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OMNIBIRD: THE AVIAN INVESTIGATOR\u2019S HANDBOOK, RRP, $45.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This picture book by author Giselle Clarkson is a highly illustrated, playful field guide to common international birds. It brings the art of observology to the science of ornithology, showing the many ways these familiar creatures are remarkable. An Omnibird contains the essential birdiness of every bird. It was born from an egg, has feathers, two legs, a beak and gizzard and perhaps some premium features like spurs or a curuncle. Once you recognise the Omnibird, you\u2019ll see the remarkable in any bird.<\/p>\n

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THE LAST LIVING CANNIBAL, RRP $38.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This work of fiction is by writer Airana Ngarewa and is set in New Zealand in the 1940s. The M\u0101ori men of Taranaki have refused to join the M\u0101ori battalion because of the severity of their land confiscations. Koko is the oldest man in the village, a legend within his community. He\u2019s lived through the land wars, Parihaka and imprisonment and they whisper of him as the Last Living Cannibal. Koko dotes on his grandson Blackie, who\u2019s lived with him since Blackie\u2019s mum left in troubling circumstances years earlier. This book is the epitome of a classic New Zealand novel, from one of this generation\u2019s most promising writers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Images supplied OMNIBIRD: THE AVIAN INVESTIGATOR\u2019S HANDBOOK, RRP, $45. This picture book by author Giselle Clarkson is a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[162797,3444,77,162798,162799,162800,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-494472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-airana-ngarewa","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-giselle-clarkson","12":"tag-omnibird-the-avian-investigators-handbook","13":"tag-the-last-living-cannibal","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115363193528223317","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}