Download or read book Freda Stark written by Dianne Haworth and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freda Stark was a popular and risque dancer in pre-war Auckland. For a time she was married to dancer Harold Robinson. After their amicable divorce they continued to travel together and to shine on the Auckland entertainment scene.
Download or read book Freda Stark written by Dianne Haworth and published by . This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Trials of Eric Mareo written by Charles Ferrall and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When flamboyant musician Eric Mareo was convicted twice in 1936 of murdering his actress wife, Thelma, most New Zealanders believed that justice had been served. But a few were not so sure, including the second trial judge and the Crown's overseas medical expert. Moreover, the Crown's star witness, the dancer Freda Stark, had been having an affair with the dead woman. Why did the vast majority of New Zealanders believe in Mareo's guilt when the scientific evidence was so weak and the Crown's case depended on a person who, by the standards of the day, would have been called a 'sexual pervert'? In the answer to this question lies an insight into the social mores of New Zealanders during the Depression, and perhaps beyond. The trials of Eric Moreo were a social drama that caught the conscience of a people."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Infinite Air written by Fiona Kidman and published by Gallic Books. This book was released on 2016-03-06 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise and fall of the 'Garbo of the skies', as told by one of New Zealand's finest novelists. Jean Batten became an international icon in 1930s. A brave, beautiful woman, she made a number of heroic solo flights across the world. The newspapers couldn't get enough of her. In 1934, she broke Amy Johnson's flight time between England and Australia by six days. The following year, she was the first woman to make the return flight. In 1936, she made the first ever direct flight between England and New Zealand and then the fastest ever trans-Tasman flight. Jean Batten stood for adventure, daring, exploration and glamour. The Second World War ended Jean's flying adventures. She suddenly slipped out of view, disappearing to the Caribbean with her mother and eventually dying in Majorca, buried in a pauper's grave. Fiona Kidman's enthralling novel delves into the life of this enigmatic woman. It is a fascinating exploration of early aviation, of fame, and of secrecy.
Download or read book Curating Lived Islam in the Muslim World written by Iftikhar H. Malik and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the medieval period, this book collates and reviews first-hand scholarship on Muslims in the Middle East and South Asia, as noted down by eminent British travellers, sleuths and observers of lived Islam. The book foregrounds the pre-colonial and pre-Orientalist phase and locates the multi-disciplinarity of Britain’s relationship with Muslims over the last millennium to demonstrate a multi-layered interface. Going beyond familiar views about colonialism, travel writings and memsahibs without losing sight of the complex relations between Britain and Asian Muslims, this book will be of interest to academics working on British history, Imperial history, the study of religions, Shi’i Islam, Islamic studies, Gender and the Empire and South Asian Studies.
Download or read book Perfect Babies Names written by Rosalind Fergusson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect Babies' Names is an essential resource for all parents-to-be. Taking a close look at over 3,000 names, it not only tells you each name's meaning and history, it also tells you which famous people have shared it over the years and how popular – or unpopular – it is now. With tips on how to make a shortlist and advice for avoiding names that give rise to unfortunate nicknames, Perfect Babies' Names is the ultimate one-stop guide. The Perfect series is a range of practical guides that give clear and straightforward advice on everything from getting your first job to choosing your baby's name. Written by experienced authors offering tried-and-tested tips, each book contains all you need to get it right first time.
Download or read book The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names written by Iseabail Macleod and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a reference source to literature in the English language throughout the world. It provides a survey of the world-wide literary tradition of this area, and offers explanations of genres, movements, critical terms and literary concepts.
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates House of Representatives written by New Zealand. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 1246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dangerous To Know written by James Morton and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling authors of Gangland Australia comes Dangerous to Know, an A to Z of Australasian crimes, criminals and their victims. James Morton and Susanna Lobez have trawled through written records to compile this snappy yet comprehensive account of the bad, mad and plain notorious. All the names are here, from Ronald Ryan (the last man hanged in Australia), to the Carlton Crew. An unmissable book, in one handy volume, for anyone who wants to know all there is to know about Australia's dark underbelly.
