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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

"31 Inventions That Built Our World" by Elledge, Jonn
"A Word for All Seasons" by Crystal, David, 1941-
"The Vanishing Earth" by Crawford, James (Writer on aerial photography)
"A History of the World in Ten Wars" by Deary, Terry, 1946-
"The Queen and Her Presidents" by Page, Susan, 1951-
"Berlin" by Buttar, Prit
"A Word for All Seasons" by Crystal, David, 1941-
More history

New Zealand history

"Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire" by Ballantyne, Tony, 1972-
"Another Day Like Yesterday" by Clapshaw, Guy
"The Chief and the Empire" by Bingham, Eugene
"Roadscapes" by Smith, Derek, 1957-
"Understanding Kāwanatanga" by Smail, Roimata
"South Island Māori Rock Art" by Graham,  Philippa Flower
"Another Day Like Yesterday" by Clapshaw, Guy
More NZ history

Featured topic: Journalism

"Ankoku no kanata" by Dōba, Shun'ichi, 1963-
"A Flame in the Dark" by Gill, Maria, 1961-
"Bad Press"
"Good Intentions" by Wu, Jessy
"Be Brave" by Dreaver, Barbara
"How to Kill A Language" by Smith Galer, Sophia
"A Flame in the Dark" by Gill, Maria, 1961-
More journalism titles
 

Online Resource

BWB Critical Issues Collection

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

 

Library events

Staff List

Horroromance (because love is terrifying) 🫀

When you want a love story but to also to be frightened. Love is a battlefield, but also sometimes a slaughterhouse.

Staff List

Horror - New & Trending

A list of the freshest frights for every horror fan, from titles that have just reached our shelves to those that are flying off them.

 

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 AWA Libby

Find history eBooks and eAudiobooks on Libby.

 
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