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Luminous Moments by Paul Callaghan
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Acknowledged internationally for his ground-breaking scientific research in the field of magnetic resonance, Sir Paul Callaghan was a scientist and visionary with a rare gift for promoting science to a wide audience. Paul Callaghan: Luminous Moments brings together some of his most significant writing, ...Show more
#NoFly - Walking the Talk on Climate Change (BWB Texts) by Shaun Hendy
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
What happens when a leading New Zealand scientist (and frequent traveler) rules out flying for a year? From overnight buses to epic train journeys, Shaun Hendy's experiences speak to our desire to do something -anything- in the face of growing climate anxiety. #NoFly confronts the hard questions of one ...Show more
On Coming Home (BWB Texts) by Paula Morris
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Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
'The declamatory return; a homeland as a 'wearying enigma'. This all makes sense to me. The New Zealand that's home to me may be a place of sheep and rugby and number-eight wire, whatever that is, but it's also none of those things. Am I still a New Zealander?' Award-winning writer Paula Morris confront ...Show more
Pesticides and Health - How New Zealand Fails In Environmental Protection (BWB Texts) by Neil Pearce
$18.00 NZD
Category: Sustainability | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
New Zealand has been one of the world's heaviest users of pesticides, including some contaminated with dioxin, a notorious toxic chemical. In this BWB Text a leading epidemiologist uses the example of dioxin to illustrate how badly New Zealand handles problems of environmental pollutants, and why we can ...Show more
Playing for Both Sides : Love Across the Tasman (BWB Texts) by Stephanie Johnson
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
For novelist Stephanie Johnson, her relationship with Australia and Australians has been an ambivalent one. She has lived there for periods in her life, and her first book, a collection of short stories, was actually published in Australia. She was described then as a young Australian writer, something ...Show more
Shouting Zeros and Ones - Digital technology, ethics and policy in New Zealand (BWB Texts) by Andrew Chen (editor)
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
‘Understanding how the zeros and ones increasingly influence and control our lives is critical to understanding how we can reciprocate influence and control back onto those zeros and ones.’ This vital book is a call to action: to reduce online harm, to protect the integrity of our digital lives and to u ...Show more
Silencing Science (BWB Texts) by Shaun Hendy
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
The nuclear meltdown at Fukushima ...the Fonterra botulism scare ...the Christchurch earthquakes - in all these recent crises the role played by scientists has been under the spotlight.What is the first duty of scientists in a crisis - to the government, to their employer, or to the wider public despera ...Show more
The Best of e-Tangata by Tapu Misa (ed.); Gary Wilson (ed.)
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Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
The celebrated digital magazine e-Tangata is home to some of the most incisive and profound commentary on life in New Zealand. Maori, Pasifika and Pakeha writers grapple with topics that range from politics and social issues to history and popular culture. The best of these are collected together here i ...Show more
The Best of e-Tangata, Volume Two (BWB Texts) by Tapu Misa (ed.); Gary Wilson (ed.)
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
A thought-provoking set of Maori, Pasifika, and tangata Tiriti writers combine in this celebration of some of the best writing from E-Tangata. Traverse a landscape of contemporary and historical issues through the lens of a mother's loss, a man's hard-won expertise, a homesick student abroad and with th ...Show more
The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation (BWB Text) by Matthew Scobie, Anna Sturman
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Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts
What do the economics of decolonisation mean for the future of Aotearoa? This question drives the work of Matthew Scobie and Anna Sturman as they explore the complex relationship between tangata whenua and capitalism. By weaving together historical insights and contemporary analysis, this Text reveals ...Show more
The Edge of Life : Controversies and Challenges in Human Health (BWB Texts) by Mike Berridge
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Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Eminent research scientist Mike Berridge unpacks the myths around some of the most popular health issues, including cancer, vaccination, sugar consumption, and water fluoridation. This is not just a clear and current exposition of public health matters that are often mired in misinformation: it is also ...Show more
The First Migration : Māori Origins 3000BC – AD1450 (BWB Texts) by Atholl Anderson
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Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: good
Thousands of years ago migrants from South China began the journey that took their descendants through the Pacific to the southernmost islands of Polynesia. Atholl Anderson's ground-breaking synthesis of research and tradition charts this epic journey of New Zealand's first human inhabitants. Taken fro ...Show more