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Wild about Noosa
Wild About Noosa celebrates the diverse range of wildlife that resides in the Noosa area. With superb colour photographs and text by former Noosa Mayor Tony Wellington, this book is a passionate ode to a much-loved locale. Noosa has enjoyed over half a century of pioneering conservation effort, with the outcomes now evident in its remarkable biodiversity. Birds, mammals, reptiles and insects are all featured in this spectacular coffee-table, hard-cover book.
Freak Out
Freak Out is Australia's coming-of-age story, how we as a nation responded to the global events that filled our daily news coverage, and how the music of the era was anthemic to that process. The gun was fired on a period of unprecedented innovation and creativity in pop and rock music, the likes of which have never been repeated.Music spoke to young people in their own bespoke language, urging them to view themselves as decidedly separate from mainstream society - even suggesting they might 'drop out' altogether. For a brief time, millions of young people across western culture believed they could successfully reinvent society. Liberation for pacifists, women, people of colour, homosexuals, students and the oppressed seemed just a short revolution away.There was no room for complacency or apathy in the face of the Vietnam War, Cold War, and dual threats of nuclear and environmental annihilation. Australians were spared the fear of bomb blasts, assassinations and kidnappings. Yet the ructions abroad invaded our national psyche, and the music that was generated in that milieu infiltrated Australian culture and transformed society forever.
Jungle Green Shadows
The New Zealand Government ordered the deployment of combat forces to Vietnam in 1965 to join Australia and other Allies engaged in that War. Victor 2 Rifle Company arrived in Vietnam on 12 November 1967 and left on 13 May 1968. Major Brian Worsnop was the commander, and the author, Lieutenant Tony Howell, was one of the Platoon Commanders. Jungle Green Shadows is a very important historical record of Victor 2 Company's participation in New Zealand's most unpopular war. What is fascinating is how Tony has managed to weave the thoughts and experiences of so many surviving Company soldiers into this factual account. As a result it reads more like an educational novel than a history book. There...
Rehabilitation
This comprehensive book reviews the main theories of rehabilitation models and advocates that rehabilitation should focus both on promoting human goods (i.e., providing the offender with the essential ingredients for a 'good' life) as well as reducing/avoiding risk.
100% Pure Future
Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on New Zealand tourism, but the industry was already troubled by unchecked growth and questionable governance that has put pressure on the environment, infrastructure and communities. In this urgent collection of essays, nine writers outline their vision for sustainable tourism, the barriers to achieving it and how they can be overcome. This BWB Text is a rallying call for a genuine tourism ‘reset’ that puts the environment first and creates more meaningful exchanges between visitors and their hosts.
Fomison
This volume was published on the occasion of the exhibition in 1994 at the Wellington City Gallery. There are essays by Ian Wedde, Simon During, Marianna Torgovnick and Peter Brunt. Sulu'ape Paulo II provides an article about Samoan tattooing, and there is an interview with Fuimaono Tuiasau who was tattooed with Fomison. The catalogue reproduces the 104 works from the exhibition, several in colour, and provides notes about the exhibits. There is a supplementary catalogue listing all known works in alphabetical order. Two of Fomison's articles are reprinted, and a chronology of Fomison's life and shows is included.
Wellington City Blues
Through a series of unfortunate events, twenty-year-old Corey, is left homeless in Wellington city. His out-of-the-ordinary experiences teach him to see the world through different eyes. Disgusted by the modern world, he embarks on an urban odyssey in order to find peace and freedom in a world gone mad. Throughout his adventure, he encounters people from his past who assist him along the way. His friends offer him a temporary sense of home, along with utilities and tools that would prove to be useful. But, after being jumped by a bunch of hoodlums, he is left, once again, with no backbone, no food, no shelter. Out of desperation, he seeks refuge at an old friend’s house where he reconnects...
Mr. Wellington
An acclaimed playwright's first work for children...A gentle and thoroughly original animal story Young Jonathan finds a small, frightened squirrel on the road and brings it home tucked inside his sneaker. But the squirrel named Mr. Wellington is weak and listless, and fearful of the unfamiliar surroundings. Told from alternating perspectives--Jonathan's and Mr. Wellington's--this beautifully written story, enhanced with pen-and-ink wash illustrations, has all the markings of an enduring classic animal tale.
Silences and Secrets
In this major recount of the experience of the Weintraubs Syncopators (The Weintraubs Syncopators, international exiled musical celebrities of the 1930s). Kay Dreyfus pieces together the complex personal, social and political forces at work in this story of migration at a time of insecurity, fear and dramatic conflict. Dreyfus from Monash Uni
Noosa and Cooloola
Noosa: the very word itself has become iconic. Todays Noosa is a major tourist destination as well as a magnet for residents seeking a lifestyle that combines urban sophistication with natural beauty. In how it has managed its natural environment and maintained a low-key human footprint, Noosa is quite unlike other coastal Australian settlements.Many who visit or settle in Noosa fail to appreciate that its distinctive qualities were hard won. Most significantly, modern Noosa is the result of more than half a century of effort by one visionary community organisation - Noosa Parks Association. Immediately to the north of Noosa lies the massive wilderness area known as Cooloola. This is the mainland section of the Great Sandy National Park, notable for containing the largest vegetated dune system on the planet. Noosa Parks Association's role in rescuing this natural wonder is generally under-appreciated.With engaging text and magnificent full colour photographs, this book presents both the familiar and hidden worlds of Noosa and Cooloola, and is a glowing testament to one of the oldest and arguably most successful conservation groups in Australia.