Download or read book Paradise Reforged written by James Belich and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-02-28 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paradise Reforged picks up where Making Peoples left off, taking the story of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the end of the twentieth century. It begins with the search for "Better Britain" and ends by analyzing the modern Maori resurgence, the new Pakeha consciousness, and the implications of a reinterpreted past for New Zealand's future. Along the way the book deals with subjects ranging from sport and sex to childhood and popular culture. Critics hailed Making Peoples as "brilliant" and "the most ambitious book yet written on [New Zealand's] past." Paradise Reforged, its successor, adopts a similarly incisive, original sweep across the New Zealand historical landscape in confronting the myths of the past. That some of its themes are uncomfortably close to the present makes the result all the more fascinating.
Download or read book A Dictionary of First Names written by Patrick Hanks and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. The fascinating and informative Dictionary of First Names covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including the very newest names as well as traditional names. From Alice to Zanna and Adam to Zola this book will answer all your questions: it will tell you the age, origin, and meaning of the name, as well as how it has fared in terms of popularity, and who the famous fictional or historical bearers for the name have been. It covers alternative spellings, short forms and pet forms, and masculine and feminine forms, as well as help with pronunciation. The book includes extensive appendices covering names from languages including Scottish, Irish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, and Chinese names. Tables of the most popular names by year and by region are also included. From the traditional to the rare and unconventional, this book will tell you everything you need to know about names.
Download or read book Cleburne County and Its People written by Carl J. Barger and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleburne County and Its Peopleis a historical account of Cleburne County and the men and women who made it what it is today. These men and women were as diverse as the Ozark Mountain's rock-laden landscapes. The pioneers who settled Cleburne County were as strong as the land, of hardy pioneer stock, and bold in thought and action. They were shrewd, strong-willed individuals who brought staunch beliefs and strong disciplines with them and settled in an untamed wilderness which became Cleburne County. Cleburne County and Its Peoplehas drawn from the past and the present--chronicling the lives of settlers facing hardships and tragedies, discovering profound beauty, mastering vast natural resources, and formulating democratic ideals. The stories in this book are honest interpretations of the human experience intertwined with the old and the new and adding exciting dimensions to the county and Cleburne and the state of Arkansas. The objective of Carl J. Barger, the compilerofCleburne County and Its People, is to preserve a history of the county of his birth for students, historians, and all of the citizens of Cleburne County. Carl J. Barger is the author of Swords and Plowshares, a Civil War love story, and Mamie, an Ozark Mountain Girl of Courage, a story of the Ozark Mountain People, set in Cleburne and Van Buren Counties.
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by New Zealand. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bice Family History 1800 1987 written by Marlys Lillian Marrs and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington Bice was born in 1820 in Pennsylvania. In 1842 he married Leah Isabelle Cornman. They had nine children and later moved to Ohio and then about 1869 settled in Iowa. Many of their descendants are included in this material.
Download or read book Queer 1950s written by H. Bauer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading sexuality scholars explore queer lives and cultures in the first full post-war decade through an array of sources and a range of perspectives. Drawing out the particularities of queer cultures from the Finland and New Zealand to the UK and the USA, this collection rethinks preconceptions of the 1950s and pinpoints some of its legacies.
Download or read book Blue Smoke written by Chris Bourke and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 909 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing to life the musical worlds of New Zealanders both at home and out on the town, this history chronicles the evolution of popular music in New Zealand during the 20th century. From the kiwi concert parties during World War I and the arrival of jazz to the rise of swing, country, the Hawaiian sound, and then rock'n'roll, this musical investigation brings to life the people, places, and sounds of a world that has disappeared and uncovers how music from the rest of the world was shaped by Maori and Pakeha New Zealanders into a melody, rhythm, and voice that made sense on these islands.
Download or read book THE INDIAN LISTENER written by All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi and published by All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi . This book was released on 1945-10-22 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it was published by All India Radio,New Delhi.In 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes,who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: The Indian Listener LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 22-10-1945 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Fortnightly NUMBER OF PAGES: 92 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. X, No. 21 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 27-86 ARTICLE: Cottage Industries AUTHOR: T. Swaminathan KEYWORDS: Cottage, China, U.P., Small-scale Industries, Craftsmen, Standard of living, Power Document ID: INL-1945(J-D) Vol-I (09)
