Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff
December 13, 2009 |
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Dogside Story by Patricia Grace
December 4, 2009Dogside Story
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24-year-old Maori crayfish diver with one leg must reveal a terrible secret to provide a loving home for a ten-year-old girl is being abused. Will he tell it?
People of the Whale: A Novel by Linda Hogan
December 4, 2009
A village is broken by corrupt male leaders.
A man is broken by going to war in Vietnam.
His son is broken when a whale is killed.
His wife is broken when her son dies.
His daughter is not broken against all odds.
Three women dance on a beach.
Old people teach old ways
and eat Girl Scout Cookies.
Baby No-Eyes by Patricia Grace Baby
December 4, 2009
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s about a Maori boy who is raised up by his mother, grandmother, two uncles and the ghost of his 4-year-older sister, Baby No-Eyes. Told by several generations, we learn about a sit-in to return a Maori ancestral land.
Swim
November 22, 2009Please watch this clip:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/110103/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-jacks-mannequin-swim#s-p1-sr-i1
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
November 22, 2009 |
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The Places In Between | // <![CDATA[// |
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A Scotsman walks from Herat to Kabul starting in a wintry January 2002 right after the supposed fall of the Taliban. This book helped realize that I … don’t understand Afghanistan and never will. We cannot win this war.
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Season of the Jew Shadbolt, Maurice
November 7, 2009| Season of the Jew | Shadbolt, Maurice | // < |
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story | // <![CDATA[// |
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A good read by an American professor who marries a Maori.
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