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Planet Key, Jack Vowles
John Key: Portrait of a prime minister John Roughan Penguin Books ISBN 9780143570752 The early to mid-career prime ministerial biography has become an established genre of publishing well represented in New Zealand. This is one of the better examples. The…
Tagged with: Issue 107, Jack Vowles, John Roughan, Penguin Books, Spring 2014
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Moral force, John Campbell
The Mighty Totara: The Life and Times of Norman Kirk David Grant Random House, $50.00, ISBN 9781775535799 I was 10 when Norman Kirk died. It was the first death I had ever registered. When the news came through, my parents…
Tagged with: David Grant, Issue 106, John Campbell, Norman Kirk, Random House, Winter 2014
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Refugees and New Zealand compassion, Verica Rupar
Refuge New Zealand: A Nation‘s Response to Refugees and Asylum Seekers Ann Beaglehole Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781877578502 Andris, Where are You? From Latvia to New Zealand: The Family Story of Andris Apse Ron Crosby Craig Potton Publishing, $40.00,…
Tagged with: Andris Apse, Ann Beaglehole, Autumn 2014, Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 105, Otago University Press, Ron Crosby, Verica Rupar
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Sociology
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Sociology
Philanthropy and fighter aces, Edmund Bohan
Frontiers: A Colonial Dynasty Simon Best Steele Roberts, $55.00, ISBN 9781927242216 This book traces the lives and times of four generations of the remarkable family founded by that rugged Yorkshireman, William Barnard Rhodes (1807-78): master mariner, whaling captain, trader, land…
Tagged with: Autumn 2014, Edmund Bohan, Issue 105, Simon Best, Steele Roberts
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Room at the top, David Grant
White-collar Radical: Dan Long and the Rise of White-collar Unions Mark Derby Craig Potton, $40.00, ISBN 9781877517174 Dan Long was an esteemed public servant and political and union activist from the late 1950s until his premature death in 1976, aged…
Tagged with: Craig Potton, Dan Long, David Grant, Issue 104, Mark Derby, Summer 2013
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
The scholar’s conscience, Rachael Bell
J C Beaglehole: Public Intellectual, Critical Conscience Doug Munro Steele Roberts, $25.00, ISBN 9781877577802 In 1946, Victoria University College historian J C Beaglehole wrote of New Zealand’s nascent national identity and the historian’s contribution to the development of national life.…
Tagged with: Doug Munro, Issue 103, J C Beaglehole, Rachael Bell, Spring 2013, Steele Roberts
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Eye-witness, Francis McWhannell
William Colenso: His Life and Journeys by A G Bagnall and G C Petersen Ian St George (ed) Otago University Press, $65.00, ISBN 9781877578151 When it was first published in 1948, A G Bagnall’s and G C Petersen’s William Colenso:…
Tagged with: A G Bagnall, Francis McWhannell, G C Petersen, Ian St George, Issue 102, Otago University Press, William Colenso, Winter 2013
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Walking upon ashes, Harry Ricketts
The Search for Anne Perry Joanne Drayton HarperCollins, $45.00, ISBN 9781869508883 So Brilliantly Clever: Parker, Hulme and the Murder that Shocked the World Peter Graham Awa Press, $42.00, ISBN 9781877651123 On 22 June 1954, in Victoria Park, Christchurch, 16-year-old Pauline…
Tagged with: Anne Perry, Autumn 2013, Awa Press, HarperCollins, Harry Ricketts, Issue 101, Joanne Drayton, Juliet Hulme, Pauline Parker, Peter Graham
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Magnificent obsession, Spiro Zavos
Graham Henry: Final Word Bob Howitt HarperCollins, $50.00, ISBN 9781869509736 Here is an heroic assertion. Graham Henry is the greatest coach in the history of rugby. His rivals for this title include Danie Craven, Carwyn James, Fred Allen and, possibly,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Bob Howitt, Graham Henry, HarperCollins, Issue 101, Spiro Zavos
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Becoming heroic, Garth Baker
The Open Side Richie McCaw (with Greg McGee) Hodder Moa, $50.00, ISBN 9781869712761 Valerie: The Autobiography Valerie Adams (with Phil Gifford) Hodder Moa, $50.00, ISBN 9781869712624 Let’s start with the numbers, all big. The initial 60,000 print run of Richie…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Garth Baker, Greg McGee, Hodder Moa, Issue 101, Phil Gifford, Richie McCaw, Valerie Adams
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
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