Australian category: 153 books
by Gilad Soffer
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
"1001+ Basic Phrases English - Maori" is a list of more than 1000 basic phrases translated from English to Maori. Easy to use- great for tourists and English speakers interested in learning Maori. Phrases divided into sections such as numbers, colors, time, days, body, greeting, weather, shopping, health, emergency, restaurant and more
by Paola Della Valle
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Before the 1970s, Maori existed in New Zealand literature as figures created by Pakeha writers. The Maori renaissance of the 1970s changed all that. Fiction writers led by Ihimaera and Grace challenged earlier stereotypes and inherited literary forms, creating a new body of writing that has redefined...
The Value of the Maori Language
Te Hua o te Reo Maori
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Twenty-five years ago the Maori Language Act was passed, but research still finds that the Maori language is dying. This collection looks at the state of the language since the Act, how the language is faring in education, media, texts and communities and what the future aspirations for the language are.
Tuttle Concise Tagalog Dictionary
Tagalog-English English-Tagalog
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Easy-to-read and extensive, this Tagalog dictionary is an essential language learning and translation tool.
The Tuttle Concise Tagalog Dictionary gives you the most complete and up-to-date translations from English to Tagalog/Filipino and is the most current dictionary available today. Designed...
Language Practices of Indigenous Children and Youth
The Transition from Home to School
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
This book explores the experiences of Indigenous children and young adults around the world as they navigate the formal education system and wider society. Profiling a range of different communities and sociolinguistic contexts, this book examines the language ecologies of their local communities,...
by Charles E. Tuttle Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
This classic phrasebook is an important historical curiosity as well as a practical guide to the Hawaiian language.
This Hawaiian Phrase Book was originally published in 1906 and has long been out of print. Recent interest in the unique background of the 50th State has spurred the revival of...
by Andrii Shybanov
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2017
With this book, you can simply jump into the beautiful language of Filipinos without the need of studying the grammar and other complicated language rules. The understanding of grammar which is important will follow as your Tagalog vocabulary will increase.
Once done with reading or writing...
He Pitopito Korero no te Perehi Maori
Readings from the Maori-Language Press
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
This anthology reproduces full-length news articles, letters, advertisements, and obituaries from 19th-century Maori-language newspapers alongside their English-language translations. An excellent resource for students of the Maori language and culture, Polynesian anthropology and sociology, and New...
Tagalog Picture Dictionary
Learn 1,500 Tagalog Words and Expressions - The Perfect Resource for Visual Learners of All Ages (Includes Online Audio)
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Tagalog—whether you're 5 or 100!
This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Tagalog words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given in Tagalog script—with a Romanized version to help you pronounce it correctly—along...
by Tamara S Wagner
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Colonial domestic literature has been largely overlooked and is due for a reassessment. This essay collection explores attitudes to colonialism, imperialism and race, as well as important developments in girlhood and the concept of the New Woman.
Still Here
Memoirs of Trauma, Illness and Loss
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2019
Still Here: Memoirs of Trauma, Illness and Loss explores the history, ethics, and cross-cultural range of memoirs focusing on illness, death, loss, displacement, and other experiences of trauma. From Walt Whitman’s Civil War diaries to kitchen table survivor-to-survivor storytelling following Hurricane...
Tattooing the World
Pacific Designs in Print and Skin
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2008
In the 1830s an Irishman named James F. O'Connell acquired a full-body tattoo while living as a castaway in the Pacific. The tattoo featured traditional patterns that, to native Pohnpeians, defined O'Connell's life; they made him wholly human. Yet upon traveling to New York, these markings singled...
"We used to eat people"
Revelations of a Fiji Islands Traditional Village
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2018
Living in a reed hut on Taveuni—the “garden isle” of Fiji—the author studied the native language and carefully observed their traditions until he was accepted as a (somewhat unusual) member of the village. Despite five cyclones the summer of 1985, daily life was idyllic. Cannibalism has been...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Patrick White (1912–1990) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973 and remains one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. In 2006, White’s literary executor, Barbara Mobbs, released a highly significant collection of hitherto unpublished papers, reviving mainstream and scholarly interest...