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In his third major collection of poetry, Stuart Ross blazes surprising, new paths, still showcasing his trademark humor, surrealism, and absurd take on the banal, while also delving into darker, more raw territory. While once again challenging our perception of suburbia, capitalism, and hamburgers, his trembling characters now stumble awkwardly into litter-strewn rural landscapes, emotional rapture, and even terrified, unadvisable love.

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Excerpt from Education and Educationists in Otago This Volume is complementary to The Story of the Otago Church and Settlement which was recently issued from the Press, and is designed to give some information regarding the far-reaching and enlightened views of the Founders of Otago, and the wise and patriotic efforts which they made to promoto the educational interests of tho people. It traces the growth and gradual expansion of the Common S...

Stuart Rosss eighth collection of poems delivers a gallery of emotionally charged poetry experiments along with a series of philosophical meditations on the aesthetically contrived and sometimes downright quirky poetic processes that were followed to generate the poems in this book. A Hamburger in a Gallery is deeply engaged in demonstrating how art happens, especially through a poets immediate aesthetic engagement with other works of art. Com...

Excerpt from Francis Ormond: Pioneer, Patriot, Philanthropist Though many years have passed since Mr. Ormond's remains were laid to rest amid remarkable demonstrations of public grief, yet no apology, I take it, is needed for the publication of this book, which tells of the early struggles, successes, and lofty ideals of one whose name is enshrined in some of the noblest institutions of the State. With an ardent desire to promote intellectual...

Excerpt from The Story of the Otago Church and SettlementDiscovery of New Zealand. - The Maori race. - Ear1y attempts at Coloni'sation. - Lawless Settlements - Origin of the New Zealand Land Company. - Capta1n Cargill. The Otago Association - The General Assembly commends the Otago Schema - The first minister of Otago. Despatch of the first Emigrant ships.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bo...

Featuring a world of darkly comic transmutations, wild flights of paranoia, and even the occasional flash of pure bliss, every piece in this volume--whether it's about an apocalypse at an abandoned drive-in cinema, a runaway shopping mall that seeks refuge in a small boy's bedroom, a tourist in Central America who finds his fate in a bowl of murky soup, or a man who transforms into a cartoon mouse before a job interview--is both a provocation ...

Excerpt from Tamate: The Apostle of the Papuan GulfJames chalmers takes rank among the excellent of the earth. His life and work are a stimulus and inspiration to us to labour ever more abundantly in the Gospel of Christ. All that he was and had he laid at the Master's feet. He endured hunger and fronted peril with un¿inching and fearless heart. His love to Christ was a glowing passion in his soul. His faith in' His promises never faltered. He...

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