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Mune: An Autobiography Ian Mune Craig Potton Publishing, $49.99, ISBN 9781877517334 Navigation: A Memoir Joy Cowley Penguin Books, $45.00, ISBN 9780143205715 Searching for Grace: A Woman’s Quest for her True Identity Carol Henderson and Heather Tovey Steele Roberts, $39.99, ISBN…
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The Legend of Beau Baxter Ivan Dunn HarperCollins, $36.99, ISBN 9781869508234 A Perfect Gentleman: The Sir Wilson Whineray Story Bob Howitt HarperCollins, $49.99, ISBN 9781869508173 All Blacks Don’t Cry: A Story of Hope John Kirwan Penguin Books,…
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A Life on Gorge River Long Long Random House, $39.99, ISBN 9781869793302 A Life on Gorge River is an impressive and sometimes touching narrative that should appeal to all lovers of the great outdoors and perhaps to many others…
Telling Tales: A Life in Writing William Taylor HarperCollins, $39.99, ISBN 1869508378 According to his siblings William Taylor was called after his father’s dog. And here, among an endearing collection of sepia, black and white, and coloured photos in his…
Cockney Kid: The Making of an Unconventional Psychologist Tony Taylor Silver Owl Press, $44.95, ISBN 0986451916 I approached this memoir with some trepidation. Its sheer scale made it a daunting read – 437 pages, and weighing in at around a…
Fernleaf Cairo: New Zealanders at Maadi Camp Alex Hedley (with Megan Hutching) HarperCollins, $36.39, ISBN 9781869507718 Grey Ghosts: New Zealand Vietnam Vets Talk About their War Deborah Challinor HarperCollins, $36.99, ISBN 9781869507718 Things Have Been Pretty Lively: The Great War…
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Getting There: An Autobiography Barbara Anderson Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9780864735904 Each weekday morning Barbara Anderson sets off for the office. Her routine is ritualised. She buys lunch, drinks a cup of coffee while she casts an eye over…
Nola Millar: A Theatrical Life Sarah Gaitanos Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 0864735375 Just Who Does He Think He Is? George Webby Steele Roberts, $30.00, ISBN 1877338826 Once upon a time – 40 years ago – a convergence of forces…
The Smell of an Oily Rag Cherry Simmonds Random House, $27.99, ISBN 1869418492 Purple Heart Ta’afuli Andrew Fiu Random House, $27.99, ISBN 1869418042 A New Zealand joke, current in the 1970s, entailed asking how one knew when a 747 carrying…
To Cry Inside: Love, Death and Prison Lesley Martin Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0143020382 “You are best to read To Die Like a Dog first”, writes Lesley Martin, introducing To Cry Inside. So I did. Written as a film script, the…