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Titles in this category are fiction and non-fiction titles, due to be published in August 2010, that Abacus Staff have identified as being 'most suitable for School Libraries' Our Library Salesperson, Carolyn Thompson, has added a personal comment, following the normal blurb on each title. We have copies on order with the various Publishers. Place your order now and we will forward your copy/copies at the publishing date......

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781408304273

Della Says

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NZ$ 20.00 each

Paperback

Author: Keris Stainton

Published by: Orchard Books

Don't miss this fantastic debut novel - Keris Stainton is a fabulously contemporary, witty and fresh new voice who teen girls will adore. Della's over the moon when she kisses her long-standing crush at a party -- but then she discovers her diary has disappeared...When scans of embarrassing pages are sent to her mobile and appear on Facebook, Della's distraught -- how can she enjoy her first proper romance when someone, somewhere, knows all her deepest, darkest secrets?

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ABACUS COMMENT:

A fun read that highlights the perils of personal info getting out into cyber-space. Great new writer, a one to watch out for.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780143011675

As the Earth Turns Silver : A novel

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NZ$ 37.00 each

Paperback

Author: Alison Wong

Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.

Finalist in the Fiction category.

Alison Wong's outstanding first novel is set in Wellington in the early twentieth century and spans the years 1905 to 1922. The area known as Haining Street has an infamous reputation in the city, allegedly full of opium dens, weird food, gambling and strange Chinese cultural practices. Nice Europeans stay away. But for the tiny number of Wellington Chinese, it is a safe haven, a refuge from the scarcely believable and often violent anti-Chinese racism which pervades the wider Wellington community. This is the setting for an unlikely love story. Katherine is a lonely European widow struggling to support her children. Yung is a young Chinese man who runs a vegetable shop. We also learn he has a wife back in China. At first tentative, their love affair is conducted in secret, away from the daylight. Later, they grow in confidence. But in this climate how can a European woman have a successful ... more

Notes:
ABACUS COMMENT:

Much lauded and very readable first novel about inter-racial relationships in turn-of-the-century NZ. Excellent reviews from highly respected NZ literary figures.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780141328041

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Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex (#7)

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NZ$ 28.00 each

Paperback

Author: Eoin Colfer

Published by: Puffin

Young Artemis has frequently used high-tech fairy magic to mastermind the most devious criminal activity of the new century. Now, at a conference in Iceland, Artemis has gathered the fairies to present his latest idea to save the world from global warming. But Artemis is behaving strangely – he seems different. Something terrible has happened to him - Artemis Fowl has become nice!
The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex – that's multiple-personality disorder to you and me – dabbling in magic has damaged his mind.
The subterranean city of Atlantis is under attack from vicious robots and Artemis cannot fight them. Can fairy ally Captain Holly Short get the real Artemis back before the robot probes destroy the city and every fairy in it?

Notes:
ABACUS COMMENT:

Two years since the last book came out, FF (Fowl Fans) are hanging out for this one.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781416997788

Biblioburro : a True Story From Columbia

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NZ$ 29.00 each

Hardback

Author: Jeanette Winter

Published by: Beach Lane Books

Luis loves to read, but soon his house in Colombia is so full of books there's barely room for the family. What to do?
Then he comes up with the perfect solution--a traveling library!
He buys two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, and travels with them throughout the land, bringing books and reading to the children in faraway villages. Beautiful!

Complete with an author's note about the real man on whom this story is based.

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ABACUS COMMENT:

Wonderful true story, well illustrated in a traditional folk art style. Shows how one person can make a difference.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781444901320

Shadow Wave (CHERUB #12)

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NZ$ 40.00 each

Hardback

Author: Robert Muchamore

Published by: Hodder Childrens Books

Will James complete his final CHERUB mission?

