This bestselling book by the late Michael King is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand. First published in 2003 and hailed as a triumph of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, it has been continuously in print for 20 years and has sold over 300,000 copies. It remains the definitive, yet highly readable, starting-point for anybody wanting to understand this country. New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settle...

'A book to be treasured for the access it gives us to a little-known corner of the New Zealand experience.' Tipene O'Regan, Evening Post This award-winning, trail-blazing book by Michael King restored the Moriori of the Chatham Islands to their rightful place in New Zealand, Pacific and world history. This revised edition contains material that has come to light since first publication. 'King has set the record straight in a richly readable and often moving accoun...

They seemed like a nice enough French couple, touring New Zealand in a campervan in 1985. But Auckland police suspected they were in fact experienced French agents Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, part of a dozen-strong team behind the bombing of the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior. This fascinating BWB Text presents in startling detail the careful interrogation of the couple by detectives, leading to their arrest and conviction.

The pillows in the house are very friendly and help each other all the time. Today they are going to make some new friends who will show them how to make sure they wash properly and clean up after themselves.

The world is not short of problems. It is short of governed minds.Look closely at the exhausted man.He is not tired from real opposition. He is tired from serving the wrong master. Urgency has been running his calendar. Fear has been writing his decisions. Comparison has been setting his standards. And somewhere beneath all of it, buried under years of reaction and performance and quiet compromise, is the man he was designed to be, waiting for someone to clear the room....

Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in **"**The Extraordinary Life Of Pat Robertson From His Early Life, Career, Net Worth And Personal Life." The amazing journey of one of America's most well-known and important indiv...

Men are experiencing growing feelings of anger, anxiety, lack of hope, lack of purpose, and a craving for growth and development. If left unchecked, these feelings become a breeding ground for depression. Ultimately, it is not the just the individual man who suffers from this misery; these sentiments end up bleeding over into the lives of those around them. The best way to address these feelings of hopelessness is through honest conversation.In Tribe of Men, author Michael...

The late Michael King was one of New Zealand's most respected and popular historians. The author of the bestselling The Penguin History of New Zealand and many other significant works, he was a writer of remarkable skill, sensitivity and importance. The Silence Beyond is a wide-ranging and often personal collection of King's writings – many in print for the first time or no longer available – including essays, talks and eulogies for friends. Introduced by his dau...

A family torn apart by neglect and hurt...And brought together again by a most unlikely forceIn the 1970s, escaping a home where he knew nothing but violence and hate, Jim Harding found work, and love, on the largest horse ranch in Virginia. The object of his affections, Nena St. Claire, is the daughter of the owner, a man who ruled his ranch with an iron fist and would do whatever it took to keep Nena and Jim apart.Against the wishe...

The master of psychological and supernatural thrillers, bestselling author Michael King is back with his latest terrifying work about a young family, an ancient demon, and an evil Dybbuk box that torments those to whom its entrusted.In this nightmare tale inspired by true events in one Indiana family's documented experiences, parents unwittingly unleash hell upon their own children and must now confront their deepest fears to protect that which is being targeted for possession and ...

So you think all vampires are the same, they suck blood, make familiars and keep out of the sun?Well you're wrong...The passion for family is what makes life worth living even for vampires and when that's endangered then beware.As Sheri fights for the twin sister that was taken from her, against the family she never knew she had; her vampire self is in the hands of a man who was turned and then cured, a man who took her breath away then turned his back on her.Ye...

Sesi was only fourteen when her brother had an accident on his motorbike. He'd been left to die where he fell; in a ditch at the bottom of a very steep bank.Although she didn't know much about men or murder for that matter, she still managed to make a name for herself as a serial killer.She killed them with good reason or so she thought, but now she had to pay the price for her actions.