Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week 2016
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Te wiki o te reo Māori (4-10 July) is just around the corner. The theme is year is "Ākina te reo - behind you all the way". Christchurch City Libraries is behind you all the way with a range of resources if you want to improve your te reo Māori knowledge.
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| A country road, a tree: A novel by Jo BakerIn 1939, struggling writer Samuel Beckett leaves his family's home in Ireland for Paris, where he befriends James Joyce, begins a relationship with future wife Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil, and -- after the Nazis occupy the city -- becomes involved with the French Resistance. In spare, evocative language, this biographical novel by the author of Longbourn examines how Beckett's life shaped his unique style and body of work. |
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Médicis daughter: a novel of Marguerite de Valois
by Sophie Perinot
Summoned to the 16th-century French court in the aftermath of a devastating religious war, beautiful young Princess Margot struggles between the manipulations of her ruthless mother, Catherine de Médicis, and her own conscience.
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Liberty bazaar
by David Chadwick
The first historical novel about the American Civil War written from the perspective of real events in Liverpool at that time. A powerful story of courage, betrayal and love, told in the compelling voices of an escaped slave girl and a Confederate general.
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The strawberry girl
by Lisa Strømme
"Johanne Lien has grown up living a simple life with her family in Asgardstrand, Norway, posing for visiting artists who come to the town for the beautiful summer weather. Her unassuming lifestyle takes a dramatic turn when Tullik, the beautiful younger daughter of a wealthy local family, befriends Johanne in order to get close to the controversial artist Edvard Munch. As Johanne is drawn ever deeper into the raw emotion of Munch's paintings, so too is she drawn into his highly charged relationship with the siren-like Tullik..."
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| The noise of time: A novel by Julian BarnesWhen Stalin denounces his work in 1936, Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich fully expects to be sent to a Siberian gulag or else put to death. But what actually happens is, in some ways, worse than exile or execution. Shostakovich is permitted to pursue his musical ambitions, provided that he demonstrates public support for a regime he despises. This moody, character-driven novel movingly depicts one artist's struggle to remain true to his creative vision while appeasing Soviet leaders who expect him to toe the Party line. |
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"You have come for the blood; do not deny it. You are here for the battles and death, because you think there is glory in such tales." ~ from Giles Christian's Odin's Wolves
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| The last kingdom: A novel by Bernard CornwellWhen Danish raiders kill his family, ten-year-old Uhtred becomes the captive, and later the adopted son, of Viking warlord Ragnar, who has conquered three out of the four existing Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (including Uhtred's home of Northumbria). Yet despite his admiration and affection for Ragnar, Uhtred longs to reclaim his rightful lands and title as the Earl of Bebbanburg. His conflicting loyalties come to the fore when he encounters Alfred of Wessex, the future King Alfred the Great. Set in ninth-century England, The Last Kingdom is the 1st book in Bernard Cornwell's Saxon tales series, which continues with The Pale Horseman. |
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| People of the songtrail: A novel of North America's forgotten past by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal GearThis latest novel by the Gears, the popular husband-and-wife team of archaeologist-authors, focuses on the Norse colonisation of the Americas. In the year 1000 CE, Vikings arrive in what is now Northeastern Canada and establish a settlement, setting the stage for violent clashes with the "skrælings," the newcomers' term for the indigenous people of the region. Although People of the Songtrail is the 10th book in the First North Americans series, this novel easily stands on its own with its strong sense of place, well-researched historical details, and vivid rendering of cross-cultural conflict. |
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| Odin's wolves: A novel by Giles KristianHaving carved a bloody swathe through central Europe, Sigurd the Lucky's band of Norsemen set their sights on Miklagard, the "Great City" of the East better known known as Constantinople, the wealthy seat of the Byzantine Empire. As his comrades prepare for conquest, seer Raven -- heartbroken over losing the woman he loves -- hopes that fortune and glory will be enough to restore his wounded spirit. Although Odin's Wolves stands on its own, readers who want to start at the very beginning should check out Blood Eye and Sons of Thunder. Those seeking even more Viking action should try Robert Low's Oathsworn novels, beginning with The Whale Road. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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