Monday's Warriors

Monday's Warriors
Author: Maurice Shadbolt
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1992
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780879239152

Based on fact, this tells of Kimball Bent, a Yankee who blundered into the British army in the mid-19th century, and was sent to fight in New Zealand. He deserted across battle lines to the Maori side in possibly the most ferocious colonial war ever fought.

The Star Wars Trilogy

The Star Wars Trilogy
Author: George Lucas
Publisher: Random House Worlds
Total Pages: 690
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101885378

A special anniversary collector’s edition featuring the novels of all three classic films—Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Forty years after the phenomenon was born, Star Wars remains one of the greatest science fantasy sagas ever told. Read these stories and rediscover the wonder of the epic that begins: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. . . . Star Wars Trilogy is a must-read for anyone who wants to relive the excitement, the magic, and the sheer entertainment of this legendary saga—now and forever.

Season of the Jew

Season of the Jew
Author: Maurice Shadbolt
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1990
Genre: Māori (New Zealand people)
ISBN: 9780879237530

A New Zealand Maori leads his people leads his people in a revolt against the colonial power.

The House of Strife

The House of Strife
Author: Maurice Shadbolt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1993
Genre: Maori (New Zealand people)
ISBN: 9780747516163

This is the third book in Shadbolt's "Maori Trilogy", and is set in the 1840s when New Zealand was annexed by Queen Victoria. It combines historical detective work with humour and a host of eccentric characters. The two other books in the trilogy are "Season of the Jew" and "Monday's Warriors".

Encyclopedia of the Novel

Encyclopedia of the Novel
Author: Paul Schellinger
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 2557
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1135918333

The Encyclopedia of the Novel is the first reference book that focuses on the development of the novel throughout the world. Entries on individual writers assess the place of that writer within the development of the novel form, explaining why and in exactly what ways that writer is importnant. Similarly, an entry on an individual novel discusses the importance of that novel not only form, analyzing the particular innovations that novel has introduced and the ways in which it has influenced the subsequent course of the genre. A wide range of topic entries explore the history, criticism, theory, production, dissemination and reception of the novel. A very important component of the Encyclopedia of the Novel is its long surveys of development of the novel in various regions of the world.

Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War

Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War
Author: Gavin McLean
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2009-08-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1742288766

The New Zealand Wars of the 1840s and 1860s, other nineteenth-century military encounters, the South African War, the First and Second World Wars, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, the Gulf War, modern-day peacekeeping . . . The Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War contains the best, widest range of published and non-published written material on our people in warfare. This is a soldier's book - thus letters, diaries, journalists' reports, memoirs. The focus is on actual experience and on human responses to war. A vast array of personal experiences is covered, including POWs, the home front, medical/nursing efforts, as well as coverage of conscientious objectors.

Tamar

Tamar
Author: Deborah Challinor
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2012-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 174309728X

A dramatic saga of love, scandal and survival. When Tamar Deane is orphaned at 17 in a small Cornish village, she seizes her one chance for a new life and emigrates to New Zealand. Alone and frightened on the Plymouth quay she is befriended by an extraordinary woman. Myrna Mactaggart is also travelling to Auckland, with plans to establish the finest brothel in the Southern Hemisphere. Myrna's friendship is unconventional to say the least, but proves invaluable when tamar makes some disastrous choices in the new colony. Tamar is the first in a sweeping family saga covering several generations and encompassing the Boer War and the First and Second World Wars. Deborah Challinor successfully brings colonial New Zealand's complex social and racial interactions alive through a tight and exciting plot with compelling characters and a strong, dramatic story which will delight fans of this genre.

The City Trilogy

The City Trilogy
Author: Shi Kuo Chang
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0231128525

Forced into the war to save their remaining territory, the indigenous peoples join the Huhui in their continuing struggle against the Shan.".

The Luminaries

The Luminaries
Author: Eleanor Catton
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 860
Release: 2013-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316126950

The winner of the Man Booker Prize, this "expertly written, perfectly constructed" bestseller (The Guardian) is now a Starz miniseries. It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to stake his claim in New Zealand's booming gold rush. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: a wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried to end her life, and an enormous cache of gold has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely ornate as the night sky. Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bust, The Luminaries is at once a fiendishly clever ghost story, a gripping page-turner, and a thrilling novelistic achievement. It richly confirms that Eleanor Catton is one of the brightest stars in the international literary firmament.