of self-discovery is a love story which charts the growth of a woman's obsession with both a man and Amsterdam's underworld.
Sceptre paperback $15.95

Homeplaces
Three Coasts of the South Island of New Zealand
Keri Hulme and Robin Morrison
From highly acclaimed photographer Robin Morrison and Booker Prize winner Keri Hulme, a stunning partnership of words and pictures that pays tribute to Keri Hulme's 'homeplaces', three favoured places of the heart in which the writer lives and works, Okarito, Moeraki and Stewart Island.
Hardback $49.95

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NEW ZEALAND'S FINEST

Strangers and Journeys
Maurice Shadbolt
Now reprinted, this vivid tale of a journey through the 20th century by two fathers and their sons marks the return of a New Zealand classic. Winner of the 1973 Wattie Book of the Year Award
Sceptrepaperback $19.95

A Message from Harpo
Marilyn Duckworth
1986... Halley's comet arcs over New Zealand skies, the Homosexual Law Reform Bill is picking a rocky passage through Parliament. As both comet and bill gather momentum, private and political meet in an obliquely loaded confrontation which has far-reaching consequences.
Sceptre paperback $19.95

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