Williams: 1396 books

As the Dutch replied in darkness with shouts and trumpet calls from the decks of their ships, the warriors must have been mystified by these creatures who entered into their rituals, yet used exotic instruments and spoke an unintelligible tongue.With the publication of her book Two Worlds,...

Learn the way to love yourself and be your own best friend. Know Yourself and Be Yourself We have reasons not to love ourselves.We have learned to criticize not to appreciate. We have been programming ourselves to detest ourselves. It seems impossible to turn it around easily and start loving ourselves....

Get motivated and inspired NOW Motivation is just one easy step away Are you tired of feeling weak and inactive? Do you want more out of life? When you want to change something you need the inspiration to do so. What happens when that inspiration, that motivation to change isn't there?...

Change your entire world outlook in just a few minutes Learn how to find true, lasting, success and happiness in a few short steps Do you feel you're missing out on your potential? Are you not happy with where you are in life? Stop wasting time and money while searching aimlessly for success....

This teaches you but one simple thing: to change your mood at will. Change Your Mood at Will in Three Easy Steps Mood is commonly considered a phenomenon not under our control. Moods swing. They range from euphoric ecstasies to morbid nostalgic episodes. How lucky we will be and how blessed our lives...

‘This eloquent and passionate work documents how we have strayed from a humane policy towards asylum seekers, following the same sad and discredited path as Australia.’ Joris de Bres, Race Relations Commissioner 2002-2013Why would a country that has never had a boatload of asylum arrivals in modern...

'Parihaka was a place and an event that could be lost and found, over and over. It moved into view, then disappeared, just like the mountain.' In 1881, over 1,500 colonial troops invaded the village of Parihaka near the Taranaki coast. Many people were expelled, buildings destroyed, and chiefs...

New Zealand has one of the highest levels of imprisonment in the Western world. Yet the growth of imprisonment in New Zealand has occurred when the crime rate here, as in most other Western societies, has been in significant decline. Why, then, the disjuncture? In this penetrating BWB Text,...

Between the 1840s and 1880s, thousands of young single women came to New Zealand as assisted migrants from Britain and Ireland. In this detailed study of forgotten lives, Charlotte Macdonald highlights the experiences and identities of a vitally important migrant group, one previously overshadowed by...

Emerging from diaries, letters and memoirs, the voices of this charming narrative tell of new life arriving amidst a turbulent world.Women in the nineteenth century gave birth in widely varying circumstances: Māori women of noble families might be lovingly cared for within the whare kōhanga; wealthy...

The post-Christian era offers a mixed blessing, as people find greater personal freedom while facing a future without the certainty of traditional beliefs and practices.In Tomorrow’s God, renowned writer and commentator Lloyd Geering argues that the world we live in is largely a product of our own...

New Zealanders are too complacent about the continuing erosion of their right to know what government is doing on their behalf. Political risk has become a primary consideration in whether official information requests will be met, and successive governments have allowed free speech rights to be overridden.Drawing...

In early 1817 Tuai, a young Ngare Raumati chief from the Bay of Islands, set off for England. He was one of a number of Māori who, after encountering European explorers, traders and missionaries in New Zealand, seized opportunities to travel beyond their familiar shores to Australia, England and...

'This is my kind of book, and a book for any New Zealander descended from European immigrants, particularly from Britain. In a narrative that is learned, atmospheric and often gripping, Rod Edmond reflects on identity and migration with the penetrating insight of a still tenderly attached exile.'...