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Pankration
Dyan Blacklock
eBook (Allen & Unwin, March 1, 1997)Pirates, a wolf-fight, kidnap - a thrilling life-and-death story about the first Olympics.
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Pankration: The Ultimate Game
Dyan Blacklock
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, May 1, 1999)In Greece, in 430 BC, Nic sets out to search of his friend, Gellus, at Olympia in order to save him from his awaiting enemies and the challenge of the Pankration, the most vicious and brutal sport in all the games.
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Pankration: The Ultimate Game
Dyan Blacklock
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Co, April 1, 2001)Having been kidnapped from a ship leaving plague-ridden Athens in 430 B.C., twelve-year-old Nic attempts to escape his captors and keep his promise to meet his friend at the Olympic games
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Hard Rode Highway: A Thousand Miles Around New Zealand
David Blacklock
eBook (Peg Leg Press, July 3, 2018)A couple on horseback, glimpsed from a passing car, set a plan in motion: To find a horse and ride around New Zealand’s rugged South Island. Out of ideas, no plan for the future, a young man saddles up and tries to outrun his past and create a new future. Set against the culture clashes of the 1960s and ‘70s, Hard Rode Highway captures the story of a boy trying to find his path, a family riddled with secrets, and features occasional encounters with rock stars and Hollywood legends.
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Pankration
Dyan Blacklock
Paperback (Allen & Unwin, Aug. 16, 1997)Rare Book
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Pankration: The Ultimate Game
Dyan Blacklock
School & Library Binding (Rebound by Sagebrush, April 16, 2001)None
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Nudes and Nikes: Champions and Legends of the First Olympics
Dyan Blacklock
Paperback (Allen & Unwin, Oct. 1, 1997)Looks at the history and legends behind the first Olympic games in Greece, discussing ritual games, bloody sports, and victory ceremonies, plus the evolution of the modern-day Olympics
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Comet Vomit
Dyan Blacklock
Paperback (Allen & Unwin, Sept. 1, 1996)Short stories recount the visit of an alien spaceship to an Australian fishing spot, the gift of a surfboard to a boy who lives among wheatfields, the revenge of a vegetarian girl on a bully, and other situations
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The Lighthouse
Dyan Blacklock
Hardcover (Era Pubns, July 1, 1995)None
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Comet Vomit
Dyan Blacklock
Paperback (Orchard Books, Aug. 15, 1996)A humorous collection of nauseous stories for both girls and boys which include gruesome tales about frogs, snakes and sharks.
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Call It Love
Dyan Blacklock
Paperback (Allen & Unwin, May 1, 1997)None
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Hard Rode Highway: A Thousand Miles Around New Zealand
David Blacklock
Paperback (Independently published, July 4, 2018)He bought a horse, taught himself to ride, and set out on a 6-month trek around the wild South Island of New Zealand. The Plan? He needed an adventure to help get his life back on track. Follow along as the author confronts his past and, along with the ever-patient Mister Baggins, creates new options for his future. This is a coming-of-age story about happy times, great music, family secrets, and a young man’s plan to create his own path through the chaotic cultural currents of the the 1960s and '70s.