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Getting Stoned with Savages

A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu

by J. Maarten Troost
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2006

From the bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals, the laugh-out-loud true story of his years on the islands of Vanuatu and Fiji, among cannibals, volcanoes . . . and the world’s best narcotics. With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most...
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Solomon Time

An Unlikely Quest in the South Pacific

by Will Randall
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007

Who hasn't fantasized about dismantling his or her hassled, wired-up life for a simpler existence? Yet who among us has the will and opportunity to do it? The answer, of course, is very few. Will Randall, a young English schoolmaster, had such a chance -- and took it. He uprooted his conventional...
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Salt Story

Of Sea-Dogs and Fisherwomen

by Sarah Drummond
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

In this warm, lively account of living on and by the sea, Sarah Drummond writes of life as an apprentice fisherwoman. Through her firsthand experience with small-scale commercial fishing in the Great Southern, Drummond documents a way of life—fishing—that is slowly dying as waters become politicized...
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by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012

Norfolk Island Travel Guide - Tiki Travel The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
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Dropped out in Godzone

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail...of chaos” (with apologies to Emerson)

by craig lock, Gill Carruthers
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2019

DROPPED OUT IN GODZONE Craig Lock’s humorous travel book about his adventures in provincial New Zealand… One man and his family – and their experiences “Down Under”. A new immigrant’s impressions of life in provincial New Zealand (after coming from a large city in South Africa)...
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A (My) Place by the Sea-side

Photographs by Jennifer Palmer

by craig lock, Jennifer Palmer (photographer)
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2019

Pictures (great) by my old friend, Jenny, whose photographic talents I definitely do not possess Shared by “the world’s absolutely worst photographer” Don't worry about the world ending today... it's already tomorrow in scenic and tranquil 'little' New Zealand PPS Best...
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by craig lock, Gill Carruthers
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019

This is an article which my dear wife, Gill wrote for a women's magazine back in South Africa. They liked it, but had already published numerous articles on this subject. So my "poor wifey's" well-written article remains unpublished till now. About time too! Now back to * After that...
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The Best of Jenny's Photographic Journey

My "favourite" photos: "Those born with a talent to use will derive the greatest pleasure using it."

by craig lock
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019

Gisborne, East Coast, New Zealand Jenny’s Photographic Journey: Photos and videos by my friend, Jenny Palmer "Those born with a talent to use will derive the greatest pleasure using it." “All our dreams can come true…if we have the desire (burning), courage, passion,...
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Makorori (Makorori Beach)

A Writer's Dream(s) and My Beach Dream(s)

by craig lock
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2019

Photos and videos by my friend, Jenny Palmer “I make art through photography and my camera is my paint brush.” Following on from MY PLACE, OUR PARADISE: OUR SMALL CITY BY THE SEA Available at Kobo Photos by Jenny Palmer, Jenny’s Photographic Journey, Gisborne, New Zealand,...
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Jenny's Photographic Journey

Photos (great) by my friend, Jenny Palmer

by craig lock
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019

Photos (great) and videos of scenic and tranquil Gisborne, New Zealand by my friend, Jenny Palmer Key words (tags): Jenny's phototographic journey, Jenny Palmer, photographers, Gisborne, New Zealand Photos and video by my friend, Jennifer (known as Jenny) Palmer As Aristotle,...
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by craig lock, Jennifer Palmer (photographer)
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2019

A (MY) PLACE BY THE SEA-SIDE: Gisborne, New Zealand Photos (great) by my friend, Jennifer Palmer of Gisborne, New Zealand “I do love to live besides the sea-side” enjoy c (to the words of the “kiddies” song) "A fitting tribute to a tumultuous yet triumphant...
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Treasury

The New Zealand Treasury 1840–2000

by Malcolm McKinnon
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003

Commissioned by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, this interpretive history tackles New Zealand's most important department of state, the Treasury Department. The history of the complex interplay between New Zealand's government, economy, and people is detailed. McKinnon shows the perennial jousting...
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Innovation and Independence

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand

by John Singleton, Arthur Grimes, Gary Hawke
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

This study of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand reveals why the Bank's presence in the national life is strong; illustrates how it is internationally renowned for its mandate to eliminate inflation, having been the first reserve or central bank in the world to adopt the "inflation targeting"...
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A City Lost and Found

Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne

by Robyn Annear
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014

“Old landmarks fall in nearly every block ... and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a building 50 years old will be in vain.” —Herald, 1925. The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred...
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