After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a tropical island, its governor sends in the bulldozers to knock down villages, replacing them with luxury hotels. Guarding the corrupt governor's family isn't James Adams' idea of the perfect mission, especially as it's going to be his last as a CHERUB agent. Then retired colleague Kyle Blueman comes up with a highly unofficial and highly dangerous plan of his own. And so James must choose between loyalty to CHERUB, and loyalty to his oldest friend...

The twelfth instalment in a hugely successful series. James' final mission, but not the end of CHERUB...

Notes:
ABACUS COMMENT:

Yes it is hardback and yes it is $40 (Minus discount !!!!!!), but how can you tell those eager CHERUB fans that they have to wait for the paperback?

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780143504078

Legends of the Cook Islands

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NZ$ 20.00 each

Paperback

Author: Shona Hopkins (Illustrated by Bruce Potter)

Published by: Puffin New Zealand

The Cook Islanders oral history tells of many stories that date back to a mythological time known as Avaiki. These stories were of brave men and women, mystical mountains, powerful gods and majestic sea creatures.
This collection of eight beautifully illustrated legends captures the magic of this island culture.

First published August 2010.

Notes:
ABACUS COMMENT:

Glad to see another book on the South Pacific. They are all too rare.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780142416709

The Great Wide Sea

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NZ$ 15.00 each

Paperback

Author: M H Herlong

Published by: Puffin

Ben, Dylan, and Gerry are still mourning their mother's death when their dad decides to buy a boat and take them on a year-long sailing trip. Tensions flare between Ben and his father, but they gradually learn to live together in close quarters. Then one morning the boys wake up to discover their father has disappeared and they are lost. What happened to him? Where are they? And what will they do when a terrible storm looms on the horizon?

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ABACUS COMMENT:

Easier read but a really good one. Should really appeal to boys but girls will enjoy it too. Has a companion website that teaches about lots of things mentioned in the book, the sea, sailing terms, the island, how to read the weather etc. If you have readers who enjoy Hatchet this is the book for them.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781921656491

Traitor

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NZ$ 39.00 each

Paperback

Author: Stephen Daisley

Published by: The Text Publishing Company

What would make a soldier betray his country?

In the battle-smoke and chaos of Gallipoli, a young New Zealand soldier helps a Turkish doctor fighting to save a boy's life. Then a shell bursts nearby; the blast that should have killed them both consigns them instead to the same military hospital.

Mahmoud is a Sufi. A whirling dervish, he says, of the Mevlevi order. He tells David stories. Of arriving in London with a pocketful of dried apricots. Of Majnun, the man mad for love, and of the saint who flew to paradise on a lion skin. You are God, we are all gods, Mahmoud tells David; and a bond grows between them.

A bond so strong that David will betray his country for his friend.

Stephen Daisley's astonishing debut novel is a story of war and of love—how each changes everything, forever. Evoking horror and beauty and a profound sense of the possibility of transformation, Traitor is that rarest of things: a work of fiction ... more

Notes:
ABACUS COMMENT:

Stunning cover and an enjoyable yet haunting war story that lingers long after reading.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780670074358

Katherine Mansfield : The Story-Teller

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NZ$ 65.00 each

Hardback

Author: Kathleen Jones

Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.

I was jealous of her writing – the only writing I have been jealous of.—Virginia Woolf

Widely acknowledged as New Zealand's finest writer, Katherine Mansfield holds a special place in the hearts of New Zealanders. A new biography is a significant literary event.

Katherine Mansfield: The Story-teller is the first new biography of Mansfield for a quarter of a century. It is published at a time when interest in Mansfield and her work is increasing throughout the world.

Kathleen Jones gives a vivid portrayal of Mansfield, correcting previous misinterpretations of her illnesses and relationships, and weaving a compelling drama from the detail. The story extends further still, beyond Mansfield's death in 1923, to include the subsequent life of her husband, John Middleton Murry, shedding fascinating new light on the way Murry controversially manipulated the publication of some of Mansfield's unpublished work.

