"The Book That Eats" by Clive Moore is a disturbing psychological horror novella that blends horror stories, thriller narration, creepy tales, and dark fiction into a chilling descent of terror. Eleanor Pierce, a retired teacher haunted by the first signs of memory loss, discovers a strange blue book in the library. The book promises her photographic memory and perfect recall, but the price is far more terrifying than she imagines.At first, the exercises sharpen her mind. She recal...

The second generation of Pacific historians, who began their careers in the 1970s and 1980s, is gradually fading from the academic scene. They have made fundamental contributions to the field of Pacific history, enduring in their impact, and the identity of the discipline is now firmly established. This volume is not so much about their individual research but, rather, their improbable journeys into Pacific history—why and how they came to it in the first place. Almost without exception, t...

LEARN BEFORE YOU TURN!!! The Zombie Apocalypse is coming, it's not "if" it's "when", and the odds are highly in favor of you becoming one of the undead. A ghoul. A Dead. A Zombie. But don't worry, there are ways for you to "live" a very rewarding "life" after you turn. Many Zombies retain much of their intelligence and physical capabilities, and so can you. With the help of this Guidebook...

Our Laws are forever present and provide the pathways for all Australians to truly learn how to belong to this continent.' - June Oscar 'No other current work has been able to so comprehensively explain the significance of traditional law in all its manifestations.' - Henry Reynolds Law is culture, and culture is law. Given by the ancestors and cultivated over millennia, Indigenous law defines what it is to be human. Complex and evolving, law holds the keys to resilient, caring communities...

A young Elvis Presley is kidnapped into the future to be the new messiah in this "jarringly potent" novel from the author of Ambient (William Gibson).Winner of the Philip K. Dick AwardAt once a biting satire and a taut sci-fi thriller, Elvissey is the story of Isabel and John, a troubled couple who are sent through a "window" from the year 2033 to a strangely altered 1954. They are on a desperate mission to kidnap a young ...

Are Australian schools safe? And if they’re not, what happens when kids are caught in a bleak collision between ill-equipped teachers and a confected scandal?In 2016, the Safe Schools program became the focus of an ideological firestorm. In Moral Panic 101, Benjamin Law explores how and why this happened. He weaves a subtle, gripping account of schools today, sexuality, teenagers, new ideas of gender fluidity, media scandal and mental health.In thi...

The Welcome to Country Handbook by Professor Marcia Langton AO is your accessible introduction to First Nations Peoples, histories and cultures. Drawn from the bestselling Welcome to Country, this guide is essential reading for every Australian, and an excellent resource for cultural awareness training in the workplace or classroom.The chapters cover precolonial and post-colonial history, language, kinship, knowledge, art, performance, storytelling, native...

Why is it that all the days blur together like Colonel Sanders' face on google maps? Are they just meaningless?Are we meaningless?Get Monophobia now and the collected stories Sunflowers on Venus are yours free. See inside.

This is a collection of papers by senior Maori academics who are experts and have considerable mana in their chosen fields. The ten contributing authors, who are academics at Massey University, discuss the Maori language, marae, religion, the Treaty of Waitangi, the State and Maori, citizenship education, mental health, the health workforce, kaitiakitanga and horticulture. The book discusses Maori development and contemporary issues concerning Maori, both from the authors' perspectives and...

Here is a modern tale of an inner-directed sorcerer and an outer-directed sorcerer's apprentice. Fritz Leiber is a master of magic realism and dark fantasy.

The Pacific’s ‘Indigenous times’ are not just smaller sections of larger histories, but dimensions of their own.Histories of our Pacific world are richly rendered in these essays by Damon Salesa. From the first Indigenous civilisations that flourished in Oceania to the colonial encounters of the nineteenth century, and on to the complex contemporary relationships between New Zealand and the Pacific, Salesa offers new perspectives on this vast ocean its people, its cultures, its pasts and i...

Ngā Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative non-fiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from creativity to mātauranga Māori, over 60 writers explore the power of the word. Accept the challenge of the wero. Join the kōrero. Ngā Kupu Wero is a companion volume to Te Awa o Kupu, which presents recent poetry and fiction. Together these two passionate and vibra...