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Civilisation : Twenty Places on the Edge of the World by Steve Braunias (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAWA Press
ISBN-10187755135X
ISBN-139781877551352
eBay Product ID (ePID)3038739934
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NameCivilisation : Twenty Places on the Edge of the World
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCivilization, Australia & Oceania, General
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
AuthorSteve Braunias
Subject AreaTravel, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight15 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"Steve Braunias shares with us the intimacies of people's lives, their thoughts and beliefs, the values of their communities, and so the deep meanings of places. . . . A writer the whole world would like to hear about." Jonathan Lorie, author, The Traveller's Handbook, "Steve Braunias could be a character in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales , traipsing to places like St. Bathans and Mercer, inviting himself into homes to seek out those little nuggets. More often than not, he finds them." -Wallace Chapman, radio and television host, Back Benches, "In this funny, moving, sometimes terrifying book, our country reveals itself; people and places are never as they first appear. Full of astonishing phrases, insights, and provocations, Civilisation is like a series of great New Zealand novels bound up in one extraordinary book." --Emily Perkins, author, The Forrests, "Steve Braunias could be a character in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales , traipsing to places like St. Bathans and Mercer, inviting himself into homes to seek out those little nuggets. More often than not, he finds them." --Wallace Chapman, radio and television host, Back Benches, "In this funny, moving, sometimes terrifying book, our country reveals itself; people and places are never as they first appear. Full of astonishing phrases, insights, and provocations, Civilisation is like a series of great New Zealand novels bound up in one extraordinary book." Emily Perkins, author, The Forrests, "Steve Braunias shares with us the intimacies of people's lives, their thoughts and beliefs, the values of their communities, and so the deep meanings of places. . . . A writer the whole world would like to hear about." -Jonathan Lorie, author, The Traveller's Handbook, "Steve Braunias could be a character in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales , traipsing to places like St. Bathans and Mercer, inviting himself into homes to seek out those little nuggets. More often than not, he finds them." Wallace Chapman, radio and television host, Back Benches, "Steve Braunias shares with us the intimacies of people's lives, their thoughts and beliefs, the values of their communities, and so the deep meanings of places. . . . A writer the whole world would like to hear about." --Jonathan Lorie, author, The Traveller's Handbook, "In this funny, moving, sometimes terrifying book, our country reveals itself; people and places are never as they first appear. Full of astonishing phrases, insights, and provocations, Civilisation is like a series of great New Zealand novels bound up in one extraordinary book." -Emily Perkins, author, The Forrests
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal919.304
SynopsisIn small-town, suburban New Zealand, with its seemingly average people, can be found many stories of lives, loves, aspirations, and, sporadically, a dark secret or two. As reported by a much-followed columnist and awarded journalist, these rich, fascinating, and occasionally disturbing stories of settlements follow people living throughout New Zealand, from Kawakawa in the north to Mosgiel in the south, and Samoa and Antarctica overseas. Funny, moving, and at times terrifying, this book provides a platform from which New Zealand reveals itself and proves that rarely are people and places as they first appear., Steve Braunias travels off the grid to capture weird and wonderful goings-on in small-town New Zealand. Civilisation is full of fascinating - and sometimes disturbing - stories about people living in 20 places - their lives, loves, aspirations, and sometimes dark secrets. Places featured include- Apia, Collingwood, Greymouth, Hauraki Plains (Elstow, Te Aroha & Kerepehi), Hicks Bay, Maromaku Valley, Mercer, Miranda, Mosgiel, Mt Roskill Auckland , Ohinemutu, Pegasus, St Bathans, Scott Base, Tangimoana, Wainuiomata, Waiouru, Wanaka, Whakarewarewa, Whanganui, Winton.
LC Classification NumberDU102.B73 2012
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