Drawing ... more

Notes:
ABACUS COMMENT:

Kathleen Jones, the highly respected biographer of such literary greats as Margaret Forster and Christine Rossetti, provides us with a major new contribution to the Katherine Mansfield stable. RECOMMENDED.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781856696647

The Custom Road Bike

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NZ$ 97.00 each

Hardback

Author: Guy Andrews

Published by: Laurence King Publishing

This lavishly illustrated book reveals the state of the art of the custom racing bicycle. Each chapter covers a particular part of the bike, starting with the largest subject area - frames (steel, aluminium, titanium and carbon fibre), then moving on to forks, headsets, wheels, tyres, hubs, gear components, chains, brakes, saddles, handlebars, pedals, water bottle cages and accessories. As well as an overview of the components available, with beautiful studio images of the latest kit, the chapters include interviews and opinions from the top designers and manufacturers. There is advice on sizing and geometry and having your own frame custom measured and made; how saving weight and focusing on quality make the bike better; and which bike is suited to particular riders and different disciplines (Cyclo-Cross, Time Trial, Track, etc.). In addition, professional mechanics show the details, special tools and secrets behind making racing ... more

Notes:
ABACUS COMMENT:

Given the popularity of cycling in schools today, this book is a must. Even a couch potatoe like me can appreciate the wonderful photographs that show the bike in fine detail.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780143011385

The Tasman : Biography of an Ocean

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NZ$ 60.00 each

Paperback

Author: Neville Peat

Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.

"I had the ambition to not only go as far as anyone had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go." - Lieutenant James Cook, 1771. The mighty Tasman Sea casts a spell on all who venture into it. Here, for the first time, is a book that tells its remarkable life story, from its early origins to the multi-layered human experience of it ...whenever people interact with a sea of the Tasman's nature, there is bound to be drama. The Tasman describes life of all kinds, from first exploration, shipping disasters, heroic crossings and strange marine creatures, to the many colourful coastal communities in New Zealand and Australia. With an unerring eye for detail, noted travel and natural history writer Neville Peat has crafted a compelling, visually stunning account of all things Tasman.

Notes:
ABACUS COMMENT:

The author was awarded the Michael King Writers Fellowship for this book. Wherever you go in NZ you are never far from the influence of this mighty sea, so get to know it better.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9782080300911

Women of Consequence

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NZ$ 84.00 each

Hardback

Author: Xaviere Gauthier

Published by: Flammarion,France

Many of the worlds greatest pioneers, record- breakers, and achievers over the last century have been women. This anthology highlights some of the most accomplished women in the fields of sports, the arts, politics, social justice, and the sciences, in five accessible chapters. The work encompasses familiar names and unsung heroines alike, from Nobel prize-winning biologist Barbara McClintock to social activists Jane Addams and Aung San Suu Kyi, to the worlds first female president, Virdis Finnbogadottir, to modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan. Complete with color illustrations, this volume recounts the trials and triumphs these women faced in achieving their goals, and evaluates the impact they had on their respective fields.

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ABACUS COMMENT:

Wonderfully illustrated, a beautiful and inspiring book.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781856696692

Fabric for Fashion The Swatch Book

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NZ$ 129.00 each

Hardback

Author: Clive Hallett

Published by: Laurence King Publishing

This easily navigable resource provides 100 swatches of most recognized and widely used varieties of fabric, including cottons, silks, wools and linens, to encourage consideration of not just the aesthetic appeal of various fabrics but also their structure, feel and weight. Secured in an attractive folder, with descriptions alongside them, the fabrics are in their raw state, before bleaching, dying or finishing, so that their properties can be observed without the distraction of color or pattern. With information on fibres, basic construction of fabrics, weights, construction and weave comparison, the book will help designers to make informed textile choices based upon an understanding of raw materials together with the processes that make up a fabric. A useful glossary defines key terminology. The book will be useful for anyone who works with fabrics and is the ideal companion to "The Fabric for Fashion" book.

Notes:
ABACUS COMMENT:

These should be recommended to all Soft Tech teachers. The swatch book is particularly amazing with the actual material in the book.

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