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January 2025

 

Haere mai and welcome to our History & Current Events newsletter.

Find great reads and resources about wars, revolutions, and extraordinary lives all over the world - in the present day, and the past.

 

Staff List

New For You - History & Current Events - January 2025

The newest additions to the collection that explore history and global issues including politics, media, climate change, racism and more.

 

New titles

History

"Queens at War" by Weir, Alison, 1951-
"Captain Kidd" by Marquis, Samuel (Novelist)
"The Quest for Queen Mary" by Pope-Hennessy, James, 1916-1974
"The Collector" by McKay, Andrew
"An Accidental History of Tudor England" by Gunn, S. J.
"The Discovery of Britain" by Robb, Graham, 1958-
"Captain Kidd" by Marquis, Samuel (Novelist)
More history

New Zealand history

"The Collector" by McKay, Andrew
"Garrison World" by Macdonald, Charlotte
"Gold Under the Mānuka" by Mouat, Bill
"New Zealand History in Bite-sized Chunks" by McCloy, Nicola, 1971-
"Isaac Featherston 'Petatone'" by Martin, John E., 1951-
"Kiwi Country" by Te Radar (Comedian)
"Garrison World" by Macdonald, Charlotte
More NZ history

Featured topic: Journalism

"All of It" by Boney, Brooke
"Breaking" by Wright, Mic
"The Anthony Bourdain Reader" by Bourdain, Anthony, 1956-2018
"Brother Orange"
"Blast From the Past" by Stilton, Gerónimo (Fictitious character)
"A Campus on Fire" by O'Dowd, Patrick
"Breaking" by Wright, Mic
More journalism titles
 

Online Resource

BWB Critical Issues Collection

A deep analysis of New Zealand's big issues, social, environmental and political.

 

Library events

Video

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

Video

Excel Essential Training on LinkedIn Learning

Get up to speed with Excel expert Dennis Taylor as he demonstrates how to efficiently manage & analyse data in Microsoft Excel.

 

Blog Post

Podcast - New Zealand's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2024

Episode looking at NZ's UN human rights obligations in relation to indigenous people, asylum seekers and children.

 

Website

History books on Libby

Find history eBooks and eAudiobooks on Libby.

 
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