Away from Home (OP)
The Story of Victoria House
Frances Porter
$29.99
For over nearly a century, Victoria House has offered a space for Wellington students to extend their lives. Drawing on conversations with former residents and on carefully preserved records, Frances Porter has written a lively history.
Counting for Nothing
What Men Value and What Women are Worth
Marilyn Waring
$39.99
Women’s work fuels the economies of every country in the world, yet no value is placed on this labour. Marilyn Waring explores the implications of discounting the work of half of the world’s population. ‘[She] demystifies both national and international economics…’ Gloria Steinem
In the Lifetime of a Goat (OP)
Writings, 1984–2000
Marilyn Waring
$34.99
Marilyn Waring’s Listener columns have provided a lively commentary on international issues, feminist debates, New Zealand politics, and (by no means least) life on the farm. New writing frames this selection of her best work from the last two decades.
‘This penetrating narrative, with its grace, clarity, sensitivity and stark honesty, is the equal of her poems. We are immeasurably in her debt.’ New Zealand Books
The three volumes of this remarkable autobiography – Hot October, Bonfires in the Rain, A Quick World – are published here as one.
Prophetic Histories (OP)
The People of the Māramatanga
Karen Sinclair
$49.99
An oral history relating to the people of Te Ati Hauanui a Paparangi. Karen Sinclair spent three decades talking to and living with people of Māramatanga. Prophetic Histories brings their story to a wider audience.
The Cartwright Papers
Essays on the Cervical Cancer Inquiry of 1987–88
Joanna Manning (ed)
$39.99
The Cartwright Report established that research conducted, without the consent of the patients, at National Women's Hospital was unethical. Twenty years on, participants in the Inquiry and other commentators write thoughtful essays.