Download or read book Maurice Gee written by Bill Manhire and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1986 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of Maurice Gee, author of the Plumb trilogy and writer for children and television.
Download or read book Leaving the Highway written by Mark Williams and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major New Zealand novelists of the 1980s have begun to receive international acclaim. This first critical study of Janet Frame, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera, Maurice Gee, Ian Wedde, and C.K. Stead concentrates on their important works to explore how deeply-rooted anxieties about New Zealand's cultural situation and national identity are articulated in New Zealand fiction.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Post Colonial Literatures in English written by Eugene Benson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 1950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Download or read book The Limping Man written by Maurice Gee and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Limping Man is small, wizened and cruel, but his subjects worship him. Hana escapes the Limping Man's henchmen as they come to take her mother. When she meets Ben, son of Lo, they set out on a dangerous quest to rid the world of the evil Limping Man. But first they must discover the secret of his power.
Download or read book Plumb written by Maurice Gee and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long regarded as one of the finest novels ever written by a New Zealander, Maurice Gee's Plumb introduces us to the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb, one of the most memorable characters in New Zealand literature half saint, half monster, superhuman in his spiritual strength and destructive in his utter self-absorption. What personal...
Download or read book History of Humanity written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 991 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the seventh and final volume in this comprehensive guide to the history of world cultures throughout historical times.
Download or read book Merriam Webster s Encyclopedia of Literature written by Merriam-Webster, Inc and published by Merriam-Webster. This book was released on 1995 with total page 1260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes authors, works, and literary terms from all eras and all parts of the world.
Download or read book The Plumb Trilogy written by Maurice Gee and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trilogy brings together the three novels Plumb, Megand Sole Survivorto set up a family saga unrivalled by anything in New Zealand literature. In Plumb, Gee introduces us to the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb. It won the New Zealand Fiction Award and the Wattie Book of the Year Award. Megcontinues the family story with George Plumb's daughter, articulating her personal battles against a backdrop of family traumas and world wars. Sole Survivorfocuses on the career of Duggie Plum, Plumb's grandson, as seen through the eyes of his cousin Raymond Sole, who sharpens the story of his own doomed marriage against that of his relationship to Duggie.
Download or read book A Glorious Morning Comrade written by Maurice Gee and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A child who is used by the adults around him in their warfare with one another; an unsuccessful trainer driven by his racing losses to a desperate expedient; a retired man under pressure to sell his home for commercial development; middle-class groups who feel threatened by non-conformists on the fringe of their society. Secondary schools, local body politics, sport, holidays, small business, retirement, marriage: these stories touch on many aspects of New Zealand life, and treat them with sympathy and subtlety. [This is his] first collection ..."--Back cover.
Download or read book Australian Book Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Halfmen Of O written by Maurice Gee and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2005-10-05 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of Maurice Gee's acclaimed trilogy wherein Susan and Nick are transported to the terrifying land of O... 'Nick had seen the birthmark on Susan's wrist. It had two parts. Each was shaped like a tear drop, curved like a moon. One was bright red and the other golden brown.' Susan had always been a bit odd and never really got on with her cousin Nick, but the mark on her wrist draws them together in a frightening adventure. They are summoned to the beautiful land of O in a last-ditch attempt to save the planet from cruel Otis Claw and his followers, the evil Halfmen, who have lost every trace of human goodness and kindness. Also available as an eBook
Download or read book Meg written by Maurice Gee and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Humanity The twentieth century written by Sigfried J. de Laet and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Encyclop dia Britannica Macrop dia written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia includes a two-volume index, a 12-volume Micropaedia (Ready reference), a 17-volume Macropaedia (Knowledge in depth), and the Propaedia.
Download or read book The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Macropaedia Knowledge in depth written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Encyclop dia Britannica Macrop dia Knowledge in depth written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.1-12 Micropaedia: Ready reference -- V.13-29 Macropaedia: Knowledge in depth -- V.[30] Propaedia: Outline of knowledge -- V.[31] Index, A-K -- V.[32] Index, L-Z.
