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Football is ubiquitous and a permanent fixture of modern life. More than a sport, it frequently manifests in broader popular culture. This book examines the significance of football for, and in, popular culture across a wide range of forms, including music, film and social media.

A landmark in New Zealand literary scholarship, this book provides an extraordinary insight into the formative years of one of New Zealand's most significant poets. Included are 56 letters written by James K. Baxter to his slightly older friend, Noel Ginn, who was at the time imprisoned as a conscientious objector. In these letters, a teenage Baxter pours out his ideas and feelings on life, philosophy, and his own work. Included are the comple...

Jesus Loves you are the words that every believer needs to have on the tip of their tongues. These three words are so powerful and effective that they can penetrate even the hardest of hearts. God is reaffirming His love to the world that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. There are so many people throughout the world today, who have been wounded and scared emotionally, physically and mentally. They have felt the pain of rejectio...

Millar offers his testimony of the love Christ has for every person in the world today. (Social Issues)

The Best Interests of Children links social theory with survey data to establish much-needed parameters for determining a child's best interest.

One of New Zealand's most distinguished fiction writers and sharpest critics, William Harrison (Bill) Pearson's life was also fraught with contradiction and secrecy, largely because of his homosexuality. This title presents a biography of a man sentenced by his times to a life of unwilling concealment.

At a time when China is being seen as the next superpower, both sweatshop and powerhouse for the global economy, political courtship on the part of interested governments is accompanied by grassroots hostility. Such ambivalence is not new. These essays - discuss ways in which people of Chinese descent have made significant contributions to the history of both Australian and New Zealand. This is the first book to compare both countries' orienta...