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Living with the Climate Crisis
‘It is there, in the background. Always. Increasingly urgent. Its ominous hum is the soundtrack to every other story we tell.’ The devastating summer of Australian bushfires underlined a terrifying sense of a world pushed to the brink. Then came Covid-19, and with it another dramatic lurch away from business as usual. Some observers are worried that the all-consuming effort to control the pandemic will distract us from the long-term challenge of limiting catastrophic climate change. At the same time, many people are hoping for a ‘green Covid-19 recovery’: a cleaner, fairer and safer world. This BWB Text brings together mātauranga Māori and Pasifika perspectives, voices from academia, activism, journalism and economics to bear witness to these troubled times.
Sustenance
sustenance is a small offering that emerged from an informal workshop and online activity held in October 2021. It serves us now as what Narungga academic and poet Natalie Harkin described as a creative "touchstone" of some of our thoughts in the form of recipes, notes, poems, images, playlists, and other forms, that emerged from our virtual gathering. We come from diverse Indigenous, Pacific and other cultures from across Oceania who now live and work in the Australian settler colony, Aotearoa/New Zealand and, occupied state of Hawai'i. The workshop allowed us to share new and old approaches - ingredients - to sustain emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing within community, family, institutional and work-from-home sites of teaching, research, administration and outreach. We hope that this little offering of "sustenance" provides a bit of inspiration for our friends, communities and colleagues facing similar struggles across the academy. We hope it also lingers in the archival chronicle as a testament to and reminder of how we just get on with things, and how we can return to and expand these recipes for care and creative survival in future iterations of our collective work.
Climate Futures
Approaching the issues of climate change and climate justice from a range of diverse perspectives including those of culture, gender, indigeneity, race, and sexuality, as well as challenging colonial histories and capitalist presents, Climate Futures boldly addresses the apparent inevitability of climate chaos. Seeking better explanations of the underlying causes and consequences of climate change, and mapping strategies toward a better future, or at a minimum, the most likely best-case world that we can get to, this book envisions planetary social movements robust enough to spark the necessary changes needed to achieve deeply sustainable and just economic, social, and political policies and practices. Bringing together insights from interdisciplinary scholars, policymakers, creatives and activists, Climate Futures argues for the need to get past us-and-them divides and acknowledge how lives of creatures far and near, human and non-human, are interconnected.
Gender, Violence and Criminal Justice in the Colonial Pacific
Centering on cases of sexual violence, this book illuminates the contested introduction of British and French colonial criminal justice in the Pacific Islands during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on Fiji, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu/New Hebrides. It foregrounds the experiences of Indigenous Islanders and indentured laborers in the colonial court system, a space in which marginalized voices entered the historical record. Rape and sexual assault trials reveal how hierarchies of race, gender and status all shaped the practice of colonial law in the courtroom and the gendered experiences of colonialism. Trials provided a space where men and women narrated their own story and at...
Jess
Jessie Mae Smith, known to her husband as Honey and to her children as Mommy, was in deep thought. Morning worship was almost over at Pleasant Hill United Church, but her mind was already on Sunday dinner. She had pulled up her mental checklist and found that a short stop at the A&P was going to be necessary. Elder Belvedere was reminding everyone to drive safely and to remember to be kind to one another. May the Lord watch, he concluded, between me and thee, while we are absent, one from another, and all the people sing . . . The congregation sang, Amen.
Too Close To The Sun
Lose yourself in this captivating and heart-wrenching saga from much loved author Jess Foley, written in the bestselling tradition of Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court. You will not want to put it down... READERS ARE LOVING TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN 'Good story couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'Keeps you gripped to the end'-- ***** Reader review 'A stunning read'-- ***** Reader review 'An emotional rollercoaster of a book'-- ***** Reader review ************************************************** HOW HIGH A PRICE MUST SHE PAY TO KEEP HER FAMILY SAFE? Grace Harper's world falls apart when she is orphaned and she and her little brother Billy are left homeless and alone. Put...
Steve
Just when it seems Steve Sommers’s life can’t possibly get more complicated, the woman who broke his heart years ago comes back to town. His best friend is in a coma, and his fiancée has called off their wedding, so Steve already has his hands full. But one look at Penelope brings old feelings crashing in, and he’s determined to get back what they once had. Seeing Steve again proves to Penelope what she’s always believed—the passion they once shared still smoulders between them—but so does the reason she had to leave in the first place. Penelope’s certain that no man can love her given the challenges her future holds...but Steve won’t give up without a fight. The chance to share the love of a lifetime is worth any cost. Each book in the Circle of Friends series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Tyler Book #2 Steve
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The Lies You Told Me
When I was little, my mother disappeared... A daughter searches for the truth behind her mother's disappearance in Jessica Ruston's riveting novel. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Linda Green's While My Eyes Were Closed. 'A tight, compelling study of love, obsession and breakdown. I couldn't stop reading' - Jojo Moyes 'I do not know what you have been told about your mother. But I know it cannot be the truth...' Klara Mortimer never really knew her mother, Sadie, a former model, who left when she was just six years old. All she has is a handful of stories, passed down from the father who raised her. Klara tells herself she has long ago come to terms with her mother's disappearance fro...
Girl by the Tracks
Mary Jess Parker, better-known as Jess as she’s no Mary, married a rich man for his money, cheated on him several times with far too many men to count, including their dishwasher, for two years. When the rich man finds out, Jess isn’t just kicked out of the house but is forced to drink a cup of oil due to her husband’s family using something similar to that during their railroad construction. However, this oil isn’t normal and makes her invisible from all pretty faces, and only seen by those that feel as lonely and invisible as her husband, who she can only divorce if she breaks the curse. This broken girl is given two and a half years to find love, the real, genuine kind, if she wan...
