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Before and after, Christina Stachurski
Remembering Christchurch: Voices from Decades Past Alison Parr Penguin, $45.00, ISBN 9780143573371 A Villa at the End of the Empire: One Hundred Ways to Read a City Fiona Farrell Vintage, $40.00, ISBN 9781775537519 King Rich Joe Bennett HarperCollins, $37.00, ISBN…
Tagged with: Alison Parr, Autumn 2016, Christina Stachurski, Fiona Farrell, HarperCollins, Issue 113, Joe Bennett, Penguin, Vintage
Posted in Non-fiction, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Sociology
The invisible hand, Margot Schwass
The Occupiers: New Zealand Veterans Remember Post-war Japan Alison Parr Penguin Books, $45.00, ISBN 9780143567240 In Love and War: Kiwi Soldiers’ Romantic Encounters in Wartime Italy Susan Jacobs Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143567554 I detoured into these two books while…
Tagged with: Alison Parr, Issue 100, Margot Schwass, Penguin Books, Summer 2012, Susan Jacobs
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Where the heart is, Les Cleveland
Home: Civilian New Zealanders Remember the Second World War Alison Parr Penguin, $50.00, ISBN 9780143203541 Paradoxically, New Zealand was at its best during WWII. Driven by the integrative imagery of the “War Effort”, most of us felt we were…
Tagged with: Alison Parr, Issue 94, Les Cleveland, Penguin, Winter 2011
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
In the jaws of Moloch, Les Cleveland
On My Way to the Somme Andrew Macdonald HarperCollins, $35.00, ISBN 11869505549 Galatas 1941 Lynn McConnell Reed, $39.99, ISBN 0790010496 In the Face of the Enemy Glyn Harper and Colin Richardson HarperCollins, $35.99, ISBN 1869505220 The Big Show Alison Parr…
Putting it all behind them, Christopher Pugsley
Dark Laughter: War in Song and Popular Culture Les Cleveland Praeger, US$49.95 ISBN 0275947645 Silent Casualties: New Zealand’s Unspoken Legacy of the Second World War Alison Parr Tandem Press, $29.95 ISBN 0908884672 Whistle As You Go: The Story of the…
Tagged with: Alison Parr, Christopher Pugsley, Issue 22, Les Cleveland, Praeger, Random House, Tandem Press, Terry Vaughan
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Glowing with insight and honesty, Alison Parr
You Are My Darling Zita Glenn Busch, Godwit, Auckland, 1991, $44.95 Glenn Busch has created an extraordinary book. Through the stories of six ‘ordinary people’ he has crafted a revealing and deeply moving account of the process of ageing. Hours…
Tagged with: Alison Parr, Glenn Busch, Godwit, Issue 5, Winter 1992
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Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
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